Document:

IMPAC CMB TRUST SERIES 2004-9

                                     Issuer

                                       And

                             WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

                                Indenture Trustee

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                                    INDENTURE

                          Dated as of October 28, 2004

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                        COLLATERALIZED ASSET-BACKED BONDS

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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                                                     ARTICLE I

                                                    Definitions

   Section 1.01       Definitions.................................................................................2
   Section 1.02       Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act...........................................2
   Section 1.03       Rules of Construction.......................................................................2

                                                     ARTICLE II

                                             Original Issuance of Bonds

   Section 2.01       Form........................................................................................4
   Section 2.02       Execution, Authentication and Delivery......................................................4
   Section 2.03       Acceptance of Mortgage Loans by Indenture Trustee...........................................5
   Section 2.04       Acceptance of Derivative Contracts and Special Certificate Cap Contract by
                      Indenture Trustee...........................................................................7
   Section 2.05       Conveyance of the Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans.........................................7
   Section 2.06       Conveyance of the Group 2 Subsequent Mortgage Loans.........................................9

                                                    ARTICLE III

                                                     Covenants

   Section 3.01       Collection of Payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans..................................10
   Section 3.02       Maintenance of Office or Agency............................................................10
   Section 3.03       Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust; Paying Agent.......................................10
   Section 3.04       Existence..................................................................................11
   Section 3.05       Payment of Principal and Interest..........................................................12
   Section 3.06       Protection of Trust Estate.................................................................18
   Section 3.07       Opinions as to Trust Estate................................................................19
   Section 3.08       Performance of Obligations.................................................................20
   Section 3.09       Negative Covenants.........................................................................20
   Section 3.10       Annual Statement as to Compliance..........................................................21
   Section 3.11       Representations and Warranties Concerning the Mortgage Loans...............................21
   Section 3.12       Amendments to Servicing Agreement..........................................................21
   Section 3.13       Master Servicer as Agent and Bailee of the Indenture Trustee...............................21
   Section 3.14       Investment Company Act.....................................................................22
   Section 3.15       Issuer May Consolidate, etc................................................................22
   Section 3.16       Successor or Transferee....................................................................24
   Section 3.17       No Other Business..........................................................................24
   Section 3.18       No Borrowing...............................................................................24
   Section 3.19       Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities..........................................24
   Section 3.20       Capital Expenditures.......................................................................24
   Section 3.21       Determination of Bond Interest Rate........................................................25
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   Section 3.22       Restricted Payments........................................................................25
   Section 3.23       Notice of Events of Default................................................................25
   Section 3.24       Further Instruments and Acts...............................................................25
   Section 3.25       Statements to Bondholders..................................................................25
   Section 3.26       Certain Representations Regarding the Trust Estate.........................................25
   Section 3.27       Interest Coverage Accounts.................................................................27
   Section 3.28       [Reserved].................................................................................28
   Section 3.29       Replacement Derivative Contracts...........................................................28
   Section 3.30       Seller Guarantee; Payments Under the Seller Guarantee......................................28
   Section 3.31       Allocation of Realized Losses..............................................................28
   Section 3.32       The Group 1 Pre-Funding Account............................................................29
   Section 3.33       The Group 2 Pre-Funding Account............................................................30
   Section 3.34       Grant of the Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans.............................................30
   Section 3.35       Grant of the Group 2 Subsequent Mortgage Loans...................Error! Bookmark not defined.

                                                     ARTICLE IV

                                 The Bonds; Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

   Section 4.01       The Bonds..................................................................................31
   Section 4.02       Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Bonds; Appointment of
                      Bond Registrar and Certificate Registrar...................................................31
   Section 4.03       Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Bonds.................................................32
   Section 4.04       Persons Deemed Owners......................................................................33
   Section 4.05       Cancellation...............................................................................33
   Section 4.06       Book-Entry Bonds...........................................................................33
   Section 4.07       Notices to Depository......................................................................34
   Section 4.08       Definitive Bonds...........................................................................34
   Section 4.09       Tax Treatment..............................................................................35
   Section 4.10       Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture....................................................35
   Section 4.11       Application of Trust Money.................................................................36
   Section 4.12       [Reserved].................................................................................36
   Section 4.13       Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent...................................................36
   Section 4.14       Temporary Bonds............................................................................36
   Section 4.15       Representation Regarding ERISA.............................................................37

                                                     ARTICLE V

                                                Default and Remedies

   Section 5.01       Events of Default..........................................................................38
   Section 5.02       Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.........................................38
   Section 5.03       Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee..................39
   Section 5.04       Remedies; Priorities.......................................................................41
   Section 5.05       Optional Preservation of the Trust Estate..................................................43
   Section 5.06       Limitation of Suits........................................................................44
   Section 5.07       Unconditional Rights of Bondholders To Receive Principal and Interest......................44
   Section 5.08       Restoration of Rights and Remedies.........................................................45
   Section 5.09       Rights and Remedies Cumulative.............................................................45
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   Section 5.10       Delay or Omission Not a Waiver.............................................................45
   Section 5.11       Control By Bondholders.....................................................................45
   Section 5.12       Waiver of Past Defaults....................................................................46
   Section 5.13       Undertaking for Costs......................................................................46
   Section 5.14       Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws...........................................................46
   Section 5.15       Sale of Trust Estate.......................................................................46
   Section 5.16       Action on Bonds............................................................................48
   Section 5.17       Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations.........................................48

                                                     ARTICLE VI

                                               The Indenture Trustee

   Section 6.01       Duties of Indenture Trustee................................................................50
   Section 6.02       Rights of Indenture Trustee................................................................51
   Section 6.03       Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee.....................................................52
   Section 6.04       Indenture Trustee's Disclaimer.............................................................52
   Section 6.05       Notice of Event of Default.................................................................52
   Section 6.06       Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders and Tax Administration.............................52
   Section 6.07       Compensation and Indemnity.................................................................52
   Section 6.08       Replacement of Indenture Trustee...........................................................53
   Section 6.09       Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger......................................................54
   Section 6.10       Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee..........................54
   Section 6.11       Eligibility; Disqualification..............................................................55
   Section 6.12       Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer...........................................56
   Section 6.13       Representations and Warranties.............................................................56
   Section 6.14       Directions to Indenture Trustee............................................................56
   Section 6.15       The Agents.................................................................................57

                                                    ARTICLE VII

                                           Bondholders' Lists and Reports

   Section 7.01       Issuer To Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Bondholders.....................58
   Section 7.02       Preservation of Information; Communications to Bondholders.................................58
   Section 7.03       Reports of Issuer..........................................................................58
   Section 7.04       Reports by Indenture Trustee...............................................................59
   Section 7.05       Statements to Bondholders..................................................................59

                                                    ARTICLE VIII

                                        Accounts, Disbursements and Releases

   Section 8.01       Collection of Money........................................................................62
   Section 8.02       Trust Accounts.............................................................................62
   Section 8.03       Officer's Certificate......................................................................62
   Section 8.04       Termination Upon Distribution to Bondholders...............................................63
   Section 8.05       Release of Trust Estate....................................................................63
   Section 8.06       Surrender of Bonds Upon Final Payment......................................................63
   Section 8.07       Optional Redemption of the Bonds...........................................................63
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                                                     ARTICLE IX

                                              Supplemental Indentures

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   Section 9.01       Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Bondholders.....................................65
   Section 9.02       Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Bondholders........................................66
   Section 9.03       Execution of Supplemental Indentures.......................................................68
   Section 9.04       Effect of Supplemental Indenture...........................................................68
   Section 9.05       Conformity with Trust Indenture Act........................................................68
   Section 9.06       Reference in Bonds to Supplemental Indentures..............................................68

                                                     ARTICLE X

                                                   Miscellaneous

   Section 10.01      Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc..................................................69
   Section 10.02      Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee...........................................70
   Section 10.03      Acts of Bondholders........................................................................71
   Section 10.04      Notices etc., to Indenture Trustee Issuer and Rating Agencies..............................71
   Section 10.05      Notices to Bondholders; Waiver.............................................................72
   Section 10.06      Conflict with Trust Indenture Act..........................................................73
   Section 10.07      Effect of Headings.........................................................................73
   Section 10.08      Successors and Assigns.....................................................................73
   Section 10.09      Separability...............................................................................73
   Section 10.10      [Reserved].................................................................................73
   Section 10.11      Legal Holidays.............................................................................73
   Section 10.12      GOVERNING LAW..............................................................................73
   Section 10.13      Counterparts...............................................................................74
   Section 10.14      Recording of Indenture.....................................................................74
   Section 10.15      Issuer Obligation..........................................................................74
   Section 10.16      No Petition................................................................................74
   Section 10.17      Inspection.................................................................................74

                                                     ARTICLE XI

                                     Certain Matters Regarding the Bond Insurer

   Section 11.01      Rights of the Bond Insurer to Exercise the Rights of the Class 2-A Bonds...................76
   Section 11.02      Claims Upon the Bond Insurance Policy; Insurance Account...................................76
   Section 11.03      Effect of Payments by the Bond Insurer; Subrogation........................................77
   Section 11.04      Notices and Information to the Bond Insurer................................................77
   Section 11.05      Trustee to Hold Bond Insurance Policy......................................................78
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EXHIBITS

Exhibit A-1    --   Form of Class [_-A-_] Bonds
Exhibit A-2    --   Form of Class M-[_]-[_] Bonds
Exhibit B      --   Mortgage Loan Schedule
Exhibit C      --   Derivative Contracts
Exhibit D      --   Special Certificate Cap Contract
Exhibit E      --   Form of Group 1 Subsequent Transfer Instrument
Appendix A     --   Definitions

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            This Indenture, dated as of October 28, 2004, is entered into
between Impac CMB Trust Series 2004-9, a Delaware statutory trust, as Issuer
(the "Issuer"), and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., a national banking association, as
Indenture Trustee (the "Indenture Trustee").

                                WITNESSETH THAT:

            Each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of the other
party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Issuer's
Collateralized Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2004-9 (the "Bonds").

                                 GRANTING CLAUSE

            The Issuer hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee at the Closing
Date, as trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Bonds, all of the
Issuer's right, title and interest in and to whether now existing or hereafter
created by (a) the Mortgage Loans, Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans and the
proceeds thereof and all rights under the Related Documents; (b) all funds on
deposit from time to time in the Collection Account allocable to the Mortgage
Loans excluding any investment income from such funds; (c) all funds on deposit
from time to time in the Payment Account and in all proceeds thereof; (d) all
funds on deposit from time to time in the Group 1 Pre-Funding Account and in all
proceeds thereof; (e) all rights under (i) the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
as assigned to the Issuer, with respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans, and each
Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement as assigned to the Issuer,
with respect to the Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans, (ii) the Servicing
Agreement and any Subservicing Agreements, (iii) any title, hazard and primary
insurance policies with respect to the Mortgaged Properties, (iv) the Custodial
Agreement and (v) the rights with respect to the Derivative Contracts and the
Special Certificate Cap Contract as assigned to the Issuer; and (f) all present
and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of any or all
of the foregoing and all payments on or under, and all proceeds of every kind
and nature whatsoever in respect of, any or all of the foregoing and all
payments on or under, and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in
the conversion thereof, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid
property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts,
acceptances, checks, deposit accounts, rights to payment of any and every kind,
and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property
which at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of
any of the foregoing (collectively, the "Trust Estate" or the "Collateral").

            The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure the payment of
principal of and interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the
Bonds, equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction, and to
secure compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, all as provided in this
Indenture.

            The Indenture Trustee, as trustee on behalf of the Holders of the
Bonds, acknowledges such Grant, accepts the trust under this Indenture in
accordance with the provisions hereof and agrees to perform its duties as
Indenture Trustee as required herein. The Indenture Trustee agrees that it will
hold the Bond Insurance Policy in trust and that it will hold any proceeds of
any claim made upon the Bond Insurance Policy solely for the use and benefit of
the Holders of the Class 2-A Bonds in accordance with the terms hereof and the
terms of the Bond Insurance Policy.

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                                   ARTICLE I

                                   Definitions

      Section 1.01 Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as
otherwise expressly provided herein or unless the context otherwise requires,
capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
to such terms in the Definitions attached hereto as Appendix A which is
incorporated by reference herein. All other capitalized terms used herein shall
have the meanings specified herein.

      Section 1.02 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. Whenever
this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act (the "TIA"), the
provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The
following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

            "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

            "indenture securities" means the Bonds.

            "indenture security holder" means a Bondholder.

            "indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.

            "indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Indenture
      Trustee.

            "obligor" on the indenture securities means the Issuer and any other
      obligor on the indenture securities.

      All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rules and
have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

      Section 1.03 Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:

                  (i) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

                  (ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
      assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
      as in effect from time to time;

                  (iii) "or" is not exclusive;

                  (iv) "including" means including without limitation;

                  (v) words in the singular include the plural and words in the
      plural include the singular; and

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                  (vi) any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred
      to herein or in any instrument or certificate delivered in connection
      herewith means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time
      amended, modified or supplemented and includes (in the case of agreements
      or instruments) references to all attachments thereto and instruments
      incorporated therein; references to a Person are also to its permitted
      successors and assigns.

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                                   ARTICLE II

                           Original Issuance of Bonds

      Section 2.01 Form. The Class A and Class M Bonds, together with the
Indenture Trustee's certificate of authentication, shall be in substantially the
form set forth in Exhibits A-1 and A-2 to this Indenture, respectively, with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as
are required or permitted by this Indenture.

      The Bonds shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or
produced by any combination of these methods (with or without steel engraved
borders).

      The terms of the Bonds set forth in Exhibits A-1 and A-2 to this Indenture
are part of the terms of this Indenture.

      Section 2.02 Execution, Authentication and Delivery. The Bonds shall be
executed on behalf of the Issuer by any of its Authorized Officers. The
signature of any such Authorized Officer on the Bonds may be manual or
facsimile.

      Bonds bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were at
any time Authorized Officers of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Bonds or did not hold
such offices at the date of such Bonds.

      The Indenture Trustee shall upon Issuer Request authenticate and deliver
the Class 1-A-1, Class 1-A-2, Class 2-A, Class M-1-1, Class M-2-1, Class M-3-1,
Class M-4-1, Class M-5-1, Class M-6-1, Class M-1-2, Class M-2-2, Class M-3-2,
Class M-4-2, Class M-5-2 and Class M-6-2 Bonds for original issue in an
aggregate initial principal amount of $2,060,000,000. The Class 1-A-1 Bonds
shall be issued in an aggregate initial principal amount of $801,325,000, the
Class 1-A-2 Bonds shall be issued in an aggregate initial principal amount of
$89,036,000, the Class 2-A Bonds shall be issued in an aggregate initial
principal amount of $840,039,000, the Class M-1-1 Bonds shall be issued in an
aggregate initial principal amount of $31,799,000, the Class M-2-1 Bonds shall
be issued in an aggregate initial principal amount of $31,799,000, the Class
M-3-1 Bonds shall be issued in an aggregate initial principal amount of
$29,149,000, the Class M-4-1 Bonds shall be issued in an aggregate initial
principal amount of $23,849,000, the Class M-5-1 Bonds shall be issued in an
aggregate initial principal amount of $42,398,000, the Class M-6-1 Bonds shall
be issued in an aggregate initial principal amount of $10,598,000, Class M-1-2
Bonds shall be issued in an aggregate initial principal amount of $30,001,000,
the Class M-2-2 Bonds shall be issued in an aggregate initial principal amount
of $30,001,000, the Class M-3-2 Bonds shall be issued in an aggregate initial
principal amount of $27,501,000, the Class M-4-2 Bonds shall be issued in an
aggregate initial principal amount of $22,501,000, the Class M-5-2 Bonds shall
be issued in an aggregate initial principal amount of $40,002,000 and the Class
M-6-2 Bonds shall be issued in an aggregate initial principal amount of
$10,002,000.

      The Class A-IO-1 Bonds and Class A-IO-2 Bonds will not have a Bond
Principal Balance and will not be entitled to payments of principal. The Class
A-IO-1 Bonds and Class A-IO-2

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Bonds will accrue interest on the related Notional Amount. With respect to the
Class A-IO-1 Bonds immediately prior to the related Payment Date, for the
November 2004 Payment Date, the Notional Amount of the Class A-IO-1 Bonds will
be $1,059,953,000, for the December 2004 Payment Date, $979,724,982, for the
January 2005 Payment Date, $885,961,960, for the February 2005 Payment Date,
$801,171,127, for the March 2005 Payment Date, $724,494,052, for the April 2005
Payment Date, $655,154,494, and for each Payment Date thereafter, $0. With
respect to the Class A-IO-2 Bonds immediately prior to the related Payment Date,
for the November 2004 Payment Date, the Notional Amount of the Class A-IO-1
Bonds will be $1,000,047,000, for the December 2004 Payment Date, $924,353,161,
for the January 2005 Payment Date, $835,889,411, for the February 2005 Payment
Date, $755,890,762, for the March 2005 Payment Date, $683,547,301, for the April
2005 Payment Date, $618,126,657, and for each Payment Date thereafter, $0.

      Each of the Bonds shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Bonds
shall be issuable as registered Bonds and the Bonds shall be issuable in the
minimum initial Bond Principal Balances of $25,000 and in integral multiples of
$1 in excess thereof.

      No Bond shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid
or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Bond a certificate
of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the
Indenture Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories,
and such certificate upon any Bond shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Bond has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.

      Section 2.03 Acceptance of Mortgage Loans by Indenture Trustee. (a) The
Custodian as agent for the Indenture Trustee acknowledges receipt of, subject to
the exceptions it notes pursuant to the procedures described below, the
documents (or certified copies thereof) referred to in Section 2.1(b) of the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, and declares that it holds and will continue
to hold those documents and any amendments, replacements or supplements thereto
and all other assets of the Trust Estate as agent for the Indenture Trustee in
trust for the use and benefit of all present and future Holders of the Bonds. No
later than 45 days after the Closing Date, with respect to the Initial Mortgage
Loans, or the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date, with respect to the related
Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans (or, with respect to any Eligible Substitute
Mortgage Loan, within 5 days after the receipt by the Custodian as agent for the
Indenture Trustee thereof and, with respect to any documents received beyond 45
days after the Closing Date, promptly thereafter), the Custodian as agent for
the Indenture Trustee agrees, for the benefit of the Bondholders, to review each
Mortgage File delivered to it and to execute and deliver, or cause to be
executed and delivered, to the Seller, the Indenture Trustee and the Master
Servicer an Initial Certification in the form annexed to the Custodial Agreement
as Exhibit One. In conducting such review, the Custodian as agent for the
Indenture Trustee will ascertain whether all required documents described in
Section 2.1(b) of (i) the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, with respect to the
Initial Mortgage Loans, and (ii) the applicable Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreements, with respect to the related Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage
Loans, have been executed and received and whether those documents relate,
determined on the basis of the Mortgagor name, original principal balance and
loan number, to the Mortgage Loans it has received, as identified in Exhibit B
to this Indenture, as supplemented (provided, however, that with respect to
those documents described in subclause

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(b)(vii) of such section, the Custodian's obligations shall extend only to
documents actually delivered pursuant to such subclause). In performing any such
review, the Custodian may conclusively rely on the purported due execution and
genuineness of any such document and on the purported genuineness of any
signature thereon. If the Custodian as agent for the Indenture Trustee finds any
document constituting part of the Mortgage File not to have been executed or
received, or to be unrelated to the Mortgage Loans identified in Exhibit B to
this Indenture or to appear to be defective on its face, the Custodian as agent
for the Indenture Trustee shall promptly notify the Seller of such finding and
the Seller's obligation to cure such defect or repurchase or substitute for the
related Mortgage Loan. To the extent the Custodian as agent for the Indenture
Trustee has not received a Mortgage File with respect to any of the Initial
Mortgage Loans by the Closing Date, or any of the related Group 1 Subsequent
Mortgage Loans by the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date, neither the Indenture
Trustee nor the Custodian as agent for the Indenture Trustee shall require the
deposit of cash into the Payment Account or any other account to cover the
amount of that Mortgage Loan and shall solely treat such Mortgage Loan as if it
were in breach of a representation or warranty; provided that the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loans does not exceed 1% of the sum of
the Cut-off Date Balance and the Group 1 Original Pre-Funded Amount.

      (b) No later than 180 days after the Closing Date (with respect to the
Initial Mortgage Loans) or the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date (with respect
to the related Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans), the Custodian as agent for
the Indenture Trustee will review, for the benefit of the Bondholders, the
Mortgage Files and will execute and deliver or cause to be executed and
delivered to the Seller and the Indenture Trustee, a Final Certification in the
form annexed to the Custodial Agreement as Exhibit Two. In conducting such
review, the Custodian as agent for the Indenture Trustee will ascertain whether
an original of each document described in subclauses (b)(ii)-(iv) of Section 2.1
of (i) the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, with respect to the Initial
Mortgage Loans, and (ii) any Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement, with respect to the related Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans,
required to be recorded has been returned from the recording office with
evidence of recording thereon or a certified copy has been obtained from the
recording office. If the Custodian as agent for the Indenture Trustee finds any
document constituting part of the Mortgage File has not been received, or to be
unrelated, determined on the basis of the Mortgagor name, original principal
balance and loan number, to the Mortgage Loans identified in Exhibit B to this
Indenture or to appear defective on its face, the Custodian as agent for the
Indenture Trustee shall promptly notify the Seller.

      (c) Upon deposit of the Repurchase Price in the Payment Account, the
Custodian as agent for the Indenture Trustee shall release to the Seller the
related Mortgage File and shall execute and deliver all instruments of transfer
or assignment, without recourse, furnished to it by the Seller as are necessary
to vest in the Seller title to and rights under the related Mortgage Loan. Such
purchase shall be deemed to have occurred on the date on which the deposit of
the Repurchase Price in the Payment Account was received by the Indenture
Trustee. The Custodian as agent for the Indenture Trustee shall amend the
applicable Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect such repurchase and shall promptly
notify the Master Servicer, the Rating Agencies and the Indenture Trustee of
such amendment.

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      Section 2.04 Acceptance of Derivative Contracts and Special Certificate
Cap Contract by Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee acknowledges receipt of
the Derivative Contracts and the Special Certificate Cap Contract and declares
that it holds and will continue to hold these documents and any amendments,
replacements or supplements thereto and all other assets of the Trust Estate as
Indenture Trustee in trust for the use and benefit of all present and future
Holders of the Bonds. The Indenture Trustee shall enforce the Derivative
Contracts and the Special Certificate Cap Contract in accordance with their
terms.

      Section 2.05 Conveyance of the Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans. (a)
Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b) below and in consideration
of the Indenture Trustee's delivery on the applicable Subsequent Transfer Dates,
to or upon the written order of the Depositor, of all or a portion of the
balance of funds in the Group 1 Pre-Funding Account, the Depositor shall on any
Group 1 Subsequent Transfer Date sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey
without recourse to the Trust Estate, but subject to the other terms and
provisions of this Agreement, all of the right, title and interest of the
Depositor in and to (i) the related Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans identified
on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached to the related Group 1 Subsequent
Transfer Instrument delivered by the Depositor on such Group 1 Subsequent
Transfer Date, (ii) all interest accruing thereon on and after the Subsequent
Cut-off Date (with respect to the Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans) and all
collections in respect of interest and principal due after the Subsequent
Cut-off Date and (iii) all items with respect to such Group 1 Subsequent
Mortgage Loans to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.03 and the other items in
the related Mortgage Files; provided, however, that the Depositor reserves and
retains all right, title and interest in and to principal received and interest
accruing on the Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans prior to the related
Subsequent Cut-off Date. The transfer to the Indenture Trustee for deposit in
the Trust Estate by the Depositor of the Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be absolute and is intended by
the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Bondholders to
constitute and to be treated as a sale of the Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans
by the Depositor to the Trust Estate. The related Mortgage File for each Group 1
Subsequent Mortgage Loan shall be delivered to the Custodian as agent for the
Indenture Trustee at least three (3) Business Days prior to the related
Subsequent Transfer Date.

      The purchase price paid by the Indenture Trustee from amounts released
from the Group 1 Pre-Funding Account shall be one-hundred percent (100%) of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans so
transferred (as identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provided by the
Depositor).

      (b) The Depositor shall transfer to the Indenture Trustee for deposit in
the Trust Estate the applicable Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans and the other
property and rights related thereto as described in paragraph (a) above, and the
Indenture Trustee shall release such applicable funds from the Group 1
Pre-Funding Account, only upon the satisfaction of each of the following
conditions on or prior to the related Group 1 Subsequent Transfer Date:

                  (i) the Depositor shall have provided the Indenture Trustee,
      the Bond Insurer and the Rating Agencies with a timely Addition Notice and
      shall have provided

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      any information reasonably requested by the Indenture Trustee with respect
      to the Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans;

                  (ii) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Indenture
      Trustee a duly executed Group 1 Subsequent Transfer Instrument (which the
      Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to execute), which shall include a
      Mortgage Loan Schedule listing the Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans, and
      the Master Servicer, in its capacity as Originator, shall have delivered a
      computer file containing such Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Custodian and
      the Indenture Trustee at least three (3) Business Days prior to the
      related Group 1 Subsequent Transfer Date;

                  (iii) as of each Group 1 Subsequent Transfer Date, as
      evidenced by delivery of the related Group 1 Subsequent Transfer
      Instrument, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, the Depositor shall
      not be insolvent nor shall it have been rendered insolvent by such
      transfer nor shall it be aware of any pending insolvency;

                  (iv) such sale and transfer shall not result in a material
      adverse tax consequence to the Trust Estate or to the Bondholders;

                  (v) the Funding Period shall not have terminated;

                  (vi) the Depositor shall not have selected the applicable
      Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans in a manner that it believed to be
      adverse to the interests of the Bondholders or the Bond Insurer;

                  (vii) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Indenture
      Trustee the related Group 1 Subsequent Transfer Instrument confirming the
      satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in this Section 2.05
      and, pursuant to such Group 1 Subsequent Transfer Instrument, assigned to
      the Indenture Trustee without recourse for the benefit of the Bondholders
      all the right, title and interest of the Depositor, in, to and under the
      applicable Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, to the
      extent of the related Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans; and

                  (viii) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Indenture
      Trustee an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Indenture Trustee and the
      Rating Agencies with respect to the transfer of the applicable Group 1
      Subsequent Mortgage Loans substantially in the form of the Opinion of
      Counsel delivered to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date regarding
      the validity of the conveyance and the true sale of such Group 1
      Subsequent Mortgage Loans.

      (c) The obligation of the Trust Estate to purchase a Group 1 Subsequent
Mortgage Loan on any Subsequent Transfer Date is subject to the satisfaction of
the conditions set forth in the immediately following paragraph and the accuracy
of the following representations and warranties with respect to each such Group
1 Subsequent Mortgage Loan determined as of the applicable Subsequent Cut-off
Date: (i) such Mortgage Loan may not be 30 or more days delinquent as of the
last day of the month preceding the Subsequent Cut-off Date; (ii) the original

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term to stated maturity of such Mortgage Loan will be 360 months; (iii) each
Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loan must be an adjustable-rate mortgage loan with a
first lien on the related mortgaged property; (iv) no Group 1 Subsequent
Mortgage Loan will have a first payment date occurring after January 1, 2005;
(v) the latest maturity date of any Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loan will be no
later than January 1, 2035; (vi) none of the Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans
will be a buydown loan; (vii) such Mortgage Loan will have a credit score of not
less than 504; (viii) such Mortgage Loan will have a Mortgage Rate as of the
applicable Subsequent Cut-off Date ranging from approximately 1.99% per annum to
approximately 14.500% per annum; (ix) none of the Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage
loans will be a New York State "high cost" loan; and (x) such Group 1 Subsequent
Mortgage Loan shall have been underwritten in accordance with the criteria set
forth under "The Mortgage Pool--Underwriting Standards" in the Prospectus
Supplement.

      (d) In addition, following the purchase of any Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage
Loan by the Trust, the applicable Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans will as of
the related Subsequent Cut-off Date: (i) have a weighted average Mortgage Rate
ranging from 5.000% to 7.000% per annum; (ii) consist of Mortgage Loans with
prepayment charges representing no less than approximately 70% of the Pool
Balance; (iii) have a weighted average credit score ranging from 600 to 710;
(iv) have no more than 70% of such Mortgage Loans concentrated in the state of
California; (v) have no less than 75% of the mortgaged properties securing Group
1 Loans be owner occupied; (vi) have no less than 70% of the mortgaged
properties securing Group 1 Loans be single family detached and de minimis
planned unit developments; (vii) have no more than 40% of the Group 1 Loans be
cash-out refinance; (viii) not have any of such group of Group 1 Subsequent
Mortgage Loans with a loan-to-value ratio greater than 80% not be covered by a
Primary Insurance Policy or the Radian Lender-Paid PMI Policy; (ix) have no more
than 78% of the Group 1 Loans be Mortgage Loans with an interest only period;
and (x) together with the Group 1 Loans already included in the trust, have no
more than 1.5% of such Mortgage Loans (by aggregate Stated Principal Balance as
of the Subsequent Cut-off Date) secured by mortgaged properties located in any
one zip code.

      (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loan
may be rejected by any Rating Agency if the inclusion of any such Group 1
Subsequent Mortgage Loan would adversely affect the ratings of the Bonds. In
addition, minor variances from the characteristics stated above will be
permitted with the consent of the Rating Agencies so long as there are
compensating factors, and the consent of the Rating Agencies to any group of
Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans shall mean that the representations and
warranties set forth in clauses (c) and (d) above are accurate; provided,
however, that the information furnished to the Rating Agencies in respect of
such Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans is true and correct in all material
respects. At least one (1) Business Day prior to the applicable Group 1
Subsequent Transfer Date, each Rating Agency shall notify the Indenture Trustee
as to which Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans, if any, shall not be included in
the transfer on such Group 1 Subsequent Transfer Date; provided, however, that
the Master Servicer, in its capacity as Originator, shall have delivered to each
Rating Agency at least three (3) Business Days prior to such Group 1 Subsequent
Transfer Date a computer file acceptable to each Rating Agency describing the
characteristics specified in paragraphs (c) and (d) above.

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                                  ARTICLE III

                                    Covenants

      Section 3.01 Collection of Payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Indenture Trustee shall establish and maintain an Eligible Account (the
"Payment Account") in which the Indenture Trustee shall, subject to the terms of
this paragraph, deposit, on the same day as it is received from the Master
Servicer, each remittance received by the Indenture Trustee with respect to the
Mortgage Loans. The Indenture Trustee shall make all payments of principal of
and interest on the Bonds, subject to Section 3.03 as provided in Section 3.05
herein from monies on deposit in the Payment Account.

      Section 3.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Issuer will maintain an
office or agency where, subject to satisfaction of conditions set forth herein,
Bonds may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where
notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Bonds and this
Indenture may be served. The Issuer hereby initially appoints the Indenture
Trustee to serve as its agent for the foregoing purposes. If at any time the
Issuer shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to furnish
the Indenture Trustee with the address thereof, such surrenders may be made at
the office of the Indenture Trustee located at Sixth and Marquette, Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55479-0113, Attention: Corporate Trust Services IMH Assets Corp.,
Series 2004-9, and notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate
Trust Office, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as its agent
to receive all such surrenders, notices and demands.

      Section 3.03 Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust; Paying Agent. (a) As
provided in Section 3.01, all payments of amounts due and payable with respect
to any Bonds that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Payment Account
pursuant to Section 3.01 shall be made on behalf of the Issuer by the Indenture
Trustee or by the Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from the Payment
Account for payments of Bonds shall be paid over to the Issuer except as
provided in this Section 3.03. The Issuer hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee
as its Paying Agent.

      The Issuer will cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee
to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee 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:

                  (i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due
      with respect to the Bonds 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;

                  (ii) give the Indenture Trustee and the Bond Insurer notice of
      any default by the Issuer of which it has actual knowledge in the making
      of any payment required to be made with respect to the Bonds;

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                  (iii) at any time during the continuance of any such default,
      upon the written request of the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the
      Indenture Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent;

                  (iv) immediately resign as Paying Agent and forthwith pay to
      the Indenture Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment of
      Bonds if at any time it ceases to meet the standards required to be met by
      a Paying Agent at the time of its appointment;

                  (v) comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to
      the withholding from any payments made by it on any Bonds of any
      applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any
      applicable reporting requirements in connection therewith; and

                  (vi) not commence a bankruptcy proceeding against the Issuer
      in connection with this Indenture.

      The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer Request
direct any Paying Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust
by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Indenture Trustee upon the
same trusts as those upon which the sums were held by such Paying Agent; and
upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying
Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

      Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds, any money
held by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment of
any amount due with respect to any Bond (other than amounts paid under the Bond
Insurance Policy) and remaining unclaimed for one year after such amount has
become due and payable shall be discharged from such trust and be paid to the
Issuer on Issuer Request; and the Holder of such Bond shall thereafter, as an
unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof (but
only to the extent of the amounts so paid to the Issuer), and all liability of
the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money
shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee or such
Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, shall at the
expense and direction of the Issuer cause to be published once, in an Authorized
Newspaper published in the English language, notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein which shall not be less than
30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money
then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee may also
adopt and employ, at the expense and direction of the Issuer, any other
reasonable means of notification of such repayment (including, but not limited
to, mailing notice of such repayment to Holders whose Bonds have been called but
have not been surrendered for redemption or whose right to or interest in monies
due and payable but not claimed is determinable from the records of the
Indenture Trustee or of any Paying Agent, at the last address of record for each
such Holder).

      Section 3.04 Existence. The Issuer will keep in full effect its existence,
rights and franchises as a statutory trust under the laws of the State of
Delaware (unless it becomes, or any

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successor Issuer hereunder is or becomes, organized under the laws of any other
state or of the United States of America, in which case the Issuer will keep in
full effect its existence, rights and franchises under the laws of such other
jurisdiction) 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 Bonds, the
Mortgage Loans and each other instrument or agreement included in the Trust
Estate.

      Section 3.05 Payment of Principal and Interest. (a) On each Payment Date
from amounts on deposit in the Payment Account in accordance with Section 8.02
hereof, the Indenture Trustee shall pay to the Persons specified below, to the
extent provided therein, the Available Funds for such Payment Date and any Class
2-A Insured Amount for such Payment Date; provided, however, that any amounts
representing payments from the Bond Insurer shall only be used to pay interest
and principal to the Class 2-A Bondholders pursuant to clauses (f)(i) and (g)
below.

      (b) On each Payment Date, the Group 1 Available Funds shall be distributed
in the following order of priority, in each case to the extent of the Group 1
Available Funds remaining for such Payment Date:

                  (i) concurrently, to the Holders of the Class 1-A-1, Class
      1-A-2 and Class A-IO-1 Bonds, the related Accrued Bond Interest for such
      Class for such Payment Date;

                  (ii) to the Holders of the Class M-1-1 Bonds, the related
      Accrued Bond Interest for such Class for such Payment Date;

                  (iii) to the Holders of the Class M-2-1 Bonds, the related
      Accrued Bond Interest for such Class for such Payment Date;

                  (iv) to the Holders of the Class M-3-1 Bonds, the related
      Accrued Bond Interest for such Class for such Payment Date;

                  (v) to the Holders of the Class M-4-1 Bonds, the related
      Accrued Bond Interest for such Class for such Payment Date;

                  (vi) to the Holders of the Class M-5-1 Bonds, the related
      Accrued Bond Interest for such Class for such Payment Date; and

                  (vii) to the Holders of the Class M-6-1 Bonds, the related
      Accrued Bond Interest for such Class for such Payment Date.

      (c) On each Payment Date, the Holders of the Group 1 Bonds, other than the
Class A-IO-1 Bonds, shall be entitled to receive payments in respect of
principal equal the related Principal Distribution Amount for that Payment Date,
allocated on a pro rata basis, based on the Bond Principal Balances thereof, in
reduction of the Bond Principal Balances thereof, until the Bond Principal
Balances thereof have been reduced to zero.

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      (d) On each Payment Date, any Net Monthly Excess Cashflow in respect of
the Group 1 Loans shall be paid as follows:

                  (i) to the Holders of the Group 1 Bonds, pro rata, an amount
      equal to any related Undercollateralized Amount, payable to such Holders
      of the Group 1 Bonds as part of the related Principal Distribution Amount
      as described under Section 3.05(c) above;

                  (ii) to the Holders of the Group 2 Bonds, pro rata, an amount
      equal to any related Undercollateralized Amount, payable to such Holders
      of the Group 2 Bonds as part of the related Principal Distribution Amount
      as described under Section 3.05(g) below;

                  (iii) if Loan Group 1 is an Undercollateralized Loan Group, to
      the Holders of the Group 1 Bonds, pro rata, an amount in respect of
      principal equal to any remaining outstanding Subordinated Transfer
      Realized Loss Amount, payable to such Holders of the Group 1 Bonds as part
      of the related Principal Distribution Amount as described under Section
      3.05(c) above, until either (a) such amount has been reduced to zero or
      (b) the Overcollateralized Amount for Loan Group 2 is equal to the Group 2
      Overcollateralization Target Amount;

                  (iv) to the Holders of the Group 1 Bonds, pro rata, an amount
      equal to any Realized Losses on the Group 1 Loans during the related Due
      Period, payable to such Holders of the Group 1 Bonds as part of the
      related Principal Distribution Amount as described under Section 3.05(c)
      above, but not greater than the amount required to increase the
      Overcollateralized Amount for Loan Group 1 to the Group 1
      Overcollateralization Target Amount;

                  (v) to the Holders of the Group 2 Bonds, pro rata, an amount
      equal to any Realized Losses on the Group 2 Loans during the related Due
      Period, to the extent unreimbursed by Net Monthly Excess Cashflow for the
      Group 2 Loans on that Payment Date, payable to such Holders of the Group 2
      Bonds as part of the related Principal Distribution Amount as described
      under Section 3.05(g) below, but not greater than the amount required to
      increase the Overcollateralized Amount for Loan Group 2 to the Group 2
      Overcollateralization Target Amount;

                  (vi) to the Bond Insurer, the aggregate of all payments, if
      any, made by the Bond Insurer under the Bond Insurance Policy with respect
      to the Class 2-A Bonds, including interest thereon, to the extent not
      previously paid or reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.05(h)(i) below;

                  (vii) to the Holders of the Class 1-A-1 Bonds and Class 1-A-2
      Bonds and the Class M-1-1, Class M-2-1, Class M-3-1, Class M-4-1, Class
      M-5-1 and Class M-6-1 Bonds, pro rata, an amount equal to any related
      Overcollateralization Increase Amount, payable to such Holders as part of
      the related Principal Distribution Amount as described under Section
      3.05(c) above;

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                  (viii) to the Holders of the Group 2 Bonds, pro rata, an
      amount equal to any related Overcollateralization Increase Amount
      resulting from any previously unreimbursed Realized Losses on the Group 2
      Loans, to the extent that such Realized Losses have not been reimbursed by
      related and non-related Net Monthly Excess Cashflow on prior Payment
      Dates, payable to such Holders of the Group 2 Bonds as part of the related
      Principal Distribution Amount as described under Section 3.05(g) below;

                  (ix) first, to the Holders of the Class 1-A-2 Bonds, and
      second, to the Holders of the Underlying Class M-1-1, Class M-1-2, Class
      M-2-1, Class M-2-2, Class M-3-1, Class M-3-2, Class M-4-1, Class M-4-2,
      Class M-5-1, Class M-5-2, Class M-6-1 and Class M-6-2 Bonds, in that
      order, in an amount equal to the Allocated Realized Loss Amount for such
      Classes of Bonds, except that in the case of the non-related Underlying
      Class M Bonds, to the extent not covered by non-related Net Monthly Excess
      Cashflow;

                  (x) first, concurrently to the Holders of the Class 1-A-1
      Bonds and Class 1-A-2 Bonds, and second, to the Underlying Class M-1-1,
      Class M-2-1, Class M-3-1, Class M-4-1, Class M-5-1 and Class M-6-1 Bonds,
      in that order, any Unpaid Interest Shortfall for such Bonds on such
      Payment Date, to the extent not previously reimbursed

                  (xi) first, concurrently to the Holders of the Class 1-A-1
      Bonds and Class 1-A-2 Bonds, and second, sequentially to the Holders of
      the Class M-1-1, Class M-2-1, Class M-3-1, Class M-4-1, Class M-5-1 and
      Class M-6-1 Bonds, in that order, any related Basis Risk Shortfall
      Carry-Forward Amount for such Bonds on such Payment Date, to the extent
      not covered by the Derivative Contracts;

                  (xii) to the Indenture Trustee for amounts owed the Indenture
      Trustee hereunder remaining unpaid; and

                  (xiii) any remaining amounts will be distributed to the
      Certificate Paying Agent, as designee of the Issuer, for the benefit of
      the Holders of the Owner Trust Certificates.

      (e) With respect to the Derivative Contracts and on each Payment Date, the
Net Derivative Contract Payment Amount with respect to such Payment Date shall
be distributed in the following order of priority, in each case to the extent of
amounts available:

                  (i) concurrently to the Holders of the Class 1-A-1, Class
      1-A-2 and Class 2-A Bonds, pro rata, any related Basis Risk Shortfall
      Carry-Forward Amount for such Payment Date;

                  (ii) to the Class M-1-1 Bonds and Class M-1-2 Bonds, pro rata,
      any related Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount for such Payment
      Date;

                  (iii) to the Class M-2-1 Bonds and Class M-2-2 Bonds, pro
      rata, any related Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount for such
      Payment Date;

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                  (iv) to the Class M-3-1 Bonds and Class M-3-2 Bonds, pro rata,
      any related Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount for such Payment
      Date;

                  (v) to the Class M-4-1 Bonds and Class M-4-2 Bonds, pro rata,
      any related Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount for such Payment
      Date;

                  (vi) to the Class M-5-1 Bonds and Class M-5-2 Bonds, pro rata,
      any related Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount for such Payment
      Date;

                  (vii) to the Class M-5-1 Bonds and Class M-6-2 Bonds, pro
      rata, any related Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount for such
      Payment Date;

                  (viii) on or after the Payment Date in November 2005, any
      remaining amounts, up to a cumulative amount equal to $180,000,000, shall
      be included in the Net Monthly Excess Cashflow for the Group 1 Loans and
      the Group 2 Loans, pro rata, based on the aggregate Stated Principal
      Balances of the Group 1 Loans and Group 2 Loans, and shall be used as
      described in Section 3.05(d) above and Section 3.05(h) below; and

                  (ix) any remaining amounts will be distributed to the
      Certificate Paying Agent, as designee of the Issuer, for the benefit of
      the Holders of the Owner Trust Certificates.

      (f) On each Payment Date, the Group 2 Available Funds and any Class 2-A
Insured Amount shall be distributed in the following order of priority, in each
case to the extent of the Group 2 Available Funds and any Class 2-A Insured
Amount remaining for such Payment Date:

                  (i) concurrently to the Holders of the Class 2-A Bonds and
      Class A-IO-2 Bonds, the related Accrued Bond Interest for such Class for
      such Payment Date;

                  (ii) to the Holders of the Class M-1-2 Bonds, the related
      Accrued Bond Interest for such Class for such Payment Date;

                  (iii) to the Holders of the Class M-2-2 Bonds, the related
      Accrued Bond Interest for such Class for such Payment Date;

                  (iv) to the Holders of the Class M-3-2 Bonds, the related
      Accrued Bond Interest for such Class for such Payment Date;

                  (v) to the Holders of the Class M-4-2 Bonds, the related
      Accrued Bond Interest for such Class for such Payment Date;

                  (vi) to the Holders of the Class M-5-2 Bonds, the related
      Accrued Bond Interest for such Class for such Payment Date; and

                  (vii) to the Holders of the Class M-6-2 Bonds, the related
      Accrued Bond Interest for such Class for such Payment Date.

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      (g) On each Payment Date, the Holders of the Group 2 Bonds, other than the
Class A-IO-2 Bonds, shall be entitled to receive payments in respect of
principal equal the related Principal Distribution Amount for that Payment Date,
allocated on a pro rata basis, in reduction of the Bond Principal Balance
thereof, until the Bond Principal Balance thereof have been reduced to zero.

      (h) On each Payment Date, any Net Monthly Excess Cashflow in respect of
the Group 2 Loans shall be paid as follows:

                  (i) to the Bond Insurer, the aggregate of all payments, if
      any, made by the Bond Insurer under the Bond Insurance Policy with respect
      to the Class 2-A Bonds, including interest thereon, to the extent not
      previously paid or reimbursed;

                  (ii) to the Holders of the Group 2 Bonds, pro rata, an amount
      equal to any related Undercollateralized Amount, payable to such Holders
      of the Group 2 Bonds as part of the related Principal Distribution Amount
      as described under Section 3.05(g) above;

                  (iii) to the Holders of the Group 1 Bonds, pro rata, an amount
      equal to any related Undercollateralized Amount, payable to such Holders
      of the Group 1 Bonds as part of the related Principal Distribution Amount
      as described under Section 3.05(c) above;

                  (iv) if Loan Group 2 is an Undercollateralized Loan Group, to
      the Holders of the Group 2 Bonds, pro rata, an amount in respect of
      principal equal to any remaining outstanding Subordinated Transfer
      Realized Loss Amount, payable to such Holders of the Group 2 Bonds as part
      of the related Principal Distribution Amount as described under Section
      3.05(g) above, until either (a) such amount has been reduced to zero or
      (b) the Overcollateralized Amount for Loan Group 1 is equal to the Group 1
      Overcollateralization Target Amount;

                  (v) to the Holders of the Group 2 Bonds, pro rata, an amount
      equal to any Realized Losses on the Group 2 Loans during the related Due
      Period, payable to such Holders of the Group 2 Bonds as part of the
      related Principal Distribution Amount as described under Section 3.05(g)
      above, but not greater than the amount required to increase the
      Overcollateralized Amount for Loan Group 2 to the Group 2
      Overcollateralization Target Amount;

                  (vi) to the Holders of the Group 1 Bonds, pro rata, an amount
      equal to any Realized Losses on the Group 1 Loans during the related Due
      Period, to the extent unreimbursed by Net Monthly Excess Cashflow for the
      Group 1 Loans on that Payment Date, payable to such Holders of the Group 1
      Bonds as part of the related Principal Distribution Amount as described
      under Section 3.05(c) above, but not greater than the amount required to
      increase the Overcollateralized Amount for Loan Group 1 to the Group 1
      Overcollateralization Target Amount;

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                  (vii) to the Holders of the Class 2-A Bonds and the Class
      M-1-2, Class M-2-2, Class M-3-2, Class M-4-2, Class M-5-2 and Class M-6-2
      Bonds, pro rata, an amount equal to any related Overcollateralization
      Increase Amount, payable to such Holders as part of the related Principal
      Distribution Amount as described under Section 3.05(g) above;

                  (viii) to the Holders of the Group 1 Bonds, pro rata, an
      amount equal to any related Overcollateralization Increase Amount
      resulting from any previously unreimbursed Realized Losses on the Group 1
      Loans, to the extent that such Realized Losses have not been reimbursed by
      related and non-related Net Monthly Excess Cashflow on prior Payment
      Dates, payable to such Holders of the Group 1 Bonds as part of the related
      Principal Distribution Amount as described under Section 3.05(c) above;

                  (ix) to the Holders of the Class M-1-2, Class M-1-1, Class
      M-2-2, Class M-2-1, Class M-3-2, Class M-3-1, Class M-4-2, Class M-4-1,
      Class M-5-2, Class M-5-1, Class M-6-2 and Class M-6-1 Bonds, in that
      order, in an amount equal to the Allocated Realized Loss Amount for such
      classes of the Underlying Class M Bonds, in each case to the extent not
      covered by non-related Net Monthly Excess Cashflow for a non-related
      Underlying Class M Bond;

                  (x) to the Holders of the Class 2-A Bonds and then to the
      Class M-1-2, Class M-2-2, Class M-3-2, Class M-4-2, Class M-5-2 and Class
      M-6-2 Bonds, in that order, any Unpaid Interest Shortfall for such Bonds
      on such Payment Date, to the extent not previously reimbursed;

                  (xi) to the Holders of the Class 2-A Bonds and Underlying
      Class M-1-2, Class M-2-2, Class M-3-2, Class M-4-2, Class M-5-2 and Class
      M-6-2 Bonds, in that order, any related Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward
      Amount for such Bonds on such Payment Date, to the extent not covered by
      the Derivative Contracts, as applicable;

                  (xii) to the Indenture Trustee for amounts owed the Indenture
      Trustee hereunder remaining unpaid; and

                  (xiii) any remaining amounts will be distributed to the
      Certificate Paying Agent, as designee of the Issuer, for the benefit of
      the Holders of the Owner Trust Certificates.

      (i) [reserved].

      (j) On each Payment Date any amounts received in respect of the Special
Certificate Cap Contract shall be distributed to the Certificate Paying Agent,
as designee of the Issuer, for the benefit of the Holders of the Owner Trust
Certificates.

      (k) Each distribution with respect to a Book-Entry Bond shall be paid to
the Depository, as Holder thereof, and the Depository shall be responsible for
crediting the amount of such distribution to the accounts of its Depository
Participants in accordance with its normal procedures. Each Depository
Participant shall be responsible for disbursing such distribution to

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the Bond Owners that it represents and to each indirect participating brokerage
firm (a "brokerage firm" or "indirect participating firm") for which it acts as
agent. Each brokerage firm shall be responsible for disbursing funds to the Bond
Owners that it represents. None of the Indenture Trustee, the Bond Registrar,
the Paying Agent, the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall have any
responsibility therefor except as otherwise provided by this Indenture or
applicable law.

      (l) On each Payment Date, the Certificate Paying Agent shall deposit in
the Certificate Distribution Account all amounts it received pursuant to this
Section 3.05 for the purpose of distributing such funds to the
Certificateholders.

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

      (n) The principal of each Bond shall be due and payable in full on the
Final Scheduled Payment Date for such Bond as provided in the forms of Bond set
forth in Exhibits A-1 and A-2 to this Indenture. All principal payments on the
Bonds shall be made to the Bondholders entitled thereto in accordance with the
Percentage Interests represented by such Bonds. Upon notice to the Indenture
Trustee by the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee shall notify the Person in whose
name a Bond is registered at the close of business on the Record Date preceding
the Final Scheduled Payment Date or other final Payment Date (including any
final Payment Date resulting from any redemption pursuant to Section 8.07
hereof). Such notice shall to the extent practicable be mailed no later than
five Business Days prior to such Final Scheduled Payment Date or other final
Payment Date and shall specify that payment of the principal amount and any
interest due with respect to such Bond at the Final Scheduled Payment Date or
other final Payment Date will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of
such Bond and shall specify the place where such Bond may be presented and
surrendered for such final payment. No interest shall accrue on the Bonds on or
after the Final Scheduled Payment Date or any such other final Payment Date.

      The Issuer hereby designates the Indenture Trustee its agent and
attorney-in-fact to sign any financing statement, continuation statement or
other instrument required to be signed pursuant to this Section 3.05 upon the
Issuer's preparation thereof and delivery to the Indenture Trustee.

      Section 3.06 Protection of Trust Estate. (a) The Issuer will from time to
time prepare, execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto and
all such financing

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statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other
instruments, and will take such other action necessary or advisable to:

                  (i) maintain or preserve the lien and security interest (and
      the priority thereof) of this Indenture or carry out more effectively the
      purposes hereof;

                  (ii) perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any
      Grant made or to be made by this Indenture;

                  (iii) cause the Issuer or Master Servicer to enforce any of
      the rights to the Mortgage Loans; or

                  (iv) preserve and defend title to the Trust Estate and the
      rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Bondholders in such Trust Estate
      against the claims of all persons and parties.

      (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, 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 date of the most recent Opinion of Counsel delivered
pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof (or from the jurisdiction in which it was held
as described in the Opinion of Counsel delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to
Section 3.07(a) hereof, or if no Opinion of Counsel has yet been delivered
pursuant to Section 3.07(b) hereof, unless the Indenture Trustee shall have
first received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the lien and security
interest created by this Indenture with respect to such property will continue
to be maintained after giving effect to such action or actions).

      The Issuer hereby designates the Indenture Trustee its agent and
attorney-in-fact to sign any financing statement, continuation statement or
other instrument required to be signed pursuant to this Section 3.06 upon the
Issuer's preparation thereof and delivery to the Indenture Trustee.

      Section 3.07 Opinions as to Trust Estate. (a) On the Closing Date, the
Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has
been taken with respect to the recording and filing of this Indenture, any
indentures supplemental hereto, and any other requisite documents, and with
respect to the execution and filing of any financing statements and continuation
statements, as are necessary to perfect and make effective the lien and first
priority security interest in the Collateral and reciting the details of such
action, or stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is
necessary to make such lien and first priority security interest effective.

      (b) On or before April 15 in each calendar year, beginning in 2005, the
Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel at the
expense of the Issuer either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such
action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and
refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other
requisite documents and with respect to the execution and filing of any
financing statements and continuation statements as is necessary to maintain the
lien and first priority

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security interest in the Collateral 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 the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any
indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and the
execution and filing of any financing statements and continuation statements
that will, in the opinion of such counsel, be required to maintain the lien and
security interest in the Collateral until December 31 in the following calendar
year.

      Section 3.08 Performance of Obligations. (a) The Issuer will punctually
perform and observe all of its obligations and agreements contained in this
Indenture, the Basic Documents and in the instruments and agreements included in
the Trust Estate.

      (b) The Issuer may contract with other Persons to assist it in performing
its duties under this Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person
identified to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer's Certificate of the Issuer
shall be deemed to be action taken by the Issuer.

      (c) The Issuer will not take any action or permit any action to be taken
by others which would release any Person from any of such Person's covenants or
obligations under any of the documents relating to the Mortgage Loans or under
any instrument included in the Trust Estate, or which would result in the
amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair
the validity or effectiveness of, any of the documents relating to the Mortgage
Loans or any such instrument, except such actions as the Master Servicer is
expressly permitted to take in the Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee
may exercise the rights of the Issuer to direct the actions of the Master
Servicer pursuant to the Servicing Agreement.

      (d) The Issuer may retain an administrator and may enter into contracts
with other Persons for the performance of the Issuer's obligations hereunder,
and performance of such obligations by such Persons shall be deemed to be
performance of such obligations by the Issuer.

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

                  (i) except as expressly permitted by this Indenture, sell,
      transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of the Trust Estate, unless
      directed to do so by the Indenture Trustee;

                  (ii) claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the
      principal or interest payable in respect of, the Bonds (other than amounts
      properly withheld from such payments under the Code) or assert any claim
      against any present or former Bondholder by reason of the payment of the
      taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Trust Estate;

                  (iii) (A) permit the validity or effectiveness of this
      Indenture to be impaired, or permit the lien of this Indenture to be
      amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit
      any Person to be released from any covenants or obligations with respect
      to the Bonds under this Indenture except as may be expressly

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      permitted hereby, (B) permit any lien, charge, excise, claim, security
      interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (other than the lien of this
      Indenture) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden
      the Trust Estate or any part thereof or any interest therein or the
      proceeds thereof or (C) permit the lien of this Indenture not to
      constitute a valid first priority security interest in the Trust Estate;
      or

                  (iv) waive or impair, or fail to assert rights under, the
      Mortgage Loans, or impair or cause to be impaired the Issuer's interest in
      the Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or in any Basic
      Document, if any such action would materially and adversely affect the
      interests of the Bondholders.

      Section 3.10 Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Issuer will deliver to
the Indenture Trustee, by March 1 of each year commencing with the calendar year
2005, an Officer's Certificate stating, as to the Authorized Officer signing
such Officer's Certificate, that:

                  (i) a review of the activities of the Issuer during the
      previous calendar year and of its performance under this Indenture has
      been made under such Authorized Officer's supervision; and

                  (ii) to the best of such Authorized Officer's knowledge, based
      on such review, the Issuer has complied with all conditions and covenants
      under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default
      in its compliance with any such condition or covenant, specifying each
      such default known to such Authorized Officer and the nature and status
      thereof.

      Section 3.11 Representations and Warranties Concerning the Mortgage Loans.
The Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Mortgage Loans, has the benefit of the
representations and warranties made by the Seller in (i) the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement concerning the Seller and the Initial Mortgage Loans and (ii)
any Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement concerning the Seller
and the Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans to the same extent as though such
representations and warranties were made directly to the Indenture Trustee. If a
Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge of any breach
of any representation or warranty made by the Seller in the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement or in the applicable Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall promptly notify the Seller of
such finding and the Seller's obligation to cure such defect or repurchase or
substitute for the related Mortgage Loan.

      Section 3.12 Amendments to Servicing Agreement. The Issuer covenants with
the Indenture Trustee that it will not enter into any amendment or supplement to
the Servicing Agreement without the prior written consent of the Indenture
Trustee.

      Section 3.13 Master Servicer as Agent and Bailee of the Indenture Trustee.
Solely for purposes of perfection under Section 9-305 of the Uniform Commercial
Code or other similar applicable law, rule or regulation of the state in which
such property is held by the Master Servicer, the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee hereby acknowledge that the Master Servicer is acting as bailee of the
Indenture Trustee in holding amounts on deposit in the Collection

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Account, as well as its bailee in holding any Related Documents released to the
Master Servicer, and any other items constituting a part of the Trust Estate
which from time to time come into the possession of the Master Servicer. It is
intended that, by the Master Servicer's acceptance of such bailee arrangement,
the Indenture Trustee, as a secured party of the Mortgage Loans, will be deemed
to have possession of such Related Documents, such monies and such other items
for purposes of Section 9-305 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the state in
which such property is held by the Master Servicer. The Indenture Trustee shall
not be liable with respect to such documents, monies or items while in
possession of the Master Servicer.

      Section 3.14 Investment Company Act. The Issuer shall not become an
"investment company" or be under the "control" of an "investment company" as
such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (or any
successor or amendatory statute), and the rules and regulations thereunder
(taking into account not only the general definition of the term "investment
company" but also any available exceptions to such general definition);
provided, however, that the Issuer shall be in compliance with this Section 3.14
if it shall have obtained an order exempting it from regulation as an
"investment company" so long as it is in compliance with the conditions imposed
in such order.

      Section 3.15 Issuer May Consolidate, etc. (a) The Issuer shall not
consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, unless:

                  (i) the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or
      surviving such consolidation or merger shall be a Person organized and
      existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or
      the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture
      supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in
      form reasonably satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the due and
      punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Bonds, and the
      payment of the Bond Insurance Premium and all other amounts payable to the
      Bond Insurer, the Indenture Trustee and the Derivative Counterparty, the
      payment to the Certificate Paying Agent of all amounts due to the
      Certificateholders, and the performance or observance of every agreement
      and covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed
      or observed, all as provided herein;

                  (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
      Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

                  (iii) the Rating Agencies shall have notified the Issuer that
      such transaction shall not cause the rating of the Bonds to be reduced,
      suspended or withdrawn or to be considered by either Rating Agency to be
      below investment grade;

                  (iv) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and
      shall have delivered a copy thereof to the Indenture Trustee) to the
      effect that such transaction will not (A) result in a "substantial
      modification" of the Bonds under Treasury Regulation section 1.1001-3, or
      adversely affect the status of the Bonds as indebtedness for federal
      income tax purposes, or (B) if 100% of the Certificates are not owned by
      IMH

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      Assets Corp., cause the Trust to be subject to an entity level tax for
      federal income tax purposes;

                  (v) any action that is necessary to maintain the lien and
      security interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken; and

                  (vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee
      an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
      consolidation or merger and such supplemental indenture comply with this
      Article III and that all conditions precedent herein provided for or
      relating to such transaction have been complied with (including any filing
      required by the Exchange Act), and that such supplemental indenture is
      enforceable.

      (b) The Issuer shall not convey or transfer any of its properties or
assets, including those included in the Trust Estate, to any Person, unless:

                  (i) the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer the
      properties and assets of the Issuer, the conveyance or transfer of which
      is hereby restricted, shall (A) be a United States citizen or a Person
      organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or
      any state thereof, (B) expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental
      hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form
      satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the
      principal of and interest on all Bonds and the payment of the Bond
      Insurance Premium and all other amounts payable to the Bond Insurer and
      Derivative Counterparty and the performance or observance of every
      agreement and covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be
      performed or observed, all as provided herein, (C) expressly agree by
      means of such supplemental indenture that all right, title and interest so
      conveyed or transferred shall be subject and subordinate to the rights of
      the Holders of the Bonds, (D) unless otherwise provided in such
      supplemental indenture, expressly agree to indemnify, defend and hold
      harmless the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Bond Insurer against
      and from any loss, liability or expense arising under or related to this
      Indenture and the Bonds and (E) expressly agree by means of such
      supplemental indenture that such Person (or if a group of Persons, then
      one specified Person) shall make all filings with the Commission (and any
      other appropriate Person) required by the Exchange Act in connection with
      the Bonds;

                  (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
      Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

                  (iii) the Rating Agencies shall have notified the Issuer that
      such transaction shall not cause the rating of the Bonds to be reduced,
      suspended or withdrawn;

                  (iv) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and
      shall have delivered a copy thereof to the Indenture Trustee) to the
      effect that such transaction will not (A) result in a "substantial
      modification" of the Bonds under Treasury Regulation section 1.1001-3, or
      adversely affect the status of the Bonds as indebtedness

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            for federal income tax purposes, or (B) if 100% of the Certificates
            are not owned by IMH Assets Corp., cause the Trust to be subject to
            an entity level tax for federal income tax purposes;

                  (v) any action that is necessary to maintain the lien and
      security interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken; and

                  (vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee
      an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
      conveyance or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this
      Article III and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
      to such transaction have been complied with (including any filing required
      by the Exchange Act).

      Section 3.16 Successor or Transferee. (a) Upon any consolidation or merger
of the Issuer in accordance with Section 3.15(a), the Person formed by or
surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) shall succeed
to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the
Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Person had been
named as the Issuer herein.

      (b) Upon a conveyance or transfer of all the assets and properties of the
Issuer pursuant to Section 3.15(b), the Issuer will be released from every
covenant and agreement of this Indenture to be observed or performed on the part
of the Issuer with respect to the Bonds immediately upon the delivery of written
notice to the Indenture Trustee of such conveyance or transfer.

      Section 3.17 No Other Business. The Issuer shall not engage in any
business other than financing, purchasing, owning and selling and managing the
Mortgage Loans and the issuance of the Bonds and Certificates in the manner
contemplated by this Indenture and the Basic Documents and all activities
incidental thereto.

      Section 3.18 No Borrowing. The Issuer shall not issue, incur, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any
indebtedness except for the Bonds under this Indenture.

      Section 3.19 Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities. Except as
contemplated by this Indenture or the Basic Documents, the Issuer shall not make
any loan or advance or credit to, or guarantee (directly or indirectly or by an
instrument having the effect of assuring another's payment or performance on any
obligation or capability of so doing or otherwise), endorse or otherwise become
contingently liable, directly or indirectly, in connection with the obligations,
stocks or dividends of, or own, purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree
contingently to do so) any stock, obligations, assets or securities of, or any
other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other Person.

      Section 3.20 Capital Expenditures. The Issuer shall not make any
expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets
(either realty or personalty).

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      Section 3.21 Determination of Bond Interest Rate. On each Interest
Determination Date the Indenture Trustee shall determine One-Month LIBOR and the
related Bond Interest Rate for each Class of Bonds for the following Accrual
Period and shall inform the Issuer, the Master Servicer, and the Depositor at
their respective facsimile numbers given to the Indenture Trustee in writing
thereof. The establishment of One-Month LIBOR on each Interest Determination
Date by the Indenture Trustee and the Indenture Trustee's calculation of the
rate of interest applicable to each Class of Bonds for the related Accrual
Period shall (in the absence of manifest error) be final and binding.

      Section 3.22 Restricted Payments. The Issuer 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
Issuer or otherwise with respect to any ownership or equity interest or security
in or of the Issuer, (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 Issuer may make, or cause to be made, (x) distributions and payments to the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, Bondholders and the Certificateholders as
contemplated by, and to the extent funds are available for such purpose under
this Indenture and the Trust Agreement and (y) payments to the Master Servicer
and the Subservicers pursuant to the terms of the Servicing Agreement. The
Issuer will not, directly or indirectly, make payments to or distributions from
the Collection Account except in accordance with this Indenture and the Basic
Documents.

      Section 3.23 Notice of Events of Default. The Issuer shall give the
Indenture Trustee, the Bond Insurer and the Rating Agencies prompt written
notice of each Event of Default hereunder and under the Trust Agreement.

      Section 3.24 Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Indenture
Trustee, the Issuer 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 3.25 Statements to Bondholders. On each Payment Date, the
Indenture Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall make available on the
Indenture Trustee's website to the Bond Insurer and to each Bondholder and
Certificateholder the most recent statement prepared by the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 4.01 of the Servicing Agreement in the manner provided for
in Section 7.05 hereof.

      Section 3.26 Certain Representations Regarding the Trust Estate.

      (a) With respect to that portion of the Collateral described in clauses
(a) through (d) of the definition of Trust Estate, the Issuer represents to the
Indenture Trustee that:

                  (i) This Indenture creates a valid and continuing security
      interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Collateral in favor of
      the Indenture Trustee, which security interest is prior to all other
      liens, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers
      from the Issuer.

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                  (ii) The Collateral constitutes "deposit accounts" or
      "instruments," as applicable, within the meaning of the applicable UCC.

                  (iii) The Issuer owns and has good and marketable title to the
      Collateral, free and clear of any lien, claim or encumbrance of any
      Person.

                  (iv) The Issuer has taken all steps necessary to cause the
      Indenture Trustee to become the account holder of the Collateral.

                  (v) Other than the security interest granted to the Indenture
      Trustee pursuant to this Indenture, the Issuer has not pledged, assigned,
      sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the
      Collateral.

                  (vi) The Collateral is not in the name of any Person other
      than the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer has not consented to
      the bank maintaining the Collateral to comply with instructions of any
      Person other than the Indenture Trustee.

      (b) With respect to that portion of the Collateral described in clauses
(e) and (f), the Issuer represents to the Indenture Trustee that:

                  (i) This Indenture creates a valid and continuing security
      interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Collateral in favor of
      the Indenture Trustee, which security interest is prior to all other
      liens, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers
      from the Issuer.

                  (ii) The Collateral constitutes "general intangibles" within
      the meaning of the applicable UCC.

                  (iii) The Issuer owns and has good and marketable title to the
      Collateral, free and clear of any lien, claim or encumbrance of any
      Person.

                  (iv) Other than the security interest granted to the Indenture
      Trustee pursuant to this Indenture, the Issuer has not pledged, assigned,
      sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the
      Collateral.

      (c) With respect to any Collateral in which a security interest may be
perfected by filing, the Issuer has not authorized the filing of, and is not
aware of any financing statements against, the Issuer, that include a
description of collateral covering such Collateral, other than any financing
statement relating to the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee
hereunder or that has been terminated. The Issuer is not aware of any judgment
or tax lien filings against the Issuer.

      (d) 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 jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security
interest in all Collateral granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder in which a
security interest may be perfected by filing. Any financing statement that is
filed in connection with this Section 3.26 shall contain a statement that a

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purchase or security interest in any collateral described therein will violate
the rights of the secured party named in such financing statement.

      (e) The foregoing representations may not be waived and shall survive the
issuance of the Bonds.

      Section 3.27 Group 1 Interest Coverage Account.

      (a) No later than the Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee shall establish
and maintain a segregated trust account that is an Eligible Account, which shall
be titled "Group 1 Interest Coverage Account, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as
indenture trustee for the registered holders of IMH Assets Corp., Collateralized
Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2004-9" (the "Group 1 Interest Coverage Account").
The Indenture Trustee shall, promptly upon receipt, deposit in the Group 1
Interest Coverage Account and retain therein the Group 1 Interest Coverage
Amount remitted on the Closing Date to the Indenture Trustee by the Depositor.
Funds deposited in the Group 1 Interest Coverage Account shall be held in trust
by the Indenture Trustee for the Bondholders for the uses and purposes set forth
herein.

      (b) For federal income tax purposes, the Master Servicer shall be the
owner of the Group 1 Interest Coverage Account and shall report all items of
income, deduction, gain or loss arising therefrom. All income and gain realized
from investment of funds deposited in the Group 1 Interest Coverage Account,
which investment shall be made solely upon the written direction of the Master
Servicer in Permitted Investments, shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit
of the Master Servicer and shall be remitted by the Indenture Trustee to the
Master Servicer at the end of the Funding Period. The Master Servicer shall
deposit in the Group 1 Interest Coverage Account the amount of any net loss
incurred in respect of any such Permitted Investment immediately upon
realization of such loss.

      (c) On each Payment Date during the Funding Period and on the Payment Date
immediately following the end of the Funding Period, the Indenture Trustee shall
withdraw from the Group 1 Interest Coverage Account and deposit in the Payment
Account an amount equal to 30 days' interest on the excess, if any, of the Group
1 Original Pre-Funded Amount over the aggregate Principal Balance of Group 1
Subsequent Mortgage Loans that (in each case) both (i) had a Due Date during the
Due Period relating to such Payment Date and (ii) had a Subsequent Cut-off Date
prior to the first day of the month in which such Payment Date occurs, at a per
annum rate equal to 1.25%. Such withdrawal and deposit shall be treated as a
contribution of cash by the Master Servicer to the Trust Fund on the date
thereof. Immediately following any such withdrawal and deposit, and immediately
following the conveyance of any Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans to the Trust
on any Subsequent Transfer Date, the Indenture Trustee shall withdraw from the
Group 1 Interest Coverage Account and remit to the Master Servicer or its
designee an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the amount remaining in such
Group 1 Interest Coverage Account over the amount that would be required to be
withdrawn therefrom (assuming sufficient funds therein) pursuant to the
preceding sentence on each subsequent Payment Date, if any, that will occur
during the Funding Period or that will be the Payment Date immediately following
the end of the Funding Period, if no Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans

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were acquired by the Trust Fund after the end of the Prepayment Period relating
to the current Payment Date.

      (d) Upon the earliest of (i) the Payment Date immediately following the
end of the Funding Period, (ii) the reduction of the Bond Principal Balances of
the Bonds to zero or (iii) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with
Section 8.04, any amount remaining on deposit in the Group 1 Interest Coverage
Account after distributions pursuant to paragraph (c) above shall be withdrawn
by the Indenture Trustee and paid to the Master Servicer or its designee.

      Section 3.28 [Reserved].

      Section 3.29 Replacement Derivative Contracts. In the event of a default
by a Derivative Counterparty with respect to the related Derivative Contracts (a
"Derivative Contract Default"), the Issuer, at its expense, may, but shall not
be required to, substitute a new derivative contract for the existing Derivative
Contracts or any other form of similar coverage for basis risk shortfalls;
provided, however, that the timing and mechanism for receiving payments under
such new derivative contracts shall be reasonably acceptable to the Indenture
Trustee. It shall be a condition to substitution of any new derivative contracts
that there be delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that such substitution would not (a) result in a "substantial
modification" of the Bonds under Treasury Regulation section 1.1001-3, or
adversely affect the status of the Bonds as indebtedness for federal income tax
purposes, or (b) if 100% of the Certificates are not owned by IMH Assets Corp.,
cause the Trust to be subject to an entity level tax for federal income tax
purposes.

      Section 3.30 Seller Guarantee; Payments Under the Seller Guarantee. On the
Closing Date, the Seller Guarantee shall be assigned to the Trust. The Indenture
Trustee shall enforce the Seller Guarantee in accordance with its terms. On each
Determination Date, the Indenture Trustee shall calculate the Guaranteed Amount,
if any, and shall make any claim on behalf of the Issuer under the Seller
Guarantee at least two Business Days prior to the related Payment Date, for
payment to the Indenture Trustee of the amount of any such claim no later than
the Business Day prior to the next Payment Date. Upon receipt of such Guaranteed
Amount in accordance with the terms of the Seller Guarantee, such payment shall
be deposited by the Indenture Trustee into the Payment Account for distribution
to the Class A-IO-1 Bondholders and Class A-IO-2 Bondholders pursuant to Section
3.05 hereof. On each Payment Date, any payments received by the Indenture
Trustee in respect of the Seller Guarantee shall be paid to the Holders of the
Class A-IO-1 Bonds and Class A-IO-2 Bonds.

      Section 3.31 Allocation of Realized Losses. (a) Prior to each Payment
Date, the Master Servicer shall determine the total amount of Realized Losses
that occurred during the related Prepayment Period. The amount of each Realized
Loss shall be evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Indenture
Trustee with the related Remittance Report.

      (b) On each Payment Date following the application of all amounts
distributable on such date, to the extent the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of the Group 1 Loans is less than the aggregate Bond Principal Balances of the
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Group 1 Loans, the Bond Principal Balances of the Class M-6-1, Class M-6-2,
Class M-5-1, Class M-5-2, Class M-4-1, Class M-4-2, Class M-3-1, Class M-3-2,
Class M-2-1, Class M-2-2, Class M-1-1 and Class M-1-2 Bonds, in that order, and
then the Bond Principal Balance of the Class 1-A-2 Bonds shall be reduced, in
each case, until the Bond Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero. On
each Payment Date following the application of all amounts distributable on such
date, to the extent the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Group 2 Loans
is less than the aggregate Bond Principal Balances of the Group 2 Bonds due to
Realized Losses on the Group 2 Loans, the Bond Principal Balances of the of the
Class M-6-2, Class M-6-1, Class M-5-2, Class M-5-1, Class M-4-2, Class M-4-1,
Class M-3-2, Class M-3-1, Class M-2-2, Class M-2-1, Class M-1-2 and Class M-1-1,
in that order, shall be reduced, in each case, until the Bond Principal Balance
thereof has been reduced to zero. All Realized Losses allocated to a Class of
Bonds will be allocated in proportion to the Percentage Interests evidenced
thereby.

      Section 3.32 The Group 1 Pre-Funding Account. (a) No later than the
Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee shall establish and maintain a segregated
trust account that is an Eligible Account, which shall be titled "Group 1
Pre-Funding Account, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as indenture trustee for the
registered holders of IMH Assets Corp., Collateralized Asset-Backed Bonds,
Series 2004-9" (the "Group 1 Pre-Funding Account"). The Indenture Trustee shall,
promptly upon receipt, deposit in the Group 1 Pre-Funding Account and retain
therein the Group 1 Original Pre-Funded Amount remitted on the Closing Date to
the Indenture Trustee by the Depositor. Funds deposited in the Group 1
Pre-Funding Account shall be held in trust by the Indenture Trustee for the
Bondholders for the uses and purposes set forth herein.

      (b) The Indenture Trustee will invest funds deposited in the Group 1
Pre-Funding Account, as directed by the Master Servicer in writing, in Eligible
Investments with a maturity date (i) no later than the Business Day immediately
preceding the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn from such
account pursuant to this Indenture, if a Person other than the Indenture Trustee
or an Affiliate manages or advises such investment, (ii) no later than the date
on which such funds are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to
this Indenture, if the Indenture Trustee or an Affiliate manages or advises such
investment or (iii) within one (1) Business Day of the Indenture Trustee's
receipt thereof. For federal income tax purposes, the Master Servicer shall be
the owner of the Group 1 Pre-Funding Account and shall report all items of
income, deduction, gain or loss arising therefrom. All income and gain realized
from investment of funds deposited in the Group 1 Pre-Funding Account shall be
included in Available Funds at the following times: (i) on the Business Day
immediately preceding each Payment Date, if a Person other than the Indenture
Trustee or an Affiliate of the Indenture Trustee manages or advises such
investment, or on each Payment Date, if the Indenture Trustee or an Affiliate of
the Indenture Trustee manages or advises such investment, (ii) on the Business
Day immediately preceding each Group 1 Subsequent Transfer Date, if a Person
other than the Indenture Trustee or an Affiliate of the Indenture Trustee
manages or advises such investment, or on each Group 1 Subsequent Transfer Date,
if the Indenture Trustee or an Affiliate of the Indenture Trustee manages or
advises such investment or (iii) within one (1) Business Day of the Indenture
Trustee's receipt thereof. The Master Servicer shall deposit in the Group 1
Pre-Funding Account the amount of any net loss incurred in respect of any such
Eligible Investment immediately upon realization of such loss without any right
of reimbursement therefor.

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      (c) Amounts on deposit in the Group 1 Pre-Funding Account shall be
withdrawn by the Indenture Trustee as follows:

                  (i) On any Group 1 Subsequent Transfer Date, the Indenture
      Trustee shall withdraw from the Group 1 Pre-Funding Account an amount
      equal to 100% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the related
      Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans transferred and assigned to the
      Indenture Trustee for deposit in the Mortgage Pool on such Group 1
      Subsequent Transfer Date and pay such amount to or upon the order of the
      Issuer upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.05 with
      respect to such transfer and assignment;

                  (ii) If the amount on deposit in the Group 1 Pre-Funding
      Account has not been reduced to zero during the Funding Period, on the day
      immediately following the termination of the Funding Period, the Indenture
      Trustee shall deposit into the Payment Account any amounts remaining in
      the Group 1 Pre-Funding Account for distribution in accordance with the
      terms hereof;

                  (iii) To withdraw any amount not required to be deposited in
      the Group 1 Pre-Funding Account or deposited therein in error; and

                  (iv) To clear and terminate the Group 1 Pre-Funding Account
      upon the earlier to occur of (A) the Payment Date immediately following
      the end of the Funding Period and (B) the termination of this Indenture,
      with any amounts remaining on deposit therein being paid to the Holders of
      the Bonds then entitled to distributions in respect of principal.

      Section 3.33 [Reserved].

      Section 3.34 Grant of the Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans. In
consideration of the delivery on each Group 1 Subsequent Transfer Date to or
upon the order of the Issuer of all or a portion of the amount on deposit in the
Group 1 Pre-Funding Account, the Depositor shall, to the extent of the
availability thereof, on such Group 1 Subsequent Transfer Date during the
Funding Period, grant to the Indenture Trustee all of its rights, title and
interest in the Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans and simultaneously with the
Grant of the Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans, the Depositor will cause the
related Mortgage File to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee.

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                                   ARTICLE IV

               The Bonds; Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

      Section 4.01 The Bonds. Each Class of Bonds shall be registered in the
name of a nominee designated by the Depository. Beneficial Owners will hold
interests in the Bonds through the book-entry facilities of the Depository in
minimum initial Bond Principal Balances of $25,000 and integral multiples of $1
in excess thereof.

      The Indenture Trustee may for all purposes (including the making of
payments due on the Bonds) deal with the Depository as the authorized
representative of the Beneficial Owners with respect to the Bonds for the
purposes of exercising the rights of Holders of the Bonds hereunder. Except as
provided in the next succeeding paragraph of this Section 4.01, the rights of
Beneficial Owners with respect to the Bonds shall be limited to those
established by law and agreements between such Beneficial Owners and the
Depository and Depository Participants. Except as provided in Section 4.08
hereof, Beneficial Owners shall not be entitled to definitive certificates for
the Bonds as to which they are the Beneficial Owners. Requests and directions
from, and votes of, the Depository as Holder of the Bonds shall not be deemed
inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Beneficial Owners. The
Indenture Trustee may establish a reasonable record date in connection with
solicitations of consents from or voting by Bondholders and give notice to the
Depository of such record date. Without the consent of the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee, no Bond may be transferred by the Depository except to a
successor Depository that agrees to hold such Bond for the account of the
Beneficial Owners.

      In the event the Depository Trust Company resigns or is removed as
Depository, the Indenture Trustee with the approval of the Issuer may appoint a
successor Depository. If no successor Depository has been appointed within 30
days of the effective date of the Depository's resignation or removal, each
Beneficial Owner shall be entitled to certificates representing the Bonds it
beneficially owns in the manner prescribed in Section 4.08.

      The Bonds shall, on original issue, be executed on behalf of the Issuer by
the Owner Trustee, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee,
authenticated by the Indenture Trustee and delivered by the Indenture Trustee to
or upon the order of the Issuer.

      Section 4.02 Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of
Bonds; Appointment of Bond Registrar and Certificate Registrar. The Issuer shall
cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office a Bond Register in which, subject
to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Bond Registrar shall
provide for the registration of Bonds and of transfers and exchanges of Bonds as
herein provided.

      Subject to the restrictions and limitations set forth below, upon
surrender for registration of transfer of any Bond at the Corporate Trust
Office, the Issuer shall execute and the Bond Registrar shall authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
new Bonds in authorized initial Bond Principal Balances evidencing the same
Class and aggregate Percentage Interests.

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      Subject to the foregoing, at the option of the Bondholders, Bonds may be
exchanged for other Bonds of like tenor and in authorized initial Bond Principal
Balances evidencing the same Class and aggregate Percentage Interests upon
surrender of the Bonds to be exchanged at the Corporate Trust Office of the Bond
Registrar. Whenever any Bonds are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall
execute and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the Bonds which
the Bondholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Each Bond presented
or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by
the Bond Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Bond Registrar
duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing
with such signature guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company located or
having a correspondent located in the city of New York. Bonds delivered upon any
such transfer or exchange will evidence the same obligations, and will be
entitled to the same rights and privileges, as the Bonds surrendered.

      No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Bonds, but the Bond Registrar shall require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Bonds.

      The Issuer hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as (i) Certificate
Registrar to keep at its Corporate Trust Office a Certificate Register pursuant
to Section 3.09 of the Trust Agreement in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, the Certificate Registrar shall provide for the
registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges thereof pursuant to
Section 3.05 of the Trust Agreement and (ii) Bond Registrar under this
Indenture. The Indenture Trustee hereby accepts such appointments.

      Section 4.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Bonds. If (i) any
mutilated Bond is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee
receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Bond, and (ii) there is delivered to the Indenture Trustee such security or
indemnity as may be required by it to hold the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee
harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Bond Registrar or
the Indenture Trustee that such Bond has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser,
and provided that the requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are met, the
Issuer shall execute, and upon its request the Indenture Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Bond, a replacement Bond; provided, however, that if
any such destroyed, lost or stolen Bond, but not a mutilated Bond, shall have
become or within seven days shall be due and payable, instead of issuing a
replacement Bond, the Issuer may pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Bond when so
due or payable without surrender thereof. If, after the delivery of such
replacement Bond or payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen Bond pursuant to the
proviso to the preceding sentence, a bona fide purchaser of the original Bond in
lieu of which such replacement Bond was issued presents for payment such
original Bond, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to recover
such replacement Bond (or such payment) from the Person to whom it was delivered
or any Person taking such replacement Bond from such Person to whom such
replacement Bond was delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a bona
fide purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity
provided therefor

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to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee in connection therewith.

      Upon the issuance of any replacement Bond under this Section 4.03, the
Issuer may require the payment by the Holder of such Bond of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation
thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the fees and expenses of
the Indenture Trustee) connected therewith.

      Every replacement Bond issued pursuant to this Section 4.03 in replacement
of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bond shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Bond 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 Bonds duly issued hereunder.

      The provisions of this Section 4.03 are exclusive and shall preclude (to
the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bonds.

      Section 4.04 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment for
registration of transfer of any Bond, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the
Paying Agent and any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name any Bond is registered (as of the day of determination) as
the owner of such Bond for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and
interest, if any, on such Bond and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or
not such Bond be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the
Paying Agent nor any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.

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

      Section 4.06 Book-Entry Bonds. The Bonds, upon original issuance, will be
issued in the form of typewritten Bonds representing the Book-Entry Bonds, to be
delivered to The Depository Trust Company, the initial Depository, by, or on
behalf of, the Issuer. The Bonds shall initially be registered on the Bond
Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial Depository, and
no Beneficial Owner will receive a Definitive Bond representing such Beneficial
Owner's interest in such Bond, except as provided in Section 4.08. With respect
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such Bonds, unless and until definitive, fully registered Bonds (the "Definitive
Bonds") have been issued to Beneficial Owners pursuant to Section 4.08:

                  (i) the provisions of this Section 4.06 shall be in full force
      and effect;

                  (ii) the Bond Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Indenture
      Trustee shall be entitled to deal with the Depository for all purposes of
      this Indenture (including the payment of principal of and interest on the
      Bonds and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the sole
      holder of the Bonds, and shall have no obligation to the Beneficial Owners
      of the Bonds;

                  (iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 4.06
      conflict with any other provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of
      this Section 4.06 shall control;

                  (iv) the rights of Beneficial Owners shall be exercised only
      through the Depository and shall be limited to those established by law
      and agreements between such Owners of Bonds and the Depository and/or the
      Depository Participants. Unless and until Definitive Bonds are issued
      pursuant to Section 4.08, the initial Depository will make book-entry
      transfers among the Depository Participants and receive and transmit
      payments of principal of and interest on the Bonds to such Depository
      Participants; and

                  (v) whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be
      taken based upon instructions or directions of Holders of Bonds evidencing
      a specified percentage of the Bond Principal Balances of the Bonds, the
      Depository shall be deemed to represent such percentage with respect to
      the Bonds only to the extent that it has received instructions to such
      effect from Beneficial Owners and/or Depository Participants owning or
      representing, respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial
      interest in the Bonds and has delivered such instructions to the Indenture
      Trustee.

      Section 4.07 Notices to Depository. Whenever a notice or other
communication to the Bond Holders is required under this Indenture, unless and
until Definitive Bonds shall have been issued to Beneficial Owners pursuant to
Section 4.08, the Indenture Trustee shall give all such notices and
communications specified herein to be given to Holders of the Bonds to the
Depository, and shall have no obligation to the Beneficial Owners.

      Section 4.08 Definitive Bonds. If (i) the Indenture Trustee determines
that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities with respect to the Bonds and the Indenture Trustee is unable
to locate a qualified successor, (ii) the Indenture Trustee elects to terminate
the book-entry system through the Depository or (iii) after the occurrence of an
Event of Default, Beneficial Owners of Bonds representing beneficial interests
aggregating at least a majority of the Bond Principal Balances of the Bonds
advise the Depository in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system
through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Beneficial
Owners, then the Depository shall notify all Beneficial Owners and the Indenture
Trustee of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of
Definitive Bonds to Beneficial Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the

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Indenture Trustee of the typewritten Bonds representing the Book-Entry Bonds by
the Depository, accompanied by registration instructions, the Issuer shall
execute and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate the Definitive Bonds in
accordance with the instructions of the Depository. None of the Issuer, the Bond
Registrar or 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 the issuance of Definitive Bonds, the
Indenture Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Bonds as
Bondholders.

      Section 4.09 Tax Treatment. The Issuer has entered into this Indenture,
and the Bonds will be issued with the intention that, for federal, state and
local income, single business and franchise tax purposes, the Bonds will qualify
as indebtedness. The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (in accordance with
Section 6.06 hereof), by entering into this Indenture, and each Bondholder, by
its acceptance of its Bond (and each Beneficial Owner by its acceptance of an
interest in the applicable Book-Entry Bond), agree to treat the Bonds for
federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes as
indebtedness.

      Section 4.10 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall
cease to be of further effect with respect to the Bonds except as to (i) rights
of registration of transfer and exchange, (ii) substitution of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Bonds, (iii) rights of Bondholders (and the Bond
Insurer, as subrogee of the Class 2-A Bondholders) to receive payments of
principal thereof and interest thereon, (iv) Sections 3.03, 3.04, 3.06, 3.09,
3.16, 3.18 and 3.19, (v) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Indenture
Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the Indenture Trustee under Section
6.07 and the obligations of the Indenture Trustee under Section 4.11), (vi) the
right of the Derivative Counterparty to receive the Net Derivative Fee and (vii)
the rights of Bondholders as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property
so deposited with the Indenture Trustee payable to all or any of them, and the
Indenture Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
with respect to the Bonds and shall release and deliver the Collateral to or
upon the order of the Issuer, when

            (A) either

            (1) all Bonds theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than
      (i) Bonds that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been
      replaced or paid as provided in Section 4.03 hereof and (ii) Bonds for
      whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated
      and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or
      discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 3.03) have been
      delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation; or

            (2) all Bonds not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for
      cancellation

                  a.    have become due and payable,

                  b.    will become due and payable at the Final Scheduled
                        Payment Date within one year, or

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                  c.    have been called for early redemption and the Trust has
                        been terminated pursuant to Section 8.07 hereof,

and the Issuer, in the case of a. or b. above, has irrevocably deposited or
caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Indenture Trustee cash or direct
obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America (which
will mature prior to the date such amounts are payable), in trust for such
purpose, in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on
such Bonds then outstanding not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee
for cancellation when due on the Final Scheduled Payment Date or other final
Payment Date and has delivered to the Indenture Trustee a verification report
from a nationally recognized accounting firm certifying that the amounts
deposited with the Indenture Trustee are sufficient to pay and discharge the
entire indebtedness of such Bonds, or, in the case of c. above, the Issuer shall
have complied with all requirements of Section 8.07 hereof,

            (B) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
      hereunder; and

            (C) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer's
      Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each meeting the applicable
      requirements of Section 10.01 hereof, each stating that all conditions
      precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge
      of this Indenture have been complied with and, if the Opinion of Counsel
      relates to a deposit made in connection with Section 4.10(A)(2)b. above,
      such opinion shall further be to the effect that such deposit will
      constitute an "in-substance defeasance" within the meaning of Revenue
      Ruling 85-42, 1985-1 C.B. 36, and in accordance therewith, the Issuer will
      be the owner of the assets deposited in trust for federal income tax
      purposes.

      Section 4.11 Application of Trust Money. All monies deposited with the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof shall be held in trust and
applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Bonds and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent or the
Issuer, Certificate Paying Agent as designee of the Issuer, as the Indenture
Trustee may determine, to the Holders of Securities, of all sums due and to
become due thereon for principal and interest or otherwise; but such monies need
not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required herein or
required by law.

      Section 4.12 [Reserved].

      Section 4.13 Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent. In connection with
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Bonds, all
monies then held by any Person other than the Indenture Trustee under the
provisions of this Indenture with respect to such Bonds shall, upon demand of
the Issuer, be paid to the Indenture Trustee to be held and applied according to
Section 3.05 and thereupon such Person shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such monies.

      Section 4.14 Temporary Bonds. Pending the preparation of any Definitive
Bonds, the Issuer may execute and upon its written direction, the Indenture
Trustee may authenticate and

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make available for delivery, temporary Bonds that are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, photocopied or otherwise produced, in any denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the Definitive Bonds in lieu of which they are
issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as the officers executing such Bonds may determine, as evidenced by
their execution of such Bonds.

      If temporary Bonds are issued, the Issuer will cause Definitive Bonds to
be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of the Definitive
Bonds, the temporary Bonds shall be exchangeable for Definitive Bonds upon
surrender of the temporary Bonds at the office of the Indenture Trustee located
at Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, without
charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Bonds, the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery, in exchange therefor, Definitive
Bonds of authorized denominations and of like tenor, class and aggregate
principal amount. Until so exchanged, such temporary Bonds shall in all respects
be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Bonds.

      Section 4.15 Representation Regarding ERISA. By acquiring a Class 1-A-1,
Class 1-A-2 or Class 2-A Bond or interest therein, each Holder of such Bond or
Beneficial Owner of any such interest will be deemed to represent that either
(1) it is not acquiring such Bond with Plan Assets or (2) (A) the acquisition,
holding and transfer of such Bond will not give rise to a nonexempt prohibited
transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and (B) the
Bonds are rated investment grade or better and such purchaser agrees to treat
them as indebtedness for federal income tax purposes. Alternatively, regardless
of the rating of such Bonds, such person may provide the Indenture Trustee and
the Owner Trustee with an opinion of counsel, which opinion of counsel will not
be at the expense of the Issuer, the Seller, the Depositor, any Underwriter, the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Master Servicer or any successor
servicer, which opines that the acquisition, holding and transfer of such Bond
or interest therein is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or
result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code and will not subject the Issuer, the Seller, the Depositor, any
Underwriter, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Master Servicer or
any successor servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in the
Indenture.

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                                   ARTICLE V

                              Default and Remedies

      Section 5.01 Events of Default. The Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture
Trustee and the Bond Insurer, within five days after learning of the occurrence
of an Event of Default, written notice in the form of an Officer's Certificate
of any event which with the giving of notice and the lapse of time would become
an Event of Default under clause (iii) or (iv) of the definition of "Event of
Default", its status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take
with respect thereto. The Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed to have
knowledge of any Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer has actual
knowledge thereof or unless written notice of such Event of Default is received
by a Responsible Officer and such notice references the Bonds, the Trust Estate
or this Indenture.

      Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an
Event of Default should occur and be continuing, then and in every such case the
Indenture Trustee at the written direction of the Holders of Bonds representing
not less than a majority of the aggregate Bond Principal Balance of the Bonds
may declare the Bonds to be immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing
to the Issuer (and to the Indenture Trustee if such notice is given by
Bondholders), and upon any such declaration the unpaid Bond Principal Balance of
the Class A Bonds and Class M Bonds, together with accrued and unpaid interest
thereon through the date of acceleration shall become immediately due and
payable.

      At any time after such declaration of acceleration of maturity with
respect to an Event of Default has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Indenture Trustee as
hereinafter in this Article V provided, Holders of the Bonds representing not
less than a majority of the aggregate Bond Principal Balance of the Bonds (other
than the Class A-IO-1 Bonds and Class A-IO-2 Bonds) and not less than a majority
of the aggregate Notional Amount of the Class A-IO-1 Bonds and Class A-IO-2
Bonds, by written notice to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, may waive the
related Event of Default and rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if

                  (i) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Indenture
      Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:

            (A) all payments of principal of and interest on the Bonds and all
      other amounts that would then be due hereunder or upon the Bonds if the
      Event of Default giving rise to such acceleration had not occurred;

            (B) all sums paid or advanced by the Indenture Trustee hereunder and
      the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
      Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel; and

            (C) all amounts owed to the Derivative Counterparty; and

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                  (ii) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the
      principal of the Bonds that has become due solely by such acceleration,
      have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.12.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereto.

      Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Indenture Trustee.

      (a) The Issuer covenants that if (i) default is made in the payment of any
interest on any Bond when the same becomes due and payable, and such default
continues for a period of five days, or (ii) default is made in the payment of
the principal of or any installment of the principal of any Bond when the same
becomes due and payable, the Issuer shall, upon demand of the Indenture Trustee,
at the direction of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate Bond Principal
Balances of the Bonds, pay to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the
Holders of Bonds, the whole amount then due and payable on the Bonds for
principal and interest, with interest at the applicable Bond Interest Rate upon
the overdue principal, and in addition thereto such further amount as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture
Trustee and its agents and counsel.

      (b) In case the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such
demand, the Indenture Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express
trust, subject to the provisions of Section 10.16 hereof may institute a
Proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute
such Proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against
the Issuer or other obligor upon the Bonds and collect in the manner provided by
law out of the property of the Issuer or other obligor the Bonds, wherever
situated, the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable.

      (c) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 10.16 hereof may, as more
particularly provided in Section 5.04 hereof, in its discretion, proceed to
protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Bondholders, by such
appropriate Proceedings, as directed in writing by Holders of a majority of the
aggregate Bond Principal Balances of the Bonds, to protect and enforce any such
rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in
this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to
enforce any other proper remedy or legal or equitable right vested in the
Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

      (d) In case there shall be pending, relative to the Issuer or any other
obligor upon the Bonds or any Person having or claiming an ownership interest in
the Trust Estate, Proceedings under Title 11 of the United States Code or any
other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law,
or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization,
liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or
taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other obligor or Person,
or in case of any other comparable judicial Proceedings relative to the Issuer
or other obligor upon the Bonds, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer
or such other obligor, the Indenture Trustee, as directed in

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writing by Holders of a majority of the aggregate Bond Principal Balances of the
Bonds, irrespective of whether the principal of any Bonds shall then be due and
payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of
whether the Indenture Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the
provisions of this Section, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in
such Proceedings or otherwise:

                  (i) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount
      of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Bonds and to
      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
      reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor
      Indenture Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and
      for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all
      advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture
      Trustee, except as a result of negligence or bad faith) and of the
      Bondholders allowed in such Proceedings;

                  (ii) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to
      vote on behalf of the Holders of Bonds in any election of a trustee, a
      standby trustee or Person performing similar functions in any such
      Proceedings;

                  (iii) to collect and receive any monies or other property
      payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute all amounts
      received with respect to the claims of the Bondholders and of the
      Indenture Trustee on their behalf, and

                  (iv) to file such proofs of claim and other papers or
      documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of
      the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Bonds allowed in any judicial
      proceedings relative to the Issuer, its creditors and its property;

and any trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in
any such Proceeding is hereby authorized by each of such Bondholders to make
payments to the Indenture Trustee and, in the event that the Indenture Trustee
shall consent to the making of payments directly to such Bondholders, to pay to
the Indenture Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable
compensation to the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and
their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and
liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each
predecessor Indenture Trustee and all amounts due to the Bond Insurer.

      (e) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture
Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of
any Bondholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Bonds or the rights of any Holder thereof or to
authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Bondholder in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election
of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar Person.

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      (f) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or
under any of the Bonds, may be enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the
possession of any of the Bonds or the production thereof in any trial or other
Proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or proceedings instituted by
the Indenture Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express
trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses,
disbursements and compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor
Indenture Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Bonds, subject to Section 5.05 hereof.

      (g) In any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (and also any
Proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to
which the Indenture Trustee shall be a party), the Indenture Trustee shall be
held to represent all the Holders of the Bonds, and it shall not be necessary to
make any Bondholder a party to any such Proceedings.

      Section 5.04 Remedies; Priorities. (a) If an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing and if an acceleration has been declared and not
rescinded pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof, the Indenture Trustee subject to the
provisions of Section 10.16 hereof may, and shall, at the written direction of
the Holders of a majority of the aggregate Bond Principal Balances of the Bonds,
do one or more of the following (subject to Section 5.05 hereof):

                  (i) institute Proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an
      express trust for the collection of all amounts then payable on the Bonds
      or under this Indenture with respect thereto, whether by declaration or
      otherwise enforce any judgment obtained, and collect from the Issuer and
      any other obligor upon such Bonds monies adjudged due;

                  (ii) institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete
      or partial foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to the Trust Estate;

                  (iii) exercise any remedies of a secured party under the UCC
      and take any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights
      and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Bonds; and

                  (iv) sell the Trust Estate or any portion thereof or rights or
      interest therein, at one or more public or private sales called and
      conducted in any manner permitted by law;

provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise
liquidate the Trust Estate following an Event of Default, unless (A) the
Indenture Trustee obtains the consent of the Holders of 100% of the aggregate
Bond Principal Balance of the Bonds and 50% of the aggregate Notional Amount of
the Class A-IO-1 Bonds and Class A-IO-2 Bonds, (B) the proceeds of such sale or
liquidation distributable to the Holders of the Bonds are sufficient to
discharge in full all amounts then due and unpaid upon such Bonds for principal
and interest and to reimburse the Bond Insurer for any amounts drawn under the
Bond Insurance Policy and any other amounts due to the Bond Insurer under the
Bond Insurance Policy or (C) the Indenture Trustee determines that the Mortgage
Loans will not continue to provide sufficient funds for the payment of principal
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the Bonds had not been declared due and payable, and the Indenture Trustee
obtains the consent of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate Bond Principal
Balance of the Bonds and a majority of the aggregate Notional Amount of the
Class A-IO-1 Bonds and Class A-IO-2 Bonds. In determining such sufficiency or
insufficiency with respect to clause (B) and (C), the Indenture Trustee may, but
need not, obtain and rely upon an opinion (obtained at the expense of the Trust)
of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation
as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the
Trust Estate for such purpose. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as an
Event of Servicer Termination has not occurred, any Sale of the Trust Estate
shall be made subject to the continued servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the
Master Servicer as provided in the Servicing Agreement.

      (b) If the Indenture Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to
this Article V, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order;
provided, however, that any amounts representing payments from the Bond Insurer
shall only be used to pay interest and principal to the Class 2-A Bondholders
pursuant to clauses FOURTH and FIFTH below:

            FIRST: to the Indenture Trustee for amounts due under Section 6.07
      hereof;

            SECOND: to the Derivative Counterparty, any amounts owed under the
      Derivative Contracts, other than any Additional Derivative Counterparty
      Payment;

            THIRD: to the Bond Insurer, provided no Bond Insurer Default exists,
      with respect to any Premium Amount then due to the extent unpaid pursuant
      to the Servicing Agreement;

            FOURTH: to the Bondholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Bonds
      (including Unpaid Interest Shortfalls but not including any Basis Risk
      Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts) with respect to interest, first, to the
      Class 1-A-1, Class 1-A-2, Class A-IO-1, Class A-IO-2 and Class 2-A
      Bondholders, concurrently, second, to the Class M-1-1 Bondholders and
      Class M-1-2 Bondholders, concurrently, third to the Class M-2-1
      Bondholders and Class M-2-2 Bondholders, concurrently, fourth to the Class
      M-3-1 Bondholders and Class M-3-2 Bondholders, concurrently, fifth to the
      Class M-4-1 Bondholders and Class M-4-2 Bondholders, concurrently, sixth
      to the Class M-5-1 Bondholders and Class M-5-2 Bondholders, concurrently,
      and seventh to the Class M-6-1 Bondholders and Class M-6-2 Bondholders,
      concurrently, according to the amounts due and payable on the Bonds for
      interest;

            FIFTH: to Bondholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Bonds with
      respect to principal, and to each Bondholder ratably, without preference
      or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such
      Bonds for principal, until the Bond Principal Balance of each such Class
      is reduced to zero;

            SIXTH: to the payment of all amounts due and owing to the Bond
      Insurer under the Bond Insurance Policy (including any Premium Amount not
      paid pursuant to clause THIRD above);

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            SEVENTH: to the Bondholders, first, to the Class 1-A-2 Bondholders,
      second to the Class M-1-1 Bondholders and Class M-1-2 Bondholders,
      concurrently, third to the Class M-2-1 Bondholders and Class M-2-2
      Bondholders, concurrently, fourth to the Class M-3-1 Bondholders and Class
      M-3-2 Bondholders, concurrently, fifth to the Class M-4-1 Bondholders and
      Class M-4-2 Bondholders, concurrently, sixth to the Class M-5-1
      Bondholders and Class M-5-2 Bondholders, concurrently, and seventh to the
      Class M-6-1 Bondholders and Class M-6-2 Bondholders, concurrently, the
      amount of any related Allocated Realized Loss Amount not previously paid;

            EIGHTH: to the Bondholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Bonds
      with respect to any related Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts,
      first, to the Class 1-A-1, Class 1-A-2 and Class 2-A Bondholders,
      concurrently on a pro rata basis, second, to the Class M-1-1 Bondholders
      and Class M-1-2 Bondholders, concurrently, third to the Class M-2-1
      Bondholders and Class M-2-2 Bondholders, concurrently, fourth to the Class
      M-3-1 Bondholders and Class M-3-2 Bondholders, concurrently, fifth to the
      Class M-4-1 Bondholders and Class M-4-2 Bondholders, concurrently, sixth
      to the Class M-5-1 Bondholders and Class M-5-2 Bondholders, concurrently,
      and sixth to the Class M-6-1 Bondholders and Class M-6-2 Bondholders,
      concurrently, according to the amounts due and payable on the Bonds with
      respect thereto, from amounts available in the Trust Estate for the
      Bondholders;

            NINTH: to the Derivative Counterparty, any remaining amounts owed
      under the Derivative Contracts; and

            TENTH: to the payment of the remainder, if any to the Certificate
      Paying Agent on behalf of the Issuer or to any other person legally
      entitled thereto.

      The Indenture Trustee may fix a record date and Payment Date for any
payment to Bondholders pursuant to this Section 5.04. At least 15 days before
such record date, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Bondholder a notice
that states the record date, the Payment Date and the amount to be paid.

      Section 5.05 Optional Preservation of the Trust Estate. If the Bonds have
been declared to be due and payable under Section 5.02 following an Event of
Default and such declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and
annulled, the Indenture Trustee may elect to take and maintain possession of the
Trust Estate. It is the desire of the parties hereto and the Bondholders that
there be at all times sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and
interest on the Bonds and other obligations of the Issuer, including payment to
the Bond Insurer, and the Indenture Trustee, unless directed otherwise by the
Bond Insurer, shall take such desire into account when determining whether or
not to take and maintain possession of the Trust Estate. In determining whether
to take and maintain possession of the Trust Estate, the Indenture Trustee may,
but need not, obtain and rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment
banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of such
proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate for such purpose.

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      Section 5.06 Limitation of Suits. No Holder of any Bond shall have any
right to institute any Proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless and subject to the provisions of Section 10.16 hereof

                  (i) such Holder has previously given written notice to the
      Indenture Trustee of a continuing Event of Default;

                  (ii) the Holders of not less than 25% of the aggregate Bond
      Principal Balances of the Bonds (for which purpose the Class A-IO-1 Bonds
      and Class A-IO-2 Bonds will be deemed to have an aggregate Bond Principal
      Balance equal to 5% of the aggregate Bond Principal Balance of the other
      Classes of Bonds) have made a written request to the Indenture Trustee to
      institute such Proceeding in respect of such Event of Default in its own
      name as Indenture Trustee hereunder;

                  (iii) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture
      Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities
      to be incurred in complying with such request;

                  (iv) the Indenture Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of
      such notice of request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute such
      Proceedings; and

                  (v) no direction inconsistent with such written request has
      been given to the Indenture Trustee during such 60-day period by the
      Holders of a majority of the Bond Principal Balances of the Bonds and a
      majority of the aggregate Notional Amount of the Class A-IO-1 Bonds and
      Class A-IO-2 Bonds.

It is understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Bonds shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other
Holders of Bonds or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over
any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the
manner herein provided.

      Subject to the last paragraph of Section 5.11 herein, in the event the
Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests and
indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Bonds, each representing less
than a majority of the Bond Principal Balances of the Bonds, the Indenture
Trustee in its sole discretion may determine what action, if any, shall be
taken, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture.

      Section 5.07 Unconditional Rights of Bondholders To Receive Principal and
Interest. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Bond shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive
payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on such Bond on or after the
respective due dates thereof expressed in such Bond or in this Indenture and to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not
be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

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      Section 5.08 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Indenture Trustee
or any Bondholder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any right or remedy
under this Indenture and such Proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for
any reason or has been determined adversely to the Indenture Trustee or to such
Bondholder, then and in every such case the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and
the Bondholders 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 Bondholders
shall continue as though no such Proceeding had been instituted.

      Section 5.09 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein
conferred upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee or to the Bondholders is
intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and
remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to
every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

      Section 5.10 Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. No delay or omission of the
Indenture Trustee or any Holder of any Bond 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 Bondholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often
as may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture Trustee or by the Bondholders, as
the case may be.

      Section 5.11 Control By Bondholders. The Holders of a majority of the
aggregate Bond Principal Balances of Bonds and a majority of the aggregate
Notional Amount of the Class A-IO-1 Bonds and Class A-IO-2 Bonds shall have the
right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any Proceeding for any
remedy available to the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Bonds or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Indenture Trustee; provided that:

                  (i) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of
      law or with this Indenture;

                  (ii) any direction to the Indenture Trustee to sell or
      liquidate the Trust Estate shall be by Holders of Bonds representing not
      less than 100% of the Bond Principal Balances of the Bonds (for which
      purpose the Class A-IO-1 Bonds and Class A-IO-2 Bonds will together be
      deemed to have a Bond Principal Balance equal to 5% of the aggregate Bond
      Principal Balance of the other Classes of Bonds); and

                  (iii) the Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed
      proper by the Indenture Trustee that is not inconsistent with such
      direction of the Holders of Bonds representing a majority of the Bond
      Principal Balances of the Bonds.

Notwithstanding the rights of Bondholders set forth in this Section 5.11 the
Indenture Trustee need not take any action that it determines might involve it
in liability.

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      Section 5.12 Waiver of Past Defaults. Prior to the declaration of the
acceleration of the maturity of the Bonds as provided in Section 5.02 hereof,
the Holders of Bonds representing not less than a majority of the aggregate Bond
Principal Balance of the Bonds may waive any past Event of Default and its
consequences except an Event of Default (a) with respect to payment of principal
of or interest on any of the Bonds, (b) in respect of a covenant or provision
hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Bond or (c) the waiver of which would materially and adversely affect the
interests of the Bond Insurer or modify its obligations under the Bond Insurance
Policy. In the case of any such waiver, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and
the Holders of the Bonds shall be restored to their former positions and rights
hereunder, respectively, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

      Upon any such waiver, any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be
deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, for every purpose of this
Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Event of
Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

      Section 5.13 Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree,
and each Holder of any Bond and each Beneficial Owner of any interest therein by
such Holder's or Beneficial Owner's acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have
agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the
enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against
the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as
Indenture Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section 5.13 shall not apply to (a) any suit instituted by
the Indenture Trustee, (b) any suit instituted by any Bondholder, or group of
Bondholders, in each case holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the Bond
Principal Balances of the Bonds (for which purpose the Class A-IO-1 Bonds and
Class A-IO-2 Bonds will together be deemed to have a Bond Principal Balance
equal to 5% of the aggregate Bond Principal Balance of the other Classes of
Bonds) or (c) any suit instituted by any Bondholder for the enforcement of the
payment of principal of or interest on any Bond on or after the respective due
dates expressed in such Bond and in this Indenture.

      Section 5.14 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer covenants (to
the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon,
or plead or in any manner whatsoever, claim or take the benefit or advantage of,
any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in
force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and
the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives
all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it shall not
hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the
Indenture Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power
as though no such law had been enacted.

      Section 5.15 Sale of Trust Estate. (a) The power to effect any sale or
other disposition (a "Sale") of any portion of the Trust Estate pursuant to
Section 5.04 hereof is expressly subject to the provisions of Section 5.05
hereof and this Section 5.15. The power to effect any such Sale shall not be
exhausted by any one or more Sales as to any portion of the Trust Estate
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unsold, but shall continue unimpaired until the entire Trust Estate shall have
been sold or all amounts payable on the Bonds and under this Indenture and under
the Bond Insurance Policy shall have been paid. The Indenture Trustee may from
time to time postpone any public Sale by public announcement made at the time
and place of such Sale. The Indenture Trustee hereby expressly waives its right
to any amount fixed by law as compensation for any Sale.

      (b) The Indenture Trustee shall not in any private Sale sell the Trust
Estate, or any portion thereof, unless

            (1) the Holders of all Bonds consent to or direct the Indenture
      Trustee to make, such Sale, or

            (2) the proceeds of such Sale would be not less than the entire
      amount which would be payable to the Bondholders under the Bonds and the
      Bond Insurer in respect of amounts drawn under the Bond Insurance Policy,
      in full payment thereof in accordance with Section 5.02 hereof, on the
      Payment Date next succeeding the date of such Sale, or

            (3) the Indenture Trustee determines that the conditions for
      retention of the Trust Estate set forth in Section 5.05 hereof cannot be
      satisfied (in making any such determination, the Indenture Trustee may
      rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking firm obtained
      and delivered as provided in Section 5.05 hereof), the Holders of Bonds
      representing at least 100% of the Bond Principal Balances of the Bonds
      (for which purpose the Class A-IO-1 Bonds and Class A-IO-2 Bonds will
      together be deemed to have a Bond Principal Balance equal to 5% of the
      aggregate Bond Principal Balance of the other Classes of Bonds) consent to
      such Sale.

The purchase by the Indenture Trustee of all or any portion of the Trust Estate
at a private Sale shall not be deemed a Sale or other disposition thereof for
purposes of this Section 5.15(b).

      (c) Unless the Holders representing at least 66-2/3% of the Bond Principal
Balances of the Bonds (for which purpose the Class A-IO-1 Bonds and Class A-IO-2
Bonds will together be deemed to have a Bond Principal Balance equal to 5% of
the aggregate Bond Principal Balance of the other Classes of Bonds) 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 (2) of subsection (b) of this Section
5.15 has not been established by the Indenture Trustee and no Person bids an
amount equal to or greater than such amount, the Indenture Trustee, as trustee
for the benefit of the Holders of the Bonds, shall bid an amount at least $1.00
more than the highest other bid.

      (d) In connection with a Sale of all or any portion of the Trust Estate,

            (1) any Holder or Holders of Bonds 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 Bonds or claims for interest thereon in lieu of cash up to the amount
      which shall, upon distribution of the net proceeds of such sale, be

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      payable thereon, and such Bonds, in case the amounts so payable thereon
      shall be less than the amount due thereon, shall be returned to the
      Holders thereof after being appropriately stamped to show such partial
      payment;

            (2) the Indenture Trustee, may bid for and acquire the property
      offered for Sale in connection with any Sale thereof, and, subject to any
      requirements of, and to the extent permitted by, applicable law in
      connection therewith, may purchase all or any portion of the Trust Estate
      in a private sale, and, in lieu of paying cash therefor, may make
      settlement for the purchase price by crediting the gross Sale price
      against the sum of (A) the amount which would be distributable to the
      Holders of the Bonds and Holders of Certificates and amounts distributable
      to the Bond Insurer as a result of such Sale in accordance with Section
      5.04(b) 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 Bonds in order to complete any such Sale or in order for the net Sale
      price to be credited against such Bonds, 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;

            (3) the Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver an appropriate
      instrument of conveyance, prepared by the Issuer and satisfactory to the
      Indenture Trustee, transferring its interest in any portion of the Trust
      Estate in connection with a Sale thereof;

            (4) the Indenture Trustee is hereby irrevocably appointed the agent
      and attorney-in-fact of the Issuer to transfer and convey its interest in
      any portion of the Trust Estate in connection with a Sale thereof, and to
      take all action necessary to effect such Sale; and

            (5) no purchaser or transferee at such a Sale shall be bound to
      ascertain the Indenture Trustee's authority, inquire into the satisfaction
      of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any monies.

      Section 5.16 Action on Bonds. The Indenture Trustee's right to seek and
recover judgment on the Bonds or under this Indenture shall not be affected by
the seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief under or with respect
to this Indenture. Neither the lien of this Indenture nor any rights or remedies
of the Indenture Trustee or the Bondholders shall be impaired by the recovery of
any judgment by the Indenture Trustee against the Issuer or by the levy of any
execution under such judgment upon any portion of the Trust Estate or upon any
of the assets of the Issuer. Any money or property collected by the Indenture
Trustee shall be applied in accordance with Section 5.04(b) hereof.

      Section 5.17 Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations. (a)
Promptly following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so, the Issuer in
its capacity as holder of the Mortgage Loans, shall take all such lawful action
as the Indenture Trustee may request to cause the Issuer to compel or secure the
performance and observance by the Seller and the Master Servicer, as applicable,
of each of their obligations to the Issuer under or in connection with the

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Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, any Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, and to exercise any and all rights,
remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to the Issuer under or in
connection with the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, any Group 1 Subsequent
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and the Servicing Agreement to the extent and
in the manner directed by the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Mortgage
Loans, including the transmission of notices of default on the part of the
Seller or the Master Servicer thereunder and the institution of legal or
administrative actions or proceedings to compel or secure performance by the
Seller or the Master Servicer of each of their obligations under the Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement, any Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
and the Servicing Agreement.

      (b) The Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Mortgage Loans, may, and at
the direction (which direction shall be in writing or by telephone (confirmed in
writing promptly thereafter)) of the Holders of 66-2/3% of the Bond Principal
Balances of the Bonds (for which purpose the Class A-IO-1 Bonds and Class A-IO-2
Bonds will together be deemed to have a Bond Principal Balance equal to 5% of
the aggregate Bond Principal Balance of the other Classes of Bonds), shall
exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer
against the Seller or the Master Servicer under or in connection with the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, any Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, including the right or power to take any
action to compel or secure performance or observance by the Seller or the Master
Servicer, as the case may be, of each of their obligations to the Issuer
thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval,
extension or waiver under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, any Group 1
Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, as the
case may be, and any right of the Issuer to take such action shall not be
suspended.

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                                   ARTICLE VI

                              The Indenture Trustee

      Section 6.01 Duties of Indenture Trustee. (a) If an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall exercise the rights and
powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill
in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs.

      (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

                  (i) the Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform such duties
      and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture 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 conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
      correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
      opinions furnished to the Indenture Trustee and conforming to the
      requirements of this Indenture; however, the Indenture Trustee shall
      examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they
      conform 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) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b)
      of this Section 6.01;

                  (ii) 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; and

                  (iii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect
      to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a
      direction received by it from Bondholders or from the Issuer, which they
      are entitled to give under the Basic Documents.

      (d) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money
received by it except as the Indenture Trustee may agree in writing with the
Issuer.

      (e) Money held in trust by the Indenture Trustee need not be segregated
from other trust funds except to the extent required by law or the terms of this
Indenture or the Trust Agreement.

      (f) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Indenture Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its
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believe that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured to it.

      (g) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting
the liability of or affording protection to the Indenture Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section and to the provisions of the TIA.

      (h) The Indenture Trustee shall act in accordance with Sections 6.03 and
6.04 of the Servicing Agreement and shall act as successor to the Master
Servicer or appoint a successor Master Servicer in accordance with Section 6.02
of the Servicing Agreement.

      Section 6.02 Rights of Indenture Trustee. (a) The Indenture Trustee may
rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper person. The Indenture Trustee need not investigate any
fact or matter stated in the document.

      (b) Before the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may
require an Officer's Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee
shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in
reliance on an Officer's Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

      (c) The Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through
agents or attorneys or a custodian or nominee.

      (d) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its
rights or powers; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee's conduct does
not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.

      (e) The Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or
Opinion of Counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and
the Bonds shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability
in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good
faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

      (f) For the limited purpose of effecting any action to be undertaken by
the Indenture Trustee, but not specifically as a duty of the Indenture Trustee
in the Indenture, the Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder, either directly or by or through
agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees appointed with due care, and shall not
be responsible for any willful misconduct or negligence on the part of any
agent, attorney, custodian or nominee so appointed.

      (g) The Indenture Trustee or its Affiliates are permitted to receive
additional compensation that could be deemed to be in the Indenture Trustee's
economic self-interest for (i) serving as investment adviser, administrator,
shareholder servicing agent, custodian or sub-custodian with respect to certain
of the Eligible Investments, (ii) using Affiliates to effect transactions in
certain Eligible Investments and (iii) effecting transactions in certain
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Investments. Such compensation shall not be considered an amount that is
reimbursable or payable to the Indenture Trustee (i) pursuant to Sections
3.05(d), 3.05(h), 5.04(b), 6.07 or 8.02(c) hereunder or (ii) out of Available
Funds.

      (h) In order to comply with its duties under the USA Patriot Act, 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.

      Section 6.03 Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee
in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Bonds
and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it
would have if it were not Indenture Trustee, subject to the requirements of the
Trust Indenture Act. Any Bond Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent may do
the same with like rights. However, the Indenture Trustee must comply with
Sections 6.11 and 6.12 hereof.

      Section 6.04 Indenture Trustee's Disclaimer. The Indenture Trustee shall
not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of this Indenture or the Bonds, it shall not be accountable for the
Issuer's use of the proceeds from the Bonds, and it shall not be responsible for
any statement of the Issuer in the Indenture or in any document issued in
connection with the sale of the Bonds or in the Bonds other than the Indenture
Trustee's certificate of authentication.

      Section 6.05 Notice of Event of Default. Subject to Section 5.01, the
Indenture Trustee shall promptly mail to each Bondholder and the Bond Insurer
notice of the Event of Default after it is known to a Responsible Officer of the
Indenture Trustee, unless such Event of Default shall have been waived or cured.
Except in the case of an Event of Default in payment of principal of or interest
on any Bond, the Indenture Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a
committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding
the notice is in the interests of Bondholders.

      Section 6.06 Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders and Tax
Administration. The Indenture Trustee shall deliver to each Bondholder such
information as may be required to enable such holder to prepare its federal and
state income tax returns.

      The Indenture Trustee shall prepare and file (or cause to be prepared and
filed), on behalf of the Owner Trustee, all tax returns (if any) and information
reports, tax elections and such annual or other reports of the Issuer as are
necessary for preparation of tax returns and information reports as provided in
Section 5.03 of the Trust Agreement, including without limitation Form 1099. All
tax returns and information reports shall be signed by the Owner Trustee as
provided in Section 5.03 of the Trust Agreement.

      Section 6.07 Compensation and Indemnity. The Issuer shall pay to the
Indenture Trustee on each Payment Date reasonable compensation for its services.
On each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall pay itself from amounts
available therefore on deposit in the Payment Account for such Payment Date and
all amounts owing to the Indenture Trustee hereunder

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(including amounts owing from the Issuer for indemnification and otherwise) in
excess of such amount shall be paid solely as provided in Section 3.05(d)(xii),
Section 3.05(h)(xii), Section 5.04(b) and Section 8.02 hereof. The Indenture
Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a
trustee of an express trust. The Issuer shall reimburse the Indenture Trustee
for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including
costs of collection, in addition to compensation for its services. Such expenses
shall include reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Indenture Trustee's agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Issuer
shall indemnify the Indenture Trustee against any and all loss, liability or
expense (including attorneys' fees) incurred by it in connection with the
administration of this Trust and the performance of its duties hereunder. The
Indenture Trustee shall notify the Issuer promptly of any claim for which it may
seek indemnity. Failure by the Indenture Trustee to so notify the Issuer shall
not relieve the Issuer of its obligations hereunder. The Issuer shall defend any
such claim, and the Indenture Trustee may have separate counsel and the Issuer
shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. The Issuer is not obligated to
reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense
incurred by the Indenture Trustee through the Indenture Trustee's own willful
misconduct, negligence or bad faith.

      The Issuer's payment obligations to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this
Section 6.07 shall survive the discharge of this Indenture and the termination
or resignation of the Indenture Trustee. When the Indenture Trustee incurs
expenses after the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Issuer,
the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under Title
11 of the United States Code or any other applicable federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.

      Section 6.08 Replacement of Indenture Trustee. No resignation or removal
of the Indenture Trustee and no appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee
shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor
Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.08. The Indenture Trustee may
resign at any time by so notifying the Issuer. Holders of a majority of Bond
Principal Balances of the Bonds may remove the Indenture Trustee by so notifying
the Indenture Trustee and may appoint a successor Indenture Trustee. The Issuer
shall, remove the Indenture Trustee if:

                  (i) the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11
      hereof;

                  (ii) the Indenture Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or
      insolvent;

                  (iii) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the
      Indenture Trustee or its property; or

                  (iv) the Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of
      acting.

      If the Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in
the office of the Indenture Trustee for any reason (the Indenture Trustee in
such event being referred to herein as the retiring Indenture Trustee), the
Issuer shall, promptly appoint a successor Indenture Trustee.

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      A successor Indenture Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Indenture Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon, the
resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee shall become effective,
and the successor Indenture Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties
of the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Indenture Trustee
shall mail a notice of its succession to Bondholders. The retiring Indenture
Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Indenture Trustee to
the successor Indenture Trustee.

      If a successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within 60 days after
the retiring Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Indenture
Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of a majority of Bond Principal Balances of
the Bonds may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment
of a successor Indenture Trustee.

      Notwithstanding the replacement of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this
Section, the Issuer's obligations under Section 6.07 shall continue for the
benefit of the retiring Indenture Trustee.

      Section 6.09 Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger. If the Indenture
Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or
substantially all of its corporate trust business or assets to, another
corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee
corporation, without any further act, shall be the successor Indenture Trustee;
provided, that such corporation or banking association shall be otherwise
qualified and eligible under Section 6.11 hereof. The Indenture Trustee shall
provide the Rating Agencies with prior written notice of any such transaction.

      If at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or
consolidation to the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by
this Indenture and any of the Bonds shall have been authenticated but not
delivered, any such successor to the Indenture Trustee may adopt the certificate
of authentication of any predecessor trustee and deliver such Bonds so
authenticated; and if at that time any of the Bonds shall not have been
authenticated, any successor to the Indenture Trustee may authenticate such
Bonds either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the
successor to the Indenture Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates
shall have the full force which it is in the Bonds or in this Indenture provided
that the certificate of the Indenture Trustee shall have.

      Section 6.10 Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture
Trustee. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, at any
time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in
which any part of the Trust Estate may at the time be located, the Indenture
Trustee shall have the power and may execute and deliver all instruments to
appoint one or more Persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate
trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Estate, and to
vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the
Bondholders, such title to the Trust Estate, or any part hereof, and, subject to
the other provisions of this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights
and trusts as the Indenture Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No
co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of
eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 6.11 hereof.

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      (b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted
by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:

                  (i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or
      imposed upon the Indenture Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and
      exercised or performed by the Indenture Trustee and such separate trustee
      or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or
      co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Indenture
      Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of
      any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed
      the Indenture Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such
      act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations
      (including the holding of title to the Trust Estate or any portion thereof
      in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such
      separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the
      Indenture Trustee;

                  (ii) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason
      of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and

                  (iii) the Indenture Trustee may at any time accept the
      resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.

      (c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture Trustee
shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and
co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument
appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Indenture and
the conditions of this Article VI. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon
its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or
property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the
Indenture Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the
provisions of this Indenture, specifically including every provision of this
Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording
protection to, the Indenture Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with
the Indenture Trustee.

      (d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the
Indenture Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority,
to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of
this Indenture on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or
co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of
its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be
exercised by the Indenture Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the
appointment of a new or successor trustee.

      Section 6.11 Eligibility; Disqualification. The Indenture Trustee shall at
all times satisfy the requirements of TIA ss. 310(a). The Indenture Trustee
shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth
in its most recent published annual report of condition and it or its parent
shall have a long-term debt rating of Baa3 or better by Moody's and BBB or
better by Standard & Poor's. The Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA ss.
310(b), including the optional provision permitted by the second sentence of TIA
ss. 310(b)(9); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the
operation of TIA ss. 310(b)(1) any indenture or

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indentures under which other securities of the Issuer are outstanding if the
requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA ss. 310(b)(1) are met.

      Section 6.12 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer. The
Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA ss. 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA ss. 311(b). An Indenture Trustee who has resigned or
been removed shall be subject to TIA ss. 311(a) to the extent indicated.

      Section 6.13 Representations and Warranties. The Indenture Trustee hereby
represents that:

                  (i) The Indenture Trustee is duly organized and validly
      existing as an association in good standing under the laws of the United
      States with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its
      business as such properties are currently owned and such business is
      presently conducted;

                  (ii) The Indenture Trustee has the power and authority to
      execute and deliver this Indenture and to carry out its terms; and the
      execution, delivery and performance of this Indenture have been duly
      authorized by the Indenture Trustee by all necessary corporate action;

                  (iii) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by
      this Indenture and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict
      with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or
      constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the
      articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Indenture Trustee or any
      agreement or other instrument to which the Indenture Trustee is a party or
      by which it is bound; and

                  (iv) To the Indenture Trustee's knowledge, there are no
      proceedings or investigations pending or threatened before any court,
      regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
      instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Indenture Trustee or its
      properties: (A) asserting the invalidity of this Indenture (B) seeking to
      prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
      Indenture or (C) seeking any determination or ruling that might materially
      and adversely affect the performance by the Indenture Trustee of its
      obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Indenture.

      Section 6.14 Directions to Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee is
hereby directed:

      (a) to accept the pledge of the Mortgage Loans and hold the assets of the
Trust Estate in trust for the Bondholders;

      (b) to authenticate and deliver the Bonds substantially in the form
prescribed by Exhibits A-1 and A-2 to this Indenture in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture; and

      (c) to take all other actions as shall be required to be taken by the
terms of this Indenture.

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      Section 6.15 The Agents. The provisions of this Indenture relating to the
limitations of the Indenture Trustee's liability and to its indemnity, rights
and protections shall inure also to the Paying Agent and Bond Registrar.

      Section 6.16 Execution of Derivative Contracts. The Issuer hereby directs
the Indenture Trustee to enter into and execute the Derivative Contracts and the
Special Certificate Cap Contract and make all representations and warranties
contained therein. The Indenture Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt by it of
the Derivative Contracts and the Special Certificate Cap Contract. Upon receipt
thereof from the counterparty under the Derivative Contracts and the Special
Certificate Cap Contract, the Indenture Trustee shall deposit into the Payment
Account an amount equal to all amounts actually received under the Derivative
Contracts and the Special Certificate Cap Contract and not previously deposited
into the Payment Account.

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                                  ARTICLE VII

                         Bondholders' Lists and Reports

      Section 7.01 Issuer To Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of
Bondholders. The Issuer will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture
Trustee (a) not more than five days after each Record Date, a list, in such form
as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of
the Holders of Bonds as of such Record Date, (b) at such other times as the
Indenture Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the
Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not
more than 10 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however,
that so long as the Indenture Trustee is the Bond Registrar, no such list shall
be required to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee.

      Section 7.02 Preservation of Information; Communications to Bondholders.
(a) The Indenture Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of the Holders of Bonds contained in the
most recent list furnished to the Indenture Trustee as provided in Section 7.01
hereof and the names and addresses of Holders of Bonds received by the Indenture
Trustee in its capacity as Bond Registrar. The Indenture Trustee may destroy any
list furnished to it as provided in such Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list
so furnished.

      (b) Bondholders may communicate pursuant to TIA ss. 312(b) with other
Bondholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the
Bonds.

      (c) The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Bond Registrar shall have
the protection of TIA ss. 312(c).

      Section 7.03 Reports of Issuer. (a) Subject to Section 4.06 of the
Servicing Agreement (i) The Indenture Trustee shall file with the Commission on
behalf of the Issuer, with a copy to the Issuer within 15 days before the Issuer
is required to file the same with the Commission, the annual reports and the
information, documents and other reports (or such portions of any of the
foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations
prescribe) that the Issuer may be required to file with the Commission pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;

                  (ii) The Indenture Trustee shall file with the Commission, on
      behalf of the Issuer, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed
      from time to time by the Commission such additional information, documents
      and reports with respect to compliance by the Issuer with the conditions
      and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by
      such rules and regulations; and

                  (iii) The Indenture Trustee shall supply (and the Indenture
      Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Bondholders described in TIA ss.
      313(c)) such summaries of any information, documents and reports required
      to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to clauses

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      (i) and (ii) of this Section 7.03(a) and by rules and regulations
      prescribed from time to time by the Commission.

      (b) Unless the Issuer otherwise determines, the fiscal year of the Issuer
shall end on December 31 of each year.

      Section 7.04 Reports by Indenture Trustee. If required by TIA ss. 313(a),
within 60 days after each January 30 beginning with March 31, 2005, the
Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Bondholder as required by TIA ss. 313(c) a
brief report dated as of such date that complies with TIA ss. 313(a). The
Indenture Trustee also shall comply with TIA ss. 313(b).

      A copy of each such report at the time of its mailing to Bondholders shall
be filed by the Indenture Trustee with the Commission via EDGAR and each stock
exchange, if any, on which the Bonds are listed. The Issuer shall notify the
Indenture Trustee if and when the Bonds are listed on any stock exchange.

      Section 7.05 Statements to Bondholders. (a) With respect to each Payment
Date, the Indenture Trustee shall make available via the Indenture Trustee's
website www.ctslink.com or deliver at the recipient's option to each Bondholder
and each Certificateholder, the Derivative Counterparty, the Depositor, the Bond
Insurer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Paying Agent and each Rating Agency,
a statement setting forth the following information as to the Bonds, to the
extent applicable:

                  (i) the aggregate amount of collections with respect to the
      Mortgage Loans;

                  (ii) the Group 1 Available Funds, Group 2 Available Funds and
      Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow, with respect to the Group 1 Loans and Group
      2 Loans, payable to each Class of Bondholders for such Payment Date, the
      Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount on each Class of Bonds for such
      Payment Date and the aggregate Unpaid Interest Shortfall on each Class of
      Bonds for such Payment Date;

                  (iii) (a) the amount of such distribution to each Class of
      Class 1-A-1, Class 1-A-2, Class M-1-1, Class M-2-1, Class M-3-1, Class
      M-4-1, Class M-5-1, Class M-6-1, Class 2-A, Class M-1-2, Class M-2-2,
      Class M-3-2, Class M-4-2, Class M-5-2 and Class M-6-2 Bonds applied to
      reduce the Bond Principal Balance thereof, and (b) the aggregate amount
      included therein representing Principal Prepayments;

                  (iv) the amount of such distribution to Holders of each Class
      of Bonds allocable to interest;

                  (v) the amount of such distribution to the Certificates;

                  (vi) if the distribution to the Holders of any Class of Bonds
      is less than the full amount that would be distributable to such Holders
      if there were sufficient funds available therefor, the amount of the
      shortfall;

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                  (vii) the number and the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
      the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the related Due Period, determined in
      the aggregate and separately for Loan Group 1 and Loan Group 2;

                  (viii) the aggregate Bond Principal Balance of each Class of
      Bonds, after giving effect to the amounts distributed on such Payment
      Date, separately identifying any reduction thereof due to Realized Losses
      other than pursuant to an actual distribution of principal and the
      aggregate Bond Principal Balance of all of the Class 1-A-1, Class 1-A-2,
      Class M-1-1, Class M-2-1, Class M-3-1, Class M-4-1, Class M-5-1, Class
      M-6-1, Class 2-A, Class M-1-2, Class M-2-2, Class M-3-2, Class M-4-2,
      Class M-5-2 and Class M-6-2 Bonds after giving effect to the distribution
      of principal on such Payment Date;

                  (ix) the number and aggregate Stated Principal Balances of
      Mortgage Loans (a) as to which the Monthly Payment is delinquent for 31-60
      days, 61-90 days, 91 or more days, respectively, (b) in foreclosure and
      (c) that have become REO Property, in each case as of the end of the
      preceding calendar month, determined in the aggregate and separately for
      Loan Group 1 and Loan Group 2;

                  (x) the Net Derivative Contract Payment Amount;

                  (xi) the Overcollateralization Increase Amount with respect to
      each Loan Group, Overcollateralization Release Amount,
      Overcollateralization Target Amount and Overcollateralized Amount, if any,
      in each case as the end of the related Payment Date, in each case as
      determined separately for each Loan Group;

                  (xii) the amount of any Advances and Compensating Interest
      payments;

                  (xiii) the aggregate Realized Losses with respect to the
      related Payment Date and cumulative Realized Losses since the Closing
      Date;

                  (xiv) the number and aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
      Mortgage Loans repurchased pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase
      Agreement for the related Payment Date and cumulatively since the Closing
      Date determined in the aggregate and separately for Loan Group 1 and Loan
      Group 2;

                  (xv) the book value of any REO Property;

                  (xvi) the amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls or
      Relief Act Shortfalls for such Payment Date;

                  (xvii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of Mortgage
      Loans purchased pursuant to Section 3.18 of the Servicing Agreement for
      the related Payment Date and cumulatively since the Closing Date;

                  (xviii) any Insured Amount paid for the benefit of the Class
      2-A Bonds; and

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                  (xix) the amount withdrawn from the Group 1 Pre-Funding
      Account and used to make payments to Bondholders on that Payment Date, the
      amount remaining on deposit following such Payment Date, and the amount
      withdrawn from the Group 1 Pre-Funding Account used to buy certain Group 1
      Subsequent Mortgage Loans prior to such Payment Date.

      Items (iii) and (v) above shall be presented on the basis of a Bond having
a $1,000 denomination. In addition, by January 31 of each calendar year
following any year during which the Bonds are outstanding, the Indenture Trustee
shall furnish a report to each Bondholder of record if so requested in writing
at any time during each calendar year as to the aggregate of amounts reported
pursuant to (iii), (iv) and (v) with respect to the Bonds for such calendar
year.

      The Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely upon the Remittance Report
provided by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.01 of the Servicing
Agreement and on the amount of the Net Derivative Contract Payment Amount
furnished to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Derivative Contracts in its
preparation of its Statement to Bondholders.

      The Indenture Trustee will make the monthly statements provided for in
this section (and, at its option, any additional files containing the same
information in an alternative format) available each month to Bondholders, other
parties to this Agreement and any other interested parties via the Indenture
Trustee's website. The Indenture Trustee's website shall initially be located at
www.ctslink.com. Assistance in using the website can be obtained by calling the
Trustee's customer service desk at (301) 815-6600. Parties that are unable to
use the website are entitled to have a paper copy ailed to them via first class
mail by calling the customer service desk and indicating such. With the consent
of the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee may have the right to change the way the
monthly statements are distributed in order to make such distribution more
convenient and/or more accessible to the above parties and the Indenture Trustee
shall provide timely and adequate notification to all above parties regarding
any such changes.

      The Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to rely on but shall not be
responsible for the content or accuracy of any information provided by third
parties for purposes of preparing the monthly statement, and may affix thereto
any disclaimer it deems appropriate in its reasonable discretion (without
suggesting liability on the part of any other party hereto).

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                                  ARTICLE VIII

                      Accounts, Disbursements and Releases

      Section 8.01 Collection of Money. 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 apply all such money received by it as provided in this Indenture.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, if any default occurs
in the making of any payment or performance under any agreement or instrument
that is part of the Trust Estate, the Indenture Trustee may take such action as
may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including the
institution and prosecution of appropriate Proceedings. Any such action shall be
without prejudice to any right to claim a Default or Event of Default under this
Indenture and any right to proceed thereafter as provided in Article V.

      Section 8.02 Trust Accounts. (a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the
Issuer shall cause the Indenture Trustee to establish and maintain, in the name
of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Bondholders and the Derivative
Counterparty, the Payment Account as provided in Section 3.01 hereof.

      (b) All monies deposited from time to time in the Payment Account and all
deposits therein pursuant to this Indenture (other than deposits of any gain or
income on investments thereof) are for the benefit of the Bondholders. Any loss
on any investment made by the Indenture Trustee with funds in the Payment
Account shall be reimbursed immediately to the Trust Estate by the Master
Servicer. All investments made with monies in the Payment Account and the
Certificate Distribution Account including all income or other gain from such
investments shall be for the benefit of and the risk of the Master Servicer.

      (c) On each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall pay itself from
amounts on deposit in the Payment Account the Indenture Trustee's Fee for such
Payment Date and any other amounts payable to it hereunder and then shall pay
the Derivative Counterparty the Net Derivative Fee, excluding any Additional
Derivative Counterparty Payment, and then the Indenture Trustee shall distribute
all remaining amounts on deposit in the Payment Account to the Bondholders in
respect of the Bonds and to such other persons in the order of priority set
forth in Section 3.05 hereof (except as otherwise provided in Section 5.04(b)
hereof).

      (d) The Indenture Trustee shall invest any funds in the Payment Account,
but only in Eligible Investments, as directed by the Master Servicer, maturing
no later than the Business Day preceding each Payment Date and such Eligible
Investments shall not be sold or disposed of prior to their maturity. From the
Business Day prior to the Payment Date until disbursed, such funds shall be held
uninvested and any income, gain or other benefit with respect thereto shall be
for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee.

      Section 8.03 Officer's Certificate. The Indenture Trustee shall receive at
least seven Business Days' notice when requested by the Issuer to take any
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8.05(a) hereof, accompanied by copies of any instruments to be executed, and the
Indenture Trustee shall also require, as a condition to such action, an
Officer's Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture
Trustee, stating the legal effect of any such action, outlining the steps
required to complete the same, and concluding that all conditions precedent to
the taking of such action have been complied with.

      Section 8.04 Termination Upon Distribution to Bondholders. This Indenture
and the respective obligations and responsibilities of the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee created hereby shall terminate upon the distribution to
Bondholders, the Bond Insurer, the Certificate Paying Agent on behalf of the
Certificateholders and the Indenture Trustee of all amounts required to be
distributed pursuant to Article III; provided, however, that in no event shall
the trust created hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the
death of the survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late
ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date
hereof.

      Section 8.05 Release of Trust Estate. (a) Subject to the payment of its
fees and expenses, the Indenture Trustee may, and when required by the
provisions of this Indenture shall, execute instruments to release property from
the lien of this Indenture, or convey the Indenture Trustee's interest in the
same, in a manner and under circumstances that are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture, including for the purposes of any repurchase by
the Master Servicer of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.18 of the Servicing
Agreement. No party relying upon an instrument executed by the Indenture Trustee
as provided in Article VIII hereunder shall be bound to ascertain the Indenture
Trustee's authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent,
or see to the application of any monies.

      (b) The Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as (i) there are no Bonds
Outstanding, (ii) all sums due to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this
Indenture have been paid and (iii) all sums due to the Bond Insurer have been
paid, release any remaining portion of the Trust Estate that secured the Bonds
from the lien of this Indenture.

      (c) The Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this
Indenture pursuant to this Section 8.05 only upon receipt of a request from the
Issuer accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating
that all applicable requirements have been satisfied.

      Section 8.06 Surrender of Bonds Upon Final Payment. By acceptance of any
Bond, the Holder thereof agrees to surrender such Bond to the Indenture Trustee
promptly, prior to such Bondholder's receipt of the final payment thereon.

      Section 8.07 Optional Redemption of the Bonds. (a) The Majority
Certificateholder shall have the option to redeem the Bonds, other than the
Class A-IO-1 Bonds and Class A-IO-2 Bonds, in whole, but not in part, on any
Payment Date on or after the earlier of (i) the Payment Date on which the sum of
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Group 1
Pre-Funded Amount is less than or equal to 20% of the sum of the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of Cut-off Date and the Group
1 Original Pre-Funded Amount and (ii) the Payment Date in October 2014. The
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the Bonds, other than the Class A-IO-1 Bonds and Class A-IO-2 Bonds, will be
equal to the unpaid Bond Principal Balance of the Bonds as of the Payment Date
on which the proposed redemption will take place in accordance with the
foregoing, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the applicable
Bond Interest Rate through such Payment Date (including any related Unpaid
Interest Shortfall and Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount), plus an
amount sufficient to pay in full all amounts owing to the Bond Insurer and the
Indenture Trustee under this Indenture and the Bond Insurance Policy (which
amounts shall be specified in writing upon request of the Issuer by the
Indenture Trustee and the Bond Insurer) and plus an amount equal to any amounts
owing to the Derivative Counterparty under the Derivative Contracts.

      (b) In order to exercise the foregoing option, the Issuer shall provide
written notice of its exercise of such option to the Indenture Trustee, the
Owner Trustee and the Master Servicer at least 15 days prior to its exercise.
Following receipt of the notice, the Indenture Trustee shall provide notice to
the Bondholders of the final payment on the Bonds. In addition, the Issuer
shall, not less than one Business Day prior to the proposed Payment Date on
which such redemption is to be made, deposit the aggregate redemption price
specified in (a) above with the Indenture Trustee, who shall deposit the
aggregate redemption price into the Payment Account and shall, on the Payment
Date after receipt of the funds, apply such funds to make final payments of
principal and interest on the Bonds in accordance with Section 3.05(b) and (c)
hereof and payment in full to the Bond Insurer for all amounts owing under the
Bond Insurance Policy and to the Indenture Trustee for all amounts payable to it
under this Indenture, and this Indenture shall be discharged subject to the
provisions of Section 4.10 hereof. If for any reason the amount deposited by the
Issuer is not sufficient to make such redemption or such redemption cannot be
completed for any reason, the amount so deposited by the Issuer with the
Indenture Trustee shall be immediately returned to the Issuer in full and shall
not be used for any other purpose or be deemed to be part of the Trust Estate.

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                                   ARTICLE IX

                             Supplemental Indentures

      Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Bondholders. (a)
Without the consent of the Holders of any Bonds but with prior notice to the
Rating Agencies, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an
Issuer Request, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more
indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the TIA
as in force at the date of the execution thereof), in form satisfactory to the
Indenture Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

                  (i) to correct or amplify the description of any property at
      any time subject to the lien of this Indenture, or better to assure,
      convey and confirm unto the Indenture Trustee any property subject or
      required to be subjected to the lien of this Indenture, or to subject to
      the lien of this Indenture additional property;

                  (ii) to evidence the succession, in compliance with the
      applicable provisions hereof, of another person to the Issuer, and the
      assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer herein and
      in the Bonds contained;

                  (iii) to add to the covenants of the Issuer, for the benefit
      of the Holders of the Bonds, or to surrender any right or power herein
      conferred upon the Issuer;

                  (iv) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any
      property to or with the Indenture Trustee;

                  (v) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
      provision herein or in any supplemental indenture that may be inconsistent
      with any other provision herein or in any supplemental indenture;

                  (vi) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
      questions arising under this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture;
      provided, that such action shall not materially and adversely affect the
      interests of the Holders of the Bonds;

                  (vii) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the
      appointment hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the Bonds and
      to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
      necessary to facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more
      than one trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Article VI hereof; or

                  (viii) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this
      Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to effect the qualification
      of this Indenture under the TIA or under any similar federal statute
      hereafter enacted and to add to this Indenture such other provisions as
      may be expressly required by the TIA;

provided, however, that no such indenture supplements shall be entered into
unless the Indenture Trustee shall have received an Opinion of Counsel as to the
enforceability of any such indenture

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supplement and to the effect that (i) such indenture supplement is permitted
hereunder and (ii) entering into such indenture supplement will not result in a
"substantial modification" of the Bonds under Treasury Regulation Section
1.1001-3 or adversely affect the status of the Bonds as indebtedness for federal
income tax purposes.

      The Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of any
such supplemental indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and
stipulations that may be therein contained.

      (b) The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer
Request, may, also without the consent of any of the Holders of the Bonds and
prior notice to the Rating Agencies, enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Bonds under this
Indenture; provided, however, that such action as evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel, (i) is permitted by this Indenture, and shall not (ii) adversely affect
in any material respect the interests of any Bondholder or (iii) if 100% of the
Certificates are not owned by IMH Assets Corp., cause the Issuer to be subject
to an entity level tax for federal income tax purposes.

      Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Bondholders. The
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Request, also
may, with prior notice to the Rating Agencies and, with the consent of the
Holders of not less than a majority of the Bond Principal Balance of each Class
of Bonds affected thereby, by Act (as defined in Section 10.03 hereof) of such
Holders delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, enter into an
indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any
provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of
the Bonds under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental
indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Bond affected
thereby:

                  (i) change the date of payment of any installment of principal
      of or interest on any Bond, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the
      interest rate thereon, change the provisions of this Indenture relating to
      the application of collections on, or the proceeds of the sale of, the
      Trust Estate to payment of principal of or interest on the Bonds, or
      change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any
      Bond or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute
      suit for the enforcement of the provisions of this Indenture requiring the
      application of funds available therefor, as provided in Article V, to the
      payment of any such amount due on the Bonds on or after the respective due
      dates thereof;

                  (ii) reduce the percentage of the Bond Principal Balances of
      the Bonds, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such
      supplemental indenture, or the consent of the Holders of which is required
      for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or
      certain defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this
      Indenture;

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                  (iii) modify or alter the provisions of the proviso to the
      definition of the term "Outstanding" or modify or alter the exception in
      the definition of the term "Holder";

                  (iv) reduce the percentage of the Bond Principal Balances of
      the Bonds required to direct the Indenture Trustee to direct the Issuer to
      sell or liquidate the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.04 hereof;

                  (v) modify any provision of this Section 9.02 except to
      increase any percentage specified herein or to provide that certain
      additional provisions of this Indenture or the Basic Documents cannot be
      modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Bond affected
      thereby;

                  (vi) modify any of the provisions of this Indenture in such
      manner as to affect the calculation of the amount of any payment of
      interest or principal due on any Bond on any Payment Date (including the
      calculation of any of the individual components of such calculation); or

                  (vii) permit the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on a
      parity with the lien of this Indenture with respect to any part of the
      Trust Estate or, except as otherwise permitted or contemplated herein,
      terminate the lien of this Indenture on any property at any time subject
      hereto or deprive the Holder of any Bond of the security provided by the
      lien of this Indenture;

and provided, further, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel, cause the Issuer (if 100% of the Certificates are not owned by IMH
Assets Corp.) to be subject to an entity level tax.

      Any such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the
interest of any Holder (other than a Holder who shall consent to such
supplemental indenture) as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (provided by the
Person requesting such supplemental indenture) delivered to the Indenture
Trustee.

      No supplemental indenture adverse to the interests of the Derivative
Counterparty shall be entered into without the Derivative Counterparty's written
consent.

      It shall not be necessary for any Act of Bondholders under this Section
9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but
it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

      Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section 9.02, the Indenture Trustee
shall mail to the Holders of the Bonds to which such amendment or supplemental
indenture relates a notice setting forth in general terms the substance of such
supplemental indenture. Any failure of the 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.

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      Section 9.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or
permitting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article IX or the modification thereby of the trusts created
by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and
subject to Sections 6.01 and 6.02 hereof, shall be fully protected in relying
upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental
indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. 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, liabilities or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

      Section 9.04 Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture shall
be and shall be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith with
respect to the Bonds affected thereby, and the respective rights, limitations of
rights, obligations, duties, liabilities and immunities under this Indenture of
the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Bonds shall thereafter
be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such
modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such
supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and
conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

      Section 9.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment of this
Indenture and every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article IX
shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect
so long as this Indenture shall then be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.

      Section 9.06 Reference in Bonds to Supplemental Indentures. Bonds
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 Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee shall so determine, new Bonds so modified as to conform, in the opinion
of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may
be prepared and executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the
Indenture Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Bonds.

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                                   ARTICLE X

                                  Miscellaneous

      Section 10.01 Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc. (a) Upon any
application or request by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action
under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture
Trustee (i) an Officer's Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if
any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such
counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except
that, in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing
of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture,
no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

      Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

            (1) a statement that each signatory of such certificate or opinion
      has read or has caused to be read such covenant or condition and the
      definitions herein relating thereto;

            (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination
      or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
      certificate or opinion are based;

            (3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such signatory, such
      signatory has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
      enable such signatory to express an informed opinion as to whether or not
      such covenant or condition has been complied with;

            (4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
      signatory, such condition or covenant has been complied with; and

            (5) if the signatory of such certificate or opinion is required to
      be Independent, the statement required by the definition of the term
      "Independent".

      (b) (i) Prior to the deposit of any Collateral or other property or
securities with the Indenture Trustee that is to be made the basis for the
release of any property or securities subject to the lien of this Indenture, the
Issuer shall, in addition to any obligation imposed in Section 10.01 (a) or
elsewhere in this Indenture, furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer's
Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each person signing such
certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days prior to such deposit) to the
Issuer of the Collateral or other property or securities to be so deposited and
a report from a nationally recognized accounting firm verifying such value.

                  (ii) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the
      Indenture Trustee an Officer's Certificate certifying or stating the
      opinion of any signer thereof as to the

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      matters described in clause (i) above, the Issuer shall also deliver to
      the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate from a nationally
      recognized accounting firm as to the same matters, if the fair value of
      the securities to be so deposited and of all other such securities made
      the basis of any such withdrawal or release since the commencement of the
      then current fiscal year of the Issuer, as set forth in the certificates
      delivered pursuant to clause (i) above and this clause (ii), is 10% or
      more of the Bond Principal Balances of the Bonds, but such a certificate
      need not be furnished with respect to any securities so deposited, if the
      fair value thereof as set forth in the related Officer's Certificate is
      less than $25,000 or less than one percent of the Bond Principal Balances
      of the Bonds.

                  (iii) Whenever any property or securities are to be released
      from the lien of this Indenture, the Issuer shall also furnish to the
      Indenture Trustee an Officer's Certificate certifying or stating the
      opinion of each person signing such certificate as to the fair value
      (within 90 days prior to such release) of the property or securities
      proposed to be released and stating that in the opinion of such person the
      proposed release will not impair the security under this Indenture in
      contravention of the provisions hereof.

                  (iv) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the
      Indenture Trustee an Officer's Certificate certifying or stating the
      opinion of any signer thereof as to the matters described in clause (iii)
      above, the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an
      Independent Certificate as to the same matters if the fair value of the
      property or securities and of all other property or securities released
      from the lien of this Indenture since the commencement of the then-current
      calendar year, as set forth in the certificates required by clause (iii)
      above and this clause (iv), equals 10% or more of the Bond Principal
      Balances of the Bonds, but such certificate need not be furnished in the
      case of any release of property or securities if the fair value thereof as
      set forth in the related Officer's Certificate is less than $25,000 or
      less than one percent of the then Bond Principal Balances of the Bonds.

      Section 10.02 Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee. In any
case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they
be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify
or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such
Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.

      Any certificate or opinion of an Authorized Officer of the Issuer may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of,
or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate of an Authorized Officer or Opinion of Counsel
may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Seller or the
Issuer, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in
the possession of the Seller or the Issuer, unless such

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counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are
erroneous.

      Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.

      Whenever in this Indenture, in connection with any application or
certificate or report to the Indenture Trustee, it is provided that the Issuer
shall deliver any document as a condition of the granting of such application,
or as evidence of the Issuer's compliance with any term hereof, it is intended
that the truth and accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or
at the effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the
facts and opinions stated in such document shall in such case be conditions
precedent to the right of the Issuer to have such application granted or to the
sufficiency of such certificate or report. The foregoing shall not, however, be
construed to affect the Indenture Trustee's right to rely upon the truth and
accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided
in Article VI.

      Section 10.03 Acts of Bondholders. (a) Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to
be given or taken by Bondholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Bondholders in person
or by agents duly appointed in writing; and except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments
are delivered to the Indenture Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly
required, to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied
therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of
the Bondholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of
any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be
sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01
hereof) conclusive in favor of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, if made in
the manner provided in this Section 10.03 hereof.

      (b) The fact and date of the execution by any person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved in any manner that the Indenture Trustee
deems sufficient.

      (c) The ownership of Bonds shall be proved by the Bond Registrar.

      (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action by the Holder of any Bonds shall bind the Holder of every Bond
issued upon the registration thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof,
in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Indenture
Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such
action is made upon such Bond.

      Section 10.04 Notices etc., to Indenture Trustee Issuer and Rating
Agencies. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act of Bondholders or other documents provided or permitted by this Indenture
shall be in writing and if such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or act of Bondholders is to be made upon, given or
furnished to or filed with:

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                  (i) the Indenture Trustee by any Bondholder or by the Issuer
      shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished
      or filed in writing to or with the Indenture Trustee at the Corporate
      Trust Office. The Indenture Trustee shall promptly transmit any notice
      received by it from the Bondholders to the Issuer; or

                  (ii) the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by any Bondholder
      shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed
      first-class, postage prepaid to the Issuer addressed to: Impac CMB Trust
      Series 2004-9, in care of Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North,
      1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19990-0001, Attention:
      Corporate Trust Administration, or at any other address previously
      furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee by the Issuer. The Issuer
      shall promptly transmit any notice received by it from the Bondholders to
      the Indenture Trustee; or

                  (iii) the Bond Insurer by the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or
      by any Bondholders shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in
      writing and mailed, first-class postage pre-paid, or personally delivered
      or telecopied to: Ambac Assurance Corporation, One State Street Plaza, New
      York, New York 10004, Attention: Consumer Asset-Backed Securities Group,
      Telephone: (212) 208-3394, Telecopier: (212) 363-1459. The Bond Insurer
      shall promptly transmit any notice received by it from the Issuer, the
      Indenture Trustee or the Bondholders to the Issuer or Indenture Trustee,
      as the case may be.

      Notices required to be given to the Rating Agencies by the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee shall be in writing, mailed first-class
postage pre-paid, to (i) in the case of Moody's, at the following address:
Moody's Investors Service, Inc., Residential Mortgage Monitoring Department, 99
Church Street, New York, New York 10007 and (ii) in the case of Standard &
Poor's, at the following address: Standard & Poor's, 55 Water Street, 41st
Floor, New York, New York 10041, Attention of Asset Backed Surveillance
Department; or as to each of the foregoing, at such other address as shall be
designated by written notice to the other parties.

      Section 10.05 Notices to Bondholders; Waiver. Where this Indenture
provides for notice to Bondholders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing
and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid to each Bondholder affected by such
event, at such Person's address as it appears on the Bond Register, not later
than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the
giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Bondholders is given by mail,
neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed
to any particular Bondholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with
respect to other Bondholders, and any notice that is mailed in the manner herein
provided shall conclusively be presumed to have been duly given regardless of
whether such notice is in fact actually received.

      Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be
waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either before
or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.
Waivers of notice by Bondholders shall be filed

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

      In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a result
of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical to mail
notice of any event to Bondholders when such notice is required to be given
pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such
notice as shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to be a
sufficient giving of such notice.

      Where this Indenture provides for notice to the Rating Agencies, failure
to give such notice shall not affect any other rights or obligations created
hereunder, and shall not under any circumstance constitute an Event of Default.

      Section 10.06 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof
limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof that is required to
be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture
Act, such required provision shall control.

      The provisions of TIA ss.ss. 310 through 317 that impose duties on any
Person (including the provisions automatically deemed included herein unless
expressly excluded by this Indenture) are a part of and govern this Indenture,
whether or not physically contained herein.

      Section 10.07 Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein
are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

      Section 10.08 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this
Indenture and the Bonds by the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns,
whether so expressed or not. All agreements of the Indenture Trustee in this
Indenture shall bind its successors, co-trustees and agents.

      Section 10.09 Separability. In case any provision in this Indenture or in
the Bonds shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality,
and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby.

      Section 10.10 [Reserved].

      Section 10.11 Legal Holidays. In any case where the date on which any
payment is due shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of the Bonds or this Indenture) payment need not be made on such date,
but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and
effect as if made on the date on which nominally due, and no interest shall
accrue for the period from and after any such nominal date.

      Section 10.12 GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE 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 SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

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      Section 10.13 Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original,
but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.

      Section 10.14 Recording of Indenture. If this Indenture is subject to
recording in any appropriate public recording offices, such recording is to be
effected by the Issuer and at its expense accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel
at its expense (which may be counsel to the Indenture Trustee or any other
counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such
recording is necessary either for the protection of the Bondholders or any other
Person secured hereunder or for the enforcement of any right or remedy granted
to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.

      Section 10.15 Issuer Obligation. No recourse may be taken, directly or
indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or
the Indenture Trustee on the Bonds or under this Indenture or any certificate or
other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against (i) the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (ii) any
owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer 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 Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or
of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its
individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it
being understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such
obligations in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner,
owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable
law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or
failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity. For all purposes of
this Indenture, in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuer
hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits
of, the terms and provisions of Article VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.

      Section 10.16 No Petition. The Indenture Trustee, by entering into this
Indenture, and each Bondholder, by accepting a Bond, hereby covenant and agree
that they will not at any time prior to one year from the date of termination
hereof, institute against the Depositor or the Issuer, or join in any
institution against the Depositor or the Issuer of, any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other
proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law
in connection with any obligations relating to the Bonds, this Indenture or any
of the Basic Documents.

      Section 10.17 Inspection. The Issuer agrees that, at its expense, on
reasonable prior notice, it shall permit any representative of the Indenture
Trustee, during the Issuer's normal business hours, to examine all the books of
account, records, reports and other papers of the Issuer, to make copies and
extracts therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by Independent certified
public accountants, and to discuss the Issuer's affairs, finances and accounts
with the Issuer's officers, employees, and Independent certified public
accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably
requested. The Indenture Trustee shall cause its representatives to hold in
confidence all such information except to the extent disclosure may be required
by law (and all reasonable applications for confidential treatment are
unavailing) and

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except to the extent that the Indenture Trustee may reasonably determine that
such disclosure is consistent with its obligations hereunder.

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                                   ARTICLE XI

                   Certain Matters Regarding the Bond Insurer

      Section 11.01 Rights of the Bond Insurer to Exercise the Rights of the
Class 2-A Bonds. By accepting its Bond, each Class 2-A Bondholder agrees that
unless an Bond Insurer Default exists, the Bond Insurer shall have the right to
exercise all consent, voting, direction and other control rights of the Class
2-A Bondholders under this Indenture without any further consent of the Class
2-A Bondholders.

      Section 11.02 Claims Upon the Bond Insurance Policy; Insurance Account.
(a) If, on the Business Day next succeeding the Determination Date, the Master
Servicer determines that (i) the funds that will be on deposit in the Payment
Account on the third Business Day prior to the related Payment Date, to the
extent payable to the Class 2-A Bondholders pursuant to Section 3.05, are
insufficient to pay the Accrued Bond Interest on the Class 2-A Bonds for such
Payment Date, net of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, Relief Act Shortfalls
or Basis Risk Shortfalls allocated to the Class 2-A Bonds or (ii) the funds
available in connection with an optional redemption of the Bonds pursuant to
Section 8.07 or on the Final Scheduled Payment Date will be insufficient to
reduce the Bond Principal Balance of the Class 2-A Bonds to zero, the Master
Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee not later than 1:00 p.m. New
York City time on the Business Day next succeeding the Determination Date a
certificate signed by a Servicing Officer directing the Indenture Trustee to
draw on the Bond Insurance Policy and stating the amount to be drawn and stating
the Insured Amount for the Class 2-A Bonds, and the Indenture Trustee shall give
notice by telephone or telecopy of the aggregate amount of such deficiency,
confirmed in writing in the form set forth as Exhibit A to the endorsement of
the Bond Insurance Policy, to the Bond Insurer at or before 12:00 noon, New York
City time, on the Business Day prior to such Payment Date. If, subsequent to
such notice, and prior to payment by the Bond Insurer pursuant to such notice,
additional amounts are deposited in the Payment Account, the Indenture Trustee
shall reasonably promptly notify the Bond Insurer and withdraw the notice or
reduce the amount claimed, as appropriate.

      (b) The Indenture Trustee shall establish a separate special purpose trust
account for the benefit of Holders of the Class 2-A Bonds and the Bond Insurer
referred to herein as the "Insurance Account" over which the Indenture Trustee
shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal. The Indenture Trustee
shall deposit any amount paid to it under the Bond Insurance Policy in the
Insurance Account and distribute such amount only for purposes of payment to
Holders of Class 2-A Bonds of the Insured Amount for which a claim was made.
Such amount may not be applied to satisfy any costs, expenses or liabilities of
the Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Trust Estate. Amounts paid
under the Bond Insurance Policy shall be transferred to the Payment Account in
accordance with the next succeeding paragraph and disbursed by the Indenture
Trustee to Holders of Class 2-A Bonds in accordance with Section 3.05 or Section
8.04, as applicable. It shall not be necessary for such payments to be made by
checks or wire transfers separate from the checks or wire transfers used to pay
the Insured Amount with other funds available to make such payment. However, the
amount of any payment of principal of or interest on the Class 2-A Bonds to be
paid from funds transferred from the Insurance Account shall be noted as
provided in paragraph (c) below and in the

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statement to be furnished to Holders of the Bonds and Certificates pursuant to
Section 3.25. Funds held in the Insurance Account shall not be invested by the
Master Servicer.

      On any Payment Date with respect to which a claim has been made under the
Bond Insurance Policy, the amount of any funds received by the Indenture Trustee
as a result of any claim under the Bond Insurance Policy, to the extent required
to pay the Insured Amount on such Payment Date, shall be withdrawn by the
Indenture Trustee from the Insurance Account and deposited in the Payment
Account and applied by the Indenture Trustee, together with the other funds to
be distributed to the Class 2-A Bondholders pursuant to Section 3.05, directly
to the payment in full of the Insured Amount due on the Class 2-A Bonds. Any
funds remaining in the Insurance Account on the first Business Day following a
Payment Date shall be remitted by the Indenture Trustee to the Bond Insurer,
pursuant to the written instructions of the Bond Insurer, by the end of such
Business Day.

      (c) The Indenture Trustee shall keep a complete and accurate record of the
amount of interest and principal paid into the Insurance Account in respect of
any Class 2-A Bond from moneys received by the Indenture Trustee under the Bond
Insurance Policy. The Bond Insurer shall have the right to inspect such records
at reasonable times during normal business hours upon two Business Day's prior
written notice to the Indenture Trustee.

      Section 11.03 Effect of Payments by the Bond Insurer; Subrogation.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, for purposes of this Section
11.03, any payment with respect to principal of or interest on the Class 2-A
Bonds which is made with monies received pursuant to the terms of the Bond
Insurance Policy shall not be considered payment of the Class 2-A Bonds from the
Trust Estate. The Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee acknowledge, and
each Holder by its acceptance of a Class 2-A Bond agrees, that without the need
for any further action on the part of the Bond Insurer, the Master Servicer, the
Indenture Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, to the extent the Bond Insurer
makes payments, directly or indirectly, on account of principal of or interest
on the Class 2-A Bonds to the Holders of such Bonds, the Bond Insurer will be
fully subrogated to, and each Class 2-A Bondholder and the Indenture Trustee
hereby delegate and assign to the Bond Insurer, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, the rights of such Holders to receive such principal and interest from
the Trust Estate; provided that the Bond Insurer shall be paid such amounts only
from the sources and in the manner explicitly provided for herein.

      The Indenture Trustee and the Master Servicer shall cooperate in all
respects with any reasonable request by the Bond Insurer for action to preserve
or enforce the Bond Insurer's rights or interests under this Indenture without
limiting the rights or affecting the interests of the Holders as otherwise set
forth herein.

      Section 11.04 Notices and Information to the Bond Insurer. All notices,
statements, reports, certificates or opinions required by this Indenture to be
sent or made available to any other party hereto or to the Bondholders or
Certificateholders shall also be sent or made available to the Bond Insurer.

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      Section 11.05 Trustee to Hold Bond Insurance Policy. The Indenture Trustee
will hold the Bond Insurance Policy in trust as agent for the Class 2-A
Bondholders for the purpose of making claims thereon and distributing the
proceeds thereof. Neither the Bond Insurance Policy, nor the amounts paid on the
Bond Insurance Policy will constitute part of the Trust Estate. Each Class 2-A
Bondholder, by accepting its Bond, appoints the Indenture Trustee as
attorney-in-fact for the purpose of making claims on the Bond Insurance Policy.
The Indenture Trustee shall surrender the Bond Insurance Policy to the Bond
Insurer for cancellation upon the expiration of the term of the Bond Insurance
Policy as provided in the Bond Insurance Policy following the retirement of the
Class 2-A Bonds.

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

                                IMPAC CMB TRUST SERIES 2004-9, as
                                Issuer Wilmington Trust Company, not
                                in its individual capacity but
                                solely as Owner Trustee

                                By:    /s/ Heather L. Williamson
                                   ----------------------------------------
                                Name:  Heather L. Williamson
                                Title: Financial Services Officer

                                WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Indenture Trustee

                                By:    /s/ Sandra Whalen
                                   ----------------------------------------
                                Name:  Sandra Whalen
                                Title: Vice President

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STATE OF DELAWARE       )
                        ) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW CASTLE    )

      On this day of October 26th, 2004, before me personally appeared Heather
L. Williamson, to me known, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say, that
she is a Financial Services Officer of the Owner Trustee, one of the
corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; and that she
signed her name thereto by like order.

                                            Notary Public

                                             /s/ Michele Lauren Centrella
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            NOTARY PUBLIC

[NOTARIAL SEAL]

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

      On this 28th day of October, 2004, before me personally appeared Sandra
Whalen, to me known, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say, that she is
a Vice President of the Indenture Trustee, one of the entities described in and
which executed the above instrument; and that she signed her name thereto by
like order.

                                            Notary Public

                                                   /s/ Deborah Daniels
                                            ----------------------------------
                                            NOTARY PUBLIC

[NOTARIAL SEAL]

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                                   EXHIBIT A-1

                           FORM OF CLASS [_-A-_] BONDS

UNLESS THIS BOND IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY BOND 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.

THIS BOND IS A NON-RECOURSE OBLIGATION OF THE ISSUER, AND IS LIMITED IN RIGHT OF
PAYMENT TO AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FROM THE TRUST AND THE BOND INSURANCE POLICY AS
PROVIDED IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO BELOW. THE ISSUER IS NOT OTHERWISE
PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR PAYMENTS ON THIS BOND.

PRINCIPAL OF THIS BOND IS PAYABLE OVER TIME AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY,
THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL OF THIS BOND AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT
SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.

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                          IMPAC CMB TRUST SERIES 2004-9
                        COLLATERALIZED ASSET-BACKED BONDS
                                  CLASS [_-A-_]

AGGREGATE [BOND PRINCIPAL                                  BOND INTEREST
BALANCE][NOTIONAL AMOUNT]:                                 RATE: Adjustable Rate
$[      ]

INITIAL [BOND PRINCIPAL                                    BOND NO. 1
BALANCE][NOTIONAL AMOUNT] OF THIS BOND: $[    ]

PERCENTAGE INTEREST: 100%                                  CUSIP NO. [      ]

      Impac CMB Trust Series 2004-9 (the "Issuer"), a Delaware statutory trust,
for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns,
the principal sum of ($_________________) in monthly installments on the
twenty-fifth day of each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day (each a "Payment Date"), commencing in November 2004 and
ending on or before the Payment Date occurring in _____________ (the "Final
Scheduled Payment Date") and to pay interest on the [Bond Principal
Balance][Notional Amount] of this Bond (this "Bond") outstanding from time to
time as provided below.

      This Bond is one of a duly authorized issue of the Issuer's Collateralized
Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2004-9 (the "Bonds"), issued under an Indenture dated
as of October 28, 2004 (the "Indenture"), between the Issuer and Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A., as indenture trustee (the "Indenture Trustee", which term includes
any successor Indenture Trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective rights thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, and the
Holders of the Bonds and the terms upon which the Bonds are to be authenticated
and delivered. All terms used in this Bond which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

      [Ambac Assurance Corporation (the "Bond Insurer"), in consideration of the
payment of the premium and subject to the terms of the certificate guaranty
insurance policy (the "Bond Insurance Policy") issued thereby, has
unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed the payment of the Insured Amount
with respect to the Class 2-A Bonds with respect to each Payment Date. Such Bond
Insurance Policy will not cover any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, Relief Act
Shortfalls or Basis Risk Shortfall Carry- Forward Amount.]

      Payments of [principal and] interest on this Bond will be made on each
Payment Date to the Bondholder of record as of the related Record Date. [The
"Bond Principal Balance" of a Bond as of any date of determination is equal to
the initial Bond Principal Balance thereof, reduced by the aggregate of all
amounts previously paid with respect to such Bond on account of

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principal [and the aggregate amount of cumulative Realized Losses allocated to
such Bond] on all prior Payment Dates.][The "Notional Amount" of this Bond,
immediately prior to the related Payment Date, for the for the November 2004
Payment Date, is $1,059,953,000, for the December 2004 Payment Date,
$979,724,982, for the January 2005 Payment Date, $885,961,960, for the February
2005 Payment Date, $801,171,127, for the March 2005 Payment Date, $724,494,052,
for the April 2005 Payment Date, $655,154,494, and for each Payment Date
thereafter, $0.][The "Notional Amount" of this Bond, immediately prior to the
related Payment Date, for the November 2004 Payment Date, is $1,000,047,000, for
the December 2004 Payment Date, $924,353,161, for the January 2005 Payment Date,
$835,889,411, for the February 2005 Payment Date, $755,890,762, for the March
2005 Payment Date, $683,547,301, for the April 2005 Payment Date, $618,126,657,
and for each Payment Date thereafter, $0]

      The [principal of, and] interest on[,] this Bond [are][is] due and payable
as described in the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and
private debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Bond shall
be equal to this Bond's pro rata share of the aggregate payments on all Class
[_-A-_] Bonds as described above, and shall be applied as [between] interest
[and principal] as provided in the Indenture. [In addition, any payments
received by the Indenture Trustee in respect of the Seller Guarantee shall be
paid to the Holders of this Bond pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Indenture.]

      All [principal and] interest accrued on the Bonds, if not previously paid,
will become finally due and payable at the Final Scheduled Payment Date.

      The Bonds, other than the Class A-IO-1 Bonds and Class A-IO-2 Bonds, are
subject to redemption in whole, but not in part, by the Majority
Certificateholder on any Payment Date on or after the earlier of (i) the Payment
Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
the end of the prior Due Period is less than or equal to 20% of the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of Cut-off Date and the
aggregate amount deposited into the Group 1 Pre-Funding Account on the Closing
Date and (ii) the Payment Date in October 2014.

      The Issuer shall not be liable upon the indebtedness evidenced by the
Bonds except to the extent of amounts available from the Trust Estate which
constitutes security for the payment of the Bonds. The assets included in the
Trust Estate will be the sole source of payments on the Class [_-A-_] Bonds, and
each Holder hereof, by its acceptance of this Bond, agrees that (i) such Bond
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
Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, IMH Assets Corp., Impac
Mortgage Holdings, Inc., the Master Servicer or any of their respective
affiliates, or to the assets of any of the foregoing entities, except the assets
of the Issuer pledged to secure the Class [_-A-_] Bonds pursuant to the
Indenture and the rights conveyed to the Issuer under the Indenture.

      Any payment of [principal or] interest payable on this Bond which is
punctually paid on the applicable Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in
whose name such Bond is registered at the close of business on the Record Date
for such Payment Date by check mailed to such

                                     A-1-3
<PAGE>

person's address as it appears in the Bond Register on such Record Date, except
for the final installment of [principal and] interest payable with respect to
such Bond, which shall be payable as provided below. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, upon written request with appropriate instructions by the Holder of
this Bond delivered to the Indenture Trustee at least five Business Days prior
to the Record Date, any payment of [principal or] interest, other than the final
installment of [principal or interest], shall be made by wire transfer to an
account in the United States designated by such Holder. All scheduled reductions
in the [principal amount][Notional Amount] of a Bond (or one or more predecessor
Bonds) effected by payments of principal made on any Payment Date shall be
binding upon all Holders of this Bond and of any bond issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof,
whether or not such payment is noted on such Bond. The final payment of this
Bond shall be payable upon presentation and surrender thereof on or after the
Payment Date thereof at the Corporate Trust Office or the office or agency of
the Issuer maintained by it for such purpose pursuant to Section 3.02 of the
Indenture.

      Subject to the foregoing provisions, each Bond delivered under the
Indenture, upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any
other Bond shall carry the right to unpaid [principal and] interest that were
carried by such other Bond.

      If an Event of Default as defined in the Indenture shall occur and be
continuing with respect to the Bonds, the Bonds may become or be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. If any
such acceleration of maturity occurs prior to the payment of the entire unpaid
Bond Principal Balance of the Bonds, the amount payable to the Holder of this
Bond will be equal to [the sum of the unpaid Bond Principal Balance of the
Bonds, together with] accrued and unpaid interest [thereon] [on the Notional
Amount] as described in the Indenture. The Indenture provides that,
notwithstanding the acceleration of the maturity of the Bonds, under certain
circumstances specified therein, all amounts collected as proceeds of the Trust
Estate securing the Bonds or otherwise shall continue to be applied to payments
of [principal of and] interest on the Bonds as if they had not been declared due
and payable.

      The failure to pay any Unpaid Interest Shortfall at any time when funds
are not available to make such payment as provided in the Indenture shall not
constitute an Event of Default under the Indenture.

      The Holder of this Bond or Beneficial Owner of any interest herein is
deemed to represent that either (1) it is not acquiring the Bond with Plan
Assets or (2) (A) the acquisition, holding and transfer of a Bond will not give
rise to a nonexempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section
4975 of the Code and (B) the Bonds are rated investment grade or better and such
person agrees to treat them as indebtedness for federal income tax purposes.
Alternatively, regardless of the rating of such Bonds, such person may provide
the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee with an opinion of counsel, which
opinion of counsel will not be at the expense of the Issuer, the Seller, any
Underwriter, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor, the Master
Servicer or any successor servicer which opines that the acquisition, holding
and transfer of such Bond or interest therein is permissible under applicable
law, will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under
ERISA or Section

                                     A-1-4
<PAGE>

4975 of the Code and will not subject the Issuer, the Seller, the Depositor, any
Underwriter, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor, the Master
Servicer or any successor servicer to any obligation in addition to those
undertaken in the Indenture.

      [Pursuant to the Indenture, unless a Bond Insurer Default (as defined in
the Indenture) exists (i) the Bond Insurer shall be deemed to be the holder of
the Class 2-A Bonds for certain purposes specified in the Indenture (other than
with respect to payment on the Class 2-A Bonds), and will be entitled to
exercise all rights of the Bondholders thereunder, including the rights of
Bondholders relating to the occurrence of, and the remedies with respect to, an
Event of Default, without the consent of such Bondholders, and (ii) the Trustee
may take actions which would otherwise be at its option or within its
discretion, including actions relating to the occurrence of, and the remedies
with respect to, an Event of Default, only at the direction, or with the
consent, of the Bond Insurer.]

      As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Bond may be registered on the Bond Register of
the Issuer. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of, or presentation of a
written instrument of transfer for, this Bond at the office or agency designated
by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, accompanied by proper instruments of
assignment in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, one or more new Bonds
of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate initial [Bond Principal
Balance][Notional Amount], will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.

      Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Bond,
the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Bond is registered as the owner
of such Bond (i) on the applicable Record Date for the purpose of making
payments and interest of such Bond, and (ii) on any other date for all other
purposes whatsoever, as the owner hereof, whether or not this Bond be overdue,
and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor any such agent of the Issuer
or the Indenture Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

      The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Bonds under the Indenture at any
time by the Issuer and the Holders of a majority of all Bonds at the time
outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of
Bonds representing specified percentages of the aggregate Bond Principal Balance
and Notional Amount of the Bonds on behalf of the Holders of all the Bonds, to
waive any past Default under the Indenture and its consequences. Any such waiver
by the Holder, at the time of the giving thereof, of this Bond (or any one or
more predecessor Bonds) shall bind the Holder of every Bond 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 such Bond. The Indenture
also permits the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee to amend or waive certain
terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of the
Holders of the Bonds issued thereunder.

      Initially, the Bonds will be registered in the name of Cede & Co. as
nominee of DTC, acting in its capacity as the Depository for the Bonds. The
Bonds will be delivered by the clearing agency in denominations as provided in
the Indenture and subject to certain limitations

                                     A-1-5
<PAGE>

therein set forth. The Bonds are exchangeable for a like aggregate initial [Bond
Principal Balance][Notional Amount] of Bonds of different authorized
denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering same.

      Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the
Indenture Trustee by manual signature, this Bond shall not be entitled to any
benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

      AS PROVIDED IN THE INDENTURE, THIS BOND AND THE INDENTURE CREATING THIS
BOND 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.

                                     A-1-6
<PAGE>

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

Dated: October 28, 2004

                                 IMPAC CMB TRUST SERIES 2004-9

                                 BY: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its
                                 individual capacity but solely in its capacity
                                 as Owner Trustee

                                 By:
                                    ----------------------------------------
                                 Authorized Signatory

                INDENTURE TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Bonds referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Indenture Trustee

By:
   ---------------------------------
     Authorized Signatory

                                     A-1-7
<PAGE>

                                  ABBREVIATIONS

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

             TEN COM      --   as tenants in common
             TEN ENT      --   as tenants by the entireties
             JT TEN       --   as joint  tenants with right of  survivorship and
                               not as tenants in common
     UNIF GIFT MIN ACT    --   __________ Custodian

                               ------------------------------
                                    (Cust) (Minor)

                               under Uniform Gifts to Minor Act

                               ---------------------
                                                                   (State)

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

                                     A-1-8
<PAGE>

                                   ASSIGNMENT

  FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

          PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF
                                   ASSIGNEE:

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

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

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

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

Dated:
       ---------------       -------------------------------------------

Signature Guaranteed by
                        ------------------------------------------------

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

                                     A-1-9
<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT A-2

                          FORM OF CLASS M-[_]-[_] BONDS

THIS BOND IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE CLASS [_-A-_] BONDS [AND
CLASS M-[_]-[_] BONDS] AS DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS BOND IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY BOND 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.

THIS BOND IS A NON-RECOURSE OBLIGATION OF THE ISSUER, AND IS LIMITED IN RIGHT OF
PAYMENT TO AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FROM THE TRUST ESTATE AS PROVIDED IN THE INDENTURE
REFERRED TO BELOW. THE ISSUER IS NOT OTHERWISE PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR PAYMENTS ON
THIS BOND.

PRINCIPAL OF THIS BOND IS PAYABLE OVER TIME AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY,
THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL OF THIS BOND AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT
SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.

                                     A-2-1
<PAGE>

                          IMPAC CMB TRUST SERIES 2004-9
                        COLLATERALIZED ASSET-BACKED BONDS
                                 CLASS M-[_]-[_]

AGGREGATE BOND PRINCIPAL                                   BOND INTEREST
BALANCE:                                                   RATE: [    %]
$[     ]
INITIAL BOND PRINCIPAL                                     BOND NO. 1
BALANCE OF THIS BOND: $[       ]
PERCENTAGE INTEREST: 100%                                  CUSIP NO. [     ]

      Impac CMB Trust Series 2004-9 (the "Issuer"), a Delaware statutory trust,
for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns,
the principal sum of ______________________________ ($___________) in monthly
installments on the twenty-fifth day of each month or, if such day is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day (each a "Payment Date"),
commencing in November 2004 and ending on or before the Payment Date occurring
in _____________ (the "Final Scheduled Payment Date") and to pay interest on the
Bond Principal Balance of this Bond (this "Bond") outstanding from time to time
as provided below.

      This Bond is one of a duly authorized issue of the Issuer's Collateralized
Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2004-9 (the "Bonds"), issued under an Indenture dated
as of October 28, 2004 (the "Indenture"), between the Issuer and Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A., as indenture trustee (the "Indenture Trustee", which term includes
any successor Indenture Trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective rights thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, and the
Holders of the Bonds and the terms upon which the Bonds are to be authenticated
and delivered. All terms used in this Bond which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

      Payments of principal and interest on this Bond will be made on each
Payment Date to the Bondholder of record as of the related Record Date. The
"Bond Principal Balance" of a Bond as of any date of determination is equal to
the initial Bond Principal Balance thereof, reduced by the aggregate of all
amounts previously paid with respect to such Bond on account of principal and
the aggregate amount of cumulative Realized Losses allocated to such Bond on all
prior Payment Dates.

      The principal of, and interest on, this Bond are due and payable as
described in the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and
private debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Bond shall
be equal to this Bond's pro rata share of the aggregate payments on all Class
M-[_]-[_] Bonds as described above, and shall be applied as between interest and
principal as provided in the Indenture.

                                     A-2-2
<PAGE>

      All principal and interest accrued on the Bonds, if not previously paid,
will become finally due and payable at the Final Scheduled Payment Date.

      The Bonds are subject to redemption in whole, but not in part, by the
Majority Certificateholder on any Payment Date on or after the earlier of (i)
the Payment Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans is less than or equal to 20% of aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of Cut-off Date and the aggregate amount deposited into the
Group 1 Pre-Funding Account on the Closing Date and (ii) the Payment Date in
October 2014.

      The Issuer shall not be liable upon the indebtedness evidenced by the
Bonds except to the extent of amounts available from the Trust Estate which
constitutes security for the payment of the Bonds. The assets included in the
Trust Estate will be the sole source of payments on the Class M-[_]-[_] Bonds,
and each Holder hereof, by its acceptance of this Bond, agrees that (i) such
Bond 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 Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, IMH Assets Corp., Impac
Mortgage Holdings, Inc., the Master Servicer or any of their respective
affiliates, or to the assets of any of the foregoing entities, except the assets
of the Issuer pledged to secure the Class M-[_]-[_] Bonds pursuant to the
Indenture and the rights conveyed to the Issuer under the Indenture.

      Any payment of principal or interest payable on this Bond which is
punctually paid on the applicable Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in
whose name such Bond is registered at the close of business on the Record Date
for such Payment Date by check mailed to such person's address as it appears in
the Bond Register on such Record Date, except for the final installment of
principal and interest payable with respect to such Bond, which shall be payable
as provided below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon written request with
appropriate instructions by the Holder of this Bond delivered to the Indenture
Trustee at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date, any payment of
principal or interest, other than the final installment of principal or
interest, shall be made by wire transfer to an account in the United States
designated by such Holder. All reductions in the principal amount of a Bond (or
one or more predecessor Bonds) effected by payments of principal made on any
Payment Date shall be binding upon all Holders of this Bond and of any bond
issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in
lieu thereof, whether or not such payment is noted on such Bond. The final
payment of this Bond shall be payable upon presentation and surrender thereof on
or after the Payment Date thereof at the Corporate Trust Office or the office or
agency of the Issuer maintained by it for such purpose pursuant to Section 3.02
of the Indenture.

      Subject to the foregoing provisions, each Bond delivered under the
Indenture, upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any
other Bond shall carry the right to unpaid principal and interest that were
carried by such other Bond.

      If an Event of Default as defined in the Indenture shall occur and be
continuing with respect to the Bonds, the Bonds may become or be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. If any
such acceleration of maturity occurs prior to the payment of the entire unpaid
Bond Principal Balance of the Bonds, the amount payable to the

                                     A-2-3
<PAGE>

Holder of this Bond will be equal to the sum of the unpaid Bond Principal
Balance of the Bonds, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon as
described in the Indenture. The Indenture provides that, notwithstanding the
acceleration of the maturity of the Bonds, under certain circumstances specified
therein, all amounts collected as proceeds of the Trust Estate securing the
Bonds or otherwise shall continue to be applied to payments of principal of and
interest on the Bonds as if they had not been declared due and payable.

      The failure to pay any Unpaid Interest Shortfall at any time when funds
are not available to make such payment as provided in the Indenture shall not
constitute an Event of Default under the Indenture.

      As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Bond may be registered on the Bond Register of
the Issuer. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of, or presentation of a
written instrument of transfer for, this Bond at the office or agency designated
by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, accompanied by proper instruments of
assignment in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, one or more new Bonds
of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate initial Bond Principal
Balance, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

      Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Bond,
the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Bond is registered as the owner
of such Bond (i) on the applicable Record Date for the purpose of making
payments and interest of such Bond, and (ii) on any other date for all other
purposes whatsoever, as the owner hereof, whether or not this Bond be overdue,
and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor any such agent of the Issuer
or the Indenture Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

      The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Bonds under the Indenture at any
time by the Issuer and the Holders of a majority of all Bonds at the time
outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of
Bonds representing specified percentages of the aggregate Bond Principal Balance
of the Bonds on behalf of the Holders of all the Bonds, to waive any past
Default under the Indenture and its consequences. Any such waiver by the Holder,
at the time of the giving thereof, of this Bond (or any one or more predecessor
Bonds) shall bind the Holder of every Bond 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 such Bond. The Indenture also permits the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee to amend or waive certain terms and conditions
set forth in the Indenture without the consent of the Holders of the Bonds
issued thereunder.

      Initially, the Bonds will be registered in the name of Cede & Co. as
nominee of DTC, acting in its capacity as the Depository for the Bonds. The
Bonds will be delivered by the clearing agency in denominations as provided in
the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth. The Bonds
are exchangeable for a like aggregate initial Bond Principal Balance of Bonds of
different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering
same.

                                     A-2-4
<PAGE>

      Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the
Indenture Trustee by manual signature, this Bond shall not be entitled to any
benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

      AS PROVIDED IN THE INDENTURE, THIS BOND AND THE INDENTURE CREATING THIS
BOND 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.

                                     A-2-5
<PAGE>

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

Dated: October 28, 2004

                                IMPAC CMB TRUST SERIES 2004-9

                                BY:    WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its
                                       individual capacity but solely in its
                                       capacity as Owner Trustee

                                By:
                                       ------------------------------------
                                       Authorized Signatory

                INDENTURE TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Bonds referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Indenture Trustee

By:
   ------------------------------------
   Authorized Signatory

                                     A-2-6
<PAGE>

                                  ABBREVIATIONS

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

             TEN COM    --     as tenants in common
             TEN ENT    --     as tenants by the entireties
             JT TEN     --     as joint  tenants with right of  survivorship and
                               not as tenants in common
     UNIF GIFT MIN ACT  --     __________ Custodian

                               ------------------------------
                               (Cust)                    (Minor)

                               under Uniform Gifts to Minor Act

                               ---------------------
                                                                   (State)

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

                                     A-2-7
<PAGE>

                                   ASSIGNMENT

  FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

     PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE:

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

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

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

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

Dated:
      ---------------------               ------------------------------------

Signature Guaranteed by
                        --------------------------------------------------------

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

                                     A-2-8
<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT B

                             MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

                                (Filed Manually)

(In accordance with Rule 202 of Regulation S-T, this Mortgage Loan Schedule, is
being filed in paper pursuant to a continuing hardship exemption.)

                                      B-1
<PAGE>
                                    EXHIBIT C

                              DERIVATIVE CONTRACTS

                             (Provided Upon Request)

                                      E-1
<PAGE>
                                    EXHIBIT D

                        SPECIAL CERTIFICATE CAP CONTRACT

                                      F-1
<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT E

                FORM OF GROUP [_] SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER INSTRUMENT

      Pursuant to this Group [_] Subsequent Transfer Instrument, dated
[_______________] (the "Instrument"), between IMH Assets Corp. as Seller (the
"Company"), and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as indenture trustee of the IMH Assets
Corp., Collateralized Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2004-9, as purchaser (the
"Indenture Trustee"), on behalf of Impac CMB Trust Series 2004-9 (the "Issuer"),
as purchaser, and pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of October 28, 2004 (the
"Indenture"), between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as indenture
trustee, the Company and the Indenture Trustee agree to the sale by the Company
and the purchase by the Indenture Trustee in trust, on behalf of the Trust, of
the Group [_] Subsequent Mortgage Loans on the attached Schedule 1 of Mortgage
Loans (the "Group [_] Subsequent Mortgage Loans").

      Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in the Indenture.

            Section 1. Conveyance of Group [_] Subsequent Mortgage Loans;
Acceptance of Mortgage Loans by the Indenture Trustee.

            (a) The Company does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and
convey to the Indenture Trustee in trust, on behalf of the Trust, without
recourse, all of its right, title and interest in and to the Group [_]
Subsequent Mortgage Loans, including all amounts due on the Group [_] Subsequent
Mortgage Loans after the related Subsequent Cut-off Date, and all items with
respect to the Group [_] Subsequent Mortgage Loans to be delivered pursuant to
Section 2.05 of the Indenture; provided, however that the Company reserves and
retains all right, title and interest in and to amounts due on the Group [_]
Subsequent Mortgage Loans on or prior to the related Subsequent Cut-off Date.
The Company, contemporaneously with the delivery of this Agreement, has
delivered or caused to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee (or the Custodian)
each item set forth in, and as provided, in Section 2.05 of the Indenture. The
transfer to the Indenture Trustee by the Company of the Group [_] Subsequent
Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be absolute and is
intended by the Company, the Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the
Bondholders to constitute and to be treated as a sale by the Company to the
Trust Fund.

            (b) The Company, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the
Indenture Trustee without recourse for the benefit of the Bondholders all the
right, title and interest of the Company, in, to and under the Group [_]
Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated [_______________], between
the Company, as purchaser, and Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc., as seller (the
"Purchase Agreement").

            (c) The Custodian as agent for the Indenture Trustee acknowledges
receipt of, subject to the exceptions it notes pursuant to the procedures
described in Section 2.03 of the Indenture, the documents (or certified copies
thereof) referred to in Section 2.1(b) of the Group [_] Subsequent Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement, and declares that it holds and will continue

                                      G-1
<PAGE>

to hold those documents and any amendments, replacements or supplements thereto
and all other assets of the Trust Estate as Indenture Trustee in trust for the
use and benefit of all present and future Holders of the Bonds.

            (d) Additional terms of the sale are set forth on Attachment A
hereto.

            Section 2. Representations and Warranties; Conditions Precedent.

            (a) The Company hereby confirms that each of the conditions and the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.05 of the Indenture are
satisfied as of the date hereof.

            (b) All terms and conditions of the Indenture are hereby ratified
and confirmed; provided, however, that in the event of any conflict, the
provisions of this Instrument shall control over the conflicting provisions of
the Indenture.

            Section 3. Recordation of Instrument.

            To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Instrument, or a
memorandum thereof if permitted under applicable law, is subject to recordation
in all appropriate public offices for real property records in all of the
counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of the properties
subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in any other appropriate public
recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the Master
Servicer at the Bondholders' expense on direction of the related Bondholders,
but only when accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests of the Bondholders
or is necessary for the administration or servicing of the Group [_] Subsequent
Mortgage Loans.

            Section 4. Governing Law.

            This Instrument shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties
hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws, without giving
effect to principles of conflicts of law.

            Section 5. Counterparts.

            This Instrument may be executed in one or more counterparts and by
the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when so
executed, shall be deemed to be an original; such counterparts, together, shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

            Section 6. Successors and Assigns.

            This Instrument shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the Company, the Custodian and the Indenture Trustee and their respective
successors and assigns.

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IMH ASSETS CORP.

By:
   ---------------------------------
Name:
Title:

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Indenture Trustee for the Trust.

By:
    --------------------------------
Name:
Title:

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                                   APPENDIX A
                                   DEFINITIONS

         ACCRUAL PERIOD: With respect to any Payment Date and each Class of
Bonds, the period from the preceding Payment Date (or in the case of the first
Payment Date, from the Closing Date) through the day preceding such Payment
Date.

         ACCRUED BOND INTEREST: With respect to any Payment Date and each Class
of Bonds, interest accrued during the related Accrual Period on the related Bond
Principal Balance or Notional Amount thereof at the related Bond Interest Rate
on the related Bond Principal Balance or Notional Amount thereof immediately
prior to such Payment Date, less such Bonds' Unpaid Interest Shortfall for such
Payment Date, plus any Accrued Bond Interest remaining unpaid from any prior
Payment Date with interest thereon at the related Bond Interest Rate. Accrued
Bond Interest for the Bonds shall be calculated on the basis of the actual
number of days in the Accrual Period and a 360-day year.

         ADDITIONAL DERIVATIVE COUNTERPARTY PAYMENT: With respect to any Payment
Date, any termination payment payable to the Derivative Counterparty in
connection with (i) an Event of Default under a Derivative Contract with respect
to which the Derivative Counterparty is a Defaulting Party or (ii) a termination
event under a Derivative Contract with respect to which the Derivative Contact
Counterparty is the sole affected party.

         ADJUSTMENT DATE: As to each adjustable-rate Mortgage Loan, each date
set forth in the related Mortgage Note on which an adjustment to the interest
rate on such Mortgage Loan becomes effective.

         ADVANCE: As to any Mortgage Loan, any advance made by the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Servicing Agreement or by a Subservicer
in respect of delinquent Monthly Payments of principal and interest pursuant to
the related Subservicing Agreement.

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

         ALLOCATED REALIZED LOSS AMOUNT: With respect to the Underlying Class M
Bonds and Class 1-A-2 Bonds and any Payment Date, an amount equal to the sum of
any Realized Loss allocated to such Bonds on that Payment Date and any Allocated
Realized Loss Amount for that Class remaining unpaid from the previous Payment
Date, less the amount of any Subsequent Recoveries added to Bond Principal
Balance of such Bond. With respect to each Grantor Trust Certificate, the
Allocated Realized Loss Amount for its corresponding Underlying Class M Bonds.

         APPRAISED VALUE: The appraised value of a Mortgaged Property based upon
the lesser of (i) the appraisal made at the time of the origination of the
related Mortgage Loan, or (ii) the sale price of such Mortgaged Property at such
time of origination. With respect to a Mortgage Loan,

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the proceeds of which were used to refinance an existing Mortgage Loan, the
appraised value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal obtained at
the time of refinancing.

         ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE: An assignment of Mortgage, notice of transfer
or equivalent instrument, in recordable form, which is sufficient under the laws
of the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect
of record the sale of the Mortgage, which assignment, notice of transfer or
equivalent instrument may be in the form of one or more blanket assignments
covering Mortgages secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the same county,
if permitted by law.

         AUTHORIZED NEWSPAPER: A newspaper of general circulation in the Borough
of Manhattan, The City of New York, printed in the English language and
customarily published on each Business Day, whether or not published on
Saturdays, Sundays or holidays.

         AUTHORIZED OFFICER: With respect to the Issuer, any officer of the
Owner Trustee who is authorized to act for the Owner Trustee in matters relating
to the Issuer and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered
by the Owner Trustee to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list
may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter).

         AVAILABLE FUNDS: The Group 1 Available Funds or Group 2 Available
Funds, as applicable.

         AVAILABLE FUNDS RATE: On any Payment Date during the Funding Period and
for the Class 1-A-1 Bonds, Class 1-A-2 Bonds and the Underlying Class M-1-1,
Class M-2-1, Class M-3-1, Class M-4-1, Class M-5-1 and Class M-6-1 Bonds, the
per annum rate equal to the product of:

         (i) (A) the product of:

                  (1) the weighted average of

                           (x)      the Group 1 Adjusted Net WAC Rate and

                           (y)      the amount of interest earned on amounts on
                                    deposit in the Group 1 Pre-Funding Account
                                    from the prior Payment Date to the current
                                    Payment Date, expressed as a percentage of
                                    the Group 1 Pre-Funded Amount at the end of
                                    the prior Due Period and converted to a per
                                    annum rate,

                           in the case of (x), weighted on the basis of the
                           aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Group 1
                           Mortgage Loans as of the end of the prior Due Period,
                           and in the case of (y), weighted on the basis of the
                           Group 1 Pre-Funded Amount as of the end of the
                           related Due Period, and

                  (2) a fraction equal to

                           (x)      the sum of the aggregate Stated Principal
                                    Balance of the Group 1 Loans and the Group 1
                                    Pre-Funded Amount as of the end of the

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                                    prior Due Period (plus, on any Subordinated
                                    Transfer Payment Date where the Group 1
                                    Loans are the Undercollateralized Loan
                                    Group, the Subordinated Transfer Realized
                                    Loss Amount) divided by

                           (y)      the aggregate Bond Principal Balance of the
                                    Class 1-A Bonds and the Underlying Class
                                    M-1-1, Class M-2-1, Class M-3-1, Class
                                    M-4-1, Class M-5-1 and Class M-6-1 Bonds
                                    immediately prior to such Payment Date,
                                    minus

                  (B) the product of:

                           (1) the Bond Interest Rate of the Class A-IO-1 Bonds;
and

                           (2) a fraction equal to

                                    (x) the applicable Notional Amount divided
by

                                    (y)     the aggregate Bond Principal Balance
                                            of the Group 1 Bonds immediately
                                            prior to such Payment Date; and

         (ii)     a fraction equal to (x) 30 divided by (y) the number of days
                  in the related Accrual Period.

On any Payment Date following the Funding Period, the per annum rate equal to
the product of:

         (i) the product of:

                  (1)      (A) Group 1 Adjusted Net WAC Rate; minus

                           (B) the product of:

                                    (1) the Bond Interest Rate of the Class
                                        A-IO-1 Bonds; and

                                    (2) a fraction equal to

                                            (x) the applicable Notional Amount
                                                divided by

                                            (y) the aggregate Bond
                                                Principal Balance of the
                                                Group 1 Bonds immediately
                                                prior to such Payment Date;
                                                and

                  (2) a fraction equal to

                           (x)      the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
                                    the Group 1 Loans as of the end of the prior
                                    Due Period (plus, on any Subordinated
                                    Transfer Payment Date where the Group 1
                                    Loans are the Undercollateralized Loan
                                    Group, the Subordinated Transfer Realized
                                    Loss Amount) divided by

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                           (y)      the aggregate Bond Principal Balance of the
                                    Class 1-A Bonds and the Underlying Class
                                    M-1-1, Class M-2-1, Class M-3-1, Class
                                    M-4-1, Class M-5-1 and Class M-6-1 Bonds
                                    immediately prior to such Payment Date, and

         (ii)  a fraction equal to (x) 30 divided by (y) the number of days in
               the related Accrual Period.

         On any Payment Date and for the Class 2-A Bonds and the Underlying
Class M-1-2, Class M-2-2, Class M-3-2, Class M-4-2, Class M-5-2 and Class M-6-2
Bonds, the per annum rate equal to the product of:

         (i) (A) the product of:

                           (1) the Group 2 Adjusted Net WAC Rate; and

                           (2) a fraction equal to

                                    (x)     the aggregate Stated Principal
                                            Balance of the Group 2 Loans as of
                                            the end of the prior Due Period
                                            (plus, on any Subordinated Transfer
                                            Payment Date where the Group 2 Loans
                                            are the Undercollateralized Loan
                                            Group, the Subordinated Transfer
                                            Realized Loss Amount) divided by

                                    (y)     the aggregate Bond Principal Balance
                                            of the Class 2-A Bonds and the
                                            Underlying Class M-1-2, Class M-2-2,
                                            Class M-3-2, Class M-4-2, Class
                                            M-5-2 and Class M-6-2 Bonds
                                            immediately prior to such Payment
                                            Date, minus

                           (B)      the Policy Premium Rate in respect of the
                                    Class 2-A Bonds times a fraction equal to

                                    (x)     the aggregate Bond Principal Balance
                                            of the Class 2-A Bonds immediately
                                            prior to such Payment Date divided
                                            by

                                    (y)     the aggregate Bond Principal Balance
                                            of the Class 2-A Bonds and the
                                            Underlying Class M-1-2, Class M-2-2,
                                            Class M-3-2, Class M-4-2, Class
                                            M-5-2 and Class M-6-2 Bonds
                                            immediately prior to such Payment
                                            Date, minus

                           (C) the product of:

                                    (1) the Bond Interest Rate of the Class
                                        A-IO-2 Bonds; and

                                    (2) a fraction equal to

                                            (x) the applicable Notional Amount
                                                divided by

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                                            (y) the aggregate Bond
                                                Principal Balance of the
                                                Group 2 Bonds immediately
                                                prior to such Payment Date;
                                                and

          (ii)    a fraction equal to (x) 30 divided by (y) the number of days
                  in the related Accrual Period.

         BANKRUPTCY CODE: The Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended.

         BASIC DOCUMENTS: The Trust Agreement, the Certificate of Trust, the
Indenture, the Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the
Derivative Contracts, the Seller Guarantee, the Special Certificate Cap Contract
and the other documents and certificates delivered in connection with any of the
above.

         BASIC PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to any Payment Date
and each Loan Group, the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the related Available
Funds and, with respect to the Group 2 Loans, the Class 2-A Insured Amount, if
any, for such Payment Date over (ii) the aggregate amount of Accrued Bond
Interest for the related Bonds for such Payment Date and (b) the excess of (i)
the related Principal Remittance Amount for such Payment Date over (ii) the
related Overcollateralization Release Amount, if any, for such Payment Date.

         BASIS RISK SHORTFALL: With respect to any Class of Bonds, on each
Payment Date where clause (iii) of the definition of "Bond Interest Rate" is
less than clauses (a)(i) or (ii) of the definition of "Bond Interest Rate", the
excess, if any, of (x) the aggregate Accrued Bond Interest thereon for such
Payment Date calculated pursuant to the lesser of clause (a)(i) or (ii) of the
definition of Bond Interest Rate over (y) interest accrued on the related
Mortgage Loans at the related Available Funds Rate.

         BASIS RISK SHORTFALL CARRY-FORWARD AMOUNT: With respect to each Class
of Bonds and any Payment Date, as determined separately for each such Class of
Bonds, an amount equal to the aggregate amount of Basis Risk Shortfall for such
Bonds on such Payment Date, plus any unpaid Basis Risk Shortfall for such Class
of Bonds from prior Payment Dates, plus interest thereon at the Bond Interest
Rate for such Payment Date, to the extent previously unreimbursed by related Net
Monthly Excess Cashflow or the Derivative Contracts.

         BENEFICIAL OWNER: With respect to any Bond, the Person who is the
beneficial owner of such Bond as reflected on the books of the Depository or on
the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Depository (directly as a
Depository Participant or indirectly through a Depository Participant, in
accordance with the rules of such Depository).

         BOND: A Group 1 Bond or Group 2 Bond.

         BOND INSURANCE POLICY: The bond guaranty insurance policy issued by the
Bond Insurer for the benefit of the Class 2-A Bondholders.

         BOND INSURANCE PREMIUM: The premium payable to the Bond Insurer with
respect to the Bond Insurance Policy, as specified in the Bond Insurance Policy.

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         BOND INSURER: Ambac Assurance Corporation, a Wisconsin-domiciled stock
insurance corporation, any successor thereto.

         BOND INSURER DEFAULT: The existence and continuance of any of the
following: (a) a failure by the Bond Insurer to make a payment required under
the Bond Insurance Policy in accordance with its terms; or (b)(i) the Bond
Insurer (A) files any petition or commences any case or proceeding under any
provision or chapter of the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar federal or
state law relating to insolvency, bankruptcy, rehabilitation, liquidation or
reorganization, (B) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors,
or (C) has an order for relief entered against it under the Bankruptcy Code or
any other similar federal or state law relating to insolvency, bankruptcy,
rehabilitation, liquidation or reorganization which is final and nonappealable;
or (ii) a court of competent jurisdiction, the New York or Wisconsin Department
of Insurance or other competent regulatory authority enters a final and
nonappealable order, judgment or decree (A) appointing a custodian, trustee,
agent or receiver for the Bond Insurer or for all or any material portion of its
property or (B) authorizing the taking of possession by a custodian, trustee,
agent or receiver of the Bond Insurer (or the taking of possession of all or any
material portion of the property of the Bond Insurer).

         BOND INTEREST RATE: With respect to each Payment Date and each Class of
Bonds a floating rate equal to the least of (i) One-Month LIBOR plus the related
Bond Margin, (ii) the Maximum Bond Rate and (iii) the related Available Funds
Rate with respect to such Payment Date.

         BOND MARGIN: With respect to the Class 1-A-1 Bonds, on any Payment Date
prior to the Step-Up Date, 0.380% per annum, and on any Payment Date on and
after the Step-Up Date, 0.760% per annum. With respect to the Class 1-A-2 Bonds,
on any Payment Date prior to the Step-Up Date, 0.440% per annum, and on any
Payment Date on and after the Step-Up Date, 0.880% per annum. With respect to
the Class 2-A Bonds, on any Payment Date prior to the Step-Up Date, 0.340% per
annum, and on any Payment Date on and after the Step-Up Date, 0.680% per annum.
With respect to the Class M-1-1 Bonds and Class M-1-2 Bonds, on any Payment Date
prior to the Step-Up Date, 0.600% per annum, and on any Payment Date on and
after the Step-Up Date, 0.900% per annum. With respect to the Class M-2-1 Bonds
and Class M-2-2 Bonds, on any Payment Date prior to the Step-Up Date, 0.650% per
annum, and on any Payment Date on and after the Step-Up Date, 0.975% per annum.
With respect to the Class M-3-1 Bonds and Class M-3-2 Bonds, on any Payment Date
prior to the Step-Up Date, 0.700% per annum, and on any Payment Date on and
after the Step-Up Date, 1.050% per annum. With respect to the Class M-4-1 Bonds
and Class M-4-2 Bonds, on any Payment Date prior to the Step-Up Date, 1.050% per
annum, and on any Payment Date on and after the Step-Up Date, 1.575% per annum.
With respect to the Class M-5-1 Bonds and Class M-5-2 Bonds, on any Payment Date
prior to the Step-Up Date, 1.200% per annum, and on any Payment Date on and
after the Step-Up Date, 1.800% per annum. With respect to the Class M-6-1 Bonds
and Class M-6-2 Bonds, on any Payment Date prior to the Step-Up Date, 1.300% per
annum, and on any Payment Date on and after the Step-Up Date, 1.950% per annum.

         BOND OWNER: The Beneficial Owner of a Bond.

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         BOND PRINCIPAL BALANCE: With respect to any Bond (other than a Class
A-IO-1 Bond or Class A-IO-2 Bond) as of any date of determination, the initial
Bond Principal Balance as stated on the face thereof, minus all amounts
distributed in respect of principal with respect to such Bond and, in the case
of any Class M Bond or Class 1-A-2 Bond, the aggregate amount of any reductions
in the Bond Principal Balance thereof deemed to have occurred in connection with
allocations of Realized Losses on all prior Payment Dates; provided that, the
Bond Principal Balance of any Class of Bonds, other than the Class 1-A-1 Bonds
and Class 2-A Bonds, with the highest payment priority to which Realized Losses
have been allocated shall be increased by the amount of any Subsequent
Recoveries on the related Mortgage Loans not previously allocated, but not by
more than the amount of Realized Losses previously allocated to reduce the Bond
Principal Balance of that Class.

         BOND REGISTER: The register maintained by the Bond Registrar in which
the Bond Registrar shall provide for the registration of Bonds and of transfers
and exchanges of Bonds.

         BOND REGISTRAR: The Indenture Trustee, in its capacity as Bond
Registrar, or any successor to the Indenture Trustee in such capacity.

         BONDHOLDER OR HOLDER: The Person in whose name a Bond is registered in
the Bond Register, except that, any Bond registered in the name of the
Depositor, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Seller or the Master Servicer
or any Affiliate of any of them shall be deemed not to be a holder or holders,
nor shall any so owned be considered outstanding, for purposes of giving any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under the
Indenture or the Trust Agreement; provided that, in determining whether the
Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Bonds that a
Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee actually knows
to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Owners of Bonds that have been pledged
in good faith may be regarded as Holders if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee the pledgee's right
so to act with respect to such Bonds and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, any
other obligor upon the Bonds or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons.
Any bonds on which payments are made under the Bond Insurance Policy shall be
deemed Outstanding until the Bond Insurer has been reimbursed with respect
thereto and the Bond Insurer shall be deemed the Bondholder thereof to the
extent of such unreimbursed payment.

         BOOK-ENTRY BONDS: Beneficial interests in the Bonds, ownership and
transfers of which shall be made through book entries by the Depository as
described in Section 4.06 of the Indenture.

         BUSINESS DAY: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday or (ii) a
day on which banking institutions in the City of New York, Delaware or
California or in the city in which the corporate trust offices of the Indenture
Trustee or the principal office of the Bond Insurer are located, are required or
authorized by law to be closed.

         CASH LIQUIDATION: As to any defaulted Mortgage Loan other than a
Mortgage Loan as to which an REO Acquisition occurred, a determination by the
Master Servicer evidenced in a certificate of a Servicing Officer that it has
received all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation

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Proceeds and other payments or cash recoveries which the Master Servicer
reasonably and in good faith expects to be finally recoverable with respect to
such Mortgage Loan.

         CERTIFICATE DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT: The account or accounts created and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.10(c) of the Trust Agreement. The Certificate
Distribution Account shall be an Eligible Account.

         CERTIFICATE INTEREST RATE: With respect to the Class M-1 Certificates,
the weighted average of the Bond Interest Rates of the Class M-1-1 Bonds and the
Class M-1-2 Bonds, weighted on the basis of the Bond Principal Balances thereof
as of the end of the prior Due Period. With respect to the Class M-2
Certificates, the weighted average of the Bond Interest Rates of the Class M-2-1
Bonds and the Class M-2-2 Bonds, weighted on the basis of the Bond Principal
Balances thereof as of the end of the prior Due Period. With respect to the
Class M-3 Certificates, the weighted average of the Bond Interest Rates of the
Class M-3-1 Bonds and the Class M-3-2 Bonds, weighted on the basis of the Bond
Principal Balances thereof as of the end of the prior Due Period. With respect
to the Class M-4 Certificates, the weighted average of the Bond Interest Rates
of the Class M-4-1 Bonds and the Class M-4-2 Bonds, weighted on the basis of the
Bond Principal Balances thereof as of the end of the prior Due Period. With
respect to the Class M-5 Certificates, the weighted average of the Bond Interest
Rates of the Class M-5-1 Bonds and the Class M-5-2 Bonds, weighted on the basis
of the Bond Principal Balances thereof as of the end of the prior Due Period.
With respect to the Class M-6 Certificates, the weighted average of the Bond
Interest Rates of the Class M-6-1 Bonds and the Class M-6-2 Bonds, weighted on
the basis of the Bond Principal Balances thereof as of the end of the prior Due
Period.

         CERTIFICATE PAYING AGENT: The meaning specified in Section 3.10 of the
Trust Agreement.

         CERTIFICATE PERCENTAGE INTEREST: With respect to each Certificate, the
Certificate Percentage Interest stated on the face thereof.

         CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE: With respect to Class M-1 Certificates
as of any date of determination, the sum of the Bond Principal Balances of the
Class M-1-1 Bonds and Class M-1-2 Bonds. With respect to Class M-2 Certificates
as of any date of determination, the sum of the Bond Principal Balances of the
Class M-2-1 Bonds and Class M-2-2 Bonds. With respect to Class M-3 Certificates
as of any date of determination, the sum of the Bond Principal Balances of the
Class M-3-1 Bonds and Class M-3-2 Bonds. With respect to Class M-4 Certificates
as of any date of determination, the sum of the Bond Principal Balances of the
Class M-4-1 Bonds and Class M-4-2 Bonds. With respect to Class M-5 Certificates
as of any date of determination, the sum of the Bond Principal Balances of the
Class M-5-1 Bonds and Class M-5-2 Bonds. With respect to Class M-6 Certificates
as of any date of determination, the sum of the Bond Principal Balances of the
Class M-6-1 Bonds and Class M-6-2 Bonds.

         CERTIFICATE REGISTER: The register maintained by the Certificate
Registrar in which the Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration
of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates.

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         CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR: Initially, the Indenture Trustee, in its
capacity as Certificate Registrar, or any successor to the Indenture Trustee in
such capacity.

         CERTIFICATE OF TRUST: The Certificate of Trust filed for the Trust
pursuant to Section 3810(a) of the Statutory Trust Statute.

         CERTIFICATES OR OWNER TRUST CERTIFICATES: The Impac CMB Trust Series
2004-9 Owner Trust Certificates, Series 2004-9, evidencing the beneficial
ownership interest in the Issuer and executed by the Owner Trustee in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A to the Trust Agreement.

         CERTIFICATEHOLDER OR HOLDER: The Person in whose name a Certificate is
registered in the Certificate Register. Owners of Certificates that have been
pledged in good faith may be regarded as Holders if the pledgee establishes to
the satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case may
be, the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Certificates and that the
pledgee is not the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Certificates or any
Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons.

         CLASS: Any of the Class A Bonds or Class M Bonds.

         CLASS 1-A BONDS: The Class 1-A-1 and Class 1-A-2 Bonds.

         CLASS 2-A INSURED AMOUNT: Draws on the Bond Insurance Policy to cover
related Deficiency Amounts and Preference Amounts on the Class 2-A Bonds.

         CLASS A BONDS: The Class 1-A-1, Class 1-A-2, Class A-IO-1, Class A-IO-2
and Class 2-A Bonds in the form attached as Exhibit A-1 to the Indenture.

         CLASS M BONDS: The Class M-1-1, Class M-1-2, Class M-2-1, Class M-2-2,
Class M-3-1, Class M-3-2, Class M-4-1, Class M-4-2, Class M-5-1, Class M-5-2,
Class M-6-1 and Class M-6-2 Bonds in the form attached as Exhibit A-2 to the
Indenture.

         CLOSING DATE: October 28, 2004.

         CODE: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.

         COLLATERAL: The meaning specified in the Granting Clause of the
Indenture.

         COLLECTION ACCOUNT: The account or accounts created and maintained
pursuant to Section 3.06(d) of the Servicing Agreement. The Collection Account
shall be an Eligible Account.

         COLLECTION PERIOD: With respect to each Payment Date, the calendar
month immediately preceding the month in which such Payment Date occurs.

         COMMISSION: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

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         COMPENSATING INTEREST: With respect to any Payment Date as determined
separately for each Loan Group, the amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls
resulting from prepayments in full during the preceding calendar month on the
related Mortgage Loans, but only to the extent such Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls do not exceed an amount equal to the lesser of (a) one-twelfth of
0.125% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loans
immediately preceding such Payment Date and (b) the sum of the Master Servicing
Fee and Subservicing Fee for such Payment Date for the related Mortgage Loans.

         CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE: With respect to the Indenture Trustee,
Certificate Registrar, Certificate Paying Agent and Paying Agent, the principal
corporate trust office of the Indenture Trustee and Bond Registrar at which at
any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which
office at the date of the execution of this instrument is located (A) for Bond
transfer and surrender purposes, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Sixth Street and
Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, Attention: Corporate Trust
Services -- IMH 2004-9, and (B) for all other purposes, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, Attention: Client Manager --
IMH 2004-9. With respect to the Owner Trustee, the principal corporate trust
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
this Trust Agreement is located at Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square
North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, Attention: Impac
CMB Trust Series 2004-9 (IM0409).

         CUMULATIVE LOSSES: As to any Payment Date and the Mortgage Loans, the
cumulative aggregate amount of Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans from the
Cut-off Date through the end of the calendar month immediately preceding such
Payment Date.

         CUSTODIAN: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, or its successor in
interest.

         CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT: The Custodial Agreement, dated as of the Closing
Date, by and among the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and
the Custodian.

         CUT-OFF DATE: With respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans, October 1,
2004. With respect to the Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans, the applicable
Subsequent Cut-off Date.

         CUT-OFF DATE BALANCE: The aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date.

         CUT-OFF DATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
unpaid principal balance thereof as of the Cut-off Date after applying the
principal portion of Monthly Payments due on or before such date, whether or not
received, and without regard to any payments due after such date.

         DEBT SERVICE REDUCTION: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a reduction
in the scheduled Monthly Payment for such Mortgage Loan by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, except such a reduction
constituting a Deficient Valuation or any reduction that results in a permanent
forgiveness of principal.

         DEFAULT: Any occurrence which is or with notice or the lapse of time or
both would become an Event of Default.

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         DEFICIENCY AMOUNT: With respect to each Payment Date prior to the Final
Scheduled Payment Date and the Class 2-A Bonds, an amount equal to the sum of
(i) the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of Accrued Bond Interest on the Class
2-A Bonds for that Payment Date over (b) the related Available Funds for that
Payment Date, and (ii) the excess, if any of (a) the Bond Principal Balance of
the Class 2-A Bonds over (b) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Group
2 Loans, in each case immediately following such Payment Date. With respect to
the Final Scheduled Payment Date and the Class 2-A Bonds, an amount equal to the
sum of (i) the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of Accrued Bond Interest on the
Class 2-A Bonds for that Payment Date over (b) the related Available Funds for
that Payment Date and (ii) the excess, if any, of the Bond Principal Balance of
all outstanding Class 2-A Bonds due on such Final Scheduled Payment Date to the
extent not paid from the related Available Funds on that Payment Date. For the
Class 2-A Bonds and any date on which the acceleration of the Bonds has been
directed or consented to by the Bondholders pursuant to the Indenture, the
amount required to pay the Bond Principal Balance of the Class 2-A Bonds in
full, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the date of
payment of the Class 2-A Bonds.

         DEFICIENT VALUATION: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation by
a court of competent jurisdiction of the Mortgaged Property in an amount less
than the then outstanding indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan, or any reduction
in the amount of principal to be paid in connection with any scheduled Monthly
Payment that constitutes a permanent forgiveness of principal, which valuation
or reduction results from a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code.

         DEFINITIVE BONDS: The meaning specified in Section 4.06 of the
Indenture.

         DELETED MORTGAGE LOAN: A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced with
an Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan.

         DEPOSITOR: IMH Assets Corp., a California corporation, or its successor
in interest.

         DEPOSITORY OR DEPOSITORY AGENCY: The Depository Trust Company or a
successor appointed by the Indenture Trustee. Any successor to the Depository
shall be an organization registered as a "clearing agency" pursuant to Section
17A of the Exchange Act and the regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission thereunder.

         DEPOSITORY PARTICIPANT: A Person for whom, from time to time, the
Depository effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with
the Depository.

         DERIVATIVE CONTRACTS: The 6 Derivative Contracts between the Seller and
the Derivative Counterparty for the benefit of the Class 1-A-1, Class 1-A-2 and
Class 2-A Bonds, the Underlying Class M Bonds, the Grantor Trust Certificates
and the Owner Trust Certificates, set forth in Exhibit E of the Indenture.

         DERIVATIVE COUNTERPARTY: Bank of America, N.A.

         DETERMINATION DATE: With respect to any Payment Date, the 15th of the
related month, or if the 15th day of such month is not a Business Day, the
immediately preceding Business Day.

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         DUE DATE: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the day of the month on
which each scheduled Monthly Payment is due.

         DUE PERIOD: With respect to any Payment Date and the Mortgage Loans,
the period commencing on the second day of the month immediately preceding the
month of such Payment Date (or, with respect to the first Due Period, the day
following the Cut-off Date) and ending on the first day of the month of such
Payment Date.

         ELIGIBLE ACCOUNT: An account that is any of the following: (i) a
segregated account maintained with a federal or state chartered depository
institution (A) the short-term obligations of which are rated A-1+ or better by
Standard & Poor's and P-1 by Moody's at the time of any deposit therein or (B)
fully insured to the limits established by the FDIC, PROVIDED that any deposits
not so insured shall, to the extent acceptable to the Bond Insurer and each
Rating Agency, as evidenced in writing, be maintained such that (as evidenced by
an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Indenture Trustee, the Bond Insurer and
each Rating Agency) the Indenture Trustee has a claim with respect to the funds
in such account or a perfected first security interest against any collateral
(which shall be limited to Eligible Investments) securing such funds that is
superior to claims of any other depositors or creditors of the depository
institution with which such account is maintained, (ii) a segregated trust
account or accounts maintained with a federal or state chartered depository
institution or trust company subject to regulations regarding fiduciary funds on
deposit similar to Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 9.10(b),
which, in either case, has corporate trust powers, acting in its fiduciary
capacity, or (iii) in the case of the Collection Account or Servicing Account,
either (A) a trust account or accounts maintained at the corporate trust
department of the Indenture Trustee or (B) an account or accounts maintained at
the corporate trust department of the Indenture Trustee or the Subservicer (or
an affiliate thereof), as long as their short term debt obligations are rated
F-1 by Fitch Ratings, P-1 by Moody's and A-1 by Standard & Poor's or better and
their long term debt obligations are rated A by Fitch Ratings, A2 by Moody's and
A by Standard & Poor's or better, or (iv) an account or accounts of a depository
institution acceptable to each Rating Agency as evidenced in writing by each
Rating Agency that use of any such account as the Collection Account or the
Payment Account will not reduce the rating assigned to any of the Securities by
such Rating Agency below investment grade without taking into account the Bond
Insurance Policy and acceptable to the Bond Insurer as evidenced in writing.

ELIGIBLE INVESTMENTS: One or more of the following:

                  (i) obligations of or guaranteed as to 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 one month from the date of acquisition
         thereof, provided that the unsecured obligations of the party agreeing
         to repurchase such obligations are at the time rated by each Rating
         Agency in its highest short-term rating available;

                  (iii) federal funds, certificates of deposit, demand deposits,
         time deposits and bankers' acceptances (which shall each have an
         original maturity of not more than 90

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         days and, in the case of bankers' acceptances, shall in no event have
         an original maturity of more than 365 days or a remaining maturity of
         more than 30 days) denominated in United States dollars of any U.S.
         depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of
         the United States or any state thereof or of any domestic branch of a
         foreign depository institution or trust company; provided that the
         debt obligations of such depository institution or trust company (or,
         if the only Rating Agency is Standard & Poor's, in the case of the
         principal depository institution in a depository institution holding
         company, debt obligations of the depository institution holding
         company) at the date of acquisition thereof have been rated by each
         Rating Agency in its highest short-term rating available; and provided
         further that, if the only Rating Agency is Standard & Poor's and if
         the depository or trust company is a principal subsidiary of a bank
         holding company and the debt obligations of such subsidiary are not
         separately rated, the applicable rating shall be that of the bank
         holding company; and, provided further that, if the original maturity
         of such short-term obligations of a domestic branch of a foreign
         depository institution or trust company shall exceed 30 days, the
         short-term rating of such institution shall be A-1+ in the case of
         Standard & Poor's if Standard & Poor's is the Rating Agency;

                  (iv) commercial paper (having original maturities of not more
         than 365 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 by Moody's and Standard & Poor's in their highest short-term
         ratings available; provided that such commercial paper shall have a
         remaining maturity of not more than 30 days;

                  (v) a money market fund or a qualified investment fund rated
         by Moody's in its highest long-term ratings available and rated AAAm or
         AAAm-G by Standard & Poor's, including any such funds for which Wells
         Fargo Bank., N.A. or any affiliate thereof serves as an investment
         advisor, manager, administrator, shareholder, servicing agent, and/or
         custodian or sub-custodian;

                  (vi) other obligations or securities that are acceptable to
         each Rating Agency as a Permitted Investment hereunder and will not
         reduce the rating assigned to any Class of Bonds (without taking the
         Bond Insurance Policy into account) by such Rating Agency below the
         lower of the then-current rating or the rating assigned to such Bonds
         as of the Closing Date by such Rating Agency, as evidenced in writing;
         and

                  (vii) any investment approved in writing by each of the Rating
         Agencies and the Bond Insurer.

The Indenture Trustee may purchase from or sell to itself or an affiliate, as
principal or agent, the Eligible Investments listed above.

PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that each such instrument shall be acquired in an arm's
length transaction and no such instrument shall be an Eligible Investment if it
represents, either (1) the right to receive only interest payments with respect
to the underlying debt instrument or (2) the right to receive both principal and
interest payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument and the
principal and interest payments with respect to such instrument provide a

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yield to maturity greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of such
underlying obligations; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that each such instrument
acquired shall not be acquired at a price in excess of par.

         ELIGIBLE SUBSTITUTE MORTGAGE LOAN: A Mortgage Loan substituted by the
Seller for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of such substitution,
as confirmed in an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Indenture Trustee, (i)
have an outstanding principal balance, 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 outstanding principal balance, after such deduction), not in excess of
the outstanding principal balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan (the amount of
any shortfall to be deposited by the Seller in the Collection Account in the
month of substitution); (ii) comply with each non-statistical representation and
warranty set forth in Section 3.1(b) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement as
of the date of substitution; (iii) have a Mortgage Rate no lower than and not
more than 1% per annum higher than the Mortgage Rate of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan as of the date of substitution; (iv) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio at the time
of substitution no higher than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan at the time of
substitution; (v) have a remaining term to stated maturity not greater than (and
not more than one year less than) that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (vi) not be
30 days or more delinquent; (vii) be an adjustable-rate first lien mortgage
loan, if being substituted for a Group 1 Loan; and (viii) be a fixed-rate first
lien mortgage loan, if being substituted for a Group 2 Loan.

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

         EVENT OF DEFAULT: With respect to the Indenture, 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):

                           (i) a failure by the Issuer to pay (a) Accrued Bond
         Interest on any Class of Bonds or the Principal Distribution Amount
         with respect to a Payment Date on such Payment Date or (b) the Unpaid
         Interest Shortfall with respect to any Class of Bonds, but only, with
         respect to clause (b), to the extent funds are available to make such
         payment as provided in the Indenture; or

                           (ii) the failure by the Issuer on the Final Scheduled
         Payment Date to reduce the Bond Principal Balance of any of the Class A
         Bonds or the Class M Bonds to zero; or

                           (iii) there occurs a default in the observance or
         performance of any covenant or agreement of the Issuer made in the
         Indenture, or any representation or warranty of the Issuer made in the
         Indenture or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant
         hereto or in connection herewith proving to have been incorrect in any
         material respect as of the time when the same shall have been made, and
         such default shall continue or not be cured, or the circumstance or
         condition in respect of which such representation or warranty was
         incorrect shall not have been eliminated or otherwise cured, for a
         period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by registered or
         certified

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         mail, to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or to the Issuer and the
         Indenture Trustee by the Bond Insurer, or if a Bond Insurer Default
         exists, the Holders of at least 25% of the aggregate Bond Principal
         Balance of the Outstanding Bonds (for which purpose the Class A-IO-1
         Bonds and Class A-IO-2 Bonds will together be deemed to have a Bond
         Principal Balance equal to 5% of the aggregate Bond Principal Balance
         of the other Classes of Bonds), a written notice specifying such
         default or incorrect representation or warranty and requiring it to be
         remedied and stating that such notice is a notice of default
         hereunder; or

                           (iv) there occurs the filing of a decree or order for
         relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the
         Issuer or any substantial part of the Trust Estate in an involuntary
         case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
         other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver,
         liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar
         official of the Issuer or for any substantial part of the Trust Estate,
         or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer's affairs, and
         such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period
         of 60 consecutive days; or

                           (v) there occurs the commencement by the Issuer of a
         voluntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy,
         insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the
         consent by the Issuer to the entry of an order for relief in an
         involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by the Issuer to
         the appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator,
         assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the
         Issuer or for any substantial part of the assets of the Trust Estate,
         or the making by the Issuer of any general assignment for the benefit
         of creditors, or the failure by the Issuer generally to pay its debts
         as such debts become due, or the taking of any action by the Issuer in
         furtherance of any of the foregoing.

         EVENT OF SERVICER TERMINATION: With respect to the Servicing Agreement,
a Servicing Default as defined in Section 6.01 of the Servicing Agreement.

         EXCHANGE ACT: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

         EXPENSE FEE RATE: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the sum of the
Master Servicing Fee Rate, the applicable Subservicing Fee Rate, the Owner
Trustee's Fee Rate, the Radian PMI Rate, if such Mortgage Loan is a Radian PMI
Insured Loan, and the related Net Derivative Fee Rate.

         EXPENSES: The meaning specified in Section 7.02 of the Trust Agreement.

         FANNIE MAE: Fannie Mae (formerly, the Federal National Mortgage
Association), or any successor thereto.

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

         FINAL CERTIFICATION: The final certification delivered by the Custodian
pursuant to Section 2.03(b) of the Indenture in the form attached to the
Custodial Agreement.

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         FINAL SCHEDULED PAYMENT DATE: With respect to each Class of Bonds, the
Payment Date in January 2035.

         FITCH RATINGS: Fitch, Inc., or its successor in interest.

         FORECLOSURE PROFIT: With respect to a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the
amount, if any, by which (i) the aggregate of its Net Liquidation Proceeds
exceeds (ii) the related Stated Principal Balance (plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage Rate from the date interest was last
paid through the date of receipt of the final Liquidation Proceeds) of such
Liquidated Mortgage Loan immediately prior to the final recovery of its
Liquidation Proceeds.

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

         FUNDING PERIOD: With respect to Loan Group 1, the period from the
Closing Date until the earlier of (i) the date on which the amount on deposit in
the Group 1 Pre-Funding Account is reduced to less than $10,000 or (ii) November
28, 2004.

         GRANT: Pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, release,
convey, assign, transfer, create, and grant a lien upon and a security interest
in and right of set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm pursuant to the
Indenture. A Grant of the Collateral or of any other agreement or instrument
shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the obligations) of
the granting party thereunder, including the immediate and continuing right to
claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal and interest payments
in respect of such collateral or other agreement or instrument and all other
moneys payable thereunder, 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.

         GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATES: Any of the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3,
Class M-4, Class M-5 or Class M-6 Certificates.

         GROSS MARGIN: With respect to any Group 1 Loan, the percentage set
forth as the "Gross Margin" for such Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule, as adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of the
Servicing Agreement.

         GROUP 1 ADJUSTED NET WAC RATE: On any Payment Date which is not a
Subordinated Transfer Payment Date, or which is a Subordinated Transfer Payment
Date but the Group 1 Loans are an Overcollateralized Loan Group, the Group 1 Net
WAC Rate. On any Subordinated Transfer Payment Date, if the Group 1 Loans are an
Undercollateralized Loan Group, the weighted average of the Group 1 Net WAC Rate
and the Group 2 Net WAC Rate, weighted on the basis of the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Group 1 Loans as of the end of the prior Due Period,
and the Subordinated Transfer Realized Loss Amount, respectively.

         GROUP 1 AVAILABLE FUNDS: With respect to any Payment Date, the sum of
the following, in each case with respect to the Group 1 Loans:

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                           (i) each previously undistributed Monthly Payment due
         after the Cut-off Date received on or prior to the related
         Determination Date or advanced prior to such Payment Date (other than
         Monthly Payments due after the related Due Period, which shall be
         treated as if received during the Due Period they were due and other
         than Monthly Payments with respect to which the Master Servicer has
         made an unreimbursed Advance) on each outstanding Group 1 Loan (less
         the related Master Servicing Fees, any Subservicing Fees under any
         Subservicing Agreement and any fees or penalties retained by the Master
         Servicer or any Subservicer, the fees of the Owner Trustee and the
         Indenture Trustee and any amounts in respect of the premium payable to
         Radian under the Radian Lender-Paid PMI Policies);

                           (ii) all proceeds of any Group 1 Loan repurchased
         during the related Prepayment Period (or deemed to have been so
         repurchased in accordance with the Servicing Agreement) pursuant to the
         Servicing Agreement and the amount of any shortfall deposited in the
         Collection Account in connection with the substitution of a Deleted
         Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, during
         the related Prepayment Period;

                           (iii) all other unscheduled collections (including,
         without limitation, Principal Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds,
         Liquidation Proceeds and REO Proceeds) received during the related
         Prepayment Period to the extent applied by the Master Servicer as
         recoveries of principal or interest of the related Group 1 Loan
         pursuant to the Servicing Agreement; and

                           (iv) any (i) Compensating Interest payments and (ii)
         Foreclosure Profits, to the extent not payable to the Subservicers;

                           (v) amounts transferred from the Group 1 Interest
         Coverage Account and, at the end of the Funding Period, any excess
         amounts transferred from the Group 1 Pre-Funding Account;

                           (vi) interest earned on amounts on deposit in the
         Group 1 Pre-Funding Account;

         MINUS

                           (vii) expenses incurred by and reimbursable to the
         Master Servicer or the Depositor pursuant to the Servicing Agreement or
         otherwise, or in connection with enforcing any repurchase, substitution
         or indemnification obligation of the Seller (other than an Affiliate of
         the Depositor) in respect of a Group 1 Loan;

                           (viii) amounts expended by the Master Servicer (a)
         pursuant to the Servicing Agreement in good faith in connection with
         the restoration of property related to a Group 1 Loan damaged by an
         Uninsured Cause, and (b) in connection with the liquidation of a
         Mortgage Loan or disposition of an REO Property related to a Group 1
         Loan to the extent not otherwise reimbursed to the Master Servicer
         pursuant to the Servicing Agreement;

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                           (ix) if the Bonds have been declared due and payable
         following an Event of Default on such Payment Date, any amounts owed to
         the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07 of the Indenture;

                           (x) the related Net Derivative Fee; and

                           (xi) any other amounts withdrawn from the Collection
         Account by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.07(a)(ii) through
         (xv) of the Servicing Agreement, not described above in clauses (vii)
         through (x) above;

PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that on any Subordinated Transfer Payment Date, the Group 1
Available Funds shall be increased (if it is the Undercollateralized Loan Group)
or reduced (if it is the Overcollateralized Loan Group), by the Subordinated
Payment Transfer Fraction of the Available Funds for the Overcollateralized Loan
Group.

         GROUP 1 BOND: A Class 1-A-1, Class 1-A-2, Class A-IO-1, Class M-1-1,
Class M-2-1, Class M-3-1, Class M-4-1, Class M-5-1 or Class M-6-1 Bond.

         GROUP 1 CUT-OFF DATE BALANCE: $1,009,063,461.42.

         GROUP 1 INTEREST COVERAGE ACCOUNT: An account established and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.27 of the Indenture.

         GROUP 1 INTEREST COVERAGE AMOUNT: The amount to be paid by the
Depositor to the Indenture Trustee for deposit in the Group 1 Interest Coverage
Account on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 3.27 of the Indenture, which
amount is $5.

         GROUP 1 LOAN: A Mortgage Loan in Loan Group 1.

         GROUP 1 NET WAC RATE: For any Payment Date, the excess of (i) the
weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates on the Group 1 Loans included in the
trust as of the end of the prior Due Period, weighted on the basis of the Stated
Principal Balances thereof as of the end of the prior Due Period over (ii) the
related Net Derivative Fee Rate for such Payment Date.

         GROUP 1 ORIGINAL PRE-FUNDED AMOUNT: $50,889,671.93, which is the amount
deposited in the Group 1 Pre-Funding Account on the Closing Date by the
Indenture Trustee with funds received from the Company.

         GROUP 1 OVERCOLLATERALIZATION TARGET AMOUNT: With respect to any
Payment Date (i) on or before the Payment Date occurring in April 2005, $0, or
(ii) with respect to any Payment Date thereafter, 0.50% of the sum of the Group
1 Cut-off Date Balance and the Group 1 Original Pre-Funded Amount; provided,
that if the aggregate Bond Principal Balance of the Group 2 Bonds has been
reduced to zero, the Group 1 Overcollateralization Target Amount will be 0.50%
of the sum of the Group 1 Cut-off Date Balance, the Group 2 Cut-off Date Balance
and the Group 1 Original Pre-Funded Amount.

         GROUP 1 PRE-FUNDED AMOUNT: The amount on deposit in the Group 1
Pre-Funding Account on any date of determination.

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         GROUP 1 PRE-FUNDING ACCOUNT: An account established by the Indenture
Trustee for the benefit of the Bondholders and funded on the Closing Date by the
Company with the Group 1 Original Pre-Funded Amount.

         GROUP 1 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: For any Payment Date and the
Group 1 Loans, the sum of (a) the related Basic Principal Distribution Amount,
(b) the amount of related and non-related Net Monthly Excess Cashflow used to
cover related Realized Losses, Undercollateralized Amounts and Subordinated
Transfer Realized Loss Amounts as provided in Section 3.05(d) and Section
3.05(h) of the Indenture and (c) the related Overcollateralization Increase
Amount.

         GROUP 1 SUBSEQUENT MORTGAGE LOANS: A Mortgage Loan sold by the
Depositor to the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 2.05 of the Indenture, such
Mortgage Loan being identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached to a
Subsequent Transfer Instrument.

         GROUP 1 SUBSEQUENT MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT: The Group 1
Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of the applicable
Subsequent Transfer Date, between the Seller, as seller, and the Purchaser, as
purchaser, relating to the sale, transfer and assignment of the Group 1
Subsequent Mortgage Loans.

         GROUP 1 SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER INSTRUMENT: With respect to the Group 1
Subsequent Mortgage Loans, the subsequent transfer instrument, dated as of the
applicable Subsequent Transfer Date, between IMH Assets Corp., as Company, and
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as indenture trustee, or such other instrument as agreed
upon by the Company and the Indenture Trustee, a form of which is attached as
Exhibit F to the Indenture.

         GROUP 2 ADJUSTED NET WAC RATE: On any Payment Date which is not a
Subordinated Transfer Payment Date, or which is a Subordinated Transfer Payment
Date but the Group 2 Loans are an Overcollateralized Loan Group, the Group 2 Net
WAC Rate. On any Subordinated Transfer Payment Date, if the Group 2 Loans are an
Undercollateralized Loan Group, the weighted average of the Group 2 Net WAC Rate
and the Group 1 Net WAC Rate, weighted on the basis of the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Group 2 Loans as of the end of the prior Due Period,
and the Subordinated Transfer Realized Loss Amount, respectively.

         GROUP 2 AVAILABLE FUNDS: With respect to any Payment Date, the sum of
the following, in each case with respect to the Group 2 Loans:

                           (i) each previously undistributed Monthly Payment due
         after the Cut-off Date received on or prior to the related
         Determination Date or advanced prior to such Payment Date (other than
         Monthly Payments due after the related Due Period, which shall be
         treated as if received during the Due Period they were due and other
         than Monthly Payments with respect to which the Master Servicer has
         made an unreimbursed Advance) on each outstanding Group 2 Loan (less
         the related Master Servicing Fees, any Subservicing Fees under any
         Subservicing Agreement and any fees or penalties retained by the Master
         Servicer or any Subservicer, the fees of the Owner Trustee and the
         Indenture Trustee);

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                           (ii) all proceeds of any Group 2 Loan repurchased
         during the related Prepayment Period (or deemed to have been so
         repurchased in accordance with the Servicing Agreement) pursuant to the
         Servicing Agreement and the amount of any shortfall deposited in the
         Collection Account in connection with the substitution of a Deleted
         Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, during
         the related Prepayment Period;

                           (iii) all other unscheduled collections (including,
         without limitation, Principal Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds,
         Liquidation Proceeds and REO Proceeds) received during the related
         Prepayment Period to the extent applied by the Master Servicer as
         recoveries of principal or interest of the related Group 2 Loan
         pursuant to the Servicing Agreement; and

                           (iv) any (i) Compensating Interest payments and (ii)
         Foreclosure Profits, to the extent not payable to the Subservicers;

         MINUS

                           (vii) expenses incurred by and reimbursable to the
         Master Servicer or the Depositor pursuant to the Servicing Agreement or
         otherwise, or in connection with enforcing any repurchase, substitution
         or indemnification obligation of the Seller (other than an Affiliate of
         the Depositor) in respect of a Group 2 Loan;

                           (viii) amounts expended by the Master Servicer (a)
         pursuant to the Servicing Agreement in good faith in connection with
         the restoration of property related to a Group 2 Loan damaged by an
         Uninsured Cause, and (b) in connection with the liquidation of a
         Mortgage Loan or disposition of an REO Property related to a Group 2
         Loan to the extent not otherwise reimbursed to the Master Servicer
         pursuant to the Servicing Agreement;

                           (ix) if the Bonds have been declared due and payable
         following an Event of Default on such Payment Date, any amounts owed to
         the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07 of the Indenture;

                           (x) the related Net Derivative Fee;

                           (xi) any other amounts withdrawn from the Collection
         Account by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.07(a)(ii) through
         (xv) of the Servicing Agreement, not described above in clauses (vii)
         through (x) above; and

                           (xii) the Premium Amount in respect of the Class 2-A
         Bonds;

PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that on any Subordinated Transfer Payment Date, the Group 2
Available Funds shall be increased (if it is the Undercollateralized Loan Group)
or reduced (if it is the Overcollateralized Loan Group), by the Subordinated
Payment Transfer Fraction of the Available Funds for the Overcollateralized Loan
Group.

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         GROUP 2 BOND: A Class 2-A, Class A-IO-2, Class M-1-2, Class M-2-2,
Class M-3-2, Class M-4-2 or Class M-5-2 Bond.

         GROUP 2 CUT-OFF DATE BALANCE: $1,000,046,951.07.

         GROUP 2 LOAN: A Mortgage Loan in Loan Group 2.

         GROUP 2 NET WAC RATE: For any Payment Date, the excess of (i) the
weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates on the Group 2 Loans included in the
trust as of the end of the prior Due Period, weighted on the basis of the Stated
Principal Balances thereof as of the end of the prior Due Period over (ii) the
related Net Derivative Fee Rate for such Payment Date.

         GROUP 2 OVERCOLLATERALIZATION TARGET AMOUNT: With respect to any
Payment Date, (i) on or before the Payment Date occurring in April 2005, $0, or
(ii) with respect to any Payment Date thereafter, 0.50% of the Group 2 Cut-off
Date Balance; provided, that if the aggregate Bond Principal Balance of the
Group 1 Bonds has been reduced to zero, the Group 2 Overcollateralization Target
Amount will be 0.50% of the sum of the Group 1 Cut-off Date Balance, the Group 2
Cut-off Date Balance and the Group 1 Original Pre-Funded Amount.

         GROUP 2 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: For any Payment Date and the
Group 2 Loans, the sum of (a) the related Basic Principal Distribution Amount,
(b) the amount of related and non-related Net Monthly Excess Cashflow used to
cover related Realized Losses, Undercollateralized Amounts and Subordinated
Realized Loss Transfer Amounts as provided in Section 3.05(d) and Section
3.05(h) of the Indenture and (c) the related Overcollateralization Increase
Amount.

         GUARANTEED AMOUNT: With respect to the Class A-IO-1 Bonds and Class
A-IO-2 Bonds and each Payment Date, the full payment of Accrued Bond Interest on
the Class A-IO-1 Bonds and Class A-IO-2 Bonds on each Payment Date to the extent
not covered by related Available Funds on any Payment Date. Such amount shall be
unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed to the Issuer pursuant to the
Guaranty Agreement.

         GUARANTY AGREEMENT: The guaranty agreement dated as of October 28,
2004, among Impac Holdings, as guarantor, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.

         IMPAC HOLDINGS: Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc., a Maryland corporation,
and its successors and assigns.

         INDEMNIFIED PARTY: The meaning specified in Section 7.02 of the Trust
Agreement.

         INDENTURE: The indenture dated as of October 28, 2004, between the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, relating to the Impac CMB Trust Series 2004-9
Bonds.

         INDENTURE TRUSTEE: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and its successors and
assigns or any successor indenture trustee appointed pursuant to the terms of
the Indenture.

         INDEPENDENT: When used with respect to any specified Person, the Person
(i) is in fact independent of the Issuer, any other obligor on the Bonds, the
Seller, the Master Servicer, the

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Depositor and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons, (ii) does not have
any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the
Issuer, any such other obligor, the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Depositor
or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons and (iii) is not connected with
the Issuer, any such other obligor, the Seller, the Master Servicer, the
Depositor or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons as an officer,
employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing
similar functions.

         INDEPENDENT CERTIFICATE: A certificate or opinion to be delivered to
the Indenture Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise
complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 10.01 of the Indenture,
made by an independent appraiser or other expert appointed by an Issuer Request
and approved by the Indenture Trustee in the exercise of reasonable care, and
such opinion or certificate shall state that the signer has read the definition
of "Independent" in this Indenture and that the signer is Independent within the
meaning thereof.

         INDEX: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the index for the adjustment
of the Mortgage Rate set forth as such on the related Mortgage Note.

         INITIAL BOND PRINCIPAL BALANCE: With respect to the Class 1-A-1 Bonds,
$801,325,000, with respect to the Class 1-A-2 Bonds, $89,036,000, with respect
to the Class 2-A Bonds, $840,039,000, with respect to the Class M-1-1 Bonds,
$31,799,000, with respect to the Class M-2-1 Bonds, $31,799,000, with respect to
the Class M-3-1 Bonds, $29,149,000, with respect to the Class M-4-1 Bonds,
$23,849,000, with respect to the Class M-5-1 Bonds, $42,398,000, with respect to
the Class M-5-1 Bonds, $10,598,000, with respect to the Class M-1-2 Bonds,
$30,001,000, with respect to the Class M-2-2 Bonds, $30,001,000, with respect to
the Class M-3-2 Bonds, $27,501,000, with respect to the Class M-4-2 Bonds,
$22,501,000, with respect to the Class M-5-2 Bonds, $40,002,000 and with respect
to the Class M-6-2 Bonds, $10,002,000.

         INITIAL CERTIFICATION: The initial certification delivered by the
Custodian pursuant to Section 2.03(a) of the Indenture in the form attached to
the Custodial Agreement.

         INITIAL MORTGAGE LOAN: Any of the Mortgage Loans included in the Trust
Estate as of the Closing Date. The aggregate principal balance of the Initial
Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date is equal to approximately
$2,009,110,412.49.

         INITIAL SUBSERVICERS: With respect to substantially all of the Mortgage
Loans (except for the fixed rate first lien Mortgage Loans), Countrywide Home
Loans Servicing LP, or its successors in interest. With respect to substantially
all of the fixed rate first lien Mortgage Loans, GMAC Mortgage Corporation, or
its successors in interest.

         INSURANCE ACCOUNT: The account created and maintained pursuant to
Section 11.02(b) of the Indenture. The Insurance Account shall be an Eligible
Account.

         INSURANCE PROCEEDS: Proceeds paid by any insurer pursuant to any
insurance policy covering a Mortgage Loan which are required to be remitted to
the Master Servicer, net of any component thereof (i) covering any expenses
incurred by or on behalf of the Master Servicer in connection with obtaining
such proceeds, (ii) that is applied to the restoration or repair of the

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related Mortgaged Property or (iii) released to the Mortgagor in accordance with
the Master Servicer's normal servicing procedures.

         INSURED AMOUNT: Shall have the meaning assigned to the term "Insured
Amount" in the Bond Insurance Policy.

         INSURED UNDERCOLLATERALIZATION AMOUNT: With respect to any Payment Date
and the Group 2 Loans, the amount by which the Bond Principal Balance of the
Class 2-A Bonds exceeds the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Group 2
Loans and, if it is an Undercollateralized Loan Group, any Subordinated Transfer
Realized Loss Amount, in each case immediately following distributions on that
Payment Date.

         INTEREST DETERMINATION DATE: With respect to the first Accrual Period,
the second LIBOR Business Day preceding the Closing Date, and with respect to
each Accrual Period thereafter, the second LIBOR Business Day preceding the
related Payment Date on which such Accrual Period commences.

         INTEREST RATE ADJUSTMENT DATE: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
date or dates on which the Mortgage Rate is adjusted in accordance with the
related Mortgage Note.

         INTERESTED PERSON: As of any date of determination, the Depositor, the
Master Servicer the Bond Insurer, the Indenture Trustee, any Mortgagor, or any
Person actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee to be an Affiliate
of any of them.

         INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT: The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
and any amendments thereto.

         IRS: The Internal Revenue Service.

         ISSUER: Impac CMB Trust Series 2004-9, a Delaware statutory trust, or
its successor in interest.

         ISSUER REQUEST: A written order or request signed in the name of the
Issuer by any one of its Authorized Officers and approved in writing by the Bond
Insurer, so long as no Bond Insurer Default exists, and delivered to the
Indenture Trustee.

         LIBOR BUSINESS DAY: A day on which banks are open for dealing in
foreign currency and exchange in London and New York City.

         LIEN: Any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, conveyance, hypothecation,
assignment, participation, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or
other), preference, priority right or interest or other security agreement or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever, including, without
limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any
financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing and the filing of any financing statement under the UCC (other than
any such financing statement filed for informational purposes only) or
comparable law of any jurisdiction to evidence any of the foregoing; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that any assignment pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Servicing Agreement
shall not be deemed to constitute a Lien.

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         LIQUIDATED MORTGAGE LOAN: With respect to any Payment Date, any
Mortgage Loan in respect of which the Master Servicer has determined, in
accordance with the servicing procedures specified in the Servicing Agreement,
as of the end of the related Due Period that substantially all Liquidation
Proceeds which it reasonably expects to recover with respect to the disposition
of the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property have been recovered.

         LIQUIDATION EXPENSES: Out-of-pocket expenses (exclusive of overhead)
which are incurred by or on behalf of the Master Servicer, or any Special
Servicer on the Master Servicer's behalf, in connection with the liquidation of
any Mortgage Loan and not recovered under any insurance policy, such expenses
including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, any unreimbursed amount
expended (including, without limitation, amounts advanced to correct defaults on
any mortgage loan which is senior to such Mortgage Loan, amounts advanced to
keep current or pay off a mortgage loan that is senior to such Mortgage Loan and
Disposition Fees) respecting the related Mortgage Loan and any related and
unreimbursed expenditures for real estate property taxes or for property
restoration, preservation or insurance against casualty loss or damage.

         LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS: Proceeds (including Insurance Proceeds) received
in connection with the liquidation of any Mortgage Loan or related REO Property,
whether through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise.

         LOAN GROUP: Any of Loan Group 1 or Loan Group 2.

         LOAN GROUP 1: The Group 1 Loans.

         LOAN GROUP 2: The Group 2 Loans.

         LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIO: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, as of any date
of determination, a fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which
is the then current principal amount of the Mortgage Loan, and the denominator
of which is the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property.

         LOAN YEAR: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the one-year period
commencing on the day succeeding the origination of such Mortgage Loan and
ending on the anniversary date of such Mortgage Loan, and each annual period
thereafter.

         LOST NOTE AFFIDAVIT: With respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which the
original Mortgage Note has been lost or destroyed and has not been replaced, an
affidavit from the Seller certifying that the original Mortgage Note has been
lost, misplaced or destroyed (together with a copy of the related Mortgage
Note).

         MAJORITY CERTIFICATEHOLDER: A Holder of a 50.01% or greater Certificate
Percentage Interest of the Owner Trust Certificates.

         MASTER SERVICER: Impac Funding Corporation, a California corporation,
and its successors and assigns.

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         MASTER SERVICING FEE: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and any
Payment Date, the fee payable monthly to the Master Servicer in respect of
master servicing compensation that accrues at an annual rate equal to the Master
Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage
Loan as of the related Due Date in the related Due Period.

         MASTER SERVICING FEE RATE: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, 0.030%
per annum.

         MAXIMUM BOND RATE: With respect to any Class of Bonds, 11.25% per
annum.

         MAXIMUM MORTGAGE RATE: With respect to each adjustable-rate Mortgage
Loan, the maximum Mortgage Rate.

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

         MERS(R) SYSTEM: The system of recording transfers of Mortgages
electronically maintained by MERS.

         MIN: The Mortgage Identification Number for Mortgage Loans registered
with MERS on the MERS(R) System.

         MINIMUM MORTGAGE RATE: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the minimum
Mortgage Rate.

         MOM LOAN: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, MERS acting as the
mortgagee of such Mortgage Loan, solely as nominee for the originator of such
Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns, at the origination thereof.

         MONTHLY PAYMENT: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (including any REO
Property) and any Due Date, the payment of principal and interest due thereon in
accordance with the amortization schedule at the time applicable thereto (after
adjustment, if any, for partial Principal Prepayments and for Deficient
Valuations occurring prior to such Due Date but before any adjustment to such
amortization schedule by reason of any bankruptcy, other than a Deficient
Valuation, or similar proceeding or any moratorium or similar waiver or grace
period).

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

         MORTGAGE: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a
first lien on an estate in fee simple interest in real property securing a
Mortgage Loan.

         MORTGAGE FILE: The file containing the Related Documents pertaining to
a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents required to be added to
the Mortgage File pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the
Servicing Agreement.

         MORTGAGE LOANS: The Mortgage Loans that will be transferred and
assigned to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.03(a) of the Indenture, each
Mortgage Loan so held being identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule. The
Mortgage Loans have been divided into two groups, Loan Group 1 and Loan Group 2.

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         MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement,
dated as of the Closing Date, between the Seller, as seller, and the Purchaser,
as purchaser, relating to the sale, transfer and assignment of the Initial
Mortgage Loans.

         MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE: With respect to any date, the schedule of
Mortgage Loans held by the Issuer on such date. The schedule of (i) Initial
Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date is the schedule set forth in Exhibit B of
the Indenture and (ii) the applicable Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans as of
the related Group 1 Subsequent Cut-off Date is Schedule 1 of the applicable
Group 1 Subsequent Transfer Instrument, which respective schedules set forth as
to each Mortgage Loan:

                           (i) the loan number and name of the Mortgagor;

                           (ii) the street address, city, state and zip code of
         the Mortgaged Property;

                           (iii) the original Mortgage Rate;

                           (iv) the maturity date;

                           (v) the original principal balance;

                           (vi) the first Payment Date;

                           (vii) the type of Mortgaged Property;

                           (viii) the Monthly Payment in effect as of the
         Cut-off Date;

                           (ix) the Cut-off Date Principal Balance;

                           (x) the Index and the Gross Margin, if applicable;

                           (xi) the Adjustment Date frequency and Payment Date
         frequency, if applicable;

                           (xii) the occupancy status;

                           (xiii) the purpose of the Mortgage Loan;

                           (xiv) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property;

                           (xv) (A) the original term to maturity and (B) if
         such Mortgage Loan is a Balloon Loan, the amortization term thereof;

                           (xvi) the paid-through date of the Mortgage Loan;

                           (xvii) the Loan-to-Value Ratio;

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                           (xviii) whether such Mortgage Loan is a Radian PMI
         Insured Loan, and if so, the related Radian PMI Rate; and

                           (xix) whether or not the Mortgage Loan was
         underwritten pursuant to a limited documentation program.

         The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall also set forth the total of the
amounts described under (ix) above for all of the Mortgage Loans.

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

         MORTGAGE RATE: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the annual rate at
which interest accrues on such Mortgage Loan.

         MORTGAGED PROPERTY: The underlying property, including real property
and improvements thereon, securing a Mortgage Loan.

         MORTGAGOR: The obligor or obligors under a Mortgage Note.

         NET COLLECTIONS: With respect to any Corrected Mortgage Loan, an amount
equal to all payments on account of interest and principal on such Mortgage
Loan.

         NET DERIVATIVE CONTRACT PAYMENT AMOUNT: With respect to any Payment
Date, the amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate amount
payable on that Payment Date to the Issuer from the Derivative Counterparty
pursuant to the Derivative Contracts, over (b) the aggregate amount payable on
that Payment Date to the Derivative Counterparty under the Derivative Contracts.
For the avoidance of doubt, amounts payable under clause (a) or clause (b) of
the preceding sentence include, without limitation, termination payments payable
under the Derivative Contracts other than any amount which would be considered
an Additional Derivative Counterparty Payment.

         NET DERIVATIVE FEE: With respect to any Payment Date and the Group 1
Loans and Group 2 Loans, the amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the
aggregate amount payable on that Payment Date to the Derivative Counterparty in
respect of the related Derivative Contracts, other than any Additional
Derivative Counterparty Payment, over (b) the aggregate amount payable on that
Payment Date to the Issuer from the Derivative Counterparty pursuant to the
Derivative Contracts.

         NET DERIVATIVE FEE RATE: With respect to any Payment Date and each of
Loan Group 1 and Loan Group 2, the fraction, expressed as a rate per annum,
equal to (x) the Net Derivative Fee on such Payment Date related to such Loan
Group over (y) the sum of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans and the Group 1 Pre-Funded Amount.

         NET LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS: With respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan,
Liquidation Proceeds net of Liquidation Expenses.

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         NET MONTHLY EXCESS CASH FLOW: For any Payment Date and each Loan Group,
the sum of (a) any related Overcollateralization Release Amount and (b) the
excess of (x) the related Available Funds and, with respect to the Group 2
Loans, the Class 2-A Insured Amount, if any, for such Payment Date over (y) the
sum for such Payment Date of (A) the aggregate amount of Accrued Bond Interest
for the related Bonds, (B) the related Principal Remittance Amount and (c) any
amounts payable from the Derivative Contracts pursuant to Section 3.05(e)(vii)
of the Indenture.

         NET MORTGAGE RATE: On any Mortgage Loan and any Payment Date, the then
applicable mortgage rate thereon for the scheduled monthly payment thereon
during the related Due Period minus the sum of (1) the Master Servicing Fee
Rate, (2) the Subservicing Fee Rate, (3) the Owner Trustee's Fee Rate and (4)
the related Radian PMI Rate, if such Mortgage Loan is a Radian PMI Insured Loan.

         NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCE: Any advance (i) which was previously made or is
proposed to be made by the Master Servicer; and (ii) which, in the good faith
judgment of the Master Servicer, will not or, in the case of a proposed advance,
would not, be ultimately recoverable by the Master Servicer from Liquidation
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or future payments on any Mortgage Loan. The
Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely on any determination of
nonrecoverability made by the Master Servicer.

         NOTIONAL AMOUNT: With respect to the Class A-IO-1 Bonds immediately
prior to the related Payment Date, for the November 2004 Payment Date, the
Notional Amount of the Class A-IO-1 Bonds will be $1,059,953,000, for the
December 2004 Payment Date, $979,724,982, for the January 2005 Payment Date,
$885,961,960, for the February 2005 Payment Date, $801,171,127, for the March
2005 Payment Date, $724,494,052, for the April 2005 Payment Date, $655,154,494,
and for each Payment Date thereafter, $0. With respect to the Class A-IO-2 Bonds
immediately prior to the related Payment Date, for the November 2004 Payment
Date, the Notional Amount of the Class A-IO-1 Bonds will be $1,000,047,000, for
the December 2004 Payment Date, $924,353,161, for the January 2005 Payment Date,
$835,889,411, for the February 2005 Payment Date, $755,890,762, for the March
2005 Payment Date, $683,547,301, for the April 2005 Payment Date, $618,126,657,
and for each Payment Date thereafter, $0.

         OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE: With respect to the Master Servicer, a
certificate signed by the President, Managing Director, a Director, a Vice
President or an Assistant Vice President, of the Master Servicer and delivered
to the Indenture Trustee. With respect to the Issuer, a certificate signed by
any Authorized Officer of the Issuer, under the circumstances described in, and
otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 10.01 of the
Indenture, and delivered to the Indenture Trustee. Unless otherwise specified,
any reference in the Indenture to an Officer's Certificate shall be to an
Officer's Certificate of any Authorized Officer of the Issuer.

         ONE-MONTH LIBOR: With respect to any Accrual Period, the rate
determined by the Indenture Trustee on the related Interest Determination Date
on the basis of the London interbank offered rate for one-month United States
dollar deposits, as such rates appear on the Telerate Screen Page 3750, as of
11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest Determination Date.

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         In the event that on any Interest Determination Date, Telerate Screen
3750 fails to indicate the London interbank offered rate for one-month United
States dollar deposits, then One-Month LIBOR for the related Interest Accrual
Period will be established by the Indenture Trustee as follows:

                           (i) If on such Interest Determination Date two or
         more Reference Banks provide such offered quotations, One-Month LIBOR
         for the related Accrual Period shall be the arithmetic mean of such
         offered quotations (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest whole
         multiple of 1/16%).

                           (ii) If on such Interest Determination Date fewer
         than two Reference Banks provide such offered quotations, One-Month
         LIBOR for the related Accrual Period shall be the higher of (i)
         One-Month LIBOR as determined on the previous Interest Determination
         Date and (ii) the Reserve Interest Rate.

         The establishment of One-Month LIBOR on each Interest Determination
Date by the Indenture Trustee and the Indenture Trustee's calculation of the
rate of interest applicable for the related Accrual Period shall (in the absence
of manifest error) be final and binding.

         OPINION OF COUNSEL: A written opinion of counsel acceptable to the
Indenture Trustee and/or the Bond Insurer, as applicable, in its reasonable
discretion which counsel may be in-house counsel for the Master Servicer if
acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, the Bond Insurer and the Rating Agencies or
counsel for the Depositor, as the case may be.

         ORIGINAL VALUE: Except in the case of a refinanced Mortgage Loan, the
lesser of the Appraised Value or sales price of Mortgaged Property at the time a
Mortgage Loan is closed, and for a refinanced Mortgage Loan, the Original Value
is the value of such property set forth in an appraisal acceptable to the Master
Servicer.

         OUTSTANDING: With respect to the Bonds, as of the date of
determination, all Bonds theretofore executed, authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture except:

                           (i) Bonds theretofore canceled by the Bond Registrar
         or delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation; and

                           (ii) Bonds in exchange for or in lieu of which other
         Bonds have been executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to the
         Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is
         presented that any such Bonds are held by a holder in due course;

all Bonds that have been paid with funds provided under the Bond Insurance
Policy shall be deemed to be Outstanding until the Bond Insurer has been
reimbursed with respect thereto.

         OUTSTANDING MORTGAGE LOAN: As to any Due Date, a Mortgage Loan
(including an REO Property) which was not the subject of a Principal Prepayment
in Full, Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition and which was not purchased,
deleted or substituted for prior to such Due Date pursuant to the Servicing
Agreement.

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         OVERCOLLATERALIZATION INCREASE AMOUNT: With respect to any Payment Date
and each Loan Group, the lesser of (i) the related Net Monthly Excess Cashflow
for such Payment Date after payments to the Bond Insurer in respect of Section
3.05(d)(vi) and Section 3.05(h)(i) of the Indenture, with respect to the Group 1
Loans and Group 2 Loans, respectively, (ii) the excess, if any, of (a) the
related Overcollateralization Target Amount over (b) the related
Overcollateralized Amount on such Payment Date (after taking into account
payments to the related Bonds of the related Basic Principal Distribution Amount
on such Payment Date) and (iii) the amount necessary, pursuant to Section
3.05(d)(iv) of the Indenture, with respect to the Group 1 Loans, and Section
3.05(h)(v) of the Indenture, with respect to the Group 2 Loans, so that the
excess, if any, of (x) the sum of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
related Mortgage Loans as of the end of the related Due Period (after giving
effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to
the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal
received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized
Losses on the related mortgage loans incurred during the related Prepayment
Period) and (with respect to Loan Group 1 only) the Group 1 Pre-Funded Amount,
over (y) the aggregate Bond Principal Balance of the related Bonds (as reduced
by payments of the related Basic Principal Distribution Amount and any amounts
in respect of Net Monthly Excess Cashflow, in reduction of the Bond Principal
Balances thereof on that Payment Date prior to payment of the
Overcollateralization Increase Amount), is equal to the related
Overcollateralization Target Amount.

         OVERCOLLATERALIZATION RELEASE AMOUNT: With respect to any Payment Date
and each Loan Group, the lesser of (x) the related Principal Remittance Amount
for such Payment Date and (y) the excess, if any, of (i) the related
Overcollateralized Amount for such Payment Date (assuming that 100% of the
related Principal Remittance Amount is applied as a principal payment on such
Payment Date) over (ii) the related Overcollateralization Target Amount for such
Payment Date.

         OVERCOLLATERALIZATION TARGET AMOUNT: The Group 1 Overcollateralization
Target Amount or Group 2 Overcollateralization Target Amount, as applicable.

         OVERCOLLATERALIZED AMOUNT: For any Payment Date, other than a
Subordinated Transfer Payment Date, and each Loan Group, the amount, if any, by
which (i) the sum of the aggregate principal balance of the related Mortgage
Loans (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the
related Due Period, to the extent received or Advanced, and unscheduled
collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period, but
prior to reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment
Period) and (with respect to Loan Group 1 only) the Group 1 Pre-Funded Amount,
exceeds (ii) the aggregate Bond Principal Balance of such related Loan Group as
of such Payment Date (after giving effect to distributions to be made on such
Payment Date).

         For any Subordinated Transfer Payment Date and the Overcollateralized
Loan Group, the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of the aggregate principal
balance of the related Mortgage Loans (after giving effect to scheduled payments
of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or
advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related
Prepayment Period, but prior to reduction for Realized Losses on the related
Mortgage Loans incurred during the related Prepayment Period) and (with respect
to the Loan Group 1 only) the Group 1 Pre-Funded Amount, exceeds (ii) the sum of
(x) the aggregate Bond Principal

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Balance of the Bonds related to such Loan Group as of such Payment Date (after
giving effect to distributions to be made on such Payment Date) and (y) the
Subordinated Transfer Realized Loss Amount.

         For any Subordinated Transfer Payment Date and the Undercollateralized
Loan Group, the amount, if any, by which (i) the aggregate principal balance of
the related Mortgage Loans (after giving effect to scheduled payments of
principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced,
and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment
Period, but prior to reduction for Realized Losses on the related Mortgage Loans
incurred during the related Prepayment Period) and (with respect to the Loan
Group 1 only) the Group 1 Pre-Funded Amount, exceeds (ii) (x) the aggregate Bond
Principal Balance of the Bonds related to such Loan Group as of such Payment
Date (after giving effect to distributions to be made on such Payment Date)
minus (y) the Subordinated Transfer Realized Loss Amount.

         OVERCOLLATERALIZED LOAN GROUP: For any Subordinated Transfer Payment
Date, the Loan Group which is not the Undercollateralized Loan Group.

         OWNER TRUST ESTATE: The corpus of the Issuer created by the Trust
Agreement which consists of items referred to in Section 3.01 of the Trust
Agreement.

         OWNER TRUSTEE: Wilmington Trust Company and its successors and assigns
or any successor owner trustee appointed pursuant to the terms of the Trust
Agreement.

         OWNER TRUSTEE'S FEE: With respect to any Payment Date the product of
(i) the Owner Trustee's Fee Rate divided by 12 and (ii) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the related Due
Period plus the Group 1 Pre-Funded Amount t.

         OWNER TRUSTEE'S FEE RATE: On each Mortgage Loan, a rate equal to
0.0017% per annum.

         PAYING AGENT: Any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed pursuant to
Section 3.03 of the Indenture, which initially shall be the Indenture Trustee.

         PAYMENT ACCOUNT: The account established by the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Indenture. The Payment Account shall be an
Eligible Account.

         PAYMENT DATE: The 25th day of each month, or if such day is not a
Business Day, then the next Business Day.

         PERCENTAGE INTEREST: With respect to any Bond, the percentage obtained
by dividing the Bond Principal Balance of such Bond by the aggregate Bond
Principal Balances of all Bonds of that Class. With respect to any Certificate,
the percentage as stated on the face thereof.

         PERIODIC RATE CAP: With respect to any adjustable-rate Mortgage Loan,
the maximum rate, if any, by which the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan can
adjust on any Adjustment Date, as stated in the related Mortgage Note or
Mortgage.

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

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

         PLAN ASSETS: Assets of a Plan within the meaning of Department of Labor
regulation 29 C.F.R. ss.
2510.3-101.

         POLICY PREMIUM RATE: With respect to any Payment Date, the rate per
annum at which the Premium Amount for the Bond Insurance Policy accrues, as
specified in the Bond Insurance Policy.

         POOL BALANCE: With respect to any date of determination, the aggregate
of the Stated Principal Balances of all Mortgage Loans as of such date.

         PREFERENCE AMOUNT: With respect to the Class 2-A Bonds, any amount
previously distributed to a Class 2-A Bondholder that is recoverable and sought
to be recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy pursuant to
the United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C.), as amended from time to time, in
accordance with a final nonappealable order of a court having competent
jurisdiction.

         PREMIUM AMOUNT: The amount of premium due to the Bond Insurer in
accordance with the Bond Insurance Policy.

         PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION: A Prepayment Assumption of 100% assumes, with
respect to the Mortgage Loans, 30% CPR.

         PREPAYMENT INTEREST SHORTFALL: As to any Payment Date and any Mortgage
Loan (other than a Mortgage Loan relating to an REO Property) that was the
subject of (a) a Principal Prepayment in Full during the related Prepayment
Period, an amount equal to the excess of interest accrued during the related
Prepayment Period at the Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of
such Mortgage Loan over the sum of the amount of interest (less interest at the
related Expense Fee Rate) paid by the Mortgagor for such Prepayment Period to
the date of such Principal Prepayment in Full and any Advances made by the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Servicing Agreement or (b) a
partial Principal Prepayment during the related Prepayment Period, an amount
equal to the interest at the Mortgage Rate (less the Subservicing Fee Rate)
during the related Prepayment Period on the amount of such partial Principal
Prepayment.

         PREPAYMENT PERIOD: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and any Payment
Date, the prior calendar month.

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         PRIMARY INSURANCE POLICY: Each primary policy of mortgage guaranty
insurance issued by a Qualified Insurer or any replacement policy therefor,
including the Radian Lender-Paid PMI Policies.

         PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: The Group 1 Principal Distribution
Amount or Group 2 Principal Distribution Amount, as applicable.

         PRINCIPAL PREPAYMENT: Any payment of principal or other recovery on a
Mortgage Loan, including a recovery that takes the form of Liquidation Proceeds
or Insurance Proceeds, which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date
and is not accompanied by an amount as to interest representing scheduled
interest on such payment due on any date or dates in any month or months
subsequent to the month of prepayment.

         PRINCIPAL PREPAYMENT IN FULL: Any Principal Prepayment made by a
Mortgagor of the entire principal balance of a Mortgage Loan.

         PRINCIPAL REMITTANCE AMOUNT: With respect to any Payment Date and each
Loan Group, the sum of the following:

                           (i) the principal portion of each previously
         undistributed Monthly Payment due after the Cut-off Date received on or
         prior to the related Determination Date or advanced prior to such
         Payment Date (other than Monthly Payments due after the related Due
         Period, which shall be treated as if received during the Due Period
         they were due) on each Outstanding Mortgage Loan;

                           (ii) the principal portion of all proceeds of any
         Mortgage Loan repurchased during the related Prepayment Period (or
         deemed to have been so repurchased in accordance with the Servicing
         Agreement) pursuant to the Servicing Agreement and the amount of any
         shortfall deposited in the Collection Account in connection with the
         substitution of a Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Mortgage Loan
         Purchase Agreement during the related Collection Period;

                           (iii) the principal portion of all other unscheduled
         collections received during the related Prepayment Period (including,
         without limitation, Principal Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds,
         Liquidation Proceeds and REO Proceeds) to the extent applied by the
         Master Servicer as recoveries of principal of the related Mortgage Loan
         pursuant to the Servicing Agreement; and

                           (iv) with respect to the Group 2 Loans, any portion
         of any Class 2-A Insured Amount for such Payment Date representing an
         Insured Undercollateralization Amount allocable to the Class 2-A Bonds;

provided, however, that on any Subordinated Transfer Payment Date, the Principal
Remittance Amount for the Undercollateralized Loan Group shall be increased, and
the Principal Remittance Amount for the Overcollateralized Loan Group shall be
reduced, by the Subordinated Payment Transfer Fraction of the amounts determined
pursuant to clauses (1) through (3) above for the Overcollateralized Loan Group.

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

         PROSPECTUS: The Prospectus Supplement, dated October [_], 2004,
together with the attached Prospectus, dated September 28, 2004.

         PURCHASE PRICE: The meaning specified in Section 2.2(a) of the Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement.

         PURCHASER: IMH Assets Corp., a California corporation, and its
successors and assigns.

         QUALIFIED INSURER: A mortgage guaranty insurance company duly qualified
as such under the laws of the state of its principal place of business and each
state having jurisdiction over such insurer in connection with the insurance
policy issued by such insurer, duly authorized and licensed in such states to
transact a mortgage guaranty insurance business in such states and to write the
insurance provided by the insurance policy issued by it, approved as an insurer
by the Master Servicer and as a Fannie Mae-approved mortgage insurer.

         RADIAN: Radian Guaranty, Inc., or its successors or assigns.

         RADIAN LENDER-PAID PMI POLICY: A lender-paid primary mortgage insurance
policy issued by Radian in accordance with a March 29, 2002 letter between the
Seller and Radian.

         RADIAN PMI INSURED LOANS: The Mortgage Loans included in the Trust Fund
covered by a Radian Lender-Paid PMI Policy, as indicated on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.

         RADIAN PMI POLICY FEE: With respect to each Radian PMI Insured Loan and
any Payment Date, the product of (i) the Radian PMI Rate divided by 12 and (ii)
the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the first day of the
related Due Period.

         RADIAN PMI RATE: With respect to any Mortgage Loan covered by the
Radian Lender-Paid PMI Policy, the rate per annum at which the premium with
respect to such policy accrues as indicated in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

         RATING AGENCY: Any nationally recognized statistical rating
organization, or its successor, that rated the Bonds at the request of the
Depositor at the time of the initial issuance of the Bonds. Initially, Standard
& Poor's or Moody's. If such organization or a successor is no longer in
existence, "Rating Agency" with respect to the Class A Bonds shall be such
nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or other comparable
Person, designated by the Bond Insurer so long as no Bond Insurer Default
exists, notice of which designation shall be given to the Indenture Trustee.
References herein to the highest short term unsecured rating category of a
Rating Agency shall mean A-1 or better in the case of Standard & Poor's and P-1
or better in the case of Moody's and in the case of any other Rating Agency
shall mean such equivalent ratings. References herein to the highest long-term
rating category of a Rating Agency shall mean "AAA" in the case of Standard &
Poor's and "Aaa" in the case of Moody's and in the case of any other Rating
Agency, such equivalent rating.

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         REALIZED LOSS: With respect to each Mortgage Loan (or REO Property) as
to which a Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition has occurred, an amount (not less
than zero) equal to (i) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan (or
REO Property) as of the date of Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition, plus (ii)
interest (and REO Imputed Interest, if any) at the Net Mortgage Rate from the
Due Date as to which interest was last paid or advanced to Bondholders up to the
last day of the month in which the Cash Liquidation (or REO Disposition)
occurred on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan (or REO Property)
outstanding during each Due Period that such interest was not paid or advanced,
minus (iii) the proceeds, if any, received during the month in which such Cash
Liquidation (or REO Disposition) occurred, to the extent applied as recoveries
of interest at the Net Mortgage Rate and to principal of the Mortgage Loan, net
of the portion thereof reimbursable to the Master Servicer or any Subservicer
with respect to related Advances or expenses as to which the Master Servicer or
any Subservicer is entitled to reimbursement thereunder but which have not been
previously reimbursed. With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the
subject of a Deficient Valuation, the difference between the principal balance
of the Mortgage Loan outstanding immediately prior to such Deficient Valuation
and the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as reduced by the Deficient
Valuation. With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the object of a
Debt Service Reduction, the amount of such Debt Service Reduction.

         RECORD DATE: With respect to the Grantor Trust Certificates and any
Book-Entry Bonds and any Payment Date, the close of business on the Business Day
immediately preceding such Payment Date. With respect to any Bonds that are not
Book-Entry Bonds, the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar
month preceding such Payment Date.

         REFERENCE BANKS: Any leading banks engaged in transactions in
Eurodollar deposits in the international Eurocurrency market (i) with an
established place of business in London, (ii) whose quotations appear on the
Telerate Screen Page 3750 on the Interest Determination Date in question, (iii)
which have been designated as such by the Indenture Trustee after consultation
with the Master Servicer and the Bond Insurer, and (iv) which are not Affiliates
of the Depositor or the Seller.

         REGISTERED HOLDER: The Person in whose name a Bond is registered in the
Bond Register on the applicable Record Date.

         RELATED DOCUMENTS: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the documents
specified in Section 2.1(b) of (i) the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (with
respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans) and (ii) the Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement (with respect to the Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loans)
and any documents required to be added to such documents pursuant to the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement, the Trust Agreement, Indenture or the Servicing Agreement.

         RELIEF ACT: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as amended.

         RELIEF ACT SHORTFALL: As to any Payment Date and any Mortgage Loan
(other than a Mortgage Loan relating to an REO Property), any shortfalls
relating to the Relief Act or similar legislation or regulations.

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         REMITTANCE REPORT: The report prepared by the Master Servicer pursuant
to Section 4.01 of the Servicing Agreement.

         REO ACQUISITION: The acquisition by the Master Servicer on behalf of
the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Bondholders of any REO Property
pursuant to Section 3.13 of the Servicing Agreement.

         REO DISPOSITION: As to any REO Property, a determination by the Master
Servicer that it has received substantially all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation
Proceeds, REO Proceeds and other payments and recoveries (including proceeds of
a final sale) which the Master Servicer expects to be finally recoverable from
the sale or other disposition of the REO Property.

         REO IMPUTED INTEREST: As to any REO Property, for any period, an amount
equivalent to interest (at the Net Mortgage Rate that would have been applicable
to the related Mortgage Loan had it been Outstanding) on the unpaid principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the date of acquisition thereof for such
period as such balance is reduced pursuant to Section 3.13 of the Servicing
Agreement by any income from the REO Property treated as a recovery of
principal.

         REO PROCEEDS: Proceeds, net of expenses, received in respect of any REO
Property (including, without limitation, proceeds from the rental of the related
Mortgaged Property) which proceeds are required to be deposited into the
Collection Account only upon the related REO Disposition.

         REO PROPERTY: A Mortgaged Property that is acquired by the Issuer by
foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure.

         REPURCHASE EVENT: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, either (i) a
discovery that, as of the Closing Date, the related Mortgage was not a valid
first lien on the related Mortgaged Property, or (ii) with respect to any
Mortgage Loan as to which the Seller delivers an affidavit certifying that the
original Mortgage Note has been lost or destroyed, a subsequent default on such
Mortgage Loan if the enforcement thereof or of the related Mortgage is
materially and adversely affected by the absence of such original Mortgage Note.

         REPURCHASE PRICE: With respect to any Mortgage Loan required to be
repurchased on any date pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or
purchased by the Master Servicer pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, an amount
equal to the sum, without duplication, of (i) 100% of the Stated Principal
Balance thereof (without reduction for any amounts charged off) and (ii) unpaid
accrued interest at the Mortgage Rate on the outstanding principal balance
thereof from the Due Date to which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor to
the first day of the month following the month of purchase plus (iii) the amount
of unreimbursed Advances or unreimbursed Servicing Advances made with respect to
such Mortgage Loan plus (iv) any other amounts owed to the Master Servicer or
any Subservicer pursuant to Section 3.07 of the Servicing Agreement and not
included in clause (iii) of this definition plus (v) any costs and damages
incurred by the trust in connection with any violation by such loan of any
predatory-lending law.

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         RESERVE INTEREST RATE: With respect to any Interest Determination Date,
the rate per annum that the Indenture Trustee determines to be either (i) the
arithmetic mean (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest whole multiple of
0.0625%) of the one-month United States dollar lending rates which New York City
banks selected by the Indenture Trustee are quoting on the relevant Interest
Determination Date to the principal London offices of leading banks in the
London interbank market or (ii) in the event that the Indenture Trustee can
determine no such arithmetic mean, the lowest one-month United States dollar
lending rate which New York City banks selected by the Indenture Trustee are
quoting on such Interest Determination Date to leading European banks.

         RESPONSIBLE OFFICER: With respect to the Indenture Trustee, any officer
of the Indenture Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of
the Indenture and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer
to whom such matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.

         SECURITIES ACT: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.

         SECURITY: Any of the Certificates or Bonds.

         SECURITYHOLDER or HOLDER: Any Bondholder or a Certificateholder.

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

         SELLER: Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and its
successors and assigns.

         SERVICING ACCOUNT: The separate trust account created and maintained by
the Master Servicer or each Subservicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans or
REO Property, which shall be an Eligible Account, for collection of taxes,
assessments, insurance premiums and comparable items as described in Section
3.08 of the Servicing Agreement.

         SERVICING ADVANCES: All customary, reasonable and necessary "out of
pocket"costs and expenses incurred in connection with a default, delinquency or
other unanticipated event in the performance by the Master Servicer or any
Subservicer of its servicing obligations, including, without duplication, but
not limited to, the cost of (i) the preservation, restoration and protection of
a Mortgaged Property, (ii) any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including
foreclosures and any expenses incurred in relation to any such proceedings that
result from the Mortgage Loan being registered on the MERS(R) System, (iii) the
management and liquidation of any REO Property and (iv) compliance with the
obligations under Sections 3.10, 3.11, 3.13 of the Servicing Agreement.

         SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Servicing Agreement dated as of October 28,
2004, among the Master Servicer, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.

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         SERVICING CERTIFICATE: A certificate completed and executed by a
Servicing Officer on behalf of the Master Servicer in accordance with Section
4.01 of the Servicing Agreement.

         SERVICING DEFAULT: The meaning assigned in Section 6.01 of the
Servicing Agreement.

         SERVICING FEE: The sum of the Master Servicing Fee and the related
Subservicing Fee.

         SERVICING FEE RATE: The sum of the Master Servicing Fee Rate and the
related Subservicing Fee Rate.

         SERVICING OFFICEr: Any officer of the Master Servicer involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose
name and specimen signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished to
the Indenture Trustee by the Master Servicer, as such list may be amended from
time to time.

         SPECIAL CERTIFICATE CAP CONTRACT: The Confirmation together with the
associated ISDA Master Agreement, delivered to the Indenture Trustee on the
Closing Date and attached to the Indenture as Exhibit F, for which amounts
payable shall be distributed in accordance with Section 3.05(n) of the
Indenture.

         STANDARD & POOR'S: Standard & Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., or its successor in interest.

         STATED PRINCIPAL BALANCE: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or related
REO Property as of any date of determination, (i) the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan outstanding as of the Cut-off Date, after application of all
scheduled Monthly Payments due on or before such date, whether or not received,
minus (ii) the sum of (a) the principal portion of the Monthly Payments due with
respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property during each Due Period ending
prior to the most recent Payment Date which were received or with respect to
which an Advance was made, (b) all Principal Prepayments with respect to such
Mortgage Loan or REO Property, and all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds
and REO Proceeds to the extent applied by the Master Servicer as recoveries of
principal in accordance with Section 3.13 of the Servicing Agreement with
respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property, which were distributed pursuant
to Section 3.05 of the Indenture on any previous Payment Date, and (c) the
principal portion of any Realized Loss with respect thereto allocated pursuant
to Section 3.31 of the Indenture for any previous Payment Date.

         STATUTORY TRUST STATUTE: Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code,
12 DEL. Code ss.ss.3801 ET SEQ., as the same may be amended from time to time.

         STEP-UP DATE: The first Payment Date following the earlier of (i) the
first Payment Date for which the Issuer can cause the redemption of the Bonds
pursuant to Section 8.07 of the Indenture and (ii) the Payment Date in October
2014.

         SUBORDINATED PAYMENT TRANSFER FRACTION: With respect to any
Subordinated Transfer Payment Date, a fraction equal to (x) any Subordinated
Transfer Realized Loss Amount for such Payment Date, divided by (y) the sum of
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage

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Loans in the Overcollateralized Loan Group as of the beginning of the related
Due Period and (with respect to the Loan Group 1 only) the Group 1 Pre-Funded
Amount.

         SUBORDINATED TRANSFER AMOUNT: With respect to any Subordinated Transfer
Payment Date, the principal portion of any amount paid from the
Overcollateralized Loan Group to the Undercollateralized Loan Group.

         SUBORDINATED TRANSFER PAYMENT DATE: Any Payment Date on which a
Subordinated Transfer Realized Loss Amount exists for either loan group.

         SUBORDINATED TRANSFER REALIZED LOSS AMOUNT: For any Payment Date, the
amount of any Realized Loss on a mortgage loan in a Loan Group which has been
allocated on a preceding Payment Date either (a) to the non-related
Overcollateralization Amount or (b) to the non-related Underlying Class M Bonds,
to the extent such Realized Loss has not been reimbursed by related or
non-related Net Monthly Excess Cashflow or by a Subordinated Transfer Amount or
otherwise by an offsetting reduction in the Overcollateralized Amount or in the
Bond Principal Balance of the Bonds of the Undercollateralized Loan Group.

         SUBSEQUENT CUT-OFF DATE: With respect to any Group 1 Subsequent
Mortgage Loan, the date, as designated by the Company, that is the later of (i)
the first day of the month in which the related Subsequent Transfer Date occurs
and (ii) the origination date of such Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loan, as the
cut-off date with respect to the related Group 1 Subsequent Mortgage Loan.

         SUBSEQUENT RECOVERIES: Additional recoveries, net of reimbursable
expenses, with respect to Mortgage Loans that have been previously liquidated
and that resulted in a Realized Loss.

         SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER DATE: With respect to any Group 1 Subsequent
Mortgage Loan, the applicable date upon which such Mortgage Loan was purchased
from the Seller with amounts on deposit in the Group 1 Pre-Funding Account.

         SUBSERVICER: Any Person with whom the Master Servicer has entered into
a Subservicing Agreement as a Subservicer and acceptable to the Bond Insurer,
including the Initial Subservicers.

         SUBSERVICING ACCOUNT: An Eligible Account established or maintained by
a Subservicer as provided for in Section 3.06(e) of the Servicing Agreement.

         SUBSERVICING AGREEMENT: The written contract between the Master
Servicer and any Subservicer relating to servicing and administration of certain
Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 3.02 of the Servicing Agreement.

         SUBSERVICING FEE: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and any Payment
Date, the fee payable monthly to the subservicer in respect of servicing
compensation that accrues at an annual rate equal to the Subservicing Fee Rate
multiplied by the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the
related Due Date in the related Due Period.

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         SUBSERVICING FEE RATE: On each Mortgage Loan (except for the fixed-rate
first lien Mortgage Loans), a rate equal to 0.375% per annum. On each fixed-rate
first lien Mortgage Loan, a rate equal to 0.750% per annum.

         SUBSTITUTION ADJUSTMENT AMOUNT: With respect to any Eligible Substitute
Mortgage Loan, the amount as defined in Section 2.03 of the Servicing Agreement.

         TELERATE SCREEN PAGE 3750: The display designated as page 3750 on the
Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace page 3750 on that service
for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates of major banks).

         TREASURY REGULATIONS: Regulations, including proposed or temporary
Regulations, promulgated under the Code. References herein to specific
provisions of proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous
provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury
Regulations.

         TRUST: The Impac CMB Trust Series 2004-9 to be created pursuant to the
Trust Agreement.

         TRUST AGREEMENT: The Amended and Restated Trust Agreement dated as of
October 28, 2004, among the Owner Trustee, the Depositor and Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A., as Certificate Registrar and Certificate Paying Agent, relating to the
Trust.

         TRUST ESTATE: The meaning specified in the Granting Clause of the
Indenture.

         TRUST INDENTURE ACT OR TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended
from time to time, as in effect on any relevant date.

         UCC: The Uniform Commercial Code, as amended from time to time, as in
effect in any specified jurisdiction.

         UNDERCOLLATERALIZED AMOUNT: With respect to any Payment Date, other
than a Subordinated Transfer Payment Date, and either Loan Group, the excess, if
any, of (x) the aggregate Bond Principal Balance of the related Bonds (after
giving effect to distributions to such Bonds of the related Basic Principal
Distribution Amount on such Payment Date), over (y) the sum of the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loans (after giving effect to
scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent
received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during
the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses on the
related Mortgage Loans incurred during the related Prepayment Period) and (with
respect to Loan Group 1 only) the Group 1 Pre-Funded Amount.

         For any Subordinated Transfer Payment Date and the Overcollateralized
Loan Group, the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of (x) the aggregate Bond
Principal Balance of the related Bonds (after giving effect to distributions to
such Bonds of the related Basic Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment
Date) and (y) the Subordinated Transfer Realized Loss Amount, exceeds (ii) the
sum of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loans
(after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related
Due Period,

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to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal
received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized
Losses on the related Mortgage Loans incurred during the related Prepayment
Period) and (with respect to Loan Group 1 only) the Group 1 Pre-Funded Amount.

         For any Subordinated Transfer Payment Date and the Undercollateralized
Loan Group, the amount, if any, by which (i)(x) the aggregate Bond Principal
Balance of the related Bonds (after giving effect to distributions to such Bonds
of the related Basic Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date) minus
(y) the Subordinated Transfer Realized Loss Amount, exceeds (ii) the sum of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loans (after giving
effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to
the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal
received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized
Losses on the related Mortgage Loans incurred during the related Prepayment
Period) and (with respect to Loan Group 1 only) the Group 1 Pre-Funded Amount.

         UNDERCOLLATERALIZED LOAN GROUP: With respect to any Payment Date, a
Loan Group which benefits from the payment of a Subordinated Transfer Realized
Loss Amount.

         UNDERLYING CLASS M BONDS: Any of the Class M-1-1, Class M-1-2, Class
M-2-1, Class M-2-2, Class M-3-1, Class M-3-2, Class M-4-1, Class M-4-2, Class
M-5-1, Class M-5-2, Class M-6-1 or Class M-6-2 Bonds.

         UNDERWRITERS: Countrywide Securities Corporation, UBS Securities LLC
and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.

         UNINSURED CAUSE: Any cause of damage to property subject to a Mortgage
that the complete restoration of such property is not fully reimbursable by the
hazard insurance policies.

         UNPAID INTEREST SHORTFALL: For each Class of Bonds and any Payment
Date, such Bonds' pro rata share, based on the amount of Accrued Bond Interest
otherwise payable on such Bond on such Payment Date, of (a) any Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls, to the extent not covered by Compensating Interest, and (b)
any Relief Act Shortfalls, plus interest on the amount of previously allocated
Unpaid Interest Shortfall on such Class of Bonds which remains unreimbursed, at
the Bond Interest Rate for such Class for the related Accrual Period.

         USA PATRIOT ACT: The USA Patriot Act of 2001, as amended.

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                         SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER INSTRUMENT

         Pursuant to this Subsequent Transfer Instrument, dated October 27, 2004
(the "Instrument"), between Option One Mortgage Acceptance Corporation as seller
(the "Depositor") and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as trustee of the Option One
Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-3 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-3, as
purchaser (the "Trustee"), and pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of October 1, 2004 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the
Depositor as depositor, Option One Mortgage Corporation as master servicer (the
"Master Servicer") and the Trustee as trustee, the Depositor and the Trustee
agree to the sale by the Depositor and the purchase by the Trustee in trust, on
behalf of the Trust, of the Mortgage Loans listed on the attached Schedule of
Subsequent Mortgage Loans (the "Subsequent Mortgage Loans").

         Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

         Section 1.   Conveyance of Subsequent Mortgage Loans.
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         (a) The Depositor does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and
convey to the Trustee in trust, on behalf of the Trust, without recourse, all of
its right, title and interest in and to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, and
including all amounts due on the Subsequent Mortgage Loans after the Cut-off
Date, and all items with respect to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans to be
delivered pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
provided, however that the Depositor reserves and retains all right, title and
interest in and to amounts due on the Subsequent Mortgage Loans on or prior to
the Cut-off Date. The Depositor, contemporaneously with the delivery of this
Agreement, has delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee each item set
forth in Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The transfer to
the Trustee by the Depositor of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans identified on the
Schedule of Subsequent Mortgage Loans shall be absolute and is intended by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificateholders to
constitute and to be treated as a sale by the Depositor to the Trust Fund.

         (b) The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof,
does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Trustee
without recourse for the benefit of the Certificateholders all the right, title
and interest of the Depositor, in, to and under the Subsequent Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreements, dated the date hereof, to the extent of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans.

         (c) Additional terms of the sale are set forth on Attachment A hereto.

         Section 2.   Representations and Warranties; Conditions Precedent.
                      ----------------------------------------------------

         (a) The Depositor hereby confirms that each of the conditions precedent
and the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.08 of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement are satisfied as of the date hereof.

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         (b) All terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are
hereby ratified and confirmed; provided, however, that in the event of any
conflict, the provisions of this Instrument shall control over the conflicting
provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

         Section 3.   Recordation of Instrument.
                      -------------------------

         To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Instrument, or a
memorandum thereof if permitted under applicable law, is subject to recordation
in all appropriate public offices for real property records in all of the
counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of the properties
subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in any other appropriate public
recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the Master
Servicer at the Certificateholders' expense on direction of the related
Certificateholders, but only when accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests
of the Certificateholders or is necessary for the administration or servicing of
the Mortgage Loans.

         Section 4.   Governing Law.
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         This Instrument shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties
hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws, without giving
effect to principles of conflicts of law.

         Section 5.   Counterparts.
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         This Instrument may be executed in one or more counterparts and by the
different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when so
executed, shall be deemed to be an original; such counterparts, together, shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

         Section 6.  Successors and Assigns.
                     ----------------------

         This Instrument shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
Depositor and the Trustee and their respective successors and assigns.

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                                        OPTION ONE MORTGAGE ACCEPTANCE
                                        CORPORATION

                                        By: /s/ William L. O'Neil
                                            --------------------------
                                        Name:   William L. O'Neil
                                        Title:  Treasurer

                                        WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Trustee for
                                        Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-3,
                                        Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-3

                                        By: /s/ Amy Doyle
                                            --------------------------
                                        Name:   Amy Doyle
                                        Title:  Vice President

Attachments
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A. Additional terms of sale. B. Schedule of Subsequent Mortgage Loans. C.
Schedule of Prepayment Charges.

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                                  ATTACHMENT A
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                            ADDITIONAL TERMS OF SALE

         A. General

            1.       Subsequent Cut-off Date: October 1, 2004
            2.       Subsequent Transfer Date: October 27,2004
            3.       Aggregate Principal Balance of the Subsequent
                     Mortgage Loans as of the Subsequent Cut-off Date:
                     $201,395,250.55
            4.       Purchase Price: 100%

         B. Such Subsequent Mortgage Loan may not be 30 or more days delinquent
as of the last day of the month preceding the Subsequent Cut-off Date; (ii) the
original term to stated maturity of such Subsequent Mortgage Loan will not be
less than 120 months and will not exceed 360 months; (iii) the Subsequent
Mortgage Loan may not provide for negative amortization; (iv) such Subsequent
Mortgage Loan will not have a Loan-to-Value Ratio greater than 100.00%; (v) such
Subsequent Mortgage Loans will have, as of the Subsequent Cut-off Date, a
weighted average term since origination not in excess of 360 months; (vi) such
Subsequent Mortgage Loan, if a Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan, shall have a Mortgage
Rate that is not less than 4.500% per annum or greater than 14.500% per annum;
(vii) such Subsequent Mortgage Loan shall have been serviced by the Master
Servicer since origination, the date of purchase or the date of acquisition of
the servicing (viii) each of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans will have a first
payment date occurring on or before November 1, 2004; (ix) if the Subsequent
Mortgage Loan is an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Subsequent Mortgage Loan
will have a Gross Margin not less than 2.750% per annum; (x) if the Subsequent
Mortgage Loan is an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Subsequent Mortgage Loan
will have a Maximum Mortgage Rate not less than 10.500% per annum; (xi) if the
Subsequent Mortgage Loan is an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Subsequent
Mortgage Loan will have a Minimum Mortgage Rate not less than 4.500% per annum,
and (xii) such Subsequent Mortgage Loan shall have been underwritten in
accordance with the criteria set forth under "Option One Mortgage
Corporation-Underwriting Standards" in the Prospectus Supplement.

         C. Following the purchase of any Subsequent Group I Mortgage Loan by
the Trust, the Group I Mortgage Loans (including such Subsequent Group I
Mortgage Loans) will: (i) have a weighted average original term to stated
maturity of not more than 360 months; (ii) have a weighted average Mortgage Rate
of not less than 5.000% per annum and not more than 12.500% per annum; (iii)
have a weighted average Loan-to-Value Ratio of not more than 80.00%; (iv) have
no Mortgage Loan with an original principal balance which does not conform to
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guidelines; (v) will consist of Mortgage Loans with
Prepayment Charges representing no less than 70.00% by aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans; (vi) will have second lien
Mortgage Loans comprising no more than 2.00% of the Group I Mortgage Loans and
(vii) have no more than 30.00% of Fixed Rate Mortgage Loans by aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans. In addition, the Adjustable
Rate Group I Mortgage Loans will have a weighted average Gross Margin not less
than 4.500% per annum. For purposes of the calculations described in this
paragraph, percentages of the Group I Mortgage Loans will be based on the Stated
Principal Balance of the Initial

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Group I Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date and the Stated Principal Balance
of the Subsequent Group I Mortgage Loans as of the related Subsequent Cut-off
Date.

         D. Following the purchase of any Subsequent Group II Mortgage Loan by
the Trust, the Group II Mortgage Loans (including such Subsequent Group II
Mortgage Loans) will: (i) have a weighted average original term to stated
maturity of not more than 360 months; (ii) have a weighted average Mortgage Rate
of not less than 4.950% per annum and not more than 12.000% per annum; (iii)
have a weighted average Loan-to-Value Ratio of not more than 80.00%; (iv) have
no Mortgage Loan with a principal balance in excess of $1,250,000; (v) will
consist of Mortgage Loans with Prepayment Charges representing no less than
70.00% by aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans;
(vi) will have second lien Mortgage Loans comprising no more than 2.00% of the
Group I Mortgage Loans and (vii) have no more than 30.00% of Fixed Rate Mortgage
Loans by aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans. In
addition, the Adjustable Rate Group II Mortgage Loans will have a weighted
average Gross Margin not less than 4.500% per annum. For purposes of the
calculations described in this paragraph, percentages of the Group II Mortgage
Loans will be based on the Stated Principal Balance of the Initial Group II
Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date and the Stated Principal Balance of the
Subsequent Group II Mortgage Loans as of the related Subsequent Cut-off Date.

         E. (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsequent Mortgage Loan may
be rejected by (i) the NIMS Insurer or (ii) any Rating Agency if the inclusion
of any such Subsequent Mortgage Loan would adversely affect the ratings of any
Class of Certificates. At least one Business Day prior to the Subsequent
Transfer Date, each Rating Agency shall notify the Trustee as to which
Subsequent Mortgage Loans, if any, shall not be included in the transfer on the
Subsequent Transfer Date; provided, however, that the Master Servicer, in its
capacity as Originator, shall have delivered to each Rating Agency at least
three Business Days prior to such Subsequent Transfer Date a computer file
acceptable to each Rating Agency describing the characteristics specified in
paragraphs (c) and (d) above.

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                                  ATTACHMENT B
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                      SCHEDULE OF SUBSEQUENT MORTGAGE LOANS

                                   SEE TAB __

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                                  ATTACHMENT C
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                         SCHEDULE OF PREPAYMENT CHARGES

                             AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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