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Registration Rights Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 
  
 Execution Version 
  
 TECO ENERGY, INC. 
  
 $100,000,000 
  
 Floating Rate Notes Due 2010 
  
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
  
 June 7, 2005 
 New York, New York 
  
 UBS Securities LLC 
 As Representative of the
several Initial Purchasers 
 c/o UBS Securities LLC 
 299 Park
Avenue 
 New York, New York 10171 
  
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
  
 TECO Energy, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to UBS Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets
Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, BNP Paribas Securities Corp, BNY Capital Markets, Inc. and SG Americas Securities, LLC (the “Initial Purchasers”), upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement of dated June 2, 2005
(the “Purchase Agreement”), an aggregate of U.S. $100,000,000 principal amount of Floating Rate Notes due 2010 (the “Initial Securities”). The Initial Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of
August 17, 1998 (the “Indenture”), among the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”). As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company agrees with the
Initial Purchasers, for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and the holders of the Securities (as defined below) (collectively the “Holders”), as follows: 
  
 1. Registered Exchange Offer. Unless not permitted by applicable law, the Company shall prepare and, not later than
90 days (such 90th day being a “Filing Deadline”) after the date on which the Initial Purchasers purchase the Initial Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (the “Closing Date”), file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement (the “Exchange Offer Registration Statement”) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), with respect to a proposed offer (the “Registered Exchange Offer”) to the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities (as 

 defined in Section 6 hereof), who are not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the
Registered Exchange Offer, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Initial Securities, a like aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Company issued under the Indenture, identical in all material respects to the
Initial Securities and registered under the Securities Act (the “Exchange Securities”). The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the
Securities Act as soon as practicable and in any event within 180 days after the Closing Date (such 180th day being an “Effectiveness Deadline”) and (ii) keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective for not less than 20
business days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date notice of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders (such period being called the “Exchange Offer Registration Period”). 
  
 If the Company commences the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company (i) will
be entitled to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer 20 business days after such commencement (provided that the Company has accepted all the Initial Securities theretofore validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the Registered Exchange
Offer) and (ii) will be required to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer no later than 30 business days after the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective (such 30th business day being the
“Consummation Deadline”). 
  
 Following the
declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities electing to exchange the Initial Securities for Exchange Securities (assuming that such Holder is not an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, acquires the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of such
Holder’s business and has no arrangements with any person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade
such Exchange Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Securities Act and without material restrictions under the securities laws of the several states of the United States. 
  
 The Company, the Initial Purchasers and each Exchanging Dealer (as defined
herein) acknowledge that, pursuant to current interpretations by the Commission’s staff of Section 5 of the Securities Act, in the absence of an applicable exemption therefrom, (i) each Holder that is a broker-dealer electing to exchange
Initial Securities, acquired for its own account as a result of market making activities or other trading activities, for Exchange Securities (an “Exchanging Dealer”), is required to deliver a prospectus containing the information
set forth in (a) Annex A hereto on the cover, (b) Annex B hereto in the “Exchange Offer Procedures” section and the “Purpose of the Exchange Offer” section, and (c) Annex C hereto in the “Plan of Distribution” section
of such prospectus in connection with a sale of any such Exchange Securities received by such Exchanging Dealer pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and (ii) if the Initial Purchaser elects to sell Securities (as defined below) acquired in
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Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, it is required to deliver a prospectus containing the information required by Items 507 or 508 of
Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable, in connection with such sale. 
  
 The Company shall use its best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the prospectus contained therein, in order to permit such prospectus to be lawfully
delivered by all persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act for such period of time as such persons must comply with such requirements in order to resell the Exchange Securities; provided, however,
that (i) in the case where such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto must be delivered by an Exchanging Dealer or the Initial Purchaser, such period shall be the lesser of 180 days and the date on which all Exchanging Dealers and the
Initial Purchaser have sold all Exchange Securities held by them (unless such period is extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) and (ii) the Company shall make such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto available to any broker-dealer
for use in connection with any resale of any Exchange Securities for a period of not less than 180 days after the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer. 
  

If, upon consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, the Initial Purchasers hold Initial Securities acquired by them as part of their initial
distribution, the Company, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Securities pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, shall issue and deliver to the Initial Purchasers upon the written request of the Initial Purchasers, in exchange (the
“Private Exchange”) for the Initial Securities held by the Initial Purchasers, a like principal amount of debt securities of the Company issued under the Indenture and identical in all material respects to the Initial Securities
(the “Private Exchange Securities”). The Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities are herein collectively called the “Securities”. 
  
 In connection with the Registered 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) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 business days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date
notice thereof is mailed to the Holders; 
  
 (c)
utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which may be the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee; 
  
 (d) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any
time prior to the close of business, New York time, on the last business day on which the Registered Exchange Offer shall remain open; and 
  

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 (e) otherwise comply with all laws applicable to the Registered Exchange Offer.

  
 As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered
Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Company shall: 
  
 (x) accept for exchange all the Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and the Private
Exchange; 
  
 (y) deliver to the Trustee for
cancellation all the Initial Securities so accepted for exchange; and 
  
 (z) cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each Holder of the Initial Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, equal in principal amount to the Initial
Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange. 
  
 The
Indenture will provide that the Exchange Securities will not be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture and that all the Securities will vote and consent together on all matters as one class and that none of the Securities
will have the right to vote or consent as a class separate from one another on any matter. 
  
 Interest on each Exchange Security and Private Exchange Security issued pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and in the Private Exchange will accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid
on the Initial Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid on the Initial Securities, from the date of original issue of the Initial Securities. 
  
 Each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent to the Company that at the time of
the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer (i) any Exchange Securities received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of business, (ii) such Holder will have no arrangements or understanding with any person to participate in
the distribution of the Securities or the Exchange Securities within the meaning of the Securities Act, (iii) such Holder is not an “affiliate,” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act, of the Company or if it is an affiliate, such
Holder will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, (iv) if such Holder is not a broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution
of the Exchange Securities and (v) if such Holder is a broker-dealer, that it will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities and that it will be required to acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. 
  
 Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company will ensure that (i) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any

  

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 prospectus forming part thereof and any supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and
the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) any Exchange Offer 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 Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and any supplement to such prospectus, does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 
  
 2. Shelf Registration. If, (i) because of any change in law or in
applicable interpretations thereof by the staff of the Commission, the Company is not permitted to effect a Registered Exchange Offer, as contemplated by Section 1 hereof, (ii) any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities notifies the Company prior
to the 20th business day following the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer that (A) it is prohibited by
law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer, (B) it may not resell the Exchange Securities acquired by it in the Registered Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and the prospectus
contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resale or (C) that is a broker-dealer and owns Securities acquired directly from the Company or an affiliate of the Company, or (iii) the Initial
Purchasers so request with respect to the Initial Securities (or the Private Exchange Securities) not eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer and held by it following consummation of the Registered Exchange
Offer, the Company shall take the following actions (the date on which any of the conditions described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) occur, including in the case of clauses (iii) or (iii) the receipt of the required notice, being a
“Trigger Date”): 
  
 (a) The
Company shall promptly (but in no event more than 90 days after the Trigger Date (such 90th day being a “Filing Deadline”)) file with the Commission and thereafter use its best efforts to cause to be declared effective as soon as
practicable and in any event no later than 120 days after the Trigger Date (such 120th day being an “Effectiveness Deadline”) a registration statement (the “Shelf Registration Statement” and, together with
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, a “Registration Statement”) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act relating to the offer and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities by the Holders thereof from time to
time in accordance with the methods of distribution set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement and Rule 415 under the Securities Act (hereinafter, the “Shelf Registration”); provided, however, that no Holder (other
than the Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder.

  

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 (b) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration
Statement continuously effective in order to permit the prospectus included therein to be lawfully delivered by the Holders of the relevant Securities, for a period of two years (or for such longer period if extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below)
from the date of its effectiveness or such shorter period that will terminate when all the Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (i) have been sold pursuant thereto or (ii) are no longer restricted securities (as defined in Rule 144
under the Securities Act, or any successor rule thereof) (the “Shelf Registration Period”). The Company shall be deemed not to have used its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the
requisite period if it voluntarily takes any action that would result in Holders of Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Securities during that period, unless such action is required by applicable law or otherwise
permitted hereunder. 
  
 (c) Notwithstanding any
other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, amendment
or supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission and (ii) other than with respect to information included therein in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Holder specifically for use therein (the “Holders’ Information”), not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein (in the case of the prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading. 
  
 3. Registration Procedures. In connection with any Shelf Registration
contemplated by Section 2 hereof and, to the extent applicable, any Registered Exchange Offer contemplated by Section 1 hereof, the following provisions shall apply: 
  
 (a) The Company shall (i) furnish to the Initial Purchasers, prior to the filing thereof with the
Commission, a copy of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereof and each supplement, if any, to the prospectus included therein and, in the event that the Initial Purchasers (with respect to any portion of an unsold allotment from the
original offering) are participating in the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as the
Initial Purchasers reasonably may propose; (ii) include the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the cover, in Annex B hereto in the “Exchange Offer Procedures” section and the “Purpose of the Exchange Offer” section and in
Annex C hereto in the “Plan of Distribution” section of the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and include the information set forth in Annex D hereto in the Letter of Transmittal delivered pursuant to
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Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable, in the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement; (iv) include within
the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section entitled “Plan of Distribution,” reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, which shall contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies
made by the staff of the Commission with respect to the potential “underwriter” status of any broker-dealer that is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”)) of Exchange Securities received by such broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), whether such positions or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the
Commission or such positions or policies, in the reasonable judgment of the Initial Purchasers based upon advice of counsel (which may be in-house counsel), represent the prevailing views of the staff of the Commission; and (v) in the case of a
Shelf Registration Statement, include the names of the Holders who propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as selling securityholders. 
  
 (b) The Company shall give written notice to the Initial Purchasers when the Registration Statement or any
amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and shall give written notice to the Initial Purchasers and (i) in the case of the Shelf Registration Statement the Holders of the Securities covered thereby or (ii) in the case of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement, the holders of the Initial Securities and any Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the Company has received prior written notice that it will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer (which
notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes have been made): 
  
 (i) when the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;

  
 (ii) of any request by the Commission for
amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional information; 
  
 (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of
any proceedings for that purpose; 
  
 (iv) of the
receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and 

 
 (v) of the happening of any event that requires the
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statement of a material fact nor omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the
prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading. 
  
 (c) The Company shall make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal at the earliest possible time of any order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement. 
  
 (d) The Company shall furnish to each Holder of Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, at least one copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including
financial statements and schedules, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including those, if any, incorporated by reference). 
  
 (e) The Company shall deliver to each Exchanging Dealer and the Initial Purchasers, and to any other Holder who so requests, without
charge, at least one copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if any Initial Purchaser or any such Holder requests, all exhibits thereto (including
those incorporated by reference). 
  
 (f) The
Company shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver to each Holder of Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, as many copies of the prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) included in
the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such person may reasonably request. The Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by
each of the selling Holders of the Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities covered by the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement. 
  
 (g) The Company shall deliver to the Initial Purchasers, any
Exchanging Dealer, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer, without charge, as many copies of the final prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such persons may reasonably request. The Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the Initial
Purchasers, if necessary, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the Exchange Securities covered by the prospectus,
or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement. 
  

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 (h) Prior to any public offering of the Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement
the Company shall register or qualify or cooperate with the Holders of the Securities included therein and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or
“blue sky” laws of such states of the United States as any Holder of the Securities reasonably requests in writing and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the
Securities covered by such Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or (ii) take any action which
would subject it to general service of process or to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject. 
  
 (i) The Company shall cooperate with the Holders of the Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates
representing the Securities to be sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders may request a reasonable period of time prior to sales of the
Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. 
  
 (j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above during the period for which the Company is required to maintain an effective Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly prepare
and file a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus and any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders of the Securities or purchasers of Securities, the prospectus
(other than the Holders’ Information) will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the prospectus, in light
of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading; provided, however, that the Company may delay filing and distributing any such supplement or amendment if there is a possible acquisition or business combination or other
transaction involving the Company that would require disclosure in the Registration Statement or the related prospectus, and the Company determines in the exercise of its reasonable judgment that such disclosure is not in the best interest of the
Company and its stockholders at such time; and provided, further, that the Company will not be entitled to delay filing or distributing any such supplement or amendment for more than thirty (30) days (whether or not consecutive)
in any period of three (3) consecutive months or more than ninety (90) days for all such periods in any period of twelve (12) consecutive months. If the Company notifies the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any known
Participating Broker-Dealer in accordance with paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes to the prospectus have been made, then the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the
Securities and any such Participating Broker-Dealers shall suspend use of such prospectus and discontinue disposition of such Securities until such Holder’s receipt of copies of the supplemental or 

  

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amended prospectus or until advised in writing by the Company that use of the applicable prospectus may be resumed, and the period of effectiveness of the
Shelf Registration Statement provided for in Section 2(b) above and the Exchange Offer Registration Statement provided for in Section 1 above shall each be extended by the number of days from and including the date of the giving of such notice to
and including the date when the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer shall have received such amended or supplemented prospectus or authorization to resume use of the applicable prospectus
pursuant to this Section 3(j); provided, however, that such period of effectiveness including any such extension shall not exceed the holding period applicable to Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act or any substitution or modification
thereof. 
  
 (k) Not later than the effective
date of the applicable Registration Statement, the Company will provide a CUSIP number for the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, and provide the applicable trustee with printed
certificates for the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company. 
  
 (l) The Company will comply with all rules and regulations of the Commission to the extent and so long as
they are applicable to the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration and will make generally available to its security holders (or otherwise provide in accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) an earnings statement satisfying
the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, no later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after
the effective date of the Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such 12-month period. 
  
 (m) The Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, in a timely manner and
containing such changes, if any, as shall be necessary for such qualification. In the event that such qualification would require the appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the Company shall appoint a new trustee thereunder pursuant to
the applicable provisions of the Indenture. 
  
 (n) The Company may require each Holder of Securities to be sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such information regarding the Holder and the distribution of the Securities as the Company may from
time to time reasonably require for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, and the Company may exclude from such registration the Securities of any Holder that unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after
receiving such request. 
  
 (o) The Company shall
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all such other action, if any, as any Holder of the Securities shall reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Securities pursuant to
any Shelf Registration. 
  
 (p) In the case of
any Shelf Registration, the Company shall (i) make reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of the Securities, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or
other agent retained by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and (ii) cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees,
accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, as shall be
reasonably necessary to enable such persons, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided, however, that the foregoing inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated
on behalf of the Initial Purchasers and on behalf of the other parties, by one counsel designated by and on behalf of such other parties as described in Section 4 hereof; and, provided further, that such persons shall maintain
in confidence and use solely for the purposes of exercising their rights under this Agreement any information that is reasonably and in good faith designated by the Company as confidential at the time of delivery of such information, until such time
as (i) disclosure of such information is required by court or administrative order or is necessary to respond to inquiries of regulatory authorities, (ii) disclosure of such information is required by law (including any disclosure requirements
pursuant to federal securities laws in connection with the filing of any Registration Statement or the use of any prospectus referred to in this Agreement), (iii) such information becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a
disclosure or failure to safeguard by such person, or (iv) such information becomes available to such person from a source other than the Company and, to the knowledge of such person after reasonable inquiry, such source is not bound by a
confidentiality agreement. 
  
 (q) In the case of
any Shelf Registration, the Company, if requested by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities covered thereby, their counsel or managing underwriter, if any, shall cause its counsel to deliver opinions and updates thereof
relating to the Securities reasonably acceptable and in customary form addressed to such Holders and the managing underwriters, if any, thereof and dated, in the case of the initial opinion, the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement;
(ii) its officers to execute and deliver all customary documents and certificates and updates thereof requested by any underwriters of the applicable Securities; and (ii) its independent public accountants to provide to the selling Holders of the
applicable Securities and any underwriter therefor a comfort letter and updates thereof in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, subject to receipt
of appropriate documentation as contemplated, and only if permitted, by Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72. 
  

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 (r) In the case of the Registered Exchange Offer, if requested by the Initial Purchaser
or any known Participating Broker-Dealer, the Company shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver to the Initial Purchasers or such Participating Broker-Dealer signed opinions in the form set forth in Section 6(c) and 6(d) of the Purchase Agreement with
such changes as are customary in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement and (ii) its independent public accountants to deliver to the Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a comfort letter, in customary form,
meeting the requirements as to the substance thereof as set forth in Section 6(a) of the Purchase Agreement, with appropriate date changes. 
  
 (s) If a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated, upon delivery of the Initial Securities by Holders to the
Company (or to such other Person as directed by the Company) in exchange for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall mark, or cause to be marked, on the Initial Securities so exchanged that
such Initial Securities are being canceled in exchange for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be; in no event shall the Initial Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied. 
  
 (t) In the event that any broker-dealer registered under the
Exchange Act shall underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group or “assist in the distribution” (within the meaning of the Conduct Rules (the “Rules”) of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”)) thereof, whether as a Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company will assist such
broker-dealer in complying with the requirements of such Rules, including, without limitation, by (i) if such Rules, including Rule 2720, shall so require, engaging a “qualified independent underwriter” (as defined in Rule 2720) to
participate in the preparation of the Registration Statement relating to such Securities, to exercise usual standards of due diligence in respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering contemplated by such Registration Statement is an
underwritten offering or is made through a placement or sales agent, to recommend the yield of such Securities, (ii) indemnifying any such qualified independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 5
hereof and (iii) providing such information to such broker-dealer as may be required in order for such broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the Rules. 
  
 (u) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the
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 4. Registration Expenses. 
  
 (a) All expenses incident to the Company’s performance of and compliance with this Agreement will be
borne by the Company, regardless of whether a Registration Statement is ever filed or becomes effective, including without limitation; 
  
 (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses; 
  
 (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state “blue sky” or
securities laws; 
  
 (iii) all expenses of
printing (including printing certificates for the Securities to be issued in the Registered Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange and printing of prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; 
  
 (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company;

  
 (v) all application and filing fees in
connection with listing the Exchange Securities on a national securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements hereof; and 
  
 (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any special audit
and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance). 
  
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Company be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or brokerage fees or commissions incurred by the selling Holders in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement. The
Company will bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any person,
including special experts, retained by the Company. The Holders participating in any underwritten offering shall be responsible for any underwriting discounts and commissions and fees and expenses of counsel to the managing underwriters and the
selling securityholders to the extent not required to be paid by the Company pursuant to this Section 4. 
  
 (b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities who are tendering Initial Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer and/or selling or reselling Securities pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel, who shall be Ropes & Gray LLP unless another firm shall be chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared. 
  

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 5. Indemnification. 
  
 (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of the Securities, any Participating
Broker-Dealer and each person, if any, who controls such Holder or such Participating Broker-Dealer within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each Holder, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such controlling persons are referred
to collectively as the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, or any actions in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or actions relating to purchases and sales of the Securities) to which each Indemnified Party may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions
arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf
Registration, or arise out of, or are based upon, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and shall reimburse, as incurred, the
Indemnified Parties for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof; provided, however, that (i) the Company
shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon (A) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in a Registration Statement or
prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company by or on behalf
of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein or (B) any offer or sale of Securities covered by any Registration statement during a 30 day or 90 day period referenced in Section 3(j) hereof of which the Holder has received written notice and
(ii) with respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration Statement, the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to
the benefit of any Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased the Securities concerned, to the extent that a prospectus relating to such Securities was required to
be delivered by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer under the Securities Act in connection with such purchase and any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer results from the fact that there was not
sent or given to such person, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such Securities to such person, a copy of the final prospectus if such loss, claim, damage or liability is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to arise
out of an untrue statement or omission that was corrected in the final prospectus and the Company had previously furnished sufficient copies thereof to such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer in sufficient time to enable such Holder or
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Dealer to deliver to such person such prospectus; provided further, however, that this indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which the Company may otherwise have to such Indemnified Party. The Company shall also indemnify underwriters, their officers and directors and each person who controls such underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders of the Securities if requested by such Holders. 
  
 (b) Each Holder of the Securities, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities or any actions in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such controlling person may become subject
under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration
Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to such
Holder and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein; and, subject to the limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, shall reimburse, as incurred, the Company for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability
which such Holder may otherwise have to the Company or any of its controlling persons. 
  
 (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 5 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding
(including a governmental investigation), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 5, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to
notify the indemnifying party will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought
against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party
similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the
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to such indemnified party under this Section 5 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is
or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter
of such action, 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 5 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
subsections (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to in subsection
(a) or (b) above in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or such Holder or such other indemnified party, as the case may be, on the other, and the
parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the
first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d).
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(d), the Holders of the Securities shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds received by such Holders from the sale of the Securities
pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds the amount of damages which such Holders have 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 Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who
controls such indemnified party within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such indemnified party and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities
Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. 
  

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 (e) The agreements contained in this Section 5 shall survive the sale of the Securities
pursuant to a Registration Statement and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified party. 
  
 6. Additional Payments Under Certain Circumstances. 
  
 (a) Additional payment (the “Additional
Payments”) with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities shall be assessed as follows if any of the following events occur (each such event in clauses (i) through (iv) below being herein called a “Registration
Default”): 
  
 (i) any Registration
Statement required by this Agreement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the applicable Filing Deadline; 
  
 (ii) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the applicable
Effectiveness Deadline; 
  
 (iii) the Registered
Exchange Offer has not been consummated on or prior to the Consummation Deadline; or 
  
 (iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement has been declared effective by the Commission but (A) such Registration
Statement thereafter ceases to be effective or (B) such Registration Statement or the related prospectus ceases to be usable (except as permitted in paragraph (b)) in connection with resales of Transfer Restricted Securities during the periods
specified herein because either (1) any event occurs as a result of which the related prospectus forming part of such Registration Statement would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make
the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or (2) it shall be necessary to amend such Registration Statement or supplement the related prospectus, to comply with the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder. 
  
 Each of the
foregoing will constitute a Registration Default whatever the reason for any such event and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is beyond the control of the Company or pursuant to operation of law or as a result of any action or inaction by
the Commission. 
  
 Additional Payment shall accrue on the
Transfer Restricted Securities over and above the interest set forth in the title of the Transfer Restricted Securities from and including the date on which any such Registration Default shall occur to but excluding the date on which all such
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annum (the “Additional Payment Rate”) for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default. The
Additional Payment Rate shall increase by an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum Additional Payment Rate of 1.0% per annum. 
  
 (b) A Registration Default referred to in Section 6(a)(iv)
hereof shall be deemed not to have occurred and be continuing in relation to a Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus if (i) such Registration Default has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a post-effective amendment to
such Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited financial information with respect to the Company where such post-effective amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared effective to permit Holders to use the related
prospectus or (y) other material events, with respect to the Company that would need to be described in such Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus and (ii) in the case of clause (y), the Company is either proceeding promptly and in
good faith to amend or supplement such Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus to describe such events or the Company has delayed filing and distributing such amendment or supplement pursuant to the first and second provisos of the first
sentence of Section 3(j) of this Agreement; provided, however, that in any case if such Registration Default occurs for a continuous period in excess of 30 days, Additional Payments shall be payable in accordance with the above
paragraph from the day such Registration Default occurs until such Registration Default is cured. 
  
 (c) Any amounts of Additional Payments due pursuant to Section 6(a) will be payable in cash on the regular interest payment dates with
respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. The amount of Additional Payments will be determined by multiplying the applicable Additional Payment Rate by the principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities and further multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days such Additional Payment Rate was applicable during such period (determined on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months), and the denominator of which is 360. 
  
 (d) “Transfer Restricted Securities” means
each Security until (i) the date on which such Security has been exchanged by a person other than a broker-dealer for a freely transferable Exchange Security in the Registered Exchange Offer, (ii) following the exchange by a broker-dealer in the
Registered Exchange Offer of an Initial Security for an Exchange Security, the date on which such Exchange Security is sold to a purchaser who receives from such broker-dealer on or prior to the date of such sale a copy of the prospectus contained
in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (iii) the date on which such Security has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement or (iv) the date on which such Security
is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or is saleable pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act. 
  

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 7. Rules 144 and 144A. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to file the reports
required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act in a timely manner and, if at any time the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, make
publicly available other information so long as necessary to permit sales of their securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A. The Company covenants that it will take such further action as any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may reasonably
request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Transfer Restricted Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rules 144 and 144A (including the
requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)). The Company will provide a copy of this Agreement to prospective purchasers of Initial Securities identified to the Company by the Initial Purchasers upon request. Upon the request of any Holder of Initial
Securities, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7 shall be deemed to require the Company to register any of its
securities pursuant to the Exchange Act. 
  
 8. Underwritten
Registrations. If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by any Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that will administer the offering
(“Managing Underwriters”) will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer Restricted Securities to be included in such offering, subject to the approval of the Company (which shall not be
unreasonably withheld) and provided that at least 10% of the outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities are included in such underwritten offering. The Company shall not be obligated to arrange for more than two underwritten offerings during
the Shelf Registration Period. 
  
 No person may participate in
any underwritten registration hereunder unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve
such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. 
  
 9. Miscellaneous. 
  
 (a) Remedies. The Company acknowledges and agrees
that any failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Section 1 and 2 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 will 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 1 and 2
hereof. The Company further agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate. 
  

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 (b) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not on or after the date of this
Agreement enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in
any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof. 
  
 (c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, except by the Company and the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities affected by such amendment,
modification, supplement, waiver or consents. Without the consent of the Holder of each Security, however, no modification may change the provisions relating to the payment of Additional Interest. 
  
 (d) Notices. All notices and other communications
provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, first-class mail, facsimile transmission, or air courier which guarantees overnight delivery: 
  
 (1) if to a Holder of the Securities, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company.

  
 (2) if to the Initial Purchasers; 

 
 UBS Securities LLC 
 677 Washington Boulevard 
 Stamford, CT 06901 
 Fax number: (203) 719-0680 
 Attention: High Yield Capital Markets 
  
 With a copy at such address to the attention of Legal Department, fax number (203) 719-6177 
  
 with a copy to: 
  
 Ropes & Gray LLP 
 One International Place 
 Boston, MA 02110 
 Fax No.: (617) 951-7050 
 Attention: David A. Fine 
  
 (3) if to the Company, at its address as follows: 
  
 TECO Energy, Inc. 
 702 North Franklin Street 
 Tampa, FL 33602 
 Attention: Corporate Secretary 
  

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 with a copy to: 
  

Palmer & Dodge LLP 
 111 Huntington Avenue 
 Boston, MA 02199-4111 
 Attention: Stanley Keller 
  
 All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; three business days
after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged by recipient’s facsimile machine operator, if sent by facsimile transmission; and on the day delivered, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing
next day delivery. 
  
 (e) Third Party
Beneficiaries. The Holders shall be third party beneficiaries 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 they may deem such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect their rights or the rights of Holders hereunder. 
  
 (f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. 
  
 (g) 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. 
  
 (h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. 
  
 (i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT
REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. 
  
 (j) Severability. If any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or 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. 
  
 (k) Securities Held by the Company. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of
Securities is required hereunder, Securities held by the Company or its affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be 

  

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affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the
Holders of such required percentage. 
  
 (l)
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.. The Company hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives all right to trial by jury in any proceeding (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any way arising out of or relating to this
Agreement. Each of the Parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such proceeding brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon such party and may be enforced in any other courts in the jurisdiction of which such party is or
may be subject, by suit upon such judgment. 
  

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 If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the
Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement between the Initial Purchasers and the Company in accordance with its terms. 
  

			
	Very truly yours,
	
	TECO ENERGY, INC.
		
	By	 	 /s/ S. W. Callahan

	Name:	 	Sandra W. Callahan
	Title:	 	Vice President – Treasury and Risk
	 	 	Management (Treasurer)

  
 The foregoing Registration

 Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed 
 and accepted as of the
date first 
 above written. 
  

			
	By:	 	UBS SECURITIES LLC
	 	 	As Representative of the several Initial Purchasers
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Antero Carrillo

	Name:	 	Antero Carrillo
	Title:	 	Associate Director
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jamie Brodsky

	Name:	 	Jamie Brodsky
	Title:	 	Associate Director

 ANNEX A 
  
 Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus
in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning
of the Securities Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial
Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date (as defined herein), it will make this Prospectus
available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.” 

 ANNEX B 
  
 Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities, where such Initial Securities were acquired
by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 ANNEX C 
  
 PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION 
  
 Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus
in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in exchange for Initial
Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date, it will make this prospectus, as amended or
supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until , 200 , all dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Securities may be required to deliver a prospectus.(1) 
  
 The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange Securities by broker-dealers. Exchange Securities received by broker-dealers for their
own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the Exchange Securities or a combination of such
methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive
compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such Exchange Securities. Any broker-dealer that resells Exchange Securities that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the
Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such Exchange Securities may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of Exchange Securities
and any commission or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that, by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a
broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. 
  
 For a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date the Company will promptly send additional copies of this Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to
this Prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents in the Letter of Transmittal. The Company has agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer 

	(1)	In addition, the legend, if any, required by Item 502(b) of Regulation S–K will appear on the inside front cover page of the Exchange Offer prospectus below the
Table of Contents. 

 (including the expenses of one counsel for the Holders of the Securities) other than commissions or concessions of any
brokers or dealers and will indemnify the Holders of the Securities (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. 

 ANNEX D 
  
 [    ] CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS
THERETO. 
  

			
	Name: 	 	  

	Address:	 	  

  
 If the undersigned is not a
broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange Securities. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange
for Initial Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities; however, by so acknowledging
and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.Indenture Agreement, dated May 1, 2005

 Exhibit 4.1 
  
 EXECUTION COPY 
  
 INDENTURE 
  
 dated as of May 1, 2005 
  
 by and between 
  
 ACCREDITED
MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-2, 
  
 as Issuer 
  
 and 
  
 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY 
  

as Indenture Trustee 
  

  
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

  

					
	ARTICLE I	  	 
		
	DEFINITIONS	  	 
	 Section 1.01.
	  	General Definitions	  	2
		
	ARTICLE II	  	 
		
	THE NOTES	  	 
	 Section 2.01.
	  	Forms Generally	  	2
	 Section 2.02.
	  	Form of Certificate of Authentication	  	2
	 Section 2.03.
	  	General Provisions with Respect to Principal and Interest Payment	  	2
	 Section 2.04.
	  	Denominations	  	3
	 Section 2.05.
	  	Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating	  	3
	 Section 2.06.
	  	Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange	  	4
	 Section 2.07.
	  	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes	  	5
	 Section 2.08.
	  	Payments of Principal and Interest	  	6
	 Section 2.09.
	  	Persons Deemed Owner	  	8
	 Section 2.10.
	  	Cancellation	  	8
	 Section 2.11.
	  	Authentication and Delivery of Notes	  	8
	 Section 2.12.
	  	Book-Entry Note	  	9
	 Section 2.13.
	  	Termination of Book Entry System	  	10
		
	ARTICLE III	  	 
		
	COVENANTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES	  	 
			
	 Section 3.01.
	  	Payment of Notes	  	11
	 Section 3.02.
	  	Maintenance of Office or Agency	  	11
	 Section 3.03.
	  	Money for Note Payments to Be Held in Trust	  	11
	 Section 3.04.
	  	Existence of Trust	  	13
	 Section 3.05.
	  	Protection of Trust Estate	  	14
	 Section 3.06.
	  	Opinions as to the Trust Estate	  	14
	 Section 3.07.
	  	Performance of Obligations	  	14
	 Section 3.08.
	  	Investment Company Act	  	15
	 Section 3.09.
	  	Negative Covenants	  	15
	 Section 3.10.
	  	Annual Statement as to Compliance	  	16
	 Section 3.11.
	  	Restricted Payments	  	16
	 Section 3.12.
	  	Treatment of Notes as Debt for Tax Purposes	  	16
	 Section 3.13.
	  	Notice of Events of Default	  	16
	 Section 3.14.
	  	Further Instruments and Acts	  	17
	 Section 3.15.
	  	Representation and Warranties of the Issuer	  	17

  

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	ARTICLE IV	  	 
		
	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE	  	 
			
	 Section 4.01.
	  	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture	  	18
	 Section 4.02.
	  	Application of Trust Money	  	19
		
	ARTICLE V	  	 
		
	DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES	  	 
			
	 Section 5.01.
	  	Event of Default	  	20
	 Section 5.02.
	  	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment	  	21
	 Section 5.03.
	  	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee	  	22
	 Section 5.04.
	  	Remedies	  	22
	 Section 5.05.
	  	Indenture Trustee May File Proofs of Claim	  	22
	 Section 5.06.
	  	Indenture Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes	  	23
	 Section 5.07.
	  	Application of Money Collected	  	24
	 Section 5.08.
	  	Limitation on Suits	  	25
	 Section 5.09.
	  	Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest	  	26
	 Section 5.10.
	  	Restoration of Rights and Remedies	  	26
	 Section 5.11.
	  	Rights and Remedies Cumulative	  	26
	 Section 5.12.
	  	Delay or Omission Not Waiver	  	26
	 Section 5.13.
	  	Control by Noteholders	  	26
	 Section 5.14.
	  	Waiver of Past Defaults	  	27
	 Section 5.15.
	  	Undertaking for Costs	  	27
	 Section 5.16.
	  	Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws	  	27
	 Section 5.17.
	  	Sale of Trust Estate	  	28
	 Section 5.18.
	  	Action on Notes	  	29
	 Section 5.19.
	  	No Recourse	  	29
	 Section 5.20.
	  	Application of the Trust Indenture Act	  	29
		
	ARTICLE VI	  	 
		
	THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE	  	 
			
	 Section 6.01.
	  	Duties of Indenture Trustee	  	30
	 Section 6.02.
	  	Notice of Default	  	32
	 Section 6.03.
	  	Rights of Indenture Trustee	  	32
	 Section 6.04.
	  	Not Responsible for Recitals, Issuance of Notes or Mortgage Loans	  	33
	 Section 6.05.
	  	May Hold Notes	  	34
	 Section 6.06.
	  	Money Held in Trust	  	34
	 Section 6.07.
	  	Eligibility, Disqualification	  	34
	 Section 6.08.
	  	Indenture Trustee’s Capital and Surplus	  	34
	 Section 6.09.
	  	Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor	  	34
	 Section 6.10.
	  	Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Indenture Trustee	  	36

  

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	 Section 6.11.
	  	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of Indenture Trustee	  	36
	 Section 6.12.
	  	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Trust	  	36
	 Section 6.13.
	  	Co-Indenture Trustees and Separate Indenture Trustees	  	36
	 Section 6.14.
	  	Authenticating Agents	  	37
	 Section 6.15.
	  	Review of Mortgage Files	  	39
	 Section 6.16.
	  	Indenture Trustee Fees and Expenses Indemnification	  	39
		
	ARTICLE VII	  	 
		
	NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS	  	 
			
	 Section 7.01.
	  	Note Registrar to Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders	  	40
	 Section 7.02.
	  	Preservation of Information: Communications to Noteholders	  	40
	 Section 7.03.
	  	Reports by Indenture Trustee	  	41
	 Section 7.04.
	  	Reports by Trust	  	41
		
	ARTICLE VIII	  	 
		
	ACCOUNTS, PAYMENTS OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL, AND RELEASES	  	 
			
	 Section 8.01.
	  	Accounts; Investment; Collection of Moneys	  	41
	 Section 8.02.
	  	Allocation of Realized Losses	  	49
	 Section 8.03.
	  	[Reserved]	  	49
	 Section 8.04.
	  	General Provisions Regarding the Payment Account and Mortgage Loans	  	49
	 Section 8.05.
	  	Releases of Deleted Mortgage Loans	  	50
	 Section 8.06.
	  	Reports by Indenture Trustee to Noteholders; Access to Certain Information	  	50
	 Section 8.07.
	  	Release of Trust Estate	  	51
	 Section 8.08.
	  	Amendment to Sale and Servicing Agreement	  	51
	 Section 8.09.
	  	Delivery of the Mortgage Files Pursuant to Sale and Servicing Agreement	  	51
	 Section 8.10.
	  	Servicer as Agent	  	52
	 Section 8.11.
	  	Termination of Servicer	  	52
	 Section 8.12.
	  	Opinion of Counsel	  	52
	 Section 8.13.
	  	Appointment of Collateral Agents	  	52
		
	ARTICLE IX	  	 
		
	SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES	  	 
			
	 Section 9.01.
	  	Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders	  	52
	 Section 9.02.
	  	Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders	  	53
	 Section 9.03.
	  	Execution of Supplemental Indentures	  	55
	 Section 9.04.
	  	Effect of Supplemental Indentures	  	55
	 Section 9.05.
	  	Conformity With Trust Indenture Act	  	55
	 Section 9.06.
	  	Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures	  	55
	 Section 9.07.
	  	Amendments to Governing Documents	  	55

  

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	ARTICLE X	  	 
		
	REDEMPTION OF NOTES	  	 
			
	 Section 10.01.
	  	Redemption of Notes	  	56
	 Section 10.02.
	  	Form of Redemption Notice	  	57
	 Section 10.03.
	  	Notes Payable on Optional Redemption	  	57
		
	ARTICLE XI	  	 
		
	MISCELLANEOUS	  	 
			
	 Section 11.01.
	  	Compliance Certificates and Opinions	  	57
	 Section 11.02.
	  	Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee	  	58
	 Section 11.03.
	  	Acts of Noteholders	  	59
	 Section 11.04.
	  	Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee and Trust	  	60
	 Section 11.05.
	  	Notices and Reports to Noteholders; Waiver of Notices	  	61
	 Section 11.06.
	  	Rules by Indenture Trustee	  	61
	 Section 11.07.
	  	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act	  	61
	 Section 11.08.
	  	Effect of Headings and Table of Contents	  	61
	 Section 11.09.
	  	Successors and Assigns	  	61
	 Section 11.10.
	  	Separability	  	61
	 Section 11.11.
	  	Benefits of Indenture	  	61
	 Section 11.12.
	  	Legal Holidays	  	62
	 Section 11.13.
	  	Governing Law	  	62
	 Section 11.14.
	  	Counterparts	  	62
	 Section 11.15.
	  	Recording of Indenture	  	62
	 Section 11.16.
	  	Trust Obligation	  	62
	 Section 11.17.
	  	No Petition	  	63
	 Section 11.18.
	  	Inspection	  	63
	 Section 11.19.
	  	Usury	  	64
	 Section 11.20.
	  	Rights of Swap Provider	  	64

  
 APPENDICES, SCHEDULES
AND EXHIBITS 
  

			
	 Appendix I
	  	Defined Terms
		
	 Schedule 1
	  	Mortgage Loan Schedule
		
	 Schedule 2
	  	Swap Notional Balances
		
	 Exhibit A
	  	Form of Note

  

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 This INDENTURE, dated as of May 1, 2005 (as amended or supplemented from time to time as permitted
hereby, this “Indenture”), is between ACCREDITED MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-2, a Delaware statutory trust (together with its permitted successors and assigns, the “Trust” or the “Issuer”), and
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, a national banking association, as Indenture Trustee (together with its permitted successors in the trusts hereunder, the “Indenture Trustee”). 
  
 Preliminary Statement 
  
 The Trust has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide for its Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2005-2 (the “Notes”), issuable as provided in this Indenture. All covenants and agreements made by the Trust herein are for the benefit and security of the Holders of the Notes and the Swap
Provider. The Trust is entering into this Indenture, and the Indenture Trustee is accepting the trusts created hereby, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged. 
  
 All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Trust in
accordance with its terms have been done. 
  
 Granting Clause

  
 Subject to the terms of this Indenture, the Trust hereby
Grants to the Indenture Trustee at the Closing Date, as Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Swap Provider, all of the Trust’s right, title and interest in and to: (i) the Trust Estate; (ii) all right, title and interest
of the Trust in the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loans (including the Trust’s right to cause the Sponsor to repurchase Mortgage Loans from the Trust under certain circumstances described therein); (iii) all present
and future claims, demands, causes of action and choses in action in respect of any or all of the foregoing and all payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of the foregoing, including all
proceeds of the conversion thereof, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, condemnation
awards, rights to payment of any and every kind and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property which at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing; (iv) all funds on
deposit from time to time in (a) the Collection Account and (b) the Payment Account; (v) the Swap Agreement; (vi) all other property of the Trust from time to time; and (vii) any and all proceeds of the foregoing (collectively, the
“Collateral”). 
  
 The foregoing Grant is made in
trust to secure the payment of principal of and interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Notes, equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction, and to secure compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, all as
provided in this Indenture. 
  
 The Indenture Trustee, as
Indenture Trustee on behalf of the holders of the Notes and the Swap Provider, acknowledges the foregoing Grant, accepts the trusts hereunder in good faith and without notice of any adverse claim or liens and agrees to perform its duties required in
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Notes may be adequately and effectively protected. The Indenture Trustee agrees and acknowledges that each item of Collateral that is physically delivered to
the Indenture Trustee will be held by the Indenture Trustee in California. 
  
 ARTICLE I 
  
 DEFINITIONS

  
 Section 1.01. General Definitions. Except as
otherwise specified or as the context may otherwise require, the terms defined in Appendix I have the respective meanings set forth in such Appendix I for all purposes of this Indenture, and the definitions of such terms are applicable to the
singular as well as to the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine genders of such terms. Whenever reference is made herein to an Event of Default or a Default known to the Indenture Trustee or of which the
Indenture Trustee has notice or knowledge, such reference shall be construed to refer only to an Event of Default or Default of which the Indenture Trustee is deemed to have notice or knowledge pursuant to Section 6.01(d). All other terms used
herein that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act (as hereinafter defined), either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein. 
  
 ARTICLE II 
  
 THE NOTES 
  
 Section 2.01. Forms Generally. The Notes shall be substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit A attached hereto. Each Note may have such
letters, numbers or other marks of indemnification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, or as may, consistently herewith, be
determined by the Trust, as evidenced by its execution thereof. Any portion of the text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof with an appropriate reference on the face of the Note. 
  
 The Definitive Notes may be produced in any manner determined by the Trust,
as evidenced by its execution thereof. 
  
 Section 2.02. Form
of Certificate of Authentication. The form of the Authenticating Agent’s certificate of authentication is as set forth on the signature page of the form of the Note attached hereto as Exhibit A. 
  
 Section 2.03. General Provisions with Respect to Principal and Interest
Payment. The Notes shall be designated generally as the “Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-2, Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2005-2”. 
  

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 The Notes shall be issued in the form specified in Section 2.01 hereof. The Notes shall be issued in
eleven Classes, the Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2A Notes, Class A-2B Notes, Class A-2C Notes, Class M-1 Notes, Class M-2 Notes, Class M-3 Notes, Class M-4 Notes, Class M-5 Notes, Class M-6 Notes, Class M-7 Notes, Class M-8 Notes, Class M-9 Notes, Class
M-10 Notes and Class M-11 Notes. The aggregate Original Note Principal Balance of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture is limited to $187,263,000 of Class A-1 Notes, $287,445,000 of Class A-2A Notes, $294,222,000 of
Class A-2B Notes, $71,582,000 of Class A-2C Notes, $32,250,000 of Class M-1 Notes, $28,722,000 of Class M-2 Notes, $18,141,000 of Class M-3 Notes, $16,629,000 of Class M-4 Notes, $15,621,000 of Class M-5 Notes, $12,598,000 of Class M-6 Notes,
$11,085,000 of Class M-7 Notes, $8,063,000 of Class M-8 Notes, $10,078,000 of Class M-9 Notes, $6,047,000 of Class M-10 Notes and $8,062,000 of Class M-11 Notes, except for the Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or
in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Sections 2.06, 2.07, or 9.06 of this Indenture. 
  
 Subject to the provisions of Sections 3.01, 5.07, 5.09 and 8.02 of this Indenture, the principal of each Class of Notes shall be payable in installments
ending no later than the related Final Stated Maturity Date, unless the unpaid principal of such Notes become due and payable at an earlier date by declaration of acceleration or call for redemption or otherwise. 
  
 All payments made with respect to any Note shall be applied first to the
interest then due and payable on such Note and then to the principal thereof. All computations of interest accrued on any LIBOR Note shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days and the actual number of days elapsed in the related Interest
Accrual Period. 
  
 Notwithstanding any of the foregoing
provisions with respect to payments of principal of and interest on the Notes, if the Notes have become or been declared due and payable following an Event of Default and such acceleration of maturity and its consequences have not been rescinded and
annulled, then payments of principal of and interest on the Notes shall be made in accordance with Section 5.07 hereof. 
  
 Section 2.04. Denominations. The Notes shall be issuable only as registered Notes in the denominations equal to the Authorized Denominations.

  
 Section 2.05. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and
Dating. The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by an Authorized Officer of the Owner Trustee, acting at the direction of the Certificateholders. The signature of such Authorized Officer of the Owner Trustee on the Notes may be manual
or by facsimile. 
  
 Notes bearing the manual or facsimile
signature of an individual who was at any time an Authorized Officer of the Owner Trustee shall bind the Trust, notwithstanding that such individual has ceased to be an Authorized Officer of the Owner Trustee prior to the authentication and delivery
of such Notes or was not an Authorized Officer of the Owner Trustee at the date of such Notes. 
  
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authentication, and the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver such Notes as provided in this Indenture and not otherwise. 
  
 Each Note authenticated on the Closing Date shall be dated the Closing Date.
All other Notes that are authenticated after the Closing Date for any other purpose hereunder shall be dated the date of their authentication. 
  
 No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a certificate
of authentication substantially in the form provided for in Section 2.02 hereof, executed by the Authenticating Agent by the manual signature of one of its Authorized Officers or employees, and such certificate of authentication upon any Note shall
be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. 
  
 Section 2.06. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Trust shall cause to be kept a register (the “Note
Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trust shall provide for the registration of Notes and the registration of transfers of Notes. The Indenture Trustee is hereby initially appointed
“Note Registrar” for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. The Indenture Trustee shall remain the Note Registrar throughout the term hereof. Upon any resignation of the Indenture Trustee, the
Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, shall promptly appoint a successor or, in the absence of such appointment, the Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, shall assume the duties of Note Registrar. 
  
 If a Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Trust as
Note Registrar, the Trust will give the Indenture Trustee prompt written notice of the appointment of such Note Registrar and of the location, and any change in the location, of the Note Register, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to
inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times and to obtain copies thereof, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to rely upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by an Authorized Officer thereof as to the names and
addresses of the Holders of the Notes and the principal amounts and number of such Notes. 
  
 Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Trust to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02 hereof, the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust, acting at the direction of
the Certificateholders, shall execute, and the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees; one or more new Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate initial Class
Note Balance. 
  
 At the option of the Holder, Notes may be
exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denominations, and of a like aggregate Class Note Balance, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Owner Trustee shall
execute, and the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes that the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. 
  
 All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Trust, evidencing the same debt, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. 
  

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 Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or
be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in the form included in Exhibit A attached hereto, duly executed by the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible
guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agent’s Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature
guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange Act. 
  
 No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Note Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge as may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.07 or Section 9.06 hereof. 
  
 The Note Registrar shall not register the transfer of a Note unless the Note
Registrar has received a representation letter from the transferee to the effect that either (i) the transferee is a Plan and is not, directly or indirectly, acquiring the Note or any interest therein on behalf of, as investment manager of, as named
fiduciary of, as trustee of, or with the assets of a Plan or (ii) the acquisition and holding of the Note by the transferee qualifies for exemptive relief under a United States Department of Labor prohibited transaction class exemption (or, if the
transferee is a Governmental Plan, will not result in a violation of applicable law). Each Beneficial Owner of a Note which is a Book-Entry Note shall be deemed to make one of the foregoing representations. 
  
 Section 2.07. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. If (1) any
mutilated Note is surrendered to the Note Registrar or the Note Registrar receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and (2) there is delivered to the Note Registrar such security or indemnity as may be
required by the Note Registrar to save each of the Trust, the Owner Trustee and the Note Registrar harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Note Registrar that such Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Owner Trustee on behalf
of the Trust, acting at the direction of the Certificateholders, shall execute and upon its delivery of a Trust Request the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Note, a new Note or Notes of the same tenor and aggregate initial principal amount bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. If, after the delivery of such new Note, a bona fide purchaser of the original Note in lieu of which such
new Note was issued presents for payment such original Note, the note Registrar, shall be entitled to recover such new Note from the person to whom it was delivered or any person taking therefrom, except a bona fide 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 Trust, the Owner Trustee or the Note Registrar in connection therewith. If any such mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen
Note shall have become or shall be about to become due and payable, or shall have become subject to redemption in full, instead of issuing a new Note, the Trust may pay such Note without surrender thereof, except that any mutilated Note shall be
surrendered. 
  
 Upon the issuance of any new Note under this
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be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trust, the Indenture Trustee or the Note Registrar)
connected therewith. 
  
 Every new Note issued pursuant to this
Section 2.07 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original contractual obligation of the Trust, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all
the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder. 
  
 The provisions of this Section 2.07 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes. 
  
 Section 2.08. Payments of Principal and Interest. (a) Payments on Notes issued as Book-Entry Notes will be made by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee to the Clearing Agency or its nominee. Any installment of interest or principal
payable on any Definitive Notes that is punctually paid or duly provided for by the Trust on the applicable Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on
the Record Date for such Class of Notes and such Payment Date by either (i) wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of a Noteholder, if such Noteholder has provided the Indenture Trustee with wiring instructions in writing by
five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date or has provided the Indenture Trustee with such instructions for any previous Payment Date or (ii) check mailed to such Person’s address as it appears in the Note Register on such Record
Date, except for the final installment of principal payable with respect to such Note, which shall be payable as provided in subsection (b) of this Section 2.08. A fee may be charged by the Indenture Trustee to a Holder of Definitive Notes for any
payment made by wire transfer. Any installment of interest or principal not punctually paid or duly provided for shall be payable as soon as funds are available to the Indenture Trustee for payment thereof, or if Section 5.07 applies, pursuant to
Section 5.07. 
  
 Payments on Certificates will be made by or on
behalf of the Indenture Trustee to or at the direction of the Person in whose name such Certificate is registered by either (i) wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account directed by a Certificateholder, if such Certificateholder
(A) is Accredited Home Lenders, Inc. or its affiliate and (B) has provided the Indenture Trustee with wiring instructions in writing by five (5) Business Days prior to the related payment Date or has provided the Indenture Trustee with such
instructions for any previous Payment Date or (ii) check mailed to such Person’s address as it appears in the Certificate Register on such Record Date. A fee may be charged by the Indenture Trustee to a Certificateholder for any payment made by
wire transfer. The Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to rely on information provided by the Owner Trustee as Certificate Registrar as to all matters related to the Certificate Registrar and the Certificates. 
  
 (b) All reductions in the Class Note Balance of a Note (or one or more
Predecessor Notes) effected by payments of installments of principal made on any Payment Date shall be binding upon all Holders of such Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof,
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presentation and surrender thereof on or after the Payment Date therefor at the designated office of the Indenture Trustee located within the United States
of America pursuant to Section 3.02. 
  
 Whenever the Indenture
Trustee expects that the entire unpaid Class Note Balance of any Note will become due and payable on the next Payment Date, other than pursuant to a redemption pursuant to Article X, it shall, no later than two (2) Business Days prior to such
Payment Date, mail to each Person in whose name a Note to be so retired is registered at the close of business on such otherwise applicable Record Date a notice to the effect that: 
  
 (i) the Indenture Trustee expects that funds sufficient to pay such final installment will be available in
the Payment Account on such Payment Date; and 
  
 (ii) if such funds are available, (a) such final installment will be payable on such Payment Date, but only upon presentation and surrender of such Note at the office or agency of the Note Registrar maintained for such purpose pursuant to
Section 3.02 (the address of which shall be set forth in such notice) and (b) no interest shall accrue on such Note after such Payment Date. 
  
 Notices in connection with redemptions of Notes shall be mailed to Noteholders in accordance with Section 10.02 hereof. 
  
 (c) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.08, each Note
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to unpaid principal and interest that were carried by such other Note. Any checks mailed pursuant to paragraph (a)
of this Section 2.08 and returned undelivered shall be held in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof. 
  
 (d) The Indenture Trustee’s Remittance Report, shall be prepared by the Indenture Trustee based on the loan level data provided in the Servicer
Remittance Report delivered to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee shall not have any responsibility to recalculate, verify or recompute information contained in any tape, electronic data file or
disk or Servicer Remittance Report delivered to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement except to the extent necessary to satisfy all obligations under this Section 2.08(d). 
  
 Within thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar year, the Indenture
Trustee will be required to furnish to each Person who at any time during the calendar year was a Noteholder, if requested in writing by such person, a statement containing the information set forth in subclauses (a), (b) and (c) in the definition
of “Indenture Trustee’s Remittance Report,” aggregated for such calendar year. Such obligation will be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information is provided pursuant to any requirements of
the Code as are from time to time in force. 
  
 From time to time
(but no more than once per calendar month), upon the written request of the Seller, the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee shall report to the Seller, the Sponsor and the Servicer the amount then held in each Account (including investment
earnings accrued) held by the Indenture Trustee and the identity of the investments included therein. 
  

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 Section 2.09. Persons Deemed Owner. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any
Note, any agent on behalf of the Trust including but not limited to the Indenture Trustee, may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the owner of such Note (a) on the applicable Record Date for the purpose of receiving payments of
the principal of and interest on such Note and (b) on any other date for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Trust, the Indenture Trustee or any other agent of the Trust, shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
  
 Section 2.10. Cancellation. All Notes surrendered for payment,
registration of transfer, exchange or redemption shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Note Registrar, be delivered to the Note Registrar and shall be promptly canceled by it. The Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall deliver to
the Note Registrar for cancellation any Note previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the
Note Registrar. No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes canceled as provided in this Section 2.10, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Notes held by the Note Registrar shall be held by the
Note Registrar in accordance with its standard retention policy, unless the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust shall direct within 5 Business Days of receipt of the cancelled Note by a Trust Order that they be destroyed or returned to it.

  
 Section 2.11. Authentication and Delivery of Notes. The
Notes shall be executed by an Authorized Officer of the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust; and delivered to the Authenticating Agent for authentication, and thereupon the same shall be authenticated and delivered by the Authenticating Agent,
upon a Trust Request and upon receipt by the Authenticating Agent of all of the following: 
  
 (a) A Trust Order authorizing the execution, authentication and delivery of the Notes and specifying the Class Note Balance and the Percentage Interest of such Notes to be authenticated and delivered. 
  
 (b) If required, one or more Opinions of Counsel (which opinion shall not be
at the expense of the Indenture Trustee or the Trust) addressed to the Authenticating Agent or upon which the Authenticating Agent is expressly permitted to rely, complying with the requirements of Section 11.01, reasonably satisfactory in form and
substance to the Authenticating Agent. 
  
 In rendering the
opinions set forth above, such counsel may rely upon Officer’s Certificates of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Seller, the Sponsor, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee, without independent confirmation or verification with respect to
factual matters relevant to such opinions. In rendering the opinions set forth above, such counsel need express no opinion as to (a) the existence of, or the priority of the security interest created by the Indenture against, any liens or other
interests that arise by operation of law and that do not require any filing or similar action in order to take priority over a perfected security interest or (b) the priority of the security interest created by this Indenture with respect to any
claim or lien in favor of tile United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (including federal tax liens and liens arising under Title IV of ERISA). 
  

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 (c) An Officer’s Certificate of the Trust complying with the requirements of Section 11.01 and
stating that: 
  
 (i) the Trust is not in Default
under this Indenture and the issuance of the Notes will not result in any breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, the Trust’s Certificate of Trust or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or
other agreement or instrument to which the Trust is a party or by which it is bound, or any order of any court or administrative agency entered in any proceeding to which the Trust is a party or by which it may be bound or to which it may be
subject, and that all conditions precedent provided in this Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of the Notes have been complied with; 
  
 (ii) the Trust is the owner of each Mortgage Loan, free and clear of any lien, security interest or charge, has not assigned any interest
or participation in any such Mortgage Loan (or, if any such interest or participation has been assigned, it has been released), and has the right to Grant each such Mortgage Loan to the Indenture Trustee; 
  
 (iii) the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule attached as Schedule 1 to this Indenture is correct; 
  
 (iv) the Trust has Granted to the Indenture Trustee all of its right, title and interest in each Mortgage Loan; and 
  
 (v) as of the Closing Date, no lien in favor of the United States described in Section 6321 of the Code, or lien in favor of the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation described in Section 4068(a) of the ERISA, has been filed as described in subsections 6323(f) and 6323(g) of the Code upon any property belonging to the Trust. 
  
 (d) An executed counterpart of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 

 
 (e) An executed counterpart of the Swap Agreement. 
  
 (f) An executed counterpart of the Trust Agreement. 
  
 (g) A copy of a letter from each of the Rating Agencies that it has assigned
the ratings to each Class of the Notes as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement. 
  
 (h) Evidence of the establishment of the Accounts. 
  
 Section 2.12. Book-Entry Note. The Notes will be issued initially as one or more certificates in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for the Clearing Agency maintaining book-entry records with respect to
ownership and transfer of such Notes, and registration of the Notes may not be transferred by the Note Registrar except upon the termination of the book-entry system as described in Section 2.13. In such case, the Note Registrar shall deal with the
Clearing Agency as representative of the Beneficial Owners of such Notes for purposes of exercising the rights of Noteholders hereunder. Each payment of principal of and interest on a Book-Entry Note shall be paid to the Clearing Agency, which shall
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Clearing Agency Participant shall be responsible for disbursing such payments to the Beneficial Owners of the Book-Entry Notes that it represents and to each
indirect participating brokerage firm (a “brokerage firm” or “indirect participating firm”) for which it acts as agent. Each brokerage firm shall be responsible for disbursing funds to the Beneficial Owners of the
Book-Entry Notes that it represents. All such credits and disbursements are to be made by the Clearing Agency and the Clearing Agency Participants in accordance with the provisions of the Notes. None of the Indenture Trustee, the Note Registrar, if
any, or the Trust shall have any responsibility therefor except as otherwise provided by applicable law. Requests and directions from, and votes of, such representatives shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to
different Beneficial Owners. 
  
 Section 2.13. Termination of
Book Entry System. (a) The book-entry system through the Clearing Agency with respect to the Book-Entry Notes may be terminated upon the happening of any of the following: 
  
 (i) The Clearing Agency advises the Indenture Trustee that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able
to discharge properly its responsibilities as nominee and depository with respect to the Notes and a qualified successor Clearing Agency satisfactory to the Servicer is not located, on behalf of the Trust; or 
  
 (ii) After the occurrence of an Event of Default (at which
time the Indenture Trustee shall promptly notify the Clearing Agency of such Event of Default and instruct the Clearing Agency to forward such notice to the Beneficial Owners), the Beneficial Owners representing in the aggregate more than 50% of the
Class Note Balance of the Book-Entry Notes advise the Indenture Trustee in writing, through the related Clearing Agency Participants and the Clearing Agency, that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Clearing Agency to the exclusion
of any Definitive Notes being issued to any person other than the Clearing Agency or its nominee is no longer in the best interests of the Beneficial Owners. 
  
 (b) Upon the occurrence of any event described in subsection (a) of this Section 2.13, the Indenture Trustee shall instruct the Clearing Agency to notify
all Beneficial Owners, of the occurrence of such event and of the availability of Definitive Notes to Beneficial Owners requesting the same, in an aggregate outstanding Class Note Balance representing the interest of each, making such adjustments
and allowances as it may find necessary or appropriate as to accrued interest and previous calls for redemption. Definitive Notes shall be issued only upon surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the global Note by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by
registration instructions for the Definitive Notes. Neither the Trust nor the Indenture 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 issuance of the Definitive Notes, all references herein to obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the Clearing Agency shall cease to be applicable and the provisions relating to Definitive Notes shall be applicable. 
  

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 ARTICLE III 
  
 COVENANTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 
  
 Section 3.01. Payment of Notes. The Trust will pay or cause to be duly and punctually paid the principal of, and
interest on, the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture. The Notes shall be non-recourse obligations of the Trust and shall be limited in right of payment to amounts available from the Trust Estate as provided in this
Indenture and the Trust shall not otherwise be liable for payments on the Notes. No person shall be personally liable for any amounts payable under the Notes. If any other provision of this Indenture conflicts or is deemed to conflict with the
provisions of this Section 3.01, the provisions of this Section 3.01 shall control. 
  
 Section 3.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Indenture Trustee will always maintain an office at a location in the United States of America where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange, which as of the Closing Date shall be located c/o DTC Transfer Agent Services, 55 Water Street, Jeanette Park Entrance, New York, New York 10041. Notices and demands to or upon the Trust in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be
delivered at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee. 
  
 The Owner Trustee, at the direction of the Certificateholders, on behalf of the Trust may also from time to time, at the expense of the Certificateholders, designate one or more other offices or agencies within the United States of America
where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, any designation of an office or agency for payment of Notes shall be subject to Section 3.03 hereof.
The Owner Trustee, at the direction of the Certificateholders, on behalf of the Trust will give prompt written notice to the Indenture Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or
agency. 
  
 Section 3.03. Money for Note Payments to Be Held in
Trust. All payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Notes that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Payment Account pursuant to Sections 5.07 or 8.02 hereof shall be made on behalf of the Trust by the Indenture Trustee,
and no amounts so withdrawn from the Payment Account for payments on the Notes shall be paid over to the Trust under any circumstances except as provided in this Section 3.03 or in Sections 5.07 or 8.02 hereof. 
  
 With respect to Definitive Notes, if the Trust shall have a Note Registrar
that is not also the Indenture Trustee, such Note Registrar shall furnish, no later than the fifth (5th) calendar day after each Record Date, a list, in such form as such Indenture Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Holders of Notes and of the number of Individual Notes held by each such Holder. 
  
 Whenever the Trust shall have a Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, will, on or before the Business Day next preceding each Payment Date, direct the Indenture Trustee
to deposit with such Paying Agent an aggregate sum sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming due (to the extent funds are then available for such purpose in the Payment Account), such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons 

  

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entitled thereto. Any moneys deposited with a Paying Agent in excess of an amount sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming due on the Notes with respect
to which such deposit was made shall, upon Trust Order, be paid over by such Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee for application in accordance with Article VIII hereof. 
  
 Any Paying Agent, other than the Indenture Trustee, may be appointed by Trust Order and at the expense of the Trust. The
Trust shall not appoint any Paying Agent (other than the Indenture Trustee) that is not, at the time of such appointment, a depository institution or trust company whose obligations would be Permitted Investments pursuant to clause (b) of the
definition of the term “Permitted Investments”. The Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, will cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the
Trust, an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture Trustee acts as Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees), subject to the provisions of this Section 3.03, that such Paying Agent will: 

 
 (a) allocate all sums received for payment to the Holders of Notes on each
Payment Date among such Holders in the proportion specified in the applicable Indenture Trustee’s Remittance Report, in each case to the extent permitted by applicable law; 
  
 (b) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the Notes in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and pay such sums to such Persons as herein provided; 
  
 (c) if such Paying Agent is not the Indenture Trustee, immediately resign as a Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the
Indenture Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment of the Notes if at any time the Paying Agent ceases to meet the standards set forth above required to be met by a Paying Agent at the time of its appointment; 
  
 (d) if such Paying Agent is not the Indenture Trustee, give the Indenture
Trustee notice of any Default by the Trust (or any other obligor upon the Notes) in the making of any payment required to be made with respect to any Notes for which it is acting as Paying Agent; 
  
 (e) if such Paying Agent is not the Indenture Trustee, at any time during the
continuance of any Default by the Trust (or any other obligor upon the Notes), upon the written request of the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent; and 
  
 (f) comply with all requirements of the Code, and all regulations thereunder,
with respect to withholding from any payments made by it on any Notes or pursuant to the Swap Agreement of any applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in connection therewith;
provided, however, that with respect to withholding and reporting requirements applicable to original issue discount (if any) on any of the Notes, the Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, has provided the calculations pertaining thereto
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 The Trust may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
or any other purpose, by Trust Order direct any Paying Agent, if other than the Indenture Trustee, to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Indenture Trustee in the same trusts as such
sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money. 
  
 Any money held by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the
payment of any amount due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed for two and one-half years after such amount has become due and payable to the Holder of such Note (or if earlier, three months before the date on which such amount would
escheat to a governmental entity under applicable law) shall be discharged from such trust and paid to the Trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Trust for payment thereof (but only to
the extent of the amounts so paid to the Trust), and all liability of the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease. The Indenture Trustee may adopt and employ, at the expense of the Trust, any
reasonable means of notification of such repayment (including, but not limited to, mailing notice of such repayment to Holders whose Notes have been called but have not been surrendered for redemption or whose right to or interest in moneys due and
payable but not claimed is determinable from the records of the Indenture Trustee or an), Paying Agent, at the last address of record for each such Holder). 
  
 Section 3.04. Existence of Trust. (a) Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 3.04, the Trust will keep in full effect its existence,
rights and franchises as a statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware or under the laws of any other state of the United States of America, and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes and the other Basic Documents. 
  
 (b) Subject to Section 3.09(g) hereof, any entity into which the Trust may be merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any entity resulting from
any merger or consolidation to which the Trust shall be a party, shall be the successor issuer under this Indenture without the execution or filing of any paper, instrument or further act to be done on the part of the parties hereto, anything in any
agreement relating to such merger or consolidation, by which any such Trust may seek to retain certain powers, rights and privileges therefore obtaining for any period of time following such merger or consolidation to the contrary notwithstanding
(other than Section 3.09(g)). 
  
 (c) Upon any consolidation or
merger of or other succession to the Trust in accordance with this Section 3.04, the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the Trust) may exercise every right and power of, and shall have all of the obligations
of, the Trust under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Person had been named as the issuer herein. 
  

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 Section 3.05. Protection of Trust Estate. (a) The Trust will, from time to time, execute and
deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto and all such financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other instruments, and will take such other action as may be necessary or advisable to: 

 
 (i) Grant more effectively all or any portion of the
Trust Estate as made by this Indenture; 
  
 (ii)
maintain or preserve the lien of this Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes hereof; 
  
 (iii) perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant made or to be made by this Indenture; 
  
 (iv) enforce any of the Mortgage Loans or the Sale and
Servicing Agreement; or 
  
 (v) preserve and
defend title to the Trust Estate and the rights of the Indenture Trustee, the Swap Provider and the Noteholders in the Mortgage Loans and the other property held as part of the Trust Estate against the claims of all Persons and parties. 

 
 (b) The Indenture Trustee shall not remove any portion of the Trust Estate
that consists of money or is evidenced by an instrument, certificate or other writing from the jurisdiction in which it was held at the Closing Date (provided that the Indenture Trustee may allow for the release of the Indenture Trustee’s
Mortgage File as provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and may also move its files to the State of California) or cause or permit ownership or the pledge of any portion of the Trust Estate that consists of book-entry securities to be recorded
on the books of a Person located in a different jurisdiction from the jurisdiction in which such ownership or pledge was recorded at such time unless the Indenture Trustee shall have first received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the lien
and security interest created by this Indenture with respect to such property will continue to be maintained after giving effect to such action or actions. 
  
 Section 3.06. Opinions as to the Trust Estate. On or before March 15th in each calendar year, beginning in 2006, the Servicer, on behalf of the
Trust, shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Indenture Trustee either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken as is necessary to maintain
the lien and security interest created by this Indenture and reciting the details of such action or stating that in the opinion of such counsel no such action is necessary to maintain such lien and security interest. Such Opinion of Counsel shall
also describe all such action, if any, that will, in the opinion of such counsel, be required to be taken to maintain the lien and security interest of this Indenture with respect to the Trust Estate until May 1st in the following calendar year.

  
 Section 3.07. Performance of Obligations. (a) The Trust
shall punctually perform and observe all of its obligations under this Indenture and the other Basic Documents. 
  
 (b) The Trust shall not take any action and will use its Best Efforts not to permit any action to be taken by others that would release any Person from
any of such Person’s covenants or obligations under any of the Mortgage Files or under any instrument included in the Trust Estate, or that would result in the amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the
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Documents or such document included in the Mortgage File or other instrument or unless such action will not adversely affect the interests of the
Noteholders. 
  
 (c) If the Servicer or the Owner Trustee, on
behalf of the Trust, shall have actual knowledge of the occurrence of a Servicer Event of Default, the Servicer or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee, the Swap Provider and the Rating Agencies thereof, and,
in the case of the Servicer, shall specify in such notice the action, if any, the Servicer is taking with respect to such default. 
  
 (d) Upon any termination of the Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall promptly
notify the Rating Agencies and the Swap Provider. As soon as any successor Servicer is appointed, the Indenture Trustee shall notify the Rating Agencies, specifying in such notice the name and address of such successor Servicer. 
  
 Section 3.08. Investment Company Act. The Trust shall at all times
conduct its operations so as not to be subject to, or shall comply with, the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (or any successor statute), and the rules and regulations thereunder. 
  
 Section 3.09. Negative Covenants. The Trust shall not: 
  
 (a) sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any portion of the Trust
Estate, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture and the other Basic Documents; 
  
 (b) claim any credit on, or make any deduction from, the principal of, or interest on, any of the Notes (other than amounts properly withheld from such payments under the Code) or assert any claim against any present
or former Noteholder by reason of the payment of any taxes levied or assessed upon any portion of the Trust Estate; 
  
 (c) engage in any business or activity other than as permitted by the Trust Agreement or other than in connection with, or relating to, the issuance of
the Notes pursuant to this Indenture, or amend the Trust Agreement, as in effect on the Closing Date, other than in accordance with Section 12.01 of the Trust Agreement; 
  
 (d) incur, issue, assume or otherwise become liable for any indebtedness other than the Notes; 
  
 (e) incur, assume, guaranty or agree to indemnify any Person with respect to
any indebtedness of any Person, except for such indebtedness as may be incurred by the Trust in connection with the issuance of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture; 
  
 (f) subject to Article X of the Trust Agreement, dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part (until the Notes are paid in
full); 
  
 (g) (i) permit the validity or effectiveness of this
Indenture or any Grant to be impaired, or permit the lien of this Indenture to be impaired, amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be released from any covenants 

  

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or obligations under this Indenture, except as may be expressly permitted hereby, (ii) permit any lien, charge, security interest, mortgage or other
encumbrance (other than the lien of this Indenture) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Trust Estate or any pall thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof; or (iii) permit the lien of this Indenture not
to constitute a valid perfected first priority (other than with respect to any such tax, mechanics’ or other lien) security interest in the Trust Estate; or 
  
 (h) take any other action that should reasonably be expected to, or fail to take any action if such failure should
reasonably be expected to, cause the Trust to be subject to federal income tax. 
  
 Section 3.10. Annual Statement as to Compliance. On or before March 15, 2006, and each March 1 thereafter, the Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Sponsor a written
statement, signed by an Authorized Officer of the Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, stating that: 
  
 (i) a review of the fulfillment by the Trust during such year of its obligations under this Indenture has been made under such Authorized
Officer’s supervision; and 
  
 (ii) to the
best of such Authorized Officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Trust has complied with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a Default in the fulfillment of any such covenant or
condition, specifying each such Default known to such Authorized Officer and the nature and status thereof. 
  
 Section 3.11. Restricted Payments. The Trust shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of
capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, to the Owner Trustee or any owner of a beneficial interest in the Trust or otherwise with respect to any ownership or equity interest or security in or of the
Trust or to the Servicer, (ii) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value any such ownership or equity interest or security or (iii) set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose; provided, however, that the Trust
may make, or cause to be made, distributions to the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Swap Provider, the Noteholders and the Certificateholders as contemplated by, and to the extent funds are available for such purpose under
this Indenture and the other Basic Documents and the Trust will not, directly or indirectly, make or cause to be made payments to or distributions from the Payment Account except in accordance with this Indenture. 
  
 Section 3.12. Treatment of Notes as Debt for Tax Purposes. For
purposes of federal, state and local income, franchise and any other income taxes, the Trust will treat the Notes, other than the Notes held by the Seller, as indebtedness, and hereby instructs the Indenture Trustee, Paying Agent and the Servicer,
on behalf of the Trust to treat the Notes, other than the Notes held by the Seller, as indebtedness for all applicable tax reporting purposes. 
  
 Section 3.13. Notice of Events of Default. The Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, shall give the Indenture Trustee, the Rating Agencies, the Swap
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part of the Servicer of its obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and each default on the part of the Sponsor of its obligations under the Sale
and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 Section 3.14. Further Instruments
and Acts. Upon written request of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively
the purpose of this Indenture. 
  
 Section 3.15. Representation
and Warranties of the Issuer. 
  
 (a) The Issuer represents
and warrants to the Indenture Trustee, the Swap Provider, the Seller, the Sponsor and the Servicer that the Issuer is duly authorized under applicable law and the Trust Agreement to create and issue the Notes, to execute and deliver this Indenture,
the Swap Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the other documents referred to herein to which it is a party and all instruments included in the Collateral which it has executed and delivered, and that all Trust action and governmental
consents, authorizations and approvals necessary or required therefor have been duly and effectively taken or obtained. The Notes, when issued, will be, and this Indenture and such other documents are, valid and legally binding obligations of the
Issuer enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in
general and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability shall be considered in a proceeding in equity or in law. 
  
 (b) The Issuer represents and warrants that, immediately prior to its Grant of the Collateral provided for herein, it had good title to, and was the sole
owner of, the Mortgage Loans, free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or security interest. 
  
 (c) The Issuer represents and warrants that the Indenture Trustee has a valid and enforceable first priority security interest in the Mortgage Loans,
subject only to exceptions permitted hereby. 
  
 (d) The Issuer
represents and warrants it is not required to be registered as an “investment company” under the 1940 Act. 
  
 (e) This Indenture shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law and shall be deemed to create a valid and continuing security interest (as
defined in the applicable UCC) in the Mortgage Loans in favor of the Indenture Trustee, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the Issuer. 
  
 (f) Other than the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to this Indenture, the Issuer has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Mortgage Loans. The Issuer has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against
the Mortgage Loans that includes a description of collateral covering the Mortgage Loans other than any financing statement relating to the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder or that has been terminated. The Issuer is not
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 (g) The Issuer owns and has good and marketable title to the Mortgage Loans free and clear of any Lien,
claim or encumbrance of any Person. 
  
 (h) The Issuer has caused
or will have caused, within ten days, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdiction under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the Mortgage Loans granted to the
Indenture Trustee hereunder. The Issuer has in its possession all original copies of the mortgage notes that constitute or evidence the Mortgage Loans. The mortgage notes that constitute or evidence the Mortgage Loans do not have any marks or
notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee. All financing statements filed or to be filed against the Issuer in favor of the Indenture Trustee (or any subsequent
assignee, without limitation) in connection herewith describing the Mortgage Loans contain a statement to the following effect: “A purchase of or security interest in, any collateral described in this financing statement will violate the rights
of the Indenture Trustee.” 
  
 (i) The Mortgage Loans
constitute instruments within the meaning of the applicable UCC. 
  
 (j) The Issuer shall, to the extent consistent with this Indenture, take such additional reasonable actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this Indenture were deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans and the other
assets of the Collateral, such security interest would be a perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the life of this Indenture. 
  
 The foregoing representations and warranties may not be waived and shall
survive the issuance of the Notes. 
  
 ARTICLE IV

  
 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE 
  
 Section 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. Whenever the
following conditions shall have been satisfied: 
  
 (a) either;

  
 (i) all Notes theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (x) Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07 hereof, and (y) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to
the Trust, as provided in Section 3.03 hereof) have been delivered to the Note Registrar for cancellation; or 
  
 (ii) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Note Registrar for cancellation, (a) have become due and payable, or (b) will become due
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Section 10.01 hereof within one (1) year under irrevocable arrangements satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the
Indenture Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Sponsor, 
  
 and the
Sponsor, in the case of clause ii(c), or Servicer, in the case of clauses (ii)(a) or (ii)(b) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Indenture Trustee, in trust for such purpose, an amount sufficient to pay and discharge
the entire unpaid Class Note Balance of such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the Final Stated Maturity Date or to the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and in the
case of Notes that were not paid at the Final Stated Maturity Date of their entire unpaid Class Note Balance, for all overdue principal and all interest payable on such Notes to the next succeeding Payment Date therefor; 
  
 (b) the Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, has paid or caused to be paid all
other sums payable hereunder by the Trust; and 
  
 (c) the
Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory in form and substance to the Indenture Trustee each stating that all conditions precedent herein providing
for the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with, 
  
 then, upon a Trust Request, this Indenture and the lien, rights and interests created hereby and thereby shall cease to be of further effect, and the Indenture Trustee and each co-trustee and separate trustee, if any, then acting as such
hereunder shall, at the expense of the Trust, execute and deliver all such instruments as may be necessary to acknowledge the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and shall pay, or assign or transfer and deliver, to the Trust or upon Trust
Order all cash, securities and other property held by it as part of the Trust Estate remaining after satisfaction of the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) above. 
  
 Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Indenture Trustee and any Paying
Agent to the Trust and the Holders of Notes under Section 3.03 hereof, the obligations of the Indenture Trustee to the Holders of Notes under Section 4.02 hereof and the provisions of Section 2.07 hereof with respect to lost, stolen, destroyed or
mutilated Notes, registration of transfers of Notes and rights to receive payments of principal of and interest on the Notes shall survive. 
  
 Section 4.02. Application of Trust Money. All money deposited with the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Sections 3.03 and 4.01 hereof shall be held in
trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent, as the Indenture Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and
interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Indenture Trustee. 
  

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 ARTICLE V 
  

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES 
  
 Section 5.01. Event of Default. “Event of Default”, wherever used herein, means, with respect to Notes issued hereunder, any one
of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of
any administrative or governmental body): 
  
 (a) if the Trust
shall fail to distribute or cause to be distributed to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, (x) on any Payment Date, any Interest Payment Amount due and payable on such Payment Date and such failure continues for three
Business Days or (y) on the applicable Final Stated Maturity Date for each class of Notes, any remaining Basis Risk Carryforward Amount and any remaining Deferred Interest for such Class, as applicable; 
  
 (b) if the Trust shall fail to distribute or cause to be distributed to the
Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, (x) on any Payment Date (other than the Final Stated Maturity Date), an amount equal to the related Principal Distribution Amount due on the Notes on such Payment Date, to the extent
that, after application in the order specified in Section 8.01 hereof, sufficient funds are on deposit in the Collection Account and such failure continues for three Business Days or (y) on the Final Stated Maturity Date for any Class of Notes, the
aggregate Class Note Balance of the related Class of Notes; 
  
 (c) if the Trust shall breach or default in the due observance of any one or more of the covenants hereof and such breach or default continues unremedied for a period of 30 Business Days; 
  
 (d) if the Trust shall consent to the appointment of a custodian, receiver,
trustee or liquidator (or other similar official) of itself, or of a substantial part of its property, or shall admit in writing, its inability to pay its debts generally as they come due, or a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that
the Trust is generally not paying its debts as they come due, or the Trust shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; 
  
 (e) if the Trust shall file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or a voluntary petition or an answer seeking reorganization in a proceeding under any
bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect) or an answer admitting the material allegation of a petition filed against the Trust in any, such proceeding, or the Trust shall, by voluntary petition, answer or consent, seek relief under the
provisions of any now existing or future bankruptcy or other similar law providing for the reorganization or winding-up of debtors, or providing for an agreement, composition, extension or adjustment with its creditors; 
  
 (f) if an order, judgment or decree shall be entered in any proceeding by any
court of competent jurisdiction appointing, without the consent (express or legally implied) of the Trust, a custodian, receiver, trustee or liquidator (or other similar official) of the Trust or any substantial part of its property, or sequestering
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any such order, judgment or decree or appointment or sequestration shall remain in force undismissed, unstayed or unvacated for a period of ninety (90) days
after the date of entry thereof; or 
  
 (g) if a petition against
the Trust in a proceeding under applicable bankruptcy laws or other insolvency laws, as now or hereafter in effect, shall be filed and shall not be stayed, withdrawn or dismissed within ninety (90) days thereafter, or if, under the provisions of any
law providing for reorganization or winding-up of debtors which may apply to the Trust, any court of competent jurisdiction shall assume jurisdiction, custody or control of the Trust or any substantial part of its property, and such jurisdiction,
custody or control shall remain in force unrelinquished, unstayed or unterminated for a period of ninety (90) days. 
  
 Section 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case, the
Indenture Trustee may, and at the direction of Holders of Notes representing more than 50% of the Class Note Balance of the Outstanding Notes, shall, declare all the Notes to be immediately due and payable by a notice in writing to the Trust (and to
the Indenture Trustee if given by Noteholders), and upon any such declaration such Notes, in an amount equal to the entire unpaid Class Note Balance of such Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of such acceleration,
shall become immediately due and payable. 
  
 At any time after
such a declaration of acceleration of maturity of the Notes has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Indenture Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article V, the Holders of Notes
representing more than 50% of the Class Note Balance of the Outstanding Notes, by written notice to the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and the Swap Provider, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: 
  
 (a) the Trust has paid or deposited with the Indenture Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay: 
  
 (i) all payments of
principal of, and interest on, all Outstanding Notes and all other amounts that would then be due hereunder or upon such Notes if the Event of Default giving rise to such acceleration had not occurred; 
  
 (ii) any Swap Termination Payment other than a Defaulted
Swap Termination Payment; and 
  
 (iii) all sums
paid or advanced by the Indenture Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee, its agents and counsel; and 
  
 (b) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of Notes that have become due solely by such
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.14 hereof. 
  
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 Section 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee. Subject
to the provisions of Section 3.01 hereof and the following sentence, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, and shall at the written direction of the Holders of Notes representing at least 50% of the Class Note
Balance of the Outstanding Notes, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders by any Proceedings the Indenture Trustee deems appropriate to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or enforce any other proper remedy. Any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee; on behalf of the Noteholders, or any Noteholder against the
Trust shall be limited to the preservation, enforcement and foreclosure of the liens; assignments, rights and security interests under the Indenture and no attachment, execution or other unit or process shall be sought, issued or levied upon any
assets, properties or funds of the Trust, other than the Trust Estate relative to the Notes in respect of which such Event of Default has occurred. If there is a foreclosure of any such liens, assignments, rights and security interests under this
Indenture, by private power of sale or otherwise, no judgment for any deficiency upon the indebtedness represented by the Notes may be sought or obtained by the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder against the Trust. The Indenture Trustee shall be
entitled to recover the costs and expenses expended by it pursuant to this Article V including reasonable compensation, expenses, or disbursements incurred of the Indenture Trustee, its agents and counsel from the Trust Estate. 
  
 Section 5.04. Remedies. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing and the Notes been declared due and payable and such declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled, the Indenture Trustee (subject to Section 5.17 hereof, to the extent applicable) shall, for the benefit of the
Noteholders, do one or more of the following: 
  
 (a) institute
Proceedings for the collection of all amounts then payable on the Notes, or under this Indenture, whether by declaration or otherwise, enforce any judgment obtained, and collect from the Trust moneys adjudged due, subject in all cases to the
provisions of Sections 3.01 and 5.03 hereof; 
  
 (b) in accordance
with Section 5.17 hereof, sell the Trust Estate or any portion thereof or rights or interest therein, at one or more public or private Sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by law; 
  
 (c) institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete or partial
foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to the Trust Estate; 
  
 (d) exercise any remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code and take any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of the Notes hereunder; and

  
 (e) refrain from selling the Trust Estate and apply all funds
on deposit in each of the Accounts pursuant to Section 5.07 hereof. 
  
 Section 5.05. Indenture Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, composition 

  

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or other judicial Proceeding relative to the Trust or any other obligor upon any of the Notes or the property of the Trust or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Indenture Trustee irrespective of whether the Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee shall have made any demand on the Trust for the
payment of any overdue principal or interest shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such Proceeding or otherwise to: 
  
 (a) file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and file such other papers or documents
as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee, its agents and counsel), the Noteholders
allowed in such Proceeding; and 
  
 (b) collect and receive any
moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, or sequestrator (or other similar official) in any such Proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Noteholder to make such payments to the Indenture Trustee and, in the event that the Indenture Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Noteholders, to pay to the Indenture Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee, its agents and counsel. 
  
 Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Noteholder any
plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting any of the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Noteholder in any such Proceeding.

  
 Section 5.06. Indenture Trustee May Enforce Claims Without
Possession of Notes. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of the Notes may be prosecuted and enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any Proceeding relating
thereto, and any such Proceeding instituted by the Indenture Trustee, at the written direction of the Holders of Notes representing more than 50% of the Class Note Balance of the Outstanding Notes shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an
express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes in respect of which such judgment has been recovered after payment of amounts required to be paid pursuant to paragraph (i) of Section 5.07
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 Section 5.07. Application of Money Collected. If the Notes have been declared due and payable
following an Event of Default and such declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled, any money collected by the Indenture Trustee with respect to each Class of Notes pursuant to this Article V or otherwise and any other
monies that may then be held or thereafter received by the Indenture Trustee as security for such Class of Notes shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Indenture Trustee and, in case of the payment of the entire
amount due on account of principal of, and interest on, such Class of Notes, upon presentation and surrender thereof: 
  
 (i) first, to the Indenture Trustee, any unpaid Indenture Trustee Fees then due and any other amounts payable and due to the
Indenture Trustee under this Indenture including any amounts in respect of indemnification or reimbursement of costs and expenses including costs or expenses incurred by it in connection with the enforcement of the remedies provided for in this
Article V (subject to Section 6.16 herein), and any Owner Trustee Fees then due to the extent not already paid pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Trust Agreement and to the Owner Trustee, any amounts in respect of indemnification then due under Section
9.02 of the Trust Agreement to the extent not already paid pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Trust Agreement, in an amount not to exceed $50,000 in any calendar year; 
  
 (ii) second, any Swap Termination Payment payable to the Swap Provider, other than a Defaulted Swap
Termination Payment; 
  
 (iii)
third, concurrently, (a) from money collected with respect to the Group I Mortgage Loans, any Accrued Note Interest to the Class A-1 Notes, and (b) from money collected with respect to the Group II Mortgage Loans, any Accrued Note Interest
pro rata to the Class A-2 Notes; 
  
 provided, that if after
making distributions pursuant to paragraph (iii) above Accrued Note Interest is owed on the Class A Notes, then any remaining amount of money relating to the other Group of Mortgage Loans after making distributions on the related Class of Class A
Notes will be available to pay Accrued Note Interest to the other Class of Class A Notes; 
  
 (iv) fourth, concurrently, (a) from money collected with respect to the Group I Mortgage Loans, to the Class A-1 Notes as a payment
of principal in reduction of its Class Note Balances until it has been reduced to zero; and (b) from money collected with respect to the Group II Mortgage Loans, first, to the Class A-2A Notes until their Class Note Balance has been reduced
to zero, second, to the Class A-2B Notes until their Class Note Balance has been reduced to zero and third, to the Class A-2C Notes until their Class Note Balance has been reduced to zero; 
  
 provided, that if after making distributions pursuant to paragraph (iv) above
any remaining Class Note Balance is owed on the Class A Notes related to a Group, then any remaining amount of money relating to the other Group of Mortgage Loans will be available to make payments of principal to the such Classes of Class A Notes,
in accordance with the payment priorities set forth in paragraph (iv) above; 
  
 (v) fifth, any Accrued Note Interest to the Class M Notes, sequentially, in ascending numerical order; 
  
 (vi) sixth, any remaining Class Note Balance to the Class M Notes, sequentially, in ascending numerical order; 
  
 (vii) seventh, concurrently, any Class A-1 Basis Risk
Carry Forward Amount to the Class A-1 Notes, any Class A-2A Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount to the Class A-2A Notes, any Class A-2B Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount to the Class A-2B Notes 

  

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and any Class A-2C Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount to the Class A-2C Notes pro rata by the respective Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts due to such classes of
Notes; 
  
 (viii) eighth, any Basis Risk
Carry Forward Amount to the Class M Notes, sequentially, in ascending numerical order; 
  
 (ix) ninth, any Deferred Interest to the Class M Notes, sequentially, in ascending numerical order; 
  
 (x) tenth, any amounts due to the Indenture Trustee
to the extent not paid pursuant to Section 5.07(i) hereof and any amounts due to the Owner Trustee under Article IX of the Trust Agreement or the other Basic Documents to the extent not already paid pursuant to Section 5.07(i) or Section 9.02 of the
Trust Agreement; 
  
 (xi) eleventh, any
Defaulted Swap Termination Payment; and 
  
 (xii)
twelfth, any remainder to the Certificates. 
  
 All
distributions in paragraphs (i) above, shall be made from money collected with respect to the Group I Mortgage Loans and the Group II Mortgage Loans, pro rata based on the aggregate amount of money collected with respect to such Group and available
to make the related payment and all distributions in paragraphs (ii) above, shall be made from money collected with respect to the Group I Mortgage Loans and the Group II Mortgage Loans, pro rata based on upon each group’s related component
notional amount, as shown in Schedule 2 to this Indenture. 
  
 Section 5.08. Limitation on Suits. No Holder of a Note shall have any right to institute any Proceedings, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy
hereunder, unless: 
  
 (a) such Holder has previously given
written notice to the Indenture Trustee of a continuing Event of Default; 
  
 (b) the Holders of Notes representing not less than 25% of the Class Note Balance of the Outstanding Notes shall have made written request to the Indenture Trustee to institute Proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default in its own name as Indenture Trustee hereunder; 
  
 (c)
such Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it in full against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; 
  
 (d) the Indenture Trustee, for sixty (60) days after its receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity, has failed to institute any such Proceeding; 
  
 (e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Indenture Trustee during such sixty (60) day period by the Holders of Notes representing more than 50% of the Class Note Balance of the
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 (f) in the event the Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity
from two or more groups of Holders of Notes, each representing less than 50% of the Class Note Balance of the Outstanding Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall take the action prescribed by the group representing a greater percentage of the Class Note
Balance of the Outstanding Notes. 
  
 Section 5.09.
Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest. Subject to the provisions in this Indenture (including Sections 3.01 and 5.03 hereof) limiting the right to recover amounts due on a Note to recovery from amounts in the
portion of the Trust Estate relating to such Note, the Holder of any Note shall have the right, to the extent permitted by applicable law, which right is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of each installment of interest on such Note on
the respective Payment Date for such installments of interest, to receive payment of each installment of principal of such Note when due (or, in the case of any Note called for redemption, on the date fixed for such redemption) and to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. 
  
 Section 5.10. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any right or
remedy under this Indenture and such Proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined to be adverse to the Indenture Trustee or to such Noteholder, then and in every such case the Indenture Trustee and the
Noteholders shall, subject to any determination in such Proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall continue as
though no such Proceeding had been instituted. 
  
 Section 5.11.
Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of a, right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not
prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. 
  
 Section 5.12. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Indenture Trustee or of any Holder of any Note to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such
right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article V or by law to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often
as may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture Trustee or by the Noteholders, as the case may be. 
  
 Section 5.13. Control by Noteholders. The Holders of Notes representing more than 50% of the Class Note Balance of the Outstanding Notes on the
applicable Record Date shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Indenture Trustee; provided that:

  
 (a) such written direction shall not be in conflict with any
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 (b) any direction to the Indenture Trustee to undertake a Sale of the Trust Estate shall be by the
Holders of Notes representing the percentage of the Class Note Balance of the Outstanding Notes specified in Section 5.17(b)(i) hereof, unless Section 5.17(b)(ii) hereof is applicable; and 
  
 (c) the Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Indenture Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction; provided, however, that, subject to Section 6.01 hereof, the Indenture Trustee need not take any action that it determines might involve it in liability or be unjustly prejudicial to
the Noteholders not consenting. 
  
 Section 5.14. Waiver of
Past Defaults. The Holders of Notes representing more than 50% of the Class Note Balance of the Outstanding Notes on the applicable Record Date may on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, waive any past Default hereunder and its consequences,
except a Default: 
  
 (a) in the payment of principal or any
installment of interest on any Note; and 
  
 (b) in respect of a
covenant or provision hereof that under Section 9.02 hereof cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected. 
  

Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon. 
  
 Section 5.15. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to
have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Indenture
Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such
suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 5.15 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Indenture Trustee to any suit instituted by any
Noteholder, or Class of Noteholders, holding in the aggregate Notes representing more than 10% of the Class Note Balance of the Outstanding Notes, or to any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of any Interest Payment
Amount or Base Principal Distribution Amount on any Note on or after the related Payment Date or for the enforcement of the payment of principal of any Note on or after the Final Stated Maturity Date (or, in the case of any Note called for
redemption, on or after the applicable Redemption Date). 
  
 Section 5.16. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Trust covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of,
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performance of, this Indenture; and the Trust (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law,
and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Indenture Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted. 
  
 Section 5.17. Sale of Trust Estate. (a) The power to effect any sale
(a “Sale”) of any portion of the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.04 hereof shall not be exhausted by any one or more Sales as to any portion of the Trust Estate remaining unsold, but shall continue unimpaired until the entire
Trust Estate shall have been sold or all amounts payable on the Notes and under this Indenture with respect thereto shall have been paid. The Indenture Trustee may, from time to time postpone any public Sale by public announcement made at the time
and place of such Sale. 
  
 (b) To the extent permitted by law,
the Indenture Trustee shall not in any private Sale sell or otherwise dispose of the Trust Estate, or any portion thereof, unless: 
  
 (i) the Holders of Notes representing more than 50% of the Class Note Balance of the Notes of the Class or Classes then Outstanding
consents to or directs the Indenture Trustee in writing to make such Sale; or 
  
 (ii) the proceeds of such Sale would be not less than the entire amount that would be payable to the Holders of the Notes, in full payment thereof in accordance with Section 5.07 hereof, on the Payment Date next
succeeding the date of such Sale. 
  
 The purchase by the
Indenture Trustee of all or any portion of the Trust Estate at a private Sale shall not be deemed a Sale or disposition thereof for purposes of this Section 5.17(b). 
  
 (c) Unless the Holders of all Outstanding Notes have otherwise consented or directed the Indenture Trustee, at any public
Sale of all or any portion of the Trust Estate at which a minimum bid equal to or greater than the amount described in paragraph (b)(ii) of this Section 5.17 has not been established by the Indenture Trustee and no Person bids an amount equal to or
greater than such amount, the Indenture Trustee, acting in its capacity as Indenture Trustee (i) on behalf of the Noteholders, shall prevent such Sale and bid an amount (which shall include the Indenture Trustee’s right, in its capacity as
Indenture Trustee, to credit bid) at least $1.00 more than the highest other bid in order to preserve the Trust Estate on behalf of the Noteholders. 
  
 (d) In connection with a Sale of all or any portion of the Trust Estate: 
  
 (i) any Holder or Holders of Notes may bid for and purchase the property offered for Sale, and upon
compliance with the terms of sale may hold, retain and possess and dispose of such property, without further accountability, and may, in paying the purchase money therefor, deliver any Outstanding Notes or claims for interest thereon in lieu of cash
up to the amount that shall, upon distribution of the net proceeds of such Sale, be payable thereon, and such Notes, in case the amounts so payable thereon shall be less than the amount due thereon, shall be returned to the Holders thereof after
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 (ii) the Indenture Trustee may bid for and acquire the property offered for Sale in
connection with any public Sale thereof, and, in lieu of paying cash therefor, may make settlement for the purchase price by crediting the gross Sale price against the sum of (a) the amount that would be payable to the Holders of the Notes as a
result of such Sale in accordance with Section 5.07 hereof on the Payment Date next succeeding the date of such Sale and (b) the expenses of the Sale and of any Proceedings in connection therewith which are reimbursable to it, without being required
to produce the Notes in order to complete any such Sale or in order for the net Sale price to be credited against such Notes, and any property so acquired by the Indenture Trustee shall be held and dealt with by it in accordance with the provisions
of this Indenture; 
  
 (iii) the Indenture
Trustee shall execute and deliver an appropriate instrument of conveyance transferring its interest in any portion of the Trust Estate in connection with a Sale thereof; 
  
 (iv) the Indenture Trustee is hereby irrevocably appointed the agent and attorney in-fact of the Trust to
transfer and convey its interest in any portion of the Trust Estate in connection with a Sale thereof, and to take all action necessary to effect such Sale; and 
  
 (v) no purchaser or transferee at such a Sale shall be bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustee’s
authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any moneys. 
  
 Section 5.18. Action on Notes. The Indenture Trustee’s right to seek and recover judgment under this Indenture shall not be affected by the
seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief under or with respect to this Indenture. Neither the lien of this Indenture nor any rights or remedies of the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes shall be impaired by the recovery of any
judgment by the Indenture Trustee against the Trust or by the levy of any execution under such judgment upon any portion of the Trust Estate. Any money or property collected by the Indenture Trustee shall be applied in accordance with Section 5.07
hereof. 
  
 Section 5.19. No Recourse. The Trust Estate
Granted to the Indenture Trustee as security for the Notes serves as security only for the Notes and the Swap Provider. The Noteholders shall have no recourse against the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Note Registrar, the Authenticating
Agent, the Seller, the Sponsor, the Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates, or to the assets of any of the foregoing entities. 
  
 Section 5.20. Application of the Trust Indenture Act. Pursuant to Section 316(a) of the TIA, all provisions automatically provided for in Section
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 ARTICLE VI 
  

THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE 
  
 Section 6.01. Duties of Indenture Trustee. (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing of which a Responsible Officer of the
Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge, the Indenture Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, 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 his or her own affairs. 
  
 (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default: 
  
 (i) the Indenture Trustee need perform only those duties that are expressly set forth in this Indenture and no others and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Indenture
Trustee; and 
  
 (ii) in the absence of bad faith
on its part, the Indenture Trustee may request and conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates, opinions, resolutions, statements, reports, instruments or other
documents furnished to the Indenture Trustee and conforming, on their faces, to the requirements of this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee shall, however, examine such certificates and opinions to determine whether they conform on their face to the
requirements of this Indenture. 
  
 (c) The Indenture Trustee may
not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that: 
  
 (i) The duties and obligations of the Indenture Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, the
Indenture Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Indenture Trustee and,
in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates, opinions or other
documents (including, but not limited to, any reports or statements furnished by the Servicer) reasonably believed by the Indenture Trustee to be genuine and to have been furnished by the proper party to the Indenture Trustee and which on their
face, do not contradict the requirements of this Indenture; 
  
 (ii) this paragraph (c) does not limit the effect of paragraph (a) of this Section 6.01; 
  
 (iii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved
that the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; 
  
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directions pursuant to Sections 5.13 or 5.17 hereof) or exercising any trust or power or remedy conferred upon the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture;
and 
  
 (v) The Indenture Trustee shall not be
charged with knowledge of any failure by the Servicer to comply with any of its obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or any breach of representations or warranties under the Sale and Servicing Agreement unless a Responsible Officer of
the Indenture Trustee obtains actual knowledge of such failure or breach or the Indenture Trustee receives written notice of such failure or breach from the Servicer. 
  
 (d) Except with respect to duties of the Indenture Trustee prescribed by the TIA, as to which this Section 6.01(d) shall not
apply, for all purposes under this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any Event of Default described in Sections 5.01(c), 5.01(d), 5.01(e), 5.01(f), 5.01(g) or 5.01(h) hereof or any Default described
in Sections 5.01(c) hereof or of any event described in Section 3.05 hereof unless a Responsible Officer assigned to and working in the Indenture Trustee’s corporate trust department and having direct responsibility for this Indenture has
actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event that is in fact such an Event of Default or Default is received by the Indenture Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office, and such notice references the Notes generally, the Trust, the
Trust Estate or this Indenture. 
  
 (e) No provision of this
Indenture shall require the Indenture 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 under this Indenture or the other Basic Documents. 
  
 (f) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the
Indenture Trustee is subject to the provisions of this Section 6.01 and to the provisions of the TIA. 
  
 (g) Notwithstanding any extinguishment of all right, title and interest of the Trust in and to the Trust Estate following an Event of Default and a
consequent declaration of acceleration of the maturity of the Notes, whether such extinguishment occurs through a Sale of the Trust Estate to another Person, the acquisition of the Trust Estate by the Indenture Trustee or otherwise, the rights,
powers and duties of the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Trust Estate (or the proceeds thereof), the Noteholders and the rights of Noteholders shall continue to be governed by the terms of this Indenture. 
  
 (h) The Indenture Trustee shall at all times retain possession of the
Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage Files in the State of Illinois or the State of California, except for those Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage Files or portions thereof released to the Servicer pursuant to this Indenture or the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. 
  
 (i) Subject to the other provisions of this
Indenture and without limiting the generality of this Section 6.01, the Indenture Trustee shall have no duty (a) to see to any recording, filing, or depositing of this Indenture or any agreement referred to herein or any financing statement or
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maintenance of any such recording, filing or depositing or to any rerecording, 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 Estate from funds available in the Payment Account
or (d) to confirm or verify the contents of any reports or certificates of the Servicer delivered to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture believed by the Indenture trustee to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
party or parties. 
  
 (j) The Indenture Trustee shall prepare or
shall cause to be prepared, at the expense of the Sponsor, any tax returns required to be filed by the Trust as set forth in Section 6.03 of the Trust Agreement and shall remit such returns to the Sponsor at least five days before such returns are
due to be filed. The Seller, or any other such party required by law, shall promptly sign such returns and deliver such returns after signature to the Indenture Trustee and such returns shall be filed by, or at the direction of, the Indenture
Trustee with the appropriate tax authorities. 
  
 Section 6.02.
Notice of Default. Immediately after the occurrence of any Default known to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall transmit by mail to the Sponsor notice of each such Default and, within ninety (90) days
after the occurrence of any Default known to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Notes notice of each such Default, unless such Default shall have been cured or waived;
provided, however, that in no event shall the Indenture Trustee provide notice, or fail to provide notice of a Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge in a manner contrary to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act. Concurrently with the mailing of any such notice to the Holders of the Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall transmit by mail a copy of such notice to the Rating Agencies and the Swap Provider. 
  
 Section 6.03. Rights of Indenture Trustee. (a) Except as otherwise
provided in Section 6.01 hereof, the Indenture Trustee may rely on, and be protected in acting or refraining to act upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Indenture Trustee need
not investigate any fact or matter stated in any such document. 
  
 (b) Before the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee shall not be
liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on any such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. 
  
 (c) The Indenture Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

  
 (d) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action
it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers. 
  
 (e) The Indenture Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Indenture or to institute, conduct or
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hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the Noteholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such
Noteholders shall have offered to the Indenture Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Indenture Trustee of
the obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee shall have actual knowledge (which has not been cured), to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and
to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs. 
  
 (f) The Indenture Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts of the matters stated in any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by the Noteholders and provided further that payment within a reasonable
time to the Indenture Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in tile making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Indenture Trustee, reasonably assured to the Indenture Trustee by the security afforded to
it by the terms of this Indenture or such other security or indemnity as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require as a condition to taking any such action. 
  

(g) The right of the Indenture Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty, and the
Indenture Trustee shall not be answerable for anything other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of such act. 
  
 Section 6.04. Not Responsible for Recitals, Issuance of Notes or Mortgage Loans. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except, with
respect to the Indenture Trustee, the certificates of authentication on the Notes, shall be taken as the statements of the Trust, and the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Authenticating Agent assume no responsibility for their
correctness. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee make no representations with respect to the Trust Estate or as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Notes. Neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Owner Trustee shall be
accountable for the use or application by the Trust of the Notes or the proceeds thereof or any money paid to the Trust or upon a Trust Order pursuant to the provisions hereof. 
  
 The Indenture Trustee shall at no time have any responsibility or liability for or with respect to the legality, validity
and enforceability of any Mortgage or any Mortgage Loan, or the recordability, sufficiency, perfection and priority of any mortgage or the maintenance of any such perfection and priority or for or with respect to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate
or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to Noteholders under this Indenture, including, without limitation: the existence, condition and ownership of any Mortgaged Property; the existence and enforceability of any hazard insurance
or primary mortgage insurance thereon; the validity of the assignment of any Mortgage Loan to the Indenture Trustee or of any intervening assignment; the completeness of any Mortgage Loan; the performance or enforcement of any Mortgage Loan; the
compliance by the Seller, the Sponsor, Issuer or Servicer with any warranty or representation made under this Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement or in any related document or the accuracy of any such warranty or representation; any
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or at the direction of the Sponsor or the Servicer or any loss resulting therefrom; the acts or omissions of any of the Sponsor, the Servicer or any
Mortgagor; any action of the Servicer taken in the name of the Indenture Trustee; the failure of the Servicer to act or perform any duties acquired of it as agent of the Indenture Trustee hereunder; or any action by the Indenture Trustee taken at
the instruction of the Servicer. The Indenture Trustee shall have no responsibility for filing any financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or otherwise to perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or
lien granted to it hereunder. 
  
 Section 6.05. May Hold
Notes. The Indenture Trustee, any Agent, or any other agent of the Trust, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and, subject to Sections 6.07, 6.09 and 6.12 hereof, may otherwise deal with the Trust or
any Affiliate of the Trust with the same rights it would have if it were not Indenture Trustee, Agent or such other agent. 
  
 Section 6.06. Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Indenture Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by this Indenture or by law. The Indenture Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Trust and except to the extent of income or other gain on
investments that are obligations of the Indenture Trustee, in its commercial capacity, and income or other gain actually received by the Indenture Trustee on investments, which are obligations of others. 
  
 Section 6.07. Eligibility, Disqualification. Irrespective of whether
this Indenture is qualified under the TIA, this Indenture shall always have an indenture trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA Sections 310(a)(1) and 310(a)(5). The Indenture Trustee shall always have a combined capital and surplus as stated
in Section 6.08 hereof. The Indenture Trustee shall be subject to TIA Section 310(b). 
  
 Section 6.08. Indenture Trustee’s Capital and Surplus. The Indenture Trustee shall at all times (a)(i) have a combined capital and surplus of at least $550,000,000, or (ii) be a member of a bank holding
company system, the aggregate combined capital and surplus of which is at least $100,000,000 and (b) be rated (or have long- term debt rated) “BBB” or better by S&P and “Baa2” by Moody’s; provided, however, that the
Indenture Trustee’s separate capital and surplus shall at all times be at least the amount required by TIA Section 310(a)(2). If the Indenture Trustee publishes annual reports of condition of the type described in TIA Section 310(a)(1), its
combined capital and surplus for purposes of this Section 6.08 shall be as set forth in the latest such report. The Indenture Trustee shall at all times be a corporation or association organized or doing business under the laws of a state or of the
United States; authorized to exercise corporate powers and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. If at any time the Indenture Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.08
and TIA Section 310(a)(2), it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article VI. 
  
 Section 6.09. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. (a) No resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and no appointment of a
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 (b) The Indenture Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trust and each
Rating Agency. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Indenture Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee within thirty (30) days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Indenture Trustee may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee. 
  
 (c) The Indenture Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Holders representing more than 50% of the Class Note Balance of the Outstanding Notes,
by written notice delivered to the Indenture Trustee and to the Trust. 
  
 (d) If at any time: 
  
 (i) the
Indenture Trustee shall have a conflicting interest prohibited by Section 6.07 hereof and shall fail to resign or eliminate such conflicting interest in accordance with Section 6.07 hereof after written request therefor by the Trust or by any
Noteholder; or 
  
 (ii) the Indenture Trustee
shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.08 hereof or shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Indenture Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take
charge or control of the Indenture Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation; 
  
 then, in any such case, (x) the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, by a Trust Order, may remove the Indenture Trustee, and the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust,
by a Trust Order, shall join with the Indenture Trustee in the execution, delivery and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to appoint a successor Indenture Trustee to vest in such successor Indenture Trustee any
property, title, right or power deemed necessary or desirable, subject to the other provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, if the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, does not join in such appointment within thirty (30) days after the
receipt by it of a request to do so, (either by reason of resignation or removal) or in case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to make such appointment, or (y)
subject to Section 5.15 hereof, and, in the case of a conflicting interest as described in clause (i) above, unless the Indenture Trustee’s duty to resign has been stayed as provided in TIA Section 310(b), any Noteholder who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Note for at least six (6) months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture
Trustee. 
  
 (e) If the Indenture Trustee shall resign, be removed
or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Indenture Trustee for any cause, the Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, by a Trust Order, shall promptly, appoint a successor Indenture Trustee reasonably acceptable to
the Sponsor. 
  
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Trustee to the Holders of Notes and the Swap Provider. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Indenture Trustee and the address of its Corporate
Trust Office. 
  
 Section 6.10. Acceptance of Appointment by
Successor Indenture Trustee. Every successor Indenture Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Trust and the retiring Indenture Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or
removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee shall become effective and such successor Indenture Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Indenture Trustee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon a Trust Request of the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, or the successor Indenture Trustee, such retiring Indenture Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges and any fees, expenses or other amounts owing
the Indenture trustee, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Indenture Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Indenture Trustee, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Indenture
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Indenture Trustee hereunder. Upon a written request of any such successor Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute and deliver any and all instruments for more
fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Indenture Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts. 
  
 No successor Indenture Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Indenture Trustee shall be qualified and
eligible under this Article VI. 
  
 Section 6.11. Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of Indenture Trustee. Any corporation or banking association into which the Indenture Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or banking
association resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Indenture Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or banking association succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Indenture
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Indenture Trustee hereunder, provided, that such corporation or banking association shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article VI, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further
act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Notes have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Indenture Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Indenture Trustee may
adopt such authentication and deliver the Notes so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Indenture Trustee had authenticated such Notes. 
  
 Section 6.12. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Trust. The Indenture Trustee (and any co-trustee or separate trustee) shall be subject to
TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b), and an Indenture Trustee (and any co-trustee or separate trustee) who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.

  
 Section 6.13. Co-Indenture Trustees and Separate Indenture
Trustees. At any time or times, for the purpose of meeting the legal requirements of the TIA or of any jurisdiction in which any of the Trust Estate may at the time be located, the Indenture Trustee shall have power and shall execute and deliver
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by the Indenture Trustee either to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Indenture Trustee, of all or any part of the Trust Estate, or to act as separate
trustee of any such property, in either case with such powers as may be provided in the instrument of appointment, and to vest in such Person or Persons in the capacity aforesaid, any property, title, right or power deemed necessary or desirable,
subject to the other provisions of this Section 6.13. All fees and expenses of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be payable by the Trust. 
  
 Should any written instrument from the Trust be required by any co-trustee or separate trustee so appointed for more fully confirming to such co-trustee
or separate trustee such property, title, right or power, any and all such instruments shall, on written request, be executed, acknowledged and delivered by the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust. 
  
 Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law,
but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following terms: 
  
 (a) The Notes shall be authenticated and delivered and all rights, powers, duties and obligations hereunder in respect of the custody of securities, cash and other personal property held by, or required to be deposited or pledged with, the
Indenture Trustee hereunder, shall be exercised, solely by the Indenture Trustee. 
  
 (b) The rights, powers, duties and obligations hereby conferred or imposed upon the Indenture Trustee in respect of any property covered by such appointment shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or
performed by the Indenture Trustee or by the Indenture Trustee and such co-trustee or separate trustee jointly, as shall be provided in the instrument appointing such co-trustee or separate trustee, except to the extent that under any law of any
jurisdiction in which any particular act is to be performed, the Indenture Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be exercised and performed by such
co-trustee or separate trustee. 
  
 (c) The Indenture Trustee at
any time may accept the resignation of or remove any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed under this Section 6.13. A successor to any co-trustee or separate trustee so resigned or removed may be appointed in the manner provided in this Section
6.13. 
  
 (d) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable by reason
of any act or omission of a co-trustee or separate trustee appointed by the Indenture Trustee with due care. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of the Indenture Trustee, or any
other such trustee hereunder. 
  
 (e) Any Act of Noteholders
delivered to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have been delivered to each such co-trustee and separate trustee. 
  
 (f) Any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed hereunder shall be afforded the same rights, protections and immunities as the Indenture Trustee.

  
 Section 6.14. Authenticating Agents. The Owner Trustee,
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Notes designated for such authentication and, containing provisions therein for such authentication (unless the Owner Trustee, acting at the direction of the
Certificateholders, has made other arrangements, satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and such Authenticating Agent, for notation on the Notes of the authority of an Authenticating Agent appointed after the initial authentication and delivery of
such Notes) in connection with transfers and exchanges under Section 2.06 hereof, as fully to all intents and purposes as though the Authenticating Agent had been expressly authorized by Section 2.06 hereof to authenticate and deliver Notes. For all
purposes of this Indenture (other than in connection with the authentication and delivery of Notes pursuant to Sections 2.05 and 2.11 hereof in connection with their initial issuance), the authentication and delivery of Notes by the Authenticating
Agent pursuant to this Section 6.14 shall be deemed to be the authentication and delivery of Notes “by the Indenture Trustee.” Such Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a Person that both meets the requirements of Section 6.07 hereof
for the Indenture Trustee hereunder and has an office for presentation of Notes in the United States of America. The Indenture Trustee, shall initially be the Authenticating Agent and shall be the Note Registrar as provided in Section 2.06 hereof.
The office from which the Indenture Trustee shall perform its duties as Note Registrar and Authenticating Agent shall be its Corporate Trust Office. Any Authenticating Agent appointed pursuant to the terms of this Section 6.14 or pursuant to the
terms of any supplemental indenture shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of such appointment an instrument accepting the trusts, duties and responsibilities of Authenticating Agent and of Note
Registrar or co-Note Registrar and indemnifying the Indenture Trustee for and holding the Indenture Trustee harmless against, any loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred without negligence or bad faith on its
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance, administration of the trust or exercise of authority by such Authenticating Agent, Note Registrar or co-Note Registrar. 
  
 Any corporation or banking association into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may
be consolidated, or any corporation or banking association resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation or banking association succeeding to the corporate trust
business of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of the Authenticating Agent hereunder, if such successor corporation is otherwise eligible under this Section 6.14, without the execution or filing of any further act on the part of the
parties hereto or the Authenticating Agent or such successor corporation or banking association. 
  
 Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trust. The Owner Trustee, acting at the direction of the
Certificateholders, may at any time terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and the Indenture Trustee. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a
termination, or in case at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible under this Section 6.14, the Owner Trustee, acting at the direction of the Certificateholders, shall promptly appoint a successor Authenticating Agent, shall
give written notice of such appointment to the Indenture Trustee, and shall mail notice of such appointment to all Holders of Notes. 
  
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Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments pursuant to Section 6.16 hereof. The provisions of Sections 2.09, 6.04 and 6.05 hereof
shall be applicable to any Authenticating Agent. 
  
 Section 6.15.
Review of Mortgage Files. (a) The Indenture Trustee shall (i) on or prior to the Closing Date execute and deliver the acknowledgement of receipt of the Mortgage Loans required by Section 2.06(b)(i) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, (ii) on
or prior to sixty (60) days following the Closing Date execute and deliver the Initial Certification required by Section 2.06(b)(ii) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and (iii) on or prior to one hundred eighty (180) days following the Closing
Date execute and deliver the Final Certification required by Section 2.06(b)(iii) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 (b) In giving each of the acknowledgements, the Initial Certification and the Final Certification referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section
6.15, the Indenture Trustee shall not be under any duty or obligation (i) to inspect, review or examine any such documents, instruments, securities or other papers to determine that they or the signatures thereto are genuine, enforceable, or
appropriate for the represented purpose or that they have actually been recorded or that they are other than what they purport to be on their face, (ii) to determine whether any Mortgage File should include a flood insurance policy, any rider,
addenda, surety or guaranty agreement, power of attorney, buy down agreement, assumption agreement, modification agreement, written assurance or substitution agreement, or (iii) to determine the validity, sufficiency, recordability, perfection, or
priority of any document in the Mortgage File. 
  
 Section 6.16.
Indenture Trustee Fees and Expenses Indemnification. The Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive the Indenture Trustee Fee on each Payment Date as provided herein. The Indenture Trustee also shall be entitled to (i) payment of or
reimbursement for expenses and disbursements incurred or made by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement (including, but not limited to, the reasonable compensation and the
expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not regularly in its employ), and (ii) indemnification against losses, liability costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred, arising out of or in connection
with this Indenture, the Notes, the Certificates, the Sale and Servicing Agreement or any other documents or agreements relating to the Trust or the Notes, other than any loss, liability, cost or expense incurred solely by reason of willful
malfeasance, bad faith or negligence of the Indenture Trustee in the performance of its duties under the Basic Documents or by reason of its failure to perform its obligations hereunder. The Indenture Trustee and any director, officer, employee or
agent of the Indenture Trustee shall be indemnified by, first, the Trust Estate, in an amount not to exceed $125,000 in any calendar year as a first-priority expense pursuant to the first sentence of Section 8.01(b) hereof and Section 5.07
hereof; second, the Trust Estate on any Payment Date, to the extent that the Indenture Trustee’s claims for indemnification exceed $125,000 in any calendar year, pursuant to Sections 8.01 and 5.07 hereof, and third, the Servicer,
to the extent that the Indenture Trustee’s claims for indemnification exceed $125,000 in any calendar year and there are no funds available at priority second above available for such purpose, and held harmless against any loss,
liability costs or reasonable expense incurred in connection with this Indenture or the Notes, other than any loss, liability, cost or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance by the Indenture
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Servicer and the Trust under this Section 6.16 shall survive termination of the Trust and payment of the Notes, and shall extend to any co-Indenture Trustee
or separate-Indenture Trustee appointed pursuant to this Article VI. 
  
 The Indenture Trustee or its Affiliates are permitted to receive additional compensation that could be deemed to be in the Indenture Trustee’s economic self-interest for (i) serving as investment adviser, administrator, shareholder,
servicing agent, custodian or sub-custodian with respect to certain Permitted Investments, (ii) using Affiliates to effect transactions in certain Permitted Investments and (iii) effecting transactions in certain Permitted Investments. Such
compensation is not payable pursuant to this Indenture. 
  
 ARTICLE VII 
  
 NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND
REPORTS 
  
 Section 7.01. Note Registrar to Furnish
Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders. (a) The Note Registrar shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee (i) semiannually, not less than forty-five (45) days nor more than sixty (60) days after the Payment
Date occurring closest to six (6) months after the Closing Date and each Payment Date occurring at six (6) month intervals thereafter, all information in the possession or control of the Note Registrar, in such form as the Indenture Trustee may
reasonably require, as to names and addresses of the Holders of Notes, and (ii) at such other times, as the Indenture Trustee may request in writing, within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Note Registrar of any such request, a list of similar
form and content as of a date not more than ten (10) days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that so long as the Indenture Trustee is the Note Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished. 
  
 (b) In addition to furnishing to the Indenture Trustee the Noteholder lists,
if any, required under paragraph (a) of this Section 7.01, the Note Registrar shall also furnish all Noteholder lists, if any, required under Section 3.03 hereof at the times required by such Section 3.03. 
  
 Section 7.02. Preservation of Information: Communications to
Noteholders. (a) The Indenture Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes contained in the most recent list, if any, furnished to the Indenture Trustee as provided
in Section 7.01 hereof and the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes received by the Indenture Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar. The Indenture Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01 hereof upon
receipt of a new list so furnished. 
  
 (b) Noteholders may
communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes. 
  
 (c) The Trust, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c). 
  

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 Section 7.03. Reports by Indenture Trustee. Within sixty (60) days after December 31 of each year
(the “reporting date”), commencing December 31, 2005, (i) the Indenture Trustee shall, if required by TIA Section 313(a), mail to all Noteholders a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA Section 313(a); (ii)
the Indenture Trustee shall, to the extent not set forth in the Indenture Trustee’s Remittance Report pursuant to Section 2.08(d) hereof, also mail to Holders of Notes with respect to which it has made advances, any reports with respect to such
advances that are required by TIA Section 313(b)(2); and, the Indenture Trustee shall also mail to Holders of Notes any reports required by TIA Section 313(b)(1). For purposes of the information required to be included in any such reports pursuant
to TIA Sections 313(a)(2), 313(b)(1) (if applicable), or 313(b)(2), the principal amount of indenture securities outstanding on the date as of which such information is provided shall be the Class Note Balance of the then Outstanding Notes covered
by the report. 
  
 Section 7.04. Reports by Trust. The
Trust shall cause the Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, (a) to deliver to the Indenture Trustee at least five days before the Trust is required to file the same with the Commission copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and
other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Trust is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and (b) to also
comply with the other provisions of TIA Section 314(a). 
  
 A copy
of each report required under this Section 7.03 shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders of Notes be filed by the Sponsor with the Commission and with each securities exchange upon which the Notes are listed. The Servicer, on behalf of the
Trust, will notify the Indenture Trustee when the Notes are listed on any securities exchange. 
  
 ARTICLE VIII 
  
 ACCOUNTS, PAYMENTS OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL, AND RELEASES 
  
 Section 8.01. Accounts; Investment; Collection of Moneys. (a) The Trust hereby directs the Indenture Trustee to establish, on or before the Closing Date, an Eligible Account that shall be the “Payment
Account” for the Notes. The Indenture Trustee shall promptly deposit in the Payment Account: 
  
 (i) the Servicer Remittance Amount for each Group received by it from the Servicer on the Servicer Remittance Date pursuant to the Sale
and Servicing Agreement; 
  
 (ii) any other funds
from any deposits to be made by the Servicer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement; 
  
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 (iv) the Termination Price received by it from the Seller on the Clean-up Call Date
pursuant to Section 10.01; 
  
 (v) any amounts
received from the Swap Provider under the Swap Agreement, including the Net Swap Payment and any Swap Termination Payment; and 
  
 (vi) all other amounts received for deposit in the Payment Account, including the payment of any Loan Repurchase Price or Substitution
Adjustment for a Mortgage Loan received by the Indenture Trustee. 
  
 All amounts that are deposited from time to time in the Payment Account are subject to withdrawal by the Indenture Trustee for the purposes set forth in Section 8.01 hereof. All funds withdrawn from the Payment Account pursuant to this
Section 8.01 for the purpose of making payments to the Holders of Notes shall be applied in accordance with this Section 8.01 and Section 3.03 hereof. 
  
 Any Net Swap Payment received from the Swap Provider shall be allocated by the Indenture Trustee into two amounts relating to Group I and Group II, pro
rata based on the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related group with respect to the related Payment Date. These two amounts are referred to herein as the “Group I Swap Payment” and
the “Group II Swap Payment.” Similarly, any payment to be made to the Swap Provider pursuant to Section 8.01(b)(i) below shall be allocated between Group I and Group II pro rata based on the aggregate scheduled Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related group with respect to the related Payment Date; provided that, if there are insufficient funds in either group to pay the Swap Provider pursuant to Section 8.01(b) below, then the remaining amount that
would have been distributable on such Payment Date shall be paid from amounts relating to the other group. The amount to be paid or received by the Trust that relates to Group I is referred to as the “Group I Swap Payment”
and the amount to be paid or received by the Trust that relates to Group II is referred to as the “Group II Swap Payment.” 
  
 (b) On the Business Day (as defined in the Swap Agreement for this purpose only) prior to each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall make the payment
to the Swap Provider set forth in clause (i)(x) below, but only to the extent that there are sufficient funds on deposit in the Payment Account to make such payment after making each of the payments described below to be made on such Payment Date
that are senior to such payment. On each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall withdraw from the Payment Account such amounts on deposit therein relating to the Indenture Trustee Fees and the Indenture Trustee’s expenses and other amounts
then due to it, including any payments with respect to reimbursement or indemnification due to the Indenture Trustee (subject to Section 6.16) and shall pay such amounts to itself. On each Payment Date, unless the Notes have been declared due and
payable pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof and moneys collected by the Indenture Trustee are being applied in accordance with Section 5.07 hereof, the Interest Remittance Amount on deposit in the Payment Account on any Payment Date or Redemption Date
shall be withdrawn from the Payment Account, in the amounts required (based on the Indenture Trustee’s Remittance Report prepared by the Indenture Trustee on or before such Payment Date in reliance on the related Servicer Remittance Report),
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the each Class of Notes as follows. Subject to the preceding, on each Payment Date, funds will be applied in the following order of priority: 
  
 (i) From Available Funds, to the Swap Provider the sum of
(x) all Net Swap Payments, paid from the Available Funds related to each Group pro rata based on the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related Group and (y) any Swap Termination Payments other than a Defaulted Swap
Termination Payment, paid from the Available Funds related to each group pro rata based on the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related Group; provided, however, that to the extent any payments (“Replacement
Payments”) are received from a replacement Swap Provider by the Trust as a result of entering into replacement transaction(s) following a Collateralization Event or a Rating Agency Trigger Event, the Swap Provider that is being replaced shall
have first priority as to such Replacement Payments versus all other creditors of the Trust, and the Trust shall pay from the Replacement Payments received the lesser of (x) the Replacement Payments so received and (y) any termination payment owed
to the Swap Provider (to the extent not already paid by the Trust) that is being replaced immediately upon receipt. To the extent that any swap payments owed to the Swap Provider remain unpaid, amounts owed under (x) or (y) above will be paid from
the other group’s Available Funds (such payment to be made on the Business Day (as defined in the Swap Agreement for this purpose only) prior to the Payment Date, as set forth above); 
  
 (ii) Concurrently, 
  
 (x) from the Distributable Interest Amount related to the Group I Mortgage
Loans, to the Class A-1 Notes, their Accrued Note Interest, and any unpaid Accrued Note Interest from prior Payment Dates; and 
  
 (y) from the Distributable Interest Amount related to the Group II Mortgage Loans, concurrently to the Class A-2A, Class A-2B and Class A-2C Notes, their
Accrued Note Interest and any unpaid Accrued Note Interest from prior Payment Dates allocated based on their entitlement to those amounts, 
  
 provided, that if the Distributable Interest Amount for either Group of Mortgage Loans is insufficient to make the related payments set forth in clause
(a) or (b) above, as applicable, any Distributable Interest Amount relating to the other Group of Mortgage Loans remaining after making the related payments set forth in clause (a) or (b) above, as applicable, will be available to cover that
shortfall; 
  
 (iii) from any remaining
Distributable Interest Amount, to the Class M Notes, sequentially, in ascending numerical order, their Accrued Note Interest; and 
  
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 (c) The Principal Distribution Amount will be paid from the amount on deposit in the Payment Account
(after making the payments set forth in paragraph (b) above) on each Payment Date as follows: 
  
 A. On each Payment Date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date or (b) with respect to which a Trigger Event is in effect, the Principal Distribution Amount will be applied in the following order of priority: 
  
 (i) Concurrently, 
  
 (a) to the Class A-1 Notes, the Group I Principal
Distribution Amount, until its Class Note Balance has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (b) to the Class A-2A, Class A-2B and Class A-2C Notes, sequentially, in that order, the Group II Principal Distribution Amount, until their respective Class Note Balances have been reduced to zero; 
  
 provided, that if after making distributions pursuant to paragraphs (a) and
(b) above on any Payment Date (without giving effect to this proviso) the Class Note Balance of any class of Class A Notes is reduced to zero (considering the Class A-2 Notes as one class for the purposes of this proviso only), then the remaining
amount of principal that would have been distributable on such Payment Date and the amount of principal distributable on all subsequent Payment Dates pursuant to this subsection (i) to the class of Class A Notes that have been repaid on that Payment
Date or a prior Payment Date, will be required to be distributed to the other Class A Notes remaining outstanding (in accordance with the paragraphs (a) or (b) above, as applicable), until their respective Class Note Balances have been reduced to
zero; and 
  
 (ii) to the Class M Notes,
sequentially, in ascending numerical order, until their respective Class Note Balances have been reduced to zero. 
  
 B. On each Payment Date (a) on or after the Stepdown Date and (b) with respect to which a Trigger Event is not in effect, the Principal Distribution
Amount will be applied in the following order of priority: 
  
 (i) Concurrently, 
  
 (a) to the Class A-1 Notes, the lesser of the Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the portion of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount determined in accordance with the Class A Principal Allocation Percentage for the Class A-1
Notes, until its Class Note Balance has been reduced to zero, 
  
 (b) to the Class A-2A, Class A-2B and Class A-2C Notes, sequentially, in that order, the lesser of the Group II Principal Distribution Amount and the portion of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount determined in
accordance with the Class A Principal Allocation Percentage for the Class A-2 Notes, until their respective Class Note Balances have been reduced to zero; 
  

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 provided, that if after making distributions pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) above on
any Payment Date (without giving effect to this proviso) the Class Note Balance of any class of Class A Notes is reduced to zero (considering the Class A-2 Notes as one class for the purposes of this proviso only), then the remaining amount of
principal that would have been distributable on such Payment Date and the amount of principal distributable on all subsequent Payment Dates pursuant to this subsection (i) to the class of Class A Notes that have been repaid on that Payment Date or a
prior Payment Date, will be required to be distributed to the other Class A Notes remaining outstanding (in accordance with the paragraphs (a) or (b) above, as applicable), until their respective Class Note Balances have been reduced to zero;

  
 (ii) to the Class M-1 Notes, the lesser of
the remaining Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, until their Class Note Balance has been reduced to zero, 
  
 (iii) to the Class M-2 Notes, the lesser of the remaining Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount,
until their Class Note Balance has been reduced to zero, 
  
 (iv) to the Class M-3 Notes, the lesser of the remaining Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, until their Class Note Balance has been reduced to zero, 
  
 (v) to the Class M-4 Notes, the lesser of the remaining
Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount, until their Class Note Balance has been reduced to zero, 
  
 (vi) to the Class M-5 Notes, the lesser of the remaining Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount,
until their Class Note Balance has been reduced to zero, 
  
 (vii) to the Class M-6 Notes, the lesser of the remaining Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount, until their Class Note Balance has been reduced to zero, 
  
 (viii) to the Class M-7 Notes, the lesser of the remaining
Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount, until their Class Note Balance has been reduced to zero, 
  
 (ix) to the Class M-8 Notes, the lesser of the remaining Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount,
until their Class Note Balance has been reduced to zero, 
  
 (x) to the Class M-9 Notes, the lesser of the remaining Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-9 Principal Distribution Amount, until their Class Note Balance has been reduced to zero, 
  

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 (xi) to the Class M-10 Notes, the lesser of the remaining Principal Distribution Amount
and the Class M-10 Principal Distribution Amount, until their Class Note Balance has been reduced to zero, and 
  
 (xii) to the Class M-11 Notes, the lesser of the remaining Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-11 Principal Distribution Amount,
until their Class Note Balance has been reduced to zero. 
  
 (d)
For any Payment Date, any Net Monthly Excess Cashflow shall be paid as follows: 
  
 (i) to the Class M Notes, sequentially and in ascending numerical order, their Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount, 
  
 (ii) concurrently, any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount to
each class of Class A Notes, pro rata by the respective Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount due to such classes of Notes, 
  
 (iii) sequentially, to the Class M Notes in ascending numerical order, any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount for such classes, 

 
 (iv) to the Class M Notes, sequentially in ascending
numerical order, any Deferred Interest in respect of any Principal Deficiency Amount allocated to such classes, thus, for instance, the Principal Deficiency Amount for any Payment Date will first be allocated to the Class M-11 Notes and, to the
extent the Principal Deficiency Amount for such Payment Date exceeds the aggregate Class Note Balance of the Class M-11 Notes, such excess Principal Deficiency Amount shall be allocated to the Class M-10 Notes, and so on. 
  
 (v) to pay to the indenture trustee and the owner trustee,
any amounts due to them, in the case of the indenture trustee to the extent not previously paid or reimbursed under this Section 8.01 by reason of Section 6.16 hereof and in the case of the owner trustee to the extent not previously paid or
reimbursed under this Section 8.01 pursuant to Article IX of the Trust Agreement, 
  
 (x) to pay any Defaulted Swap Termination Payment to the Swap Provider, 
  
 (xi) if applicable, for application to the purchase of a replacement Swap Agreement, and 
  
 (xii) to the trust certificates, any remaining amounts.

  
 (e) The aggregate, cumulative amount of principal payments
made to the holders of any Class of Notes shall not exceed the Original Note Principal Balance of the related Class. 
  
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 (g) So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, amounts held in the
Accounts, other than the Payment Account, shall at the written direction of the Servicer be invested in Permitted Investments, which Permitted Investments shall mature no later than the Business Day preceding the immediately following Payment Date;
provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee shall have no obligation to invest funds deposited into the Accounts later than 12:15 p.m. (Pacific Time) on the day of receipt. Absent written direction, all such amounts shall be held uninvested.
Amounts in the Payment Account may be invested in Permitted Investments at the direction of the Indenture Trustee or remain uninvested. 
  
 All income or other gains, if any, from investment of moneys deposited in the Collection Account shall be for the benefit of the Servicer, and in the
Payment Account for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee, respectively and on or after each Payment Date, any such amounts may be released from such Accounts and paid to the Servicer or Indenture Trustee, as applicable, as part of its compensation
hereunder. Any loss resulting from such investment of moneys deposited in the Collection Account or the Payment Account, respectively, shall be reimbursed immediately as incurred to the related Account by the Servicer or Indenture Trustee,
respectively. Subject to Section 6.01 hereof and the preceding sentence, neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Servicer shall in any way be held liable by reason of any insufficiency in the Accounts. 
  
 The Indenture Trustee shall not in any way be held liable by reason of any
insufficiency in any Account (other than the Payment Account) held by the Indenture Trustee resulting from any investment loss on any Permitted Investment included therein (except to the extent that the Indenture Trustee is the obligor and has
defaulted thereon). 
  
 In order to comply with its duties under
the U.S.A. Patriot Act of 2001, the Indenture Trustee shall obtain and verify certain information and documentation from the other party to this Indenture including, but not limited to, such party’s name, address, and other identifying
information. 
  
 (h) Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, the Indenture Trustee may demand payment or delivery of, and shall receive and collect, directly and without intervention or assistance of any fiscal agent or other intermediary, all money and other property payable to or receivable by the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee shall hold all such money and property received by it as part of the Trust Estate and shall apply it as provided in this Indenture. 
  
 If the Indenture Trustee shall not have received the Servicer Remittance
Amount by close of business on any related Servicer Remittance Date, the Indenture Trustee shall, unless the Servicer shall have made provisions satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee for delivery to the Indenture Trustee of an amount equal to such
Servicer Remittance Amount, deliver a notice to the Servicer of the Servicer’s failure to remit such Servicer Remittance Amount and that such failure, if not remedied by the close of business on the Business Day after the date upon which such
notice is delivered to the Servicer, shall constitute a Servicer Event of Default under the Sale and Servicing Agreement. If the Indenture Trustee shall subsequently receive any such Servicer Remittance Amount by the close of business on such
Business Day (along with interest at the Prime Rate as set forth in the Wall Street Journal, accruing from the Servicer Remittance Date to the date such Servicer Remittance Amount was actually received, and payable to the 

  

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Indenture Trustee) such Servicer Event of Default shall not be deemed to have occurred. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the Indenture Trustee
shall deliver to the Servicer, or its designee or assignee, any Servicer Remittance Amount received with respect to a Mortgage Loan after the related Servicer Remittance Date to the extent that the Servicer previously made payment or provision for
payment with respect to such Servicer Remittance Amount in accordance with this Section 8.01, and any such Servicer Remittance Amount shall not be deemed part of the Trust Estate. 
  
 Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement, if, following delivery by the
Indenture Trustee of the notice described above, the Servicer shall fail to remit the Servicer Remittance Amount on any Servicer Remittance Date, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver a second notice to the Servicer and the Trust by the close of
business on the Business Day immediately prior to the related Payment Date indicating that a Servicer Event of Default occurred and is continuing under the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Thereupon, the Indenture Trustee shall take such actions as are
required of the Indenture Trustee under Article VII of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. In addition, if a default occurs in any other performance required under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee may, and upon the request of
the Holders of Notes representing more than 50% of the Class Note Balance of the Outstanding Notes shall, take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance including the institution and prosecution of appropriate
Proceedings. Any such action shall be without prejudice to any right to claim a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture and to proceed thereafter as provided in Article V hereof. 
  
 (i) In the event that the Swap Provider elects to post collateral as provided in the Swap Agreement, the Indenture Trustee
shall establish and maintain a non-interest bearing separate trust account which shall be an Eligible Account with respect to the Swap Agreement (the “Swap Collateral Account”) for the benefit of the Swap Provider and the Noteholders, as
their interests may appear, into which such collateral shall be deposited. The Indenture Trustee may or shall (as indicated) make withdrawals from the Swap Collateral Account for the purposes of (i) entering into a substitute swap agreement, (ii)
funding the amount of any payment due to be made by the Swap Provider under the related Swap Agreement following the failure by the Swap Provider to make that payment or (iii) as required pursuant to the Swap Agreement or this Indenture. The
Indenture Trustee shall make withdrawals from the Swap Collateral Account and transfer the collateral (i) as required of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Swap Agreement or (ii) if the circumstances which required the posting of collateral no
longer exist; and the Indenture Trustee is permitted to liquidate any investments held in the Swap Collateral Account for any such purpose. In the event that additional collateral is required to be posted by the Swap Provider under the Swap
Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall promptly make a demand on the Swap Provider to post such additional collateral. To the extent cash makes up all or any portion of the collateral in the Swap Collateral Account, such cash shall be retained by
the Indenture Trustee uninvested. In connection with the maintenance and administration of the Swap Collateral Account, the Indenture Trustee may request and rely on written instructions from the Servicer, which the Servicer hereby agrees to
provide, with respect to the maintenance and administration of such account. For the avoidance of doubt, the Indenture Trustee shall not have any right to apply any amounts or assets in any Swap Collateral Account except in accordance with the
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 Section 8.02. Allocation of Realized Losses. 
  
 (a) All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated by the
Indenture Trustee on each Payment Date as follows: first, pursuant to the provisions hereof set forth in Section 8.01(c), to amounts of Net Monthly Excess Cashflow; second, to prepayment penalties; and third, to the
Overcollateralization Amount. 
  
 (b) Subsequent Recoveries
will count as additional Liquidation Proceeds and be distributed on the related Payment Date pursuant to Section 8.01(c) hereof. 
  
 Section 8.03. [Reserved]. 
  
 Section 8.04. General Provisions Regarding the Payment Account and Mortgage Loans. (a) The Payment Account shall relate solely to the Notes,
Permitted Investments and other property securing the Notes and the obligations of the Swap Agreement. Funds and other property in the Payment Account shall not be commingled with any other moneys or property of the Trust or any Affiliate thereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indenture Trustee may hold any funds or other property received or held by it as part of a Payment Account in collective accounts maintained by it in the normal course of its business and containing funds or
property held by it for other Persons (which may include the Trust or an Affiliate); provided, that such accounts are under the sole control of the Indenture Trustee and the Indenture Trustee maintains adequate records indicating the ownership of
all such funds or property and the portions thereof held for credit to the Payment Account. 
  
 (b) If any amounts are needed for payment from the Payment Account and sufficient uninvested funds are not available therein to make such payment, the Indenture Trustee shall cause to be sold or otherwise converted to
cash, to the extent available, a sufficient amount of the investments in the Payment Account. 
  
 (c) The Indenture Trustee shall, at all times while any Notes are Outstanding, maintain in its possession, or in the possession of an agent whose actions with respect to such items are under the sole control of the
Indenture Trustee, all certificates or other instruments, if any, evidencing any investment of funds in the Payment Account. The Indenture Trustee shall relinquish possession of such items, or direct its agent to do so, only for purposes of
collecting the final payment receivable on such investment or certificate or, in connection with the sale of any investment held in the Payment Account, against delivery of the amount receivable in connection with any sale. 
  
 (d) The Servicer shall not direct the Indenture Trustee to invest any part of
the Trust Estate in Permitted Investments that constitute uncertificated securities (as defined in Section 8-102 of the Uniform Commercial Code, as enacted in the relevant jurisdiction) unless it has delivered an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the
Indenture Trustee and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Indenture Trustee setting forth, with respect to each type of security for which authority to invest is being sought, the procedures that must be followed to maintain the
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 (e) With respect to any portion of the Trust Estate invested in Permitted Investments, the Indenture
Trustee acknowledges and agrees that: 
  
 (i) any
Permitted Investment that is held in a deposit account shall be held solely in an Eligible Account; and each such Eligible Account shall be subject to the sole and exclusive dominion, custody and control of the Indenture Trustee; and, without
limitation on the foregoing, the Indenture Trustee shall have sole signature authority with respect thereto; 
  
 (ii) any Permitted Investment that constitutes Physical Property shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee in accordance with paragraph
(a) and/or (b) of the definition of “Delivery,” as applicable, and shall be held, pending maturity or disposition, solely by the Indenture Trustee or a securities intermediary (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the Uniform
Commercial Code) acting solely for the Indenture Trustee; and 
  
 (iii) any Permitted Investment that is a book-entry security held through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to federal book-entry regulations shall be delivered in accordance with paragraph (c) of the definition of
“Delivery” and shall be maintained by the Indenture Trustee, pending maturity or disposition, through continued book-entry registration of such Permitted Investment as described in such paragraph. 
  
 Section 8.05. Releases of Deleted Mortgage Loans. Upon notice or
discovery by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee that any of the representations or warranties of the Sponsor set forth in Section 4.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement was materially incorrect or otherwise misleading with respect to
any Mortgage Loan as of the time made, the Indenture Trustee shall direct the Sponsor to either cure, repurchase or substitute for such Mortgage Loan as provided in Section 4.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Upon any purchase of or
substitution for a Deleted Mortgage Loan by the Sponsor in accordance with Section 2.06 or Section 4.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver the Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage File relating to such Deleted
Mortgage Loan to the Sponsor, and the Trust and the Indenture Trustee shall execute such instruments of transfer as are necessary to convey title to such Deleted Mortgage Loan to the Sponsor from the lien of this Indenture. Nothing in this Section
8.05 should be construed to obligate the Indenture Trustee to actively monitor the correctness or accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Sponsor. 
  

Section 8.06. Reports by Indenture Trustee to Noteholders; Access to Certain Information. On each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee, shall
provide the written reports required by the first paragraph of Section 2.08(d) to Noteholders of record as of the related Record Date (including the Clearing Agency, if any). The Indenture Trustee will make available the Indenture Trustee’s
Remittance Report (and, at its option, any additional files containing the same information in an alternative format) to any interested person via the Indenture Trustee’s internet website. The Indenture Trustee’s internet website shall
initially be located at https://www.tss.db.com/invr and assistance in using the website can be obtained by calling the Indenture Trustee’s investor relations desk at 800.735.7777. The Indenture Trustee shall have the right to alter the manner
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Noteholders upon notice to Noteholders in the manner in which such Indenture Trustee’s Remittance Reports are then being provided. 
  
 The Indenture Trustee shall make available at its Corporate Trust Office,
during normal business hours, for review by any Noteholder or designees of the Issuer, originals or copies of the following items: (a) the Indenture and any amendments thereto, (b) all Indenture Trustee’s Remittance Reports and other reports
delivered since the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.08(d) hereof, (c) any Officers’ Certificates delivered to the Indenture Trustee since the Closing Date as described in the Indenture and (d) any Accountants’ reports delivered to the
Indenture Trustee since the Closing Date as required under the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Copies of any and all of the foregoing items will be available from the Indenture Trustee upon request; however, the Indenture Trustee will be permitted to
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover the reasonable costs and expenses of providing such copies and shall not be required to provide such copies without reasonable assurances that such sum will be paid. 
  
 Section 8.07. Release of Trust Estate. The Indenture Trustee shall, at
such time as there are no Notes Outstanding and no amounts are owing to the Swap Provider, as confirmed to the Indenture Trustee in writing, release all of the Trust Estate to the Trust (other than any cash held for the payment of the Notes pursuant
to Section 3.03 or 4.02 hereof and amounts due to the Indenture Trustee hereunder). 
  
 Section 8.08. Amendment to Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee may, without the consent of any Holder or the Swap Provider, enter into or consent to any amendment or supplement to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement for the purpose of increasing the obligations or duties of any party other than the Indenture Trustee, the Swap Provider or the Holders of the Notes. The Indenture Trustee shall not enter into or consent to any such supplement or
amendment unless the Indenture Trustee receives (i) an Opinion of Counsel that the position of the Holders would not be materially adversely affected or written confirmation of satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition has been delivered to it and
(ii) an Opinion of Counsel experienced in federal income tax matters that such amendment or supplement will not prevent the Notes from being characterized as debt for United States federal income tax purposes and will not cause the Issuer to be
subject to federal income tax. The Indenture Trustee may in its discretion decline to enter into any such supplement or amendment if its own rights, duties or immunities would be adversely affected. Prior to entering into any supplement or amendment
an Opinion of Counsel shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee (upon which it may conclusively rely) to the effect that such amendment or supplement is permitted and authorized by this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 

 
 Section 8.09. Delivery of the Mortgage Files Pursuant to Sale and
Servicing Agreement. As is appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Servicer (if directed in writing by the Servicer) the Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage Files for such
Mortgage Loan upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee on or prior to the date such release is to be made of: 
  
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 (b) a Request for Release, executed by the Servicer, providing that the Servicer (if directed in writing
by the Servicer) will hold or retain the Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage Files in trust for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of Notes. 
  
 Section 8.10. Servicer as Agent. In order to facilitate the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the Servicer of such Mortgage Loans, the Servicer of
the Mortgage Loans has been appointed by the Trust to retain, in accordance with the provisions of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and this Indenture, all Servicer Remittance Amounts on such Mortgage Loans prior to their deposit into the Payment
Account on or prior to the related Servicer Remittance Date. 
  
 Section 8.11. Termination of Servicer. In the event of the occurrence of a Servicer Event of Default specified in Section 7.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee may, and, upon the request of the Holders of
Notes representing more than 50% of the Class Note Balance of the Outstanding Notes, shall (or as otherwise provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement), terminate the Servicer as provided in Section 7.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. If the
Indenture Trustee terminates the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee as successor servicer shall, pursuant to Section 7.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, assume the duties of the Servicer or the Indenture Trustee shall appoint a successor servicer
acceptable to the Rating Agencies and meeting the requirements set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and shall provide notice to the Swap Provider of such appointment. 
  
 Section 8.12. Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive at least five (5) Business
Days’ notice of any action to be taken pursuant to Sections 8.08 and 8.09 hereof (other than in connection with releases of Mortgage Loans that were subject to a prepayment in full), accompanied by copies of any instruments involved, and the
Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, stating the legal effect of any such action, outlining the steps required to complete the same, and
concluding that all conditions precedent to the taking of such action have been complied with. Counsel rendering any such opinion may rely, without independent investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any certificate or other instrument
delivered to the Indenture Trustee in connection with any such action. 
  
 Section 8.13. Appointment of Collateral Agents. The Indenture Trustee may, at no additional cost to the Trust or to the Indenture Trustee, appoint one or more Collateral Agents to hold all or a portion of the Indenture Trustee
Mortgage Files, as Agent for the Indenture Trustee. Such Collateral Agent shall meet the requirements of Article IX of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Matters concerning the Collateral Agents shall be governed by said Article IX. 
  
 ARTICLE IX 
  
 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES 
  
 Section 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders.
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any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indenture supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, for any of the
following purposes: 
  
 (a) to correct or amplify the description
of any property at any time subject to the lien of this Indenture, or better to assure, convey and confirm unto the Indenture Trustee any property subject or required to be subjected to the lien of this Indenture, or to subject to the lien of this
Indenture additional property; 
  
 (b) to add to the conditions,
limitations and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms and purposes of the issuance, authentication and delivery of any Notes, as herein set forth, additional conditions, limitations and restrictions thereafter to be observed; 
  
 (c) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Trust to the extent
permitted herein, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Trust herein and in the Notes contained; 
  
 (d) to add to the covenants of the Trust, for the benefit of the Holders of all Notes, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Trust;

  
 (e) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to amend any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture; or 
  
 (f) to modify, eliminate or add to the
provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to effect the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA or under any similar federal statute hereafter enacted, and to add to this Indenture such other provisions as may be
expressly required by the TIA; 
  
 provided that such action shall not adversely
affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders of the Notes or the Certificateholders or the Swap Provider (unless the consent of the Swap Provider is obtained) and will not prevent the Notes from being characterized as debt for United
States federal income tax purposes or cause the Issuer to be subject to federal income tax; provided, that the amendment shall be deemed not to adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders of the Notes and will not prevent
the Notes from being characterized as debt for United States federal income tax purposes or cause the Issuer to be subject to federal income tax if the Person requesting the amendment obtains either (i) an Opinion of Counsel delivered to, but not at
the expense of, the Indenture Trustee, to such effect or (ii) written confirmation of the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition. 
  
 Section 9.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders. With the consent of Holders of Notes representing not less than a majority of
the Class Note Balance of all Outstanding Notes of the Classes affected thereby by Act of said Holders delivered to the Trust and the Indenture Trustee and the consent of the Swap Provider (if the Swap Agreement is still outstanding, unless an
Opinion of Counsel is delivered to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that the Swap Agreement is not materially affected by such supplemental indenture), the Trust and the Indenture Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental
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provisions of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such
supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby: 
  
 (a) change any Payment Date or the Final Stated Maturity Date of the Notes or, with respect to the Notes, reduce the Class Note Balance thereof or the
Interest Rate thereon, change the earliest date on which any Note may be redeemed at the option of the Sponsor, change payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Note or any interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute
suit for the enforcement of the payment of any installment of interest due on any Note on or after the Final Stated Maturity Date thereof or for the enforcement of the payment of the entire remaining unpaid principal amount of any Note on or after
the Final Stated Maturity Date (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the applicable Redemption Date); 
  
 (b) reduce the percentage of the Class Note Balance of the Outstanding Notes, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such supplemental
indenture, or the consent of the Holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance with provisions of this Indenture or Defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture; 
  
 (c) modify any of the provisions of this Section 9.02 or Sections 5.13 or
5.17(b) hereof, except to increase any percentage specified therein or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby; 

 
 (d) modify or alter the provisions of the proviso to the definition of the
term “Outstanding;” 
  
 (e) permit the creation of any
lien other than the lien of this Indenture with respect to any part of the Trust Estate or terminate the lien of this Indenture on any property at any time subject hereto or deprive the Holder of any Note of the security afforded by the lien of this
Indenture; or 
  
 (f) modify any of the provisions of this
Indenture in such manner as to affect the calculation of the Interest Payment Amount or Principal Distribution Amount for any Payment Date (including the calculation of any of the individual components of such amounts) or to affect rights of the
Holders of the Notes to the benefits of any provisions for the redemption of Notes contained herein. 
  
 The Indenture Trustee may in its discretion determine whether or not any Notes would be affected by any supplemental indenture and any such determination
shall be conclusive upon the Holders of all Notes, whether theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any such determination made in good faith. 
  
 It shall not be necessary for any Act of Noteholders under this Section 9.02
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 Promptly after the execution by the Trust and the Indenture Trustee of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to this Section 9.02, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to the Holders of the Notes and the Swap Provider to which such supplemental indenture relates a notice setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. Any
failure of the Indenture Trustee to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture. 
  
 Section 9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article IX or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, (i) an Opinion of Counsel
stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and such supplemental indenture does not adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders in any material respect; (ii) an Opinion of Counsel
experienced in federal income tax matters stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture will not prevent the Notes from being characterized as debt for United States federal income tax purposes or cause the Issuer to be subject to
federal income tax; or (iii) written confirmation of satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition. The Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Indenture Trustee’s own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. The Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, shall cause executed copies of any supplemental indentures to be delivered to the Rating Agencies. 
  
 Section 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of
any supplemental indenture under this Article IX, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Notes to which such supplemental
indenture relates that have theretofore been or thereafter are authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby. 
  
 Section 9.05. Conformity With Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article IX shall conform to the
requirements of the TIA as then in effect so long as this Indenture shall then be qualified under the TIA. 
  
 Section 9.06. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures. Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to this Article IX may, and if required by the Indenture Trustee shall, bear a notation in form approved by the Indenture Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Owner Trustee, acting at the direction of
the Certificateholders, shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, acting at the direction of the Certificateholders, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by
the Servicer and executed by the Owner Trustee, acting at the direction of the Certificateholders, on behalf of the Trust, and authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Notes. 
  
 Section 9.07. Amendments to Governing Documents. The Indenture Trustee
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governing documents, such consent to be given without the necessity of obtaining the consent of the Holders of any Notes upon receipt by the Indenture
Trustee of: 
  
 (a) an Officer’s Certificate, to which such
proposed amendment or waiver shall be attached, stating that such attached copy is a true copy of the proposed amendment or waiver and that all conditions precedent to such consent specified in this Section 9.07 have been satisfied; and 

 
 (b) written confirmation of the satisfaction of the Rating Agency
Condition with respect to such proposed amendment. 
  
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indenture Trustee may decline to consent to a proposed waiver or amendment that adversely affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. 
  
 Nothing in this Section 9.07 shall be construed to require that any Person
obtain the consent of the Indenture Trustee to any amendment or waiver or any provision of any document where the making of such amendment or the giving of such waiver without obtaining the consent of the Indenture Trustee is not prohibited by this
Indenture or by the terms of the document that is the subject of the proposed amendment or waiver. 
  
 ARTICLE X 
  
 REDEMPTION OF NOTES 
  
 Section 10.01.
Redemption of Notes. (a) The Seller may, at its sole cost and expense, terminate this Indenture and all the Notes then Outstanding may be redeemed in whole, but not in part, on any Redemption Date on and after the related Clean-Up Call Date
at the related Termination Price. 
  
 (b) Any such purchase or
redemption shall be accomplished by deposit by the Seller into the Payment Account of the related Termination Price on the Servicer Remittance Date preceding the Redemption Date. The amounts on deposit therein shall be distributed by the Indenture
Trustee on such Redemption Date in accordance with the priority set forth in Section 8.01 hereof. 
  
 (c) [Reserved]. 
  
 (d) Upon the redemption of the Notes, the Mortgage Loans in the Trust Estate shall be released and delivered to the Seller. 
  
 (e) Upon receipt of the written notice from the Seller of its election to
redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 10.01 (a) hereof (which shall state that the Seller has determined that the conditions to redemption at the option of the Seller have been satisfied and setting forth information as may be required to accomplish
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prepare and deliver to the Trust, the Sponsor and the Servicer, no later than the related Redemption Date, an Indenture Trustee’s Remittance Report.

  
 Section 10.02. Form of Redemption Notice. Notice of
redemption shall be given by the Indenture Trustee in the name of and at the expense of the Trust by first class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than ten days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed and the Swap
Provider, such Holders being determined as of the Record Date for such Payment Date. 
  
 All notices of redemption shall state: 
  
 (a) the Redemption Date; 
  
 (b) the price at which the
Notes of the related Class or Classes will be redeemed; and 
  
 (c) the fact of payment in full on such Notes, the place where such Notes are to be surrendered for final payment (which shall be the office or agency of the Trust to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02 hereof), and that no interest
shall accrue on such Note for any period after the date fixed for redemption. 
  
 Failure to give notice of redemption, or any defect therein, to any Holder of any Note selected for redemption shall not impair or affect the validity of the redemption of any other Note. 
  
 Section 10.03. Notes Payable on Optional Redemption. Notice of
redemption having been given as provided in Section 10.02 hereof, the Notes to be redeemed shall, on the applicable Redemption Date, become due and payable and (unless the Trust shall default in such payment) no interest shall accrue on such Notes
for any period after such Redemption Date; provided, however, that if such payment is not made on the Redemption Date, the Class Note Balance shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the applicable Interest Rate. 
  
 ARTICLE XI 
  
 MISCELLANEOUS 
  
 Section 11.01. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. (a) Upon any
application or request by any Person to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, such Person shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any,
provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel, if requested by the Indenture Trustee, stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been
complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional
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 (b) Every certificate, opinion or letter with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture, including one furnished pursuant to specific requirements of this Indenture relating to a particular application or request (other than certificates provided pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(4)) shall include and shall be deemed
to include (regardless of whether specifically stated therein) the following: 
  
 (i) a statement that each individual signing such certificate, opinion or letter has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto; 
  
 (ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate, opinion or letter are based; 
  
 (iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable
him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and 
  
 (iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with. 
  
 Section 11.02. Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee. In
any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so
certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters
in one or several documents. 
  
 Any certificate or opinion of the
Trust may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any Opinion of Counsel may be based on the written opinion of other counsel, in which event such Opinion of Counsel shall be accompanied by a
copy of such other counsel’s opinion and shall include a statement to the effect that such counsel believes that such counsel and the Indenture Trustee may reasonably rely upon the opinion of such other counsel. 
  
 Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. 
  
 Wherever in this Indenture, in connection with any application or certificate or report to the indenture Trustee, it is
provided that the Trust shall deliver any document as a condition of the reporting of such application, or as evidence of the Trust’s compliance with any term hereof, it is intended that the truth and accuracy, at the time of the granting of
such application or at the effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the facts and opinions stated in such document shall in such case be conditions precedent to the right of the Trust to have such application granted or
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however, be construed to affect the Indenture Trustee’s right to rely upon the truth and accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any such
document as provided in Section 6.01(b)(ii) hereof. 
  
 Whenever
in this Indenture it is provided that the absence of the occurrence and continuation of a Default or Event of Default is a condition precedent to the taking of any action by the Indenture Trustee at the request or direction of the Trust, then,
notwithstanding that the satisfaction of such condition is a condition precedent to the Trust’s right to make such request or direction, the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in acting in accordance with such request or direction if it does
not have knowledge of the occurrence and continuation of such Default or Event of Default as provided in Section 6.01 (d) hereof. 
  
 Section 11.03. Acts of Noteholders. (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this
Indenture to be given or taken by Noteholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Noteholders in person or by an 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 Indenture Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Trust. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied
therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Noteholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient
for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01 hereof) conclusive in favor of the Indenture Trustee and the Trust, if made in the manner provided in this Section 11.03. 
  
 (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 of 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. 
  
 (c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register. 

 
 (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action by the Holder of any Notes shall bind the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Indenture
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 Section 11.04. Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee and Trust. Any request, demands authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Noteholders or other documents provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with: 
  
 (a) the Indenture Trustee by any Noteholder or by the Trust shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing
and made, given, furnished or filed and received by the Indenture Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office; or 
  
 (b) the Trust by the Indenture Trustee or by any Noteholder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (except as provided in Section 5.01 (c) and
(d)) hereof if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Trust addressed to it at Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-2, in care of U.S. Bank Trust National Association, 209 South LaSalle Street, Suite 300, Chicago, Illinois 60604,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee by the Trust; or 
  
 (c) the Sponsor by the Indenture Trustee or by any Noteholder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed, first-class,
postage paid, to Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., 15090 Avenue of Science, San Diego, California, 92128, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee by the Sponsor; or

  
 (d) the Servicer by the Indenture Trustee or by any Noteholder
shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed, first-class, postage paid, to Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., 15090 Avenue of Science, San Diego, California 92128, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee by the Servicer; or 
  
 (e) the Seller by the Indenture Trustee or by any Noteholder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed, first-class, postage paid, to Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., 15090 Avenue of
Science, San Diego, California 92128, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee by the Seller; or 
  
 (f) the Underwriter by any party or by any Noteholder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and
mailed, first-class, postage prepaid, to Lehman Brothers Inc., 745 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee by the Underwriter; or 
  
 (g) the Swap Provider by the Indenture Trustee or by any Noteholder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed, first-class, postage paid, to Credit Suisse First Boston International, One Cabot Square, London E14 4QJ, England, Attention: Collateral Management Unit, or at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee by the Swap Provider. 
  
 Notices required to be given to the Rating Agencies by the Trust or the Indenture Trustee shall be in writing, personally delivered or mailed first-class postage pre-paid, to (i) in the case of Moody’s, at the
following address: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., RMBS Monitoring Department, 4th Floor, 99 Church Street, New York, New York 10004, (ii) in the case of S&P, at the following address: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a
division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 55 Water Street, New York, New York, 10041, Attention: Asset-Backed Surveillance Department and (iii) in the case of Dominion, at the following address: Dominion 

  

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Bond Rating Service, Inc., 55 Broadway, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10006; or as to each of the foregoing, at such other address as shall be designed by
written notice to the other parties. 
  
 Section 11.05. Notices
and Reports to Noteholders; Waiver of Notices. Where this Indenture provides for notice to Noteholders of any event or the mailing of any report to Noteholders, such notice or report shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Noteholder affected by such event or to whole such report is required to be mailed, at the address of such Noteholder as it appears on the Note Register, not later than the latest date, and
not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice or the mailing of such report. In any case where a notice or report to Noteholders is mailed in the manner provided above, neither the failure to mail such notice or
report, nor any defect in any notice or report so mailed, to any particular Noteholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice or report with respect to other Noteholders, and any notice or report that is mailed in the manner herein provided
shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given or provided. 
  
 Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of
notice by Noteholders shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver. 
  
 In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a result of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it
shall be impractical to mail notice of any event to Noteholders when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall be
deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice. 
  
 Section
11.06. Rules by Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee may (but is not obligated to) make reasonable rules for any meeting of Noteholders. 
  
 Section 11.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof that is
required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the TIA, such required provision shall control. 
  
 Section 11.08. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only
and shall not affect the construction hereof. 
  
 Section 11.09.
Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Trust shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. 
  

Section 11.10. Separability. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 
  
 Section 11.11. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the
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hereunder, any separate trustee or co-trustee appointed under Section 6.14 hereof and the Noteholders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Indenture. 
  
 Section 11.12. Legal
Holidays. In any case where the date of any Payment Date, Redemption Date or any other date on which principal of or interest on any Note is proposed to be paid shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of the Notes
or this Indenture) payment need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, with the same force and effect as if made on the nominal date of any such Payment Date, Redemption Date or other date for the payment of
principal of or interest on any Note and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after any such nominal date, provided such payment is made in full on such next succeeding Business Day. 
  
 Section 11.13. Governing Law. IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT NOTEHOLDERS ARE
EXPECTED TO RESIDE IN MANY STATES AND OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES AND THE DESIRE TO ESTABLISH WITH CERTAINTY THAT THIS INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF A STATE HAVING A WELL-DEVELOPED BODY OF
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL LAW RELEVANT TO TRANSACTIONS OF THE TYPE CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, THIS INDENTURE AND EACH NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE
PERFORMED THEREIN, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS. 
  
 Section 11.14. Counterparts. This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed
shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 
  
 Section 11.15. Recording of Indenture. This Indenture is subject to recording in any appropriate public recording offices, such recording to be
effected by the Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, and at its expense in compliance with any Opinion of Counsel delivered pursuant to Sections 2.11 (c) or 3.06 hereof. 
  
 Section 11.16. Trust Obligation. (a) No recourse, may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the
obligations of the Trust, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under this Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee (except as expressly
stated herein regarding performance of its own obligations) Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (ii) any manner of a beneficial interest in the Trust or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee or agent of the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial interest in the Trust, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its
individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or
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pay any installment or call owing to such entity. For all purposes of this Indenture, in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Trust hereunder,
the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of the Trust Agreement. 
  
 (b) It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (i) this Indenture is executed and delivered by U.S. Bank Trust National Association,
not individually or personally but solely as Owner Trustee of the Issuer, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it under the Trust Agreement, (ii) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein made on
the part of the Issuer is made and intended not as personal representations, undertakings and agreements by U.S. Bank Trust National Association but is made and intended for the purpose for binding only the Issuer, (iii) nothing herein contained
shall be construed as creating any liability on U.S. Bank Trust National Association, individually or personally, to perform any covenant either expressed or implied contained herein, all such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties
hereto and by any Person claiming by, through or under the parties hereto and (iv) under no circumstances shall U.S. Bank Trust National Association be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Issuer or be liable for
the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Issuer under this Indenture or any other related documents. 
  
 Section 11.17. No Petition. The Indenture Trustee, by entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder and
Beneficial Owner, by accepting a Note, hereby covenant and agree that they will not at any time institute against the Seller or the Trust, or join in any institution against the Seller or the Trust of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Notes, this Indenture or any of the Basic Documents. In addition, the
Indenture Trustee will, if directed in writing by the Majority Noteholders and indemnity is provided as set forth herein, on behalf of the Holders of the Notes, (a) file a written objection to any motion or the Sponsor with the Seller or other
proceeding seeking the substantive consolidation of the Sponsor with the Trust, (b) file an appropriate memorandum of points and authorities or other brief in support of such objection, or (c) endeavor to establish at the hearing on such objection
that the substantive consolidation of such entities would be materially prejudicial to the Noteholders. 
  
 This Section 11.17 will survive for one year and one day following the termination of this Indenture. 
  
 Section 11.18. Inspection. The Trust agrees that, on reasonable prior
notice, it will permit any representative of the Indenture Trustee, during the Trust’s normal business hours, to examine all of books of account, records, reports and other papers of the Trust, to make copies and extracts therefrom, to cause
such books to be audited by Independent Accountants selected by the Indenture Trustee, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its officers, employees and Independent Accountants (and by this provision the Trust hereby authorizes its
Accountants to discuss with such representatives such affairs, finances and accounts), all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested. Any expense incident to the exercise by the Indenture Trustee of any right under this
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 Section 11.19. Usury. The amount of interest payable or paid on any Note under the terms of this
Indenture shall be limited to an amount that shall not exceed the maximum nonusurious rate of interest allowed by the applicable laws of the United States or the State of New York (whichever shall permit the higher rate), that could lawfully be
contracted for, charged or received (the “Highest Lawful Rate”). In the event any payment of interest on any Note exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, the Trust stipulates that such excess amount will be deemed to have been paid as a
result of an error on the part of both the Indenture Trustee, acting on behalf of the Holder of such Note, and the Trust, and the Holder receiving such excess payment shall promptly, upon discovery of such error or upon notice thereof from the Trust
or the Indenture Trustee, refund the amount of such excess or, at the option of the Indenture Trustee, apply the excess to the payment of principal of such Note, if any, remaining unpaid. In addition, all sums paid or agreed to be paid to the
Indenture Trustee for the benefit of Holders of Notes for the use, forbearance or detention of money shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the full term of such Notes. 

 
 Section 11.20. Rights of Swap Provider. The Swap Provider shall be
deemed a third-party beneficiary of this Indenture to the same extent as if it were a party hereto and shall have the right, upon designation of an “Early Termination Date” (as defined in the Swap Agreement), to enforce its rights under
this Indenture, which rights include but are not limited to the obligation of the Indenture Trustee (A) to deposit any Net Swap Payment required pursuant to Section 8.01(a)(v) and any Swap Termination Payment required pursuant to Section 8.01(a)(v)
into the Payment Account and (B) to pay any Net Swap Payment required pursuant to Section 8.01(b)(i) or Swap Termination Payment required pursuant to Section 8.01(b)(i) to the Swap Counterparty. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions
of this Section, the Swap Counterparty shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity, subject to the provisions hereof. 
  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust and the Indenture Trustee have caused this Indenture to be duly executed by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written. 
  

					
	ACCREDITED MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-2
		
	 By:
	 	U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement
			
	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Patricia M. Child
	 	 	 	 	 Name: Patricia M. Child

	 	 	 	 	 Title: Vice President

	
	 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
COMPANY as Indenture Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	/s/ Nicholas Gisler
	 	 	 Name:
	 	 Nicholas Gisler

	 	 	 Title:
	 	 Associate

		
	 By:
	 	/s/ Ronald Reyes
	 	 	 Name:
	 	 Ronald Reyes

	 	 	 Title:
	 	 Vice President

  
 [Signature page
to Indenture] 
  

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 APPENDIX I 
  
 DEFINED TERMS 
  
 “Accepted Servicing Practices”: The Servicer’s normal servicing practices, which in general will
conform to the mortgage servicing practices of prudent mortgage lending institutions which service, for their own account, mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans in the jurisdictions in which the related Mortgaged Properties are
located. 
  
 “Account”: Any of the Collection
Account or the Payment Account. 
  
 “Accountant”:
A Person engaged in the practice of accounting who (except when the Indenture provides that an Accountant must be Independent) may be employed by or affiliated with the Trust or an Affiliate of the Trust. 
  
 “Accrued Note Interest”: As to any Payment Date and each
Class of Notes, the amount of interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period on the related Class Note Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date at the related Interest Rate, as reduced by any Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and
any shortfalls resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (or any similar state statutes), provided, however, that in the case of any Class M Note, such amount shall be reduced by the amount described in clause (a) in the
definition of Deferred Interest allocated to such class. 
  
 “Act”: With respect to any Noteholder, as defined in Section 11.03 of the Indenture. 
  
 “Affiliate”: With respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect
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. 
  
 “Agent”: Any Note Registrar or Authenticating Agent. 
  
 “Appraised Value”: As to any Mortgaged Property, the
appraised value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan and, in the case of a Mortgaged Property that was purchased with the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan or within twelve
months preceding the origination of the Mortgage Loan, the sales price of the Mortgaged Property, if such sales price is less than such appraised value. 
  
 “Assignment of Mortgage”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, an assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument
sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect of record the conveyance of the Mortgage to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders. 
  
 “Authenticating Agent”: The Person, if any, appointed as
Authenticating Agent by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust, acting at the direction of the Certificateholders, 

  

 
pursuant to Section 6.14 of the Indenture, until any successor Authenticating Agent for the Notes is named, and thereafter “Authenticating Agent”
shall mean such successor. The initial Authenticating Agent shall be the Indenture Trustee. Any Authenticating Agent other than the Indenture Trustee shall sign an instrument under which it agrees to be bound by all of the terms of this Indenture
applicable to the Authenticating Agent. 
  
 “Authorized
Denominations”: Each Class of Notes is issuable only in the minimum Percentage Interest corresponding to a minimum denomination of $25,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; provided, however, that one Note of
each Class is issuable in a denomination equal to any such multiple plus an additional amount such that the aggregate denomination of all Notes of such Class shall be equal to the Original Note Principal Balance of such Class. 
  
 “Authorized Officer”: With respect to (i) the Indenture
Trustee, any Responsible Officer, (ii) the Owner Trustee, the president, any vice president, any assistant vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any trust officer, any financial services
officer or any other officer of the Owner Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the above officers and (iii) any other Person, the chairman, chief operating officer, president or any vice president of such Person.

  
 “Available Funds”: As for any Payment Date,
the sum of the following amounts: (i) the Servicer Remittance Amount, (ii) the proceeds from repurchases of Mortgage Loans, (iii) any Net Swap Payment received from the Swap Provider and (iv) all proceeds received with respect to any optional
termination pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture. 
  
 “Available Funds Cap”: For any Payment Date and any class of notes, the quotient of (i) the product of (a) the Distributable Interest Amount for such Payment Date multiplied by (b) the quotient of (I) 360 divided by (II)
the actual number of days in the Interest Accrual Period, divided by (ii) the aggregate Class Note Balance of all classes of notes on the first day of the Interest Accrual Period (after taking into account payments of principal received or advanced
on the Mortgage Loans on such day). 
  
 “Balloon Mortgage
Loan”: A Mortgage Loan that provides for the payment of the unamortized principal balance of such Mortgage Loan in a single payment at the maturity of such Mortgage Loan that is greater than the preceding Monthly Payment. 
  
 “Balloon Payment”: A payment of the unamortized principal
balance of a Mortgage Loan in a single payment at the maturity of such Mortgage Loan that is greater than the preceding Monthly Payment. 
  
 “Bankruptcy Code”: The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (Title 11 of the United States Code), as amended. 
  
 “Basic Documents”: The Indenture, the Trust Agreement, the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Contribution Agreement and Assignment and the Swap Agreement. 
  
 “Basic Principal Distribution Amount”: As to any Payment Date, the excess of (i) the aggregate Principal Remittance Amount over (ii) the
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 “Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount”: As to any Payment Date and any Class of Notes, the
sum of: (i) the excess, if any, of interest that would otherwise be due on such Class of Notes at such Notes’ applicable Interest Rate (without regard to the Available Funds Cap) over interest due on such Class of Notes at a rate determined
pursuant to clause (ii) of the applicable definition of Interest Rate, (ii) any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount for such Class remaining unpaid from prior Payment Dates and (iii) interest on the amount in clause (ii) at such Notes’ applicable
Interest Rate (without regard to the Available Funds Cap). 
  
 “Beneficial Owner”: With respect to a Book-Entry Note, the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Note as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency for the Notes or on the books of a Person maintaining an account
with such Clearing Agency (as either a Direct Participant or an Indirect Participant, in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency). 
  
 “Best Efforts”: Efforts determined to be in good faith and reasonably diligent by the Person performing such efforts, specifically the
Trust or the Servicer or any other agent of the Trust, as the case may be, in its reasonable discretion. Such efforts do not require the Trust or the Servicer or any other agent of the Trust, as the case may be, to enter into any litigation,
arbitration or other legal or quasi-legal proceeding, nor do they require the Trust or the Servicer or any other agent of the Trust, as the case may be, to advance or expend fees or sums of money in addition to those specifically set forth in the
Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Book-Entry Notes”: Any Notes registered in the name of the Clearing Agency or its nominee, ownership of which is reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency or on the books of a person maintaining an account with such
Clearing Agency (as either a Direct Participant or an Indirect Participant in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency). 
  
 “Business Day”: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday or (ii) a day that is either a legal holiday or a day on which banking
institutions in the State of New York, the State of Delaware, the State of California, or the state in which the Indenture Trustee’s office from which payments will be made to Noteholders, are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or
executive order to be closed. 
  
 “CERCLA”: The
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980. 
  
 “Certificates”: Each Trust Certificate issued pursuant to the Trust Agreement and which represents ownership in the Trust. 
  
 “Class A Notes”: The Class A-1 Notes and Class A-2 Notes. 
  
 “Class A-2 Notes”: The Class A-2A Notes, Class A-2B Notes
and Class A-2C Notes. 
  
 “Class A Principal Allocation
Percentage”: As to any Payment Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, determined as follows: (i) in the case of the Class A-1 Notes, the numerator of which is (x) the portion of the Principal Remittance Amount for such Payment Date
that is attributable to principal received or advanced on the Group I Mortgage Loans and the denominator of which is (y) the Principal Remittance Amount for such Payment 

  

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Date; and (ii) in the case of the Class A-2 Notes, the numerator of which is (x) the portion of the Principal Remittance Amount for such Payment Date that is
attributable to principal received or advanced on the Group II Mortgage Loans and the denominator of which is (y) the Principal Remittance Amount for such Payment Date. 
  
 “Class A Principal Distribution Amount”: As to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the excess of: (x) the
aggregate Class Note Balance of the Class A Notes immediately prior to such Payment Date, over (y) the lesser of: (A) the product of (i) 64.40% and (ii) the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the related
Due Period, and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the related Due Period over 0.50% of the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off
Date. 
  
 “Class M Notes”: The Class M-1 Notes,
Class M-2 Notes, Class M-3 Notes, Class M-4 Notes, Class M-5 Notes, Class M-6 Notes Class M-7 Notes, Class M-8 Notes, Class M-9 Notes, Class M-10 Notes and Class M-11 Notes. 
  
 “Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount”: As to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the excess of: (x)
the sum of: (A) the aggregate Class Note Balance of the Class A Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date) and (B) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-1 Notes immediately prior
to such Payment Date, over (y) the lesser of: (A) the product of (i) 70.80% (ii) the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the related Due Period, and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate scheduled
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the related Due Period over 0.50% of the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off Date. 
  
 “Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount”: As to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the excess of: (x)
the sum of: (A) the aggregate Class Note Balance of the Class A Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (B) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-1 Notes (after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), and (C) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-2 Notes immediately prior to such Payment Date, over (y) the lesser of: (A) the product of (i) 76.50% and (ii)
the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the related Due Period, and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the related Due Period over
0.50% of the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off Date. 
  
 “Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount”: As to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the excess of: (x) the sum of: (A) the aggregate
Class Note Balance of the Class A Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (B) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-1 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class
M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (C) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-2 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), and (D) the Class Note Balance of
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of (i) 80.10% and (ii) the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the related Due Period, and (B) the excess, if any,
of the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the related Due Period over 0.50% of the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off Date. 
  
 “Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount”: As to any Payment
Date, an amount equal to the excess of: (x) the sum of: (A) the aggregate Class Note Balance of the Class A Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (B) the Class Note Balance
of the Class M-1 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (C) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-2 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (D) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-3 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), and (E) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-4
Notes immediately prior to such Payment Date, over (y) the lesser of: (A) the product of (i) 83.40% and (ii) the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the related Due Period, and (B) the excess, if any, of
the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the related Due Period over 0.50% of the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off Date. 
  
 “Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount”: As to any Payment
Date, an amount equal to the excess of: (x) the sum of: (A) the aggregate Class Note Balance of the Class A Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (B) the Class Note Balance
of the Class M-1 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (C) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-2 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (D) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-3 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (E) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-4
Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), and (F) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-5 Notes immediately prior to such Payment Date, over (y) the lesser of: (A) the product
of (i) 86.50% and (ii) the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the related Due Period, and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the
related Due Period over 0.50% of the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off Date. 
  
 “Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount”: As to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the excess of: (x) the sum of: (A) the aggregate
Class Note Balance of the Class A Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (B) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-1 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class
M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (C) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-2 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (D) the Class Note Balance of the
Class M-3 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (E) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-4 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal
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Date), (F) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-5 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Payment Date), and (G) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-6 Notes immediately prior to such Payment Date, over (y) the lesser of: (A) the product of (i) 89.00% and (ii) the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last
day of the related Due Period, and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the related Due Period over 0.50% of the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of the Cut-Off Date. 
  
 “Class M-7 Principal Distribution
Amount”: As to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the excess of: (x) the sum of: (A) the aggregate Class Note Balance of the Class A Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment
Date) and (B) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-1 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (C) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-2 Notes (after taking into account the
payment of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (D) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-3 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (E) the
Class Note Balance of the Class M-4 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (F) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-5 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the
Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (G) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-6 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), and (H) the Class Note
Balance of the Class M-7 Notes immediately prior to such Payment Date, over (y) the lesser of: (A) the product of (i) 91.20% (ii) the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the related Due Period, and (B) the
excess, if any, of the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the related Due Period over 0.50% of the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off Date. 
  
 “Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount”: As to any Payment
Date, an amount equal to the excess of: (x) the sum of: (A) the aggregate Class Note Balance of the Class A Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (B) the Class Note Balance
of the Class M-1 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (C) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-2 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (D) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-3 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (E) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-4
Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (F) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-5 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Payment Date), (G) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-6 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (H) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-7 Notes (after
taking into account the payment of the Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), and (I) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-8 Notes immediately prior to such Payment Date, over (y) the lesser of: (A) the product of (i) 92.80%
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related Due Period, and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the related Due Period
over 0.50% of the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off Date. 
  
 “Class M-9 Principal Distribution Amount”: As to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the excess of: (x) the sum of: (A) the aggregate
Class Note Balance of the Class A Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (B) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-1 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class
M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (C) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-2 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (D) the Class Note Balance of the
Class M-3 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (E) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-4 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (F) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-5 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (G) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-6
Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (H) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-7 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-7 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Payment Date), (I) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-8 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), and (J) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-9 Notes
immediately prior to such Payment Date, over (y) the lesser of: (A) the product of (i) 94.80% and (ii) the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the related Due Period, and (B) the excess, if any, of the
aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the related Due Period over 0.50% of the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off Date. 
  
 “Class M-10 Principal Distribution Amount”: As to any
Payment Date, an amount equal to the excess of: (x) the sum of: (A) the aggregate Class Note Balance of the Class A Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (B) the Class Note
Balance of the Class M-1 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (C) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-2 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2
Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (D) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-3 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (E) the Class Note Balance of the
Class M-4 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (F) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-5 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-5 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (G) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-6 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (H) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-7
Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (I) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-8 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-8 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Payment Date), (J) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-9 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-9 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), and (K) the Class Note 

  

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Balance of the Class M-10 Notes immediately prior to such Payment Date, over (y) the lesser of: (A) the product of (i) 96.00% and (ii) the aggregate
scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the related Due Period, and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the related Due Period over 0.50% of the
aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off Date. 
  
 “Class M-11 Principal Distribution Amount”: As to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the excess of: (x) the sum of: (A) the aggregate Class Note Balance of the Class A Notes (after taking into
account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (B) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-1 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date),
(C) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-2 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (D) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-3 Notes (after taking into account the payment
of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (E) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-4 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (F) the Class Note
Balance of the Class M-5 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (G) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-6 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-6
Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (H) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-7 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (I) the Class Note Balance of the
Class M-8 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (J) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-9 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-9 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), (K) the Class Note Balance of the Class M-10 Notes (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-10 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), and (L) the Class Note Balance of the Class
M-11 Notes immediately prior to such Payment Date, over (y) the lesser of: (A) the product of (i) 97.60% and (ii) the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the related Due Period, and (B) the excess, if any,
of the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the related Due Period over 0.50% of the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off Date. 
  
 “Class Note Balance”: As of any date of determination, the
Original Note Principal Balance of any Class of Notes as listed below, minus the sum of all amounts applied in reduction of such amount on all prior Payment Dates. 
  

				
	Class

	 	Original Note
Principal
Balance

	A-1	 	$	187,263,000
	A-2A	 	$	287,445,000
	A-2B	 	$	294,222,000
	A-2C	 	$	71,582,000
	M-1	 	$	32,250,000
	M-2	 	$	28,722,000
	M-3	 	$	18,141,000
	M-4	 	$	16,629,000
	M-5	 	$	15,621,000
	M-6	 	$	12,598,000
	M-7	 	$	11,085,000
	M-8	 	$	8,063,000
	M-9	 	$	10,078,000
	M-10	 	$	6,047,000
	M-11	 	$	8,062,000

  

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 “Clean-Up Call Date”: Any Payment Date when the aggregate Class Note Balance of the
Notes is equal to or less than 10% of the Original Note Principal Balance, in each case after giving effect to distributions on that Payment Date. 
  
 “Clearing Agency”: An organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the regulations of the Commission thereunder and shall initially be The Depository Trust Company of New York, the nominee for which is Cede & Co. 
  
 “Clearing Agency Participants”: The entities for whom the Clearing Agency will maintain book-entry records
of ownership and transfer of Book-Entry Notes, which may include securities brokers and dealers, banks and trust companies and clearing corporations and certain other organizations. 
  
 “Closing Date”: May 26, 2005. 
  
 “Code”: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 
  
 “Collateralization Event”: If (A) either (i) the unsecured,
unguaranteed and otherwise unsupported long-term senior debt obligations of the swap counterparty are rated below “A1” by Moody’s or are rated “A1” by Moody’s and such rating is on watch for possible downgrade (but only
for so long as it is on watch for possible downgrade) or (ii) the unsecured, unguaranteed and otherwise unsupported short-term debt obligations of the swap counterparty are rated below “P-1” by Moody’s or are rated “P-1” by
Moody’s and such rating is on watch for possible downgrade (but only for so long as it is on watch for possible downgrade), (B) no short-term rating is available from Moody’s and the unsecured, unguaranteed and otherwise unsupported
long-term senior debt obligations of the swap counterparty are rated below “Aa3” by Moody’s or are rated “Aa3” by Moody’s and such rating is on watch for possible downgrade (but only for so long as it is on watch for
possible downgrade), or (C) either (i) the unsecured, unguaranteed and otherwise unsupported short-term debt obligations of the swap counterparty are rated below “A-1” by S&P or (ii) if the swap counterparty does not have a short-term
rating from S&P, the unsecured, unguaranteed and otherwise unsupported long-term senior debt obligations of the swap counterparty are rated below “A” by S&P, a collateralization event will be in effect. 
  

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 “Collection Account”: The Eligible Account established and maintained by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 5.02(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Collection Period”: With respect to each Payment Date, the calendar month preceding the related Payment Date. 
  
 “Commission”: The United States Securities and Exchange Commission. 
  
 “Compensating Interest”: As defined in Section 6.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Contribution Agreement and Assignment”: The Contribution
Agreement and Assignment, dated as of May 12, 2005, between the Sponsor and the Seller. 
  
 “Corporate Trust Office”: With respect to (y) the Indenture Trustee, the principal office of the Indenture Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered, which office at the date of the execution of the Basic Documents is located at: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, 1761 East St. Andrew Place, Santa Ana, California 92705-4934 Attn: Trust Administration AC0502, where it conducts its
trust administration services; and (z) the Owner Trustee, the office of the Owner Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of the execution of the Basic Documents is located
at U.S. Bank Trust National Association, 209 South LaSalle Street, Suite 300, Chicago, Illinois 60604, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration. 
  
 “Credit Enhancement Percentage”: For any class of notes on any Payment Date, the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate Class
Note Balance of the class or classes subordinate thereto (including any overcollateralization and taking into account distributions of the Principal Distribution Amount for such Payment Date) by (y) the Pool Balance as of the last day of the related
Due Period. 
  
 “Curtailment”: With respect to a
Mortgage Loan, any payment of principal received in advance of its Monthly Payment and which is not accompanied by an amount as to interest representing scheduled interest due on any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of
prepayment. 
  
 “Cut-Off Date”: With respect to
the Mortgage Loans originated on or before May 1, 2005, the close of business on May 1, 2005. With respect to the Mortgage Loans originated after May 1, 2005, the origination date of such Mortgage Loan. 
  
 “Cut-Off Date Principal Balance”: Means as to any Mortgage
Loan, the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the related Cut-Off 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) (or, with respect to Mortgage Loans which were originated after the Cut-Off Date, as of the date of origination) and after giving effect to any previous Curtailments and Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal
(other than with respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan), irrespective of any delinquency in payment by the related Mortgagor. 
  

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 “Debt Service Reduction”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a reduction by a court of
competent jurisdiction of the Monthly Payment due on such Mortgage Loan in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, except such a reduction that constitutes a Deficient Valuation or that results in a permanent forgiveness of principal. 
  
 “Default”: Any occurrence that is, or with notice or the
lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default. 
  
 “Defaulted Swap Termination Payment”: Any termination payment required to be made by the trust to the Swap Provider pursuant to the Swap Agreement as a result of an “Event of Default” with respect to which the
Swap Provider is the “Defaulting Party” or a “Termination Event” (other than “Illegality” or “Tax Event”) (each as defined in the Swap Agreement) with respect to which the Swap Provider is the sole
“Affected Party.” 
  
 “Deferred
Interest”: For any class of Class M Notes and any Payment Date, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of interest accrued at the applicable Interest Rate during the related Interest Accrual Period on the portion of the Principal Deficiency
Amount allocated to that class, (b) any amounts described in clause (a) for such class for prior Payment Dates that remain unpaid, and (c) interest accrued for the Interest Accrual Period related to such Payment Date on the amount in clause (b) at
the Interest Rate applicable to such class. 
  
 “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 Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan, or that results in a
permanent forgiveness of principal, which valuation in either case results from a proceeding initiated under the Bankruptcy Code. 
  
 “Definitive Notes”: Notes other than Book-Entry Notes. 
  
 “Deleted Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced by a Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loan. 
  
 “Delinquency Advance”: The aggregate of
the advances required to be made by the Servicer on any Servicer Remittance Date pursuant to Section 5.18 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the amount of any such advances being equal to the sum of: 
  
 (i) with respect to each Mortgage Loan, other than an REO
Mortgage Loan, that was Delinquent as of the close of business on the last day of the Due Period preceding the related Servicer Remittance Date, the aggregate amount of Monthly Payments (with interest thereon calculated at the Mortgage Interest Rate
(or at such lower rate as may be in effect for such Mortgage Loan pursuant to application of the Relief Act, any Deficient Valuation and/or any Debt Service Reduction), net of the related Servicing Fee) due during the related Due Period; and

  
 (ii) with respect to each REO Property which
was acquired during or prior to the related Collection Period and as to which an REO Disposition did not occur during the related Collection Period, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) interest on the Principal Balance of the related REO
Mortgage Loan at the Mortgage Interest Rate (or at such lower rate as may be in effect for such Mortgage Loan pursuant to application of the Relief Act, any Deficient 

  

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Valuation and/or any Debt Service Reduction) for such REO Mortgage Loan net of the related Servicing Fee, for the most recently ended Due Period over (ii)
the Net REO Proceeds transferred to the Payment Account for such Payment Date; 
  
 provided, however, that in each such case such advance has not been determined by the Servicer to be a Nonrecoverable Advance. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Monthly Payment on each Balloon Mortgage Loan with a
delinquent Balloon Payment is equal to the assumed monthly payment that would have been due on the related Due Date based on the original principal amortization schedule for such Balloon Mortgage Loan. 
  
 “Delinquency Ratio”: With respect to any Due Period, the
percentage equivalent of a fraction (a) the numerator of which equals the Aggregate Principal Balances of all Mortgage Loans that are sixty (60) or more days Delinquent (whether or not such Mortgage Loans are in bankruptcy), in foreclosure or
converted to REO Property as of the close of business on the last day of such Due Period and (b) the denominator of which is the Pool Balance as of the close of business on the last day of such Due Period. 
  
 “Delinquent”: A Mortgage Loan is “delinquent” if
any payment due thereon is not made by the close of business on the day such payment is scheduled to be due. A Mortgage Loan is “30 days delinquent” if such payment has not been received by the close of business on the corresponding day of
the month immediately succeeding the month in which such payment was due, or, if there is no such corresponding day (e.g., as when a 30-day month follows a 31-day month in which a payment was due on the 31st day of such month) then on the
last day of such immediately succeeding month. Similarly for “60 days delinquent,” “90 days delinquent” and so on. 
  
 “Delivery”: When used with respect to Permitted Investments means: 
  
 (a) with respect to bankers’ acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable certificates of deposit and other obligations
that constitute “instruments” within the meaning of Section 9-102(a)(47) of the Uniform Commercial Code and are susceptible of physical delivery (except with respect to Permitted Investments consisting of certificated securities (as
defined in Section 8-102(a)(4) of the Uniform Commercial Code)), physical delivery to the Indenture Trustee or its custodian endorsed to the Indenture Trustee or its custodian or endorsed in blank; 
  
 (b) with respect to a certificated security (as defined in Section
8-102(a)(4) of the Uniform Commercial Code) (i) delivery of such certificated security, not containing any evidence of a right or interest inconsistent with the Indenture Trustee’s interest therein, endorsed to, or registered in the name of,
the Indenture Trustee or endorsed in blank to a securities intermediary (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the Uniform Commercial Code) and the making by such securities intermediary of appropriate entries in its records identifying such
certificated securities as credited to the securities account (as defined in Section 8-501(a) of the Uniform Commercial Code) of the Indenture Trustee, or (ii) by delivery thereof to a “clearing corporation” (as defined in Section 8-102(5)
of the Uniform Commercial Code) and the making by such clearing corporation of appropriate entries in its records crediting the securities account of a securities intermediary by the amount of such certificated security and the making by such
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as credited to the securities account of the Indenture Trustee (all Permitted Investments described in subsections (a) and (b), and “Physical
Property”); and, in any event, any such Physical Property in registered form shall be registered in the name of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian; and such additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter become appropriate
to effect the complete transfer of ownership of any such Permitted Investments to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, consistent with then applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof; and 
  
 (c) with respect to any security issued by the U.S. Treasury, Fannie Mae or
Freddie Mac that is a book-entry security held through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to federal book-entry regulations, the following procedures, all in accordance with applicable law, including applicable federal regulations and Articles 8
and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code: the making by a Federal Reserve Bank of an appropriate entry crediting such Permitted Investment to an account of a securities intermediary that is also a “participant” pursuant to applicable federal
regulations; the making by such securities intermediary of appropriate entries in its records crediting such book-entry security held through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to federal book-entry regulations and Articles 8 and 9 of the Uniform
Commercial Code to the securities account of the Indenture Trustee; and such additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter become appropriate to effect complete transfer of ownership of any such Permitted Investments to the Indenture Trustee
or its nominee or custodian, consistent with then applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof. 
  
 “Distributable Interest Amount”: With respect to either Group of Mortgage Loans, as to any Payment Date, the portion of the Interest
Remittance Amount derived from the Mortgage Loans of such Group plus any Group Swap Payment received by the Trust from the Swap Provider and less any Group Swap Payment paid by the Trust to the Swap Provider, in each case with respect to such
Payment Date. 
  
 “Direct Participant”: Any
broker-dealer, bank or other financial institution for which the Clearing Agency holds Notes from time to time as a securities depositary. 
  
 “Dominion”: Dominion Bond Rating Service, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under Delaware law, or any successor thereto and if
such corporation no longer for any reason performs the services of a securities rating agency, “Dominion” shall be deemed to refer to any other nationally recognized rating agency. 
  
 “Downgrade Terminating Event”: The Swap Agreement may be
terminated if (x) either of S&P or Moody’s downgrades the Swap Provider or its guarantor below the Required Swap Counterparty Rating (but the Swap Provider or its guarantor has a rating of at least “BBB-” or “A-3” (if
applicable) by S&P) or either of S&P or Moody’s withdraws its rating of the Swap Provider or its guarantor and (y) at least one of the following events has not occurred: 
  
 (i) within the time period specified in the Swap Agreement with respect to such downgrade, the Swap Provider
shall transfer the Swap Agreement, in whole, but not in part, to a counterparty that satisfies the Required Swap Counterparty Rating, subject to the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition; 
  

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 (ii) within the time period specified in the Swap Agreement with respect to such
downgrade, the Swap Provider shall collateralize its exposure to the Trust pursuant to an ISDA Credit Support Annex, subject to the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition; provided that such ISDA Credit Support Annex shall be made a credit
support document for the Swap Provider pursuant to an amendment to the Swap Agreement in a form acceptable to the Indenture Trustee; 
  
 (iii) within the time period specified in the Swap Agreement with respect to such downgrade, the obligations of such Swap Provider under
the Swap Agreement shall be guaranteed by a person or entity that satisfies the Required Swap Counterparty Rating, subject to the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition; or 
  
 (iv) within the time period specified in the Swap Agreement with respect to such downgrade, such Swap
Provider shall take such other steps, if any, to enable the Trust to satisfy the Rating Agency Condition. 
  
 It shall also be an Additional Termination Event if the Swap Provider or its guarantor has a rating of less than “BBB-” or “A-3” (if applicable) by S&P and within the time period specified in
the interest rate swap agreement, the swap provider, while collateralizing its exposure to the trust, fails to transfer the interest rate swap agreement at its sole cost and expense, in whole, but not in part, to a counterparty that satisfies the
Required Swap Counterparty Rating, subject to satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition. 
  
 “Due Date”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any Monthly Payment, the date on which such Monthly Payment is due from the related Mortgagor. 
  
 “Due Period”: With respect to any Payment Date, the period
commencing on the second day of the month preceding the month in which such Payment Date occurs and ending on the first day of the month in which such Payment Date occurs. 
  
 “Eligible Account”: Either (A) an account or accounts (including any sub-account or sub-accounts)
maintained with an institution (which may include the Indenture Trustee; provided, that the Indenture Trustee otherwise meets these requirements) whose deposits are insured by the FDIC, the unsecured and uncollateralized debt obligations of
which institution shall be rated “AA-” or better by S&P and “Aa2” or better by Moody’s and in the highest short term rating by S&P and Moody’s, and which is (i) a federal savings and loan association duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the federal banking laws, (ii) an institution (including the Indenture Trustee) duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the applicable banking laws of any state, (iii) a
national banking association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the federal banking laws, (iv) a principal subsidiary of a bank holding company, or (v) approved in writing by the Rating Agencies or (B) a trust account or
accounts maintained with the trust department of a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company (which may include the Indenture Trustee; provided, that the Indenture Trustee otherwise meets these requirements), having
capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000, acting in its fiduciary capacity. 
  
 “ERISA”: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. 
  

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 “Event of Default”: As defined in Section 5.01 of the Indenture. 
  
 “Excess Interest”: For any Payment Date is equal to the
excess of (x) the Distributable Interest Amount over (y) the sum (without duplication) of the amounts distributed pursuant to clauses (i) through (iii) under Section 8.01(b) of the Indenture. 
  
 “Excess Subordinated Amount”: As to any Payment Date, the
lesser of (x) the Principal Remittance Amount for such Payment Date and (y) the excess, if any of (i) the Overcollateralization Amount over (ii) the Target Overcollateralization Amount for such Payment Date. 
  
 “Exchange Act”: Means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended. 
  
 “Extra Principal Distribution
Amount”: As to any Payment Date, the lesser of (i) the sum of (a) the excess of (x) the Distributable Interest Amount for such Payment Date, over (y) the interest payable on the notes on such Payment Date and (b) the amount of any
prepayment penalties collected during the related Prepayment Period and (ii) the Overcollateralization Deficiency for such Payment Date. 
  
 “Fannie Mae”: Fannie Mae, formerly known as, The Federal National Mortgage Association, and any successor thereto. 
  
 “FDIC”: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and any
successor thereto. 
  
 “Final Certification”: A
certification as to the completeness of each Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage File prepared by the Indenture Trustee, and provided by the Indenture Trustee within one hundred eighty (180) days of the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(iii) of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Final Stated
Maturity Date”: The Payment Date occurring in July 2035. 
  
 “Foreclosure Profits”: As to any Servicer Remittance Date, the excess, if any, of (i) Net Liquidation Proceeds in respect of each Mortgage Loan that became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the Collection Period immediately
preceding such Servicer Remittance Date over (ii) the sum of the unpaid Principal Balance of each such Liquidated Mortgage Loan plus accrued and unpaid interest at the applicable Mortgage Interest Rate on the unpaid Principal Balance thereof from
the Due Date on which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor (or, in the case of a Liquidated Mortgage Loan that had been an REO Mortgage Loan, from the Due Date on which interest was last deemed to have been paid pursuant to Section 5.06 of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement) to the next succeeding Due Date following the date such Loan became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, plus any amounts required by applicable law to be paid to the related Mortgagors. 
  
 “Freddie Mac”: Freddie Mac, formerly known as The Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and any successor thereto. 
  
 “GAAP”: Generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied. 
  

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 “Governmental Plan”: A governmental plan within the meaning of Section 3(32) of ERISA.

  
 “Grant”: To assign, transfer, mortgage,
pledge, create and grant a security interest in, deposit, set-over and confirm. A Grant of a Mortgage Loan and the related Mortgage Files, a Permitted Investment, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or any other instrument shall include all rights,
powers and options (but none of the obligations) of the Granting party thereunder, including, without limitation, the immediate and continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipts for principal and interest payments thereunder,
Loan Repurchase Prices and all other moneys payable thereunder and all proceeds thereof, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring Proceedings in the name
of the Granting party or otherwise, and generally to do and receive anything that the Granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder or with respect thereto. 
  
 “Group”: With respect to the Mortgage Loans, either Loan Group I or Loan Group II, as the context requires.

  
 “Group I Principal Distribution Amount”: As
to any Payment Date, the portion of the Principal Distribution Amount attributable to the Group I Mortgage Loans, determined in accordance with the Class A Principal Allocation Percentage for the Class A-1 Notes. 
  
 “Group I Swap Payment”: The meaning set forth in Section
8.01(a) of the Indenture. 
  
 “Group II Collateral Loss
Amount”: An amount equal to the product of (a) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Realized Losses for the Group II Mortgage Loans, and the denominator of which is the Realized Losses for all of the Mortgage Loans, (b) the remaining
Realized Losses to be allocated after the reduction of excess spread and overcollateralization, and (c) a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the Class Note Balances of the Class A-2A Notes, the Class A-2B Notes and the Class A-2C Notes
and the denominator of which is the Class Note Balance of the Class A-2 Notes. 
  
 “Group II Principal Distribution Amount”: As to any Payment Date, the portion of the Principal Distribution Amount attributable to the Group II Mortgage Loans, determined in accordance with the Class
A Principal Allocation Percentage for the Class A-2 Notes. 
  
 “Group II Swap Payment”: The meaning set forth in Section 8.01(a) of the Indenture. 
  
 “Group Swap Payment” means, with respect to Group I and any Payment Date, the related Group I Swap Payment and with respect to Group II
and any Payment Date, the related Group II Swap Payment. 
  
 “Highest Lawful Rate”: As defined in Section 11.19 of the Indenture. 
  
 “Indenture”: The Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2005, between the Trust and the Indenture Trustee, relating to the issuance of the Notes. 
  

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 “Indenture Trustee”: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, a national banking
association, or its successor-in-interest, or any successor Indenture Trustee appointed as provided for in Section 6.09 of the Indenture. 
  
 “Indenture Trustee Fee”: As to any Payment Date, the fee payable to the Indenture Trustee in respect of its services as Indenture Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.16 of the Indenture as set forth in a separate fee agreement. 
  
 “Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage File”: The documents delivered to the Indenture Trustee, pursuant to Section 2.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Indenture Trustee’s Remittance Report”: The statement
prepared pursuant to Section 2.08(d) of the Indenture, containing the following information with respect to each Class: 
  
 (a) the amount of the payment with respect to each Class of Notes and Certificates; 
  
 (b) the amount of such payments allocable to principal, separately identifying the aggregate amount of any Principal
Prepayments or other unscheduled recoveries of principal included therein and separately identifying any Overcollateralization Increase Amounts; 
  
 (c) the amount of such payments allocable to interest and the calculation thereof; 
  
 (d) the Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount and the Basis Risk Carry-Forward Amount (if applicable); 
  
 (e) the Class Note Balance of each Class of Notes as of such Payment Date,
together with the Class Note Balance of each Class of Notes (based on a Note in an original Class Note Balance of $1,000) then outstanding, in each case after giving effect to any payment of principal on such Payment Date; 
  
 (f) the total of any Substitution Adjustments and any Loan Repurchase Price
amounts included in such payment; 
  
 (g) the amounts, if any, of
any Realized Losses for the related Collection Period and cumulative Realized Losses since the Closing Date; 
  
 (h) LIBOR for such Payment Date, if applicable; 
  
 (i) the related Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans for the following Payment Date; 
  
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 (k) for each of the preceding 12 calendar months, or all calendar months since the related Cut-off Date,
whichever is less, the aggregate dollar amount of the Scheduled Payments (A) due on all outstanding Mortgage Loans on each of the Due Dates in each such month and (B) delinquent 60 days or more on each of the Due Dates in each such month;

  
 (l) whether a Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing
(including the calculation of thereof and the related Rolling Three-Month Delinquency Ratio); 
  
 (m) the Overcollateralization Amount and Target Overcollateralization Amount; 
  
 (n) Prepayment Charges collected and paid by the Servicer; and 
  
 (o) the Net Swap Payment, if any, for such Payment Date. 
  
 Items (a), (b) and (c) above shall, with respect to each Class of Notes, be presented on the basis of a Note having a $1,000 denomination. 
  
 “Independent”: When used with respect to any specified
Person, means such a Person who (i) is in fact independent of the Trust and any other obligor upon the Notes, (ii) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Trust or in any such other obligor or
in an Affiliate of the Trust or such other obligor, and (iii) is not connected with the Trust or any such other obligor as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions. Whenever it is
herein provided that any Independent Person’s opinion or certificate shall be furnished to the Indenture Trustee, such Person shall be appointed by a Trust Order and such opinion or certificate shall state that the signer has read this
definition and that the signer is Independent within the meaning hereof. 
  
 “Indirect Participant”: Any financial institution for whom any Direct Participant holds an interest in a Note. 
  

“Individual Note”: A Note of an Original Note Principal Balance of $25,000; a Note of an Original Note Principal Balance in excess of
$25,000 shall be deemed to be a number of Individual Notes equal to the quotient obtained by dividing such Original Note Principal Balance amount by $25,000. 
  
 “Initial Certification”: A certification as to the completeness of each Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage File prepared by the Indenture
Trustee, and provided by the Indenture Trustee within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(ii) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  

“Initial Pool Balance”: The aggregate Cut-Off Date Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans. When used in reference to a Group of
Mortgage Loans, “Initial Pool Balance” refers to the aggregate Cut-Off Date Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans included in such Group. 
  

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 “Insurance Proceeds”: Proceeds paid by any insurer pursuant to any insurance policy
covering a Mortgage Loan to the extent such proceeds are not applied to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or released to the related Mortgagor in accordance with the express requirements of law or in accordance with prudent and
customary servicing practices. 
  
 “Interest Accrual
Period”: With respect to the LIBOR Notes and for each Payment Date, the period from and including the prior Payment Date (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, from the Closing Date) to, but excluding the current Payment Date; interest
will accrue on the LIBOR Notes on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the interest accrual period. 
  
 “Interest Determination Date”: With respect to any Interest Accrual Period for the LIBOR Notes, the second London Business Day prior to
the immediately preceding Payment Date; provided, however, that with respect to the June 2005 Payment Date, the Interest Determination Date shall be May 24, 2005. 
  
 “Interest Payment Amount”: For any Payment Date and Class of Notes, an amount equal to the Accrued Note
Interest for such Class of Notes on such Payment Date, plus the Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount for such Class of Notes as of such Payment Date. 
  
 “Interest Rate”: For each class of Notes, the applicable annual rate described below: 
  

	 	•	 	Class A-1 Notes, the lesser of (i) one-month LIBOR plus 0.22% (0.44% after the first Payment Date that is a Clean-Up Call Date) per annum and (ii) the Available Funds Cap.

  

	 	•	 	Class A-2A Notes, the lesser of (i) one-month LIBOR plus 0.10% (0.20% after the first Payment Date that is a Clean-Up Call Date)per annum and (ii) the Available Funds Cap.

  

	 	•	 	Class A-2B Notes, the lesser of (i) one-month LIBOR plus 0.21% (0.42% after the first Payment Date that is a Clean-Up Call Date) per annum and (ii) the Available Funds Cap.

  

	 	•	 	Class A-2C Notes, the lesser of (i) one-month LIBOR plus 0.35% (0.70% after the first Payment Date that is a Clean-Up Call Date) per annum and (ii) the Available Funds Cap.

  

	 	•	 	Class M-1 Notes, the lesser of (i) one-month LIBOR plus 0.40% (0.60% after the first Payment Date that is a Clean-Up Call Date)per annum and (ii) the Available Funds Cap.

  

	 	•	 	Class M-2 Notes, the lesser of (i) one-month LIBOR plus 0.44% (0.66% after the first Payment Date that is a Clean-Up Call Date)per annum and (ii) the Available Funds Cap.

  

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	 	•	 	Class M-3 Notes, the lesser of (i) one-month LIBOR plus 0.48% (0.72% after the first Payment Date that is a Clean-Up Call Date)per annum and (ii) the Available Funds Cap.

  

	 	•	 	Class M-4 Notes, the lesser of (i) one-month LIBOR plus 0.60% (0.90% after the first Payment Date that is a Clean-Up Call Date) per annum and (ii) the Available Funds Cap.

  

	 	•	 	Class M-5 Notes, the lesser of (i) one-month LIBOR plus 0.63% (0.945% after the first Payment Date that is a Clean-Up Call Date) per annum and (ii) the Available Funds Cap.

  

	 	•	 	Class M-6 Notes, the lesser of (i) one-month LIBOR plus 0.68% (1.02% after the first Payment Date that is a Clean-Up Call Date) per annum and (ii) the Available Funds Cap.

  

	 	•	 	Class M-7 Notes, the lesser of (i) one-month LIBOR plus 1.13% (1.695% after the first Payment Date that is a Clean-Up Call Date) per annum and (ii) the Available Funds Cap.

  

	 	•	 	Class M-8 Notes, the lesser of (i) one-month LIBOR plus 1.25% (1.875% after the first Payment Date that is a Clean-Up Call Date) per annum and (ii) the Available Funds Cap.

  

	 	•	 	Class M-9 Notes, the lesser of (i) one-month LIBOR plus 1.62% (2.43% after the first Payment Date that is a Clean-Up Call Date) per annum and (ii) the Available Funds Cap.

  

	 	•	 	Class M-10 Notes, the lesser of (i) one-month LIBOR plus 2.50% (3.75% after the first Payment Date that is a Clean-Up Call Date) per annum and (ii) the Available Funds Cap.

  

	 	•	 	Class M-11 Notes, the lesser of (i) one-month LIBOR plus 2.50% (3.75% after the first Payment Date that is a Clean-Up Call Date) per annum and (ii) the Available Funds Cap.

  
 “Interest Remittance Amount”:
For any Payment Date, an amount equal to that portion of the Servicer Remittance Amount for the related Servicer Remittance Date, which relates to interest, together with: 
  
 (i) the interest portion of the proceeds received by the Indenture Trustee upon the exercise by the Seller
of its option to call the Notes; and 
  
 (ii) the
interest portion of the proceeds received by the Indenture Trustee on any termination of the Trust. 
  
 “Letter Agreement”: The Letter of Representations to the Clearing Agency from the Indenture Trustee and the Trust dated May 26, 2005.

  

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 “LIBOR”: With respect to any Interest Accrual Period, the rate determined by the
Indenture Trustee on the related Interest Determination Date on the basis of the posted rate U.S. dollar deposits for one month which appears on Telerate Page 3750, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest Determination Date. If no such
posted rate appears, LIBOR will be determined on the basis of the offered quotation of the Reference Banks for U.S. dollar deposits for one month to prime banks in the London interbank market as of 11:00 a.m. London time, on such date. If fewer than
two Reference Banks provide such offered quotations on that date, LIBOR will be calculated as the offered rate which one or more leading banks in The City of New York selected by the Indenture Trustee (after consultation with the Servicer) are
quoting as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date to leading European banks for U.S. dollar deposits for one month; provided, however, that if such banks are not quoting as described above, LIBOR will be equal to the value
calculated for the immediately preceding Interest Accrual Period. 
  
 In any event, LIBOR is calculated as the arithmetic mean (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of
a percent (0.0001), with upwards rounding of amounts equal to or in excess of 5/1,000th of a percent (0.00005) of
all such quotations. 
  
 “LIBOR Notes”: The Class
A Notes and the Class M Notes. 
  
 “Liquidated Mortgage
Loan”: A Mortgage Loan with respect to which the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired, liquidated or foreclosed and with respect to which the Servicer determines that all Liquidation Proceeds which it expects to recover have been
recovered and for which the Servicer has so designated on its Servicer Remittance Report. 
  
 “Liquidation Expenses”: Expenses incurred by the Servicer in connection with the liquidation of any defaulted Mortgage Loan or property acquired in respect thereof (including, without limitation,
legal fees and expenses, committee or referee fees, and, if applicable, brokerage commissions and conveyance taxes), any unreimbursed amount expended by the Servicer pursuant to Sections 5.04 and 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement respecting
the related Mortgage Loan and any unreimbursed expenditures for real property taxes or for property restoration or preservation of the related Mortgaged Property. Liquidation Expenses shall not include any previously incurred expenses in respect of
an REO Mortgage Loan which have been netted against related REO Proceeds. 
  
 “Liquidation Proceeds”: The amount received by the Servicer in connection with (i) the taking of all or a part of a Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, (ii)
the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage Loan through an Indenture Trustee’s sale, foreclosure sale, REO Disposition or otherwise or (iii) the liquidation of any other security for such Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, pledged
equipment, inventory and working capital and assignments of rights and interests made by the related Mortgagor. 
  
 “Loan Group”: Any of Loan Group I or Loan Group II. 
  
 “Loan Group I”: The pool of Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule for Group I.

  

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 “Loan Group II”: The pool of Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule for
Group II. 
  
 “Loan Repurchase Price”: With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the date of repurchase, plus the greater of (x) all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and (y) thirty (30) days’ interest thereon, computed, as of the next
succeeding Due Date for such repurchased Mortgage Loan, at the Mortgage Interest Rate, plus the amount of any unreimbursed Delinquency Advances and Servicing Advances made by the Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loan, plus any costs and
damages incurred by the Trust in connection with any violation by such Mortgage Loan of any predatory or abusive lending law, which purchase price shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Servicer Remittance Date, after
deducting therefrom any amounts received in respect of such repurchased Mortgage Loan or Loans and being held in the Collection Account for future payment to the extent such amounts have not yet been applied to principal or interest on such Mortgage
Loan. 
  
 “Loan-to-Value Ratio” or
“LTV”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan as of its date of origination, the ratio on such date borne by the original Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan to the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property. 
  
 “London Business Day”: A day on which banking institutions
in the City of London, England, are not required or authorized to be closed. 
  
 “Majority Noteholders”: With respect to the Notes, the Holder or Holders of Notes evidencing Percentage Interests in excess of 51% in the aggregate. 
  
 “Maximum Collateral Amount”: With respect to each Loan Group
or both Loan Groups, the Cut-Off Date Aggregate Principal Balance for the related Loan Group or both Loan Groups, as required by the context. 
  
 “MERS”: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or
any successor thereto. 
  
 “MERS System”: The
system of recording transfers of Mortgages electronically maintained by MERS. 
  
 “MIN: The Mortgage Identification Number for Mortgage Loans registered with MERS on the MERS System. 
  
 “MOM Loan”: A Mortgage Loan for which MERS is acting as the mortgagee of such Mortgage Loan, solely as nominee for the originator of such
Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns, at the origination thereof. 
  
 “Monthly Payment”: As to any Mortgage Loan (including any REO Mortgage Loan) and any Due Date, the payment of principal and interest due thereon as specified for such Due Date in the related
amortization schedule at the time applicable thereto (after adjustment for any Curtailments and Deficient Valuations occurring prior to such Due Date but before any 

  

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adjustment to such amortization schedule by reason of any bankruptcy, other than Deficient Valuations, or similar proceeding or any moratorium or similar
waiver or grace period). 
  
 “Moody’s”:
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under Delaware law, or any successor thereto and if such corporation no longer for any reason performs the services of a securities rating agency, “Moody’s”
shall be deemed to refer to any other nationally recognized rating agency. 
  
 “Mortgage”: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a first or second lien on the Mortgaged Property. 
  
 “Mortgage File”: As described in Exhibit A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Mortgage Interest Rate”: As to any Mortgage Loan, the per
annum rate at which interest accrues on the unpaid Principal Balance thereof. 
  
 “Mortgage Loan Schedule”: The schedule of Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off Date attached as Schedule I to the Indenture, which will be deemed to be modified automatically to reflect any replacement,
sale, substitution, liquidation, transfer or addition of any Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Loan Schedule sets forth as to each Mortgage Loan: (i) its identifying number and the name of the related Mortgagor; (ii) the billing address, mailing address
and property address for the related Mortgaged Property including the state and zip code; (iii) its date of origination; (iv) the original number of months to stated maturity; (v) a designation indicating whether or not such Mortgage Loan is a
Balloon Loan; (vi) the original Principal Balance; (vii) its Principal Balance as of the applicable Cut-Off Date and its Cut-Off Date Principal Balance; (viii) the Mortgage Interest Rate and margin; (ix) the scheduled monthly payment of principal
and interest; (x) a Group designation; (xi) the LTV; (xii) if the Mortgage Loan is registered with MERS on the MERS System, the MIN; and (xiii) whether such Mortgage Loan is secured by a first or second lien on the related Mortgage Property.

  
 “Mortgage Loans”: The Mortgage Loans
(together with any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans substituted therefor in accordance with the Basic Documents, as from time to time are held as a part of the Trust), so being identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule on the Closing Date. When
used in respect of any Payment Date, the term Mortgage Loans shall mean all Mortgage Loans (including those in respect of which the Indenture Trustee has acquired the related Mortgaged Property) which have not been repaid in full prior to the
related Due Period, did not become Liquidated Mortgage Loans prior to such related Due Period or were not repurchased or replaced by the Sponsor prior to such related Due Period. 
  
 “Mortgage Note”: The original, executed note or other evidence of any indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a
Mortgage Loan. 
  
 “Mortgaged Property”: The
underlying property or properties securing a Mortgage Loan, consisting of a fee simple or leasehold interest in one or more parcels of land. 
  
 “Mortgagor”: The obligor on a Mortgage Note. 
  

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 “Net Foreclosure Profits”: As to any Servicer Remittance Date, the excess, if any, of
(i) the aggregate Foreclosure Profits with respect to such Servicer Remittance Date over (ii) Realized Losses with respect to such Servicer Remittance Date. 
  
 “Net Liquidation Proceeds”: As to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, Liquidation Proceeds net of Liquidation Expenses and net of any
unreimbursed Delinquency Advances and Servicing Advances made by the Servicer with respect to such Liquidated Mortgage Loan. For all purposes of the Basic Documents, Net Liquidation Proceeds shall be allocated first to accrued and unpaid interest on
the related Mortgage Loan and then to the unpaid Principal Balance thereof. 
  
 “Net Monthly Excess Cashflow” With respect to any Payment Date, the sum of (i) the amount of Available Funds for such Payment Date remaining after making all payments described in Section 8.01(b) and
(c) of the Indenture and (ii) the Excess Subordinated Amount. 
  
 “Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls”: For any Payment Date and either Group of Mortgage Loans, the amount by which the aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for such Group during the related Prepayment Period exceeds
available Compensating Interest for such Group. 
  
 “Net
REO Proceeds”: As to any REO Mortgage Loan, REO Proceeds net of any related expenses of the Servicer. 
  
 “Net Swap Payment”: With respect to each Payment Date, the net payment required to be made pursuant to the terms of the Swap Agreement
which is calculated by netting the amount of any payment that would otherwise be received by the Trust and the amount of any payment that would otherwise be made by the Trust to the Swap Provider, which net payment shall not take into account any
Swap Termination Payment. 
  
 “Nonrecoverable
Advances”: Means, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, (a) any Delinquency Advance or Servicing Advance previously made and not reimbursed pursuant to Section 5.03 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or (b) a Delinquency Advance proposed to
be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property either of which, in the good faith business judgment of the Servicer, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Indenture Trustee no later than the Business Day following
such determination, would not ultimately be recoverable pursuant to Section 5.03 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Note”: Any Class A Note or Class M Note executed by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee.

  
 “Noteholder” or “Holder”:
Each Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Note Register, except that, solely for the purposes of giving any consent, waiver, request or demand pursuant to the Indenture, any Note registered in the name of the Servicer or the Sponsor, or
any Affiliate of any of them, shall be deemed not to be outstanding and the undivided Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite percentage of Notes necessary to effect any such
consent, waiver, request or demand has been obtained. For purposes of any consent, waiver, request or demand of Noteholders pursuant to the Indenture, upon the Indenture Trustee’s request, the Servicer and the 

  

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Sponsor shall provide to the Indenture Trustee a notice identifying any of their respective Affiliates that is a Noteholder as of the date(s) specified by
the Indenture Trustee in such request. 
  
 “Note
Register”: As defined in Section 2.06 of the Indenture. 
  
 “Note Registrar”: As defined in Section 2.06 of the Indenture. 
  
 “Officer’s Certificate”: A certificate signed by the chairman of the board, the president or a vice president and the treasurer, the secretary or one of the assistant treasurers or assistant
secretaries of the Sponsor, the Servicer, or, with respect to the Trust, a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee, at the direction of the Certificateholders as required by any Basic Document. 
  
 “Opinion of Counsel”: A written opinion of counsel, who may,
without limitation, be counsel for the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, a Noteholder or a Noteholder’s prospective transferee (including except as otherwise provided herein, in-house counsel) reasonably
acceptable to each addressee of such opinion and experienced in matters relating to the subject of such opinion. 
  
 “Original Note Principal Balance”: As of the Closing Date and as to each Class of Notes, as follows. The Certificates do not have an
“Original Note Principal Balance.” 
  

				
	Class

	 	Original Note
Principal
Balance

	A-1	 	$	187,263,000
	A-2A	 	$	287,445,000
	A-2B	 	$	294,222,000
	A-2C	 	$	71,582,000
	M-1	 	$	32,250,000
	M-2	 	$	28,722,000
	M-3	 	$	18,141,000
	M-4	 	$	16,629,000
	M-5	 	$	15,621,000
	M-6	 	$	12,598,000
	M-7	 	$	11,085,000
	M-8	 	$	8,063,000
	M-9	 	$	10,078,000
	M-10	 	$	6,047,000
	M-11	 	$	8,062,000

  
 “Outstanding”: As of the date of determination, all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under the Indenture except: 
  
 (i) Definitive Notes theretofore canceled by the Note Registrar or delivered to the Note Registrar for cancellation; 
  
 (ii) Notes or portions thereof for whose payment or
redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Indenture Trustee in trust for the Holders of such Notes; provided, however, that if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such 

  

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redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor, satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, has been made; 
  
 (iii) Notes in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes
have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser (as defined by the Uniform Commercial Code of the applicable
jurisdiction); and 
  
 (iv) Notes alleged to have
been destroyed, lost or stolen that have been paid as provided for in Section 2.07 of the Indenture; 
  
 provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite percentage of the Class Note Balance of the Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver hereunder, Notes owned by the Trust, any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Trust, the Servicer or the Sponsor or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in
determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge to be so
owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Notes
and that the pledgee is not the Trust, any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Trust, the Servicer or the Sponsor or such other obligor. 
  
 “Overcollateralization Amount”: As to any Payment Date will be equal to the amount, if any, by which (x) the Pool Balance as of the end
of the related Due Period exceeds (y) the aggregate Class Note Balances of the Notes, after giving effect to payments on such Payment Date. 
  
 “Overcollateralization Deficiency”: As to any Payment Date will be equal to the amount, if any, by which (x) the Target
Overcollateralization Amount for such Payment Date exceeds (y) the Overcollateralization Amount for such Payment Date, calculated for this purpose after giving effect to the reduction on such Payment Date of the Class Note Balances of the Notes
resulting from the payment of the Principal Remittance Amount on such Payment Date. 
  
 “Owner-Occupied Mortgaged Property”: A Residential Dwelling as to which (a) the related Mortgagor represented an intent to occupy as such Mortgagor’s primary residence at the origination of the
Mortgage Loan, and (b) the Sponsor has no actual knowledge that such Residential Dwelling is not so occupied. 
  
 “Ownership Interest”: As to any Note, any ownership or security interest in such Note, including any interest in such Note as the Holder
thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or beneficial, as owner or as pledgee. 
  
 “Owner Trustee”: U.S. Bank Trust National Association, a national banking association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as
owner trustee under the Trust Agreement, and any successor owner trustee thereunder. 
  

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 “Owner Trustee Fee”: As defined in Section 9.01 of the Trust Agreement. 
  
 “Payahead”: Any payment made by a mortgagor during a Due
Period which is intended by the mortgagor to be an early payment of one or more scheduled monthly payments due with respect to subsequent Due Periods, and not as a curtailment to be applied in full as a reduction in the principal balance of the
related Mortgage Loan. 
  
 “Paying Agent”: The
Indenture Trustee or any other depository institution or trust company that is authorized by the Trust pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Indenture to pay the principal of, or interest on, any Notes on behalf of the Trust, which agent, if not the
Indenture Trustee, shall have signed an instrument agreeing to be bound by the terms of the Indenture applicable to such Paying Agent. 
  
 “Payment Account”: With respect to the Groups, the segregated trust account, which shall be an Eligible Account, established and
maintained pursuant to Section 8.01(a) of the Indenture and entitled “Deutsche Bank National Trust Company”, as Indenture Trustee for Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-2 Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2005-2, Payment Account,” on behalf
of the Noteholders. 
  
 “Payment Date”: The 25th
day of any month or if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day immediately following, commencing in June 2005. 
  
 “Percentage Interest”: With respect to a Note of any Class, the portion evidenced by such Note, expressed as a percentage rounded to four
decimal places, equal to a fraction the numerator of which is the denomination represented by original principal balance of such Note and the denominator of which is the Original Note Principal Balance of such Class. With respect to the
Certificates, the portion evidenced thereby as stated on the face of such Certificate. 
  
 “Permitted Investments”: As used herein, Permitted Investments shall include the following: 
  
 (i) obligations of, or guaranteed as to timely payments of principal and interest by, the United States or any agency or instrumentality
thereof when such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States; 
  
 (ii) repurchase agreements on obligations specified in clause (i) maturing not more than three months from the date of acquisition
thereof, provided that the unsecured obligations of the party agreeing to repurchase such obligations are at the time rated at least A-l+ by S&P and in one of the two highest ratings by Moody’s; 
  
 (iii) certificates of deposit, time deposits and
bankers’ acceptances (which, in the case of bankers’ acceptances, shall in no event have an original maturity of more than 365 days) of any U.S. depository institution or trust company, incorporated under the laws of the United States or
any state; provided, that the debt obligations of such depository institution or trust company at the date of acquisition thereof have been rated in one of the two highest ratings by Moody’s and S&P; 
  

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 (iv) commercial paper (having original maturities of not more than 270 days) of any
corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof which on the date of acquisition has been rated in the highest short-term rating by each of the Rating Agencies; and 
  
 (v) units of money market funds registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, investing in any of the foregoing, including any funds managed or advised by the Indenture Trustee or any affiliate of the Indenture Trustee; provided, such money market funds are at the time rated at least
“AAAm” or “AAAm-G” by S&P, and in one of the two highest short-term ratings by Moody’s; 
  
 provided, that no instrument described hereunder shall evidence either the right to receive (x) only interest with respect to the obligations underlying such
instrument or (y) both principal and interest payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument and the interest and principal payments with respect to such instrument provided a yield to maturity at par greater than 120% of the yield to
maturity at par of the underlying obligations; and provided, further, that no instrument described hereunder may be purchased at a price greater than par if such instrument may be prepaid or called at a price less than its purchase
price prior to stated maturity. 
  
 “Person”: Any
individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, national banking association, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

  
 “Physical Property”: As defined in clause (b)
of the definition of “Delivery.” 
  
 “Plan”: Either (i) an employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan (within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) that is subject to Section
4975 of the Code or (iii) a Governmental Plan that is subject to any federal, state or local law that is, to a material extent, similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. 
  
 “Pool Balance”: For any date and with respect to the Mortgage Loans or a Group of Mortgage Loans, the
Aggregate Principal Balances of the related Mortgage Loans as of such date. 
  
 “Predecessor Notes”: With respect to any particular Note, every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purpose of this
definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.07 of the Indenture in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Note. 
  
 “Preference Claim”: As defined in Section 8.03(f) of the
Indenture. 
  
 “Prepayment Charge”: As to a
Mortgage Loan, any charge paid by a Mortgagor in connection with Principal Prepayment made within the related Prepayment Charge Period, the Prepayment Charges with respect to each applicable Mortgage Loan so held by the Trust being identified in a
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 “Prepayment Charge Period”: As of any Mortgage Loan, the period of time, if any, during
which a Prepayment Charge may be imposed. 
  
 “Prepayment
Charge Schedule”: As of any date, the list of Prepayment Charges on the Mortgage Loans included in the Trust on such date, attached as Exhibit H to the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Prepayment Charge Schedule shall set forth the
following information with respect to each Prepayment Charge: 
  
 (i) the Mortgage Loan identifying number; 
  
 (ii) a code indicating the term of the Prepayment Charge; 
  
 (iii) the state of origination of the related Mortgage Loan; 
  
 (iv) the date on which the first Monthly Payment was due on the related Mortgage Loan; 
  
 (v) the term of the related Mortgage Loan; and 

 
 (vi) the Cut-Off Date Principal Balance of the related
Mortgage Loan. 
  
 “Prepayment Interest
Shortfall”: With respect to any Payment Date, for each Mortgage Loan that was the subject during the related Prepayment Period of a Principal Prepayment in full, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) 30 days’ interest on the
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan at a per annum rate equal to (i) the Mortgage Interest Rate (or at such lower rate as may be in effect for such Mortgage Loan pursuant to application of the Relief Act, any Deficient Valuation and/or any Debt
Service Reduction) minus (ii) the Servicing Fee Rate, over (b) the amount of interest actually remitted by the related Mortgagor in connection with such Principal Prepayment in full, less the Servicing Fee for such Mortgage Loan in such
month. 
  
 “Prepayment Period”: With respect to
any Payment Date and Principal Prepayments in full, the period commencing on the 16th day of the month preceding the
month in which such Payment Date occurs (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, the day following the Cut-Off Date) and ending on the 15th day of the month in which such Payment Date occurs. 
  
 “Principal Balance”: As to any Mortgage Loan and any date of determination, the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of such date of determination. 
  
 “Principal Deficiency Amount”: For any Payment Date, the
Principal Deficiency Amount shall equal the excess of the aggregate Class Note Balance of all classes of Notes immediately prior to such Payment Date over the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the
related Due Period. On any Payment Date, the total Principal Deficiency Amount shall be allocated among the classes of Class M Notes in reverse order of their seniority. Thus, for instance, the Principal Deficiency Amount for any Payment Date will
first be allocated to the Class M-11 Notes and, to the extent the Principal Deficiency Amount for such Payment Date exceeds the aggregate Class Note Balance of the Class M-11 

  

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Notes, such excess Principal Deficiency Amount shall be allocated to the Class M-10 Notes, and so on. 
  
 “Principal Distribution Amount”: As to any Payment Date, the
sum of (i) the Basic Principal Distribution Amount and (ii) the Extra Principal Distribution Amount. 
  
 “Principal Prepayment”: Any payment of principal made by the Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled
Due Date. 
  
 “Principal Remittance Amount”: For
any Payment Date, an amount equal to that portion of the Servicer Remittance Amount for the related Servicer Remittance Date which relates to principal, together with: 
  
 (i) the principal portion of the proceeds received by the Indenture Trustee upon the exercise by the Seller
of its option to call the Notes; 
  
 (ii)
the principal portion of the proceeds received by the Indenture Trustee on any termination of the Trust; and 
  
 (iii) the Subsequent Recoveries received. 
  
 “Proceeding”: Any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding. 
  
 “Prospectus Supplement”: The Prospectus Supplement dated May
24, 2005 relating to the Notes filed with the Commission in connection with the Registration Statement heretofore filed or to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5). 
  
 “Qualified Appraiser”: An appraiser, duly appointed by the Sponsor, who had 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 the Mortgage Loan, and such appraiser and the appraisal made by such appraiser both satisfy the
requirements of Title XI of the Federal Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 and the regulations promulgated thereunder, all as in effect on the date the Mortgage Loan was originated. 
  
 “Qualified REIT Subsidiary”: Has the meaning set forth in
Section 856(i) of the Code. 
  
 “Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan”: A mortgage loan or mortgage loans substituted for a Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.06 or 4.02(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, which (a) has or have an interest rate greater than or equal to those
applicable to the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (b) relates or relate to a detached one- to four-family residence and has or have the same or a better lien priority as the Deleted Mortgage Loan and has or have the same occupancy status as the Deleted
Mortgage Loan or is or are Owner-Occupied Mortgaged Property(ies), (c) matures or mature no later than (and not more than one year earlier than) the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (d) has or have a Loan-to-Value Ratio or Loan-to-Value Ratios at the time of
such substitution no higher than the Loan-to-Value Ratio of the Deleted 

  

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Mortgage Loan, (e) has or have a Stated Principal Balance or Stated Principal Balances, after deduction of the principal portion of the Monthly Payment due
in the month of substitution (or, in the case of a substitution of more than one mortgage loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, an aggregate principal balance) not more than the Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan as of such date and
(f) complies or comply as of the date of substitution with each representation and warranty set forth in Section 4.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Rating Agency”: S&P, Moody’s or Dominion. 
  
 “Rating Agency Condition”: Means, with respect to any action to which a Rating Agency Condition applies,
that each Rating Agency shall have been given ten (10) days (or such shorter period as is acceptable to each Rating Agency) prior notice thereof and that each of the Rating Agencies shall have notified the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer, the
Sponsor, the Seller and the Trust in writing that such action will not result in a reduction, qualification or withdrawal of the then current “implied” rating of the Notes that it maintains. 
  
 “Rating Agency Trigger Event”: If at any time after the date
hereof the swap counterparty shall fail to satisfy the Swap Counterparty Ratings Threshold. “Swap Counterparty Ratings Threshold” shall mean (A) the unsecured, unguaranteed and otherwise unsupported long-term senior debt obligations of the
swap counterparty are rated at least “BBB-” by S&P and (B) the unsecured, unguaranteed and otherwise unsupported long-term senior debt obligations of the swap counterparty are rated at least “A3” by Moody’s (and such
rating is not on watch for possible downgrade) and the unsecured, unguaranteed and otherwise unsupported short-term debt obligations of the swap counterparty are rated at least “P-2” by Moody’s (and such rating is not on watch for
possible downgrade), a rating agency trigger event will be in effect. 
  
 “Realized Loss”: The amount determined by the Servicer, in accordance with its standard procedure, in connection with any Mortgage Loan equal to: 
  
 (i) with respect to any Mortgage Loan which has been liquidated, the excess of the Principal Balance of that
Mortgage Loan plus interest thereon at a rate equal to the applicable mortgage rate less the Servicing Fee Rate from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid or advanced up to the Due Date next succeeding such liquidation over proceeds, if
any, received in connection with such liquidation, after application of all withdrawals permitted to be made by the Servicer from the Collection Account with respect to such Mortgage Loan, 
  
 (ii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan which has become the
subject of a Deficient Valuation, the excess of the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan over the Principal Amount as reduced in connection with the proceedings resulting in the Deficient Valuation or 
  
 (iii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan which has become the
subject of a Debt Service Reduction, the present value of all monthly Debt Service Reductions on such Mortgage Loan, assuming that the Mortgagor pays each scheduled monthly payment on the applicable due date and that no Prepayments are received with
respect to such Mortgage Loan, discounted monthly at the applicable mortgage rate. 
  
 “Record Date”: With respect to the Notes, the last Business Day immediately preceding the related Payment Date so long as the Notes are in book-entry form and for Notes in 

  

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definitive form, the last Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the Payment Date occurs. 
  
 “Redemption Date”: The Payment Date, if any, on which the
related Notes are redeemed, in each case, pursuant to Article X of the Indenture, which date may occur on or after the related Clean-Up Call Date. 
  
 “Reference Banks”: Citibank, Barclay’s Bank PLC, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and National Westminster Bank PLC; provided,
that if any of the foregoing banks are not suitable to serve as a Reference Bank, then any leading banks selected by the Indenture Trustee (after consultation with the Servicer) which are engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the
international Eurocurrency market (i) with an established place of business in London, (ii) not controlling, under the control of or under common control with the Servicer or the Indenture Trustee or any affiliate thereof and (iii) whose quotations
appear on the Telerate Page 3750 on the relevant Interest Determination Date. 
  
 “Relief Act”: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. 
  
 “Relief Act Interest Shortfall”: With respect to any Payment Date, for any Mortgage Loan as to which there has been a reduction in the
amount of interest collectible thereon for the most recently ended Due Period as a result of the application of the Relief Act or similar state law, the amount, if any, by which (a) interest collectible on such Mortgage Loan during the most recently
ended calendar month is less than (b) one month’s interest on the Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan, calculated at a rate equal to the related Mortgage Interest Rate. 
  
 “REIT”: A real estate investment trust within the meaning of section 856(a) of the Code that satisfies the
requirements of section 857(a). 
  
 “REO
Disposition”: The final sale by the Servicer of a REO Property acquired by the Servicer in foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure. 
  
 “REO Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan which is not a Liquidated Mortgage Loan and as to which the indebtedness evidenced by the related
Mortgage Note is discharged and the related Mortgaged Property is held as part of the Trust. 
  
 “REO Proceeds”: Proceeds received in respect of any REO Mortgage Loan (including, without limitation, proceeds from the rental of the related Mortgaged Property). 
  
 “REO Property”: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the
Servicer in the name of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure. 
  
 “Request for Release”: A request for release in substantially the form attached as Exhibit F of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

  
 “Required Swap Counterparty Rating”: With
respect to a counterparty or entity guaranteeing the obligations of such counterparty, (x) either (i) if such counterparty or entity has 

  

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only a long-term rating by Moody’s, a long-term senior, unsecured debt obligation rating, financial program rating or other similar rating (as the case
may be, the “Long-Term Rating”) of at least “Aa3” by Moody’s and if rated “Aa3” by Moody’s is not on negative credit watch by Moody’s or (ii) if such counterparty or entity has a Long-Term Rating and a
short-term rating by Moody’s, a Long-Term Rating of at least “A1” by Moody’s and a short-term rating of “P-1” by Moody’s and, in each case, such rating is not on negative credit watch by Moody’s and (y) (i) a
short-term rating of at least “A-1” by S&P or (ii) if such counterparty or entity does not have a short-term rating by S&P, a Long-Term Rating of at least “A+” by S&P. 
  
 “Residential Dwelling”: A one- to four-family dwelling, a
unit in a planned unit development, a unit in a condominium development or a townhouse. 
  
 “Responsible Officer”: When used with respect to the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office (or any successor thereto), including any Vice
President, Second or Assistant Vice President, Senior Trust Officer, Trust Officer, Assistant Trust Officer, any Assistant Secretary, associate, any trust officer or any other officer of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and to whom, with respect to a particular matter, such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject. When used with respect to the Sponsor or the Servicer, the chief executive officer, the president or any vice president, assistant vice president, or any secretary or assistant secretary. 
  
 “Rolling Three Month Delinquency Ratio”: With respect to any
Payment Date, the average of the Delinquency Ratios for the three (or one and two, in the case of the first and second Payment Dates, respectively) immediately preceding Due Periods. 
  
 “Rolling Six Month Delinquency Ratio”: For any Payment Date, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, equal
to the average of the Delinquency Ratio for each of the six immediately preceding Collection Periods (or for each Payment Date starting in June 2005 through October 2005, the corresponding number of preceding Collection Periods). 
  
 “Sale”: The meaning specified in Section 5.17 of the
Indenture. 
  
 “Sale and Servicing Agreement”:
The Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2005, among the Trust, the Servicer, the Sponsor, the Seller, and the Indenture Trustee, providing for, among other things, the sale of the Mortgage Loans from the Seller to the Trust and the
servicing of the Mortgage Loans. 
  
 “Securities
Act”: Means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 
  
 “Seller”: Accredited Mortgage Loan REIT Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust. 
  
 “Senior Credit Enhancement Percentage”: For any Payment Date and with respect to any Class of Notes, the percentage obtained by dividing
(x) the aggregate Class Note Balance of the Notes that are subordinate in right of payment to such Class of Notes (including any overcollateralization and taking into account the distributions of the Principal Distribution 

  

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Amount for such Payment Date) by (y) the aggregate scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period.

  
 “Senior Swap Payment”: The amount, if any,
payable by the Trust to the Swap Provider, pursuant to Section 8.01(b)(i) of the Indenture, other than a Defaulted Swap Termination Payment. 
  
 “Servicer”: Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., a California corporation, or any successor appointed as provided in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. 
  
 “Servicer Event of Default”: As
defined in Section 7.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Servicer Prepayment Charge Amount”: The amounts payable by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Servicer Remittance Amount”: For a Servicer Remittance Date
is equal to the sum, without duplication, of: 
  

	 	•	 	all scheduled collections of principal of and interest on the Mortgage Loans collected by the servicer during the related Due Period; 

  

	 	•	 	all partial prepayments of principal and other amounts collected on account of principal, including Net REO Proceeds, Net Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and Subsequent
Recoveries, if any, collected by the servicer during the previous calendar month, other than Payaheads; 

  

	 	•	 	all principal prepayments in full, including prepayment penalties, collected by the servicer during the related Prepayment Period; 

  

	 	•	 	all Delinquency Advances made, and Compensating Interest paid, by the servicer with respect to payments due to be received on the Mortgage Loans during the related Due Period; and

  

	 	•	 	any other amounts required to be placed in the collection account by the servicer pursuant to the sale and servicing agreement; 

  
 but excluding the following: 
  

	 	(a)	amounts received on a Mortgage Loan, other than timely scheduled payments of principal and interest, and including late payments, Liquidation Proceeds, and Insurance Proceeds, to
the extent the servicer has previously made an unreimbursed Delinquency Advance or a Servicing Advance with regard to such Mortgage Loan; 

  

	 	(b)	for such Servicer Remittance Date, the aggregate servicing fees; 

  

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	 	(c)	all net income from eligible investments that is held in the collection account for the account of the servicer; 

  

	 	(d)	all amounts actually recovered by the servicer in respect of late fees, assumption fees and similar fees; 

  

	 	(e)	Net Foreclosure Profits; 

  

	 	(f)	Payaheads; 

  

	 	(g)	all amounts previously advanced by the servicer as Delinquency Advances or Servicing Advances that are determined in good faith by the servicer to be unrecoverable from the proceeds
of the particular Mortgage Loan to which they relate; and 

  

	 	(h)	certain other amounts which are reimbursable to the servicer, as provided in the sale and servicing agreement. 

  
 The amounts described above may be withdrawn by the servicer from the
collection account on or prior to each Servicer Remittance Date. 
  
 “Servicer Remittance Date”: With respect to any Payment Date, the second Business Day preceding the Payment Date. 
  
 “Servicer Remittance Report”: The monthly report prepared by the Servicer and delivered to the parties specified in Section 5.16(a) of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Servicer Reporting
Date”: As defined in Section 5.16(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Servicing Advances”: All reasonable and customary “out-of-pocket” costs and expenses incurred in the performance by the Servicer of its servicing obligations, including, but not limited to,
the cost of (a) the preservation, restoration and protection of the Mortgaged Property, including, without limitation, real estate taxes, (b) any enforcement, collection and judicial proceedings, including foreclosures and liquidations, (c) the
management and liquidation of the REO Property, including reasonable fees paid to any independent contractor in connection therewith, (d) compliance with the obligations under Sections 5.04 and 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, all of which
reasonable and customary out-of-pocket costs and expenses are reimbursable to the Servicer to the extent provided in Sections 5.03 and 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and (e) expenses incurred in connection with any Mortgage Loan being
registered on the MERS System. 
  
 “Servicing
Compensation”: The Servicing Fee and other amounts to which the Servicer is entitled pursuant to Section 5.08 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Servicing Fee”: As defined in Section 5.08 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  

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 “Servicing Fee Rate”: The product of (i) 0.50% per annum and (ii) the stated principal
balance of the Mortgage Loans at the beginning of the related Due Period. 
  
 “Servicing Officer”: Any officer of the Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose name and specimen signature appear on a list of servicing
officers furnished to the Indenture Trustee by the Servicer, as such list may from time to time be amended. 
  
 “Sponsor”: Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., a California corporation. 
  
 “Standard & Poor’s” or “S&P”: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a
division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. or any successor thereto and if such corporation no longer for any reason performs the services of a securities rating agency, “S&P” shall be deemed to refer to any other nationally
recognized statistical rating organization. 
  
 “Stated
Principal Balance”: As to any Mortgage Loan and Payment Date, the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the related Collection Period 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 (i) any previous Principal Prepayments in full received during the related Prepayment Period, (ii) any
previous Curtailments and Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal received during the prior calendar month (other than with respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan) and (iii) the payment of principal due on the Due Date in the related Collection
Period and irrespective of any delinquency in payment by the related Mortgagor. 
  
 “Statutory Trust Statute”: Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code § 3801 et seq., as the same may be amended from time to time. 
  
 “Step-Down Date”: the earlier of (A) the date on which the
aggregate Class Note Balances of the Class A Notes have been reduced to zero and (B) the later to occur of: 
  
 (x) the Payment Date occurring in June 2008; and 
  
 (y) the first Payment Date on which the Senior Credit Enhancement Percentage (calculated for this purpose after giving effect to payments or other
recoveries on the Mortgage Loans during the related Due Period, but before giving effect to payments on any of the notes on such Payment Date for the Class A Notes would be greater than or equal to 35.60%. 
  
 “Subsequent Recovery”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan
that had previously been the subject of a Realized Loss, any amounts (net of Reimbursable Expenses) subsequently received in connection with such Mortgage Loan. 
  
 “Substitution Adjustment”: As to any date on which a substitution occurs pursuant to Sections 2.06 or
4.02(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal balances (after application of principal payments received on or before the date of substitution) of any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the
date of substitution, are less than the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the related Deleted Mortgage Loans (after application of the scheduled principal portion of the Monthly Payments due in the 

  

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month of substitution) together with 30-days’ interest thereon at the Mortgage Interest Rate, plus any costs and damages incurred by the Trust in
connection with any violation by such Mortgage Loan of any predatory or abusive lending law. 
  
 “Swap Agreement”: The 1992 ISDA Master Agreement together with the related schedule, confirmation and credit support annex, dated as of May 26, 2005, between the Trust and the Swap Provider.

  
 “Swap Default”: Any of the circumstances
constituting an “Event of Default” under the Swap Agreement. 
  
 “Swap Provider”: The counterparty to the Swap Agreement either (a) entitled to receive payments from the Trust or (b) required to make payments to the Trust, in either case pursuant to the terms of the Swap Agreement, and
any successor in interest or assign. Initially, the Swap Provider shall be Credit Suisse First Boston International. 
  
 “Swap Termination Payment”: Upon the designation of an “Early Termination Date” as defined in the Swap Agreement, the payment
to be made by the Trust to the Swap Provider, or by the Swap Provider to the Trust, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of the Swap Agreement. 
  
 “Target Overcollateralization Amount”: As to any Payment Date (a) prior to the Step-down Date, approximately 1.20% of the Initial Pool
Balance and (b) on or after the Step-down Date, so long as a Trigger Event is not in effect, approximately 2.40% of the Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Due Period, subject to a floor equal to 0.50% of the Initial Pool Balance. If a
Trigger Event is in effect, then the Target Overcollateralization Amount will be equal to the Target Overcollateralization Amount as of the prior Payment Date. 
  

“Telerate Page 3750”: The display designated as Telerate Page 3750 on the Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace the
Telerate page on that service for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates of major banks). 
  
 “Termination Event”: As defined in the Swap Agreement. 
  
 “Termination Price”: The greater of (A) the sum of (i) 100% of the aggregate Class Note Balance of the
Notes, (ii) the aggregate amount of accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes through the related Due Period (including with respect to any related Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount), (iii) any related Indenture Trustee’s fees and expenses, (iv)
any related Owner Trustee Fees or Expenses that have not been paid by the Sponsor, (v) any related unreimbursed advances due and owing to the Servicer, (vii) any costs and damages incurred by the Trust in connection with any violation by such
Mortgage Loan of any predatory or abusive lending law, and (viii) the Swap Termination Payment, if any, payable to the Swap Provider as a result of the exercise of the optional termination pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture and (B) the fair
market value of the Mortgage Loans. 
  
 “Trigger
Event”: A Trigger Event is in effect on any Payment Date if (i) on that Payment Date the Rolling Three Month Delinquency Ratio equals or exceeds 42% of the prior period’s Senior Credit Enhancement Percentage or (ii) during such period,
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of Realized Losses incurred, less any Subsequent Recoveries, since the Cut-off Date through the last day of the related Prepayment Period, divided by the
Initial Pool Balance (the “Cumulative Realized Loss Percentage”) exceeds the amounts set forth below: 
  

			
	 Payment Date

	  	 Cumulative Realized Loss Percentage

	June 2007 – May 2008	  	1.25% for the first month, plus an additional 1/12th of 1.50% for each month thereafter (e.g., approximately 1.38% in July 2007)
		
	June 2008 – May 2009	  	2.75% for the first month, plus an additional 1/12th of 1.50% for each month thereafter (e.g., approximately 2.88% in July 2008)
		
	June 2009 – May 2010	  	4.25% for the first month, plus an additional 1/12th of 1.00% for each month thereafter (e.g., approximately 4.33% in July 2009)
		
	June 2010 – May 2011	  	5.25% for the first month, plus an additional 1/12th of 0.25% for each month thereafter (e.g., approximately 5.27% in July 2010)
		
	June 2011 and thereafter	  	5.50%

  
 “Trust”: Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-2, a Delaware statutory trust. 
  
 “Trust Agreement”: The Trust Agreement, dated as of May 18, 2005, as amended and restated as of May 26, 2005, between the Sponsor, the
Seller and the Owner Trustee, relating to the establishment of the Trust. 
  
 “Trust Certificate”: A certificate evidencing the beneficial interest of the Trust Certificateholder in the Trust substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Trust Agreement. 
  
 “Trust Certificateholder,”
“Certificateholder” or “Holder”: A Person in whose name a Trust Certificate is registered. 
  
 “Trust Estate”: All money, instruments and other property subject or intended to be subject to the lien of the Indenture, for the benefit
of the Noteholders, as of any particular time, including, without limitation, all property and interests, including all proceeds thereof, granted to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders, pursuant to the Granting Clauses of the
Indenture. 
  
 “Trust Indenture Act” or
“TIA”: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as it may be amended from time to time. 
  
 “Trust Order” and “Trust Request”: A written order or request of the Trust signed on behalf of the Trust by an
Authorized Officer of the Owner Trustee, at the direction of the Certificateholders and delivered to the Indenture Trustee or the Authenticating Agent, as applicable. 
  
 “Underwriters”: Lehman Brothers Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated. 
  
 “Underwriting Guidelines”: The underwriting guidelines of the Sponsor. 
  

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 “United States Person”: A citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, a
partnership or other entity treated as a corporation or a partnership organized in or under the laws of, the United States or any state thereof including the District of Columbia, or an estate or trust whose income from sources without the United
States is includible in gross income for United States federal income tax purposes regardless of its connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States or a trust if a court within the United States can exercise primary
jurisdiction over its administration and at least one United States Person has the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust. Notwithstanding the last clause of the preceding sentence, to the extent provided in Treasury
Regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 and treated as United States Persons prior to such date, may elect to continue to be United States Persons. 
  
 “Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount”: For any Payment Date and Class of Notes, the sum of (a) the amount, if
any, by which (x) the Interest Payment Amount with respect to such Class as of the immediately preceding Payment Date exceeded (y) the amount of interest actually paid to the holders of such Class of Notes on such immediately preceding Payment Date
and (b) interest for the actual number of days in the interest accrual period for the LIBOR Notes, on the amount described in clause (a), calculated at an interest rate equal to the Interest Rate applicable to the related interest accrual period.

  

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 SCHEDULE 1 
  
 MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE 
  
 [On File with Dewey Ballantine LLP] 
  

  
 SCHEDULE 2 
  
 SWAP NOTIONAL BALANCES 
  
 [On File with Dewey Ballantine LLP] 
  

  
 EXHIBIT A 
  
 FORM OF NOTE 
  
 ACCREDITED MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-2 
  
 CLASS [A-1][A-2A][A-2B][A-2C][M-1][M-2][M-3][M-4][M-5][M-6][M-7][M-8][M-9][M-10][M-11] NOTE 
  
 UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE TRUST OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY
AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS
WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 
  
 THE NOTE IS A NON-RECOURSE OBLIGATION OF THE TRUST, AND IS LIMITED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FROM THE TRUST ESTATE AS PROVIDED IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO BELOW. THE TRUST IS NOT OTHERWISE PERSONALLY
LIABLE FOR PAYMENTS ON THIS NOTE. 
  
 THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE
IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF. 
  
 THE CLASS M NOTES ARE SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE CLASS A NOTES, AND EACH CLASS OF CLASS M NOTES IS SUBORDINATED
IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE OTHER CLASSES OF CLASS M NOTES THAT HAVE A NUMERICAL DESIGNATION THAT IS LESS THAN SUCH CLASS, AS SET FORTH MORE FULLY IN THE INDENTURE AND THE SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. 
  

							
	 	  	 
				
	 Note No.:
 A-[1][2A][2B]
[2C]/
 M- [1][2]
 [3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
 [10][11]
	  	CUSIP No.:	  	 	  	 
				
	 Class A-[1][2A][2B][2C]
 Class M-[1][ 2][ 3][ 4][
5][ 6]
 [7][8][9][10][11]
 Original Note Principal
Balance:
	  	 	  	 Percentage Interest:
 100%    
	  	 
	 	  	$____________	  	 	  	 
				
	 Date of Indenture:
 As of May
1, 2005
	  	 	  	 First Payment Date:
     June 27,
2005
  
	  	 
	 	  	 

  

 EX A-1 

  
 ACCREDITED MORTGAGE LOAN
TRUST 2005-2 
 ASSET-BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2005-2, 
 CLASS A-[1][2A][2B][2C]/CLASS M-[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] 
  
 Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-2, a statutory trust organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the
“Trust”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of
$                            
(                                        
         Thousand Dollars) payable on each Payment Date in an amount equal to the result obtained by multiplying (x) the Percentage Interest of this Note set forth on the cover page hereof, by (y) the
aggregate amount, if any, payable from the Payment Account in respect of principal on the Class A-[1][2A][2B][2C]/Class M-[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]Notes, pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2005, between the Trust and Deutsche
Bank National Trust Company, a national trust company, as Indenture Trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”); provided, however, that the entire unpaid Class Note Balance of this Note shall be due and payable on the earlier of (i)
the Payment Date occurring in July 2035 (the “Final Stated Maturity Date”), (ii) the Redemption Date, if any, applicable to this Notes pursuant to Article X of the Indenture or (iii) the date on which an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, if the Notes have been declared to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section 5.02 of the Indenture. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein are defined in Appendix I to the Indenture.

  
 Pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, payments will be made
on the 25th day of each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the Business Day immediately following such 25th day (each a “Payment Date”), commencing on the first Payment Date specified on the cover page hereof, to the
Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the applicable Record Date, in an amount equal to the product of (a) the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Note and (b) the sum of the amounts to be paid on the Class A and
Class M Notes with respect to such Payment Date, all as more specifically set forth in the Indenture. 
  
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of Definitive Notes, upon written request at least five (5) days prior to the related Record Date with
appropriate instructions by the Holder of this Note (holding an aggregate initial Class Note Balance of at least $1,000,000), any payment of principal or interest, other than the final installment of principal or interest, shall be made by wire
transfer to an account in the United States of America designated by such Holder reasonably satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee. 
  
 On each Payment Date, Noteholders will be entitled to receive interest payments in an aggregate amount equal to the Interest Payment Amount for such Class
for such Payment Date, together with principal payments in an aggregate amount equal to the Principal Payment Amount for such Class for such Payment Date, plus, until the Overcollateralization Amount for the related Class and such Payment Date is
equal to the Specified Overcollateralization Amount for such Class and such Payment Date, the Net Monthly Excess Cashflow, if any, for such Class and such Payment Date. The “Class Note Balance” of a Note as of any date of determination is
equal to the initial Class Note Balance thereof as of the Closing Date, reduced by the aggregate of all amounts previously paid with respect to such Note on account of principal. 
  

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 The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by the Trust with respect to this Note shall be applied first to interest due and payable on this Note as provided above and then to the
unpaid principal of this Note. 
  
 This Note is one of a duly
authorized issue of Notes of the Trust, designated as the “Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-2, Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2005-2, Class A-[1][2A][2B][2C]/Class M-[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11],” issued under the Indenture, to which
Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Notes. Also issued under the Indenture are the
“Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-2, Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2005-2, Class A-[1][2A][2B][2C]/Class M-[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11].” To the extent that any provision of this Note contradicts or is inconsistent with the
provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control and supersede such contradictory or inconsistent provision herein. The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture. 
  
 The Class A-[1][2A][2B][2C]/Class M-[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11].
Notes are and will be equally and ratably secured by the Mortgage Loans in Loan Group [I][II], the other collateral related thereto pledged as security therefor as provided in the Indenture, and, to the extent provided in the Indenture, by the
Mortgage Loans in Loan Group [I][II]. 
  
 As described above, the
entire unpaid Class Note Balance of this Note shall be due and payable on the earlier of the Final Stated Maturity Date and any Redemption Date applicable to such Group, pursuant to Article X of the Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
entire unpaid Class Note Balance of the Notes shall be due and payable on the date on which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing if the Indenture Trustee, or the Holders of the Notes representing more than 50% of the Class Note
Balance of the Outstanding Notes of both Groups, shall have declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section 5.02 of the Indenture. All principal payments on the Notes shall be made pro rata to the Noteholders
entitled thereto. 
  
 The Trust shall not be liable upon the
indebtedness evidenced by the Notes except to the extent of amounts available from the Trust Estate which constitutes security for the payment of the Notes. The assets included in the Trust Estate will be sole source of payments on the Notes, and
each Holder hereof, by its acceptance of this Note, agrees that (i) such Note will be limited in right of payment to amounts available from the Trust Estate as provided in the Indenture and (ii) such Holder shall have no recourse to the Trust, the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Sponsor, the Servicer, or any of their respective affiliates, or to the assets of any of the foregoing entities, except the assets of the Trust pledged to secure the Notes pursuant to the Indenture.

  
 Payments of interest on this Note due and payable on each
Payment Date, together with the installment of principal, if any, to the extent not in full payment of this Note, shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee, or if no instructions for wire
transfers have been provided to the Indenture Trustee as provided in the 

  

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Indenture, then by check mailed to the Person whose name appears as the Holder of this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) on the Note Register as of the
close of business on each Record Date. Such checks shall be mailed to the Person entitled thereto at the address of such Person as it appears on the Note Register as of the applicable Record Date without requiring that this Note be submitted for
notation of payment. Any reduction in the principal amount of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) effected by any payments made on any Payment Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note
on a Payment Date, then the Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Trust, will notify the Person who was the Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Payment Date by notice mailed or transmitted by facsimile prior to such
Payment Date, and the amount then due and payable shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this Note at the Indenture Trustee’s designated office or at the office of the Indenture Trustee’s agent designated for such
purposes. 
  
 As provided in the Indenture, both Classes of Notes
may be redeemed in whole, but not in part, at the option of the Seller on any Payment Date on and after the date on which the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Notes is equal to or less than 10% of the original aggregate principal
balance of the Notes, in each case after giving effect to distributions on that Payment Date. 
  
 As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Note Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the
office or agency designated by the Trust pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney
duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer
Agent’s Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be charged for any registration of
transfer or exchange of this Note, but the transferor may be required to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such registration of transfer or exchange. 
  
 In the case of a transfer of a Class A-[1][2A][2B][2C]/Class
M-[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Note, the Note Registrar shall not register the transfer of this Note unless the Note Registrar has received a representation letter from the transferee to the effect that either (i) the transferee is not a Plan
and is not, directly or indirectly, acquiring this Note or any interest herein on behalf of, as investment manager of, as named fiduciary of, as trustee of, or with the assets of a Plan or (ii) the acquisition and holding of this Note by the
transferee qualifies for exemptive relief under a United States Department of Labor prohibited transaction class exemption (or, if the transferee is a Governmental Plan, will not result in a 

  

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violation of applicable law). Each Beneficial Owner, by acceptance of a beneficial interest herein, shall be deemed to make one of the foregoing
representations.  
  
 Each Noteholder or Beneficial Owner,
by acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a Beneficial Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, covenants and agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Trust, the Owner Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (ii) any owner of a beneficial interest
in the Trust or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial interest in the Trust, the Owner Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary shall be fully
liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity. 
  
 Each Noteholder or Beneficial Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a Beneficial Owner, a beneficial interest in
a Note, covenants and agrees by accepting the benefits of the Indenture that such Noteholder or Beneficial Owner will not at any time institute against the Trust, or join in any institution against the Trust of, any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Notes; the Indenture, the Trust Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement
(the “Basic Documents”). 
  
 The Trust has
entered into the Indenture and this Note is issued with the intention that, for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes, the Notes will qualify as indebtedness of the Trust secured by the Trust Estate. Each
Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note (and each Beneficial Owner by acceptance of a beneficial interest in a Note), agrees to treat the Notes for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness of the Trust.

  
 Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of
this Note, the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Trust or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other date as may be specified in the Indenture) is registered
as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and none of the Trust, the Indenture Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
  
 The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights
and obligations of the Trust and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Trust with the consent of the Holders of Notes representing a majority of the Class Note Balance of the Outstanding Notes affected
thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of Notes representing specified percentages of the Class Note Balance of Outstanding Notes, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Trust with
certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by 

  

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the Holder of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and
of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. The Indenture also permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited
circumstances, or the waiver of certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of Holders of the Notes issued thereunder. 
  
 The term “Trust” as used in this Note includes any successor to the Trust under the Indenture. 
  
 Initially, each Class of Notes will be represented by one Note registered in
the name of Cede & Co. as nominees of the Clearing Agency. The Notes will be delivered in denominations as provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth. The Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate initial
Class Note Balance of Notes of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. 
  
 THIS NOTE AND THE INDENTURE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS,
AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS. 
  
 No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Trust, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed. 
  
 Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to herein, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 
  

 EX A-6 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has caused this Instrument to be signed, manually or in facsimile, by its
Authorized Officer, as of the date set forth below. 
  
 Dated: May
26, 2005 
  

			
	 ACCREDITED MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST
2005-2

		
	By:	 	 U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
 not in its
individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement

		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory

  

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 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

  
 This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in
the within-mentioned Indenture. 
  
 Dated: May 26, 2005

  

			
	 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
COMPANY,
as Authenticating Agent

		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory

  

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 ASSIGNMENT 
  
 Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee:

  
 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and
transfers unto: 
  
                                       
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
           
 (name and address of assignee) 
  
 the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes
and appoints
                                        
                        , attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises. 
  

			
	 	 	Dated: ________________________________*/
		
	 	 	Signature Guaranteed:
		
	  	 	 _____________________________________*/

  

	*/	NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration,
enlargement or any change whatever. Such signature must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in STAMP or such other
“signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

  

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