Document:

EX-10.2

 

EXHIBIT 10.2

EXECUTION COPY

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of June 8, 2007

among

NRG HOLDINGS, INC.,

as Borrower,

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC

and

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,

as Joint Book Runners and Joint Lead Arrangers,

CREDIT SUISSE,

as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent,

and

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,

as Syndication Agent

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	PAGE
	ARTICLE I.
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Definitions
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms
	 	 	1	 
	SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally
	 	 	47	 
	SECTION 1.03. Classification of Term Loans and Borrowings
	 	 	48	 
	SECTION 1.04. Pro Forma Calculations
	 	 	48	 
	SECTION 1.05. Exchange Rates
	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II.
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	The Credits
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.01. Commitments
	 	 	48	 
	SECTION 2.02. Term Loans
	 	 	48	 
	SECTION 2.03. Borrowing Procedure
	 	 	49	 
	SECTION 2.04. Repayment of Term Loans; Evidence of Debt
	 	 	50	 
	SECTION 2.05. Fees
	 	 	50	 
	SECTION 2.06. Interest on Term Loans
	 	 	51	 
	SECTION 2.07. Default Interest
	 	 	51	 
	SECTION 2.08. Alternate Rate of Interest
	 	 	51	 
	SECTION 2.09. Termination and Reduction of Commitments
	 	 	51	 
	SECTION 2.10. Conversion and Continuation of Borrowings
	 	 	52	 
	SECTION 2.11. Repayment of Term Borrowings
	 	 	53	 
	SECTION 2.12. Prepayment
	 	 	53	 
	SECTION 2.13. Mandatory Prepayments
	 	 	54	 
	SECTION 2.14. Reserve Requirements; Change in Circumstances
	 	 	56	 
	SECTION 2.15. Change in Legality
	 	 	57	 
	SECTION 2.16. Indemnity
	 	 	58	 
	SECTION 2.17. Pro Rata Treatment
	 	 	59	 
	SECTION 2.18. Sharing of Setoffs
	 	 	59	 
	SECTION 2.19. Payments
	 	 	59	 
	SECTION 2.20. Taxes
	 	 	60	 
	SECTION 2.21. Assignment of Commitments Under Certain Circumstances; Duty to Mitigate
	 	 	61	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III.
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Representations and Warranties
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers
	 	 	62	 
	SECTION 3.02. Authorization; No Conflicts
	 	 	63	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
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	SECTION 3.03. Enforceability
	 	 	63	 
	SECTION 3.04. Governmental Approvals
	 	 	63	 
	SECTION 3.05. Financial Statements
	 	 	63	 
	SECTION 3.06. No Material Adverse Change
	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 3.07. Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases
	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 3.08. Subsidiaries
	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 3.09. Litigation; Compliance with Laws
	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 3.10. Agreements
	 	 	65	 
	SECTION 3.11. Federal Reserve Regulations
	 	 	65	 
	SECTION 3.12. Investment Company Act
	 	 	65	 
	SECTION 3.13. Use of Proceeds
	 	 	65	 
	SECTION 3.14. Tax Returns
	 	 	65	 
	SECTION 3.15. No Material Misstatements
	 	 	66	 
	SECTION 3.16. Employee Benefit Plans
	 	 	66	 
	SECTION 3.17. Environmental Matters
	 	 	66	 
	SECTION 3.18. Insurance
	 	 	67	 
	SECTION 3.19. Security Documents
	 	 	67	 
	SECTION 3.20. [Reserved]
	 	 	68	 
	SECTION 3.21. Labor Matters
	 	 	68	 
	SECTION 3.22. Intellectual Property
	 	 	68	 
	SECTION 3.23. Energy Regulation
	 	 	69	 
	SECTION 3.24. Solvency
	 	 	70	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV.
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Conditions of Lending
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 4.01. Conditions Precedent to Closing Date
	 	 	70	 
	SECTION 4.02. Conditions Precedent to Funding Date
	 	 	72	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V.
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Affirmative Covenants
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5.01. Corporate Existence
	 	 	74	 
	SECTION 5.02. Insurance
	 	 	74	 
	SECTION 5.03. Taxes
	 	 	74	 
	SECTION
5.04. Financial Statements, Reports, etc.
	 	 	74	 
	SECTION 5.05. Litigation and Other Notices
	 	 	76	 
	SECTION 5.06. Information Regarding Collateral
	 	 	76	 
	SECTION 5.07. Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections
	 	 	76	 
	SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds
	 	 	78	 
	SECTION
5.09. Additional Collateral, etc.
	 	 	78	 
	SECTION 5.10. Further Assurances
	 	 	79	 

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	SECTION 5.11. Change of Control
	 	 	80	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI.
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Negative Covenants
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness and Preferred Stock
	 	 	80	 
	SECTION 6.02. Liens
	 	 	84	 
	SECTION 6.03. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions
	 	 	84	 
	SECTION 6.04. Mergers, Consolidations and Sales of Assets
	 	 	84	 
	SECTION 6.05. Limitation on Investments
	 	 	86	 
	SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Dividends
	 	 	88	 
	SECTION 6.07. Limitations on Debt Payments; Restrictive Agreements
	 	 	89	 
	SECTION 6.08. Transactions with Affiliates
	 	 	92	 
	SECTION 6.09. Business Activities
	 	 	94	 
	SECTION 6.10. Other Indebtedness and Agreements
	 	 	94	 
	SECTION 6.11. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries and Excluded Subsidiaries
	 	 	94	 
	SECTION 6.12. [Reserved]
	 	 	95	 
	SECTION 6.13. [Reserved]
	 	 	95	 
	SECTION 6.14. [Reserved]
	 	 	95	 
	SECTION 6.15. Fiscal Year
	 	 	95	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII.
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Events of Default
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII.
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	The Agents and the Arrangers
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX.
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Miscellaneous
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 9.01. Notices
	 	 	100	 
	SECTION 9.02. Survival of Agreement
	 	 	100	 
	SECTION 9.03. Binding Effect
	 	 	101	 
	SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns
	 	 	101	 
	SECTION 9.05. Expenses; Indemnity
	 	 	104	 
	SECTION 9.06. Right of Setoff
	 	 	105	 
	SECTION 9.07. Applicable Law
	 	 	105	 
	SECTION 9.08. Waivers; Amendment; Replacement of Non-Consenting Lenders
	 	 	106	 
	SECTION 9.09. Interest Rate Limitation
	 	 	107	 

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	SECTION 9.10. Entire Agreement
	 	 	107	 
	SECTION 9.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
	 	 	107	 
	SECTION 9.12. Severability
	 	 	107	 
	SECTION 9.13. Counterparts
	 	 	108	 
	SECTION 9.14. Headings
	 	 	108	 
	SECTION 9.15. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
	 	 	108	 
	SECTION 9.16. Confidentiality
	 	 	108	 
	SECTION 9.17. Delivery of Lender Addenda
	 	 	109	 
	SECTION 9.18. Holdings Reorganization
	 	 	109	 

Exhibits and Schedules

	 	 	 
	Exhibit A

	 	Form of Administrative Questionnaire
	Exhibit B

	 	Form of Affiliate Subordination Agreement
	Exhibit C

	 	Form of Assignment and Acceptance
	Exhibit D

	 	Form of Borrowing Request
	Exhibit E

	 	Form of Collateral Agreement
	Exhibit F

	 	Form of Lender Addendum
	Exhibit G

	 	Form of Mortgage
	Exhibit H

	 	Form of Perfection Certificate
	Exhibit I

	 	Form of Non-Bank Certificate
	Exhibit J

	 	Form of Note
	 
	 	 
	Schedule 1.01(c)

	 	Existing Commodity Hedging Agreements
	Schedule 1.01(e)

	 	Existing Non-Recourse Indebtedness
	Schedule 3.08

	 	Subsidiaries
	Schedule 3.09

	 	Litigation
	Schedule 3.17

	 	Environmental Matters
	Schedule 3.18

	 	Insurance
	Schedule 3.19(a)

	 	UCC Filing Offices
	Schedule 3.19(c)

	 	Mortgage Filing Offices
	Schedule 3.23(b)

	 	Rate Proceedings
	Schedule 3.23(d)

	 	FERC Matters
	Schedule 3.23(g)

	 	Designated Facilities
	Schedule 5.09(b)

	 	Title Insurance and Survey Requirements
	Schedule 6.01

	 	Existing Indebtedness
	Schedule 6.02

	 	Existing Liens

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     CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of June 8, 2007 (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), among NRG HOLDINGS, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the LENDERS from time to time party hereto, CREDIT
SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., as joint book runners and joint lead
arrangers (in such capacities, collectively, the “Arrangers”), CREDIT SUISSE, as
administrative agent (in such capacity and together with its successors, the “Administrative
Agent”) and as collateral agent (in such capacity and together with its successors, the
“Collateral Agent”), and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., as syndication agent (in such
capacity, the “Syndication Agent”).

     The parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.

Definitions

     SECTION
1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings
specified below:

     “ABR”, when used in reference to any Term Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such
Term Loan, or the Term Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined
by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

     “Acceptable Financial Counterparty” shall mean any Person who, at the time the
applicable Eligible Commodity Hedging Agreement is entered into, (a) in the ordinary course enters
into financial derivative (including commodity hedge, swap, future or option) or commodity
transactions (including power purchase/tolling agreements) and (b) (i) has a corporate rating of A-
or higher by S&P and a corporate family rating of A3 or higher by Moody’s (or an equivalent rating
by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization of similar standing if either of
such rating agencies is not then in the business of providing such ratings), or (ii) whose
obligations are supported by collateral, guarantees or letters of credit in a manner consistent
with the then prevailing industry practice for similarly situated Persons from Persons that have
the ratings described in clause (i) above.

     “Acceptable Power Counterparty” shall mean (a) Reliant Energy Inc., TXU Corp. and each
of their respective Affiliates and (b) any Person who, at the time the applicable Eligible
Commodity Hedging Agreement is entered into, (i) in the ordinary course purchases or sells power
and (ii) (A) has a corporate rating of BBB- or higher by S&P and a corporate family rating of Baa3
or higher by Moody’s (or an equivalent rating by another nationally recognized statistical rating
organization of similar standing if either of such ratings agencies is not then in the business of
providing such ratings), or (B) whose obligations are supported by collateral, guarantees or
letters of credit in a manner consistent with the then prevailing industry practice for similarly
situated Persons from Persons that have the ratings described in clause (A) above.

     “Account” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the UCC.

     “Additional Non-Recourse Indebtedness” shall mean secured or unsecured Indebtedness
for borrowed money of a subsidiary of the Company that is not an Opco Loan Party; provided
that

     (a) except as provided below, such Indebtedness is without recourse to the Borrower,
the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary or to any property or assets of the Borrower,
the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary (other than, in each such case, another
Restricted
Subsidiary (other than the Company) (x) which is the direct parent or a direct or
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subsidiary of the subsidiary that directly incurred or issued such Indebtedness
(the “Issuing Subsidiary”) (except if the Issuing Subsidiary has incurred or issued
such Indebtedness in the form of a Guarantee) or (y) that is a Restricted Subsidiary that
itself has Non-Recourse Indebtedness (except if such Restricted Subsidiary has incurred or
issued such Indebtedness in the form of a Guarantee) or is the direct parent or a direct or
indirect subsidiary of an Issuing Subsidiary that itself has Non-Recourse Indebtedness
(except if such Non-Recourse Indebtedness of such Issuing Subsidiary is in the form of a
Guarantee)); provided, that a Restricted Subsidiary that is the parent of an
Excluded Project Subsidiary and owns no assets other than the Equity Interests in such
Excluded Project Subsidiary, Equity Interests in other Excluded Subsidiaries and any de
minimis assets may incur Additional Non-Recourse Indebtedness that is guaranteed by such
Excluded Project Subsidiaries and such Excluded Project Subsidiaries may incur Additional
Non-Recourse Indebtedness in the form of a Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary’s
Additional Non-Recourse Indebtedness,

     (b) neither the Borrower, the Company nor any other Restricted Subsidiary (other than
another Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Company) (x) which is the direct parent or a
direct or indirect subsidiary of the Issuing Subsidiary (except if the Issuing Subsidiary
has incurred or issued such Indebtedness in the form of a Guarantee) or (y) that is a
Restricted Subsidiary that itself has Non-Recourse Indebtedness (except if such Restricted
Subsidiary incurred or issued such Indebtedness in the form of a Guarantee) or is the direct
parent or a direct or indirect subsidiary of an Issuing Subsidiary that itself has
Non-Recourse Indebtedness (except if such Non-Recourse Indebtedness of such Issuing
Subsidiary is in the form of a Guarantee)) provides credit support of any kind (including
any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness) or is directly
or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise in respect of such Indebtedness or in
respect of the business or operations of the applicable subsidiary that is the obligor on
such Indebtedness or any of its subsidiaries (other than (i) any such credit support or
liability consisting of reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit issued
under, and subject to the terms of, Section 2.23 of the Opco Credit Agreement to support
obligations of such applicable subsidiary, (ii) any Investments in such applicable
subsidiary made in accordance with Section 6.05 and (iii) any of those items expressly
provided for in subclauses (u) through (z) of clause (e) below; provided, that a
Restricted Subsidiary that is the parent of an Excluded Project Subsidiary and owns no
assets other than the Equity Interests in such Excluded Project Subsidiary, Equity Interests
in other Excluded Subsidiaries and any de minimis assets may incur Additional Non-Recourse
Indebtedness that is guaranteed by such Excluded Project Subsidiaries and such Excluded
Project Subsidiaries may incur Additional Non-Recourse Indebtedness in the form of a
Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Additional Non-Recourse Indebtedness,

     (c) no default with respect to such Indebtedness (including any rights that the holders
of such Indebtedness may have to take enforcement action against a subsidiary of the Company
that is not an Opco Loan Party) would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder
of any other Indebtedness of the Borrower, the Company or any other Opco Loan Party (other
than Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(a), (b) or (c) and any Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any
Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(b) or (c) or with respect to obligations
under any Opco Specified Hedging Agreement) to declare a default on such other Indebtedness
or cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated
maturity,

     (d) the Liens securing such Indebtedness shall exist only on (i) the property and
assets of any subsidiary of the Company that is not an Opco Loan Party (it being understood
and agreed that a Lien granted by such subsidiary on an undivided interest owned by such
subsidiary shall
not be considered a Lien on assets of any other Person for the purposes of this
definition), and (ii)

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the Equity Interests in any subsidiary of the Company that is not an
Opco Loan Party (and shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower, the
Company or any other subsidiary of the Company that is an Opco Loan Party), and

     (e) the lenders of such Indebtedness have been notified or have otherwise agreed in
writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Borrower, the
Company or any other Opco Loan Party,

     except, in the case of each of clauses (a), (b) and (d) for the following (each of
which is deemed to be non-recourse for purposes of this definition): (u) pledges by the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company of the Equity Interests of any Excluded Subsidiary
that are directly owned by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company in favor of the
agent or lenders in respect of such Excluded Subsidiary’s Additional Non-Recourse
Indebtedness, (v) obligations to pay or guarantees by the Borrower, the Company or any other
subsidiary of the Company in respect of a development fee, management fee, success fee,
royalty or other similar obligation owed to a seller or developer (or any affiliate thereof)
of a Facility in connection with the contribution or acquisition of such Facility (or of a
subsidiary of the Company holding such Facility or development rights to such Facility) or
development rights to such Facility to the extent such obligations or guarantees are treated
as an Investment under (and are permitted by) Section 6.05(l); (w) Guarantees by the
Borrower, the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company of such Indebtedness that are
incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(p), (x) agreements of the Borrower, the Company or any
other subsidiary of the Company to provide, or guarantees or other credit support (including
letters of credit) by the Borrower, the Company or any subsidiary of the Company of any
agreement of another subsidiary of the Company to provide, corporate, management,
administrative, technical, energy management or marketing, engineering, procurement,
construction, operation and/or maintenance services to such subsidiary, including in respect
of the sale or acquisition of power, emissions credits, fuel, oil, gas or other supply of
energy, (y) Guarantees of the Borrower, the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company
with respect to debt service reserves established with respect to such subsidiary to the
extent that such Guarantee shall result in the immediate payment of funds, pursuant to
dividends or otherwise, in the amount of such Guarantee to the Borrower, the Company or any
such other subsidiary and (z) contingent obligations of the Borrower, the Company or any
other subsidiary of the Company to make capital contributions to such subsidiary, in the
case of each of clauses (u) through (z), which are otherwise permitted hereunder.

     “Adjusted LIBO Rate” shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any
Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the product of (a) the LIBO Rate in effect for
such Interest Period and (b) Statutory Reserves.

     “Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

     “Administrative Agent Fees” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.05(b).

     “Administrative Questionnaire” shall mean an Administrative Questionnaire
substantially in the form of Exhibit A, or such other similar form as may be supplied from time to
time by the Administrative Agent.

     “Affiliate” of any specified Person shall mean any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person.
For purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any Person, means the
possession, directly or indirectly,
of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person,
whether

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through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise; provided
that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of a Person will be deemed to be
control. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under
common control with” have correlative meanings.

     “Affiliate Subordination Agreement” shall mean an Affiliate Subordination Agreement in
the form of Exhibit B pursuant to which intercompany obligations and advances owed by the Borrower
to any Subsidiary are required to be subordinated to the obligations hereunder (and under the other
Loan Documents) pursuant to Section 6.01(f).

     “Affiliate Transaction” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.08.

     “Agents” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Article VIII.

     “Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

     “Alternate Base Rate” shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such
day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%. Any
change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective
Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective date of such change in the
Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.

     “Applicable Laws” shall mean, as to any Person, any law, rule, regulation, ordinance
or treaty, or any determination, ruling or other directive by or from a court, arbitrator or other
Governmental Authority, including ERCOT, in each case applicable to or binding on such Person or
any of its property or assets or to which such Person or any of its property or assets is subject.

     “Applicable Margin” shall mean, for any day, for each Type of Term Loan, the rate per
annum set forth under the relevant column heading below based upon the Consolidated Senior Leverage
Ratio of the Borrower as of the relevant date of determination:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Consolidated Senior	 	 	 	 
	Leverage Ratio	 	Eurodollar Term Loans	 	ABR Term Loans
	Category 1
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Greater than 3.50 to 1.00
	 	 	2.50	%	 	 	1.50	%
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Category 2
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Less than or equal to 3.50
to 1.00
	 	 	2.25	%	 	 	1.25	%

     Each change in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Consolidated Senior
Leverage Ratio of the Borrower shall be effective with respect to all Term Loans outstanding on or
after the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of the financial statements and certificates
required by Section 5.04(a) or (b) and Section 5.04(c), respectively, indicating such change until
the date immediately preceding the next date of delivery of such financial statements and
certificates indicating another such
change. In addition, at any time during which the Borrower has failed to deliver the
financial statements

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and certificates required by Section 5.04(a) or (b) and Section 5.04(c),
respectively, the Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio of the Borrower shall be deemed to be in
Category 1 for purposes of determining the Applicable Margin. Notwithstanding any of the
foregoing, the Applicable Margin that is applicable for each Type of Term Loan at any time shall be
increased by an additional 0.25% per annum for any period on or after the Funding Date during which
the Company’s corporate family rating from Moody’s shall not be at least Ba3 or the Company’s
corporate rating from S&P shall not be at least B+ (a “Downgrade Event”); provided
that such additional 0.25% per annum increase to the Applicable Margin shall cease to apply for any
period during which a Downgrade Event shall cease to exist.

     “Arrangers” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

     “Asset Sale” shall mean the direct or indirect (a) sale, lease (other than an
operating lease), sale and leaseback, lease and leaseback, assignment (other than a collateral
assignment), conveyance, transfer or other disposition (by way of merger, consolidation, casualty,
condemnation, operation of law or otherwise (other than pursuant to an event that may result in a
Recovery Event)) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Person other than, in the case
of assets not constituting Core Collateral, the Borrower, the Company or any other Opco Loan Party
of (1) any Equity Interests of any of the subsidiaries of the Company (other than directors’
qualifying shares or investments by foreign nationals required by Applicable Laws) or (2) any other
assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including Equity Interests of any Person that
is not the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower or the Company or (b) issuance of Equity
Interests in any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to any Person other than the Borrower, the Company
or any other Opco Loan Party; provided that (i) any asset sale or series of related asset
sales described in clause (a) or (b) above of assets not constituting Core Collateral and having a
value not in excess of $60,000,000 shall be deemed not to be an “Asset Sale” for purposes of this
Agreement; and (ii) each of the following transactions shall be deemed not to be an “Asset Sale”
for purposes of this Agreement: (A) the sale, transfer, contribution or other disposition by the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of (x) damaged, worn-out, obsolete assets and scrap and (y)
cash or Cash Equivalents, (B) the sale by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of power,
capacity, energy, ancillary services, and other products or services, or the sale of any other
inventory or contracts related to any of the foregoing, (C) the sale, lease, conveyance or other
disposition for value by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of fuel or emission credits in
the ordinary course of business, (D) the sale, transfer or other disposition of any assets (other
than any such assets which are Collateral or Opco Collateral) in connection with a foreclosure,
transfer or deed in lieu of foreclosure or other remedial action, (E) the sale, transfer,
contribution or other disposition by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Opco Loan Party of
any of its assets (other than any such assets constituting Opco Collateral) or the issuance of
Equity Interests by any Subsidiary (that is not an Opco Loan Party) of such Restricted Subsidiary,
in each case to any other Subsidiary of the Borrower or the Company that is not an Opco Loan Party,
(F) the licensing of intellectual property, (G) the sale or discount, in each case without
recourse, of accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection
with the compromise or collection thereof, (H) the sale, transfer or other disposition of spare
parts and spare parts inventory to any other Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of
business so long as such spare parts and spare parts inventory are required in the ordinary course
operation of the transferee’s business or operations at the time of such disposition, (I) the sale,
transfer, contribution, assignment, conveyance or other disposition of any assets by the Borrower
or any Restricted Subsidiary to an Excluded Subsidiary or Minority Investment to the extent such
sale, transfer or other disposition also constitutes an Investment in such Excluded Subsidiary that
is permitted by (and made in accordance with) clause (h) or (l) of Section 6.05, and (J) any
transaction described in Section 9.22 of the Opco Credit Agreement (as it exists on the date
hereof).

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     “Assignment and Acceptance” shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a
Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any Person whose consent is required by Section 9.04),
substantially in the form of Exhibit C or such other similar form as shall be approved by the
Administrative Agent.

     “Attributable Debt” in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction shall mean, at the
time of determination, the present value of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments
during the remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction, including
any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended.
Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest
implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided,
however, that if such sale and leaseback transaction results in a Capital Lease Obligation,
the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition
of “Capital Lease Obligation”, and shall not be deemed to be Attributable Debt.

     “Available Amount” shall mean, on any date (the “Reference Date”), an amount
equal at such time to (a) the sum of, without duplication:

     (i) $500,000,000 in the aggregate;

     (ii) the sum of (A) on and after the date on which the Company shall have provided its
calculation of the Excess Cash Flow for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006 pursuant to
the Opco Credit Agreement, an amount equal to such Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year
multiplied by 25% and (B) for each ECF Period for which the Company shall have
provided its calculation of Excess Cash Flow pursuant to the Opco Credit Agreement ending
after fiscal year 2006 and prior to the Reference Date, an amount equal to the sum of the
amounts calculated for each such ECF Period which is equal to (A) the Excess Cash Flow for
such ECF Period minus (B) an amount equal to the Required Prepayment Percentage for
such ECF Period multiplied by such Excess Cash Flow for such ECF Period;

     (iii) the amount of any capital contributions received in cash or the net cash proceeds
of other equity issuances made by the Company or, following the Holdings Reorganization and
the Holdings Contribution, the Borrower (other than the Holdings Contribution, any Cure
Amount (as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement on the date hereof) or any amount used to
make Dividends pursuant to Section 6.06(a)) during the period from and including the
Business Day immediately following the Opco Credit Agreement Date through and including the
Reference Date;

     (iv) the aggregate amount of all cash dividends and other cash distributions received
by the Borrower, the Company or any other Opco Loan Party from any Minority Investment or
Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Opco Credit Agreement Date and on or prior to the
Reference Date (other than the portion of any such dividends and other distributions that is
used by the Borrower, the Company or any other Opco Loan Party to pay taxes);

     (v) the aggregate amount of all cash repayments of principal and interest received by
the Borrower, the Company or any other Opco Loan Party from any Minority Investment or
Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Opco Credit Agreement Date and on or prior to the
Reference Date in respect of loans made by the Company or any other Opco Loan Party to such
Minority Investment or Unrestricted Subsidiary; and

     (vi) the aggregate amount of all Net Asset Sale Proceeds received by the Borrower, the
Company or any other Opco Loan Party in connection with the sale, transfer or other

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disposition of its ownership interest in any Minority Investment or Unrestricted
Subsidiary after the Opco Credit Agreement Date and on or prior to the Reference Date,

minus (b) the sum of:

     (i) the aggregate amount of any Investments made by the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.05(l)(ii)(A)(y) after the Closing Date and on or prior to
the Reference Date;

     (ii) the aggregate amount of any Dividends made by the Borrower pursuant to Section
6.06(c) after the Closing Date and on or prior to the Reference Date;

     (iii) the aggregate amount of prepayments, repurchases and redemptions made by the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.07(a)(v) after the Closing Date
and on or prior to the Reference Date; and

     (iv) the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made by the Company or any other
Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiaries) pursuant to clause (a) of the
proviso in Section 6.12 of the Opco Credit Agreement (as such covenant shall exist as of the
date hereof) after the Closing Date and on or prior to the Reference Date.

     “Bankruptcy Code” shall mean Title 11 of United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101,
et seq., as amended from time to time.

     “Bankruptcy Law” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code or any similar federal or state or
other law for the relief of debtors.

     “Basket Assets” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(p).

     “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule
13d-5 under the Exchange Act. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” have a
corresponding meaning.

     “Benefit Plan” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (other than a
Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Tax Code
or Section 302 of ERISA, and which is maintained, sponsored or contributed to by the Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which the Borrower otherwise has any liability.

     “Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States of America.

     “Board of Directors” shall mean (a) with respect to a corporation, the board of
directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such
board; (b) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the
partnership; (c) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any
controlling committee of managing members thereof; and (d) with respect to any other Person, the
board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

     “Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

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     “Borrowing” shall mean Term Loans of the same Type made, converted or continued on the
same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Term Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in
effect.

     “Borrowing Request” shall mean a request by the Borrower in accordance with the terms
of Section 2.03 and substantially in the form of Exhibit D.

     “Breakage Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.16.

     “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or day on which
commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close; provided,
however, that when used in connection with a Eurodollar Term Loan (including with respect
to all notices and determinations in connection therewith and any payments of principal, interest
or other amounts thereon), the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which
banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

     “Capital Allocation Committee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.02(a).

     “Capital Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, with respect to any Person, (a) the
additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures of such Person and its
consolidated subsidiaries that are (or should be) set forth in a consolidated statement of cash
flows of such Person for such period prepared in accordance with GAAP and (b) Capital Lease
Obligations incurred by such Person and its consolidated subsidiaries during such period to the
extent paid in cash; provided, however, that Capital Expenditures shall not include
(i) Environmental Capital Expenditures, (ii) Necessary Capital Expenditures, (iii) expenditures
made to restore, rebuild or replace property following any damage, loss, destruction or
condemnation of such property, to the extent such expenditure is made or financed with proceeds
received or to be received from a Recovery Event, (iv) expenditures constituting reinvestment
proceeds from the sale or other disposition of assets (including Asset Sales) otherwise permitted
herein, (v) expenditures made to acquire an Investment permitted under Section 6.05, including
pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition (it being understood and agreed, however, that an acquisition
of assets (other than an acquisition of assets comprising a division or a line of business or an
acquisition of an Excluded Subsidiary or all or substantially all of the assets of a Person by an
Excluded Subsidiary) that would otherwise constitute Capital Expenditures pursuant to the
definition hereof shall not be excluded by this clause (v)), (vi) expenditures made to the extent
reimbursed by a Person other than the Borrower and the Opco Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries or
(vii) expenditures constituting capitalized interest.

     “Capital Lease Obligation” shall mean, at the time any determination is to be made,
the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be
capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be
the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first
date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty.

     “Capital Stock” shall mean (a) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; (b) in
the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations,
rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; (c) in the case of a
partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or
membership interests; and (d) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the
right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing
Person, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock,
whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.

     “Cash Equivalents” shall mean

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     (a) United States dollars, Euros, Australian dollars, Swiss Francs or, in the case of any
Foreign Subsidiary, any local currencies (including Australian dollars and Brazilian Reais) held by
it from time to time;

     (b) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States
government or any agency or instrumentality of the United States government (provided that
the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support of those securities) having in
each case maturities of not more than 12 months from the date of acquisition;

     (c) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of six months or less
from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding 12 months and
overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus
in excess of $500,000,000 and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of “B” or better or, if Thomson Bank
Watch Rating does not rate the relevant bank, an equivalent rating issued by an equivalent non-U.S.
rating agency, if any;

     (d) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than thirty days for underlying securities
of the types described in clauses (b) and (c) above entered into with any financial institution
meeting the qualifications specified in clause (c) above;

     (e) commercial paper having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from Moody’s or S&P and
in each case maturing within 12 months after the date of acquisition;

     (f) readily marketable direct obligations issued or guaranteed by any state of the United
States or any political subdivision thereof (including municipalities), in either case having one
of the two highest rating categories obtainable from any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch;

     (g) auction rate securities having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from any of
Moody’s, S&P or Fitch and in each case maturing within 12 months after the date of acquisition;

     (h) money market funds that invest primarily in securities described in clauses (a) through
(g) of this definition; and

     (i) other short-term investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries of the Company in accordance
with normal investment practices for cash management in investments of a type analogous to the
foregoing.

     “Change of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following, other than, in
each case, as a result of any transactions described in Section 9.22 of the Opco Credit Agreement
(as it exists on the date hereof): (a) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related
transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of the Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, and any Person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary
or administrator of such plan); (b) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or
dissolution of the Borrower; (c) the consummation of any transaction (including any merger or
consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as defined above) becomes the Beneficial
Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 40% of the Voting Stock of the Borrower, measured by
voting power rather than number of shares; (d) the Borrower consolidates with, or merges with or
into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Borrower, in any
such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower
or such other Person is converted into or

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exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the
Voting Stock of the Borrower outstanding immediately prior to such transaction is converted into or
exchanged for Voting Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the surviving or transferee Person
constituting a majority of the outstanding shares of such Voting Stock of such surviving or
transferee Person (immediately after giving effect to such issuance); (e) the first day on which a
majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Borrower are not Continuing Directors; or
(f) any change of control (or similar event, however denominated) shall occur under and as defined
in the Opco Credit Agreement or the Senior Note Documents.

     “Change in Law” shall mean (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the
Closing Date, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application
thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing Date or (c) compliance by any Lender (or,
for purposes of Section 2.14, by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding
company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law)
of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Closing Date.

     “Charges” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.

     “Closing Date” shall mean the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01
are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.08).

     “Collateral” shall mean all property and assets of the Borrower, now owned or
hereafter acquired other than the Holdings Excluded Assets (as defined in the Collateral
Agreement). “Collateral” shall include all Equity Interests of the Company and all proceeds
thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, “Collateral” shall not include any property or assets of the
Company and/or any of its subsidiaries.

     “Collateral Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

     “Collateral Agreement” shall mean the Collateral Agreement, dated as of the Closing
Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit E, executed and delivered by the Borrower, as the same
may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with
the terms thereof.

     “Collateral Trust Agreement” shall mean each of the NRG Collateral Trust Agreement
and/or the Texas Genco Collateral Trust Agreement, as applicable.

     “Collateral Trustee” shall mean each of the NRG Collateral Trustee and/or the Texas
Genco Collateral Trustee, as applicable.

     “Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(a).

     “Commitment Fee Period” shall mean the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending
on the date the Term Loan Commitments are terminated (or expire) in their entirety hereunder in
accordance with this Agreement.

     “Commitment Fee Rate” shall mean a rate per annum equal to (a) during the period from
the Closing Date to and including the 180th day following the Closing Date, 0.50% and (b)
thereafter, 0.75%.

     “Commitment Letter” shall mean that certain commitment letter, dated as of May 2,
2007, among the Company, the Administrative Agent and each of the Arrangers, as the same may be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the
terms thereof.

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     “Commodity Contract” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the UCC.

     “Commodity Hedging Agreements” shall mean the Existing Commodity Hedging Agreements
and any other agreement (including each confirmation entered into pursuant to any master agreement)
providing for swaps, caps, collars, puts, calls, floors, futures, options, spots, forwards, power
purchase or sale agreements, fuel purchase or sale agreements, emissions credit purchase or sales
agreements, power transmission agreements, fuel transportation agreements, fuel storage agreements,
netting agreements, commercial or trading agreements, each with respect to, or involving the
purchase, transmission, distribution, sale, lease or hedge of, any energy, generation capacity or
fuel, or any other energy related commodity or service, price or price indices for any such
commodities or services or any other similar derivative agreements, and any other similar
agreements, entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case under this
definition, in the ordinary course of business in order to manage fluctuations in the price or
availability to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any commodity.

     “Commodity Hedging Obligations” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, the
obligations of such Person under a Commodity Hedging Agreement.

     “Company” shall mean NRG Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation that (a) prior to the
Holdings Reorganization is the parent of the Borrower and (b) from and after the Holdings
Reorganization is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower.

     “Concurrent Cash Distributions” has the meaning set forth in the definition of
Investments.

     “Confidential Information Memorandum” shall mean the Confidential Information
Memorandum of the Borrower dated May 2007.

     “Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person for any period,
the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus, without duplication

     (a) an amount equal to any extraordinary loss (including any loss on the extinguishment
or conversion of Indebtedness) plus any net loss realized by such Person or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale (without giving effect of the
threshold provided in the definition thereof), to the extent such losses were deducted in
computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

     (b) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in
computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

     (c) to the extent deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income, (i) the
consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of debt
issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest
component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments
associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable
Debt, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations
in respect of interest rates; plus (ii) the consolidated interest of such Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus (iii) any
interest accruing on Indebtedness of another Person that is Guaranteed by such Person or one
of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus
(iv) the product of (A) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in

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cash, on any series of preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity Interests payable in Equity Interests of the
Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock) or to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Borrower, times (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the
denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local
statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated
basis and in accordance with GAAP; minus (v) interest income for such period;
plus

     (d) any expenses or charges related to any equity offering, Investment, acquisition,
disposition, recapitalization or Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Agreement
including a refinancing thereof (whether or not successful), including such fees, expenses
or charges related to the Acquisition Transactions (as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement
on the date hereof), the offering of the Senior Notes, the transactions described in Section
9.22 of the Opco Credit Agreement (as it exists on the date hereof), the Opco Credit
Agreement and this Agreement, and, in each case, deducted in computing such Consolidated Net
Income; plus

     (e) any professional and underwriting fees related to any equity offering, Investment,
acquisition, recapitalization or Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Agreement
(including the transactions described in Section 9.22 of the Opco Credit Agreement (as it
exists on the date hereof)) and, in each case, deducted in such period in computing
Consolidated Net Income; plus

     (f) the amount of any minority interest expense deducted in calculating Consolidated
Net Income (less the amount of any cash dividends paid to the holders of such minority
interests); plus

     (g) any non cash gain or loss attributable to Mark-to-Market Adjustments in connection
with Hedging Obligations; plus

     (h) without duplication, any writeoffs, writedowns or other non-cash charges reducing
Consolidated Net Income for such period, excluding any such charge that represents an
accrual or reserve for a cash expenditure for a future period; plus

     (i) all items classified as extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring non-cash losses or
charges (including severance, relocation and other restructuring costs), and related tax
effects according to GAAP to the extent such non-cash charges or losses were deducted in
computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

     (j) depreciation, depletion, amortization (including amortization of intangibles but
excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other
non-cash charges and expenses (excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it
represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization
of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, depletion, amortization
and other non-cash expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income;
minus

     (k) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than
the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business; in each case, on a consolidated
basis and determined in accordance with GAAP (including any increase in amortization or
depreciation or other non-cash charges resulting from the application of purchase accounting
in relation to the

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Acquisition Transactions (as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement on the date hereof)
or any acquisition that is consummated after the Closing Date);

     provided, however, that Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower or the Company
will exclude the Consolidated EBITDA attributable to Excluded Subsidiaries unless (and solely to
the extent) actually distributed in cash to the Borrower or any Opco Loan Party.

     “Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio” shall mean, with respect to any specified
Person on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for the period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to such date to (b) Consolidated
Interest Expense of such Person for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently
ended on or prior to such date.

     “Consolidated Interest Expense” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person for
any period, (a) the cash interest expense (including imputed cash interest expense in respect of
Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations) of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period (including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed
by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to letters of credit and bankers’
acceptance financing), net of interest income, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP, minus (b) to the extent included in such consolidated cash interest
expense for such period, amounts attributable to the amortization of financing costs and non-cash
amounts attributable to the amortization of debt discounts and other debt issuance costs, fees and
expenses; provided, however, that Consolidated Interest Expense of the Borrower or
the Company will exclude cash interest expense attributable to Non-Recourse Indebtedness and all
other cash interest expense of Excluded Subsidiaries. For purposes of the foregoing, interest
expense shall be determined after giving effect to any net payments made or received by such Person
or any of its Restricted Subsidiary with respect to Interest Rate/Currency Hedging Agreements
relating to interest rate hedging activities (other than any such Interest Rate/Currency Hedging
Agreements in respect of Non-Recourse Indebtedness of Excluded Subsidiaries).

     “Consolidated Leverage Ratio” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person on any
date, the ratio of (a) Total Debt of such Person on such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of such
Person for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to such
date.

     “Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person for any
period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that

     (a) the Net Income of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is
accounted for by the equity method of accounting will be included only to the extent of the
amount of dividends or similar distributions (including pursuant to other intercompany
payments but excluding Concurrent Cash Distributions) paid in cash to the specified Person
or a Restricted Subsidiary of the specified Person;

     (b) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary will be excluded to the extent that the
declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary
of that Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior
governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation
of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute,
rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its
stockholders;

     (c) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be excluded;

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     (d) any net after-tax non-recurring or unusual gains, losses (less all fees and
expenses relating thereto) or other charges or revenue or expenses (including relating to
severance, relocation, one-time compensation charges and the Acquisition Transactions (as
defined in the Opco Credit Agreement on the date hereof)) shall be excluded;

     (e) any non-cash compensation expense recorded from grants of stock appreciation or
similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights to officers, directors or
employees shall be excluded, whether under Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement
No. 123R, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” or otherwise;

     (f) any net after-tax income (loss) from disposed or discontinued operations and any
net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed or discontinued operations shall be
excluded;

     (g) any gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to
asset dispositions shall be excluded;

     (h) any impairment charge or asset write-off pursuant to Financial Accounting Statement
No. 142 and No. 144 or any successor pronouncement shall be excluded;

     (i) any accruals or reserves or other charges related to the Transactions (as defined
in the Opco Credit Agreement on the date hereof) and incurred on or before January 1, 2007
shall be excluded; and

     (j) notwithstanding clause (a) above, the Net Income of any Unrestricted Subsidiary
will be excluded, whether or not distributed to the specified Person or one of its
Subsidiaries.

     “Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person
on any date, the ratio of (a) Senior Debt of such Person on such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of
such Person for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to
such date.

     “Consolidated Working Capital” shall mean, at any date, the excess of (a) the sum of
all amounts (other than cash, cash equivalents and bank overdrafts) that would, in conformity with
GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current assets” (or any like caption) on a
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date over (b) the
sum of all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total
current liabilities” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, but excluding (i) the current portion of any long-term
Indebtedness, (ii) without duplication of clause (i) above, all Indebtedness consisting of Loans
and L/C Exposure (each as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement on the date hereof) to the extent
otherwise included therein and (iii) the current portion of deferred income taxes.

     “Continuing Directors” shall mean, as of any date of determination, any member of the
Board of Directors of the Borrower who (a) was a member of such Board of Directors on the Closing
Date; or (b) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of
a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of
such nomination or election.

     “Control Agreement” shall mean each Control Agreement to be executed and delivered by
the Borrower and the other parties thereto, as required by the applicable Loan Documents as the
same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance
with the terms hereof and thereof.

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     “Core Collateral” shall mean all Equity Interests in, and property and assets of, any
Core Collateral Subsidiary, in each case whether now owned or hereafter acquired; provided,
however, that in the case of Louisiana Generating LLC, NRG Texas LP and NRG South Texas LP
only the following property and assets of such Subsidiaries shall be considered Core Collateral
hereunder: (a) Louisiana Generating LLC’s 100% Project Interest in Units 1 and 2 and 58% Project
Interest in Unit 3 of the Big Cajun II Facility, (b) NRG Texas LP Project Interest in the Parish
and Limestone Facilities, (c) NRG South Texas LP’s 44% Project Interest in the South Texas Project
Facility and (d) in each case any assets related primarily to any of the Facilities described in
clause (a), (b) or (c); provided further, that “Core Collateral” shall not include
any South Central Securitization Assets that are sold to a Securitization Vehicle in a South
Central Securitization in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; and provided, further,
however, that at any time and from time to time, the Borrower may deliver to the Administrative
Agent an officer’s certificate designating Core Collateral having an aggregate Fair Market Value
not in excess of $900,000,000 in the aggregate, valued at the Fair Market Value of such Core
Collateral at the time such designation is made, as no longer being Core Collateral, and
thereafter, such Equity Interests or property or assets shall no longer be considered Core
Collateral for any purpose hereunder.

     “Core Collateral Subsidiary” shall mean each of Louisiana Generating LLC, Huntley
Power LLC, Dunkirk Power LLC, Indian River Power LLC, Oswego Harbor Power LLC, Astoria Gas Turbine
LLC, Arthur Kill Power LLC, NRG Texas LP, NRG South Texas LP and NRG Power Marketing.

     “Default” shall mean any event or condition which upon notice, lapse of time (pursuant
to Article VII) or both would constitute an Event of Default.

     “Deposit Account” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the UCC.

     “Designated Country” shall mean Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,
Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States and any other country
that shall at any time after the Closing Date become a member state of the European Union.

     “Designated Non-Recourse Indebtedness” shall mean the Non-Recourse Indebtedness of NRG
Peaker Finance Co. LLC, as amended from time to time (provided that such amendments do not result
in the incurrence of additional Indebtedness for borrowed money (on account of principal) in excess
of the principal amounts of such Indebtedness outstanding as of the Closing Date and are otherwise
in compliance with the terms hereof).

     “Disqualified Stock” shall mean any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms
of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the
option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is
mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the
option of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91
days after the Term Loan Maturity Date. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock
that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the
right to require the Borrower to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of
control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock
provide that the Borrower may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such
provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 6.06 hereof. The amount of
Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Agreement will be the
maximum amount that the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon
the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock,
exclusive of accrued dividends.

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     “Dividends” shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.06.

     “dollars” or “$” shall mean lawful money of the United States of America,
except when expressly used in reference to the lawful money of another country.

     “Domestic Subsidiaries” shall mean all Subsidiaries incorporated, formed or organized
under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

     “Downgrade Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of
“Applicable Margin”.

     “ECF Period” shall mean (a) in the event that the Borrower shall exercise its option
under (and in accordance with) Section 2.13(d) to calculate Excess Cash Flow (and make the required
prepayment and prepayment offer) for any fiscal period other than a fiscal year, (i) each such
fiscal period and (ii) each fiscal period during the applicable fiscal year that is not a fiscal
period described in the preceding clause (i) and (b) in the event that the Borrower shall not
exercise such option during any fiscal year, a fiscal year. For purposes of this definition,
“fiscal period” shall mean a period of one or more consecutive fiscal quarters.

     “Easement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.07.

     “Eligible Commodity Hedging Agreement” shall mean any Commodity Hedging Agreement
entered into by any Opco Loan Party with an Eligible Commodity Hedging Counterparty from time to
time in order to manage fluctuations in the price or availability to the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary of any commodity, which, individually or together with other Commodity Hedging
Agreements (other than Commodity Hedging Agreements that are either unsecured, are supported by
letters of credit or Guarantees (but not secured by all or substantially all of the assets of any
Opco Loan Party) or constitute Parity Lien Obligations) entered into or being entered into with
such counterparty or its affiliates, is structured such that the net mark-to-market credit exposure
of (a) the counterparties to such Commodity Hedging Agreements (taken as a whole) to (b) the
Company or any other Opco Loan Party, is positively correlated with the price of the relevant
commodity or positively correlated with changes in the relevant spark spread.

     “Eligible Commodity Hedging Counterparty” shall mean a counterparty to an Eligible
Commodity Hedging Agreement that, at the time the relevant Eligible Commodity Hedging Agreement is
entered into, is either an Acceptable Power Counterparty or an Acceptable Financial Counterparty.

     “Eligible Commodity Hedging Obligations” shall mean, with respect to any specified
Person, the obligations of such Person under an Eligible Commodity Hedging Agreement.

     “Environmental CapEx Debt” shall mean Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Restricted
Subsidiaries incurred for the purpose of financing Environmental Capital Expenditures.

     “Environmental Capital Expenditures” shall mean capital expenditures to the extent
deemed reasonably necessary, as determined by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as
applicable, in good faith and pursuant to prudent judgment, to comply with applicable Environmental
Laws.

     “Environmental Laws” shall mean all former, current and future Federal, state, local
and foreign laws (including common law), treaties, regulations, rules, ordinances and codes, and
legally binding decrees, judgments, directives and orders (including consent orders), in each case,
relating to protection of the environment, natural resources, occupational health and safety or the
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exposure to, hazardous materials, substances or wastes, or the generation, manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport, recycling or handling of,
or the arrangement for such activities with respect to, hazardous materials, substances or wastes.

     “Environmental Liability” shall mean all liabilities, obligations, damages, losses,
claims, actions, suits, judgments, orders, fines, penalties, fees, expenses and costs (including
administrative oversight costs, natural resource damages and remediation costs), whether contingent
or otherwise, arising out of or relating to (a) non-compliance with any Environmental Law, (b) the
generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, recycling, use, handling, transportation,
storage, treatment or disposal of, or the arrangement of such activities with respect to, any
Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release of any Hazardous
Materials at or from any location or (e) any contract or agreement pursuant to which liability is
assumed, imposed or covered by an indemnity with respect to any of the foregoing.

     “Equally and Ratably” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the applicable
Collateral Trust Agreement.

     “Equity Interests” shall mean Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights
to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding, except for purposes of the definitions of “Additional
Non-Recourse Indebtedness”, “Existing Non-Recourse Indebtedness” and “Net Cash Proceeds”, any debt
security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

     “ERCOT” shall mean the Electric Reliability Council of Texas or any other entity
succeeding thereto.

     “ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
from time to time.

     “ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that,
together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Tax
Code, or solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Tax Code, is treated as
a single employer under Section 414 of the Tax Code.

     “ERISA Event” shall mean (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of
ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Benefit Plan (other than an event for
which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to any Benefit Plan of an
“accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Tax Code or Section 302 of
ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Tax Code or Section
303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any
Benefit Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under
Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Benefit Plan or the withdrawal or partial
withdrawal of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from any Benefit Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e)
the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any
notice relating to the intention to terminate any Benefit Plan or to appoint a trustee to
administer any Benefit Plan; (f) the adoption of any amendment to a Benefit Plan that would require
the provision of security pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) of the Tax Code or Section 307 of ERISA;
or (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any
Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the
imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected
to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.

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     “Eurodollar”, when used in reference to any Term Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether
such Term Loan, or the Term Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate
determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.

     “Event of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.

     “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     “Excess Cash Flow” shall mean, for any period, an amount equal to the excess of (a)
the sum, without duplication, of:

     (i) Consolidated Net Income of the Company for such period;

     (ii) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges to the extent deducted in
arriving at such Consolidated Net Income;

     (iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period;

     (iv) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on the sale, lease, transfer or
other disposition of assets by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such
period (other than sales in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in
arriving at such Consolidated Net Income;

     (v) to the extent not included in the determination of Consolidated Net Income, any
termination payments or similar payments received by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries during such period in connection with the termination, partial termination or
other reduction of any Commodity Hedging Agreement; and

     (vi) any cash and Cash Equivalents that is returned to the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries during such period that was, immediately prior to such return, pledged or
deposited as collateral to a contract counterparty, issuer of surety bonds or issuer of
letters of credit by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case to
secure obligations with respect to (A) contracts for commercial and trading activities and
contracts (including physical delivery, option (whether cash or financial), exchange, swap
and futures contracts) for the purchase, transmission, transportation, distribution, sale,
lease or hedge of any fuel-related or power-related commodity or service or (B) Commodity
Hedging Agreements;

over (b) the sum, without duplication, of:

     (i) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such
Consolidated Net Income;

     (ii) the aggregate amount actually paid by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
in cash during such period on account of Capital Expenditures (to the extent financed with
cash flow internally generated within such period by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries), and including Necessary Capital Expenditures and Environmental Capital
Expenditures;

     (iii) the aggregate amount of all prepayments of Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans
(each as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement on the date hereof) made during such period to
the extent accompanying reductions of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment (as

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defined in the Opco Credit Agreement on the date hereof) except to the extent financed
with the proceeds of other Indebtedness of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries;

     (iv) (A) the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness of the Company
or its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any Term Loans (as defined in the Opco Credit
Agreement on the date hereof) and the principal component of payments in respect of Capital
Lease Obligations but excluding Revolving Loans (as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement on
the date hereof), Swingline Loans (as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement on the date
hereof), voluntary prepayments of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.12 of the Opco Credit
Agreement and mandatory prepayments of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.13 of the Opco
Credit Agreement) made during such period (other than in respect of any revolving credit
facility to the extent there is not an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments
thereunder), except to the extent financed with the proceeds of other Indebtedness of the
Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries;

     (v) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on the sale, lease, transfer or
other disposition of assets by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such
period (other than sales in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in
arriving at such Consolidated Net Income;

     (vi) increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period;

     (vii) payments by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in
respect of long-term liabilities of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries other than
Indebtedness;

     (viii) the amount of Investments made during such period pursuant to Section 6.05 to
the extent that such Investments were financed with cash flow internally generated within
such period by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

     (ix) the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment
of financing fees) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period;

     (x) the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments actually paid
in cash by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are required
to be made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness and that are accounted for as
extraordinary items;

     (xi) to the extent not included in the determination of Consolidated Net Income, any
termination payments or similar payments made by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries during such period in connection with the termination, partial termination or
other reduction of any Commodity Hedging Agreement (but in any case for purposes of
calculating Excess Cash Flow for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2006, excluding any
such payments made in connection with the Transactions (as defined in the Opco Credit
Agreement on the date hereof) described in clause (b)(iv) of the definition of
“Transactions” (as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement on the date hereof));

     (xii) to the extent not included in the determination of Consolidated Net Income, the
aggregate amount of pension plan contributions required by law and actually made in cash by
the

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Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in connection with the
Texas Genco Retirement Plan;

     (xiii) to the extent not included in the determination of Consolidated Net Income, the
aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries relating to the acquisition of nuclear fuel;

     (xiv) to the extent not included in the determination of Consolidated Net Income, any
fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the transactions permitted by Section
9.22 of the Opco Credit Agreement (as it exists on the date hereof); and

     (xv) any cash and Cash Equivalents pledged or deposited the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries during such period as collateral to a contract counterparty, issuer of surety
bonds or issuer of letters of credit, in each case to secure obligations with respect to (A)
contracts for commercial and trading activities and contracts (including physical delivery,
option (whether cash or financial), exchange, swap and futures contracts) for the purchase,
transmission, transportation, distribution, sale, lease or hedge of any fuel-related or
power-related commodity or service or (B) Commodity Hedging Agreements.

     “Excluded Assets” shall, at any time, have the meaning given to such term in the Opco
Credit Agreement at such time, and, if at any time the Indebtedness (other than contingent
obligations not then due and payable) under the Opco Credit Agreement shall cease to be
outstanding, shall have the meaning given to such term in the Opco Credit Agreement immediately
prior to the termination thereof (which definition shall be incorporated herein by reference).

     “Excluded Foreign Subsidiaries” shall mean (a) at any time that any Indebtedness
(other than contingent obligations not then due and payable) under the Opco Credit Agreement shall
be outstanding, those subsidiaries of the Company that shall be designated as “Excluded Foreign
Subsidiaries” under (and in accordance with) the Opco Credit Agreement at such time (for so long as
such designation is effective pursuant to the Opco Credit Agreement) and (b) at any time that the
Indebtedness (other than contingent obligations not then due and payable) under the Opco Credit
Agreement shall cease to be outstanding, those subsidiaries of the Company that were most recently
designated as “Excluded Foreign Subsidiaries” under (and in accordance with) the Opco Credit
Agreement immediately prior to the termination thereof.

     “Excluded Perfection Assets” shall mean any property or assets (i) that do not have a
Fair Market Value at any time exceeding $10,000,000 (or, if such property or asset is a Deposit
Account or Securities Account, $3,000,000) individually or $50,000,000 in the aggregate in which a
security interest cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the UCC of the
relevant jurisdiction or, in the case of Equity Interests, either the filing of a financing
statement under the UCC of the relevant jurisdiction or the possession of certificates representing
such Equity Interests, (ii) that constitute leasehold interests of the Borrower in real property
(other than any real property constituting a Facility) or (iii) that constitute any Deposit Account
that is a “zero-balance” account (as long as (x) the balance in such “zero-balance” account does
not exceed at any time the applicable threshold described in clause (i) above for a period of 24
consecutive hours or more and (y) all amounts in such “zero-balance” account shall either be swept
on a daily basis into another Deposit Account that does not constitute an Excluded Perfection Asset
or used for third party payments in the ordinary course of business). To the extent that the Fair
Market Value of any such property or asset exceeds $10,000,000 (or, if such property or asset is a
Deposit Account or Securities Account, $3,000,000) individually, such property or asset shall cease
to be an Excluded Perfection Asset and, to the extent that the Fair Market Value of such property
or assets shall exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate at any time, such property or assets shall
cease to be Excluded Perfection Assets to the extent of such excess Fair Market Value.

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     “Excluded Project Subsidiaries” shall mean (a) at any time that any Indebtedness
(other than contingent obligations not then due and payable) under the Opco Credit Agreement shall
be outstanding, those subsidiaries of the Company that shall be designated as “Excluded Project
Subsidiaries” under (and in accordance with) the Opco Credit Agreement at such time (for so long as
such designation is effective pursuant to the Opco Credit Agreement) and (b) at any time that the
Indebtedness (other than contingent obligations not then due and payable) under the Opco Credit
Agreement shall cease to be outstanding, those subsidiaries of the Company that were most recently
designated as “Excluded Project Subsidiaries” under (and in accordance with) the Opco Credit
Agreement immediately prior to the termination thereof; provided that the Company may
continue to designate (and re-designate) any such subsidiaries of the Company as an “Excluded
Project Subsidiary” in accordance with (and subject to) Section 6.11 of the Opco Credit Agreement
as it existed immediately prior to the termination thereof (the provisions of which shall be
incorporated herein by reference).

     “Excluded Subsidiary” shall mean (a) at any time that any Indebtedness (other than
contingent obligations not then due and payable) under the Opco Credit Agreement shall be
outstanding, those subsidiaries of the Company that shall be designated as “Excluded Subsidiaries”
under (and in accordance with) the Opco Credit Agreement at such time (for so long as such
designation is effective pursuant to the Opco Credit Agreement) and (b) at any time that the
Indebtedness (other than contingent obligations not then due and payable) under the Opco Credit
Agreement shall cease to be outstanding, those subsidiaries of the Company that were most recently
designated as “Excluded Subsidiaries” under (and in accordance with) the Opco Credit Agreement
immediately prior to the termination thereof; provided that the Company may continue to
designate (and re-designate) any such subsidiaries of the Company as an Excluded Subsidiary in
accordance with (and subject to) Section 6.11 of the Opco Credit Agreement as it existed
immediately prior to the termination thereof (the provisions of which shall be incorporated herein
by reference).

     “Excluded Taxes” shall mean, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender and
any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower
hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured in whole or in part by) each such
Person’s net income by the United States of America (or any political subdivision thereof), or as a
result of a present or former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such
tax (or any political subdivision thereof), other than any such connection arising solely from such
recipient having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or
enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (b) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other
than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.21(a)), any United States
withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign
Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to
such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.20(e), except to the extent that such
Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending
office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such
withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.20(a) or (b) (it being understood and agreed, for the
avoidance of doubt, that any withholding tax imposed on a Foreign Lender as a result of a Change in
Law or regulation or interpretation thereof occurring after the time such Foreign Lender became a
party to this Agreement shall not be an Excluded Tax).

     “Exempt Subsidiaries” shall mean, collectively, NRG Ilion LP LLC, NRG Ilion Limited
Partnership, Meriden Gas Turbine LLC, LSP-Nelson Energy LLC, NRG Nelson Turbines LLC, NRG Jackson
Valley Energy I, Inc., NRG McClain LLC, NRG Audrain Holding LLC, NRG Audrain Generating LLC, NRG
Peaker Finance Company LLC, Bayou Cove Peaking Power, LLC, Big Cajun I Peaking Power LLC, NRG
Rockford LLC, NRG Rockford II LLC, NRG Rockford Equipment II LLC, NRG Sterlington Power LLC and NRG
Rockford Acquisition LLC, and shall not, in any event, include any Core Collateral Subsidiary.

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     “Existing Commodity Hedging Agreements” shall mean (i) the Master Power Purchase and
Sale Agreement and Cover Sheet dated as of July 21, 2004, the Confirmation thereunder dated as of
July 21, 2004 and the Confirmation thereunder dated as of November 30, 2004, each between J. Aron &
Company and NRG Texas LP (as successor by merger), and any additional confirmations thereunder, as
the same may be amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, (ii) the Master Power Purchase and Sale Agreement and
Cover Sheet dated as of December 1, 2004 and the Confirmation thereunder dated as of December 2,
2004, each between Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. and NRG Texas LP (as successor by merger), and
any confirmation of any relevant transaction thereunder, as the same may be amended, supplemented,
replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof
and (iii) any other master agreement listed on Schedule 1.01(c), and any confirmations thereunder,
as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with
the terms hereof and thereof.

     “Existing Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness of the Borrower, the Company and/or
any of their respective subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the Senior Note Documents) in
existence on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.01, until such amounts are repaid, or are
refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged pursuant to Section 6.01(e) hereof.

     “Existing Non-Recourse Indebtedness” shall mean secured or unsecured Indebtedness for
borrowed money outstanding as of the Closing Date of a subsidiary of the Company that is not an
Opco Loan Party existing as of the Closing Date and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in
respect of such Indebtedness; provided that, except as set forth on Schedule 1.01(e),

     (a) such Indebtedness is without recourse to the Borrower, the Company or any other
Restricted Subsidiary or to any property or assets of the Borrower, the Company or any other
Restricted Subsidiary (other than, in each such case, another Restricted Subsidiary (other
than the Company) (x) which is the direct parent or a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the
Subsidiary that incurred or issued such Indebtedness (other than such Indebtedness
constituting a Guarantee) or (y) that is a Subsidiary that itself has Non-Recourse
Indebtedness (other than such Indebtedness constituting a Guarantee) or is the direct parent
or a direct or indirect Subsidiary of a Subsidiary that itself has Non-Recourse Indebtedness
(other than such Indebtedness constituting a Guarantee)),

     (b) neither the Borrower, the Company nor any other Restricted Subsidiary (other than
another Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Company) (x) which is the direct parent or a
direct or indirect subsidiary of the Subsidiary that incurred or issued such Indebtedness
(other than such Indebtedness constituting a Guarantee) or (y) that is a subsidiary that
itself has Non-Recourse Indebtedness (other than such Indebtedness constituting a Guarantee)
or is the direct parent or a direct or indirect subsidiary of a Subsidiary that itself has
Non-Recourse Indebtedness (other than such Indebtedness constituting a Guarantee) provides
credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would
constitute Indebtedness) or is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise in
respect of such Indebtedness or in respect of the business or operations of the applicable
Subsidiary that is the obligor on such Indebtedness or any of its subsidiaries (other than
(i) any such credit support or liability consisting of reimbursement obligations in respect
of letters of credit issued under, and subject to the terms of, the Opco Credit Agreement to
support obligations of such applicable subsidiary and (ii) any Investments in such
applicable subsidiary made in accordance with Section 6.05),

     (c) no default with respect to such Indebtedness (including any rights that the holders
of such Indebtedness may have to take enforcement action against a subsidiary of the Company
that is not an Opco Loan Party) would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder
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other Indebtedness of the Borrower, the Company or any other Opco Loan Party (other
than Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(a), (b), (c) or (k)) to declare a
default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be
accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity and

     (d) the Liens securing such Indebtedness shall exist only on (i) the property and
assets of any subsidiary of the Company that is not an Opco Loan Party and (ii) the Equity
Interests in any subsidiary of the Company that is not an Opco Loan Party (and shall not
apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower, the Company or any other Subsidiary
of the Company that is an Opco Loan Party), except, in the case of each of clauses (a) and
(b) for the following (each of which is deemed to be non-recourse for purposes of this
definition): (w) Guarantees by the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company of such
Indebtedness that are incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(p), (x) agreements of the Company or
any other Subsidiary of the Company to provide corporate or management services or operation
and maintenance services to such Subsidiary, including in respect of the acquisition of
fuel, oil, gas or other supply of energy, (y) Guarantees of the Company or any other
Subsidiary of the Company with respect to debt service reserves established with respect to
such Subsidiary to the extent that such Guarantee shall result in the immediate payment of
funds, pursuant to dividends or otherwise, in the amount of such Guarantee to the Company or
such other Subsidiary and (z) contingent obligations of the Company or any other Subsidiary
of the Company to make capital contributions to such Subsidiary, in the case of each of
clauses (x), (y) and (z), which are otherwise permitted hereunder.

     “Facility” shall mean a power or energy related facility.

     “Fair Market Value” shall mean the value that would be paid by a willing buyer to an
unaffiliated willing seller in a transaction not involving distress of either party, determined in
good faith by (i) the Board of Directors of the Borrower (or any committee thereof expressly
authorized by the Board of Directors) with respect to assets and Investments having a Fair Market
Value of $100,000,000 or more and (ii) the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower with respect to
assets and Investments having a Fair Market Value less than $100,000,000.

     “Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, the weighted average of the
rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged
by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the
average of the quotations for the day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent
from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

     “Fee Letter” shall mean that certain amended and restated fee letter, dated as of June
7, 2007, among the Company, the Administrative Agent and each of the Arrangers, as the same may be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the
terms thereof.

     “Fees” shall mean the Commitment Fees, the Administrative Agent’s Fees and any fees
payable pursuant to Section 2.12(d).

     “FERC” shall mean the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or its successor.

     “Financial Officer” of any Person shall mean any of the chief executive officer, chief
financial officer or treasurer (or if no individual shall have such designation, the Person charged
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Directors of such Person with such powers and duties as are customarily bestowed upon the
individual with such designation) or the audit or finance committee of the Board of Directors of
such Person.

     “Fitch” shall mean Fitch Ratings, Ltd. or any successor entity.

     “Foreign Lender” shall mean any Lender that is organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is incorporated or organized. For purposes of
this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia
shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

     “Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

     “FPA” shall mean the Federal Power Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended from time to time.

     “Funding Date” shall mean the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.02
are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.08) and the initial Term Borrowing hereunder
shall occur.

     “Funding Date Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse change in or
material adverse effect on (a) the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations,
assets or liabilities of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) the validity
or enforceability of any Loan Document, which if such Loan Document is a Security Document, relates
to Collateral having an aggregate Fair Market Value of $50,000,000 or more in the aggregate, or the
material rights and remedies of the Arrangers, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or
the Secured Parties thereunder; provided, however, that any adverse change or
adverse effect attributable to (i) any adoption, implementation, promulgation, repeal,
modification, reinterpretation or proposal of any rule, regulation, ordinance, order, protocol or
any other law of or by any Governmental Authority (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the ERCOT
market), (ii) changes or developments in national, regional, state or local wholesale or retail
markets for power or fuel, including changes in commodity prices, related products, or availability
or costs of transportation, (iii) changes or developments in national, regional, state or local
wholesale or retail electric power prices, (iv) system-wide changes or developments in national,
regional or state electric transmission or distribution systems, other than changes or developments
involving physical damage or destruction thereto and (v) changes or developments in financial or
securities markets or the economy in general, shall, in each case, be excluded from such
determination to the extent, in the case of clauses (i) through (v), any such laws, changes and
developments do not have a disproportionate adverse effect on the Borrower and the Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, as compared to other entities engaged in the power generation business in any of
the relevant geographic areas with respect to such laws, changes or developments, as applicable.
In addition to the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that the occurrence of any downgrade of
any ratings of any indebtedness or any securities of the Borrower and/or the Company (or the
inclusion of the Borrower and/or the Company on any “negative watch” or “negative outlook” list)
shall not, in and of themselves, constitute a Funding Date Material Adverse Effect,
provided that the facts underlying such actions may be taken into account in determining
whether a Funding Date Material Adverse Effect has occurred or not.

     “GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions
and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in
such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession, which are in effect from time to time.

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     “Governmental Authority” shall mean the government of the United States of America or
any other nation, any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency,
authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of
government or any governmental or non-governmental authority regulating the generation and/or
transmission of energy, including ERCOT.

     “Granting Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(i).

     “Guarantee” shall mean a guarantee, other than by endorsement of negotiable
instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner,
including by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in
respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness (whether arising by virtue of partnership
arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to
take or pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise); provided that
standard contractual indemnities which do not relate to Indebtedness shall not be considered a
Guarantee.

     “Hazardous Materials” shall mean (a) any petroleum products or byproducts, coal ash,
coal combustion by-products or waste, boiler slag, scrubber residue, flue desulfurization material,
radon gas, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, radioactive
materials, waste or byproducts, chlorofluorocarbons and all other ozone-depleting substances and
(b) any chemical, material, substance or waste that is prohibited, limited or regulated by or
pursuant to any Environmental Law.

     “Hedging Obligations” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, the
obligations of such Person under (a) interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating
or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements, (b)
other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk, (c) other
agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency
exchange rates and (d) agreements (including each confirmation entered into pursuant to any master
agreement) providing for swaps, caps, collars, puts, calls, floors, futures, options, spots,
forwards, power purchase or sale agreements, fuel purchase or sale agreements, emissions credit
purchase or sales agreements, power transmission agreements, fuel transportation agreements, fuel
storage agreements, netting agreements, commercial or trading agreements, each with respect to, or
involving the purchase, transmission, distribution, sale, lease or hedge of, any energy, generation
capacity or fuel, or any other energy related commodity or service, price or price indices for any
such commodities or services or any other similar derivative agreements, and any other similar
agreements, in each case under clause (a), (b), (c) and (d), entered into by such Person, including
Commodity Hedging Obligations, Eligible Commodity Hedging Obligations and Interest Rate/Currency
Hedging Obligations.

     “Holdings Asset Sale” shall mean the direct or indirect (a) sale, lease (other than an
operating lease), sale and leaseback, lease and leaseback, assignment (other than a collateral
assignment), conveyance, transfer or other disposition (by way of merger, consolidation, casualty,
condemnation, operation of law or otherwise (other than pursuant to an event that may result in a
Recovery Event)) by the Borrower to any Person of any assets of the Borrower (including Equity
Interests); provided that (i) any asset sale or series of related asset sales described
above of assets having a value not in excess of $50,000,000 shall be deemed not to be a “Holdings
Asset Sale” for purposes of this Agreement; and (ii) each of the following transactions shall be
deemed not to be a “Holdings Asset Sale” for purposes of this Agreement: (A) the sale, transfer,
contribution or other disposition by the Borrower of (x) damaged, worn-out, obsolete assets and
scrap and (y) cash or Cash Equivalents, (B) the sale by the Borrower of power, capacity, energy,
ancillary services, and other products or services, or the sale of any other inventory or contracts
related to any of the foregoing, (C) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition for value by
the Borrower of fuel or emission credits in the ordinary course of business, (D) the sale,

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transfer or other disposition of any assets (other than any such assets which are Collateral)
in connection with a foreclosure, transfer or deed in lieu of foreclosure or other remedial action,
(E) the licensing of intellectual property and (F) the sale or discount, in each case without
recourse, of accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection
with the compromise or collection thereof.

     “Holdings Contribution” shall mean the contribution by the Borrower of $1,000,000,000
(net of reasonable fees and expenses and any original issue discount incurred in connection with
the Borrowing hereunder) to the Company which shall be used for the prepayment of Term Loans under
and as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement.

     “Holdings Recovery Event” shall mean the receipt of cash proceeds by the Borrower with
respect to any settlement of or payment in respect of (a) any property or casualty insurance claim
or (b) any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of or
relating to any property or asset of the Borrower; provided that any such recovery event or
series of related recovery events having a value not in excess of $50,000,000 shall not be deemed
to be a “Holdings Recovery Event” for purposes of Section 2.13(b).

     “Holdings Reorganization” shall mean the creation by the Borrower of a wholly-owned
Subsidiary (“MergerCo”) and the merger of MergerCo with and into the Company with the
Company as the surviving corporation, such that after giving effect to such transactions, the
Borrower shall be the direct parent of, and shall directly own 100% of the issued and outstanding
Capital Stock of, the Company and the ownership of the Borrower shall be the same as the ownership
of the Company immediately prior to giving effect to the Holdings Reorganization.

     “incur” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01.

     “Indebtedness” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of
such Person (excluding accrued expenses and trade payables except as provided in clause (e) below),
whether or not contingent (a) in respect of borrowed money; (b) evidenced by bonds, notes,
debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect
thereof); (c) in respect of banker’s acceptances; (d) representing Capital Lease Obligations or
Attributable Debt in respect of sale and leaseback transactions; (e) representing the balance
deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (including trade payables) or services
due more than six months after such property is acquired or such services are completed; or (f)
representing Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than
letters of credit, Attributable Debt and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a
balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term
“Indebtedness” includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified
Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person) and, to the extent not
otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be (a) the accreted value of the
Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; (b) the
principal amount of the Indebtedness, in the case of any other Indebtedness; and (c) in respect of
Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified Person, the lesser
of (i) the Fair Market Value of such asset at the date of determination, and (ii) the amount of the
Indebtedness of the other Person.

     “Indemnified Taxes” shall mean Taxes other than Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes.

     “Indemnitee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(b).

     “Information” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.16.

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     “Intellectual Property Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
Collateral Agreement.

     “Intellectual Property Security Agreement” shall mean the Intellectual Property
Security Agreements executed and delivered by the Borrower, substantially in the applicable form
required by the Collateral Agreement, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

     “Interest Payment Date” shall mean (a) with respect to any ABR Term Loan, the last
Business Day of each March, June, September and December, and (b) with respect to any Eurodollar
Term Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Term Loan
is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three
months’ duration, each day that would have been an Interest Payment Date had successive Interest
Periods of three months’ duration been applicable to such Borrowing.

     “Interest Period” shall mean with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period
commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending seven days thereafter or on the numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month that is 1, 2, 3 or 6 months thereafter (or 9 or 12 months
thereafter if, at the time of the relevant Borrowing, an interest period of such duration is
available to all Lenders participating therein), as the Borrower may elect; provided,
however, that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such
Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding
Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on
the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period (other than an Interest Period of
seven days) that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which
there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall
end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. Interest shall
accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such
Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which
such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or
continuation of such Borrowing.

     “Interest Rate/Currency Hedging Agreement” shall mean any agreement of the type
described in clauses (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of “Interest Rate/Currency Hedging
Obligations”.

     “Interest Rate/Currency Hedging Obligations” shall mean, with respect to any specified
Person, the obligations of such Person under (a) interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed
to floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar
agreements, (b) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate
risk and (c) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations
in currency exchange rates, in each case under clause (a), (b) and (c), entered into by such Person
in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes.

     “Investments” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect
investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including
Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital contributions, purchases or other
acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with
all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance
with GAAP. If the Borrower, the Company or any subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise
disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect subsidiary such that, after giving
effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a subsidiary, the Borrower or the
Company, as applicable, will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or
disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Borrower’s or the Company’s Investments in such
subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of. The acquisition by the

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Borrower, the Company, or by any subsidiary of the Company, of a Person that holds an
Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by the Borrower, the Company or
such subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investments
held by the acquired Person in such third Person. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement,
the amount of an Investment will be determined at the time the Investment is made and without
giving effect to subsequent changes in value.

     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in the case of any Investment made by the
Borrower, the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary in a Person substantially concurrently
with a cash distribution by such Person to the Borrower, the Company or any other Restricted
Subsidiary (a “Concurrent Cash Distribution”), then:

     (a) (x) if such Concurrent Cash Distribution is received by the Borrower, such Concurrent Cash
Distribution shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds received in connection with a Holdings Asset
Sale and applied as described in Section 2.13 or (y) if such Concurrent Cash Distribution is
received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, such Concurrent Cash Distribution
shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds received in connection with an Asset Sale (each as defined
in the Opco Credit Agreement) and applied as described in Section 2.13 of the Opco Credit Agreement
(if the Opco Credit Agreement shall be outstanding) if and to the extent required thereby; and

     (b) the amount of such Investment shall be deemed to be the Fair Market Value of the
Investment, less the amount of the Concurrent Cash Distribution.

     “Issuing Subsidiary” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of
“Additional Non-Recourse Indebtedness”.

     “Itiquira” shall mean Itiquira Energetica S.A.

     “Itiquira Acquisition Sub” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
definition of “Itiquira Refinancing”.

     “Itiquira Refinancing” shall mean the transaction or series of related transactions
pursuant to which (a) any or all of the outstanding preferred stock of Itiquira directly or
indirectly held by Eletrobrás is acquired by Itiquira or a subsidiary of Tosli Acquisition BV
(“Itiquira Acquisition Sub”) for aggregate consideration not to exceed $70,000,000, and,
following such acquisition, such preferred stock is redeemed, repaid or otherwise retired or held
as treasury stock or otherwise so treated in accordance with the requirements of Brazilian law, and
(b) pursuant to which Itiquira or the Itiquira Acquisition Sub may incur up to $70,000,000 in
aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness secured by Liens on the assets of Itiquira and the
Itiquira Acquisition Sub (“Permitted Itiquira Indebtedness”), in each case on terms and
conditions (which may include terms and conditions other than those set forth in this definition)
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

     “Lender Addendum” shall mean, with respect to any initial Lender, a Lender Addendum in
the form of Exhibit F, or such other form as may be supplied by the Administrative Agent, executed
and delivered by such Lender on the Closing Date.

     “Lenders” shall mean (a) the Persons that deliver a Lender Addendum (other than any
such Person that has ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance) and (b)
any Person that has become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance (other than any
such Person that has ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance).

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     “LIBO Rate” shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest
Period, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m.,
London time, on the date that is two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period by reference to the British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rates for deposits in
dollars (as set forth by the Bloomberg Information Service or any successor thereto or any other
service selected by the Administrative Agent which has been nominated by the British Bankers’
Association as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying such rates) for a
period equal to such Interest Period; provided that, to the extent that an interest rate is
not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this definition, the “LIBO Rate” shall be
the interest rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the average of the rates
per annum at which deposits in dollars are offered for such relevant Interest Period to major banks
in the London interbank market in London, England by the Administrative Agent at approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) on the date that is two Business Days prior to the beginning of such
Interest Period.

     “Lien” shall mean, with respect to any asset (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, deed to
secure debt, lien (statutory or otherwise), pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, restriction,
collateral assignment, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset; (b) the interest of a
vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement
(or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing)
relating to such asset; and (c) in the case of Equity Interests or debt securities, any purchase
option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such Equity Interests or debt
securities. For the avoidance of doubt, “Lien” shall not be deemed to include licenses of
intellectual property.

     “Loan Documents” shall mean this Agreement, any promissory note delivered pursuant to
Section 2.04(e), the Security Documents and any Affiliate Subordination Agreement.

     “Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock” shall mean the 2,000,000 shares of 5.750%
mandatory convertible preferred stock, liquidation value $250 per share, of the Company (or,
following the Holdings Reorganization, the Borrower) issued on the Closing Date to fund a portion
of the Acquisition Consideration (as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement on the date hereof).

     “Margin Stock” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.

     “Mark-to-Market Adjustments” means: (a) any non-cash loss attributable to the
mark-to-market movement in the valuation of Hedging Obligations (to the extent the cash impact
resulting from such loss has not been realized) or other derivative instruments pursuant to
Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and
Hedging Activities;” plus (b) any loss relating to amounts paid in cash prior to the stated
settlement date of any Hedging Obligation that has been reflected in Consolidated Net Income in the
current period; plus (c) any gain relating to Hedging Obligations associated with
transactions recorded in the current period that has been reflected in Consolidated Net Income in
prior periods and excluded from Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clauses (e) and (f) below;
minus (d) any non-cash gain attributable to the mark-to-market movement in the valuation of
Hedging Obligations (to the extent the cash impact resulting from such gain has not been realized)
or other derivative instruments pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 133,
“Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities;” minus (e) any gain relating
to amounts received in cash prior to the stated settlement date of any Hedging Obligation that has
been reflected in Consolidated Net Income in the current period; minus (f) any loss
relating to Hedging Obligations associated with transactions recorded in the current period that
has been reflected in Consolidated Net Income in prior periods and excluded from Consolidated
EBITDA pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) above.

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     “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse change in or material adverse
effect on (a) the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, assets or liabilities
of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) the validity or enforceability of
any Loan Document, which if such Loan Document is a Security Document, relates to Collateral having
an aggregate Fair Market Value of $50,000,000 or more in the aggregate, or the material rights and
remedies of the Arrangers, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties.

     “Material Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness for money borrowed (other than the
Term Loans) and Hedging Obligations of any one or more of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries
in an aggregate principal amount or mark-to-market adjustment value exceeding $90,000,000.

     “Maximum Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.

     “MergerCo” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Holdings
Reorganization”.

     “Minority Investment” shall mean any Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which the
Borrower, the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary owns Capital Stock.

     “Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor entity.

     “Mortgaged Properties” shall mean each parcel of real property and improvements
located thereon (if any) with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to Section 5.09 or
5.10.

     “Mortgages” shall mean the mortgages, deeds of trust, leasehold mortgages, assignments
of leases and rents, modifications, amendments and restatements of the foregoing and other security
documents granting a Lien on any Mortgaged Property (if any) to secure the obligations under this
Agreement, each in the form of Exhibit G with such changes as are reasonably satisfactory to the
Borrower (which shall be evidenced by the signature thereof by the Borrower) and the Collateral
Agent, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time
in accordance with the terms thereof.

     “Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3)
of ERISA.

     “Necessary CapEx Debt” shall mean Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Restricted
Subsidiaries incurred for the purpose of financing Necessary Capital Expenditures.

     “Necessary Capital Expenditures” shall mean capital expenditures (other than
Environmental Capital Expenditures) that are required by Applicable Law or are undertaken for
health and safety reasons. The term “Necessary Capital Expenditures” does not include any capital
expenditure undertaken primarily to increase the efficiency of, expand or re-power any power
generation facility.

     “Net Asset Sale Proceeds” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
definition of Net Cash Proceeds.

     “Net Cash Proceeds” shall mean

     (a) with respect to any Holdings Asset Sale or Holdings Recovery Event, the proceeds
thereof in the form of cash as and when received (including any such cash proceeds
subsequently received (as and when received) in respect of noncash consideration initially
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(i) all expenses related to such Holdings Asset Sale or Holdings Recovery Event
(including legal, accounting and investment banking fees, broker’s fees and sales
commissions, relocation fees and expenses paid or reasonably estimated by the Borrower to be
payable, and taxes paid or payable by the Borrower in connection therewith, and the
Borrower’s good faith estimate of any other taxes to be paid or payable in connection with
such Holdings Asset Sale or Holdings Recovery Event, after taking into account any available
tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, and any out-of-pocket costs of
remediation, repair or closure required to be incurred by the Borrower by the applicable
Governmental Authority in connection with such Holdings Recovery Event), (ii) amounts
remitted in an escrow or provided as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP or the corresponding
transaction agreements or otherwise reasonably estimated to be payable to third parties and
attributable to such Holdings Asset Sale, against any liabilities under any indemnification
obligations or purchase price adjustment or otherwise associated with such asset or Holdings
Asset Sale, including pension and post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities
related to Environmental Laws or against any other indemnification obligations related to
such transaction (provided that, to the extent and at the time any such amounts are
released from such reserve or escrow to the benefit of the Borrower, such amounts shall
constitute Net Cash Proceeds if otherwise described as such in this definition) and (iii)
the principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest and other amounts on any
Indebtedness (other than any such Indebtedness hereunder or assumed by the purchaser of such
asset or any Affiliate thereof) which is secured by the asset transferred, taken or sold in
such Holdings Asset Sale or Holdings Recovery Event and which is required to be repaid with
such proceeds (such proceeds with respect to any Holdings Asset Sale, “Net Asset Sale
Proceeds”);

     provided, however, that if (x) the Borrower reinvests an amount equal
to such proceeds in an acquisition by the Borrower of a Person or line of business in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement or productive assets of a kind then used or
usable in the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries within 365 days of
receipt of such proceeds (such period, the “Reinvestment Period”) (provided
that (i) in the event approval of any Governmental Authority is required to be procured in
connection with the reinvestment of such proceeds, the Reinvestment Period shall be extended
for an additional period not to exceed 180 days as necessary to obtain such approval and
(ii) in the event the Borrower enters into a legally binding commitment to reinvest such
proceeds within such 365-day period, the Reinvestment Period shall be extended for an
additional period not to exceed 365 days) and (y) no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing at the time of the application of such proceeds (both immediately before and
immediately after giving effect to such application) and (z) such proceeds (1) resulting
from the sale of the Equity Interests in any Person that is incorporated, formed or
organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District
of Columbia (other than a Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company) (a “U.S. Person”) or any other
assets located in the United States are only used to make an acquisition of a Person that
will, following the consummation of such acquisition, be a Domestic Subsidiary or an
acquisition of other assets that are located in the United States or (2) resulting from the
sale of the Equity Interests in any Person other than a U.S. Person are only used to make an
acquisition of a Person that is incorporated, formed or organized under the laws of a
Designated Country or an acquisition of other assets that are located in a Designated
Country, then such proceeds shall not be deemed Net Cash Proceeds that are subject to the
mandatory prepayment provisions of Section 2.13 except to the extent not so used at the end
of the Reinvestment Period, at which time such proceeds shall be deemed Net Cash Proceeds
that are subject to the mandatory prepayment provisions of Section 2.13; and

     provided further, however, that if (A) such proceeds result from a Holdings Asset Sale
or Holdings Recovery Event to the extent involving assets, rights or other property of a
Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Opco Loan Party, (B) the terms of any Indebtedness of
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Subsidiary require that an amount equal to the amount of such proceeds be applied to
repay such Indebtedness, (C) the Borrower uses an amount equal to the amount of such
proceeds to repay such Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary solely to the extent
required thereby and, if such repaid Indebtedness is revolving credit Indebtedness, to
correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto, within 365 days of receipt of such
proceeds and (D) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of the
application of an amount equal to such proceeds, then such amount of proceeds shall not be
deemed Net Cash Proceeds that are subject to the mandatory prepayment provisions of Section
2.13(b) except to the extent not so used at the end of such 365-day period, at which time an
amount equal to such proceeds shall be deemed Net Cash Proceeds that are subject to the
mandatory prepayment provisions of Section 2.13(b). In addition, notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Net Asset Sale Proceeds result from one or more Holdings Asset Sales of
Equity Interests of an Excluded Project Subsidiary that does not own (directly or indirectly
through its ownership interest in any other Excluded Project Subsidiary) a Facility (other
than the Facility that is being developed, constructed or acquired with such Net Asset Sale
Proceeds), then such Net Asset Sale Proceeds shall be deemed not to be Net Cash Proceeds
that are subject to the mandatory prepayment provisions of Section 2.13(b) to the extent
that such Net Asset Sale Proceeds are used to finance the development, repowering,
construction or acquisition of such Excluded Project Subsidiary’s Facility; and

     (b) with respect to any issuance or incurrence of Indebtedness, the cash proceeds
thereof, net of any and all taxes and fees, commissions, costs and other expenses incurred
by the Borrower in connection therewith.

     “Net Income” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, the net income (loss)
of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred
stock dividends or accretion, excluding, however, (a) any gain or loss, together with any related
provision for taxes on such gain or loss, realized in connection with (i) any Asset Sale (without
giving effect to the threshold provided for in the definition thereof) or (ii) the disposition of
any securities by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any
Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and (b) any extraordinary gain
(but not loss), together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain (but not
loss).

     “Non-Consenting Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
9.08(c).

     “Non-Recourse Indebtedness” shall mean (a) Existing Non-Recourse Indebtedness of any
subsidiary of the Company existing as of the Closing Date and (b) Additional Non-Recourse
Indebtedness of any subsidiary of the Company that is not an Opco Loan Party.

     “NRG Collateral Trust Agreement” shall mean the Collateral Trust Agreement dated as of
the Closing Date (as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement), executed and delivered by the Company
and each other Opco Loan Party, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

     “NRG Collateral Trustee” shall mean Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, acting as
collateral trustee under the NRG Collateral Trust Agreement, or its successors appointed in
accordance with the terms thereof.

     “NRG Power Marketing” shall mean NRG Power Marketing Inc., a Delaware corporation that
is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

     “NYPSC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.23(f).

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     “NYPSC Subject Company” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.23(f).

     “Opco Collateral” shall mean all assets of the Opco Loan Parties, now owned or
hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any Opco Loan Document from
time to time.

     “Opco Credit Agreement” shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
dated as of June 8, 2007, among the Company, the lenders party thereto, Citigroup Global Markets
Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as joint book runners and joint lead arrangers,
Citicorp North America Inc., as administrative agent and as collateral agent, and Credit Suisse, as
syndication agent, as it shall be amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified
from time to time.

     “Opco Credit Agreement Date” shall mean November 21, 2006.

     “Opco Lenders” shall mean the “Lenders” from time to time under (and as defined in)
the Opco Credit Agreement.

     “Opco Loan Documents” shall mean the “Loan Documents” as defined in the Opco Credit
Agreement.

     “Opco Loan Party” shall mean (a) at any time that any Indebtedness (other than
contingent obligations not then due and payable) under the Opco Credit Agreement shall be
outstanding, any “Loan Party” under and as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement from time to time
and (b) at any time that any Indebtedness (other than contingent obligations not then due and
payable) under the Opco Credit Agreement shall cease to be outstanding, the Company and each of its
subsidiaries that most recently were “Loan Parties” under the Opco Credit Agreement as it existed
immediately prior to the termination thereof; provided that the Company may continue to
designate any such Opco Loan Party as an “Excluded Subsidiary” or an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” in
accordance with (and subject to) the provisions of this Agreement in which case it shall from and
after such time cease to be an Opco Loan Party.

     “Opco Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean any subsidiary of the Company that shall be
designated as a “Restricted Subsidiary” under (and in accordance with the provisions of) the Opco
Credit Agreement from time to time.

     “Opco Specified Hedging Agreement” shall mean a “Specified Hedging Agreement” under
and as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement.

     “Opco Subsidiary Guarantor” shall mean any Opco Loan Party other than the Company.

     “Opco Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall mean any subsidiary of the Company that shall be
designated as an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” under (and in accordance with the provisions of) the
Opco Credit Agreement from time to time.

     “Other Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or
any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies (including interest, fines, penalties
and additions to tax) arising from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution,
delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document.

     “Parity Lien Debt” shall mean (a) the Existing Commodity Hedging Agreements; (b) any
other Indebtedness consisting of Commodity Hedging Obligations that is permitted to be incurred
under Section 6.01 and secured by a second priority Lien permitted under Section 6.02; and (c) any
secured Indebtedness that is permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01(p) and secured by a second
priority Lien

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permitted under Section 6.02; provided, in the case of Indebtedness referred to in
clauses (b) and (c), that (i) such Indebtedness is governed by an agreement that includes a Sharing
Confirmation and (ii) all requirements set forth in the Collateral Trust Agreement as to the
confirmation, grant or perfection of the Liens granted to the Collateral Trustee, for the benefit
of the applicable secured parties, to secure such Indebtedness or obligations in respect thereof
are satisfied (and the satisfaction of such requirements and the other provisions of this clause
(ii) shall be conclusively established, for purposes of entitling the holders of such Indebtedness
to share Equally and Ratably with the other holders of Parity Lien Debt in the benefits and
proceeds of the Collateral Trustee’s Liens on the Collateral, if the Company delivers to the
Collateral Trustee an officers’ certificate stating that such requirements and other provisions
have been satisfied and that such Indebtedness is Parity Lien Debt and/or Second Lien Debt, as
applicable).

     “Parity Lien Obligations” shall mean Parity Lien Debt and all other obligations in
respect thereof.

     “PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in
ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.

     “Perfection Certificate” shall mean the Pre-Closing UCC Diligence Certificate in
respect of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit H or any other form reasonably
approved by the Collateral Agent.

     “Permitted Acquisition” shall mean any acquisition, by merger or otherwise, by the
Borrower, the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary of assets or Capital Stock after the
Closing Date, so long as, (a) such acquisition and all transactions related thereto shall be
consummated in accordance with all Applicable Laws; (b) such acquisition shall result in the issuer
of such Capital Stock becoming a Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary; (c)
after giving effect to such acquisition, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing; and (d) each of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio of the Borrower and the Consolidated
Interest Coverage Ratio of the Borrower for the Borrower’s most recently ended Test Period for
which financial statements are publicly available immediately preceding the date of such
acquisition would have been no more than 6.50 to 1.00 and no less than 1.50 to 1.00, respectively,
determined on a pro forma basis as if such acquisition (and any Indebtedness incurred in connection
therewith or from the end of such Test Period through the date on which such calculation is made)
had occurred on the first day of the applicable Test Period and was outstanding on such calculation
date.

     “Permitted Asset Swap” shall mean any transfer of Equity Interests or properties or
other assets (other than any such Equity Interests, properties or other assets constituting Core
Collateral) by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in which at least 75% of the
consideration received by the transferor or any of its Affiliates (provided that such Affiliate
shall be (x) a Restricted Subsidiary and (y) if the applicable transferor is an Opco Loan Party, an
Opco Loan Party) consists of Equity Interests or properties or other assets (other than cash or
Cash Equivalents) useful in the Permitted Business; provided that the aggregate Fair Market
Value of the Equity Interests or property or other assets being transferred by the Borrower or such
Restricted Subsidiary is not greater than the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Equity Interests
or properties or other assets received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in such
transfer.

     “Permitted Business” shall mean the business of holding, acquiring, constructing,
managing, developing, improving, maintaining, leasing, owning and operating Facilities, together
with any related assets or facilities, and any other business conducted by the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, as well as any other activities reasonably related,
ancillary, incidental or complementary to any of the foregoing activities (including acquiring and
holding reserves), including investing in Facilities.

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     “Permitted Environmental Control Lease” shall mean a lease and leaseback or sale and
leaseback transaction undertaken in connection with the issuance of pollution or waste control
systems bonds the proceeds of which shall be used by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary to
finance the purchase, construction and/or installation of emissions control equipment for the
assets so leased and leased-back (or sold and leased-back, as applicable) in which such assets are
leased or sold to any Governmental Authority issuing such bonds (or its designee) by the Borrower
or such Restricted Subsidiary and simultaneously leased-back to the Borrower or such Restricted
Subsidiary (as the case may be); provided that (a) any pre-existing Liens on such assets shall not
be extinguished as a result of such lease and leaseback (or sale and leaseback, as applicable)
transaction, (b) the Governmental Authority issuing such bonds (or its designee) shall take an
interest in the relevant property, subject to such pre-existing Liens, and (c) the terms and
conditions of such transaction and all related transactions shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.

     “Permitted Itiquira Indebtedness” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
definition of “Itiquira Refinancing”.

     “Permitted Liens” shall mean

     (a) Liens held by the applicable Collateral Trustee on assets of the Company or any other Opco
Loan Party securing (i) obligations of the Company or such other Opco Loan Party under the Opco
Credit Agreement or the other Opco Loan Documents or relating to obligations under any Opco
Specified Hedging Agreements and (ii) secured obligations of the Company or such other Opco Loan
Party relating to Revolver Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(a);

     (b) second priority Liens on assets of the Company or any other Opco Loan Party held by the
applicable Collateral Trustee Equally and Ratably securing Parity Lien Debt and other Parity Lien
Obligations;

     (c) Liens on Equity Interests or assets of Excluded Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness and
other obligations of Excluded Subsidiaries that was permitted by the terms of this Agreement to be
incurred;

     (d) Liens (i) in favor of the Borrower, the Company or any of the other Opco Loan
Parties, (ii) incurred by Excluded Project Subsidiaries in favor of any other Excluded Project
Subsidiary and (iii) incurred by Excluded Foreign Subsidiaries in favor of any other Excluded
Foreign Subsidiary;

     (e) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds,
performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of
business;

     (f) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by Section
6.01(d) hereof covering only the assets acquired with or financed by such Indebtedness;

     (g) Liens existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.02;

     (h) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent
or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and
diligently concluded; provided that any reserve or other provision as is required in
conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;

     (i) Liens imposed by law (other than those described in clause (h) above), such as carriers’,
warehousemen’s, landlords’ and mechanics’ Liens;

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     (j) survey exceptions, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses,
rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or
zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real property that were not incurred in connection
with Indebtedness and that do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said
properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;

     (k) Liens to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this
Agreement; provided, however, that such Lien shall be limited to all or part of the
same property and assets that secured or, under the written agreements pursuant to which the
original Lien arose, could secure the original Lien (plus improvements and accessions to
such property or proceeds or distributions thereof);

     (l) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security;

     (m) Liens encumbering deposits made to secure obligations arising from statutory, regulatory,
contractual or warranty requirements of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
including rights of offset and set-off;

     (n) leases or subleases granted to others that do not materially interfere with the ordinary
course of business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

     (o) inchoate statutory Liens arising under ERISA incurred in the ordinary course of business;

     (p) Liens existing on the assets of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, or
existing on assets acquired, pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition to the extent the Liens on such
assets secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(q); provided that such Liens attach at
all times only to the same assets that such Liens attached to, and secure only the same
Indebtedness that such Liens secured, immediately prior to such Permitted Acquisition;

     (q)(i) Liens placed upon the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower
acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition to secure Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other
Restricted Subsidiary incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(r) in connection with such Permitted
Acquisition and (ii) Liens placed upon the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary to secure a
guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary of any such Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other
Restricted Subsidiary;

     (r) Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents (i) deposited by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in margin accounts with or on behalf of futures contract brokers or paid over to other
counterparties or (ii) pledged or deposited as collateral to a contract counterparty or issuer of
surety bonds or issuer of letters of credit by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
in each case to secure obligations with respect to (A) contracts for commercial and trading
activities in the ordinary course of business and contracts (including physical delivery, option
(whether cash or financial), exchange, swap and futures contracts) for the purchase, transmission,
transportation, distribution, sale, lease or hedge of any fuel-related or power-related commodity
or service or (B) Commodity Hedging Agreements;

     (s) Liens arising from UCC financing statements filed on a precautionary basis in respect of
operating leases intended by the parties to be true leases (other than any such leases entered into
in violation of this Agreement);

     (t) Liens on assets and Equity Interests of a subsidiary of the Company that is an Excluded
Subsidiary as of the Closing Date;

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     (u) Liens granted in favor of Xcel Energy, Inc. pursuant to the Xcel Indemnification
Agreements as in effect on the Closing Date on the Collateral (as defined in the Xcel
Indemnification Agreements) held by Xcel thereunder;

     (v) first priority Liens held by the applicable Collateral Trustee (and subject to the terms
of the applicable Collateral Trust Agreement) to secure Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section
6.01(p) that, together with (i) any additional loans or commitments incurred under Section 2.25 of
the Opco Credit Agreement (or any other similar Section of the Opco Credit Agreement in which
pre-approved and/or incremental commitments and loans which were not committed or made as of the
Closing Date are committed or made by lenders thereunder after the Closing Date) and (ii) any
Parity Lien Debt incurred under Section 6.01(p) and secured by a Lien permitted under clause (b) of
this definition, does not exceed at any one time outstanding the greater of (1) $720,000,000 and
(2) an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the period of four consecutive
fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred
multiplied by 30%;

     (w) Liens on cash deposits and other funds maintained with a depositary institution, in each
case arising in the ordinary course of business by virtue of any statutory or common law provision
relating to banker’s liens, including Section 4-210 of the UCC;

     (x) any restrictions on any Equity Interest or Project Interest of a Person providing for a
breach, termination or default under any owners, participation, shared facility, joint venture,
stockholder, membership, limited liability company or partnership agreement between such Person and
one or more other holders of Equity Interests or Project Interests of such Person, if a security
interest or other Lien is created on such Equity Interest or Project Interest as a result thereof
and other similar Liens and restrictions described in Section 6.07(b)(ix) and 6.07(c)(I);

     (y) any Liens on Excluded Assets described in clause (xiii) of the definition thereof set
forth in the Opco Credit Agreement;

     (z) Liens to secure Environmental CapEx Debt or Necessary CapEx Debt permitted by Section
6.01(v) that encumber only the assets purchased, installed or otherwise acquired with the proceeds
of such Environmental CapEx Debt or Necessary CapEx Debt;

     (aa) Liens on assets or securities granted or deemed to arise in connection with and solely as
a result of the execution, delivery or performance of contracts to purchase or sell such assets or
securities if such purchase or sale is otherwise permitted hereunder;

     (bb) Liens on assets of the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary with respect to
obligations (other than in respect of Indebtedness) that do not exceed $60,000,000 at any one time
outstanding;

     (cc) Liens on assets of the Borrower that do not exceed $60,000,000 at any one time
outstanding;

     (dd) Liens and options to acquire the “Switchyard Area” of the Webster Plant owned by NRG
Texas LLC;

     (ee) Liens in favor of any Securitization Vehicle or its assignee or agent (including any
lenders to such Securitization Vehicle) on South Central Securitization Assets transferred or
purported to be transferred to such Securitization Vehicle in connection with a South Central
Securitization permitted by Section 6.04;

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     (ff) those Liens or other exceptions to title, in either case on or in respect of any facility
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, arising as a result of any shared facility agreement entered
into with respect to such facility, except to the extent that any such Liens or exceptions,
individually or in the aggregate, materially adversely affect the value of the relevant property or
materially impair the use of the relevant property in the operation of the business of the Borrower
or such Subsidiary;

     (gg) Liens securing Eligible Commodity Hedging Agreements that are pari passu with the Liens
securing the Priority Lien Obligations (as defined in the NRG Collateral Trust Agreement) under the
Opco Loan Documents so long as (x) any counterparty thereto joins the Collateral Trust Agreements
pursuant to the terms thereof or in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
and (y) such Lien is granted in compliance with the terms and provisions of the Collateral Trust
Agreements, including Section 3.8(c) of the NRG Collateral Trust Agreement; and

     (hh) Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents.

     “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” shall mean any Indebtedness of the Borrower or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to
refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge, other Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that (a) the
principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does
not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness extended,
refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus all accrued and unpaid interest
on such Indebtedness and the amount of all expenses and premiums incurred in connection therewith);
(b) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or
greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (provided that amortization payments of up to 1%
per annum shall be excluded for purposes of calculating the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of
any such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness); (c) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is subordinated in right of payment to the obligations
hereunder, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the
obligations hereunder on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the
documentation governing the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or
refunded; (d) such Indebtedness is incurred either by the Borrower (and may be guaranteed by any
subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent permitted by Section 6.01(i)) or by the Restricted
Subsidiary who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced,
defeased or refunded; and (e)(i) if the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced is
earlier than the Term Loan Maturity Date, the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated
Maturity no earlier than the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced or (ii) if the
Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced is later than the Term Loan Maturity Date, the
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity at least 91 days later than the Term Loan
Maturity Date.

     “Permitted Tax Lease” shall mean a lease and leaseback or sale and leaseback
transaction undertaken by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a PILOT
Agreement, which will yield tax savings to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary during the
term of the Term Loans; provided that (a) no Indebtedness for borrowed money shall be incurred in
connection with such transaction, (b) any pre-existing Liens on the property subject to the
transaction shall not be extinguished as a result of such lease and leaseback (or sale and
leaseback, as applicable) transaction, (c) the Governmental Authority party to such lease and
leaseback or sale and leaseback transactions (or its designee) shall take an interest in the
relevant property subject to such pre-existing Liens, and (d) the terms and conditions of such
transaction and all related transactions shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.

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     “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or
government or other entity.

     “PILOT Agreement” shall mean a payment-in-lieu of tax agreement entered into between
the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and a Governmental Authority.

     “Pledged Securities” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral
Agreement.

     “Preferred Stock” shall mean (i) the 4% Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, par
value $0.01 per share, of the Company (or, following the Holdings Reorganization, the Borrower),
(ii) the 3.625% Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company
(or, following the Holdings Reorganization, the Borrower) and (iii) the Mandatory Convertible
Preferred Stock, in each case issued on or prior to the Closing Date.

     “Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to
time by The Wall Street Journal as the “base rate on corporate loans posted by at least 75% of the
nation’s 30 largest banks” (or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases quoting a base rate of the type
described, the highest per annum rate of interest published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal
Reserve statistical release H.15 (519) entitled “Selected Interest Rates” as the Bank prime loan
rate or its equivalent); each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective as of the opening of
business on the date such change is publicly announced as being effective. The Prime Rate is a
reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually available.

     “Project Interest” shall mean any undivided interest in a Facility.

     “Pro Rata ECF Percentage” shall mean the percentage that the outstanding principal
amount of Term Loans constitutes of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Term Loans and
outstanding Term Loans (under and as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement).

     “Prudent Industry Practice” shall mean those practices and methods as are commonly
used or adopted by Persons in the Permitted Business in the United States in connection with the
conduct of the business of such industry, in each case as such practices or methods may evolve from
time to time, consistent with all Requirements of Law.

     “PUCT” shall mean the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

     “PUHCA” shall mean the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, effective February 8, 2006.

     “PURPA” shall mean the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time.

     “QF” shall mean a “qualifying facility” under PURPA.

     “Qualified Counterparty” shall mean, (a) with regard to any Specified Hedging
Agreement in existence on the Closing Date, any counterparty thereto that, as of the Closing Date,
was a Lender, an Agent, CGMI, an Arranger or the Syndication Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender, an
Agent, CGMI, an Arranger or the Syndication Agent and (b) with respect to any Specified Hedging
Agreement entered into on or after the Closing Date, any counterparty thereto that, at the time
such Specified Hedging Agreement

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was entered into, was a Lender, an Agent, CGMI, an Arranger or the Syndication Agent or an
Affiliate of a Lender, an Agent, CGMI, an Arranger or the Syndication Agent.

     “Rate” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Type.

     “Recovery Event” shall mean the receipt of cash proceeds by the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any settlement of or payment in respect of (a) any property
or casualty insurance claim or (b) any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or
similar proceeding of or relating to any property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary.

     “Reference Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Available
Amount.

     “Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(d).

     “Regulation T” shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and
all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

     “Regulation U” shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and
all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

     “Regulation X” shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and
all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

     “Reinvestment Period” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition
of “Net Cash Proceeds”.

     “Related Fund” shall mean, with respect to any Lender that is a fund that invests in
bank loans, any other fund that invests in bank loans and is advised or managed by such Lender, an
Affiliate of such Lender, the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such
investment advisor.

     “Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s
Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, trustees, employees, agents and advisors of such
Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

     “Release” shall mean any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, injection,
pouring, emptying, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, escaping, leaching or
migration into or through the environment or within or upon any building, structure, facility or
fixture.

     “Repayment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(a).

     “Requested Prepayment Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.13(e).

     “Required Lenders” shall mean, at any time, Lenders having Term Loans and unused Term
Loan Commitments representing at least a majority of the sum of all Term Loans outstanding and
unused Term Loan Commitments at such time.

     “Required Prepayment Percentage” shall mean (a) in the case of any Holdings Asset Sale
or Holdings Recovery Event, 100%; (b) in the case of any issuance or other incurrence of
Indebtedness (except for Indebtedness permitted to be issued or incurred pursuant to Section 6.01),
100%; and (c) in the case of any Excess Cash Flow, 75% or, if on the date of the applicable
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Leverage Ratio of the Borrower is less than or equal to 4.25 to 1.00 but greater
than 3.00 to 1.00, 50%, or, if on the date of the applicable prepayment, the Consolidated Leverage
Ratio of the Borrower is less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00 but greater than 2.50 to 1.00, 25%, or,
if on the date of the applicable prepayment, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio of the Borrower is
less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00, 0%.

     “Restricted Subsidiary” of a specified Person shall mean, with respect to such Person,
any subsidiary of that Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary from time to time. Unless
otherwise indicated, any reference to a “Restricted Subsidiary” shall be deemed to be a reference
to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, (a) after the Holdings Reorganization, the Company shall be a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Borrower at all times and (b) the Company and all of the Opco Restricted Subsidiaries shall be
(or, prior to the Holdings Reorganization, shall be deemed to be) Restricted Subsidiaries of the
Borrower at any time that any Indebtedness (other than contingent obligations not then due and
payable) under the Opco Credit Agreement shall be outstanding.

     “Retained Prepayment Amount” shall mean, on any date, an amount equal at such time to
(a) the sum of (1) on and after the Company shall have provided its calculation of the Excess Cash
Flow for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006 pursuant to Section 5.04(c) of the Opco Credit
Agreement, an amount equal to such Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year multiplied by 75%
and (2) without duplication of the amount described in clause (1), all amounts that are offered to
the Term Lenders and/or the Opco Lenders and retained by the Borrower and/or Company after all
mandatory prepayments, returns, reductions and cash collateralizations are made pursuant to
Sections 2.13(d), 2.13(e) and 2.13(f) of the Opco Credit Agreement or Sections 2.13(d) and 2.13(e)
of this Agreement after the “Closing Date” (as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement as of the date
hereof) and on or prior to such date (other than any amounts that are offered to the Term Lenders
and/or the Opco Lenders and retained by the Borrower and/or Company in connection with any required
prepayment offer made under Section 2.13(d) of the Opco Credit Agreement or Section 2.13(d) of this
Agreement with respect to any fiscal period that does not end on the last day of any fiscal year)
minus (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of any Investments made by the Borrower or
any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.05(h) after the Closing Date and on or prior to
such date, (ii) the aggregate amount of any Dividends made by the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.06(d)(iii) after the Closing Date and on or prior to such date and
(iii) the aggregate amount of any prepayments, repurchases and redemptions made by the Borrower or
any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.07(a)(vi) after the Closing Date and on or prior
such date.

     “Revolver Refinancing Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness issued or incurred under a
new revolving credit facility (a “New Revolver”) that refinances, refunds, extends, renews
or replaces Revolving Credit Commitments under and as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement;
provided that (a) the available commitments under such New Revolver shall not exceed
$1,200,000,000, (b) the Company shall be the only borrower under such New Revolver and the Opco
Subsidiary Guarantors shall be the only guarantors, if any, with respect thereto, (c) unless such
New Revolver shall be incurred within six months of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date under and as
defined in the Opco Credit Agreement, such New Revolver contains covenants and events of default
which, taken as a whole, are determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Company to be
the same in all material respects as (or less restrictive than) the covenants and events of default
contained in the Opco Credit Agreement and (d) the Indebtedness under such New Revolver, if
secured, is secured only by Liens on the Opco Collateral granted in favor of the Collateral Trustee
that are subject to the terms of the Collateral Trust Agreement.

     “Sale of Core Collateral” shall mean any Asset Sale involving a sale or other
disposition of Core Collateral.

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     “S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, Inc. or any successor entity.

     “Second Lien Debt” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Texas Genco
Collateral Trust Agreement.

     “Secured Parties” shall mean the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the
Syndication Agent, the Lenders and, with respect to any Specified Hedging Agreement, any Qualified
Counterparty that has agreed to be bound by the provisions of Article VIII hereof and Section 7.2
of the Collateral Agreement as if it were a party hereto or thereto; provided that no
Qualified Counterparty shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any
Collateral or the obligations of the Borrower under the Collateral Agreement.

     “Securities Account” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the UCC.

     “Securitization Vehicle” shall mean a Person that is a direct wholly owned Subsidiary
of the Company or of any other Restricted Subsidiary (a) formed for the purpose of effecting a
South Central Securitization, (b) to which the Company and/or any other Restricted Subsidiary
transfers South Central Securitization Assets and (c) which, in connection therewith, issues Third
Party Securities; provided that (i) such Securitization Vehicle shall engage in no business other
than the purchase of South Central Securitization Assets pursuant to the South Central
Securitization permitted by Section 6.04, the issuance of Third Party Securities or other funding
of such South Central Securitization and any activities reasonably related thereto and (ii) such
Securitization Vehicle shall be an Unrestricted Subsidiary under this Agreement and an
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” under each of the Opco Credit Agreement and each Senior Note Document.

     “Security Documents” shall mean the Collateral Agreement, the Mortgages, the Control
Agreements, the Intellectual Property Security Agreements, and each of the other security
agreements, pledges, mortgages, assignments (collateral or otherwise), consents and other
instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing or pursuant to
Section 5.09 or 5.10.

     “Sellers’ Retained Interests” means the debt and/or equity interests (including any
intercompany notes) held by the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary in a Securitization
Vehicle to which South Central Securitization Assets have been transferred in a South Central
Securitization permitted by Section 6.04, including any such debt or equity received as
consideration for, or as a portion of, the purchase price for the South Central Securitization
Assets transferred, and any other instrument through which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
has rights to or receives distributions in respect of any residual or excess interest in the South
Central Securitization Assets.

     “Senior Debt” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, all Total Debt of such
Person that is not subordinated in right of payment to the obligations under this Agreement or
under the Opco Credit Agreement.

     “Senior Note Documents” shall mean the indenture under which the Senior Notes are
issued and all other instruments, agreements and other documents evidencing or governing the Senior
Notes or providing for any Guarantee or other right in respect thereof, in each case as the same
may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

     “Senior Notes” shall mean each of (i) the Company’s 7.375% Senior Notes due 2016 (ii)
the Company’s 7.250% Senior Notes due 2014 and (iii) the Company’s 7.375% Senior Notes due 2017, in
each case including any notes issued by the Company in full exchange for, and as contemplated by,
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Senior Notes with substantially identical terms as such Senior Notes in an aggregate amount
not to exceed $4,700,000,000.

     “Sharing Confirmation” shall mean, as applicable, (i) a “Sharing Confirmation” as
defined in the NRG Collateral Trust Agreement and/or (ii) a “Lien Sharing and Priority
Confirmation” as defined in the Texas Genco Collateral Trust Agreement.

     “Significant Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that would be a “significant
subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the
Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the Closing Date and shall in any event include
the Core Collateral Subsidiaries.

     “South Central Securitization” shall mean any transaction or series of transactions
entered into by the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to which the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, sells, conveys, assigns, grants an interest in or
otherwise transfers, from time to time, to one or more Securitization Vehicles the South Central
Securitization Assets (and/or grants a security interest in such South Central Securitization
Assets transferred or purported to be transferred to such Securitization Vehicle), and which
Securitization Vehicle finances the acquisition of such South Central Securitization Assets (i)
with proceeds from the issuance of Third Party Securities, (ii) with the issuance to the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary of Sellers’ Retained Interests or an increase in such Seller’s Retained
Interests or (iii) with proceeds from the sale or collection of South Central Securitization
Assets.

     “South Central Securitization Assets” shall mean any accounts receivable originated or
expected to be originated by (and owed to) the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary (in each
case whether now existing or arising or acquired in the future) arising from the installation of
pollution control equipment for the removal or reduction of mercury, SO2,
NOx  and/or other pollutants in the Company’s Big Cajun facilities in
Louisiana and any ancillary assets (including contract rights) which are of the type customarily
conveyed with, or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection
with, such accounts receivable in a securitization transaction and which are sold, transferred or
otherwise conveyed by the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary to a Securitization
Vehicle. 

     “SPC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(i).

     “Specified Facility” means each of the following Facilities, or any part thereof: (a)
the Facilities held on the “Closing Date” (as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement as of the date
hereof) by Vienna Power LLC, Meriden Gas Turbine LLC, Norwalk Power LLC, Connecticut Jet Power LLC
(excluding the assets located at the Cos Cob site), Devon Power LLC, Montville Power LLC (including
the Capital Stock of the entities owning such Facilities provided that such entities do not hold
material assets other than the Facilities held on the “Closing Date” (as defined in the Opco Credit
Agreement as of the date hereof)); (b) the following Facilities, or any part thereof: P.H.
Robinson, H.O. Clarke, Webster, Unit 3 at Cedar Bayou, Unit 2 at T.H. Wharton; and (c) the Capital
Stock of the following subsidiaries of the Company if such subsidiary holds no assets other than
the Capital Stock of a Foreign Subsidiary of the Company: NRG Latin America, Inc., NRG
International LLC, NRG Insurance Ltd. (Cayman Islands), NRG Asia Pacific, Ltd., NRG International
II Inc. and NRG International III Inc.

     “Specified Hedging Agreement” shall mean any Interest Rate/Currency Hedging Agreement
of the type described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition thereof entered into by the Borrower
and any Qualified Counterparty.

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     “Sponsor Preferred Stock” shall mean the shares of the Company’s (or, following the
Holdings Reorganization, the Borrower’s) preferred stock issued pursuant to the terms of the
Purchase Agreement (as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement on the date hereof).

     “Stated Maturity” shall mean, with respect to any installment of interest or principal
on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled
to be paid in the documentation governing such Indebtedness as of the Closing Date, and will not
include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal
prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

     “Statutory Reserves” shall mean a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of
which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate
of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental
reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board and any other banking authority, domestic
or foreign, to which the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including any branch, Affiliate or
other fronting office making or holding a Term Loan) is subject for eurocurrency funding (currently
referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Eurodollar Term Loans
shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements
without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time
to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. Statutory Reserves
shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve
percentage.

     “subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any Person (herein referred to as the
“parent”), any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association or other
entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or
more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general partnership interests
are, at the time any determination is being made, owned, controlled or held by the parent or one or
more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

     “Subsidiary” shall mean any subsidiary (direct or indirect) of the Borrower.

     “Syndication Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

     “Synthetic Lease Obligations” shall mean all monetary obligations of a Person under
(a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease or (b) an agreement for the use
or possession of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) creating obligations which do not
appear on the balance sheet of such Person, but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such
Person, would be characterized as Indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting
treatment).

     “Tax Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

     “Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
deductions, charges, liabilities or withholdings (including interest, fines, penalties or additions
to tax) imposed by any Governmental Authority.

     “Term Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Term Loans.

     “Term Lender” shall mean a Lender with a Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Term
Loan.

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     “Term Loan Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if
any, of such Lender to make Term Loans hereunder as set forth on the Lender Addendum delivered by
such Lender, or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed its Term
Loan Commitment, as applicable, as the same may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to
Section 2.09 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such
Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial aggregate amount of all Term Loan Commitments on the
Closing Date is $1,000,000,000.

     “Term Loan Commitment Termination Date” shall mean December 28, 2007.

     “Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean the seventh anniversary of the Funding Date.

     “Term Loans” shall mean the term loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.01(a).

     “Test Period” shall mean, for any determination under this Agreement, the four
consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower or the Company, as applicable, then last ended.

     “Texas Genco Collateral Trust Agreement” shall mean the Collateral Trust Agreement
dated as of the Closing Date (as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement), as the same may be amended,
restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the
terms thereof.

     “Texas Genco Collateral Trustee” shall mean Wachovia Bank, National Association,
acting as collateral trustee under the Texas Genco Collateral Trust Agreement, or its successors
appointed in accordance with the terms thereof.

     “Third Party Securities” shall mean, with respect to any South Central Securitization,
notes, bonds or other debt instruments, beneficial interests in a trust, undivided ownership
interests in receivables or other securities issued for cash consideration by the relevant
Securitization Vehicle to banks, financing conduits, investors or other financing sources (other
than the Company or any subsidiary of the Company except in respect of the Seller’s Retained
Interest) the proceeds of which are used to finance, in whole or in part, the purchase by such
Securitization Vehicle of South Central Securitization Assets in a South Central Securitization.
The amount of any Third Party Securities shall be deemed to equal the aggregate principal, stated
or invested amount of such Third Party Securities which are outstanding at such time.

     “Total Debt” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person at any time, the
aggregate amount of Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding at such
time, in the amount that would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared at such time on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that (i) Total Debt
will exclude all Indebtedness of Excluded Subsidiaries (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not
Guarantees of such Indebtedness by the Borrower, the Company or the other Opco Loan Parties), (ii)
with respect to Hedging Obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, Total Debt will
include only the amount of payments that any such Person is required to make, on the date Total
Debt is being determined, as a result of an early termination or similar event in respect of
outstanding Hedging Obligations of such Person and (iii) for the avoidance of doubt, the undrawn
amount of all outstanding letters of credit (including Funded Letters of Credit and Revolving
Letters of Credit (each as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement)) shall not be included in Total
Debt.

     “Transactions” shall mean, collectively, (a) the execution, delivery and performance
by the Borrower of the Loan Documents, (b) the borrowings hereunder and the use of proceeds of each
of the foregoing, (c) the granting of Liens pursuant to the Security Documents, (d) the Holdings
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and the Holdings Contribution and (e) any other transactions related to or entered into in
connection with any of the foregoing.

     “Type”, when used in respect of any Term Loan or Term Borrowing, shall refer to the
Rate by reference to which interest on such Term Loan or on the Term Loans comprising such Term
Borrowing is determined. For purposes hereof, the term “Rate” shall include the Adjusted
LIBO Rate and the Alternate Base Rate.

     “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York or
any other applicable jurisdiction.

     “Uniform Customs” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.07.

     “Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall mean any subsidiary of the Borrower (other than any
subsidiary of the Company that constitutes or owns Core Collateral) that is designated by the Board
of Directors (or any committee thereof) of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a
board or committee resolution, but only to the extent that such subsidiary (a) has no Indebtedness
other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness (it being understood that for purposes of this definition,
Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01(x) shall not disqualify Indebtedness of a Securitization
Vehicle from being “Non-Recourse Indebtedness”); (b) except as permitted by Section 6.08 hereof, is
not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or
understanding are no less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that
might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Borrower; (c) is a Person
with respect to which neither the Borrower nor any of the Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or
indirect obligation to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such
Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results except as otherwise permitted by this
Agreement; and (d) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support
for any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries except as otherwise
permitted by this Agreement. Any designation of a subsidiary of the Borrower as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by filing with the Administrative Agent a
certified copy of the board or committee resolution giving effect to such designation and an
officers’ certificate certifying that such designation complied with the conditions set forth in
Section 6.11 and was permitted by Section 6.05. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary fails
to meet the requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement and any Indebtedness of such subsidiary of
the Borrower will be deemed to be incurred by an Restricted Subsidiary as of such date and, if such
Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date by Section 6.01, the Borrower will be
in default of such covenant. The Board of Directors (or any committee thereof) of the Borrower may
at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided
that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary
of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation will only be
permitted if (A) such Indebtedness is permitted by Section 6.01, calculated on a pro forma basis as
if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period; and (B) no
Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation. Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (x) the Company may not be an Unrestricted Subsidiary
of the Borrower and (y) all of the Opco Unrestricted Subsidiaries from time to time shall be (or
shall be deemed to be) Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower at any time that any Indebtedness
(other than contingent obligations not then due and payable) under the Opco Credit Agreement shall
be outstanding.

     “Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date shall mean the Capital Stock of such
Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such
Person.

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     “Weighted Average Life to Maturity” shall mean, when applied to any Indebtedness at
any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (a) the sum of the products obtained by
multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or
other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the
Indebtedness, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse
between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of
such Indebtedness.

     “wholly owned subsidiary” of any specified Person shall mean a subsidiary of such
Person of which securities (except for directors’ qualifying shares or securities held by foreign
nationals as required by applicable law) or other ownership interests representing 100% of the
Equity Interests are, at the time any determination is being made, owned, controlled or held by
such Person or one or more wholly owned subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or
more wholly owned subsidiaries of such Person; a “wholly owned Subsidiary” shall mean any
wholly owned subsidiary of the Borrower.

     “Withdrawal Liability” shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a
complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of
Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

     “Xcel Indemnification Agreements” shall mean the Indemnification Agreements each dated
as of December 5, 2003, by and among Xcel Energy Inc., Northern States Power Company and the
Company, which was approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York on
November 24, 2003, each as amended on November 8, 2006.

     SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally. The definitions in Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both the
singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun
shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”,
“includes” and “including”, and words of similar import, shall not be limiting and shall be deemed
to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the
same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed
as having the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all rights and interests in tangible
and intangible assets and properties of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed,
including cash, securities, Equity Interests, accounts and contract rights. The word “control”,
when used in connection with the Collateral Agent’s rights with respect to, or security interest
in, any Collateral, shall have the meaning specified in the UCC with respect to that type of
Collateral. The words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be
construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. All references herein to Articles, Sections,
Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and
Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, (a) any definition of, or reference to, any Loan Document or any other
agreement, instrument or document in this Agreement shall mean such Loan Document or other
agreement, instrument or document as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements, supplements or
modifications set forth herein) and (b) all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be
construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided,
however, that if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower wishes to
amend any covenant in Article VI or any related definition to eliminate the effect of any change in
GAAP occurring after the Closing Date on the operation of such covenant (or if the Administrative
Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders wish to amend Article VI or any related
definition for such purpose), then the Borrower’s compliance with such covenant shall be determined
on the basis of GAAP in effect immediately before the relevant change in GAAP became effective,
until either such
notice is withdrawn or such covenant is amended in a manner satisfactory to the Borrower and
the Required Lenders.

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     SECTION 1.03. Classification of Term Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Term
Loans may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Term Loan”). Borrowings also
may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Borrowing”).

     SECTION 1.04. Pro Forma Calculations. All pro forma calculations permitted or required to be made
by the Borrower, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement shall (a)
include only (i) those adjustments that would be permitted or required by Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or (ii) reductions in costs and related adjustments that have
been actually realized or are projected by the Borrower’s Chief Financial Officer in good faith to
result from reasonably identifiable and factually supportable actions or events, but only if such
reductions in costs and related adjustments are so projected by the Borrower to be realized during
the consecutive four-quarter period commencing after the transaction giving rise to such
calculation and (b) be certified to by a Financial Officer of the Borrower as having been prepared
in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made in
light of circumstances at the time made.

     SECTION 1.04. Exchange Rates. For purposes of determining compliance under Article VI with respect
to any amount in a foreign currency, the U.S. dollar-equivalent amount thereof will be calculated
based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect at the time of such incurrence. The maximum
amount of Indebtedness, Liens, Investments and other basket amounts that the Borrower, the Company
and their Subsidiaries may incur under Article VI shall not be deemed to be exceeded, with respect
to any outstanding Indebtedness, Liens, Investments and other basket amounts, solely as a result of
fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies, if as of the initial date of calculation the
Borrower determined that each such maximum amount had not been exceeded. When calculating capacity
for the incurrence of additional Indebtedness, Liens, Investments and other basket amounts by the
Borrower, the Company and their Subsidiaries under Article VI the exchange rate of currencies shall
be measured as of the date of calculation.

ARTICLE II.

The Credits

     SECTION 2.01. Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and relying upon the
representations and warranties set forth herein, each Term Lender agrees, severally and not
jointly, to fund a Term Loan to the Borrower on the Funding Date in a principal amount equal to its
Term Loan Commitment (or such lower amount requested by the Borrower in accordance with Section
2.03 below); provided that, there shall only be a single Funding Date and such Funding Date
shall be required to occur on or prior to the Term Loan Commitment Termination Date. Amounts paid
or prepaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.

     SECTION 2.01. Term Loans. (a) Each Term Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Term Loans of
the same Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Term Loan
Commitments; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender to make any Term
Loan required to be made by it shall not in itself relieve any other Lender of its obligation to
lend hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender shall be responsible for the failure
of any other Lender to make any Term Loan required to be made by such other Lender).

     (b) Subject to Sections 2.08 and 2.15, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Term
Loans or Eurodollar Term Loans as the Borrower may request pursuant to Section 2.03. Each Lender
may at its option make any Eurodollar Term Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or
Affiliate of such Lender to make such Term Loan; provided that any exercise of such option
shall (i) not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Term Loan in accordance with the
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Agreement, (ii) not result in increased costs for the Borrower pursuant to Sections
2.14, 2.15, 2.16 or 2.20 and (iii) take into account the obligations of each Lender to mitigate
increased costs pursuant to Section 2.21 hereof. Borrowings of more than one Type may be
outstanding at the same time; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be
entitled to request any Borrowing that, if made, would result in more than 5 Eurodollar Borrowings
outstanding hereunder at any time. For purposes of the foregoing, Borrowings having different
Interest Periods, regardless of whether they commence on the same date, shall be considered
separate Borrowings.

     (c) Each Lender shall make each Term Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date
thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account in New York City as the
Administrative Agent may designate not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, and the
Administrative Agent shall promptly credit the amounts so received to an account designated by the
Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request or, if a Borrowing shall not occur on such date
because any condition precedent herein specified shall not have been met, return the amounts so
received to the respective Lenders.

     (d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the date
of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s
portion of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such
portion available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with
paragraph (c) of this Section and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption,
make available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If the Administrative Agent
shall have so made funds available then, to the extent that such Lender shall not have made such
portion available to the Administrative Agent, such Lender and the Borrower severally agree to
repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with
interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but
excluding the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at (i) in the case of the
Borrower, the interest rate applicable at the time to the Term Loans comprising such Borrowing (in
lieu of interest which would otherwise become due to such Lender pursuant to Section 2.06) or (ii)
in the case of such Lender, a rate determined by the Administrative Agent to represent its cost of
overnight or short-term funds (which determination shall be conclusive absent clearly demonstrable
error). If such Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such
amount shall constitute such Lender’s Term Loan as part of such Borrowing for purposes of this
Agreement.

     SECTION 2.03. Borrowing Procedure. In order to request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent by telephone (promptly confirmed by fax) or shall hand deliver or fax to the
Administrative Agent a duly completed Borrowing Request (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing,
not later than 12:00 (noon), New
York City time, three Business Days before a proposed Borrowing and (b) in the case of an ABR
Borrowing, not later than 12:00 (noon), New York City time, one Business Day before a proposed
Borrowing. Each Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable, shall be signed by or on behalf of the
Borrower and shall specify the following information: (i) whether the Borrowing then being
requested is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing or an ABR Borrowing; (ii) the date of such Borrowing
(which shall be a Business Day that shall occur on or prior to the Term Loan Commitment Termination
Date); (iii) the number and location of the account to which funds are to be disbursed; (iv) the
amount of such Borrowing which shall be in integral multiples of $1,000,000; and (v) if such
Borrowing is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period with respect thereto;
provided, however, that, notwithstanding any contrary specification in any
Borrowing Request, each requested Borrowing shall comply with the requirements set forth in Section
2.02. If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified in any such notice, then the
requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period with respect to any
Eurodollar Borrowing is specified in any such notice, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have
selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. The Administrative Agent shall

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promptly
advise the applicable Lenders of any notice given in accordance with this Section 2.03 (and the
contents thereof), and of each Lender’s portion of the requested Borrowing.

     SECTION 2.04. Repayment of Term Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) The Borrower hereby
unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the
principal amount of each Term Loan of such Lender made to the Borrower as provided in Section 2.11.

     (b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts
evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Term Loan made by
such Lender to the Borrower, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to
such Lender from time to time under this Agreement, and shall provide copies of such accounts to
the Borrower upon its reasonable request (at the Borrower’s sole cost and expense).

     (c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it will record (i) the amount of
each Term Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii)
the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the
Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative
Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender’s share thereof, and shall provide copies of such
accounts to the Borrower upon its reasonable request (at the Borrower’s sole cost and expense).

     (d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this
Section shall be conclusive evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations therein
recorded absent clearly demonstrable error; provided, however, that the failure of
any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in
any manner affect the obligations of the Borrower to repay the Term Loans in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.

     (e) Any Lender may request that Term Loans made by it hereunder be evidenced by a promissory
note. In such event, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note
payable to such Lender and its registered assigns in the form of Exhibit J, or any other form
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, in the event any Lender shall request and receive such a promissory note, the interests
represented by such note shall at all times (including after any assignment of all or part of such
interests pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes payable to the
payee named therein or its registered assigns.

     SECTION 2.05. Fees. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to each Lender, through the Administrative
Agent, on the last day of the Commitment Fee Period, a commitment fee (a “Commitment Fee”)
equal to the Commitment Fee Rate on the average daily unused amount of the Term Loan Commitments of
such Lender during the Commitment Fee Period; provided that, the Commitment Fee shall only
accrue during the Commitment Fee Period. All Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of the
actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days.

     (b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, the fees in
the amounts and at the times from time to time agreed to in writing by the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent, including pursuant to the Fee Letter (the “Administrative Agent
Fees”).

     (c) [Reserved].

     (d) [Reserved].

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     (e) All Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the
Administrative Agent for distribution, if and as appropriate, among the Lenders. Once paid, none
of the Fees actually owed and due shall be refundable under any circumstances.

     SECTION 2.06. Interest on Term Loans. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.07, the
outstanding Term Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest (computed on the basis of
the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, when the
Alternate Base Rate is determined by reference to the Prime Rate and over a year of 360 days at all
other times) at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable
Margin.

     (b) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.07, the Term Loans comprising each Eurodollar
Borrowing shall bear interest (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a
year of 360 days) at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in
effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin.

     (c) Interest on each Term Loan shall be payable on the Interest Payment Dates applicable to
such Term Loan except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. Subject to Section 2.08, the
applicable Alternate Base Rate or Adjusted LIBO Rate for each Interest Period, as the case may be,
shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall, absent clearly
demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.

     SECTION 2.07. Default Interest. If the Borrower shall default in the payment of the principal of or
interest on any Term Loan or any other amount becoming due and payable hereunder or under any other
Loan Document, by acceleration or otherwise, the Borrower shall on demand from time to time pay
interest, to the extent permitted by law, on such defaulted amount to but excluding the date of
actual payment (after as well as before judgment) (a) in the case of overdue principal, at the rate
otherwise applicable to such Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.06 plus 2.00% per annum and
(b) in all other cases, at a rate per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days
elapsed over a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, when determined by reference to the
Prime Rate and over a year of 360 days at all other times) equal to the rate that would be
applicable to an ABR Term Loan plus 2.00%.

     SECTION 2.08. Alternate Rate of Interest. In the event, and on each occasion, that prior to the
commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing (a) the Administrative Agent shall
have determined that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Adjusted LIBO
Rate for such Interest Period or (b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders
reasonably and in good faith that the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period will not
adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Term Loans
included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period, then the Administrative Agent shall, as soon
as practicable thereafter, give written or fax notice of such determination to the Borrower and the
Lenders. In the event of any such notice, until the Administrative Agent shall have advised the
Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such written or fax notice no longer
exist, (i) any request by the Borrower for a Eurodollar Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.03 or 2.10
shall be deemed to be a request for an ABR Borrowing and (ii) any Interest Period election that
requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar
Borrowing shall be ineffective. Each determination by the Administrative Agent under this Section
2.08 shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding on all parties
hereto.

     SECTION 2.09. Termination and Reduction of Commitments. (a) Unless previously terminated in
accordance with the terms hereof, (i) the Term Loan Commitments shall automatically terminate upon
the funding of any Term Loans on the Funding Date or (ii) if not terminated earlier, the

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Term Loan
Commitments shall automatically terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Term Loan
Commitment Termination Date.

     (b) Upon at least three Business Days’ prior irrevocable written or fax notice to the
Administrative Agent, the Borrower may at any time in whole permanently terminate, or from time to
time permanently reduce, in each case without premium or penalty, the Term Loan Commitments;
provided that, each partial reduction in the Term Loan Commitments shall be in an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 and in a minimum amount of $5,000,000.

     (c) Each reduction in the Term Loan Commitments hereunder shall be made ratably among the
applicable Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Percentage. The Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lender, on the date of each termination or
reduction, the Commitment Fees on the amount of the Commitments so terminated or reduced accrued to
but excluding the date of such termination or reduction in accordance with the terms hereof.

     SECTION 2.10. Conversion and Continuation of Borrowings. The Borrower shall have the right at any
time upon prior irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent (a) not later than 12:00 (noon), New
York City time, one Business Day prior to conversion, to convert any Eurodollar Borrowing of the
Borrower into an ABR Borrowing, (b) not later than 12:00 (noon), New York City time, three Business
Days prior to conversion or continuation, to convert any ABR Borrowing of the Borrower into a
Eurodollar Borrowing or to continue any Eurodollar Borrowing of the Borrower as a Eurodollar
Borrowing for an additional Interest Period and (c) not later than 12:00 (noon), New York City
time, three Business Days prior to conversion, to convert the Interest Period with respect to any
Eurodollar Borrowing of the Borrower to another permissible Interest Period, subject in each case
to the following:

     (i) each conversion or continuation shall be made pro rata among the Lenders in
accordance with the respective principal amounts of the Term Loans comprising the converted
or continued Borrowing;

     (ii) if less than all the outstanding principal amount of any Borrowing shall be
converted or continued, then each resulting Borrowing shall satisfy the limitations
specified in Sections 2.02(b) and 2.03 regarding the principal amount and maximum number of
Borrowings of the relevant Type;

     (iii) each conversion shall be effected by each Lender and the Administrative Agent by
recording for the account of such Lender the new Term Loan of such Lender resulting from
such conversion and reducing the Term Loan (or portion thereof) of such Lender being
converted by an equivalent principal amount; accrued and unpaid interest on any Eurodollar
Term Loan (or portion thereof) being converted shall be paid by the Borrower at the time of
conversion;

     (iv) if any Eurodollar Borrowing is converted at a time other than the end of the
Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall pay, upon demand, any amounts due to
the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.16;

     (v) any portion of a Borrowing maturing or required to be repaid in less than one month
may not be converted into or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing;

     (vi) any portion of a Eurodollar Borrowing that cannot be converted into or continued
as a Eurodollar Borrowing by reason of the immediately preceding clause shall be
automatically converted at the end of the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing into
an ABR Borrowing;

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     (vii) no Interest Period may be selected for any Eurodollar Term Borrowing that would
end later than a Repayment Date occurring on or after the first day of such Interest Period
if, after giving effect to such selection, the aggregate outstanding amount of the sum of
(A) the Eurodollar Term Borrowings with Interest Periods ending on or prior to such
Repayment Date and (B) the ABR Term Borrowings would not be at least equal to the principal
amount of Term Borrowings to be paid on such Repayment Date; and

     (viii) after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, no
outstanding Term Loan may be converted into, or continued as, a Eurodollar Term Loan.

     Each notice pursuant to this Section 2.10 shall be irrevocable and shall refer to this
Agreement and specify (i) the identity and amount of the Borrowing that the Borrower requests be
converted or continued, (ii) whether such Borrowing is to be converted to or continued as a
Eurodollar Borrowing or an ABR Borrowing, (iii) if such notice requests a conversion, the date of
such conversion (which shall be a Business Day) and (iv) if such Borrowing is to be converted to or
continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period with respect thereto. If no Interest
Period is specified in any such notice with respect to any conversion to or continuation as a
Eurodollar Borrowing, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one
month’s duration. The Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of any notice given pursuant
to this Section 2.10 and of each Lender’s portion of any converted or continued Borrowing. If the
Borrower shall not have given notice in accordance with this Section 2.10 to continue any Borrowing
into a subsequent Interest Period (and shall not otherwise have given notice in accordance with
this Section 2.10 to convert such Borrowing), such Borrowing shall, at the end of the Interest
Period applicable thereto (unless repaid pursuant to the terms hereof), automatically be converted
or continued into an ABR Borrowing.

     SECTION 2.11. Repayment of Term Borrowings. (a) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative
Agent, for the account of the Term Lenders, a principal amount of the Term Loans (as adjusted from
time to time pursuant to Sections 2.12 and 2.13(e)) in an aggregate amount equal to the sum of the
principal amount of Term Loans made on the Funding Date multiplied by 0.25% on each full fiscal
quarter ending after the Funding Date and prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date (each, a
“Repayment Date”) with the remainder to be payable on the Term Loan Maturity Date, together
in each case with accrued and unpaid interest and Fees on the amount to be paid to but excluding
the date of such payment.

     (b) [Reserved].

     (c) To the extent not previously paid, all Term Loans shall be due and payable on the Term
Loan Maturity Date, together with accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be paid to
but excluding the date of payment.

     (d) All repayments pursuant to this Section 2.11 shall be subject to Section 2.16, but shall
otherwise be without premium or penalty.

     SECTION 2.12. Prepayment. (a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to
time to prepay any Borrowing, in whole or in part, subject to the provisions of paragraph (d)
below, upon at least three Business Days’ prior written or fax notice (or telephone notice promptly
confirmed by written or fax notice) in the case of Eurodollar Term Loans, or written or fax notice
(or telephone notice promptly confirmed by written or fax notice) at least one Business Day prior
to the date of prepayment in the case of ABR Term Loans, to the Administrative Agent before 11:00
a.m., New York City time; provided, however, that each partial prepayment shall be
in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000.

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     (b) Optional prepayments of Term Loans shall be applied against the remaining scheduled
installments of principal due in respect of the Term Loans as directed by the Borrower.

     (c) Each notice of prepayment shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of
each Borrowing (or portion thereof) to be prepaid, shall be irrevocable and shall commit the
Borrower to prepay such Borrowing by the amount stated therein on the date stated therein;
provided that a notice of prepayment may state that such prepayment is conditioned upon the
effectiveness of other credit facilities or any other event, in which case such notice may be
revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified
prepayment date) if such condition is not satisfied. All prepayments and failures to prepay under
this Section 2.12 shall be subject to Section 2.16. All prepayments under this Section 2.12 shall
be accompanied by accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be prepaid to but
excluding the date of payment.

     (d) Any (i) amendment, amendment and restatement or other modification of this Agreement
consummated after the Funding Date but on or prior to the first anniversary of the Funding Date or
(ii) voluntary prepayment of all but not less than all of the Term Loans consummated after the
Funding Date but on or prior to the first anniversary of the Funding Date with the proceeds of a
substantially concurrent issuance or incurrence of new bank loans (which voluntary prepayment shall
be deemed to have occurred even if a portion of the Term Loans are replaced, converted or
re-evidenced with, into or by such new loans so long as all but not less than all of the Term Loans
are so prepaid) the effect of which, in the case of either clause (i) or clause (ii), is to
decrease the Applicable Margin with respect to the Term Loans,
shall be accompanied by a fee payable to the Term Lenders (which shall include any
Non-Consenting Lender that is repaid in connection with any such amendment or amendment and
restatement) in an amount equal to 1.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans then
outstanding only if such amendment, prepayment, replacement, conversion or re-evidencing is not
otherwise undertaken in connection with another material transaction or series of related material
transactions.

     SECTION 2.13. Mandatory Prepayments. (a) [Reserved].

     (b) Not later than the tenth Business Day following receipt of Net Cash Proceeds from (A) the
completion of any Holdings Asset Sale, or (B) the occurrence of any Holdings Recovery Event, the
Borrower shall offer to prepay outstanding Term Loans in an amount equal to the Required Prepayment
Percentage multiplied by the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds that is received, such prepayment to
be made in accordance with Section 2.13(e). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the amount of Net
Cash Proceeds from the completion of any such Holdings Asset Sale or the occurrence of any such
Holdings Recovery Event required to be used to offer to prepay outstanding Term Loans pursuant to
this clause (b) is less than $10,000,000, such application of such Net Cash Proceeds may be
deferred until such time as the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds plus the aggregate amount
of all Net Cash Proceeds received thereafter from the completion of any such Holdings Asset Sale or
the occurrence of any such Holdings Recovery Event required to be so applied under this clause (b)
aggregates at least $10,000,000, at which time the Borrower shall apply the aggregate amount of all
such deferred Net Cash Proceeds to prepay outstanding Term Loans, such offer to prepay to be made
in accordance with Section 2.13(e).

     (c) In the event that the Borrower shall receive Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance or other
incurrence of Indebtedness of the Borrower (other than Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section
6.01), the Borrower shall, substantially simultaneously with (and in any event not later than the
tenth Business Day next following) the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds by the Borrower, apply an
amount equal to the Required Prepayment Percentage of such Net Cash Proceeds to offer to prepay
outstanding Term Loans, such offer to prepay to be made in accordance with Section 2.13(e).

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     (d) No later than ten days following the earlier of (i) 90 days after the end of each fiscal
year, commencing with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2008, and (ii) the date on which the
financial statements with respect to such period are delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a)
(commencing with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2008), the Borrower shall offer to prepay
(and prepay) outstanding Term Loans, such offer to prepay (and prepayment) to be made in accordance
with Section 2.13(e), in an aggregate principal amount equal to (x) the Required Prepayment
Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for the fiscal year then ended (the “Base Annual ECF Sweep
Amount”) minus (y) the aggregate amount of any voluntary prepayments of Term Loans
(under and as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement) made pursuant to Section 2.12 of the Opco
Credit Agreement during such fiscal year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall have
the option to calculate Excess Cash Flow for one or more fiscal quarters of any fiscal year (with
respect to such fiscal quarter or any other immediately preceding fiscal quarter or fiscal quarters
during such fiscal year for which Excess Cash Flow had not previously been so calculated and the
prepayment offer in accordance with Section 2.13(d) and Section 2.13(e) below had not previously
been made); provided that in the event that the Borrower shall exercise such option, (i) no
later than ten days following the earlier of (A) 45 days after the end of the applicable fiscal
quarter and (B) the date on which financial statements with respect to such applicable fiscal
quarter are delivered pursuant Section 5.04(b), the Borrower shall offer to prepay outstanding Term
Loans, such offer of prepayment to be made in accordance with Section 2.13(e), in an aggregate
principal amount equal to (x) the Required Prepayment Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for the
applicable fiscal period then ended minus (y) the aggregate amount of any voluntary
prepayments of Term Loans (under and as defined in the
Opco Credit Agreement) made pursuant to Section 2.12 of the Opco Credit Agreement during such
applicable fiscal period and (ii) the Borrower shall continue to be required to make the offer to
prepay (and prepayment) described in the first sentence of this paragraph (d) following the end of
the applicable fiscal year in accordance with the provisions described above (provided that
the amount of Term Loans that the Borrower shall be required to prepay and offer to prepay with
respect to the Excess Cash Flow in respect of such fiscal year shall be governed by the proviso in
the first sentence of Section 2.13(e)). The Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent with
written notice of any election described in the immediately preceding sentence to calculate Excess
Cash Flow (and make the required prepayment and prepayment offer) as of the end of any fiscal
quarter of any fiscal year no later than the earlier of (i) 45 days after the end of the applicable
fiscal quarter and (ii) the date on which financial statements with respect to such applicable
fiscal period are delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(b). For purposes of this Section 2.13(d), the
term “fiscal period” shall mean a period of one or more consecutive fiscal quarters.

     (e) Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, but subject to the right
of each Term Lender to elect to decline all or any portion of any prepayment pursuant to Section
2.13(b), 2.13(c) or Section 2.13(d) as described below, the amount to be prepaid on any date
pursuant to Section 2.13(b), 2.13(c) or 2.13(d) shall be applied to the prepayment (to the extent
required to be so applied) of all Term Loans outstanding on such date; provided that,
notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in the case of any prepayment pursuant
to Section 2.13(d) in respect of a fiscal year (as opposed to any other fiscal period), on the date
of any prepayment offer that is required to be made pursuant to such Section in respect of a fiscal
year ended, (a) the Company shall be required to prepay outstanding Term Loans (under and as
defined in the Opco Credit Agreement) by an amount equal to, if positive, (i)(A) 50% of the Base
Annual ECF Sweep Amount for such fiscal year minus (B) the aggregate amount of any
voluntary prepayment of Term Loans (under and as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement) made
pursuant to Section 2.12 of the Opco Credit Agreement during such applicable fiscal year
(“Mandatory ECF Payment”) minus (ii) any amount that had been offered to, accepted
by and prepaid to the Term Lenders (under and as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement) at any time
during such fiscal year pursuant to clause (i) of the second sentence of Section 2.13(d) of the
Opco Credit Agreement (such amount set forth in the preceding clause (ii) in respect of such fiscal
year, the “Early Paid Amount”), and the Term Lenders (under and as defined in the Opco
Credit Agreement) shall have no right to decline all or any portion of such required prepayment
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and (b) the Borrower shall be required to offer to the Term
Lenders, and the Term Lenders shall have the right to decline all or any portion of such offered
amount, an amount equal to, (x) (A) if the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans is greater
than or equal to $500,000,000 as of the end of such fiscal year, the Pro Rata ECF Percentage of the
Base Annual ECF Sweep Amount for such fiscal year and (B) if the outstanding principal amount of
Term Loans is less than $500,000,000, 0% of the Base Annual ECF Sweep Amount for such fiscal year
minus in each case (y) if the Early Paid Amount for such fiscal year was more than the
Mandatory ECF Payment for such fiscal year, the amount by which such Early Paid Amount exceeded the
Mandatory ECF Payment.

No later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, within the earlier of three Business Days (A) prior to
the applicable prepayment date or (B) after the Borrower has offered prepayment of the Term Loans
hereunder, each Term Lender may provide written notice to the Administrative Agent either (i)
setting forth the maximum amount of the aggregate amount of its Term Loans that it wishes to have
prepaid on such date pursuant to this Section (the “Requested Prepayment Amount”) or (ii)
declining in its entirety any prepayment on such date pursuant to this Section. In the event that
any Term Lender shall fail to provide such written notice to the Administrative Agent within the
time period specified above, such Term Lender shall be deemed to have elected a Requested
Prepayment Amount equal to its ratable share of such mandatory prepayment (determined based on the
percentage of the aggregate amount of all Term Loans represented by such Term Lender’s Term Loans
as determined immediately prior to such prepayment and without taking into account any Requested
Prepayment Amount of any other Lender). In
the event that the amount of any mandatory prepayment to be made pursuant to this Section shall be
equal to or exceed the aggregate amount of all Requested Prepayment Amounts of all Term Lenders
electing (or deemed to be electing) such a prepayment, each Term Lender electing (or deemed to be
electing) such a prepayment shall have an amount of its Term Loans prepaid that is equal to such
Term Lender’s Requested Prepayment Amount. In the event that the amount of any mandatory
prepayment to be made pursuant to this Section shall be less than the aggregate amount of all
Requested Prepayment Amounts of all Term Lenders electing (or deemed to be electing) such a
prepayment, each Term Lender electing (or deemed to be electing) such a prepayment shall have its
Term Loans prepaid in an amount equal to the product of (A) the amount of such mandatory prepayment
and (B) the percentage of the aggregate Requested Prepayment Amounts of all Term Lenders electing
(or deemed to be electing) such a prepayment represented by such Term Lender’s Requested Prepayment
Amount. Any residual amounts after any mandatory prepayments are made pursuant to this Section
2.13(e) shall be retained by the Borrower. Mandatory prepayments of outstanding Term Loans under
this Agreement shall be applied against the remaining scheduled installments due in respect of the
Term Loans under Section 2.11 as directed by the Borrower.

     (f) [Reserved].

     (g) The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, at the time of each prepayment
required under this Section 2.13, (i) a certificate signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower
setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of the amount of such prepayment and (ii) to the
extent practicable, at least ten days prior written notice of such prepayment, (and the
Administrative Agent shall promptly provide the same to each Lender. Each notice of prepayment
shall specify the prepayment date, the Type of each Term Loan being prepaid and the principal
amount of each Term Loan (or portion thereof) to be prepaid. All prepayments of Borrowings
pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall be accompanied by accrued and unpaid interest on the principal
amount to be paid to but excluding the date of payment and shall be subject to Section 2.16, but
shall otherwise be without premium or penalty.

     SECTION 2.14. Reserve Requirements; Change in Circumstances. (a) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, if any Change in Law shall:

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     (i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar
requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by,
any Lender or the Administrative Agent, or

     (ii) impose on any Lender or the Administrative Agent or the London interbank market
any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Term Loans made by such Lender
(except any such reserve requirement which is reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate),

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or
maintaining any Eurodollar Term Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Term Loan)
or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of
principal, interest or otherwise) by an amount reasonably deemed by such Lender or the
Administrative Agent to be material, then the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, promptly upon demand such additional amount or amounts as
will compensate such Lender, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction
suffered.

     (b) If any Lender or the Administrative Agent shall have determined that any Change in Law
regarding capital adequacy has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such
Lender’s or
the Administrative Agent’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Administrative
Agent’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Terms Loans made by such
Lender to a level below that which such Lender or the Administrative Agent or such Lender’s or the
Administrative Agent’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into
consideration such Lender’s or the Administrative Agent’s policies and the policies of such
Lender’s or the Administrative Agent’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy) by an
amount reasonably deemed by such Lender or the Administrative Agent to be material, then from time
to time the Borrower shall pay to such Lender or the Administrative Agent as the case may be, such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Administrative Agent or such
Lender’s or the Administrative Agent’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

     (c) A certificate of a Lender or the Administrative Agent setting forth the amount or amounts
reasonably determined by such Person to be necessary to compensate such Lender or the
Administrative Agent or its holding company, as applicable, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of
this Section, the calculations and criteria applied to determine such amount or amounts, and other
documentation or information reasonably supporting the conclusions in such certificate, shall be
delivered to the Borrower and shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and
binding. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, the
amount or amounts shown as due on any such certificate delivered by it within 10 days after its
receipt of the same.

     (d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to demand
compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the
Administrative Agent’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall
not be under any obligation to compensate any Lender or the Administrative Agent under paragraph
(a) or (b) above for increased costs or reductions with respect to any period prior to the date
that is 270 days prior to such request; provided further that the foregoing
limitation shall not apply to any increased costs or reductions arising out of the retroactive
application of any Change in Law within such 270-day period. The protection of this Section shall
be available to each Lender and the Administrative Agent regardless of any possible contention of
the invalidity or inapplicability of the Change in Law that shall have occurred or been imposed.

     SECTION 2.15. Change in Legality. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
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Eurodollar Term
Loan or to give effect to its obligations as contemplated hereby with respect to any Eurodollar
Term Loan, then, by written notice to the Borrower (which notice shall include documentation or
information in reasonable detail supporting the conclusions in such notice) and to the
Administrative Agent:

     (i) such Lender may declare that Eurodollar Term Loans will not thereafter (for the
duration of such unlawfulness) be made by such Lender hereunder (or be continued for
additional Interest Periods and ABR Term Loans will not thereafter (for such duration) be
converted into Eurodollar Term Loans), whereupon any request for a Eurodollar Borrowing (or
to convert an ABR Borrowing to a Eurodollar Borrowing or to continue a Eurodollar Borrowing
for an additional Interest Period) shall, as to such Lender only, be deemed a request for an
ABR Term Loan (or a request to continue an ABR Term Loan as such for an additional Interest
Period or to convert a Eurodollar Term Loan into an ABR Term Loan, as the case may be),
unless such declaration shall be subsequently withdrawn; and

     (ii) such Lender may require that all outstanding Eurodollar Term Loans made by it be
converted to ABR Term Loans, in which event all such Eurodollar Term Loans shall be
automatically converted to ABR Term Loans as of the effective date of such notice as
provided in paragraph (b) below.

In the event any Lender shall exercise its rights under (i) or (ii) above, all payments and
prepayments of principal that would otherwise have been applied to repay the Eurodollar Term Loans
that would have been made by such Lender or the converted Eurodollar Term Loans of such Lender
shall instead be applied to repay the ABR Term Loans made by such Lender in lieu of, or resulting
from the conversion of, such Eurodollar Term Loans. Any such conversion of a Eurodollar Term Loan
under (i) above shall be subject to Section 2.16.

     (b) For purposes of this Section 2.15, a notice to the Borrower by any Lender shall be
effective as to each Eurodollar Term Loan made by such Lender, if lawful, on the last day of the
Interest Period then applicable to such Eurodollar Term Loan; in all other cases such notice shall
be effective on the date of receipt by the Borrower.

     SECTION 2.16. Indemnity. The Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against any loss or expense that
such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) any event, other than a default by such
Lender in the performance of its obligations hereunder, which results in (i) such Lender receiving
or being deemed to receive any amount on account of the principal of any Eurodollar Term Loan prior
to the end of the Interest Period in effect therefor, (ii) the conversion of any Eurodollar Term
Loan to an ABR Term Loan, or the conversion of the Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar
Term Loan, in each case other than on the last day of the Interest Period in effect therefor or
(iii) any Eurodollar Term Loan to be made by such Lender (including any Eurodollar Term Loan to be
made pursuant to a conversion or continuation under Section 2.10) not being made after notice of
such Term Loan shall have been given by the Borrower hereunder, (any of the events referred to in
this clause (a) being called a “Breakage Event”) or (b) any default in the making of any
payment or prepayment required to be made hereunder. In the case of any Breakage Event, such loss
shall include, in the case of a Lender, an amount equal to the excess, as reasonably determined by
such Lender, of (i) its cost of obtaining funds for the Eurodollar Term Loan that is the subject of
such Breakage Event for the period from the date of such Breakage Event to the last day of the
Interest Period in effect (or that would have been in effect) for such Term Loan over (ii) the
amount of interest likely to be realized by such Lender in redeploying the funds released or not
utilized by reason of such Breakage Event for such period. A certificate of any Lender setting
forth any amount or amounts which such Lender believes it is entitled to receive pursuant to this
Section 2.16, including the calculations and criteria applied to determine such amount or amounts,
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documentation or information reasonably supporting the conclusions in such certificate,
shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and
conclusive and binding.

     SECTION 2.17. Pro Rata Treatment. Except as required under Section 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 or 2.20, each
Borrowing, each payment or prepayment of principal of any Borrowing, each payment of interest on
the Term Loans, each payment of the Commitment Fees, each reduction of the Term Loan Commitments
and each conversion of any Borrowing to or continuation of any Borrowing as a Borrowing of any Type
shall be allocated pro rata among the Lenders in accordance with their respective applicable Term
Loan Commitments (or, if such Term Loan Commitments shall have expired or been terminated, in
accordance with the respective principal amounts of their outstanding Term Loans). Each Lender
agrees that in computing such Lender’s portion of any Borrowing to be made hereunder, the
Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, round each Lender’s percentage of such Borrowing to
the next higher or lower whole dollar amount.

     SECTION 2.18. Sharing of Setoffs. Each Lender agrees that if it shall, through the exercise of a
right of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim against the Borrower, or pursuant to a secured claim
under Section 506 of Title 11 of the United States Code or other security or interest arising from,
or in lieu of, such secured claim, received by such Lender under any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law or otherwise, or by any other means, obtain payment (voluntary or
involuntary) in respect of any Term Loan as a result of which the unpaid principal portion of its
Term Loans shall be proportionately less than the unpaid principal portion of the Term Loans of any
other Lender, it shall be deemed simultaneously to have purchased from such other Lender at face
value, and shall promptly pay to such other Lender the purchase price for, a participation in the
Term Loans of such other Lender, so that the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans
and participations in Term Loans held by each Lender shall be in the same proportion to the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Term Loans then outstanding as the principal amount of its
Term Loans prior to such exercise of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim or other event was to
the principal amount of all Term Loans outstanding prior to such exercise of banker’s lien, setoff
or counterclaim or other event; provided, however, that if any such purchase or purchases
or adjustments shall be made pursuant to this Section 2.18 and the payment giving rise thereto
shall thereafter be recovered, such purchase or purchases or adjustments shall be rescinded to the
extent of such recovery and the purchase price or prices or adjustment restored without interest.
The Borrower expressly consents to the foregoing arrangements and agrees that any Lender holding a
participation in a Term Loan deemed to have been so purchased may exercise any and all rights of
banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim with respect to any and all moneys owing by the Borrower to
such Lender by reason thereof as fully as if such Lender had made a Term Loan directly to the
Borrower in the amount of such participation.

     SECTION 2.19. Payments. (a) The Borrower shall make each payment (including principal of or
interest on any Borrowing or any Fees or other amounts) hereunder and under any other Loan Document
not later than 12:00 (noon), New York City time, on the date when due in immediately available
dollars, without setoff, defense or counterclaim. Each such payment (other than payments pursuant
to Sections 2.14, 2.16 or 2.20, which at the election of the Borrower may be made directly to the
Lender claiming the benefit of any such Sections) shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its
offices at Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010 by wire transfer of immediately available
funds (or as otherwise agreed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent). The
Administrative Agent shall pay to each Lender any payment received on such Lender’s behalf promptly
after the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such payment. All payments hereunder and under each
other Loan Document shall be made in dollars .

     (b) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, whenever any payment (including principal
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Loan
Document shall become due, or otherwise would occur, on a day that is not a Business Day, such
payment may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such
case be included in the computation of interest or Fees, if applicable.

     SECTION 2.20. Taxes. (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, any and all payments by or on
account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made
free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes;
provided that if the Borrower shall be required to deduct or withhold any Indemnified Taxes
or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that
after making all required
deductions and withholdings (including deductions and withholdings applicable to additional
sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent or such Lender (as the case may be)
receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions and withholdings
been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make (or cause to be made) such deductions and withholdings and
(iii) the Borrower shall pay (or cause to be paid) the full amount deducted or withheld to the
relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. In addition, the Borrower
hereunder shall pay (or cause to be paid) any Other Taxes imposed other than by deduction or
withholding to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

     (b) [Reserved].

     (c) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, and each Lender, within 10 days
after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by
the Administrative Agent, or such Lender, as the case may be, or any of their respective
Affiliates, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower
hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or
asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest and
reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto whether or not such Indemnified Taxes
or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Government Authority.
A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability shall be delivered to the Borrower by a
Lender, or by the Administrative Agent on its behalf or on behalf of a Lender, promptly upon such
party’s determination of an indemnifiable event and such certificate shall be conclusive absent
clearly demonstrable error; provided that the failure to deliver such certificate shall not
affect the obligations of the Borrower under this Section 2.20(c) except to the extent the Borrower
is actually prejudiced thereby. Payment under this Section 2.20(c) shall be made within 15 days
from the date of delivery of such certificate; provided that the Borrower shall not be
obligated to make any such payment to the Administrative Agent, or the Lender (as the case may be)
in respect of penalties, interest and other liabilities attributable to any Indemnified Taxes or
Other Taxes if and to the extent that such penalties, interest and other liabilities are
attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent, or such
Lender or to the failure of the Administrative Agent, or a Lender to deliver a timely certificate
as to the amount of an indemnifiable liability.

     (d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the
Borrower to a Governmental Authority, and in any event within 60 days of such payment being due,
the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, the original or a certified copy of a
receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return
reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.

     (e) Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax
under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such
jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the
Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the reasonable written request of the
Borrower, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will
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withholding or at a reduced rate; provided that
such Lender is legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such documentation and in such
Lender’s judgment such completion, execution or delivery would not materially prejudice the legal
position of such Lender.

     In addition, each Foreign Lender shall (i) furnish on or before it becomes a party to this
Agreement either (a) two accurate and complete originally executed U.S. Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8BEN and/or Form W-8IMY, as applicable (or successor form) or (b) an accurate and complete
U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor form), certifying, in either case, to such
Foreign Lender’s legal entitlement to an exemption or reduction from U.S. federal withholding tax
with respect to
all interest payments hereunder, and (ii) provide a new Form W-8BEN and/or Form W-8IMY, as
applicable (or successor form) or Form W-8ECI (or successor form) upon the expiration or
obsolescence of any previously delivered form to reconfirm any complete exemption from, or any
entitlement to a reduction in, U.S. federal withholding tax with respect to any interest payment
hereunder; provided that any Foreign Lender that is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section
881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and is relying on the so-called “portfolio interest exemption” shall also
furnish a “Non-Bank Certificate” in the form of Exhibit I together with a Form W-8BEN (or successor
form). Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, a Foreign Lender shall not be
required to deliver any form pursuant to this paragraph that such Foreign Lender is not legally
able to deliver.

     (f) Any Lender that is a United States person, as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the
Internal Revenue Code, and is not an exempt recipient within the meaning of Treasury Regulations
Section 1.6049-4(c) shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) two
accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, or any successor
form that such person is entitled to provide at such time in order to comply with United States
back-up withholding requirements.

     (g) For purposes of this Section 2.20, in the case of any Lender that is treated as a
partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, any Taxes required to be deducted and withheld by
such Lender with respect to payments made by the Borrower under any Loan Document shall be treated
as Taxes required to be deducted by the Borrower, but only to the extent such Taxes would have been
required to be deducted and withheld by the Lender if it were treated as a corporation for U.S.
federal income tax purposes making such payments under the Loan Documents on behalf of the Borrower
and Excluded Taxes were defined by reference to the partner (treating the partner as a Foreign
Lender) to whom payments are made.

     (h) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Borrower hereunder, the
agreements and obligations of the Borrower contained in this Section 2.20 shall survive the payment
in full of all amounts due hereunder.

     SECTION 2.21. Assignment of Commitments Under Certain Circumstances; Duty to Mitigate. (a) In
the event (i) any Lender delivers a certificate requesting compensation pursuant to Section 2.14,
(ii) any Lender delivers a notice described in Section 2.15 or (iii) the Borrower is required to
pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority on account of any Lender
pursuant to Section 2.20, the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort (including with respect
to the processing and recordation fee referred to in Section 9.04(b)), upon notice to such Lender
and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to transfer and assign, without recourse (in
accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all of its interests,
rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such assigned
obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment);
provided that (x) such assignment shall not conflict with any law, rule or regulation or
order of any court or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction, (y) the Borrower shall have
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unreasonably be withheld or delayed, and (z) the Borrower or such assignee shall have paid to the
affected Lender in immediately available funds an amount equal to the sum of the principal of and
interest accrued to the date of such payment on the outstanding Term Loans of such Lender,
plus all Fees and other amounts accrued for the account of such Lender hereunder (including
any amounts under Section 2.14 and Section 2.16); provided further that, if prior
to any such transfer and assignment the circumstances or event that resulted in such Lender’s claim
for compensation under Section 2.14 or notice under Section 2.15 or the amounts paid pursuant to
Section 2.20, as the case may be, cease to cause such Lender to suffer increased costs or
reductions in amounts received or receivable or
reduction in return on capital, or cease to have the consequences specified in Section 2.15,
or cease to result in amounts being payable under Section 2.20, as the case may be (including as a
result of any action taken by such Lender pursuant to paragraph (b) below), or if such Lender shall
waive its right to claim further compensation under Section 2.14 in respect of such circumstances
or event or shall withdraw its notice under Section 2.15 or shall waive its right to further
payments under Section 2.20 in respect of such circumstances or event, as the case may be, then
such Lender shall not thereafter be required to make any such transfer and assignment hereunder.

     (b) If (i) any Lender, shall request compensation under Section 2.14, (ii) any Lender delivers
a notice described in Section 2.15 or (iii) the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount
to any Lender or any Governmental Authority on account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.20, then
such Lender shall use reasonable efforts (which shall not require such Lender to incur an
unreimbursed loss or unreimbursed cost or expense or otherwise take any action inconsistent with
its internal policies or legal or regulatory restrictions or suffer any disadvantage or burden
reasonably deemed by it to be significant) (x) to file any certificate or document reasonably
requested in writing by the Borrower or (y) to assign its rights and delegate and transfer its
obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if such filing or
assignment would reduce or eliminate its claims for compensation under Section 2.14 or enable it to
withdraw its notice pursuant to Section 2.15 or would reduce or eliminate amounts payable pursuant
to Section 2.20, as the case may be, in the future. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such filing or
assignment, delegation and transfer.

ARTICLE III.

Representations and Warranties

     The Borrower represents and warrants to the Arrangers, the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and each of the Lenders that:

     SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers. The Borrower, the Company and each of their Subsidiaries (a) is
duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction
of its organization or formation, (b) has all requisite power and authority, and the legal right,
to own and operate its property and assets, to lease the property it operates as lessee and to
carry on its business as now conducted and, except to the extent the failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, as proposed to be conducted, (c) is
qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such
qualification is required, except where the failure so to qualify, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (d) has the
power and authority, and the legal right, to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under
this Agreement, each of the other Loan Documents, and each other agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby or thereby to which it is or will be a party, including, in the case of the
Borrower, to borrow hereunder and to grant the Liens contemplated to be granted by it under the
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     SECTION 3.02. Authorization; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) have been duly authorized by all
requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company and, if required, stockholder,
partner or member action (assuming that prior to the Funding Date, the Transactions to occur on the
Funding Date have been authorized by the Capital Allocation Committee created by the Board of
Directors of the Company pursuant to resolutions delivered to the administrative agent under the
Opco Credit Agreement on the date hereof (the “Capital Allocation Committee”)), and (b) assuming at any time prior to the Funding Date that the consents
and approvals described in clause (c), (d) and (e) of Section 3.04 have been obtained, will not (i)
violate (A) any applicable provision of any material law, statute, rule or regulation, or of the
certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive documents or by-laws of the
Borrower, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries, (B) any order of any Governmental Authority or
arbitrator or (C) any provision of any indenture or any material agreement or other material
instrument to which the Borrower, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries is a party or by which
any of them or any of their property is or may be bound, (ii) be in conflict with, result in a
breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, or give
rise to any right to accelerate or to require the prepayment, repurchase or redemption of any
obligation under any such indenture or material agreement or other material instrument or (iii)
result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property or assets now
owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower (other than Liens created under the Security
Documents).

     SECTION 3.03. Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower
and constitutes, and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered by the Borrower will
constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower
in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’
rights generally and (including with respect to specific performance) subject to general principles
of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and to the
discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

     SECTION 3.04. Governmental Approvals. No action, consent or approval of, registration or filing
with, notice to, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority is or will be required in
connection with the Transactions, except for (a) the filing of UCC financing statements and filings
with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, (b)
recordation of the Mortgages if any, (c) such other actions specifically described in Section 3.19,
(d) prior to the Funding Date, such approval of FERC under Section 203 of the Federal Power Act as
may be required for the Transactions, (e) prior to the Funding Date, such approval of, or finding
that no approval is required by, the NYPSC as may be required for the Transactions, (f) prior to
the Funding Date, such consent of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission pursuant to Section 184 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and 10 C.F.R. § 50.80 in connection with the Transactions, (f) any
immaterial actions, consents, approvals, registrations or filings or (h) such as have been made or
obtained and are in full force and effect.

     SECTION 3.05. Financial Statements. (a) The Borrower has, on or prior to the Closing Date,
furnished to the Lenders (i) the Company’s consolidated balance sheets and statements of income and
stockholder’s equity as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006, December 31, 2005 and
December 31, 2004, in each case, audited by and accompanied by the opinion of KPMG LLP, independent
public accountants. Such financial statements present fairly in all material respects the
financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as
of such dates and for such periods. Such balance sheets and the notes thereto disclose all
material liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of
the dates thereof. Such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a
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     (b) The Borrower has heretofore delivered to the Lenders the Company’s unaudited pro forma
consolidated capitalization as of March 31, 2007, prepared giving effect to the Transactions as if
they had occurred on such date. Such pro forma capitalization statement (i) has been prepared in
good faith by the Borrower, based on the assumptions used to prepare the pro forma financial
information contained in the Confidential Information Memorandum (which assumptions are believed by
the Borrower on the Closing Date to be reasonable in all material respects) and (ii) presents
fairly in all material respects on a pro forma basis the estimated capitalization of the Company
and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date, assuming that the Transactions had actually
occurred at such date (it being understood that estimates (including pro forma financial
statements), by their nature, are inherently uncertain and that no assurances are being given that
such results will be achieved).

     SECTION 3.06. No Material Adverse Change. As of the Closing Date, no event, change or condition has
occurred that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect since
December 31, 2006. After the Closing Date, no event, change or condition has occurred that has
had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Funding Date Material Adverse Effect since the
Closing Date.

     SECTION 3.07. Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases. (a) The Borrower has good and
marketable title to, valid leasehold interests in, or a license or other right to use, all its
material properties and material assets that are included in the Collateral, free and clear of all
Liens or other exceptions to title other than Permitted Liens and minor defects in title that, in
the aggregate, are not substantial in amount and do not materially detract from the value of the
property subject thereto or interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently
conducted or to utilize such properties and assets for their intended purposes.

     SECTION 3.08. Subsidiaries. Schedule 3.08 sets forth as of the Closing Date (but giving effect to
the Transactions as if consummated on such date) a list of all Subsidiaries, including each
Subsidiary’s exact legal name (as reflected in such Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of
incorporation or other constitutive documents) and jurisdiction of incorporation or formation and
the percentage ownership interest of the Borrower (direct or indirect) therein, and identifies each
Subsidiary that is an Opco Loan Party as of the Closing Date. As of the Closing Date (but giving
effect to the Transactions as if consummated on such date), the shares of capital stock or other
Equity Interests so indicated on Schedule 3.08 are owned by the Borrower, directly or indirectly,
free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens created under the Security Documents and, in the case
of Equity Interests (other than Pledged Securities), Permitted Liens, and in respect of Pledged
Securities, the Permitted Liens set forth in clause (h) of the definition thereof) and all such
shares of capital stock are fully paid, and to the extent issued by a corporation, non-assessable.

     SECTION 3.09. Litigation; Compliance with Laws. (a) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.09,
there are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or by or before any arbitrator or
Governmental Authority now pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the
Borrower, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries or any business, property or material rights of
the Borrower, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries (i) that, as of the Closing Date, involve
any Loan Document or the Transactions or, at any time thereafter, involve any Loan Document or the
Transactions and which could reasonably be expected to be material and adverse to the interests of
the Borrower, the Company and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the Lenders, or (ii) as to
which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if
adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to
result in, as of the Closing Date, a Material Adverse Effect or, after the Closing Date, a Funding
Date Material Adverse Effect.

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     (b) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.09, none of the Borrower, the Company or any of their
Subsidiaries or any of their respective material properties or assets is in violation of any law,
rule or regulation (including any zoning, building, ordinance, code or approval or any building
permits), or is in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction, decree or order of any
Governmental Authority, where such violation or default, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to result in as of the Closing Date, a Material Adverse Effect or, after the
Closing Date, a Funding Date Material Adverse Effect (but not including, in each case, any
Environmental Law which is the subject of Section 3.17 or any energy regulation matter which is the
subject of Section 3.23).

     SECTION 3.10. Agreements. None of the Borrower, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries is in
default under any provision of any indenture or other agreement or instrument evidencing
Indebtedness, or any other material agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it
or any of its properties or assets are or may be bound, where such default, individually or in the
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

     SECTION 3.11. Federal Reserve Regulations. (a) None of the Borrower, the Company or any of
their Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its material activities, in the business of
extending credit for the purpose of buying or carrying Margin Stock.

     (b) No part of the proceeds of any Term Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and
whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, for purchasing or carrying Margin Stock or for the
purpose of purchasing, carrying or trading in any securities under such circumstances as to involve
the Borrower in a violation of Regulation X or to involve any broker or dealer in a violation of
Regulation T. No Indebtedness being reduced or retired out of the proceeds of any Term Loans was
or will be incurred for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. Following the
application of the proceeds of the Term Loans, Margin Stock will not constitute more than 25% of
the value of the assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries. None of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement will violate or result in the violation of any of the provisions of
the Regulations of the Board, including Regulation T, U or X. If requested by any Lender or the
Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a
statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U-1
referred to in Regulation U.

     SECTION 3.12. Investment Company Act. Neither the Borrower nor the Company is an “investment
company” as defined in, and subject to registration under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended from time to time.

     SECTION 3.13. Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Term Loans made on the
Funding Date solely to make the Holdings Contribution and the Company will, in turn, use the
proceeds received therefrom to repay Term Loans under and as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement
and the Borrower and/or the
Company may pay fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith and with the other
Transactions.

     SECTION 3.14. Tax Returns. The Borrower, the Company and each of their Subsidiaries has timely
filed or timely caused to be filed all material Federal, state, local and foreign tax returns or
materials required to have been filed by it and all such tax returns are correct and complete in
all material respects. The Borrower, the Company and each of their Subsidiaries has timely paid or
caused to be timely paid all material Taxes due and payable by it and all assessments received by
it, except Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which
the Borrower, the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, shall have set aside on its books
adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP or except where the failure to do so could not reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower or the Company, as applicable,
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accordance with GAAP for all Taxes accrued and not yet due and
payable. Except as permitted in clause (bb) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”, no Lien for
Taxes has been filed (except for Taxes not yet delinquent that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings), and to the knowledge of the Borrower, the Company and each of their
Subsidiaries, based on the receipt of written notice, no claim is being asserted, with respect to
any Tax. Neither the Borrower, the Company nor any of their Subsidiaries (a) intends to treat the
Term Loans or any of the transactions contemplated by any Loan Document as being a “reportable
transaction” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4) or (b) is aware of any
facts or events that would result in such treatment.

     SECTION 3.15. No Material Misstatements. None of (a) the Confidential Information Memorandum or (b)
any other written information, report, financial statement, exhibit or schedule furnished by or on
behalf of the Borrower, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries (other than information of a
general economic or industry nature) to the Arrangers, the Administrative Agent or any Lender for
use in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or in connection with
the negotiation of any Loan Document or included therein or delivered pursuant thereto contained,
contains or will contain (as of the date of its delivery to the Arrangers, the Administrative Agent
or any Lender or, as modified or supplemented, as of the Closing Date) any material misstatement of
fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were, are or will be made, not
misleading; provided that to the extent any such written information, report, financial
statement, exhibit or schedule was based upon or constitutes a forecast or projection (including
pro forma financial statements), the Borrower represents only that it acted in good faith and upon
assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time, it being understood that projections are subject
to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the
Borrower, the Company and their Subsidiaries, and that no assurance can be given that such
projections will be realized.

     SECTION 3.16. Employee Benefit Plans. Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate is in compliance with the applicable
provisions of ERISA and, in respect of the Benefit Plans and Multiemployer Plans, the Tax Code and
the regulations and published interpretations thereunder. No ERISA Event has occurred or is
reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events, could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

     SECTION 3.17. Environmental Matters
.. (a) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.17 or except with respect to any matters that,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in as of the Closing
Date, a Material Adverse Effect or, after the Closing Date, a Funding Date Material Adverse Effect,
none of the Borrower, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries:

     (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to take all actions necessary to
obtain, maintain, renew and comply with any permit, license, registration or other approval
required under Environmental Law;

     (ii) has become a party to any administrative or judicial proceeding, or possesses
knowledge of any such proceeding that has been threatened, that could result in the
termination, revocation or modification of any permit, license, registration or other
approval required under Environmental Law;

     (iii) possesses knowledge that the Borrower, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries
has become subject to any Environmental Liability on any Mortgaged Property (A) is subject
to any Lien imposed pursuant to Environmental Law or (B) contains Hazardous Materials of a
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or type or in a quantity or location that could reasonably be expected to result in any
Environmental Liability;

     (iv) has received written notice of any claim or threatened claim, with respect to any
Environmental Liability other than those which have been fully and finally resolved and for
which no obligations remain outstanding; or

     (v) possesses knowledge of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected
to result in any Environmental Liability or could reasonably be expected to materially
interfere with or prevent continued material compliance with Environmental Laws in effect as
of the Closing Date and the Funding Date by the Borrower or the Subsidiaries.

     (b) Since the Closing Date, there has been no change in the status of the matters disclosed on
Schedule 3.17 that, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted in, or could reasonably be
expected to result in, a Funding Date Material Adverse Effect.

     The representations and warranties in this Section 3.17 are the sole representations and
warranties in any Loan Document with respect to environmental matters, including without
limitation, those relating to Environmental Law or Hazardous Materials.

     SECTION 3.18. Insurance. Schedule 3.18 sets forth a true, complete and correct description of all
material insurance coverage maintained by or on behalf of the Borrower, the Company and their
Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date. As of the Closing Date, such insurance is in full force and
effect and all premiums that are due and owed have been duly paid. The Borrower, the Company and
their Subsidiaries are insured by financially sound insurers and such insurance is in such amounts
and covering such risks and liabilities (and with such deductibles, retentions and exclusions) as
are maintained by companies of a similar size operating in the same or similar businesses.

     SECTION 3.19. Security Documents. (a) The Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor
of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid, binding
and enforceable security interest in the
Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof, subject to applicable insolvency,
bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and other laws now or hereafter in
effect generally affecting rights of creditors and (including with respect to specific performance)
principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or in law and to the discretion
of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought, and (i) in the case of the
Pledged Securities, upon the earlier of (A) when such Pledged Securities are delivered to the
Collateral Agent and (B) when financing statements in appropriate form are filed in the offices
specified on Schedule 3.19(a), (ii) in the case of Deposit Accounts not constituting Excluded
Perfection Assets, by the execution and delivery of control agreements providing for “control” as
described in Section 9-104 of the UCC, (iii) in the case of Securities Accounts not constituting
Excluded Perfection Assets, upon the earlier of (A) the filing of financing statements in the
offices specified on Schedule 3.19(a) and (B) the execution and delivery of control agreements
providing for “control” as described in Section 9-106 of the UCC and (iv) in the case of all other
Collateral described therein (other than Excluded Perfection Assets, Intellectual Property
Collateral, money not credited to a Deposit Account or letter of credit rights not constituting
supporting obligations), when financing statements in appropriate form are filed in the offices
specified on Schedule 3.19(a), the Collateral Agreement shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on,
all right, title and interest of the Borrower in such Collateral and proceeds thereof, as security
for the obligations hereunder, in each case prior and superior to the rights of any other Person
(except, in the case of all Collateral other than Pledged Securities, with respect to Permitted
Liens, and in respect of Pledged Securities, the Permitted Liens set forth in clause (h) of the
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     (b) Each Intellectual Property Security Agreement is effective to create in favor of the
applicable Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid,
binding and enforceable security interest in the Intellectual Property Collateral described therein
and proceeds thereof, subject to applicable insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium,
fraudulent transfer and other laws now or hereafter in effect generally affecting rights of
creditors and (including with respect to specific performance) principles of equity, whether
considered in a proceeding in equity or in law and to the discretion of the court before which any
proceeding therefor may be brought. When each Intellectual Property Security Agreement (if any) is
filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office,
respectively, together with financing statements in appropriate form filed in the offices specified
in Schedule 3.19(a), in each case within the time period prescribed by applicable law, such
Intellectual Property Security Agreement shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security
interest in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in the Intellectual Property
Collateral, as security for the obligations hereunder, in each case prior and superior in right to
any other Person (except with respect to Permitted Liens) (it being understood that subsequent
recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office
may be necessary to perfect a Lien on registered trademarks, trademark applications, patents,
patent applications and copyrights acquired by the grantors after the Closing Date).

     (c) Each of the Mortgages (if any) is effective to create in favor of the applicable
Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid, binding,
subsisting and enforceable Lien on, and security interest in, all of the Borrower’s right, title
and interest in and to the Mortgaged Property thereunder and proceeds thereof, subject to
applicable insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and other laws
now or hereafter in effect generally affecting rights of creditors and (including with respect to
specific performance) principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or in law,
and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought, and when
the Mortgages are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 3.19(c) (or such offices as are
otherwise agreed between the Borrower and the Collateral Agent), each such Mortgage shall
constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of
the grantors thereof in such Mortgaged Property and proceeds thereof, as security for the
obligations hereunder, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except Liens
expressly permitted by clauses (f),
(h), (i), (j), (k) (solely to the extent that such Lien relating to such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness was permitted prior to such refinancing by clause (f), (h), (i), (j), (n) or (p)),
(n), (p), (q)(ii), (dd) and (ff) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”).

     SECTION 3.20. [Reserved].

     SECTION 3.21. Labor Matters. As of the Closing Date, there are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns
against the Borrower, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of the
Borrower, threatened. All payments due from the Borrower, the Company or any of their
Subsidiaries, or for which any claim may be made against the Borrower, the Company or any of their
Subsidiaries, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits,
have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the Borrower, the Company or such
Subsidiary, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The
consummation of the Transactions will not give rise to any right of termination or right of
renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which the
Borrower, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries is bound.

     SECTION 3.22. Intellectual Property. Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower, the Company and each of their Subsidiaries owns, or is
licensed or otherwise has the right to use, all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and
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property material to its business, and the use thereof by the Borrower, the
Company and their Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person.

     SECTION 3.23. Energy Regulation. (a) The Borrower, the Company and any Opco Subsidiary
Guarantor that is a holding company as such term is defined in PUHCA is exempt in accordance with
18 CFR § 366.3 from the accounting, record-retention and reporting requirements of PUHCA.

     (b) The Borrower and the Company are not subject to regulation as a “public utility” as such
term is defined in the FPA. Each Opco Subsidiary Guarantor that is subject to regulation as a
“public utility” as such term is defined in the FPA and that makes sales of energy or capacity that
are not pursuant to a state regulatory authority’s implementation of PURPA has an order from the
FERC, which order is not subject to any pending challenge, investigation, complaint, or other
proceeding, except as could not reasonably be expected to result in as of the Closing Date, a
Material Adverse Effect or, after the Closing Date, a Funding Date Material Adverse Effect and
other than generic proceedings generally applicable in the industry, (x) authorizing such Opco
Subsidiary Guarantor to engage in wholesale sales of electricity and, to the extent permitted under
its market-based rate tariff, other transactions at market-based rates and (y) granting such
waivers and blanket authorizations as are customarily granted to entities with market-based rate
authority, including blanket authorizations to issue securities and to assume liabilities pursuant
to Section 204 of the FPA. With respect to each Opco Subsidiary Guarantor described in the
preceding sentence, except as could not reasonably be expected to result in as of the Closing Date,
a Material Adverse Effect or, after the Closing Date, a Funding Date Material Adverse Effect and
except as set forth on Schedule 3.23(b), the FERC has not imposed any rate caps, mitigation
measures, or other limits on market-based sales of power by that Opco Subsidiary Guarantor, other
than (i) rate caps and mitigation measures generally applicable to similarly situated marketers or
generators selling electricity, ancillary
services or other services at wholesale at market-based rates in the geographic market where
such Opco Subsidiary Guarantor conducts its business, and (ii) the restrictions imposed on Cabrillo
Power I LLC, Cabrillo Power II LLC, Devon Power LLC, Middletown Power LLC, Montville Power LLC,
Norwalk Power LLC, and Connecticut Jet Power LLC pursuant to those entities’ “reliability must run”
agreements and/or other agreements /arrangements with the independent system operators, or other
similar arrangements.

     (c) Each Opco Subsidiary Guarantor participating in the wholesale power market in ERCOT
has registered with the PUCT to sell electricity at wholesale at market-based rates, and, except as
could not reasonably be expected to result in            as of the Closing Date, a Material Adverse
Effect or, after the Closing Date, a Funding Date Material Adverse Effect, the PUCT has not
imposed any specific rate cap or mitigation measure (other than generic proceedings generally
applicable in the industry). To its knowledge, as of the Closing Date, the rates charged by each
such Opco Subsidiary Guarantor are not subject to any pending challenge or investigation .

     (d) Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in as of the Closing Date, a Material
Adverse Effect or, after the Closing Date, a Funding Date Material Adverse Effect and except as set
forth on Schedule 3.23(d), there are no complaint proceedings pending with the FERC or the PUCT
seeking abrogation or modification, or otherwise investigating the terms, of a contract for the
sale of power by the Borrower, the Company or the Opco Subsidiary Guarantors.

     (e) Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in as of the Closing Date, a Material
Adverse Effect or, after the Closing Date, a Funding Date Material Adverse Effect, each of the
Borrower, the Company and each of the Opco Subsidiary Guarantors, as applicable, has filed or
caused to be filed with the applicable state or local utility commission or regulatory bodies,
ERCOT and the FERC all forms, applications, notices, statements, reports and documents (including
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thereto) required to be filed by it under all Applicable Laws,
including PUHCA, the FPA and state utility laws and the respective rules thereunder, all of which
complied with the applicable requirements of the appropriate act and rules, regulations and orders
thereunder in effect on the date each was filed.

     (f) None of the Borrower, the Company or any of the Opco Subsidiary Guarantors is subject to
any material state laws or material regulations respecting rates or the financial or organizational
regulation of utilities, other than (i) with respect to those Opco Subsidiary Guarantors that are
QFs, such state regulations contemplated by 18 C.F.R. Section 292.602(c), (ii) “lightened
regulation” by the New York State Public Service Commission (the “NYPSC”) of the type
described in the NYPSC’s order issued on September 23, 2004 in Case 04-E-0884 and (iii) the
assertion of jurisdiction by the State of California over maintenance and operating standards of
all generating facilities pursuant to SB 39XX.

     (g) As of the date of this Agreement, each Facility identified as a “QF” in Schedule 3.23(g)
is a QF under PURPA and the current rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. As of the date
of this Agreement, each person identified as an “EWG” in Schedule 3.23(g) is an “exempt wholesale
generator” within the meaning of PUHCA and the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended. As of the
date of this Agreement, each person identified as a FUCO in Schedule 3.23(g) is a “foreign utility
company” within the meaning of PUHCA.

     SECTION 3.24. Solvency. As of the Funding Date, and immediately following the making of the Term
Loans on the Funding Date and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of the Term
Loans, (a) the fair value of the assets of the Borrower, the Company and their Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, at a fair
valuation, taking into account the effect of any indemnities, contribution or subrogation
rights, will exceed their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (b) the
present fair saleable value of the property of the Borrower, the Company and their Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, taking into account the effect of any indemnities, contribution or subrogation
rights, will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of
their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other
liabilities become absolute and matured; (c) the Borrower, the Company and their Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or
otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (d) the Borrower, the
Company and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not have unreasonably small capital with
which to conduct the business in which they are engaged as such business is now conducted and is
proposed to be conducted following the Funding Date.

ARTICLE IV.

Conditions of Lending

     The obligations of the Lenders to make Term Loans hereunder are subject to the satisfaction
(or waiver in accordance with Section 9.08) of the following conditions:

     SECTION 4.01. Conditions Precedent to Closing Date. On the Closing Date:

     (a) The Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself and the Lenders a
favorable written opinion of (i) Kirkland & Ellis LLP, counsel for the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Arrangers and their
counsel and (ii) each special and local counsel to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as the
Arrangers may reasonably request, in each case (A) dated the Closing Date, (B) addressed to
the Arrangers, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the Lenders and (C)
covering such matters relating to the Loan Documents and the Transactions as the Arrangers
shall reasonably request and which are customary for transactions of the type contemplated
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     (b) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a copy of the certificate or
articles of incorporation or other formation documents, including all amendments thereto, of
the Borrower, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of its
organization, and a certificate as to the good standing as of a recent date, from such
Secretary of State; (ii) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the
Borrower dated the Closing Date and certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true and
complete copy of the by-laws of the Borrower as in effect on the Closing Date and at all
times since a date prior to the date of the resolutions described in clause (B) below, (B)
with respect to the Borrower, that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of
resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Borrower authorizing the
execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party
and the borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or
amended and are in full force and effect, (C) that the certificate or articles of
incorporation or other formation documents of the Borrower has not been amended since the
date of the last amendment thereto shown on the certificate of good standing furnished
pursuant to clause (i) above and (D) with respect to the Borrower, as to the incumbency and
specimen signature of each officer executing any Loan Document or any other document
delivered in connection herewith on behalf of the Borrower; (iii) a certificate of another
officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary
executing the certificate pursuant to (ii) above; and (iv) if requested, documentation and
other information required by bank regulatory
authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and
regulations, including the USA Patriot Act (title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law
October 26, 2001)).

     (c) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) this Agreement, executed and
delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower, (ii) if requested by any Lender
pursuant to Section 2.04, a promissory note or notes conforming to the requirements of such
Section and executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower, and (iii) a
Lender Addendum executed and delivered by each Lender and accepted by the Borrower.

     (d) The Borrower shall have paid all fees and reasonable, documented out-of-pocket
costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses of Latham & Watkins LLP,
counsel to the Arrangers, and any special regulatory counsel) and their technical and other
non-financial advisors, title premiums, survey charges and recording taxes and fees) and
other compensation accrued and payable as of such date to the Arrangers, the Administrative
Agent or the Lenders as separately agreed by the Borrower and the Arrangers.

     (e) The Arrangers shall have received the financial statements required on or prior to
the Closing Date pursuant to Section 3.05 all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Arrangers.

     (f) The Arrangers shall have received the results of a recent Lien and judgment search
in each relevant jurisdiction with respect to the Borrower and such search shall reveal no
Liens on any of the assets of the Borrower except, in the case of Collateral other than
Pledged Securities, for Permitted Liens, and in respect of Pledged Securities, the Permitted
Liens in clause (h) of the definition thereof and except for Liens to be discharged on or
prior to the Closing Date pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Arrangers
or such other Liens that are not discharged with the consent of the Administrative Agent, as
such consent may be provided in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable judgment.

     (g) The Borrower shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent, for distribution to
each Lender, a detailed consolidated budget for each fiscal year through 2012 (including a

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projected consolidated balance sheet and related statements of projected operations and cash
flows as of the end of and for such fiscal year and setting forth the assumptions used for
purposes of preparing such budget).

     SECTION 4.02. Conditions Precedent to Funding Date. On the Funding Date:

     (a) The Administrative Agent shall have received a notice of such Borrowing as required
by Section 2.03.

     (b) The representations and warranties set forth in each Loan Document shall be true
and correct in all material respects on and as of the Funding Date with the same effect as
though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties
expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall
be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date.

     (c) At the time of and immediately after the Funding Date, no Event of Default or
Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

     (d) The Arrangers shall have received a solvency certificate from a Financial Officer
of the Borrower, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to each Arranger, supporting
the conclusions that after giving effect to the Transactions, the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not be insolvent or be rendered insolvent by the
Indebtedness incurred in connection therewith, or be left with unreasonably small capital
with which to engage in its businesses, or have incurred debts beyond its ability to pay
such debts as they mature.

     (e) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Funding Date
and signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions
precedent set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section.

     (f) The Administrative Agent shall have received a true and complete copy of
resolutions duly adopted by the Capital Allocation Committee authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party and the
borrowings hereunder.

     (g) The Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself and the Lenders a
favorable written opinion of (i) Kirkland & Ellis LLP, counsel for the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Arrangers and their
counsel and (ii) each special and local counsel to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries
(including special regulatory counsel) as the Arrangers may reasonably request, in each case
(A) dated as of the Funding Date, (B) addressed to the Arrangers, the Administrative Agent,
the Collateral Agent, and the Lenders and (C) covering such matters relating to the Loan
Documents and the Transactions as the Arrangers shall reasonably request and which are
customary for transactions of the type contemplated herein.

     (h) The Administrative Agent shall have received the Collateral Agreement, executed and
delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower.

     (i) The Holdings Reorganization shall have been consummated, or shall be consummated
concurrently with the funding of the Term Loans, pursuant to the terms of the documentation
relating thereto which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.

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     (j) The Borrower shall have paid all fees and reasonable, documented out-of-pocket
costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses of Latham & Watkins LLP,
counsel to the Arrangers, and one local counsel to the Arrangers per relevant jurisdiction
(it being understood that such limitation does not apply to special regulatory counsel) and
their technical and other non-financial advisors, title premiums, survey charges and
recording taxes and fees (if any)) and other compensation accrued and payable as of such
date to the Arrangers, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders as separately agreed by the
Borrower and the Arrangers.

     (k) The Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, shall have
been granted on the Funding Date, to the extent described in Section 3.19, first priority
perfected (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3.19) Liens on the Collateral
(subject, in the case of all Collateral other than Pledged Securities, only to Permitted
Liens and in the case of Pledged Securities, the Permitted Liens in clause (h) of the
definition thereof) and shall have received such other reports, documents and agreements as
the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request. The Pledged Securities shall have been duly
and validly pledged under the Collateral Agreement to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable
benefit of the Secured Parties, and certificates representing
such Pledged Securities, accompanied by instruments of transfer and stock powers
endorsed in blank, shall be in the actual possession of the Collateral Agent.

     (l) All material governmental, shareholder and third-party approvals and all material
consents necessary for the Transactions (including (i) the approval of FERC under Section
203 of the Federal Power Act as may be required for the Holdings Reorganization, (ii) the
approval of, or finding that no approval is required by, the NYPSC, as may be required for
the Transactions, and (iii) the consent of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission pursuant to
Section 184 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and 10 C.F.R. § 50.80 in connection with the
Transactions) shall have been received and shall be in full force and effect, and all
applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any materially adverse action being
taken by any applicable authority.

     (m) The Arrangers shall have received the results of a bring-down Lien and judgment
search in each relevant jurisdiction with respect to the Borrower and such search shall
reveal no Liens on any of the Collateral except, in the case of Collateral other than
Pledged Securities, for Permitted Liens and in the case of Pledged Securities, the Permitted
Liens in clause (h) of the definition thereof.

     (n) The Collateral Agent shall have received a duly executed Perfection Certificate
dated on prior to the Funding Date.

     The obligations of the Lenders to make Term Loans hereunder shall not become effective unless
each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 9.08). For the
avoidance of doubt, the Borrower shall be under no obligation to draw Term Loans on any date,
including the Funding Date (if any).

ARTICLE V.

Affirmative Covenants

     The Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender that so long as this Agreement shall remain
in effect and until the Term Loan Commitments have been terminated and the principal of and
interest on each Term Loan, all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan
Document (other than indemnification and other contingent obligations in each case not then due and
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been paid in full, the Borrower will, and will cause the Company each of its
and the Company’s Subsidiaries to:

     SECTION 5.01. Corporate Existence. Subject to Section 6.04 hereof, and only with respect to the
Borrower, the Company and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, do or cause to be done all things
necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (a) its corporate existence, and the
corporate, partnership or other existence of the Company each of their subsidiaries, in accordance
with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the
Borrower, the Company or any such subsidiary; and (b) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses
and franchises of the Borrower, the Company and their Subsidiaries, except where the failure to so
preserve and keep could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
provided, however, that neither the Borrower, the Company nor any other Restricted
Subsidiary shall be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate,
partnership or other existence of any of its subsidiaries, if the Borrower, the Company or such
other Restricted Subsidiary shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in
the conduct of the
business of the Borrower, the Company and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the
loss thereof could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

     SECTION 5.02. Insurance. Except to the extent any such insurance is not generally available in
the marketplace from commercial insurers, keep its properties that are of an insurable character
adequately insured in accordance with industry standards at all times by financially sound insurers
(provided, however, that there shall be no breach of this Section 5.02 if any such
insurer becomes financially unsound and the Borrower, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries
obtains reasonably promptly insurance coverage from a different financially sound insurer);
maintain such other insurance, to such extent and against such risks (and with such deductibles,
retentions and exclusions), in each case as is customary with companies of a similar size operating
in the same or similar businesses; maintain such other insurance as may be required by law; and
maintain such other insurance as otherwise required by the Security Documents.

     SECTION 5.03. Taxes. Pay, and cause each of the Company and the Borrower’s and the Company’s
Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material Taxes, assessments, and governmental levies
except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and where the Borrower or
the Company or the relevant Subsidiary shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves with
respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and such contest operates to suspend collection of the
contested obligation, tax, assessment or charge and enforcement of a Lien.

     SECTION 5.04. Financial Statements, Reports, etc. In the case of the Borrower, furnish to the
Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender:

     (a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning within 90 days after
the end of fiscal year 2007), its consolidated balance sheet and related statements of
income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows showing the financial condition as of the close
of such fiscal year of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries at such time and the
results of its operations and the operations of such Subsidiaries during such year, together
with comparative figures for the immediately preceding fiscal year, all audited by KPMG LLP
or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing and accompanied by
an opinion of such accountants reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which
shall not be qualified in any material respect, except for qualifications relating to
accounting changes (with which such independent public accountants shall concur) in response
to FASB releases or other authoritative pronouncements) to the effect that such consolidated
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financial condition and results of operations of the
Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied;

     (b) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each
fiscal year, its unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of income,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows showing the financial condition as of the close of such
fiscal quarter of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries at such time and the
results of its operations and the operations of such Subsidiaries during such fiscal quarter
and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, and comparative figures for the same
periods in the immediately preceding fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial
Officers to the effect that such financial statements, while not examined by independent
public accountants, reflect in the opinion of the Borrower all adjustments necessary to
present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results
of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
as of the end of and for such periods in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject
to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes (it being understood that
prior to the Funding Date the requirements under this paragraph (b) shall be satisfied if
the Borrower delivers the financial statements required to be delivered by Section 5.04(b)
of the Opco Credit Agreement);

     (c) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraph (a) above
for the year ended December 31, 2007 and each year thereafter, a letter from the accounting
firm rendering the opinion on such statements (which letter may be limited to accounting
matters and disclaim responsibility for legal interpretations) stating whether, in
connection with their audit examination, anything has come to their attention which would
cause them to believe that any Default or Event of Default existed on the date of such
financial statements and if such a condition or event has come to their attention and (ii)
concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraph (a) or (b) above, a
certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (A) certifying that no Event of Default
or Default has occurred or, if such an Event of Default or Default has occurred, specifying
the nature and extent thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with
respect thereto, (B) in the case of a certificate delivered with the financial statements
required by paragraph (a) above, setting forth the Borrower’s calculation of Excess Cash
Flow for the applicable fiscal year and the Available Amount as at the end of the applicable
fiscal year and (C) disclosing any Holdings Asset Sale or Holdings Recovery Event (other
than any Holdings Asset Sale or Holdings Recovery Event not subject to the mandatory
prepayment provisions set forth in Section 2.13(b) pursuant to the first proviso of the
definition of Net Cash Proceeds) that was consummated in the preceding fiscal quarter and
specifying the nature thereof and the use of proceeds with respect thereto;

     (d) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other
reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Borrower, the Company or any of
their Subsidiaries with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental
Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission, or with any domestic
national securities exchange, or distributed to its shareholders generally, as the case may
be;

     (e) promptly after the receipt thereof by the Borrower, the Company or any of their
Subsidiaries, a copy of any “management letter” received by any such Person from its
certified public accountants and the management’s response thereto; and

     (f) promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the operations,
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Subsidiaries, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent
or any Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request.

     SECTION 5.05. Litigation and Other Notices. Furnish to the Administrative Agent written notice of
the following promptly after the Borrower obtains knowledge thereof:

     (a) any Event of Default or Default, specifying the nature and extent thereof and the
corrective action (if any) taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto;

     (b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding, whether at law or in
equity or by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority, against the Borrower, the
Company or any of their Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect;

     (c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect; and

     (d) any development that has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in,
a Material Adverse Effect.

     SECTION 5.06. Information Regarding Collateral. (a) Furnish to each of the Administrative
Agent and the Collateral Agent prompt written notice of (i) any change (A) in the Borrower’s
corporate name as set forth in its certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation or other
relevant organizational documents, (B) any office or facility (other than any location within the
control of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent) at which material portions of
Collateral owned by it is located (including the establishment of any such new office or facility),
(C) in the Borrower’s corporate structure or (D) in the Borrower’s Federal Taxpayer Identification
Number; (ii) any formation or acquisition after the Closing Date of any Subsidiary of the Borrower
or the Company that is not an Excluded Subsidiary; and (iii) any sale, transfer, lease, issuance or
other disposition (by way of merger, consolidation, operation of law or otherwise) after the
Closing Date of any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of the Borrower or the Company that is not
an Excluded Subsidiary to any Person other than the Borrower or another Subsidiary of the Borrower
or the Company. The Borrower agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the
preceding sentence unless a reasonable period has been provided (such period to be at least 3
Business Days) for making all filings under the UCC or otherwise and taking all other actions, in
each case that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following
such change to have a valid, legal and perfected (subject to the limitations set forth in Section
3.19) security interest in all the Collateral (other than any Excluded Perfection Assets). The
Borrower also agrees promptly to notify each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent
if any material portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed.

     (b) In the case of the Borrower, each year, at the time of delivery of the annual financial
statements with respect to the preceding fiscal year pursuant to Section 5.04(a), deliver to the
Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower setting forth (i) the
information required pursuant to Section I of the Perfection Certificate or confirming that there
has been no change in such information since the date of the Perfection Certificate delivered on
the Funding Date or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section and
(ii) any liquidation or dissolution during such preceding fiscal year of any Subsidiary of the
Borrower or the Company that is not an Excluded Subsidiary.

     SECTION 5.07. Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections. (a) Keep, and cause
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record and
account in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP and all applicable
requirements of law are made of all financial operations. No more than once in any fiscal year
(except if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) the Borrower will, and will cause
the Company and each of the Borrower’s and the Company’s Subsidiaries to, permit, if requested by
the Administrative Agent, any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender
to visit and inspect the financial records and the properties of the Borrower, the Company or any
of their Subsidiaries at reasonable times and as reasonably requested and to make extracts from and
copies of such financial records, and permit any representatives designated by the Administrative
Agent
or any Lender to discuss the affairs, finances and condition of the Borrower, the Company or
any of their Subsidiaries with the officers thereof and independent accountants therefor.

     (b) At its election, the Administrative Agent may retain, or require the Borrower to retain,
an independent engineer or environmental consultant to conduct an environmental assessment of any
Mortgaged Property or facility of the Borrower, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries. Any such
environmental assessments conducted pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall be at the Borrower’s sole
cost and expense only if conducted following the occurrence of (i) an Event of Default or (ii) any
event, circumstance or condition that could reasonably be expected to result in an Event of
Default, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii) that concerns or relates to any Environmental
Liabilities of the Borrower, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries; provided that the
Borrower shall only be responsible for such costs and expenses to the extent that such
environmental assessment is limited to that which is reasonably necessary to assess the subject
matter of such Event of Default or such event, circumstance or condition that could reasonably be
expected to result in an Event of Default. In addition, environmental assessments conducted
pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall not be conducted more than once every twelve months with
respect to any parcel of Mortgaged Property or any single facility of the Borrower, the Company or
any of their Subsidiaries unless such environmental assessments are conducted following the
occurrence of (i) an Event of Default or (ii) any event, circumstance or condition that could
reasonably be expected to result in an Event of Default, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii)
that concerns or relates to any Environmental Liabilities of the Borrower, the Company or any of
their Subsidiaries. The Borrower shall, and shall cause the Company and each of the Borrower’s and
the Company’s Subsidiaries to, reasonably cooperate in the performance of any such environmental
assessment and permit any such engineer or consultant designated by the Administrative Agent to
have reasonable access to each property or facility at reasonable times and after reasonable notice
to the Borrower of the plans to conduct such an environmental assessment. Environmental
assessments conducted under this paragraph (b) shall be limited to visual inspections of the
Mortgaged Property or facility, interviews with representatives of the Borrower or facility
personnel, and review of applicable records and documents pertaining to the property or facility.

     (c) In the event that the Administrative Agent reasonably believes that Hazardous Materials
have been Released or are threatened to be Released on any Mortgaged Property or other facility of
the Borrower, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries or that any such property or facility is not
being operated in compliance with applicable Environmental Law, in each case where the Release,
threatened Release or failure to comply has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result
in, a material Environmental Liability of the Borrower, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries,
the Administrative Agent may, at its election and after reasonable notice to the Borrower, retain,
or require the Borrower to retain, an independent engineer or other qualified environmental
consultant to reasonably assess the subject matter of such Release, threatened Release or failure
to comply with applicable Environmental Law. Such environmental assessments may include detailed
visual inspections of the Mortgaged Property or facility, including any and all storage areas,
storage tanks, drains, dry wells and leaching areas, and the taking of soil samples, surface water
samples and groundwater samples as well as such other reasonable investigations or analyses in each
case as are reasonable and necessary to assess the subject matter of the Release, threatened
Release or failure to comply. The Borrower shall, and shall cause the Company and

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each of the
Borrower’s and the Company’s Subsidiaries to, reasonably cooperate in the performance of any such
environmental assessment and permit any such engineer or consultant designated by the
Administrative Agent to have reasonable access to each property or facility at reasonable times and
after reasonable notice to the Borrower of the plans to conduct such an environmental assessment.
All environmental assessments conducted pursuant to this paragraph (c) shall be at the Borrower’s
sole cost and expense.

     SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Term Loans only for the purposes set forth in Section 3.13.

     SECTION 5.09. Additional Collateral, etc. (a) With respect to any Collateral acquired after
the Funding Date or, in the case of inventory or equipment that is part of the Collateral, any
material Collateral (other than Collateral in possession of the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent) moved after the Closing Date by the Borrower (other than any Collateral described
in paragraphs (b), (c) or (d) of this Section) as to which the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
the Secured Parties, does not have a perfected security interest, promptly (and, in any event,
within 20 Business Days following the date of such acquisition or designation) (i) execute and
deliver to the Administrative Agent, and the Collateral Agent such amendments to the Collateral
Agreement or such other Security Documents as the Collateral Agent deems necessary or reasonably
advisable to grant to such Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security
interest in such Collateral and (ii) take all actions necessary or reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a
perfected (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3.19) first priority security interest
in such Collateral (other than any Excluded Perfection Assets and, except with respect to Pledged
Securities, subject to Permitted Liens, and in respect of Pledged Securities, the Permitted Liens
set forth in clause (h) of the definition thereof), including the filing of UCC financing
statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Collateral Agreement or by law or as may
be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent.

     (b) With respect to any fee interest in any Collateral consisting of real property or any
lease of Collateral consisting of real property acquired or leased after the Funding Date by the
Borrower (other than any Excluded Perfection Assets), promptly (and, in any event, within 60 days
following the date of such acquisition) (i) execute and deliver a first priority Mortgage in favor
of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, covering such real property and in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, (ii) provide the Secured
Parties with (A) title and extended coverage insurance covering such real property in an amount at
least equal to the purchase price of such real property (or such other amount as shall be
reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, which may be the value of
the generation assets, if applicable, situated thereon), together with such endorsements as are
reasonably required by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent and are obtainable in the
State in which such real property is located, as well as a current ALTA survey thereof complying
with the requirements set forth in Schedule 5.09(b) and all of the other provisions herein and in
the Security Documents, together with a surveyor’s certificate and (B) any consents or estoppels
reasonably deemed necessary or advisable by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in
connection with such Mortgage, each of the foregoing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, (iii) if reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent legal opinions
relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from
counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent and (iv)
deliver to the Administrative Agent a notice identifying the consultant’s reports, environmental
site assessments or other documents relied upon by the Borrower to determine that any such real
property included in such Collateral does not contain Hazardous Materials of a form or type or in a
quantity or location that could, or to determine that the operations on any such real property
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with Environmental Law except to the extent any
non-compliance could not, reasonably be expected to result in a material Environmental Liability.

     (c) With respect to any new Subsidiary (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a subsidiary
of the Company) created or acquired after the Funding Date by (and directly owned by) the Borrower,
promptly (and, in any event, within 20 days following such creation or the date of such
acquisition), (i)
execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent such amendments to
the Collateral Agreement as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent deems necessary or
reasonably advisable to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a
valid, perfected first priority security interest in the Equity Interests in such new Subsidiary
that are owned by the Borrower, (ii) deliver to the Collateral Agent the certificates, if any,
representing such Equity Interests, together with undated instruments of transfer or stock powers,
in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower, and (iii) deliver to
the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, if reasonably requested, legal opinions relating
to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel,
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

     (d) With respect to any new Foreign Subsidiary (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a
subsidiary of the Company) created or acquired after the Funding Date by (and directly owned by)
the Borrower, promptly (and, in any event, within 25 days following such creation or the date of
such acquisition), (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent
such amendments to the Collateral Agreement as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent
deems necessary or advisable in order to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, a perfected first priority security interest in the Equity Interests in such new
Foreign Subsidiary that is directly owned by the Borrower (provided that in no event shall
more than 66% of the total outstanding voting first-tier Equity Interests in any such new Foreign
Subsidiary be required to be so pledged), (ii) deliver to the Collateral Agent the certificates
representing such Equity Interests, together with undated instruments of transfer or stock powers,
in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower and take such other
action as may be necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent, desirable to perfect the security interest of the Collateral Agent thereon and
(iii) deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, if reasonably requested, legal
opinions (which may be delivered by in-house counsel if admitted in the relevant jurisdiction)
relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from
counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

     SECTION 5.10. Further Assurances. (a) From time to time duly authorize, execute and deliver,
or cause to be duly authorized, executed and delivered, such additional instruments, certificates,
financing statements, agreements or documents, and take all such actions (including filing UCC and
other financing statements), as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may reasonably
request, for the purposes of implementing or effectuating the provisions of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, or perfecting or renewing the rights of the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral (or with respect to any
additions thereto or replacements or proceeds or products thereof or with respect to any other
property or assets hereafter acquired by the Borrower which assets or property may be deemed to be
part of the Collateral) pursuant hereto or thereto. Upon the exercise by the Administrative Agent,
the Collateral Agent or any Lender of any power, right, privilege or remedy pursuant to this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents which requires any consent, approval, recording,
qualification or authorization of any Governmental Authority, the Borrower will execute and
deliver, or will cause the execution and delivery of, all applications, certifications, instruments
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Lender
may be required to obtain from the Borrower for such governmental consent, approval, recording,
qualification or authorization.

     SECTION 5.11. Change of Control. At any time after the Holdings Reorganization shall have occurred, the Borrower shall
at all times be the Beneficial Owner of all of the Capital Stock of the Company.

ARTICLE VI.

Negative Covenants

     The Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender that, so long as this Agreement shall
remain in effect and until the Term Loan Commitments have been terminated and the principal of and
interest on each Term Loan, all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan
Document (other than indemnification and other contingent obligations in each case not then due and
payable) shall have been paid in full, the Borrower will not, nor will it cause or permit the
Company or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries to:

     SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness and Preferred Stock. Directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue,
assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise,
with respect to (collectively, “incur”) any Indebtedness, and the Borrower will not issue
any Disqualified Stock and will not permit the Company or the other Restricted Subsidiaries to
issue any shares of preferred stock except for:

     (a) (i) the incurrence by the Borrower of the Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents
and (ii) the incurrence by the Company (and the Guarantee thereof by the Opco Subsidiary
Guarantors) of the Indebtedness created (and the reimbursement obligations with respect to letters
of credit issued) under the Opco Credit Agreement and the other Opco Loan Documents and any
Revolver Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that the net cash proceeds of any Indebtedness incurred
under clause (a)(ii) in excess of $6,000,000,000 shall be distributed by the Company to the
Borrower and used by the Borrower to repay Term Loans hereunder, in each case, no later than the
fifth Business Day following the receipt thereof;

     (b) the incurrence by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Existing
Indebtedness;

     (c) the incurrence by any Opco Loan Party of Indebtedness represented by the Senior Notes
issued on or prior to the Closing Date and the related Guarantees of the Opco Subsidiary Guarantors
thereof, and at the sole discretion of the Borrower, the Guarantee by the Borrower of any such
Indebtedness;

     (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness
represented by Attributable Debt, Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money
obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase
price or cost of design, construction, installation or improvement or lease of property (real or
personal), plant or equipment used in the business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or incurred within 270 days after any of the foregoing, in an aggregate principal
amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance, replace,
defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (d), not to exceed
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     (e) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refund,
refinance, replace, defease or discharge Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that
was permitted by
this Agreement to be incurred under clauses (b), (c), (d), (e), (m), clause (B) of clause (p),
(q), (r) or (s) of this Section 6.01;

     (f) the incurrence by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries of unsecured intercompany
Indebtedness; provided, however, that (A) if the Borrower is the obligor on such
Indebtedness, such Indebtedness must be expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash
of all obligations hereunder (which subordination may be pursuant to an Affiliate Subordination
Agreement or any other agreement containing terms with respect to the subordination of the
obligations thereunder that are substantially the same as the Affiliate Subordination Agreement or
are otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in each case, executed and
delivered by both the applicable borrower and lender); and (B)(x) any subsequent issuance or
transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other
than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and (y) any sale or other transfer of any such
Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary will be deemed,
in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Borrower or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (f);

     (g) the issuance by any Opco Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to any of its other Opco
Restricted Subsidiaries, or to the Borrower of shares of preferred stock; provided,
however, that (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in
any such preferred stock being held by a Person other than the Company or an Opco Restricted
Subsidiary or the Borrower and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such preferred stock to a
Person that is not either the Company or an Opco Restricted Subsidiary or the Borrower will be
deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such preferred stock by such Restricted
Subsidiary that was not permitted by this clause (g);

     (h) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Commodity Hedging
Obligations, Eligible Commodity Hedging Obligations and Interest Rate/Currency Hedging Obligations,
and the incurrence by the Borrower of Interest Rate/Currency Hedging Obligations of the type
described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition thereof;

     (i) the Guarantee by (i) any Opco Loan Party of Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 6.01
(other than clause (m) and (w)); (ii) any of the Excluded Project Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of
any other Excluded Project Subsidiary; (iii) any of the Excluded Foreign Subsidiaries of
Indebtedness of any other Excluded Foreign Subsidiary; and (iv) the Company of Permitted Itiquira
Indebtedness; provided that such Guarantee of Permitted Itiquira Indebtedness matures or
otherwise terminates within one year of the incurrence thereof;

     (j) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness
arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar
instrument (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) inadvertently drawn against insufficient
funds, so long as such Indebtedness is covered within five Business Days;

     (k) [Reserved];

     (l) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness in
respect of workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, bankers’ acceptance and
performance and surety bonds provided by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary
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     (m) the incurrence of Additional Non-Recourse Indebtedness by any Excluded Project Subsidiary;

     (n) the incurrence of Indebtedness that may be deemed to arise as a result of agreements of
the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase
price or any similar obligations, in each case, incurred in connection with the acquisition or
disposition of any business, assets or Equity Interests of any Subsidiary or any business, assets
or Equity Interests acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that in
the case of any such disposition the aggregate maximum liability associated with such provisions
may not exceed the gross proceeds (including non-cash proceeds) of such disposition;

     (o) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness
represented by letters of credit, guarantees of Indebtedness or other similar instruments to the
extent (A) such instruments, including instruments supporting Commodity Hedging Obligations or
Interest Rate/Currency Hedging Obligations, are cash collateralized and (B) the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary would not have been prohibited from expending the funds used to cash
collateralize such instrument directly under the terms of this Agreement;

     (p) the incurrence by the Company and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of (A) additional
Indebtedness if (1) such Indebtedness does not mature, and is not subject to mandatory repurchase,
redemption or amortization (other than pursuant to customary asset sale or change of control
provisions requiring redemption or repurchase only if and to the extent permitted by this Agreement
and other than amortization payments of up to 1% of the initial principal amount per annum) prior
to the date that is six months after the Term Loan Maturity Date, provided, however, that the
restrictions in this Section 6.01(p)(A)(1) shall not apply to any Indebtedness in the form of
letters of credit and any Indebtedness that is secured by any assets of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, (2) no Default or Event of Default exists immediately prior to, or would
exist immediately after giving effect to, the incurrence of such Indebtedness, (3) the Consolidated
Leverage Ratio for the Company’s most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements are
publicly available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred
would have been no more than 6.50 to 1.00 (or, at any time after December 31, 2007, 6.25 to 1.00),
determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom),
as if such additional Indebtedness (and any other Indebtedness incurred during such Test Period or
from the end of such Test Period through the date on which such calculation is made) had been
incurred at the beginning of the applicable Test Period and was outstanding on such calculation
date and (4) the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio of the Company for the Company’s most
recently ended Test Period for which financial statements are publicly available immediately
preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred would have been at least 1.75
to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds
therefrom), as if such additional Indebtedness (and any other Indebtedness incurred during such
Test Period or from the end of such Test Period through the date on which such calculation is made)
had been incurred at the beginning of the applicable Test Period and (B) additional Indebtedness in
an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, including
all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge
any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (p)(B), not to exceed $300,000,000;
provided that in the case of any incurrence of any Indebtedness pursuant to this clause
(p), (x) the Company shall be in compliance as of the date of such incurrence, on a pro forma basis
after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, with the covenants set forth in
Sections 6.13 and 6.14 of the Opco Credit Agreement (as such covenants shall exist on the date
hereof, but for the avoidance of doubt based on the applicable ratio set forth in such covenants on
the date hereof that shall apply at such time), as if such Indebtedness (and any other Indebtedness
incurred during such Test Period or from the end of such Test Period through the date such
calculation is made) had been incurred on the first day of the applicable Test Period; and (y) no
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(1) $720,000,000 and (2) an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA of the
Company for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to the
date on which such Indebtedness is incurred multiplied by 30% (less, in the case of each of clause
(1) and clause (2), the aggregate principal
amount of any additional loans or commitments obtained pursuant to Section 2.25 of the Opco
Credit Agreement or any similar section of the Opco Credit Agreement in which pre-approved and/or
incremental commitments and loans which were not committed or made on the Closing Date are
committed or made by lenders thereunder after the Closing Date) in aggregate principal amount of
Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (p) may be secured by first priority and/or second
priority Liens on the Opco Collateral, and any such Liens must be granted in favor of the
Collateral Trustee in the manner set forth in, and be otherwise subject to (and in compliance
with), the Collateral Trust Agreement;

     (q) the incurrence of Indebtedness of a Person or Indebtedness attaching to assets of a Person
that, in either case, becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or Indebtedness attaching to assets that are
acquired by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case after the Closing Date
as the result of a Permitted Acquisition; provided that (i) such Indebtedness existed at
the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time such assets were acquired and,
in each case, was not created in anticipation thereof, (ii) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed in
any respect by the Borrower, the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary (other than any such
Person that so becomes a Restricted Subsidiary) except to the extent that such Guarantee is
permitted to be incurred (and is so incurred) pursuant to clause (p) of this Section 6.01 and (iii)
if such Person is acquired by the Borrower, the Equity Interests of such Person are pledged to the
Collateral Agent to the extent required under Section 5.09;

     (r) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness to
finance a Permitted Acquisition; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed in
any respect by any such Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Person acquired (the “acquired
Person”) as a result of such Permitted Acquisition) or by the Borrower or the Company except to
the extent that such Guarantee is permitted to be incurred (and is so incurred) pursuant to clause
(p) of this Section 6.01, and (ii) if such Person is acquired by the Borrower, the Borrower pledges
the Equity Interests of such acquired Person to the Collateral Agent to the extent required under
Section 5.09;

     (s) the incurrence by the Borrower and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of unsecured
Indebtedness, in each case, (i) that does not mature, and is not subject to mandatory repurchase,
redemption or amortization (other than pursuant to customary asset sale or change of control
provisions requiring redemption or repurchase only if and to the extent permitted by this
Agreement) prior to the date that is (x) in the case of Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower, six
months after the Term Loan Maturity Date and (y) in the case of Indebtedness incurred by the
Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary, six months after the Term Loan Maturity Date (as
defined in the Opco Credit Agreement), (ii) that is not exchangeable or convertible into
Indebtedness of the Borrower, the Company (other than other Indebtedness permitted by this clause
(s)) or any other Restricted Subsidiary or any preferred stock or other Equity Interest and (iii)
solely to the extent the Net Cash Proceeds thereof are used to prepay (x) in the case of
Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower, Term Loans hereunder and (y) in the case of Indebtedness
incurred by the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary, Term Loans under and as defined in the
Opco Credit Agreement pursuant to and to the extent required by the Opco Credit Agreement;

     (t) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness
consisting of (i) obligations to pay insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained
in supply agreements, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business and not in connection
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     (u) the issuance by any of the Excluded Subsidiaries of shares of preferred stock the proceeds
of which are used solely to finance the development, construction or acquisition by such Subsidiary
of fixed or capital assets useful in the conduct of the Permitted Business;

     (v) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiary of Environmental CapEx
Debt or Necessary CapEx Debt, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $250,000,000 at any
time outstanding; provided that, prior to the incurrence of any such Environmental CapEx
Debt or Necessary CapEx Debt, the Borrower or the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent
an officers’ certificate designating such Indebtedness as Environmental CapEx Debt or Necessary
CapEx Debt, as applicable;

     (w) the incurrence of Permitted Itiquira Indebtedness; and

     (x) Indebtedness consisting of representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made by,
and repurchase, payment and other obligations of, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
in connection with a South Central Securitization permitted by Section 6.04; provided that such
representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and repurchase, payment and other obligations
are of the type customarily included in securitizations of accounts receivable intended to
constitute true sales of such accounts receivable to a securitization vehicle.

     SECTION 6.02. Liens. Directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien of
any kind on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, except Permitted Liens.

     SECTION 6.03. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. Enter into any sale and leaseback
transaction; provided that the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may enter
into a sale and leaseback transaction if (a) the Borrower or that Restricted Subsidiary, as
applicable, could have (i) incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt (if
any) relating to such sale and leaseback transaction under Section 6.01(d) hereof and (ii) incurred
a Lien to secure such Indebtedness (if any) or other obligations associated with such transaction
pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.02 hereof; (b) the gross cash proceeds of that sale and
leaseback transaction are at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the property that is subject
of that sale and leaseback transaction (unless such transaction is a Permitted Tax Lease or a
Permitted Environmental Control Lease); and (c) in the event that such sale and leaseback
transaction constitutes an Asset Sale, the transfer of assets in that sale and leaseback
transaction is permitted by Section 6.04, and (x) if such transaction constitutes a Holdings Asset
Sale, the Borrower applies the proceeds of such transaction if and to the extent required by
Section 2.13 hereof or (y) if such transaction constitutes an Asset Sale that is not a Holdings
Asset Sale, the Company applies the proceeds of such transaction in compliance with the Opco Credit
Agreement, if and to the extent required thereby.

     SECTION 6.04. Mergers, Consolidations and Sales of Assets. (a)(x) Merge into or consolidate
with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or
liquidate or dissolve, or (y) sell, transfer, lease, issue or otherwise dispose of (in one
transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the assets (whether now
owned or hereafter acquired) of the Borrower or the Company, except that if at the time thereof and
immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be
continuing (i) any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Company) and/or MergerCo (whether a
Restricted Subsidiary or not) may merge into the Borrower or the Company in a transaction in which
the Borrower or the Company, as the case may be, is the surviving corporation, (ii) any Restricted
Subsidiary (other than the Company) may merge into or consolidate with any other Restricted
Subsidiary (other than the Company) in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Restricted
Subsidiary and no Person other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary receives any
consideration (provided that if any party to any
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Loan Party, the surviving entity of such transaction shall be
an Opco Loan Party, (B) a Domestic Subsidiary, the surviving entity of such transaction shall be a
Domestic Subsidiary and (C) a Core Collateral Subsidiary, the surviving entity shall be a Core
Collateral Subsidiary), (iii) any merger or consolidation of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than
the Company) will be permitted in connection with an Investment permitted by Section 6.05(g),
6.05(j) or 6.05(l) and (iv) any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Company or a Core Collateral
Subsidiary) may liquidate or dissolve or, solely for purposes of reincorporating in a different
jurisdiction, merge if the Borrower and the Company determine in good faith that such liquidation
or dissolution or merger is in the best interests of the Borrower and the Company and could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

     (b) Consummate any Asset Sale (notwithstanding that it may be otherwise permitted under
paragraph (a) above) (including a Sale of Core Collateral) (other than in respect of a sale of the
South Central Securitization Assets which shall be permitted regardless of whether the requirements
of this Section 6.04(b) are satisfied so long as the requirements of clause (d) of this Section
6.04 shall be satisfied) unless (i) other than in the case of a Permitted Tax Lease or a Permitted
Environmental Control Lease, the Borrower (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be)
receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the
assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; (ii) other than in the case of
a Permitted Tax Lease, a Permitted Environmental Control Lease, a Permitted Asset Swap or the sale
of equity interests of an Excluded Project Subsidiary that is made in connection with the
conversion of a convertible note of such Excluded Project Subsidiary (or portion thereof) into such
equity interest (provided that the consideration received at the time of such note was issued shall
have satisfied the requirements of this clause (ii)), at least 75% of the consideration received in
the Asset Sale by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash (for purposes
of this provision, any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Borrower or any such
Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Borrower or such Restricted
Subsidiary into cash within 180 days of the receipt of such securities, notes or other obligations,
to the extent of the cash received in that conversion will be deemed to be cash); (iii) if such
Asset Sale is a Holdings Asset Sale, the Borrower shall apply the Net Cash Proceeds received
therefrom in accordance with Section 2.13(b) to the extent required thereby; (iv) any consideration
in excess of $15,000,000 received by the Borrower in connection with such Asset Sale pursuant to
this paragraph (b) that is in the form of Indebtedness shall be pledged to the Collateral Agent
pursuant to Section 5.09; (v) with respect to any such Asset Sale (or series of related Asset
Sales) in an aggregate amount in excess of $60,000,000, the Company shall be in compliance, on a
pro forma basis after giving effect to such Asset Sale, with the covenants set forth in Sections
6.13 and 6.14 of the Opco Credit Agreement (as such covenants exist on the date hereof), as if such
Asset Sale had occurred on the first day of the applicable Test Period; and (vi) after giving
effect to any such Asset Sale, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing.

     (c) In the case of the Company, at any time own, either directly or indirectly or through one
or more Opco Loan Parties, beneficially and of record, less than all of the Equity Interests in any
Core Collateral Subsidiary.

     (d) The Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may sell South Central Securitization
Assets to a Securitization Vehicle in a South Central Securitization; provided that (i) each such
South Central Securitization is effected on market terms, (ii) the aggregate amount of the Sellers’
Retained Interests in such South Central Securitization does not exceed an amount at any time
outstanding that is customary for similar transactions and (iii) the proceeds to each such
Securitization Vehicle from the issuance of Third Party Securities are applied by such
Securitization Vehicle substantially simultaneously with receipt thereof to the purchase from the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiaries of South Central Securitization Assets.

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     SECTION 6.05. Limitation on Investments. Make any Investment except for:

     (a) extensions of trade credit, asset purchases (including purchases of inventory, supplies
and materials) and the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint
marketing arrangements with other Persons;

     (b) Cash Equivalents;

     (c) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees of the Borrower or the Company or
any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries (i) to finance the purchase of Capital Stock of the
Borrower or the Company (provided that the amount of such loans and advances used to
acquire such Capital Stock shall be contributed to the Company in cash as common equity), (ii) for
reasonable and customary business related travel expenses, moving expenses and similar expenses,
and (iii) for additional purposes not contemplated by subclause (i) or (ii) above in an aggregate
principal amount at any time outstanding with respect to this clause (iii) not exceeding $5,000,000
in any fiscal year (with unused amounts in any such period being carried-forward to any succeeding
fiscal year);

     (d) Investments existing on the Closing Date (as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement) and any
extensions, renewals or reinvestments thereof, so long as the aggregate amount of all Investments
pursuant to this clause (d) is not increased at any time above the amount of such Investments
existing on the Closing Date;

     (e) Investments in Hedging Obligations to the extent not prohibited by Section 6.01;

     (f) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of trade
creditors, trade counterparties, suppliers or customers and in settlement of delinquent obligations
of, and other disputes with, customers;

     (g) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made with Capital Stock of
(x) if the Holdings Reorganization does not occur, the Company, and (y) in the event the Holdings
Reorganization does occur, the Borrower;

     (h) Investments in any Subsidiary, as valued at the Fair Market Value of such Investment at
the time each such Investment is made, in an aggregate amount that, at the time such Investment is
made, would not exceed the Retained Prepayment Amount at such time;

     (i) Investments (including in the form of loans) in the Borrower or any Opco Loan Party;

     (j) Investments constituting Permitted Acquisitions;

     (k) Investments made to repurchase or retire common stock of the Borrower or the Company owned
by any employee stock ownership plan or key employee, directors and officers, or other stock
ownership plans of the Borrower or the Company, as applicable;

     (l) (i) additional Investments (including Investments in Excluded Subsidiaries, Minority
Investments and Unrestricted Subsidiaries) and (ii) Investments in joint ventures or similar
entities that do not constitute Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case as valued at the Fair Market
Value of such Investment at the time each such Investment is made, (A) in an aggregate amount that,
at the time such Investment is made, would not exceed the sum of (x) $600,000,000 plus (y)
the Available Amount at such time plus (z)
to the extent such amounts do not increase the Available Amount, an amount equal to any
repayments, interest, returns, profits, distributions, income and similar amounts actually received
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any such Investment (which amount shall not exceed the amount of such
Investment valued at the Fair Market Value of such Investment at the time such Investment was made)
and an amount equal to any letters of credit, guarantees and other contingent credit support that
constitute Investments that were made pursuant to this clause (l) to the extent such letters of
credit, guarantees or other contingent credit support are cancelled, expire or are otherwise
terminated without any payment being required thereon, and/or (B) in the case of Investments
described in clause (ii) above only that are made by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than any Excluded Subsidiary), in an aggregate amount that, at the time such
Investment is made, would be permitted to be expended as a Capital Expenditure under Section 6.12
of the Opco Credit Agreement (as such Section exists on the date hereof but for purposes of this
clause the reference to $450,000,000 therein shall be deemed to be a reference to $540,000,000), to
the extent that (x) the applicable joint venture owns an interest in assets the addition of which
would have been a Capital Expenditure if acquired or constructed, and owned, directly by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) and (y) the
ability of the Company and/or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries to receive cash flows
attributable to its interest therein is not restricted by contract, Applicable Law or otherwise;
provided, however, that in determining whether any Investments in joint ventures or
similar entities that do not constitute Restricted Subsidiaries made in cash or Cash Equivalents
would be permitted under Section 6.05(l)(ii), the maximum aggregate amount of such Investments made
in cash or Cash Equivalents to be allocated to clause (ii)(A)(x) above only shall not exceed
$360,000,000;

     (m) Investments in any Excluded Subsidiary by another Excluded Subsidiary, other than any such
Investments made with the proceeds of Non-Recourse Indebtedness; provided, however,
that (i) Investments in an Excluded Subsidiary with the proceeds of Non-Recourse Indebtedness by
another Excluded Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect parent of such Excluded Subsidiary shall
be permitted and (ii) Investments in an Excluded Subsidiary with the proceeds of Non-Recourse
Indebtedness by another Excluded Subsidiary that is formed solely for the purposes of incurring
such Non-Recourse Indebtedness, that has no other assets other than de minimis assets and that has
the same direct parent as such Excluded Subsidiary shall be permitted;

     (n) [Reserved];

     (o) the contribution of any one or more of the Specified Facilities to a Restricted Subsidiary
that is not an Opco Loan Party;

     (p) Investments that are received in consideration of the contribution by the Borrower, the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of assets (other than cash, Cash Equivalents or Core
Collateral), valued at the Fair Market Value of such Investment at the time such Investment is
made, in an aggregate amount that, at the time such Investment is made, would not exceed the Fair
Market Value of the sum of (i) all Capital Stock of the Borrower and/or the Company (as applicable)
paid as consideration in connection with a Permitted Acquisition (valued at the time of
consummation of such Permitted Acquisition) consummated after the Closing Date and on or prior to
the date of such Investment so long as all Equity Interests and other assets that were acquired by
the Borrower, the Company or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries through such Permitted
Acquisition have been pledged, if acquired by the Borrower, to the Collateral Agent to the extent
required under Section 5.09 or, if acquired by the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary, to
the Collateral Agent under and as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement to the extent required by
the Opco Credit Agreement (provided that such acquired assets shall not become Excluded
Assets pursuant to clauses (viii) or (xiii) of the definition thereof as set forth in the Opco
Credit Agreement on the date hereof) and (ii) all assets that (A) were contributed, without
consideration, by an Excluded Subsidiary to the Borrower, the Company or an Opco Subsidiary
Guarantor after the Closing Date (valued at the time of such contribution) or (B) were owned
at the time by an Excluded Subsidiary that became an Opco Subsidiary Guarantor after the Closing
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have been pledged to the Collateral Agent under and as defined in the Opco Credit
Agreement (valued at the time of such guarantee); provided that any amounts specified to in
clauses (i) and (ii) above shall not be used to increase any amounts set forth in the other clauses
of this Section 6.05;

     (q) (i) Investments permitted under Section 6.06 and (ii) Guarantees permitted under Section
6.01;

     (r) Investments consisting of Seller’s Retained Interests in a South Central Securitization
permitted by Section 6.04 and any servicing fees and other similar rights related to the South
Central Securitization permitted by Section 6.04;

     (s) Investments pursuant to transactions described Section 6.08(b)(xix); and

     (t) Investments existing on the Closing Date that were made after the “Closing Date” (as
defined in the Opco Credit Agreement), but only to the extent such Investments reduced the
Available Amount (as defined in the Opco Credit Agreement) at the time made.

     SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Dividends. Declare or pay any dividends (other than dividends payable
solely in its Capital Stock) or return any capital to its shareholders or make any other
distribution, payment or delivery of property or cash to its shareholders as such, or redeem,
retire, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, for consideration, any shares of any
class of its Capital Stock or the Capital Stock of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower
now or hereafter outstanding (or any options or warrants or stock appreciation rights issued with
respect to any of its Capital Stock), or permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to purchase or
otherwise acquire for consideration (other than in connection with an Investment permitted by
Section 6.05 (except for any such Investment involving the purchase of Capital Stock of the Company
or, following the Holdings Reorganization and the Holdings Contribution, the Borrower from
shareholders of the Company or the Borrower, as the case may be) any shares of any class of the
Capital Stock of the Borrower, now or hereafter outstanding (or any options or warrants or stock
appreciation rights issued with respect to any of its Capital Stock) (all of the foregoing
“Dividends”); provided that so long as no Default or Event of Default exists or
would exist after giving effect thereto:

     (a) the Company or, following the Holdings Reorganization and the Holdings Contribution, the
Borrower may redeem in whole or in part any of its Capital Stock for another class of Capital Stock
or rights to acquire its Capital Stock or with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity
contributions or issuances of new shares of its Capital Stock; provided that such other
class of Capital Stock contains terms and provisions at least as advantageous to the Lenders in all
material respects as those contained in the Capital Stock redeemed thereby;

     (b) the Company or, following the Holdings Reorganization and the Holdings Contribution, the
Borrower may repurchase shares of its Capital Stock (or any options or warrants or stock
appreciation rights issued with respect to any of its Capital Stock) held by current or former
officers, directors and employees of the Company or the Borrower, as the case may be, and its
applicable subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed (i) $12,000,000 in any fiscal year and
(ii) $60,000,000 in the aggregate from and after the Closing Date, so long as such repurchase is
pursuant to, and in accordance with the terms of, management and/or employee stock plans, stock
subscription agreements, employment agreements or shareholder agreements or termination agreements;

     (c) in addition to clause (d) below, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (and prior to
the Holdings Reorganization, the Company) may declare and make distributions on its Capital Stock
at any time or pay other Dividends; provided that the aggregate amount of such
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paid by the Borrower and any such Restricted Subsidiary (and prior to
the Holdings Reorganization, the Company) pursuant to this clause (c) shall not exceed the
Available Amount at the time of such distribution or Dividend;

     (d) in addition to clause (c) above, the Company or, at any time after the Holdings
Reorganization and the Holdings Contribution, the Borrower (i) may declare and make distributions
on its Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms of such Preferred Stock (as in effect on the Closing
Date, it being understood that upon the consummation of the Holdings Reorganization the Borrower
may become the issuer of such Preferred Stock), (ii) may redeem in whole or in part any of its
Preferred Stock with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of
new shares of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) and (iii) may redeem in whole or in
part any of its Sponsor Preferred Stock with the net cash proceeds from Asset Sales but only to the
extent such net cash proceeds were first offered to and declined by Term Lenders under (and in
accordance with) the Opco Credit Agreement and not otherwise used for purposes set forth in the
definition of “Retained Prepayment Amount”;

     (e) the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary may pay any Dividend (or, in the case of
any partnership or limited liability company, any similar distribution) to (i) the Borrower or any
Opco Loan Party or (ii) the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis (it being
understood and agreed that any such Dividend under this clause (ii) by the Company shall only be
allowed following the Holdings Reorganization and the Holdings Contribution);

     (f) the Company or, following the Holdings Reorganization and the Holdings Contribution, the
Borrower may make payments to holders of the Company’s or the Borrower’s, as the case may be,
Capital Stock in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares of its Capital Stock;

     (g) the Company or, following the Holdings Reorganization and the Holdings Contribution, the
Borrower may enter into transactions for the purchase, redemption, acquisition, cancellation or
other retirement for a nominal value per right of any rights granted to all the holders of Capital
Stock of the Company or the Borrower, as the case may be, pursuant to any shareholders’ rights plan
adopted for the purpose of protecting shareholders from takeover tactics; provided that any
such purchase, redemption, acquisition, cancellation or other retirement of such rights is not for
the purpose of evading the limitations of this covenant (all as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors of the Company or the Borrower, as the case may be);

     (h) the Borrower, the Company and/or any of their Subsidiaries may enter into transactions for
the purchase, redemption, acquisition, cancellation or other retirement of preferred stock of
Itiquira to effectuate the Itiquira Refinancing; and

     (i) in addition to the foregoing clauses, the Company or, following the Holdings
Reorganization and the Holdings Contribution, the Borrower may pay Dividends, return capital to its
shareholders or make any other distribution of property or cash to its shareholders in an aggregate
amount of up to $150,000,000 in any fiscal year.

     SECTION 6.07. Limitations on Debt Payments; Restrictive Agreements. (a) Make any distribution,
whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, other than regularly scheduled
payments of principal, fees and interest as and when due (to the
extent not prohibited by applicable subordination provisions and whether or not such regularly
scheduled payments may at the obligor’s option be paid in kind or in other securities), in respect
of, or pay, or offer or commit to pay, or directly or indirectly redeem, repurchase, retire or
otherwise acquire for consideration, any Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness of the
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of the Indebtedness created
hereunder and Indebtedness under the Opco Credit Agreement, (ii) the incurrence of Indebtedness
under Section 6.01 which refinances other Indebtedness that was incurred under Section 6.01 (and in
connection with such refinancing the payment of any interest, fees and premiums payable in respect
of the principal being refinanced), (iii) the payment of secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a
result of the voluntary sale or transfer of, or a Recovery Event with respect to, the property or
assets securing such Indebtedness, (iv) the payment of Non-Recourse Indebtedness or Indebtedness
permitted by Section 6.01(p) of an Excluded Subsidiary with internally generated cash flow of such
Excluded Subsidiary, (v) any such payment or distribution in an aggregate amount not in excess of
the Available Amount at the time of such payment or distribution, (vi) any such payment or
distribution in an aggregate amount not in excess of the Retained Prepayment Amount at the time of
such payment or distribution and (vii) the payment of Non-Recourse Indebtedness of any Restricted
Subsidiary if the Lien on such property or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary securing such
Non-Recourse Indebtedness shall be released and such property or assets shall become Opco
Collateral and shall be pledged to the Collateral Agent under and as defined in the Opco Credit
Agreement.

     (b) Enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits,
restricts or imposes any condition upon the ability of the Borrower to create, incur or permit to
exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets in favor of the Secured Parties securing the
obligations under this Agreement (it being understood that any agreement that contains general
prohibitions or restrictions on the existence of Liens but expressly permits Liens in favor of the
Secured Parties securing the obligations under this Agreement shall not be prohibited or otherwise
limited by the covenant contained in this Section 6.07(b)); provided that the foregoing
shall not apply to (i) restrictions and conditions imposed by law, (ii) customary restrictions and
conditions contained in agreements relating to the purchase or sale of an asset pending such
purchase or sale; provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the asset that is
to be purchased or sold and such purchase or sale is permitted hereunder, (iii) restrictions and
conditions on property and assets that constitute Excluded Assets or Holdings Excluded Assets (as
defined in the Collateral Agreement), (iv) restrictions or conditions existing on the Closing Date,
but shall apply to any extension or renewal of, or any amendment or modification expanding the
scope of, any such restriction or condition in any material respect, (v) restrictions or conditions
imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such
restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, (vi)
restrictions in connection with sale and leaseback transactions permitted by Section 6.03, but only
with respect to the assets subject to such transactions, (vii) customary provisions in joint
venture, stockholder, membership, limited liability company or partnership agreements or
organizational documents relating to joint ventures or partnerships or owners , participation,
shared facility or other similar agreements relating to Project Interests and (viii) customary
provisions (including negative pledges) in leases, licenses, permits and other contracts
restricting the assignment thereof (whether for collateral purposes or otherwise) or otherwise
restricting or affecting the property subject thereto.

     (c) Directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual
encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than an Excluded
Subsidiary) to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the
Borrower, the Company or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other
interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any Indebtedness owed to the
Borrower, the Company or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries; (ii) make loans or advances to
the Borrower, the Company or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries; or (iii) transfer any of
its properties or assets to the Borrower, Company or any of
the other Restricted Subsidiaries. The restrictions in this Section 6.07(c) will not apply to
encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

          (A) agreements governing Existing Indebtedness and the Senior Notes as in effect on the
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refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements; provided that such
amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements
or refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other
payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the Closing Date;

          (B) any Loan Document, any Opco Loan Document and the loan documentation with respect to any
Revolver Refinancing Indebtedness (provided that such restrictions and conditions, when
taken as a whole, are the same in all material respects as (or less restrictive than) those
contained herein);

          (C) applicable law, rule, regulation or order;

          (D) customary non-assignment provisions in contracts, agreements, leases, permits and
licenses;

          (E) purchase money obligations for property acquired and Capital Lease Obligations that impose
restrictions on the property purchased or leased of the nature described in clause (iii) of this
Section 6.07(c);

          (F) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of the stock or assets of a Restricted
Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending the sale or other
disposition;

          (G) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that the restrictions contained in
the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are not materially more
restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness
being refinanced;

          (H) Liens permitted to be incurred under the provisions of Section 6.02 that limit the right
of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens;

          (I) provisions limiting the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture
agreements, ownership, participation, shareholders, partnership or limited liability company
agreements relating to Project Interests, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock
sale agreements, agreements governing Non-Recourse Indebtedness and other similar agreements, which
limitation is applicable only to the assets that are the subject of such agreements;

          (J) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth or other similar requirements imposed
by customers under contracts entered into in connection with a Permitted Business;

          (K) restrictions or conditions contained in any trading, netting, operating, construction,
service, supply, purchase, sale or similar agreement to which the Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries is a party entered into in connection with a Permitted Business; provided that
such agreement prohibits the encumbrance of solely the property or assets of the Borrower or the
Restricted Subsidiaries that are the subject of that agreement, the payment rights arising
thereunder and/or the proceeds thereof and not of any other asset or property of the Borrower or
such Restricted Subsidiaries or the assets or property of any other Restricted Subsidiary;

          (L) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by the
Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except
to the extent such Indebtedness or Capital Stock was incurred in connection with or in
contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any
Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets
of the Person, so acquired; provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness
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          (M) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary existing at the time it became a Restricted
Subsidiary if such restriction was not created in connection with or in anticipation of the
transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a
Restricted Subsidiary or was acquired by the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary;

          (N) with respect to clause (iii) of this Section 6.07(c) only, restrictions encumbering
property at the time such property was acquired by the Borrower or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries, so long as such restriction relates solely to the property so acquired and was not
created in connection with or in anticipation of such acquisition; and

          (O) any encumbrance or restriction of the type referred to in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of
this Section 6.07(c) (except to the extent that any of clauses (A) through (N) of this Section
6.07(c) refers or applies only to certain of such clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), and, in such case,
only to such applicable clause), imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals,
increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or
obligations referred to in clauses (A) through (N) of this Section 6.07(c); provided that
such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings,
replacements or refinancings are, when taken as a whole, in the good faith judgment of the Chief
Financial Officer of the Borrower or the Company, no more restrictive with respect to such dividend
and other payment restrictions than those contained in the dividend or other payment restrictions
prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding,
replacement or refinancing.

     SECTION 6.08. Transactions with Affiliates. (a) Make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer
or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets
from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan,
advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Borrower (each, an
“Affiliate Transaction”), unless (i) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less
favorable to the Borrower (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) or the relevant Restricted
Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Borrower or
such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and (ii) the Borrower delivers to the
Administrative Agent with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate
Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $50,000,000, a resolution of the Board
of Directors of the Borrower attached to an officers’ certificate certifying that such Affiliate
Transaction complies with clause (i) of this Section and that such Affiliate Transaction has been
approved by a majority of the disinterested members of such Board of Directors.

     (b) The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will
not be subject to the provisions of this Section:

          (i) any employment agreement or director’s engagement agreement, employee benefit plan,
officer and director indemnification agreement or any similar arrangement entered into by the
Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or approved by
the Board of Directors of the Borrower in good faith;

          (ii) transactions between or among the Company and the other Opco Loan Parties and any
transactions pursuant to Section 9.22 of the Opco Credit Agreement (as it exists on the date
hereof);

          (iii) transactions between or among Excluded Subsidiaries, and any Guarantee, guarantee and/or
other credit support provided by the Company and/or any other Restricted Subsidiary in respect of
any Subsidiary or any Minority Investment so long as all holders of Equity Interests in such
Minority Investment (including the Company or other Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable) shall
participate directly or indirectly in such applicable Guarantee, guarantee and/or other credit
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commitment in respect of any related obligation, in each case, on a pro
rata basis relative to their Equity Interests in such Minority Investment; provided that
any such transaction shall be fair and reasonable and beneficial to the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) and consistent with Prudent Industry Practice;

          (iv) payment of reasonable fees and other compensation to directors who are not otherwise
Affiliates of the Borrower;

          (v) any issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or the
Restricted Subsidiaries to Affiliates of the Borrower;

          (vi) Investments or Dividends that do not violate Section 6.05 or 6.06 hereof;

          (vii) any agreement in effect as of the Closing Date or any amendment thereto or replacement
thereof and any transaction contemplated thereby or permitted thereunder, so long as any such
amendment or replacement agreement taken as a whole is not more disadvantageous to the Lenders than
the original agreement as in effect on the Closing Date;

          (viii) payments or advances to employees or consultants that are incurred in the ordinary
course of business or that are approved by the Board of Directors of the Borrower in good faith;

          (ix) the existence of, or the performance by the Borrower, the Company or any of the other
Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, any stockholders agreement
(including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is
a party as of the Closing Date and any similar agreements which it may enter into thereafter;
provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by the Company, the
Borrower or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations under, any future amendment to
any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after the Closing Date
shall only be permitted by this clause (ix) to the extent that the terms of any such amendment or
new agreement are not otherwise more disadvantageous to the Lenders than such existing agreement in
any material respect;

          (x) transactions permitted by, and complying with, the provisions of Section 6.04(a);

          (xi) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, joint venture partners or purchasers or
sellers of goods or services, in each case, in the ordinary course of business (including pursuant
to joint venture agreements) and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Agreement that are
fair to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the Board
of Directors of the Borrower or the senior management thereof, or are on terms not materially less
favorable taken as a whole as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated
party;

          (xii) any repurchase, redemption or other retirement of Capital Stock of the Company or,
following the Holdings Reorganization and the Holdings Contribution, the Borrower held by employees
of the Company or the Borrower, as the case may be, or any of its applicable subsidiaries at a
price not in excess of the Fair Market Value thereof;

          (xiii) [Reserved];

          (xiv) back-to-back transactions, O&M agreements and construction management agreements,
technical and other service agreements, in each case between or among Restricted Subsidiaries
entered into in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this
Agreement that are on terms no less favorable to the relevant Restricted Subsidiary (as reasonably

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determined by it) than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by such
Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person;

          (xv) transactions relating to management, administrative or technical services between the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or between Restricted Subsidiaries;

          (xvi) the Guarantee of Permitted Itiquira Indebtedness to the extent permitted by Section
6.01(i);

          (xvii) the issuance of letters of credit under the Opco Credit Agreement, or letters of credit
pursuant to other financing facilities, to support the obligations of any Excluded Subsidiary;

          (xviii) any South Central Securitization permitted by Section 6.04;

          (xix) back-to-back transactions, energy management or energy marketing services agreements and
agency agreements in each case between NRG Power Marketing and any Restricted Subsidiary entered
into in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this
Agreement that are on terms no less favorable to NRG Power Marketing (as reasonably determined by
it) than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by NRG Power Marketing
with an unrelated person;

          (xx) any tax sharing agreement between or among the Borrower, the Company and their
Subsidiaries so long as such tax sharing agreement is on fair and reasonable terms with respect to
each participant therein; and

          (xxi) any agreement to do any of the foregoing.

     SECTION 6.09. Business Activities. Fundamentally and substantively alter the character of the
business of the Borrower, the Company and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from the Permitted
Business.

     SECTION 6.10.
Other Indebtedness and Agreements. Permit any waiver, supplement, modification,
amendment, termination or release of any indenture, instrument or agreement pursuant to which any
Material Indebtedness of the Borrower, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries (other than in
respect of any Specified Hedging Agreement or any Opco Specified Hedging Agreement and Material
Indebtedness between the Borrower, the Company and their Subsidiaries or between Subsidiaries or
the Borrower or the Company) is outstanding if the effect of such waiver, supplement, modification,
amendment, termination or release would materially increase the obligations of the obligor or
confer additional material rights on the holder of such Indebtedness in a
manner materially adverse to the Borrower, the Company and their Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, or the Lenders.

     SECTION
6.11. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries and Excluded Subsidiaries. (a) The Board of Directors of the Borrower (or any committee expressly authorized by the Board of
Directors of the Borrower) may designate any Restricted Subsidiary (other than, if such Restricted
Subsidiary is a subsidiary of the Company, a subsidiary constituting or owning Core Collateral) to
be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause a Default or Event of Default;
provided that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, at all times
that any Indebtedness (other than contingent obligations not then due and payable) under the Opco
Credit Agreement shall be outstanding the Company and the Opco Restricted Subsidiaries shall be (or
shall be deemed to be) Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower hereunder. If a Restricted
Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary that becomes an Excluded Subsidiary after the Closing
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Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate Fair Market Value of all
outstanding Investments owned by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary of
the Borrower designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be an Investment made as of
the time of the designation and will reduce the amount available for Investments under Sections
6.05(h) (if applicable), 6.05(l) or 6.05(p) (it being understood and agreed that (i) at all times
that any Indebtedness (other than contingent obligations not then due and payable) under the Opco
Credit Agreement shall be outstanding any such designation pursuant to this sentence may only be
made if (and shall be made at each time that) such a designation is also made to designate such
applicable Subsidiary as an Opco Unrestricted Subsidiary under the Opco Credit Agreement and (ii)
the Company may not be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary at any time). Such designation
will only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if the Restricted
Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors of
the Borrower may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if that
redesignation would not cause a Default or Event of Default (it being understood and agreed that at
all times that any Indebtedness (other than contingent obligations not then due and payable) under
the Opco Credit Agreement shall be outstanding any such a redesignation pursuant to this sentence
may only be made if (and shall be made at each time that) such a redesignation is also made to
redesignate such applicable Subsidiary as an Opco Restricted Subsidiary under the Opco Credit
Agreement).

     SECTION 6.12. [Reserved].

     SECTION 6.13. [Reserved].

     SECTION 6.14. [Reserved].

     SECTION 6.15. Fiscal Year. With respect to the Borrower or the Company, change its fiscal year-end
to a date other than December 31.

ARTICLE VII.

Events of Default

     In case of the happening of any of the following events (“Events of Default”):

     (a) any representation or warranty made or deemed made in or in connection with any Loan
Document (other than those specified in clause (l) below) or the Borrowings hereunder, or any
representation, warranty, statement or information contained in any report, certificate, financial
statement or other instrument furnished in connection with or pursuant to any Loan Document by the
Borrower, shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect when so made, deemed
made or furnished;

     (b) default shall be made in the payment of any principal of any Term Loan when and as the
same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for
prepayment thereof or by acceleration thereof or otherwise;

     (c) default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Term Loan or any Fee or any
other amount (other than an amount referred to in (b) above) due under any Loan Document, when and
as the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period
of five Business Days;

     (d) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by the Borrower of any
covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.01(a), 5.05, 5.08 or 5.11 or in Article VI;

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     (e) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by the Borrower of any
covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in
clauses (b), (c) or (d) above or clause (l) below) and such default shall continue unremedied for a
period of 45 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any
Lender to the Borrower;

     (f) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall (i) fail to pay any principal or interest,
regardless of amount, due in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall
become due and payable, or (ii) any other event or condition occurs that results in any Material
Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or
without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material
Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to
become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to
its scheduled maturity; provided that clause (ii) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness
that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing
such Indebtedness; provided, further that clause (i) and (ii) shall not apply to
(A) Designated Non-Recourse Indebtedness and (B) any other Non-Recourse Indebtedness of the
Borrower, the Company and the other Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent that the
Borrower, the Company or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries that are not parties to such
Non-Recourse Indebtedness becomes directly or indirectly liable, including pursuant to any
contingent obligation, for any Indebtedness thereunder and such liability, individually or in the
aggregate, exceeds $125,000,000);

     (g) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that
(i) is for relief against the Borrower, the Company or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than the Exempt Subsidiaries) that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than the Exempt Subsidiaries) that, taken together, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case; (ii) appoints a custodian of the Borrower, the
Company or any of the other Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than the Exempt Subsidiaries) that is a Significant Subsidiary or any
group of Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Exempt Subsidiaries) that, taken together, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of the
Borrower, the Company or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Exempt
Subsidiaries) that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries (other than
the Exempt Subsidiaries) that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or (iii)
orders the liquidation of the Borrower, the Company or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than the Exempt Subsidiaries) that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than the Exempt Subsidiaries) that, taken together, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary; and, in each of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), the order or decree remains
unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days;

     (h) the Borrower, the Company or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the
Exempt Subsidiaries) that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than the Exempt Subsidiaries) that, taken together, would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary, pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law (i) commences a voluntary case;
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case; (iii) consents
to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property; (iv) makes
a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (v) generally is not paying its debts as
they become due;

     (i) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of
$100,000,000 (excluding therefrom any amount covered by insurance) shall be rendered against the
Borrower, the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same
shall remain undischarged for a period of 60 consecutive days during which execution shall not be
effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to levy upon assets
or properties of the Borrower, the Company or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries to enforce
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provided that this clause (i) shall not apply to (A) Designated Non-Recourse
Indebtedness and (B) any other Non-Recourse Indebtedness of the Borrower, the Company and the other
Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent that the Borrower, the Company or any of the other
Restricted Subsidiaries that are not parties to such Non-Recourse Indebtedness becomes directly or
indirectly liable, including pursuant to any contingent obligation, for any Indebtedness thereunder
and such liability, individually or in the aggregate, exceeds $125,000,000;

     (j) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other such ERISA
Events, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower and its ERISA
Affiliates in an aggregate amount exceeding $100,000,000; provided, however, that
the parties acknowledge and agree that that certain Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit (or any
renewal, extension or replacement thereof that does not increase the face amount thereof) issued by
the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation in favor of the Benefits Committee of the Texas Genco
Retirement Plan, dated as of June 28, 2005, for an amount not exceeding $54,900,000, shall not be
deemed to be a liability for purposes of determining whether the $100,000,000 threshold set in this
clause (j) of Article VII is exceeded (but that any other letter of credit or other security
provided pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) of the Tax Code that constitutes an ERISA Event shall be
deemed to be a liability for purposes of this Article VII);

     (k) [Reserved];

     (l) material breach by the Borrower of any material representation or warranty or covenant,
condition or agreement in the Security Documents, the repudiation by the Borrower of any of its
material obligations under any of the Security Documents or the unenforceability of any of the
Security Documents against the Borrower for any reason with respect to Collateral having an
aggregate Fair Market Value of $50,000,000 or more in the aggregate; or

     (m) there shall have occurred a Change in Control;

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in
paragraph (g) or (h) above), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event either
or both of the following actions may be taken: the Administrative Agent may with the consent of the
Required Lenders, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower,
terminate forthwith the Term Loan Commitments, declare the Term Loans then outstanding to be
forthwith due and payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of the Term Loans so
declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees
and all other liabilities of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document,
shall become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of
any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in
any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, and the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent shall have the right to take all or any actions and exercise any remedies
available to a secured party under the Security Documents or applicable law or in equity; and in
any event with respect to an event in respect of the Borrower described in paragraph (g) or (h)
above, the Term Loan Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Term Loans
then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other
liabilities of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall
automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of
any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in
any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, and the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent shall have the right to take all or any actions and exercise any remedies
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     Without limitation of, and after giving effect to, Section 6.7 of the Collateral Agreement,
all proceeds received by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, from
any Person in respect of any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of
the Collateral under any Security Document shall be held by the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent as Collateral for, and applied in full or in part by the Administrative Agent or
the Collateral Agent against, the applicable obligations hereunder then due and owing in the
following order of priority: first, to the ratable payment of all costs and expenses of
such sale, collection or other realization, including reasonable and documented fees, costs and
expenses of the Agents and their agents and counsel, and all other expenses, liabilities and
advances made or incurred by the Agents in connection therewith, and all amounts in each case for
which such Agents are entitled to payment, reimbursement or indemnification under the Loan
Documents (in their capacity as such), and to the payment of all costs and expenses paid or
incurred by the Agents in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy under the Loan
Documents, all in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents second, to the extent of
any excess proceeds, to the payment of all other obligations hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents for the ratable benefit of the holders thereof; and third, to the extent of any
excess proceeds, to the payment to or upon the order of the Borrower or to whosoever may be
lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

ARTICLE VIII.

The Agents and the Arrangers

     Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints each of the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent (for purposes of this Article VIII, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent are referred to collectively as the “Agents”) its agent and authorizes the Agents to
take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to such Agent by the
terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Agents are hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders to
execute any and all documents (including releases and the Security Documents) with respect to the
Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents.

     Each bank serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity
as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such
bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of
business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent
hereunder.

     No Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan
Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) no Agent shall be subject to any
fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, (b) no Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or
exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated
hereby that the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent is required to exercise as directed in
writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be
necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.08), and (c) except as expressly
set forth in the Loan Documents, no Agent shall have any duty to disclose, nor shall it be liable
for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries
that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as any Agent or any of its Affiliates in
any capacity. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action
taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other
number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in
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Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written
notice thereof is given to such Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and no Agent shall be
responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or
representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any
certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the
performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set
forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any
Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any
condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt
of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent.

     Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon,
any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent may
also rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made
by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may
consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other
experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in
accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

     Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or
through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform
any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related
Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent
and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their
respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for
herein as well as activities as Agent.

     Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below, each Agent
may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation of the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint
a successor, subject to the Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) so
long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. If no successor
shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment
within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent
may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in
New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as
Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the
rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be
discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a
successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed
between the Borrower and such successor. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of
this Article and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its
sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be
taken by any of them while acting as Agent.

     Each of the Syndication Agent and each Arranger, in its capacity as such, shall have no duties
or responsibilities, and shall incur no liability, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

     Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents, the
Arrangers, the Syndication Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as
it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.
Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents, the
Arrangers, the Syndication Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as
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shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not
taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement
or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

     To the extent required by any applicable law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any
interest payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding tax. If the
Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority asserts a claim that the
Administrative Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any
Lender because the appropriate form was not delivered or was not properly executed or because such
Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance which rendered the
exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective or for any other reason, such Lender
shall indemnify the Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the
Administrative Agent as tax or otherwise, including any penalties or interest and together with all
expenses (including legal expenses, allocated internal costs and out-of-pocket expenses) incurred.

ARTICLE IX.

Miscellaneous

     SECTION 9.01. Notices. Notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and
shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or
sent by fax, as follows:

     (a) if to the Borrower, to it at NRG Holdings, Inc. c/o NRG Energy, Inc., 211 Carnegie
Center, Princeton, NJ 08540, Attention of Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and General
Counsel (Fax No. (609) 524-4501);

     (b) if to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, to Credit Suisse, 7200 Kit
Creek Road – Building 11, Raleigh, North Carolina 27709, Attention of Sean L. Portrait (Fax
No. (919) 994-6369; Email: sean.portrait@credit-suisse.com); and

     (c) if to a Lender, to it at its address (or fax number) set forth in the Lender
Addendum or the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall have become a
party hereto.

All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt if delivered by hand or
overnight courier service or sent by fax or on the date five Business Days after dispatch by
certified or registered mail if mailed, in each case delivered, sent or mailed (properly addressed)
to such party as provided in this Section 9.01 or in accordance with the latest unrevoked direction
from such party given in accordance with this Section 9.01.

     SECTION 9.02. Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made
by the Borrower herein and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in
connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to
have been relied upon by the Lenders and shall survive the making by the Lenders of the Term Loans,
regardless of any investigation made by the Lenders or on their behalf, and shall continue in full
force and effect (but such representations and warranties shall be deemed made by the Borrower only
at such times and as of such dates as set forth in Section 4.01(b)) as long as the principal of or
any accrued interest on any Term Loan or any Fee or any other amount payable (other than
indemnification and other contingent obligations that are not then due and payable) under this
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outstanding and unpaid and so long as the Term Loan
Commitments have not been terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.16, 2.20, 2.21 and 9.05
shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the expiration of the term of
this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of
the Term Loans, the expiration of the Term Loan Commitments, the invalidity or unenforceability of
any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or
on behalf of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender.

     SECTION 9.03. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been
executed by each of the parties hereto and when the Administrative Agent shall have received
counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties
hereto.

     SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns. (a) Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto
is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of
such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lenders that are contained in this Agreement
shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.

     (b) Each Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its interests, rights
and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Term Loan Commitment and
the Term Loans at the time owing to it); provided, however, that (i)(x) except in
the case of an assignment of a Term Loan to a Lender or an Affiliate or Related Fund of a Lender,
each of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower must give its prior written consent to such
assignment (which consent in each case shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
provided that the consent of the Borrower shall not be required for any assignment (1)
during the continuance of any Event of Default, (2) during the initial syndication of the Term
Loans and the Term Loan Commitments or (3) in the case of any assignment that is made after the
Funding Date and (y) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate or Related
Fund of a Lender, the amount of the Term Loan Commitment or Term Loan of the assigning Lender
subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with
respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than
$1,000,000 (or the entire remaining amount of such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment or Term Loans, as
the case may be and Related Funds shall be aggregated for this purpose), (ii) the parties to each
such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance
(such Assignment and Acceptance to be (x) electronically executed and delivered to the
Administrative Agent via an electronic settlement system then acceptable to the Administrative
Agent, which shall initially be the settlement system of ClearPar, LLC, or (y) manually executed
and delivered) and (iii) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender immediately prior to the
assignment, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire. No Lender
is permitted to assign all or any portion of its interests, rights or obligations under this
Agreement (including all or a portion of its Term Loan Commitment and the Term Loans at any time
owing to it) except as specifically set forth in the immediately preceding sentence and any
purported assignment not in conformity therewith shall be null and void. Upon acceptance and
recording pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 9.04, from and after the effective date
specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, (A) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto
and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and
obligations of a Lender under this Agreement and (B) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the
extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations
under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the
remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender
shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits and obligations
of Sections 2.14, 2.16, 2.20, 2.21 and 9.05, as well as to any Fees accrued for its account and not
yet paid). Notwithstanding the foregoing, an assignment by a Lender to one of its Affiliates or
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whether the assignor
has delivered an Assignment and Acceptance or Administrative Questionnaire to the Administrative
Agent (and the acceptance and recordation thereof under paragraph (e) of this Section shall not be
required); provided that the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be entitled to
deal solely with the assignor unless and until the date that an Assignment and Acceptance and
Administrative Questionnaire have been delivered to the Administrative Agent with respect to the
applicable assignee.

     (c) By executing and delivering (to the Administrative Agent or the assigning Lender in the
case of an assignment by a Lender to one of its Affiliates or Related Funds pursuant to the last
sentence of paragraph (b) of this Section) an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender
thereunder and the assignee thereunder shall be deemed to confirm to and agree with each other and
the other parties hereto as follows: (i) such assigning Lender warrants that it is the legal and
beneficial owner of the interest being assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim and
that its Term Loan Commitment, and the outstanding balances of its Term Loans without giving effect
to assignments thereof which have not become effective, are as set forth in such Assignment and
Acceptance, (ii) except as set forth in (i) above, such assigning Lender makes no representation or
warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or
representations made in or in connection with this Agreement, or the execution, legality, validity,
enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any
other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto, or the financial condition
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or the performance or observance by the Borrower of any of
its obligations under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document
furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee represents and warrants that it is legally
authorized to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee confirms that it has
received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements
referred to in Section 3.05(a) or delivered pursuant to Section 5.04 and such other documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into
such Assignment and Acceptance; (v) such assignee will independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Arrangers such assigning
Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate
at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this
Agreement; (vi) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement
as are delegated to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, respectively, by the terms
hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vii) such assignee
agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations which by the terms
of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

     (d) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall
maintain at one of its offices in the City of New York a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance
delivered to it and one or more registers for the recordation of the names and addresses of the
Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Term Loans owing to, each Lender
pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the
Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register
pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement,
notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the
Borrower, the Collateral Agent and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice. In the case of any assignment made in accordance with the last sentence
of paragraph (b) of this Section that is not reflected in the Register, the assigning Lender shall
maintain a comparable register reflecting such assignment.

     (e) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning
Lender and an assignee, an Administrative Questionnaire completed in respect of the assignee
(unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder) and, if required, the written consent of
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Administrative Agent to such assignment, the Administrative Agent shall (i) accept such
Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) record the information contained therein in the Register and (iii)
give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower. No assignment shall be effective
unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph (e). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, an assignment by a Lender to an Affiliate or Related Fund pursuant to the last sentence
of paragraph (b) of this Section shall not be required to be recorded in the Register to be
effective; provided that (i) such assignment is recorded in a comparable register
maintained by the assignor as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section and (ii) the Administrative
Agent and the Borrower shall be entitled to deal solely and directly with the assignor unless and
until the date that an Assignment and Acceptance and Administrative Questionnaire have been
delivered to the Administrative Agent with respect to the applicable assignee.

     (f) Each Lender may without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent sell
participations to one or more banks or other entities in all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Term Loan Commitment and the
Term Loans owing to it); provided, however, that (i) such Lender’s obligations
under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to
the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii) the participating banks or
other entities shall be entitled to the benefit of the cost protection provisions and related
obligations contained in Sections 2.14, 2.16, 2.20 and 2.21 to the same
extent as if they were Lenders (but, with respect to any particular participant, to no greater
extent than the Lender that sold the participation to such participant) and (iv) the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in
connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, and such Lender shall
retain the sole right to enforce the obligations of the Borrower relating to the Term Loans and to
approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement (other than
amendments, modifications or waivers decreasing any fees payable hereunder or the amount of
principal of or the rate at which interest is payable on the Term Loans, extending any scheduled
principal payment date or date fixed for the payment of interest on the Term Loans, increasing or
extending the Term Loan Commitments or releasing all or substantially all of the Collateral).

     (g) Any Lender or participant may, in connection with any assignment, pledge or participation
or proposed assignment, pledge or participation pursuant to this Section 9.04, disclose to the
assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant any information relating to the
Borrower furnished to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower; provided that, prior to
any such disclosure of information designated by the Borrower as confidential, each such assignee
or participant or proposed assignee or participant shall execute an agreement whereby such assignee
or participant shall agree (subject to customary exceptions) to preserve the confidentiality of
such confidential information on terms no less restrictive than those applicable to the Lenders
pursuant to Section 9.16.

     (h) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, at any
time assign all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure extensions of credit to
such Lender or in support of obligations owed by such Lender, and, in the case of any Lender that
is a fund that invests in bank loans, such Lender may collaterally assign all or any portion of its
rights under this Agreement to any holder of, trustee for, or other representative of any holders
of, obligations owed or securities issued by such fund as security for such obligations or
securities; provided that no such assignment described in this clause (h) shall release a
Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such assignee for such Lender as a
party hereto.

     (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting
Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an “SPC”), identified as such
in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower,
the option to provide to the Borrower all or any part of any Term Loan that such Granting Lender
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to make to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement; provided
that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to make any Term Loan and (ii) if
an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide all or any part of such
Term Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Term Loan pursuant to the terms
hereof. The making of a Term Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Term Loan Commitment of
the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Term Loan were made by such Granting
Lender. Each party hereto hereby agrees that no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar
payment obligation under this Agreement (all liability for which shall remain with the Granting
Lender). In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall
survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day
after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior indebtedness of any
SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, such SPC any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under the laws of
the United States or any State thereof. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Section 9.04, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without the prior written
consent of, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and without paying any processing fee
therefor, assign all or a portion of its interests in any Term Loans to the Granting Lender or to
any financial institutions (consented to by the Borrower and Administrative Agent) providing
liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of such SPC to support the funding or
maintenance of Term Loans and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis
any non-public information relating to its Term Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper
dealer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.

     (j) No Borrower shall assign or delegate any of its rights or duties hereunder without the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and any attempted assignment
without such consent shall be null and void.

     SECTION 9.05. Expenses; Indemnity. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable and
documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the
Syndication Agent and the Arrangers, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of
Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, in connection
with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein and the preparation and
administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or in connection with any amendments,
modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions
hereby or thereby contemplated shall be consummated); provided that the Borrower shall not
be responsible for the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of more than one separate law
firm (in addition to one local counsel per relevant jurisdiction or special counsel, including
special workout or regulatory counsel) pursuant to its obligations under this sentence only. The
Borrower also agrees to pay all documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Arrangers or any Lender in connection with
the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents or in connection with the Term Loans made hereunder, including the fees, charges and
disbursements of Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent, and, in connection with any such enforcement or protection, the fees, charges and
disbursements of any other counsel (including special workout counsel) for the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Arrangers or any Lender.

     (b) The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the
Syndication Agent, the Arrangers, each Lender and each Related Party of any of the foregoing
Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and to hold each
Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses,
including reasonable and documented counsel fees, charges and disbursements, incurred by or
asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (i)
the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any agreement or
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thereto of their respective
obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions and the other transactions
contemplated thereby, (ii) the use of the proceeds of the Term Loans, (iii) any claim, litigation,
investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not any Indemnitee is a
party thereto, or (iv) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials, or any
non-compliance with Environmental Law, on any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of
the Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to
the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a
court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, or except to the extent such dispute is
between Indemnitees (other than any dispute between an Indemnitee in its capacity as an Arranger or
Agent and other Indemnitee as a Lender).

     (c) To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by them to the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Syndication Agent or the Arrangers under paragraph
(a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral
Agent, the Syndication Agent or the Arrangers, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata
share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is
sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss,
claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted
against the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Syndication Agent or the Arrangers in
its capacity as such. For purposes hereof, a Lender’s “pro rata share” shall be determined based
upon its share of the sum of the outstanding Term Loans and unused Term Loan Commitments at the
time.

     (d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and it hereby
waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect,
consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in
connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated
hereby, the Transactions, any Term Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof.

     (e) The provisions of this Section 9.05 shall remain operative and in full force and effect
regardless of the expiration of the term of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Term Loans, the expiration of the Term Loan
Commitments, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Arrangers or any Lender. All amounts due under this
Section 9.05 shall be payable promptly upon written demand therefor.

     SECTION 9.06. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each
Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, except to the extent prohibited by
law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or
final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender to or for the
credit or the account of the Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower now or
hereafter existing under this Agreement and other Loan Documents held by such Lender, irrespective
of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or such other Loan
Document and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this
Section 9.06 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which
such Lender may have.

     SECTION 9.07. Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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     SECTION 9.08. Waivers; Amendment; Replacement of Non-Consenting Lenders. (a) No failure or
delay of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender in exercising any power or
right hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of
steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and
are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any
provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by the Borrower
or any other Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be
permitted by paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the
specific instance and for the purpose
for which given. No notice or demand on the Borrower in any case shall entitle the Borrower
to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

     (b) Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision thereof may be
waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into
by the Borrower and the Required Lenders; provided, however, that (A)
notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent, acting in its sole discretion, and the
Borrower may (without the consent of any Lender) amend or supplement this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or to make a modification of a minor
or technical nature or to correct a manifest error and (B) no such agreement described above in
this paragraph (b) shall (i) decrease or forgive the principal amount of, or extend the maturity of
or any scheduled principal payment date or date for the payment of any interest on any Term Loan,
or waive or excuse any such payment or any part thereof, or decrease the rate of interest on any
Term Loan, without the prior written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (ii)
increase or extend the Term Loan Commitment or decrease or extend the date for payment of any Fees
of any Lender without the prior written consent of such Lender, (iii) amend or modify the pro rata
requirements of Section 2.17, the provisions of Sections 2.02, 2.09 and 2.18 requiring ratable
distribution or sharing or ratable funding, the provisions of Section 9.04(j), the provisions of
this Section or the definition of the term “Required Lenders” without the prior written consent of
each Lender, (iv) except upon payment in full of the obligations hereunder (except for contingent
obligations or indemnities not yet accrued as of such time), release all or substantially all of
the Collateral, except in connection with a disposition expressly permitted under the Loan
Documents, without the prior written consent of each Lender or (v) modify the protections afforded
to an SPC pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.04(i) without the written consent of such SPC;
provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the
rights or duties of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other
Loan Document without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral
Agent, as applicable.

     (c) Each Lender grants (i) to the Administrative Agent the right (with the prior written
consent of the Borrower) to purchase all of such Lender’s Term Loan Commitments and Term Loans
owing to it and any related promissory notes held by it and all its rights and obligations
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (ii) to the Borrower the right to cause an
assignment of all of such Lender’s Term Loan Commitments and Term Loans owing to it and any related
promissory notes held by it and all its rights and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents to one or more eligible assignees pursuant to Section 9.04, which right may be exercised
by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, as the case may be, if such Lender (a
“Non-Consenting Lender”) refuses to execute any amendment, modification, termination,
waiver or consent which requires the written consent of Lenders other than the Required Lenders and
to which the Required Lenders and the Borrower have otherwise agreed; provided that such
Non-Consenting Lender shall receive in connection with such purchase or assignment, payment equal
to the aggregate amount of outstanding Term Loans owed to such Lender, together with all accrued
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other contingent
obligations not yet due and payable) owed to such Lender under the Loan Documents at such time; and
provided, further, that any such assignee shall agree to such amendment,
modification, termination, waiver or consent. Each Lender agrees that if the Administrative Agent
or the Borrower, as the case may be, exercises its option under this paragraph it shall promptly
execute and deliver all agreements and documentation necessary to effectuate such assignment as set
forth in Section 9.04. The Borrower shall be entitled (but not obligated) to execute and deliver
such agreements and documentation on behalf of such Non-Consenting Lender and any such agreements
or documentation so executed by the Borrower shall be effective for all purposes of documenting an
assignment pursuant to Section 9.04.

     SECTION 9.09. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate
applicable to any Term Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as
interest on such Term Loan under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed
the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken,
received or reserved by the Lender holding such Term Loan in accordance with applicable law, the
rate of interest payable in respect of such Term Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable
in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest
and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Term Loan but were not payable as a
result of the operation of this Section 9.09 shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges
payable to such Lender in respect of other Term Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above
the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the
Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.

     SECTION 9.10. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter and the other
Loan Documents constitute the entire contract between the parties relative to the subject matter
hereof. Any other previous agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof
is superseded by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Nothing in this Agreement or in the
other Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any Person (other than the
parties hereto and thereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereunder and, to the
extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders) any rights, remedies,
obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

     SECTION 9.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE
OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF
ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE
EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE
OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS,
AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.11.

     SECTION 9.12. Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and
therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the
invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect
the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties shall endeavor in
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unenforceable provisions with valid
provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal
or unenforceable provisions.

     SECTION 9.13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on
different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken
together shall constitute a single contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section
9.03. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement or of a Lender Addendum by
facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this
Agreement.

     SECTION 9.14. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for
convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the
construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

     SECTION 9.15. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) The Borrower hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any
New York State court or Federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City, and
any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and
each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect
of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the
extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final
judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this
Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the
Syndication Agent, the Arrangers or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents against the Borrower or its properties in
the courts of any jurisdiction.

     (b) The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may
legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of
venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents in any New York State or Federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to
the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

     (c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party
to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

     SECTION 9.16. Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the
Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information, except that Information may be
disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ officers, directors, employees and agents, including
accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such
disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed
to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority or
quasi-regulatory authority (such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to
the extent required by Applicable Laws or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) in
connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or any
suit, action or proceeding relating to the enforcement of its rights hereunder or thereunder, (e)
subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this
Section 9.16, to (i) any actual or prospective assignee of or participant in any of its rights
or obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) any pledgee referred to in
Section

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9.04(g) or (iii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or
derivative transaction relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their respective
obligations, (f) with the consent of the Borrower or (g) to the extent such Information becomes
publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 9.16. For the purposes of
this Section, “Information” shall mean all financial statements, certificates, reports,
agreements and other information received from the Borrower or its Subsidiaries and related to the
Borrower or its business, other than any such financial statements, certificates, reports,
agreements and other information that was available to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to its disclosure by the Borrower;
provided that, in the case of Information received from the Borrower after the Closing
Date, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person
required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section 9.16 shall be
considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same
degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord its
own confidential information. Notwithstanding any other express or implied agreement, arrangement
or understanding to the contrary, each of the parties hereto agrees that each other party hereto
(and each of its employees, representatives or agents) are permitted to disclose to any Persons,
without limitation, the tax treatment and tax structure of the Term Loans and the other
transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and all materials of any kind (including opinions
and tax analyses) that are provided to the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Arrangers or any Agent
related to such tax treatment and tax aspects. To the extent not inconsistent with the immediately
preceding sentence, this authorization does not extend to disclosure of any other information or
any other term or detail not related to the tax treatment or tax aspects of the Term Loans or the
transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.

     SECTION 9.17. Delivery of Lender Addenda. Each initial Lender shall become a party to this Agreement by
delivering to the Administrative Agent a Lender Addendum duly executed by such Lender, the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent.

     SECTION 9.18. Holdings Reorganization. The Lenders hereby further agree that nothing in this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents shall prohibit or restrict (including as a result of a Change of
Control) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from entering into and consummating the Holdings
Reorganization and the Holdings Contribution.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by
their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NRG HOLDINGS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Clint Freeland
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Clint Freeland 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as

Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ James Moran
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	James Moran 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Managing Director 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	                                                /s/ Nupur Kumar
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Nupur Kumar 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Associate 	 
	 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., as 

Joint Book Runner
and Joint Lead Arranger
 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Dave R. Goncher
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Dave R. Goncher 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Director 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CITICORP NORTH AMERICA INC., as 

Syndication Agent
 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Dave R. Goncher
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Dave R. Goncher 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Director<PAGE>
                                                                    Exhibit 4.1

                    MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.,
                                   Depositor

                           HOME LOAN SERVICES, INC.,
                                    Servicer

                                      and

                       LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                    Trustee

                                   ----------

                        POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
                            Dated as of May 1, 2007

                                   ----------

                      FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST,
            MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-FFC

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS....................................................      9

ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES..     58
   SECTION 2.01.  Conveyance of Mortgage Loans...........................     58
   SECTION 2.02.  Acceptance by the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans........     60
   SECTION 2.03.  Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
                  Depositor..............................................     62
   SECTION 2.04.  Representations and Warranties of the Servicer.........     65
   SECTION 2.05.  Substitutions and Repurchases of Mortgage Loans that
                  are not "Qualified Mortgages"..........................     67
   SECTION 2.06.  Authentication and Delivery of Certificates............     67
   SECTION 2.07.  REMIC Elections........................................     67
   SECTION 2.08.  [RESERVED].............................................     72
   SECTION 2.09.  Covenants of the Servicer..............................     72
   SECTION 2.10.  [RESERVED].............................................     72
   SECTION 2.11.  Permitted Activities of the Issuing Entity.............     72
   SECTION 2.12.  Qualifying Special Purpose Entity......................     72
   SECTION 2.13.  Depositor Notification of NIM Notes....................     72

ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS...............     72
   SECTION 3.01.  Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans.....................     73
   SECTION 3.02.  Servicing and Subservicing; Enforcement of the
                  Obligations of Servicer................................     74
   SECTION 3.03.  Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of
                  the Servicer...........................................     75
   SECTION 3.04.  Trustee to Act as Servicer.............................     75
   SECTION 3.05.  Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Collection
                  Account; Certificate Account...........................     76
   SECTION 3.06.  Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items;
                  Escrow Accounts........................................     80
   SECTION 3.07.  Access to Certain Documentation and Information
                  Regarding the Mortgage Loans...........................     80
   SECTION 3.08.  Permitted Withdrawals from the Collection Account and
                  Certificate Account....................................     80
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   SECTION 3.09.  [RESERVED].............................................     83
   SECTION 3.10.  Maintenance of Hazard Insurance........................     83
   SECTION 3.11.  Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption
                  Agreements.............................................     84
   SECTION 3.12.  Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans;
                  Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss
                  Mitigation.............................................     84
   SECTION 3.13.  Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files........     88
   SECTION 3.14.  Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of Servicer
                  to be Held for the Trustee.............................     90
   SECTION 3.15.  Servicing Compensation.................................     90
   SECTION 3.16.  Access to Certain Documentation........................     90
   SECTION 3.17.  Annual Statement as to Compliance......................     91
   SECTION 3.18.  Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing
                  Statement; Financial Statements........................     91
   SECTION 3.19.  Subordination of Liens.................................     94
   SECTION 3.20.  Periodic Filings.......................................     94
   SECTION 3.21.  Indemnification by Trustee.............................     97
   SECTION 3.22.  Indemnification by Servicer............................     98
   SECTION 3.23.  Prepayment Charge Reporting Requirements...............     98
   SECTION 3.24.  Information to the Trustee.............................     99
   SECTION 3.25.  Indemnification........................................     99
   SECTION 3.26.  Solicitation...........................................    100
   SECTION 3.27.  High Cost Mortgage Loans...............................    100

ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS.................................................    100
   SECTION 4.01.  Advances...............................................    100
   SECTION 4.02.  Reduction of Servicing Compensation in Connection with
                  Prepayment Interest Shortfalls.........................    101
   SECTION 4.03.  Distributions on the REMIC Interests...................    102
   SECTION 4.04.  Distributions..........................................    102
   SECTION 4.05.  Monthly Statements to Certificateholders...............    [_]
   SECTION 4.06.  Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy Matters..    [_]
   SECTION 4.07.  Effects of Payments by the Class A Certificate
                  Insurer................................................    113

ARTICLE V THE CERTIFICATES...............................................    117
   SECTION 5.01.  The Certificates.......................................    117
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<S>                                                                         <C>
   SECTION 5.02.  Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and
                  Exchange of Certificates...............................    119
   SECTION 5.03.  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates......    123
   SECTION 5.04.  Persons Deemed Owners..................................    123
   SECTION 5.05.  Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and
                  Addresses..............................................    123
   SECTION 5.06.  Book-Entry Certificates................................    124
   SECTION 5.07.  Notices to Depository..................................    125
   SECTION 5.08.  Definitive Certificates................................    125
   SECTION 5.09.  Maintenance of Office or Agency........................    125
   SECTION 5.10.  Authenticating Agents..................................    126

ARTICLE VI THE DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICER................................    126
   SECTION 6.01.  Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and
                  the Servicer...........................................    126
   SECTION 6.02.  Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or
                  the Servicer...........................................    127
   SECTION 6.03.  Limitation on Liability of the Depositor,
                  the Servicer and Others................................    127
   SECTION 6.04.  Limitation on Resignation of Servicer..................    128
   SECTION 6.05.  Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds.........    128

ARTICLE VII DEFAULT; TERMINATION OF SERVICER.............................    129
   SECTION 7.01.  Events of Default......................................    129
   SECTION 7.02.  Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor...............    130
   SECTION 7.03.  Notification to Certificateholders.....................    131

ARTICLE VIII CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE......................................    131
   SECTION 8.01.  Duties of the Trustee..................................    131
   SECTION 8.02.  Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee..................    133
   SECTION 8.03.  Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans..    134
   SECTION 8.04.  Trustee May Own Certificates...........................    134
   SECTION 8.05.  Trustee's Fees and Expenses............................    135
   SECTION 8.06.  Indemnification and Expenses of Trustee................    135
   SECTION 8.07.  Eligibility Requirements for Trustee...................    136
   SECTION 8.08.  Resignation and Removal of Trustee.....................    136
   SECTION 8.09.  Successor Trustee......................................    137
   SECTION 8.10.  Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.....................    137
   SECTION 8.11.  Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee..........    138
   SECTION 8.12.  Tax Matters............................................    139
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<S>                                                                         <C>
ARTICLE IX TERMINATION...................................................    141
   SECTION 9.01.  Termination upon Liquidation or Repurchase of all
                  Mortgage Loans.........................................    141
   SECTION 9.02.  Final Distribution on the Certificates.................    142
   SECTION 9.03.  Additional Termination Requirements....................    143

ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.......................................    145
   SECTION 10.01. Amendment..............................................    145
   SECTION 10.02. Counterparts...........................................    147
   SECTION 10.03. Governing Law..........................................    147
   SECTION 10.04. Intention of Parties...................................    147
   SECTION 10.05. Notices................................................    147
   SECTION 10.06. Severability of Provisions.............................    148
   SECTION 10.07. Assignment; Sales; Advance Facilities..................    148
   SECTION 10.08. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.............    150
   SECTION 10.09. Inspection and Audit Rights............................    150
   SECTION 10.10. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid..............    151
   SECTION 10.11. Compliance with Regulation AB..........................    151
   SECTION 10.12. Third Party Rights.....................................    151
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EXHIBIT A     FORMS OF CERTIFICATES
EXHIBIT B     MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT C     [RESERVED]
EXHIBIT D     FORM OF TRUSTEE CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT E-1   FORM OF TRANSFEREE'S LETTER AND AFFIDAVIT
EXHIBIT E-2   FORM OF TRANSFEROR'S AFFIDAVIT
EXHIBIT F     FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT G     FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER (ACCREDITED INVESTOR)
EXHIBIT H     FORM OF RULE 144A INVESTMENT LETTER
              (QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER)
EXHIBIT I     FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE
EXHIBIT J     [RESERVED]
EXHIBIT K     FORM OF BACK-UP CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
EXHIBIT L     FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICER
EXHIBIT M     [RESERVED]
EXHIBIT N     [RESERVED]
EXHIBIT O     FORM OF TRANSFEROR REPRESENTATION LETTER FOR TRANSFER TO
              REGULATION S BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE FROM A HOLDER OF A RULE 144A
              BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE OR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT P     FORM OF TRANSFEROR REPRESENTATION LETTER FOR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO
              RULE 144A FROM A HOLDER OF A REGULATION S BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE
              OR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT Q     [RESERVED]
EXHIBIT R     FORM OF ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
EXHIBIT S     SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
EXHIBIT T     FORM OF SARBANES-OXLEY CERTIFICATIONS
EXHIBIT U     FORM OF ITEM 1123 CERTIFICATION OF SERVICER
EXHIBIT V     FORM OF DELINQUENCY REPORT
EXHIBIT W-1   FORM OF CLASS A CERTIFICATE GUARANTY INSURANCE POLICY
EXHIBIT W-2   FORM OF INSURANCE AGREEMENT

SCHEDULE X
SCHEDULE Y
SCHEDULE Z

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     POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of May 1, 2007 (the "Agreement"),
among MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC., a Delaware corporation, as
depositor (the "Depositor"), HOME LOAN SERVICES, INC., a Nevada corporation, as
servicer (the "Servicer"), and LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national
banking association, as trustee (the "Trustee").

     The Depositor is the owner of the Trust Fund that is hereby conveyed to the
Trustee in return for the Certificates. The Trust Fund for federal income tax
purposes will consist of (i) two real estate mortgage investment conduits, (ii)
the right to receive payments distributable to the Class P Certificates pursuant
to Section 4.04(b)(i) hereof and (iii) the grantor trusts described in Section
2.07 hereof. The Lower Tier REMIC will consist of all of the assets constituting
the Trust Fund (other than the assets described in clauses (ii) and (iii) above
and other than the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests) and will be evidenced by
the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests (which will be uncertificated and will
represent the "regular interests" in the Lower Tier REMIC) and the Class LTR
Interest as the single "residual interest" in the Lower Tier REMIC. The Trustee
will hold the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests. The Upper Tier REMIC will
consist of the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests and the Class A Certificate
Guaranty Insurance Policy and will be evidenced by the REMIC Regular Interests
(which will represent the "regular interests" in the Upper Tier REMIC) and the
Residual Interest as the single "residual interest" in the Upper Tier REMIC. The
Class R Certificate will represent beneficial ownership of the Class LTR
Interest and the Residual Interest. The "latest possible maturity date" for
federal income tax purposes of all interests created hereby will be the Latest
Possible Maturity Date. The characterization of the Class A Certificate Guaranty
Insurance Policy as part of the Upper Tier REMIC is for federal income tax
purposes only, and notwithstanding such characterization, the Class A
Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy shall not be included in, nor constitute
the property of, the Trust Fund or any sub-trust or sub-division thereof.

     All covenants and agreements made by the Sponsor in the MLML Purchase
Agreement, FFFC in the FFFC Purchase Agreement and by the Depositor and the
Trustee herein with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the other property
constituting the Trust Fund are for the benefit of the Holders from time to time
of the Certificates, the Class A Certificate Insurer and, to the extent provided
herein, the NIMs Insurer.

THE LOWER TIER REMIC

The following table sets forth the designations, initial principal balances,
interest rates, Classes of Corresponding Certificates and related Mortgage Group
for each interest in the Lower Tier REMIC:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        Class(es) of Corresponding
                                                     Certificates or Related Mortgage
Class    Initial Principal Balance   Interest Rate                 Group
-----    -------------------------   -------------   --------------------------------
<S>      <C>                         <C>             <C>
LTA-1               (1)                   (8)                     A-1, R
LTA-2A              (1)                   (8)                      A-2A
LTA-2B              (1)                   (8)                      A-2B
LTM-1               (1)                   (8)                       M-1
LTM-2               (1)                   (8)                       M-2
LTM-3               (1)                   (8)                       M-3
LTM-4               (1)                   (8)                       M-4
LTB-1               (1)                   (8)                       B-1
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<S>      <C>                         <C>             <C>
LTB-2               (1)                   (8)                       B-2
LTB-3               (1)                   (8)                       B-3
LTB-4               (1)                   (8)                       B-4
LTIX                (2)                   (8)                       N/A
LTII1A              (3)                   (8)                    Group One
LTII1B              (4)                   (9)                    Group One
LTII2A              (5)                   (8)                    Group Two
LTII2B              (6)                   (10)                   Group Two
LTIIX               (7)                   (8)                       N/A
LTR                 (11)                  (11)                      N/A
</TABLE>

(1)  The initial principal balance of each of these Lower Tier REMIC Regular
     Interests shall equal 1/4 of the initial Certificate Principal Balance of
     its Corresponding Certificates.

(2)  The initial principal balance of the Class LTIX Interest shall equal the
     excess of (i) 50% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the
     Mortgage Loans over (ii) the initial principal balance of the Lower Tier
     REMIC I Marker Interests.

(3)  The initial principal balance of the Class LTII1A Interest shall equal
     0.05% of the excess of (i) the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of
     the Group One Mortgage Loans over (ii) the aggregate of the initial
     Certificate Principal Balances of Certificate Group One.

(4)  The initial principal balance of the Class LTII1B Interest shall equal
     0.05% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Group One
     Mortgage Loans.

(5)  The initial principal balance of the Class LTII2A Interest shall equal
     0.05% of the excess of (i) the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of
     the Group Two Mortgage Loans over (ii) the aggregate of the initial
     Certificate Principal Balances of Certificate Group Two.

(6)  The initial principal balance of the Class LTII2B Interest shall equal
     0.05% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Group Two
     Mortgage Loans.

(7)  The initial principal balance of the Class LTIIX Interest shall equal the
     excess of (i) 50% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the
     Mortgage Loans over (ii) the initial principal balance of the Lower Tier
     REMIC II Marker Interests.

(8)  For each Distribution Date, the interest rate for each of the Lower Tier
     REMIC Regular Interests (other than the Class LTII1B and the Class LTII2B
     Interests) shall be a per annum rate (but not less than zero) equal to the
     product of (i) the weighted average Net Mortgage Rate for the Mortgage
     Loans calculated based on the respective Net Mortgage Rates and the Stated
     Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of the immediately preceding
     Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of
     the Cut-off Date) and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the
     denominator of which is the actual number of days in the related Accrual
     Period for the LIBOR Certificates.

(9)  For each Distribution Date, the interest rate for the Class LTII1B Interest
     shall be a per annum rate equal to the product of (i) the Group One Net WAC
     for such Distribution Date and (ii) a fraction the numerator of which is 30
     and the denominator of which is the actual number of days in the Accrual
     Period for the LIBOR Certificates.

(10) For each Distribution Date, the interest rate for the Class LTII2B Interest
     shall be a per annum rate equal to the product of (i) the Group Two Net WAC
     for such Distribution Date and (ii) a fraction the numerator of which is 30
     and the denominator of which is the actual number of days in the Accrual
     Period for the LIBOR Certificates.

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(11) The Class LTR Interest shall have no principal amount and shall bear no
     interest.

UPPER TIER REMIC

The following table sets forth the designation, the initial principal balances,
the interest rates and Classes of Related Certificates for each of the interests
in the Upper Tier REMIC.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Class                             Initial Principal Balance   Rate   Class of Related Certificates
-----                             -------------------------   ----   -----------------------------
<S>                               <C>                         <C>    <C>
UTA-1                                        (1)               (2)                A-1
UTA-2A                                       (1)               (2)                A-2A
UTA-2B                                       (1)               (2)                A-2B
UTM-1                                        (1)               (2)                M-1
UTM-2                                        (1)               (2)                M-2
UTM-3                                        (1)               (2)                M-3
UTM-4                                        (1)               (2)                M-4
UTB-1                                        (1)               (2)                B-1
UTB-2                                        (1)               (2)                B-2
UTB-3                                        (1)               (2)                B-3
UTB-4                                        (1)               (2)                B-4
Uncertificated Class C Interest              (3)               (3)                N/A
Residual Interest                            (1)               (2)                R
</TABLE>

(1)  The initial principal balance of each of these REMIC Regular Interests
     shall equal the initial principal balance of its Class of Related
     Certificates.

(2)  The interest rates on each of these REMIC Regular Interests and the
     Residual Interest shall be an annual rate equal to the Pass-Through Rate
     for the Class of Related Certificates, provided that in lieu of the
     applicable Available Funds Cap set forth in the definition of an applicable
     Pass-Through Rate, the applicable Upper Tier REMIC Net WAC Cap shall be
     used.

(3)  The Uncertificated Class C Interest shall have an initial principal balance
     equal to the initial Overcollateralization Amount. The Uncertificated Class
     C Interest shall accrue interest on a notional balance set forth in the
     definition of Class C Current Interest at a rate equal to the Class C
     Distributable Interest Rate. The Uncertificated Class C Interest shall be
     represented by the Class C Certificates.

THE CERTIFICATES

     The following table sets forth the Class designation, interest rate and
initial Class principal amount for each Class of Certificates comprising
interests in the Trust Fund.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Class   Initial Class Principal Amount   Interest Rate
-----   ------------------------------   -------------
<S>     <C>                              <C>
A-1                   (1)                    (2)
A-2A                  (1)                    (2)
A-2B                  (1)                    (2)
M-1                   (1)                    (2)
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<S>     <C>                              <C>
M-2                   (1)                    (2)
M-3                   (1)                    (2)
M-4                   (1)                    (2)
B-1                   (1)                    (2)
B-2                   (1)                    (2)
B-3                   (1)                    (2)
B-4                   (1)                    (2)
C                     (3)                    (3)
P                     (4)                    (4)
R                     (1)                    (2)(5)
</TABLE>

(1)  Each of these Classes of Certificates shall have initial principal balances
     as set forth in Section 5.01 hereof.

(2)  Each of these Classes of Certificates shall bear interest at a per annum
     rate equal to the Pass-Through Rate for such Certificates set forth in the
     definitions herein.

(3)  For federal income tax purposes, the Class C Certificate shall represent
     (i) the right to receive all distributions with respect to the REMIC
     Regular Interests represented by the Uncertificated Class C Interest and
     (ii) certain obligations with respect to notional principal contracts as
     described in Section 2.07.

(4)  The Class P Certificates shall be entitled to the amounts distributable
     pursuant to Section 4.04(b) hereof and shall not represent a REMIC regular
     interest.

(5)  The Class R Interest represents ownership of the Class LTR Interest and the
     Residual Interest.

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

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                                    ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

     Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless
the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:

     Accepted Servicing Practices: The Servicer's normal servicing practices,
which will conform to the mortgage servicing practices of prudent mortgage
lending institutions that service for their own account mortgage loans of the
same type as the Mortgage Loans in the jurisdictions in which the related
Mortgaged Properties are located.

     Accountant's Attestation: As defined in Section 3.18(b) hereof.

     Accrual Period: With respect to each Class of LIBOR Certificates, their
Corresponding REMIC Regular Interests and the Lower Tier REMIC Interests and any
Distribution Date, the period commencing on the immediately preceding
Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, the Closing
Date) and ending on the day immediately preceding such Distribution Date; and
with respect to the Class B Certificates and any Distribution Date, the calendar
month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.
All calculations of interest on each Class of LIBOR Certificates, their
Corresponding REMIC Regular Interests and the Lower Tier REMIC Interests will be
made on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in the related Accrual
Period and a 360 day year and all calculations of interest on the Class B
Certificates will be made on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months.

     Additional Form 10-D Disclosure: As defined in Section 3.20 hereof.

     Advance: The aggregate of the advances required to be made by the Servicer
with respect to any Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01, the amount of
any such advances being equal to the sum of the aggregate amount of all payments
of principal and interest (or, with respect to the interest-only Mortgage Loans,
payments of scheduled interest) (net of the Servicing Fee) on the related
Mortgage Loans that were due during the applicable Due Period and not received
as of the close of business on the related Determination Date, except as
provided in Section 4.01 hereof, less the aggregate amount of any such
Delinquent payments that the Servicer has determined would constitute a
Non-Recoverable Advance were an advance to be made with respect thereto;
provided, however, that with respect to (i) any Mortgage Loan that is 150 days
delinquent or more (whether or not the Mortgage Loan has been converted to an
REO Property), (ii) shortfalls in principal and interest due to bankruptcy
proceedings or the application of the Relief Act or similar laws, (iii) the
principal portion of any amount paid on a Balloon Loan and (iv) shortfalls due
to modifications as provided in Section 3.05(a), there will be no obligation to
make advances and, provided further, however, that with respect to any Mortgage
Loan that has been converted to an REO Property which is less than 150 days
delinquent, the obligation to make Advances shall only be to payments of
interest (subject to the exceptions described above and net of the related
Servicing Fees), to be calculated after taking into account rental income.

     Advance Facility: A financing or other facility as described in Section
10.07.

     Advancing Person: A Person to whom the Servicer's rights under this
Agreement to be reimbursed for any Advances or Servicing Advances have been
assigned pursuant to Section 10.07.

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     AFC Percentage: Any of the Group One AFC Percentage or the Group Two AFC
Percentage.

     Affiliate: With respect to any specified Person, any other Person
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. For the
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 the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

     Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance: For any date of determination, the
sum of the Class A-1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-2A Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class A-2B Certificate Principal Balance, the Class R
Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance, the
Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-3 Certificate Principal
Balance, the Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class B-1 Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class B-3
Certificate Principal Balance and the Class B-4 Certificate Principal Balance,
in each case as of such date of determination.

     Agreement: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any and all amendments
or supplements hereto made in accordance with the terms herein.

     Applied Realized Loss Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
amount, if any, by which the sum of (i) the Aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance and (ii) the Class C Certificate Principal Balance after distributions
of principal on such Distribution Date exceeds the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date.

     Appraised Value: With respect to a Mortgage Loan the proceeds of which were
used to purchase the related Mortgaged Property, the "Appraised Value" of a
Mortgaged Property is the lesser of (1) the appraised value based on an
appraisal made for the Sponsor by an independent fee appraiser at the time of
the origination of the related Mortgage Loan, and (2) the sales price of such
Mortgaged Property at such time of origination. With respect to a Mortgage Loan
the proceeds of which were used to refinance an existing mortgage loan, the
"Appraised Value" is the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property based upon
the appraisal obtained at the time of refinancing.

     Assessment of Compliance: As defined in Section 3.18(a) hereof.

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

     Auction: The one-time auction conducted by the Trustee, as described in
Section 9.01(b) hereof.

     Auction Date: The date on which the Auction occurs.

     Authenticating Agent: As defined in Section 5.10.

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     Available Funds Cap: Any of the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap, the Class
A-2 Available Funds Cap or the Weighted Average Available Funds Cap.

     Balloon Loan: A Mortgage Loan having an original term to stated maturity of
approximately 10, 15 or 20 years which provides for level monthly payments of
principal and interest based on a 30- or 40-year amortization schedule, with a
balloon payment of the remaining outstanding principal balance due on such
Mortgage Loan at its stated maturity.

     Book-Entry Certificates: Any of the Certificates that shall be registered
in the name of the Depository or its nominee, the ownership of which is
reflected on the books of the Depository or on the books of a Person maintaining
an account with the Depository (directly, as a "Depository Participant", or
indirectly, as an indirect participant in accordance with the rules of the
Depository and as described in Section 5.06). As of the Closing Date, each of
the Class A (other than the Class R Certificate), Class M and Class B
Certificates constitutes a Class of Book-Entry Certificates.

     Business Day: Any day other than (1) a Saturday or a Sunday, or (2) a day
on which banking institutions in the State of California, State of Illinois,
State of Pennsylvania or in the City of New York, New York are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to be closed, or (3) with respect to Home
Loan Services, Inc. only, a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is closed.

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

     Certificate Account: The separate Eligible Account created and maintained
by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05(e) in the name of the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders and the Class A Certificate Insurer and
designated "LaSalle Bank National Association, as trustee, in trust for
registered holders of First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-FFC." Funds in the Certificate Account
shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set
forth in this Agreement.

     Certificate Group: Either of Certificate Group One or Certificate Group
Two.

     Certificate Group One: The Class A-1 and Class R Certificates. For purposes
of Section 2.07 hereof, Certificate Group One shall be related to Group One.

     Certificate Group Two: The Class A-2 Certificates. For purposes of Section
2.07 hereof, Certificate Group Two shall be related to Group Two.

     Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person
that is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Certificate.

     Certificate Principal Balance: As to any Certificate and as of any
Distribution Date, the Initial Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate
less the sum of (1) all amounts distributed with respect to such Certificate in
reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance thereof on previous Distribution
Dates pursuant to Section 4.04, and (2) any Applied Realized Loss Amounts
allocated to such Certificate on previous Distribution Dates pursuant to Section
4.04(i). On each Distribution Date, after all distributions of principal on such
Distribution Date, a portion of the Class C Interest Carry Forward Amount in an
amount equal to the excess of the Overcollateralization Amount on such
Distribution Date over the

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Overcollateralization Amount as of the preceding Distribution Date (or, in the
case of the first Distribution Date, the initial Overcollateralization Amount
(based on the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date)) will be added to the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
C Certificates (on a pro rata basis). Notwithstanding the foregoing on any
Distribution Date relating to a Due Period in which a Subsequent Recovery has
been received by the Servicer, the Certificate Principal Balance of any Class of
Certificates then outstanding for which any Applied Realized Loss Amount has
been allocated will be increased, in order of seniority, by an amount equal to
the lesser of (i) the Unpaid Realized Loss Amount for such Class of Certificates
and (ii) the total of any Subsequent Recovery distributed on such date to the
Certificateholders (reduced by the amount of the increase in the Certificate
Principal Balance of any more senior Class of Certificates pursuant to this
sentence on such Distribution Date).

     Certificate Register: The register maintained pursuant to Section 5.02(a)
hereof.

     Certificateholder or Holder: The Person in whose name a Certificate is
registered in the Certificate Register (initially, Cede & Co., as nominee for
the Depository) in the case of any Class of Regular Certificates or the Class R
Certificate, except that solely for the purpose of giving any consent pursuant
to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in the name of the Depositor or
any Affiliate of the Depositor shall be deemed not to be Outstanding and the
Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall not be taken into account in
determining whether the requisite amount of Percentage Interests necessary to
effect such consent has been obtained; provided, however, that if any such
Person (including the Depositor) owns 100% of the Percentage Interests evidenced
by a Class of Certificates, such Certificates shall be deemed to be Outstanding
for purposes of any provision hereof that requires the consent of the Holders of
Certificates of a particular Class as a condition to the taking of any action
hereunder. The Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on a certification of
the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor in determining which
Certificates are registered in the name of an Affiliate of the Depositor.

     Class: All Certificates bearing the same Class designation as set forth in
Section 5.01 hereof.

     Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy: The certificate guaranty
insurance policy provided by the Class A Certificate Insurer for the benefit of
the Holders of the Class A Certificates (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
W-1).

     Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy Premium: As to any
Distribution Date, the product of (i) the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A Certificates (prior to any distributions of principal on such
Distribution Date), (ii) the Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Premium Rate
and (iii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the
related Accrual Period and the denominator of which is 360.

     Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Premium Rate: The premium rate set
forth in the Insurance Agreement pursuant to the definition of "Premium
Percentage" therein.

     Class A Certificate Insurer: Ambac Assurance Corporation.

     Class A Certificate Insurer Default: The continuing failure of the Class A
Certificate Insurer to make a payment required to be made by it under the Class
A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy.

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     Class A Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination, the
sum of the Class A-1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-2A Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class A-2B Certificate Principal Balance and the Class R
Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class A Certificates: Any of the Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2
Certificates and the Class R Certificates; provided, however, that for purposes
of the Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy, the "Class A Certificates"
means the Class A-1 Certificate and the Class A-2 Certificates only.

     Class A Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date (1) prior to the related Stepdown Date or any Distribution Date on which a
Stepdown Trigger Event exists, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount for
such Distribution Date and (2) on or after the Stepdown Date where a Stepdown
Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (A) the Class A Certificate
Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (B) the
lesser of (i) 44.10% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of such Distribution Date and (ii) the excess of the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date over the
Minimum Required Overcollateralization Amount; provided, however, that in no
event will the Class A Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any
Distribution Date exceed the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A Certificates.

     Class A-1 Available Funds Cap: With respect to a Distribution Date, the per
annum rate equal to the difference between (A) the product of (i) 12, (ii) the
quotient of (x) the total scheduled interest due on the Mortgage Loans in Group
One based on the Net Mortgage Rates in effect on the related Due Date and (y)
the sum of (a) the current Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 and
Class R Certificates and (b) the product of the current Certificate Principal
Balance of the Subordinate Certificates and the Group One AFC Percentage and and
(iii) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is
the actual number of days in the related Accrual Period and (B) the Class A
Certificate Guaranty Insurance Premium Rate.

     Class A-1 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates.

     Class A-1 Certificates: Any Certificate designated as a "Class A-1
Certificate" on the face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated by
the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit A
hereto, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class A-1 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class A-1 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Class A-1
Current Interest or a Class A-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered
as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported
Interest Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class A-1
Certificates.

     Class A-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-1 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
A-1 Certificates with respect to Current Interest or Interest Carry Forward
Amounts on such prior Distribution Dates and (2) interest on such excess (to the
extent permitted by applicable law) at the Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate for the
related Accrual Period.

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     Class A-1 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.2200% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.4400% per annum.

     Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 5.5400% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-1 Margin and (2) the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap for such
Distribution Date.

     Class A-2 Available Funds Cap: With respect to a Distribution Date, the per
annum rate equal to the difference between (A) the product of (i) 12, (ii) the
quotient of (x) the total scheduled interest due on the Mortgage Loans in Group
Two based on the Net Mortgage Rates in effect on the related Due Date and (y)
the sum of (a) the current Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2
Certificates and (b) the product of the current Certificate Principal Balance of
the Subordinate Certificates and the Group Two AFC Percentage and and (iii) a
fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the
actual number of days in the related Accrual Period and (B) the Class A
Certificate Guaranty Insurance Premium Rate.

     Class A-2 Certificates: Any of the Class A-2A and Class A-2B Certificates.

     Class A-2A Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class A-2A
Certificate" on the face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated by
the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit A
hereto, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class A-2A Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2A Certificates.

     Class A-2A Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-2A Pass-Through Rate on
the Class A-2A Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Class A-2A
Current Interest or a Class A-2A Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered
as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported
Interest Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class A-2A
Certificates.

     Class A-2A Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-2A Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
A-2A Certificates with respect to Current Interest or Interest Carry Forward
Amounts on such prior Distribution Dates and (2) interest on such excess (to the
extent permitted by applicable law) at the Class A-2A Pass-Through Rate for the
related Accrual Period.

     Class A-2A Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.1500% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.3000% per annum.

     Class A-2A Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 5.4700% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-2A Margin and (2) the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap for such
Distribution Date.

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     Class A-2B Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class A-2B
Certificate" on the face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated by
the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit A
hereto, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class A-2B Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2B Certificates.

     Class A-2B Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-2B Pass-Through Rate on
the Class A-2B Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Class A-2B
Current Interest or a Class A-2B Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered
as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported
Interest Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class A-2B
Certificates.

     Class A-2B Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-2B Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
A-2B Certificates with respect to Current Interest or Interest Carry Forward
Amounts on such prior Distribution Dates and (2) interest on such excess (to the
extent permitted by applicable law) at the Class A-2B Pass-Through Rate for the
related Accrual Period.

     Class A-2B Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.2200% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.4400% per annum.

     Class A-2B Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 5.5400% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-2B Margin and (2) the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap for such
Distribution Date.

     Class B Certificates: Any of the Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3 and Class
B-4 Certificates.

     Class B-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class B-1 Certificates.

     Class B-1 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as "Class B-1
Certificate" on the face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated by
the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit A
hereto, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates.

     Class B-1 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Class B-1
Current Interest or a Class B-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered
as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported
Interest Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class B-1
Certificates.

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     Class B-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class B-1 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
B-1 Certificates with respect to Current Interest or Interest Carry Forward
Amounts on such prior Distribution Dates and (2) interest on such excess (to the
extent permitted by applicable law) at the Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate for the
related Accrual Period.

     Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 7.500% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) (x) as of any
Distribution Date up to and including the Initial Optional Termination Date,
7.500% per annum or (y) as of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional
Termination Date, 8.000% per annum and (2) the Weighted Average Available Funds
Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance and the
Class M Certificate Principal Balance, have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown
Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the
excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (B) the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class M-2 Certificate Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class M-3 Certificate
Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-3
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (E) the Class M-4
Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (F) the
Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution
Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 65.70% of the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date and (B) the excess of the Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date over the
Minimum Required Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(I) on any Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate
Principal Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates and Class M Certificates
has been reduced to zero, the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount will equal
the lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-1
Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after
any distributions on such Class A and Class M Certificates and (II) in no event
will the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any
Distribution Date exceed the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class B-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class B-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class B-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence of
the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

     Class B-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class B-2 Certificates.

     Class B-2 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class B-2
Certificate" on the face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated by
the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit A
hereto, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.

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     Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates.

     Class B-2 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-2 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Class B-2
Current Interest or a Class B-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered
as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported
Interest Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class B-2
Certificates.

     Class B-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class B-2 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
B-2 Certificates with respect to Current Interest or Interest Carry Forward
Amounts on such prior Distribution Dates and (2) interest on such excess (to the
extent permitted by applicable law) at the Class B-2 Pass-Through Rate for the
related Accrual Period.

     Class B-2 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 7.500% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) (x) as of any
Distribution Date up to and including the Initial Optional Termination Date,
7.500% per annum or (y) as of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional
Termination Date, 8.000% per annum and (2) the Weighted Average Available Funds
Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance, the
Class M Certificate Principal Balance and the Class B-1 Certificate Principal
Balance have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or as
long as a Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum of
(A) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into
account distributions of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (C) the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (E) the Class M-4 Certificate Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (F) the Class B-1 Certificate
Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class B-1
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (G) the Class B-2
Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over
(2) the lesser of (A) 69.80% of the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of such Distribution Date and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date over the Minimum
Required Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any
Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal
Balance of each Class of Class A, Class M and Class B-1 Certificates has been
reduced to zero, the Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the
lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-2
Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after
any distributions on such Class A, Class M and Class B-1 Certificates and (II)
in no event will the Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any
Distribution Date exceed the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance.

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     Class B-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class B-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class B-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence of
the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

     Class B-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class B-3 Certificates.

     Class B-3 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class B-3
Certificate" on the face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated by
the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit A
hereto, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class B-3 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates.

     Class B-3 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-3 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-3 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Class B-3
Current Interest or a Class B-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered
as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported
Interest Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class B-3
Certificates.

     Class B-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class B-3 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
B-3 Certificates with respect to Current Interest or Interest Carry Forward
Amounts on such prior Distribution Dates and (2) interest on such excess (to the
extent permitted by applicable law) at the Class B-3 Pass-Through Rate for the
related Accrual Period.

     Class B-3 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 7.500% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) (x) as of any
Distribution Date up to and including the Initial Optional Termination Date,
7.500% per annum or (y) as of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional
Termination Date, 8.000% per annum and (2) the Weighted Average Available Funds
Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance, the
Class M Certificate Principal Balance, the Class B-1 Certificate Principal
Balance and the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance have been reduced to
zero and a Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown Trigger Event
does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate
Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (B) the Class M-1
Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the
Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D)
the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (E) the Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance (after
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distributions of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (F) the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (G) the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class B-2 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date) and (H) the Class B-3 Certificate Principal
Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A)
74.00% of the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such
Distribution Date and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the such Distribution Date over the Minimum Required
Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any
Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal
Balance of each Class of Class A, Class M, Class B-1 and Class B-2 Certificates
has been reduced to zero, the Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount will equal
the lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-3
Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after
any distributions on such Class A, Class M, Class B-1 and Class B-2 Certificates
and (II) in no event will the Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount with
respect to any Distribution Date exceed the Class B-3 Certificate Principal
Balance.

     Class B-3 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class B-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class B-3 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence of
the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance".

     Class B-4 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class B-4 Certificates.

     Class B-4 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class B-4
Certificate" on the face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated by
the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit A
hereto, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class B-4 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-4 Certificates.

     Class B-4 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-4 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-4 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Class B-4
Current Interest or a Class B-4 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered
as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported
Interest Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class B-4
Certificates.

     Class B-4 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class B-4 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
B-4 Certificates with respect to Current Interest or Interest Carry Forward
Amounts on such prior Distribution Dates and (2) interest on such excess (to the
extent permitted by applicable law) at the Class B-4 Pass-Through Rate for the
related Accrual Period.

     Class B-4 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 7.500% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) (x) as of any
Distribution Date up to and including the Initial

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Optional Termination Date, 7.500% per annum or (y) as of any Distribution Date
after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 8.000% per annum and (2) the
Weighted Average Available Funds Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class B-4 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance, the
Class M Certificate Principal Balance, the Class B-1 Certificate Principal
Balance, the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance and the Class B-3
Certificate Principal Balance have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown Trigger
Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the excess
of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after taking
into account distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (B) the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class M-3 Certificate Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-3 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (E) the Class M-4 Certificate
Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-4
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (F) the Class B-1
Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (G) the
Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (H)
the Class B-3 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date) and (I) the Class B-4 Certificate Principal Balance
immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 78.50% of
the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date
and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
the such Distribution Date over the Minimum Required Overcollateralization
Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any Distribution Date prior to the
Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Class
A, Class M, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates has been reduced to
zero, the Class B-4 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the lesser of (x)
the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-4 Certificates and
(y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after any distributions
on such Class A, Class M, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates and
(II) in no event will the Class B-4 Principal Distribution Amount with respect
to any Distribution Date exceed the Class B-4 Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class B-4 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class B-4 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class B-4 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class B-4 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence of
the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance".

     Class C Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the sum
of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans which
have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class C Certificates.

     Class C Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class C Certificate"
on the face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated by the
Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.

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     Class C Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination, the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class C Certificates.

     Class C Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest accrued
during the related Accrual Period at the Class C Distributable Interest Rate on
a notional amount equal to the aggregate principal balance of the Lower Tier
REMIC Regular Interests immediately prior to such Distribution Date, plus the
interest portion of any previous distributions on such Class that is recovered
as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported
Interest Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class C
Certificates.

     Class C Distributable Interest Rate: The excess, if any, of (a) the
weighted average of the interest rates on the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests
over (b) two times the weighted average of the interest rates on the Lower Tier
REMIC I Marker Interests and the Class LTIX Interest (treating for purposes of
this clause (b) the interest rate on each of the Lower Tier REMIC I Marker
Interests with an "A" in its designation as being subject to a cap and a floor
equal to the sum of (i) the interest rate of the Corresponding REMIC Regular
Interest of the Corresponding Certificates and (ii) the Class A Certificate
Guaranty Insurance Premium Rate (as adjusted, if necessary, for the length of
the Accrual Period for the LIBOR Certificates) and treating the interest rate on
each of the other Lower Tier REMIC I Marker Interests as being subject to a cap
and a floor equal to the interest rate of the Corresponding REMIC Regular
Interest of the Corresponding Certificates (as adjusted, if necessary, for the
length of the Accrual Period for the LIBOR Certificates) and treating the Class
LTIX Interest as being capped at zero). The averages described in the preceding
sentence shall be weighted on the basis of the respective principal balances of
the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests immediately prior to any date of
determination.

     Class C Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (A) the Class C Current Interest with respect to prior Distribution
Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class C Certificates with
respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates or added to the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class C Certificates (other than amounts so
added attributable to Subsequent Recoveries).

     Class C Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class C Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class C Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class C Certificates pursuant to the last sentence of
the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance".

     Class LTA-1 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificates and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTA-2A Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTA-2B Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

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     Class LTB-1 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTB-2 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTB-3 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTB-4 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTII1A Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 0.05% of the excess of (i) the
aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Group One Mortgage Loans over
(ii) the aggregate of the initial Certificate Principal Balances of Certificate
Group One, and with an interest rate equal to the Net Rate.

     Class LTII1B Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 0.05% of the aggregate Cut-off
Date Principal Balance of the Group One Mortgage Loans, and with an interest
rate equal to the rate set forth in footnote 9 to the description of the Lower
Tier REMIC in the Preliminary Statement.

     Class LTII2A Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 0.05% of the excess of (i) the
aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Group Two Mortgage Loans over
(ii) the aggregate of the initial Certificate Principal Balances of Certificate
Group Two, and with an interest rate equal to the Net Rate.

     Class LTII2B Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 0.05% of the aggregate Cut-off
Date Principal Balance of the Group Two Mortgage Loans, and with an interest
rate equal to the rate set forth in footnote 10 to the description of the Lower
Tier REMIC in the Preliminary Statement.

     Class LTIX Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to the excess of (i) 50% of the
aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans over (ii) the
initial principal balance of the Lower Tier REMIC I Marker Interests, and with
an interest rate equal to the Net Rate.

     Class LTIIX Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to the excess of (i) 50% of the
aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans over (ii) the
initial principal balance of the Lower Tier REMIC II Marker Interests, and with
an interest rate equal to the Net Rate.

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     Class LTM-1 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTM-2 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTM-3 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTM-4 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTR Interest: The sole class of "residual interest" in the Lower Tier
REMIC.

     Class M Certificates: Any of the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3 and Class
M-4 Certificates.

     Class M Certificate Principal Balance: For any date of determination, the
sum of the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance, Class M-2 Certificate
Principal Balance, Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance and Class M-4
Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class M-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class M-1 Certificates.

     Class M-1 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-1
Certificate" on the face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated by
the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit A
hereto, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates.

     Class M-1 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Class M-1
Current Interest or a Class M-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered
as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported
Interest Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class M-1
Certificates.

     Class M-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class M-1 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
M-1 Certificates with respect to Current Interest or Interest Carry Forward
Amounts on such prior Distribution Dates and (2) interest on such excess (to the
extent permitted by applicable law) at the Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate for the
related Accrual Period.

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     Class M-1 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 2.4000% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 3.6000% per annum.

     Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 7.7200% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-1 Margin and (2) the Weighted Average Available Funds Cap for
such Distribution Date.

     Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance has been
reduced to zero and a Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown
Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A
Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (B) the
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution
Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 46.10% of the Stated Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans as of the such Distribution Date and (B) the excess of the Stated
Principal Balances for the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date over the
Minimum Required Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(I) on any Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate
Principal Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates has been reduced to
zero, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the lesser of (x)
the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates and
(y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after any distributions
on such Class A Certificates and (II) in no event will the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount with respect to any Distribution Date exceed the Class M-1
Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class M-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class M-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class M-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class M-1 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

     Class M-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class M-2 Certificates.

     Class M-2 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-2
Certificate" on the face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated by
the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit A
hereto, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates.

     Class M-2 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-2 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Class M-2
Current Interest or a Class M-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered
as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported
Interest Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class M-2
Certificates.

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     Class M-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class M-2 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
M-2 Certificates with respect to Current Interest or Interest Carry Forward
Amounts on such prior Distribution Dates and (2) interest on such excess (to the
extent permitted by applicable law) at the Class M-2 Pass-Through Rate for the
related Accrual Period.

     Class M-2 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 3.7500% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 5.6250% per annum.

     Class M-2 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 9.0700% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-2 Margin and (2) the Weighted Average Available Funds Cap for
such Distribution Date.

     Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance and the
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown
Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the
excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (B) the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date) and (C) the Class M-2 Certificate Principal
Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A)
51.10% of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of such
Distribution Date and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal Balances for the
Mortgage Loans as of the such Distribution Date over the Minimum Required
Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any
Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal
Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates and the Class M-1 Certificates has
been reduced to zero, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the
lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2
Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after
any distributions on such Class A and Class M-1 Certificates and (II) in no
event will the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any
Distribution Date exceed the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class M-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class M-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class M-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class M-2 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

     Class M-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class M-3 Certificates.

     Class M-3 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-3
Certificate" on the face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated by
the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit A
hereto, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.

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     Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates.

     Class M-3 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-3 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Class M-3
Current Interest or a Class M-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered
as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported
Interest Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class M-3
Certificates.

     Class M-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class M-3 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
M-3 Certificates with respect to Current Interest or Interest Carry Forward
Amounts on such prior Distribution Dates and (2) interest on such excess (to the
extent permitted by applicable law) at the Class M-3 Pass-Through Rate for the
related Accrual Period.

     Class M-3 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 4.0000% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 6.0000% per annum.

     Class M-3 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 9.3200% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-3 Margin and (2) the Weighted Average Available Funds Cap for
such Distribution Date.

     Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance, Class
M-1 Certificate Principal Balance and, Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance
have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or as long as a
Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum of (A) the
Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (B) the
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (C)
the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date) and (D) the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance
immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 56.00% of
the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date
and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal Balances for the Mortgage Loans as of
the such Distribution Date over the Minimum Required Overcollateralization
Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any Distribution Date prior to the
Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Class
A Certificates, the Class M-1 Certificates and the Class M-2 Certificates has
been reduced to zero, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the
lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3
Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after
any distributions on such Class A, Class M-1 and Class M-2 Certificates and (II)
in no event will the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any
Distribution Date exceed the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class M-3 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class M-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class M-3 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the

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Certificate Principal Balance of such Class M-3 Certificates pursuant to the
last sentence of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

     Class M-4 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class M-4 Certificates.

     Class M-4 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-4
Certificate" on the face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated by
the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit A
hereto, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates.

     Class M-4 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-4 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Class M-4
Current Interest or a Class M-4 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered
as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported
Interest Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class M-4
Certificates.

     Class M-4 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class M-4 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
M-4 Certificates with respect to Current Interest or Interest Carry Forward
Amounts on such prior Distribution Dates and (2) interest on such excess (to the
extent permitted by applicable law) at the Class M-4 Pass-Through Rate for the
related Accrual Period.

     Class M-4 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 4.6000% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 6.9000% per annum.

     Class M-4 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 9.9200% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-4 Margin and (2) the Weighted Average Available Funds Cap for
such Distribution Date.

     Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance, Class
M-1 Certificate Principal Balance, Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance and
Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown
Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the
excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (B) the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class M-2 Certificate Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class M-3 Certificate
Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-3
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (E) the Class M-4
Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over
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Loans as of such Distribution Date and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal
Balances for the Mortgage Loans as of the such Distribution Date over the
Minimum Required Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(I) on any Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate
Principal Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates, the Class M-1
Certificates, the Class M-2 Certificates and the Class M-3 Certificates has been
reduced to zero, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the
lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4
Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after
any distributions on such Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2 and Class M-3
Certificates and (II) in no event will the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount with respect to any Distribution Date exceed the Class M-4 Certificate
Principal Balance.

     Class M-4 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class M-4 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class M-4 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class M-4 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

     Class P Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a Class P Certificate on
the face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated by the
Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class Payment Shortfall: [Reserved]

     Class R Certificate: The Class R Certificate executed by the Trustee and
authenticated by the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth in
Exhibit A.

     Class R Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination, the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class R Certificate.

     Class R Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest accrued
during the related Accrual Period at the Class R Pass-Through Rate on the Class
R Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus the portion of
any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Class R Current Interest
or a Class R Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a voidable
preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest Shortfall
allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class R Certificate.

     Class R Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the sum
of (1) the excess of (A) the Class R Current Interest with respect to prior
Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class R
Certificate with respect to Current Interest or Interest Carry Forward Amounts
on such prior Distribution Dates and (2) interest on such excess (to the extent
permitted by applicable law) at the Class R Pass-Through Rate for the related
Accrual Period.

     Class R Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the Initial
Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 0.2200% per annum and, as of any
Distribution Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.4400% per
annum.

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     Class R Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 5.5400% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class R Margin and (2) the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap for such
Distribution Date.

     Closing Date: May 29, 2007.

     Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any successor or
amendatory provisions.

     Collection Account: The separate Eligible Accounts created and initially
maintained by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05(d) in the name of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Class A Certificate
Insurer and designated, "Home Loan Services, Inc., as servicer for LaSalle Bank
National Association, as trustee, in trust for registered holders of First
Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series
2007-FFC and the Class A Certificate Insurer". Funds in the Collection Account
shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set
forth in this Agreement.

     Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

     Compensating Interest: For any Distribution Date and all Principal
Prepayments in full in respect of a Mortgage Loan that are received during the
period from the first day of the related Prepayment Period through the last day
of the calendar month preceding such Distribution Date, a payment made by the
Servicer in an amount not to exceed the product of (a) one-twelfth of 0.25% and
(b) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date, equal to the amount of interest at the Net Mortgage Rate for
that Mortgage Loan from the date of prepayment through the 30th day of such
preceding calendar month; provided that any month consisting of less than 30
days shall be deemed to consist of 30 days.

     Corresponding Certificates: With respect to the Class LTA-1 Interest, the
Class A-1 and Class R Certificates. With respect to the Class LTA-2A Interest,
the Class A-2A Certificates. With respect to the Class LTA-2B Interest, the
Class A-2B Certificates. With respect to the Class LTM-1 Interest, the Class M-1
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTM-2 Interest, the Class M-2
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTM-3 Interest, the Class M-3
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTM-4 Interest, the Class M-4
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTB-1 Interest, the Class B-1
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTB-2 Interest, the Class B-2
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTB-3 Interest, the Class B-3
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTB-4 Interest, the Class B-4
Certificates.

     Corresponding REMIC Regular Interest: For each Class of Certificates, the
interest in the Upper Tier REMIC listed on the same row in the table entitled
"Upper Tier REMIC" in the Preliminary Statement.

     Current Interest: Any of the Class A-1 Current Interest, the Class A-2A
Current Interest, the Class A-2B Current Interest, the Class R Current Interest,
the Class M-1 Current Interest, the Class M-2 Current Interest, the Class M-3
Current Interest, the Class M-4 Current Interest, the Class B-1 Current
Interest, the Class B-2 Current Interest, the Class B-3 Current Interest, the
Class B-4 Current Interest and the Class C Current Interest.

     Cut-off Date: May 1, 2007.

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     Cut-off Date Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan, the unpaid
principal balance thereof as of the close of business on the calendar day
immediately preceding the Cut-off Date after application of all payments of
principal due on or prior to the Cut-off Date, whether or not received, and all
Principal Prepayments received prior to the Cut-off Date, but without giving
effect to any installments of principal received in respect of Due Dates after
the Cut-off Date.

     Definitive Certificates: As defined in Section 5.06.

     Deleted Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced by a
Replacement Mortgage Loan.

     Delinquent: A Mortgage Loan is "delinquent" if any payment due thereon is
not made pursuant to the terms of such Mortgage Loan by the close of business on
the day such payment is scheduled to be due. A Mortgage Loan is "30 days
delinquent" if such payment has not been received by the close of business on
the corresponding day of the month immediately succeeding the month in which
such payment was due, or, if there is no such corresponding day (e.g., as when a
30-day month follows a 31-day month in which a payment was due on the 31st day
of such month), then on the last day of such immediately succeeding month. With
respect to any Mortgage Loan due on any day other than the first day of the
month, such Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to be due on the first day of the
immediately succeeding month. Similarly for "60 days delinquent," "90 days
delinquent" and so on.

     Denomination: With respect to each Certificate, the amount set forth on the
face thereof as the "Initial Principal Balance of this Certificate."

     Depositor: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
or any successor in interest.

     Depository: The initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust Company
("DTC"), the nominee of which is Cede & Co., or any other organization
registered as a "clearing agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Depository shall initially be the
registered Holder of the Book-Entry Certificates. The Depository shall at all
times be a "clearing corporation" as defined in Section 8-102(3) of the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State of New York.

     Depository Agreement: With respect to Classes of Book-Entry Certificates,
the agreement between the Trustee and the initial Depository.

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

     Designated Transaction: A transaction in which the assets underlying the
Certificates consist of single-family residential, multi-family residential,
home equity, manufactured housing and/or commercial mortgage obligations that
are secured by single-family residential, multi-family residential, commercial
real property or leasehold interests therein.

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

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     Disqualified Organization: (1) the United States, any state or political
subdivision thereof, any foreign government, any international organization, or
any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (2) any organization
(other than a cooperative described in Section 521 of the Code) which is exempt
from tax under Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Code unless such organization is
subject to the tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code and (3) any organization
described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code.

     Distribution Date: The 25th day of each calendar month after the initial
issuance of the Certificates, or if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
next succeeding Business Day, commencing in June 2007.

     Due Date: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan, the
day during the related Due Period on which a Scheduled Payment is due.

     Due Period: With respect to any Distribution Date, the period beginning on
the second day of the calendar month preceding the calendar month in which such
Distribution Date occurs and ending on the first day of the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs.

     Eligible Account: An account that is (1) maintained with a depository
institution the long-term unsecured debt obligations of which are rated by each
Rating Agency in one of its two highest rating categories, or (2) maintained
with the corporate trust department of a bank which (A) has a rating of at least
Baa3 or P-3 by Moody's and (B) is either the Depositor or the corporate trust
department of a national banking association or banking corporation which has a
rating of at least A-1 by S&P or F1 by Fitch, or (iii) an account or accounts
the deposits in which are fully insured by the FDIC, or (iv) an account or
accounts, acceptable to each Rating Agency and the the Class A Certificate
Insurer without reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any Class of
Certificates, as evidenced in writing, by a depository institution in which such
accounts are insured by the FDIC (to the limit established by the FDIC), the
uninsured deposits in which accounts are otherwise secured such that, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to and acceptable to the Trustee,
the Class A Certificate Insurer and each Rating Agency, the Certificateholders
have a claim with respect to the funds in such account and a perfected first
security interest against any collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted
Investments) securing such funds that is superior to claims of any other
depositors or creditors of the depository institution with which such account is
maintained, or (v) maintained at an eligible institution whose commercial paper,
short-term debt or other short-term deposits are rated at least A-1+ by S&P and
F-1+ by Fitch, or (vi) maintained with a federal or state chartered depository
institution the deposits in which are insured by the FDIC to the applicable
limits and the short-term unsecured debt obligations of which (or, in the case
of a depository institution that is a subsidiary of a holding company, the
short-term unsecured debt obligations of such holding company) are rated A-1 by
S&P, F-1 by Fitch and Prime-1 by Moody's (if rated by such rating agencies) at
the time any deposits are held on deposit therein, or (vii) a segregated trust
account or accounts maintained with the corporate trust department of a federal
or state chartered depository institution or trust company having capital and
surplus of not less than $50,000,000 or (viii) otherwise acceptable to each
Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter from each Rating Agency and the the
Class A Certificate Insurer to the Trustee.

     ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, including any
successor or amendatory provisions.

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     ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting: A best efforts or firm commitment
underwriting or private placement that would satisfy the requirements would
satisfy the requirements of Prohibited Transaction Exemption 90-29, Exemption
Application No. D-8012, 55 Fed. Reg. 21459 (1990), as amended, granted by the
United States Department of Labor (or any other applicable underwriter's
exemption granted to the Underwriter by the United States Department of Labor),
except, in relevant part, for the requirement that the certificates have
received a rating at the time of acquisition that is in one of the three (or
four, in the case of a "designated transaction") highest generic rating
categories by at least one of S&P, Moody's or Fitch.

     ERISA Restricted Certificates: The Class B-4 Certificates, Class C
Certificates and Class P Certificates and any other Certificate, as long as the
acquisition and holding of such other Certificate is not covered by and exempt
under any underwriter's exemption granted by the United States Department of
Labor.

     Escrow Account: As defined in Section 3.06 hereof.

     Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.01 hereof.

     Exception Report: As defined in Section 2.02 hereof.

     Excess Interest: On any Distribution Date, for each Class of the Class A,
Class M and Class B Certificates, the excess, if any, of (1) the amount of
interest such Class of Certificates is entitled to receive on such Distribution
Date over (2) the amount of interest such Class of Certificates would have been
entitled to receive on such Distribution Date at an interest rate equal to the
REMIC Pass-Through Rate.

     Excess Proceeds: With respect to any Liquidated Loan, any Liquidation
Proceeds that are in excess of the sum of (1) the unpaid principal balance of
such Liquidated Loan as of the date of such liquidation plus (2) interest at the
Mortgage Rate from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid or advanced
to Certificateholders (and not reimbursed to the Servicer) up to the Due Date in
the month in which such Liquidation Proceeds are required to be distributed on
the unpaid principal balance of such Liquidated Loan outstanding during each Due
Period as to which such interest was not paid or advanced.

     Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     Extra Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date,
(1) prior to the Stepdown Date, the excess of (A) the sum of (i) the Aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance immediately preceding such Distribution Date
reduced by the Principal Funds with respect to such Distribution Date, and (ii)
$92,016,870 over (B) the Pool Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of such Distribution Date and (2) on and after the Stepdown Date, (A) the sum of
(x) the Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance immediately preceding such
Distribution Date, reduced by the Principal Funds with respect to such
Distribution Date and (y) the greater of (a) 21.50% of Pool Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date and (b) the Minimum
Required Overcollateralization Amount less (B) the Pool Stated Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date; provided, however, that if
on any Distribution Date a Stepdown Trigger Event is in effect, the Extra
Principal Distribution Amount will not be reduced to the applicable percentage
of the then-current aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
(and will remain fixed at the applicable percentage of the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Due Date

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immediately prior to the Stepdown Trigger Event) until the next Distribution
Date on which the Stepdown Trigger Event is not in effect.

     Fannie Mae: A federally chartered and privately owned corporation organized
and existing under the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, or any
successor thereto.

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

     FFFC: First Franklin Financial Corporation, or any successor thereto.

     FFFC Purchase Agreement: The Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of
May 1, 2007, between the Depositor, as purchaser, and FFFC, as seller.

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

     Freddie Mac: A corporate instrumentality of the United States created and
existing under Title III of the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended,
or any successor thereto.

     Grantor Trusts: The grantor trusts described in Section 2.07 hereof.

     Group One: The portion of the Mortgage Pool identified as "Group One" in
the Prospectus Supplement.

     Group One AFC Percentage: As of any Distribution Date, the quotient of (i)
the difference between (x) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Group
One Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the related Accrual Period and (y) the
current Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates
and (ii) the difference between (x) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the related Accrual Period and (y) the
current Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates.

     Group One Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan at any time identified in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit B as a Group One Mortgage
Loan.

     Group One Net Rate: The per annum rate set forth in footnote 9 to the
description of the Lower Tier REMIC in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

     Group One Net WAC: The Net WAC of Group One.

     Group One Principal Distribution Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
amount equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates and (ii) the product of (x) the Group One
Principal Distribution Percentage and (y) the Class A Principal Distribution
Amount; provided, however, that (A) with respect to any Distribution Date on
which the Class A-1 Certificates are outstanding and the Certificate Principal
Balances of the Class A-2 Certificates is reduced to zero, the Group Two
Principal Distribution Amount in excess of the amount necessary to reduce the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates to zero will be
applied to increase the Group One Principal Distribution Amount and (B) with
respect to any Distribution Date thereafter, the Group One Principal
Distribution Amount will equal the Class A Principal Distribution Amount.

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     Group One Principal Distribution Percentage: With respect to any
Distribution Date, a fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which
is the amount of Principal Funds received with respect to Mortgage Loans in
Group One and the denominator of which is the amount of Principal Funds received
from all of the Mortgage Loans in the mortgage pool.

     Group Two: The portion of the Mortgage Pool identified as "Group Two" in
the Prospectus Supplement.

     Group Two AFC Percentage: As of any Distribution Date, the quotient of (i)
the difference between (x) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Group
Two Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the related Accrual Period and (y) the
current Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates and (ii) the
difference between (x) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of the first day of the related Accrual Period and (y) the current
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates.

     Group Two Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan at any time identified in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit B as a Group Two Mortgage
Loan.

     Group Two Net Rate: The per annum rate set forth in footnote 10 to the
description of the Lower Tier REMIC in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

     Group Two Net WAC: The Net WAC of Group Two.

     Group Two Principal Distribution Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
amount equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class A-2 Certificates and (ii) the product of (x) the Group Two Principal
Distribution Percentage and (y) the Class A Principal Distribution Amount;
provided, however, that (A) with respect to any Distribution Date on which the
Class A-2 Certificates are outstanding and the Certificate Principal Balances of
the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates is reduced to zero, the Group One
Principal Distribution Amount in excess of the amount necessary to reduce the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates and Class R
Certificates to zero will be applied to increase the Group Two Principal
Distribution Amount and (B) with respect to any Distribution Date thereafter,
the Group Two Principal Distribution Amount will equal the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount.

     Group Two Principal Distribution Percentage: With respect to any
Distribution Date, a fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which
is the amount of Principal Funds received with respect to Mortgage Loans in
Group Two and the denominator of which is the amount of Principal Funds received
from all of the Mortgage Loans in the mortgage pool.

     Holder: Has the meaning set forth in the Class A Certificate Guaranty
Insurance Policy.

     Indenture: An indenture relating to the issuance of the NIM Notes, which
may (but need not) be guaranteed by a NIMs Insurer.

     Initial Certificate Principal Balance: With respect to any Certificate
(other than the Class P Certificates), the Certificate Principal Balance of such
Certificate or any predecessor Certificate on the Closing Date as set forth in
Section 5.01 hereof.

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     Initial Optional Termination Date: The first Distribution Date on which the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the outstanding Regular Certificates
is equal to or less than 10% of the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
the Regular Certificates as of the Closing Date.

     Insurance Agreement: means the Insurance and Indemnity Agreement, dated as
of May 29, 2007, by and among Ambac, the Depositor, the Sponsor, the Servicer
and the Trustee (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit W-2).

     Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or the related
Mortgaged Property included in the Trust Fund, any insurance policy, including
all riders and endorsements thereto in effect with respect to such Mortgage Loan
or Mortgaged Property, including any replacement policy or policies for any
insurance policies.

     Insurance Proceeds: Proceeds paid in respect of a Mortgage Loan or the
related Mortgaged Property pursuant to any Insurance Policy or any other
insurance policy covering such Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property, to the
extent such proceeds are payable to the mortgagee under the Mortgage, the
Servicer or the Trustee under the deed of trust and are not applied to the
restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or released either to the
Mortgagor or to the holder of a senior lien on the related Mortgaged Property in
accordance with the procedures that the Servicer would follow in servicing
mortgage loans held for its own account, in each case other than any amount
included in such Insurance Proceeds in respect of Insured Expenses.

     Insured Expenses: Expenses covered by an Insurance Policy or any other
insurance policy with respect to a Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged
Property.

     Interest Carry Forward Amount: Any of the Class A-1 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, the Class A-2A Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-2B Interest
Carry Forward Amount, the Class R Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class M-1
Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class M-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the
Class M-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class M-4 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, the Class B-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class B-2 Interest
Carry Forward Amount, the Class B-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class B-4
Interest Carry Forward Amount or the Class C Interest Carry Forward Amount, as
the case may be.

     Interest Determination Date: With respect to the LIBOR Certificates, (i)
for any Accrual Period other than the first Accrual Period, the second LIBOR
Business Day preceding the commencement of such Accrual Period and (ii) for the
first Accrual Period, May 24, 2007.

     Interest Funds: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum, without
duplication, of (1) all scheduled interest due during the related Due Period and
received before the related Servicer Remittance Date less the Servicing Fee, (2)
all Advances relating to interest with respect to the Mortgage Loans, (3) all
Compensating Interest with respect to the Mortgage Loans, (4) Liquidation
Proceeds with respect to the Mortgage Loans (to the extent such Liquidation
Proceeds relate to interest) collected during the related Prepayment Period, (5)
all proceeds of any purchase pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 during the related
Prepayment Period or pursuant to Section 9.01 not later than the related
Determination Date (to the extent that such proceeds relate to interest) less
the Servicing Fee and (6) all Prepayment Charges received with respect to the
Mortgage Loans during the related Prepayment Period, less (A) all
Non-Recoverable Advances relating to interest and (B) other amounts reimbursable
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limitation indemnity payments) to the Servicer and the Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement allocable to interest.

     Issuing Entity: First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-FFC.

     Latest Possible Maturity Date: The latest maturity date for any Mortgage
Loan in the Trust Fund plus one month.

     LIBOR Business Day: Any day on which banks in the City of London, England,
Chicago, Illinois and New York City, U.S.A. are open and conducting transactions
in foreign currency and exchange.

     LIBOR Certificates: The Class A and Class M Certificates.

     Liquidated Loan: With respect to any Distribution Date, a defaulted
Mortgage Loan that either (a) pursuant to Section 3.12 has been realized upon or
liquidated through deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, foreclosure sale, trustee's sale
or other realization as provided by applicable law governing the real property
subject to the related Mortgage and any security agreements and as to which the
Servicer has certified (in accordance with Section 3.12) in the related
Prepayment Period that it has received all amounts it expects to receive in
connection with such liquidation or (b) is delinquent 180 days or longer, the
Servicer has certified in a certificate of an officer of the Servicer delivered
to the Depositor and the Trustee that it does not believe that there is a
reasonable likelihood that any further net proceeds will be received or
recovered with respect to such Mortgage Loan.

     Liquidation Proceeds: Amounts, including Insurance Proceeds, received in
connection with the partial or complete liquidation of Mortgage Loans, whether
through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale, sale by the Servicer pursuant to this
Agreement or otherwise or amounts received in connection with any condemnation
or partial release of a Mortgaged Property and any other proceeds received in
connection with an REO Property, less the sum of related unreimbursed Advances,
Servicing Fees, Servicing Advances and any other expenses related to such
Mortgage Loan.

     Loan-to-Value Ratio: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the fraction,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the original principal
balance of the related Mortgage Loan and the denominator of which is the lesser
of (X) the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property and (Y) the sales
price of the related Mortgaged Property at the time of origination.

     Losses: Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses collectively.

     Lower Tier REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement and Section
2.07.

     Lower Tier REMIC I Marker Interests: Each of the classes of Lower Tier
REMIC Regular Interests other than the Class LTIX Interest, the Class LTIIX
Interest, the Class LTII1A Interest, the Class LTII1B Interest, the Class LTII2A
Interest and the Class LTII2B Interest.

     Lower Tier REMIC II Marker Interests: Each of the Class LTII1A Interest,
the Class LTII1B Interest, the Class LTII2A Interest and the Class LTII2B
Interest.

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     Lower Tier REMIC Interests: Each of the Class LTA-1 Interest, the Class
LTA-2A Interest, the Class LTA-2B Interest, the Class LTM-1 Interest, the Class
LTM-2 Interest, the Class LTM-3 Interest, the Class LTM-4 Interest, the Class
LTB-1 Interest, the Class LTB-2 Interest, the Class LTB-3 Interest, the Class
LTB-4 Interest, the Class LTII1A Interest, the Class LTII1B Interest, the Class
LTII2A Interest, the Class LTII2B Interest, the Class LTIX Interest, the Class
LTIIX Interest and the Class LTR Interest.

     Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests: Each of the Lower Tier REMIC Interests
other than the Class LTR Interest.

     Lower Tier REMIC Subordinate Balance Ratio: The ratio of (i) the principal
balance of the Class LTII1A Interest to (ii) the principal balance of the Class
LTII2A Interest that is equal to the ratio of (i) the excess of (A) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of Group One over (B) the current Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates to (ii) the excess
of (A) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of Group Two over (B) the current
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates.

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

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

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

     MIN: The loan number for any MERS Loan.

     Minimum Required Overcollateralization Amount: An amount equal to the
product of (x) 0.50% and (y) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the Cut-off Date.

     MLML Purchase Agreement: The Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of
May 1, 2007, between the Depositor, as purchaser, and the Sponsor, as seller.

     MOM Loan: Any Mortgage Loan as to which MERS is acting as mortgagee, solely
as nominee for the originator of such Mortgage Loan and its successors and
assigns.

     Monthly Statement: The statement delivered to the Certificateholders and
made available to the Class A Certificate Insurer pursuant to Section 4.05.

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

     Mortgage: With respect to a Mortgage Loan, the mortgage, deed of trust or
other instrument with all riders thereto creating a second lien or a second
priority ownership interest in an estate in fee simple in real property securing
a Mortgage Note.

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

     Mortgage Group: Either of Group One or Group Two.

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     Mortgage Loan Schedule: The list of Mortgage Loans (as from time to time
amended by the Trustee to reflect the deletion of Deleted Mortgage Loans and the
addition of Replacement Mortgage Loans pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement) transferred to the Trustee as part of the Trust Fund and from time to
time subject to this Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit B, setting forth the
following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan:

          (i)  the loan number;

          (ii) the borrower name and address;

          (iii) the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loans;

          (iv) the Mortgage Rate;

          (iv) the original maturity date and the months remaining before
               maturity date;

          (vi) the original principal balance;

          (vii) the Cut-off Date Principal Balance;

          (viii) the first payment due date of the Mortgage Loan;

          (ix) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination with respect to a Mortgage
               Loan;

          (x)  a code indicating whether the residential dwelling at the time of
               origination was represented to be owner-occupied;

          (xi) a code indicating the property type;

          (xii) the location of the related Mortgaged Property;

          (xiii) a code indicating whether a Prepayment Charge is applicable;

          (xiv) the period during which such Prepayment Charge is in effect;

          (xv) the amount of such Prepayment Charge;

          (xvi) any limitations or other conditions on the enforceability of
               such Prepayment Charge; and

          (xvii) any other information pertaining to the Prepayment Charge
               specified in the related Mortgage Note;

          (xviii) the Credit Score and date obtained; and

          (xix) the MIN.

     Mortgage Loans: Such of the mortgage loans transferred and assigned to the
Trustee pursuant to the provisions hereof as from time to time are held as a
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Property), the mortgage loans so held being identified in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule, notwithstanding foreclosure or other acquisition of title of the
related Mortgaged Property. Any mortgage loan that was intended by the parties
hereto to be transferred to the Trust Fund as indicated by such Mortgage Loan
Schedule which is in fact not so transferred for any reason shall continue to be
a Mortgage Loan hereunder until the Purchase Price with respect thereto has been
paid to the Trust Fund.

     Mortgage Note: The original executed note or other evidence of indebtedness
evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan and all
amendments, modifications and attachments thereto with all riders attached
thereto.

     Mortgage Pool: The aggregate of the Mortgage Loans identified in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.

     Mortgage Rate: The annual rate of interest borne by a Mortgage Note from
time to time.

     Mortgaged Property: The underlying property securing a Mortgage Loan.

     Mortgagor: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.

     Net Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at any time, the per annum
rate equal to the then current Mortgage Rate less the Servicing Fee Rate.

     Net Rate: The per annum rate set forth in footnote 8 to the description of
the Lower Tier REMIC in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

     Net WAC: With respect to any Distribution Date and for any Mortgage Group,
the weighted average Net Mortgage Rate for the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage
Group calculated based on the respective Net Mortgage Rates and the Stated
Principal Balances of such Mortgage Loans as of the preceding Distribution Date
(or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date).

     NIMs Insurer: Any of the one or more insurers, if any, that may be
guaranteeing certain payments under any NIM Notes; provided, that upon the
payment in full of the NIM Notes, all rights of the NIMs Insurer hereunder shall
terminate

     NIM Notes: The net interest margin or excess cashflow securities to be
issued pursuant to any Indenture.

     NIMs Insurer Default: As defined in Section 10.13.

     Non-Recoverable Advance: Any portion of an Advance previously made or
proposed to be made by the Servicer that, in the good faith judgment of the
Servicer, will not or, in the case of a current delinquency, would not, be
ultimately recoverable by the Servicer from the related Mortgagor, related
Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise related to the Mortgage Loans.

     Non-Recoverable Servicing Advance: Any portion of a Servicing Advance
previously made or proposed to be made by the Servicer that, in the good faith
judgment of the Servicer, will not or, in the case of a current Servicing
Advance, would not, be ultimately recoverable by the Servicer from the related
Mortgagor, related Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise related to the Mortgage
Loans.

     Non-Supported Interest Shortfall: As defined in Section 4.02.

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     Offered Certificates: The Class A, Class M, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class
B-3 Certificates.

     Officer's Certificate: A certificate (1) signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, a vice president (however
denominated), an Assistant Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, or one
of the assistant treasurers or assistant secretaries of the Depositor, or
Trustee, the Servicer (or any other officer customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and to whom,
with respect to a particular matter, such matter is referred because of such
officer's knowledge of and familiarity with a particular subject) or (2), if
provided for in this Agreement, signed by a Servicing Officer, as the case may
be, and delivered to the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee or the Class A
Certificate Insurer, as the case may be, as required by this Agreement.

     One-Month LIBOR: With respect to any Accrual Period, the rate determined by
the Trustee on the related Interest Determination Date on the basis of (a) the
offered rates for one-month United States dollar deposits from Reuters, as of
11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest Determination Date (or if such service
is no longer offered, such other service for displaying LIBOR or comparable
rates as may be reasonably selected by the Trustee) or (b) if such rate does not
appear on Reuters as of 11:00 a.m. (London time), the Trustee will determine
such rate on the basis of the offered rates of the Reference Banks for one-month
United States dollar deposits, as such rates appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO
Page, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest Determination Date. If
One-Month LIBOR is determined pursuant to clause (b) above, on each Interest
Determination Date, One-Month LIBOR for the related Accrual Period will be
established by the 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 0.03125%).

          (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.

     Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for
the Depositor or the Servicer reasonably acceptable to each addressee of such
opinion; provided, however, that with respect to Section 6.04 or 10.01, or the
interpretation or application of the REMIC Provisions, such counsel must (1) in
fact be independent of the Depositor and the Servicer, (2) not have any direct
financial interest in the Depositor or the Servicer or in any Affiliate of
either such party, and (3) not be connected with the Depositor or the Servicer
as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or
person performing similar functions.

     Optional Termination: The termination of the Trust Fund hereunder pursuant
to clause (a) of Section 9.01 hereof.

     Optional Termination Amount: The repurchase price received by the Trustee
in connection with any repurchase of all of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to
Section 9.01.

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     Optional Termination Price: On any date after the Initial Optional
Termination Date an amount equal to the sum of (i) the then aggregate
outstanding Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans (or, if such Mortgage
Loan is an REO Property, the fair market value of such REO Property) plus
accrued interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage Rate through the Due Date in
the month in which the proceeds of the auction will be distributed on the
Certificates; (ii) any unreimbursed indemnity amounts, fees or out-of-pocket
costs and expenses owed to the Trustee or the Servicer and all unreimbursed
Advances and Servicing Advances, in each case incurred by such party in the
performance of its obligations; (iii) any unreimbursed costs, penalties and/or
damages incurred by the Trust Fund in connection with any violation relating to
any of the Mortgage Loans of any predatory or abusive lending law; (iv) all
reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with such
auction and (v) unless the Class A Certificate Insurer consents to such
termination, an amount sufficient to prevent any additional draws under the
Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy and equal to all amounts owed to
the Class A Certificate Insurer.

     Originator: FFFC or any successor thereto.

     OTS: The Office of Thrift Supervision.

     Outstanding: With respect to the Certificates as of any date of
determination, all Certificates theretofore executed and authenticated under
this Agreement except: (1) Certificates theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; and (2) Certificates in exchange for
which or in lieu of which other Certificates have been executed by the Trustee
and delivered by the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement.

     Outstanding Mortgage Loan: As of any Distribution Date, a Mortgage Loan
with a Stated Principal Balance greater than zero that was not the subject of a
Principal Prepayment in full, and that did not become a Liquidated Loan, prior
to the end of the related Due Period.

     Overcollateralization Amount: As of any date of determination, the excess
of (1) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans over (2) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates (other than the Class P
Certificates and the Class C Certificates).

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

     Pass-Through Rate: With respect to any Class of Certificates, the
corresponding Pass-Through Rate for such Class of Certificates.

     Percentage Interest: With respect to:

          (i)  any Class, the percentage interest in the undivided beneficial
               ownership interest evidenced by such Class which shall be equal
               to the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class divided by the
               aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of all Classes; and

          (ii) any Certificate, the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby of the
               related Class shall equal the percentage obtained by dividing the
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               Certificate by the aggregate of the Denominations of all
               Certificates of such Class; except that in the case of any Class
               P Certificates, the Percentage Interest with respect to such
               Certificate shown on the face of such Certificate.

     Permitted Activities: The primary activities of the Issuing Entity created
pursuant to this Agreement which shall be:

          (i)  holding Mortgage Loans transferred from the Depositor and other
               assets of the Issuing Entity, including any credit enhancement
               and passive derivative financial instruments that pertain to
               beneficial interests issued or sold to parties other than the
               Depositor, its Affiliates, or its agents;

          (ii) issuing Certificates and other interests in the assets of the
               Issuing Entity;

          (iii) through the appropriate subtrust, as applicable, receiving
               collections on the Mortgage Loans and making payments on such
               Certificates and interests in accordance with the terms of this
               Agreement; and

          (iv) engaging in other activities that are necessary or incidental to
               accomplish these limited purposes, which activities cannot be
               contrary to the status of the Issuing Entity as a qualified
               special purpose entity under existing accounting literature.

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

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

          (ii) general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by any state of
               the United States or the District of Columbia receiving the
               highest long-term debt rating of each Rating Agency rating the
               Certificates;

          (iii) commercial or finance company paper, other than commercial or
               finance company paper issued by the Depositor, the Trustee or any
               of their Affiliates, which is then receiving the highest
               commercial or finance company paper rating of each such Rating
               Agency;

          (iv) certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits, or bankers'
               acceptances (other than banker's acceptances issued by the
               Trustee or any of its Affiliates) issued by any depository
               institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the
               United States or of any state thereof and subject to supervision
               and examination by federal and/or state banking authorities,
               provided that the commercial paper and/or long term unsecured
               debt obligations of such depository institution or trust company
               are then rated one of the two highest long-term and the highest
               short-term ratings of each such Rating Agency for such
               securities;

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          (v)  demand or time deposits or certificates of deposit issued by any
               bank or trust company or savings institution to the extent that
               such deposits are fully insured by the FDIC;

          (vi) guaranteed reinvestment agreements issued by any bank, insurance
               company or other corporation rated in the two highest long-term
               or the highest short-term ratings of each Rating Agency
               containing, at the time of the issuance of such agreements, such
               terms and conditions as will not result in the downgrading or
               withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the Certificates by any
               such Rating Agency (without regard to the Class A Certificate
               Guaranty Insurance Policy) as evidenced by a letter from each
               Rating Agency;

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

          (viii) securities (other than stripped bonds, stripped coupons or
               instruments sold at a purchase price in excess of 115% of the
               face amount thereof) bearing interest or sold at a discount
               issued by any corporation, other than the Trustee or any of its
               Affiliates, incorporated under the laws of the United States or
               any state thereof which, at the time of such investment, have one
               of the two highest long term ratings of each Rating Agency;

          (ix) interests in any money market fund (including those managed or
               advised by the Trustee or its Affiliates), which at the date of
               acquisition of the interests in such fund and throughout the time
               such interests are held in such fund has the highest applicable
               long term rating by each Rating Agency rating such fund; and

          (x)  short term investment funds sponsored by any trust company or
               national banking association incorporated under the laws of the
               United States or any state thereof, other than the Trustee or any
               of its Affiliates, which on the date of acquisition has been
               rated by each such Rating Agency in their respective highest
               applicable rating category;

provided, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if such
instrument (i) evidences the right to receive interest only payments with
respect to the obligations underlying such instrument, (ii) is purchased at a
premium or above par or (iii) is purchased at a deep discount; provided,
further, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment (A) if such
instrument evidences principal and interest payments derived from obligations
underlying such instrument and the interest payments with respect to such
instrument provide a yield to maturity of greater than 120% of the yield to
maturity at par of such underlying obligations, or (B) if it may be redeemed at
a price below the purchase price (the foregoing clause (B) not to apply to
investments in units of money market funds pursuant to clause (ix) above); and
provided, further, (I) that no amount beneficially owned by any REMIC
(including, without limitation, any amounts collected by the Servicer but not
yet deposited in the Collection Account) may be invested in investments (other
than money market funds) treated as equity interests for Federal income tax
purposes, unless the Servicer shall receive an Opinion of Counsel, at the
expense of the party requesting that such investment be made, to the effect that
such investment will not adversely affect the status of the any REMIC provided
for herein as a REMIC under the Code or result in imposition of a tax on the
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Entity or any REMIC provided for herein and (II) each such investment must be a
"permitted investment" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code.
Permitted Investments that are subject to prepayment or call may not be
purchased at a price in excess of par.

     Permitted Transferee: Any Person other than (i) the United States, any
State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of any
of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, International Organization or any
agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an organization
(except certain farmers' cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code) that
is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed
by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on any excess
inclusions (as defined in Section 860E(c)(1) of the Code) with respect to the
Class R Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in
Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, and (v) a Person that is not a citizen or
resident of the United States, a corporation or partnership (or other entity
treated as a corporation or partnership for United States federal income tax
purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any
State thereof or the District of Columbia or an estate whose income from sources
without the United States is includable in gross income for United States
federal income tax purposes regardless of its connection with the conduct of a
trade or business within the United States, or a trust if a court within the
United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of
the trust and one or more United States persons have authority to control all
substantial decisions of the trust, unless, in the case of this clause (v), such
Person has furnished the transferor and the Trustee with a duly completed
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or applicable successor form. The terms
"United States," "State" and "International Organization" shall have the
meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code. A corporation will not be
treated as an instrumentality of the United States or of any State thereof for
these purposes if all of its activities are subject to tax and, with the
exception of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a majority of its board
of directors is not selected by such government unit.

     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.

     Pool Stated Principal Balance: As to any Distribution Date, the aggregate
of the Stated Principal Balances, as of such Distribution Date, of the Mortgage
Loans that were Outstanding Mortgage Loans as of such date.

     Prepayment Assumption: A rate of prepayment, as described in the Prospectus
Supplement in the definition of "Modeling Assumptions," relating to the Offered
Certificates.

     Prepayment Charges: Any prepayment premium or charge payable by a Mortgagor
in connection with any Principal Prepayment on a Mortgage Loan pursuant to the
terms of the related Mortgage Note or Mortgage, as applicable.

     Prepayment Interest Excess: With respect to any Servicer Remittance Date,
for each Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a Principal Prepayment in full
during the portion of the related Prepayment Period occurring between the first
day of the calendar month in which such Servicer Remittance Date occurs and the
last day of the related Prepayment Period, an amount equal to interest (to the
extent received) at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the amount of such
Principal Prepayment for the number of days commencing on the first day of the
calendar month in which such Servicer Remittance Date occurs and ending on the
date on which such Principal Prepayment is so applied.

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     Prepayment Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date, for
each Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a Principal Prepayment in full (other
than a Principal Prepayment in full resulting from the purchase of a Mortgage
Loan pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03 or 9.01 hereof and other than a Principal
Prepayment in full on a Mortgage Loan received during the period from and
including the first day to and including the 14th day of the month of such
Distribution Date), the amount, if any, by which (i) one month's interest at the
applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage
Loan as of the preceding Distribution Date exceeds (ii) the amount of interest
paid or collected in connection with such Principal Prepayment.

     Prepayment Period: With respect to any Distribution Date (i) with respect
to prepayments in full or any other amounts received in connection with a
Principal Prepayment in full, the period beginning with the opening of business
on the 15th day of the calendar month preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs (or in the case of the first Distribution Date,
beginning with the opening of business on the Cut-off Date) and ending on the
close of business on the 14th day of the month in which such Distribution Date
occurs and (ii) with respect to partial prepayments and any other amounts
received in connection with a payment in part, the calendar month preceding the
month of such Distribution Date.

     Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to each Distribution Date, the
sum of (i) the Principal Funds for such Distribution Date and (ii) any Extra
Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date.

     Principal Funds: With respect to the Mortgage Loans and any Distribution
Date, the sum, without duplication, of (1) the scheduled principal due during
the related Due Period and received before the related Servicer Remittance Date
or advanced on or before the related Servicer Remittance Date, (2) Principal
Prepayments in full collected in the related Prepayment Period, (3) the Stated
Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan that was purchased by the Depositor or
the Servicer during the related Prepayment Period or, in the case of a purchase
pursuant to Section 9.01, on the Business Day prior to such Distribution Date,
(4) the amount, if any, by which the aggregate unpaid principal balance of any
Replacement Mortgage Loan is less than the aggregate unpaid principal of the
related Deleted Mortgage Loans delivered by the Sellers in connection with a
substitution of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.03(c), (5) all Liquidation
Proceeds collected during the related Prepayment Period (to the extent such
Liquidation Proceeds relate to principal and represent payment in full), (6) all
Subsequent Recoveries received with regard to the applicable Prepayment Period
and (7) all other collections and recoveries in respect of principal, including
any partial prepayments of principal, with regard to the applicable Prepayment
Period, less (A) all Non-Recoverable Advances relating to principal with respect
to the Mortgage Loans and (B) other amounts reimbursable (including without
limitation indemnity payments) to the Servicer and the Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement allocable to principal.

     Principal Prepayment: Any Mortgagor payment or other recovery of (or
proceeds with respect to) principal on a Mortgage Loan (including Mortgage Loans
purchased or repurchased under Sections 2.02, 2.03 and 9.01 hereof) that is
received or recovered in advance of its scheduled Due Date and is not
accompanied by an amount as to interest representing scheduled interest due on
any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment.
Partial Principal Prepayments shall be applied by the Servicer in accordance
with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.

     Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement dated May 25, 2007,
relating to the public offering of the Offered Certificates.

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     PUD: A Planned Unit Development.

     Purchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan required to be
repurchased by the Sponsor or FFFC pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 hereof, an
amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the unpaid principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan as of the date of such purchase together with any unreimbursed
Servicing Advances, (ii) accrued interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage
Rate from (a) the date through which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor to
(b) the Due Date in the month in which the Purchase Price is to be distributed
to Certificateholders and (iii) any unreimbursed costs, penalties and/or damages
incurred by the Issuing Entity in connection with any violation relating to such
Mortgage Loan of any predatory or abusive lending law.

     QIB: A "qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A.

     Rating Agency: Either of S&P or Moody's. If any such organization or its
successor is no longer in existence, "Rating Agency" shall be a nationally
recognized statistical rating organization, or other comparable Person,
designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the
Trustee. References herein to a given rating category of a Rating Agency shall
mean such rating category without giving effect to any modifiers.

     Realized Loss: With respect to (1) a Liquidated Loan, the amount, if any,
by which the Stated Principal Balance and accrued interest thereon at the Net
Mortgage Rate exceeds the amount actually recovered by the Servicer with respect
thereto (net of reimbursement of Advances and Servicing Advances) at the time
such Mortgage Loan became a Liquidated Loan or (2) with respect to a Mortgage
Loan which is not a Liquidated Loan, any amount of principal that the Mortgagor
is no longer legally required to pay (except for the extinguishment of debt that
results from the exercise of remedies due to default by the Mortgagor).

     Record Date: With respect to the first Distribution Date, the Closing Date.
With respect to any other Distribution Date, the close of business on the last
Business Day of the month preceding the month in which the applicable
Distribution Date occurs.

     Reference Banks: Barclays Bank PLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank,
N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and NatWest, N.A.; provided that if any of the
foregoing banks are not suitable to serve as a Reference Bank, then any leading
banks selected by the Trustee which are engaged in transactions in Eurodollar
deposits in the international Eurocurrency market (i) with an established place
of business in London, England, (ii) whose quotations appear on the Reuters
Screen LIBO Page on the relevant Interest Determination Date and (iii) which
have been designated as such by the Servicer.

     Regular Certificate: Any one of the Class A, Class M and Class B
Certificates.

     Regulation AB: Subpart 229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB),
17 C.F.R. Sections 229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time,
and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by
the Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act
Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed Reg. 1,506, 1.531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of
the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time
to time.

     Regulation S: Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act or any
successor provision thereto, in each case as the same may be amended from time
to time; and all references to any rule,

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section or subsection of, or definition or term contained in, Regulation S means
such rule, section, subsection, definition or term, as the case may be, or any
successor thereto, in each case as the same may be amended from time to time.

     Regulation S Book-Entry Certificates: Certificates sold in offshore
transactions in reliance on Regulation S in the form of one or more permanent
global Certificates in definitive, fully registered form without interest
coupons, which shall be deposited on behalf of the subscribers for such
Certificates represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for DTC and
registered in the name of a nominee of DTC.

     Related Certificates: For each interest in the Upper Tier REMIC, the Class
of Certificates listed on the same row in the table entitled "Upper Tier REMIC"
in the Preliminary Statement.

     Relief Act: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state or
local law.

     Relief Act Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date and any
Mortgage Loan, any reduction in the amount of interest or principal collectible
on such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended calendar month as a result of
the application of the Relief Act.

     REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the meaning of
section 860D of the Code. References herein to "the REMICs" or "a REMIC" shall
mean any of (or, as the context requires, all of) the Lower Tier REMIC and the
Upper Tier REMIC.

     REMIC Pass-Through Rate: In the case of a Class of the Class A, Class M and
Class B Certificates, the Upper Tier REMIC Net WAC Cap for the Corresponding
REMIC Regular Interest.

     REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real
estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at sections 860A through 860G
of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and proposed,
temporary and final regulations and published rulings, notices and announcements
promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time as
well as provisions of applicable state laws.

     REMIC Regular Interests: Each of the interests in the Upper Tier REMIC as
set forth in the Preliminary Statement other than the Residual Interest.

     Remittance Report: As defined in Section 4.04(j) hereof.

     REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Servicer, on behalf of
the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, through foreclosure or
deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a defaulted Mortgage Loan.

     Replacement Mortgage Loan: One or more Mortgage Loans substituted by the
Depositor for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, which must, on the date of such
substitution, as confirmed in a Request for Release substantially in the form of
Exhibit I, (1) have a Stated Principal Balance (or in the case of a substitution
of more than one Mortgage Loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, an aggregate Stated
Principal Balance), after deduction of the principal portion of the Scheduled
Payment due in the month of substitution, not in excess of, and not less than
90% of the Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (2) have a
Mortgage Rate not less than or no more than 1% per annum higher than the

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Mortgage Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (3) have a similar or higher FICO
score or credit grade than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (4) have a
Loan-to-Value Ratio no higher than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (5) have a
remaining term to maturity no greater than (and not more than one year less
than) that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (6) provide for a Prepayment Charge on
terms substantially similar to those of the Prepayment Charge, if any, of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (7) have the same lien priority as the Deleted Mortgage
Loan; (8) constitute the same occupancy type as the Deleted Mortgage Loan; and
(9) comply with each representation and warranty set forth in Section 2.03
hereof.

     Request for Release: The Request for Release of Documents submitted by the
Servicer to the Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto.

     Required Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any insurance
policy that is required to be maintained from time to time under this Agreement.

     Required Percentage: As of any Distribution Date following the Stepdown
Date, the quotient of (x) the excess of (1) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans, as of the prior Distribution Date over (2) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the most senior class of Certificates
outstanding as of such Distribution Date (for purposes of this calculation, the
Class A Certificates are considered to be a single class), prior to giving
effect to distributions to be made on such Distribution Date, and (y) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans, as of the prior
Distribution Date.

     Requirements: Any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (as such may be amended from time to time).

     Reserve Interest Rate: With respect to any Interest Determination Date, the
rate per annum that the Trustee determines to be (1) the arithmetic mean
(rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest whole multiple of 0.03125%) of the
one-month United States dollar lending rates which New York City banks selected
by the Trustee are quoting on the relevant Interest Determination Date to the
principal London offices of leading banks in the London interbank market or (2)
in the event that the Trustee can determine no such arithmetic mean, the lowest
one-month United States dollar lending rate which New York City banks selected
by the Trustee are quoting on such Interest Determination Date to leading
European banks.

     Residual Interest: An interest in the Upper Tier REMIC that is entitled to
all distributions of principal and interest on the Class R Certificate other
than distributions in respect of the Class LTR Interest and distributions on the
Class R Certificate in respect of Excess Interest.

     Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee or the Servicer,
any officer of the Trustee or the Servicer with direct responsibility for the
administration of this Agreement and any other officer to whom, with respect to
a particular matter, such matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge
of and familiarity with the particular subject.

     Reuters: Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service.

     Reuters Screen LIBO Page: The display designated as page "LIBO" on Reuters
(or such other page as may replace such LIBO page on that service for the
purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates of major banks.

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

     Sarbanes-Oxley Certification: Has the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

     Scheduled Payment: The scheduled monthly payment on a Mortgage Loan due on
any Due Date allocable to principal and/or interest on such Mortgage Loan.

     Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     Sellers: The Sponsor and FFFC.

     Servicer: Home Loan Services, Inc., or its successor in interest.

     Servicer Remittance Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the later
of (x) the date that is two Business Days after the 15th day of the month in
which such Distribution Date occurs and (y) the 18th day (or if such day is not
a Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business Day) of the month in which
such Distribution Date occurs.

     Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary "out of pocket"
costs and expenses incurred in the performance by the Servicer of its servicing
obligations hereunder, including, but not limited to, the cost of (1) the
preservation, inspection, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property,
including without limitation advances in respect of prior liens, real estate
taxes and assessments, (2) any collection, enforcement or judicial proceedings,
including without limitation foreclosures, collections and liquidations, (3) the
conservation, management, sale and liquidation of any REO Property, (4)
executing and recording instruments of satisfaction, deeds of reconveyance,
substitutions of trustees on deeds of trust or Assignments of Mortgage to the
extent not otherwise recovered from the related Mortgagors or payable under this
Agreement, (5) correcting errors of prior servicers; costs and expenses charged
to the Servicer by the Trustee; tax tracking; title research; flood
certifications and lender paid mortgage insurance, (6) obtaining or correcting
any legal documentation required to be included in the Mortgage Files and
reasonably necessary for the Servicer to perform its obligations under this
Agreement and (7) compliance with the obligations under Sections 3.01 and 3.10.

     Servicing Criteria: The "servicing criteria" set forth in Item 1122(d) of
Regulation AB, as such may be amended from time to time.

     Servicing Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the product of (x) the Servicing Fee Rate and (y) the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the preceding Distribution Date
or, in the event of any payment of interest that accompanies a Principal
Prepayment in full made by the Mortgagor, interest at the Servicing Fee Rate on
the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the preceding
Distribution Date for the period covered by such payment of interest.

     Servicing Fee Rate: 0.50% per annum for each Mortgage Loan.

     Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Servicer involved in, or responsible
for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose name and
facsimile signature appear on a list of servicing

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officers furnished to the Trustee by the Servicer on the Closing Date pursuant
to this Agreement, as such lists may from time to time be amended.

     Servicing Rights Pledgee: One or more lenders, selected by the Servicer, to
which the Servicer may pledge and assign all of its right, title and interest
in, to and under this Agreement.

     Servicing Transfer Costs: In the event that the Servicer does not reimburse
the Trustee under this Agreement, all costs associated with the transfer of
servicing from the predecessor Servicer, including, without limitation, any
costs or expenses associated with the termination of the predecessor Servicer,
the appointment of a successor servicer, the complete transfer of all servicing
data and the completion, correction or manipulation of such servicing data as
may be required by the Trustee or any successor servicer to correct any errors
or insufficiencies in the servicing data or otherwise to enable the Trustee or
successor servicer to service the Mortgage Loans properly and effectively.

     SFAS 140: Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 140, Accounting
for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of
Liabilities dated September 2000, published by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board of the Financial Accounting Foundation.

     Sponsor: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or
its successor in interest.

     Startup Day: As defined in Section 2.07 hereof.

     Stated Principal Balance: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or related REO
Property (1) as of the Cut-off Date, the Cut-off Date Principal Balance thereof,
and (2) as of any Distribution Date, such Cut-off Date Principal Balance, minus
the sum of (A) the principal portion of the Scheduled Payments (x) due with
respect to such Mortgage Loan during each Due Period ending prior to such
Distribution Date and (y) that were received by the Servicer as of the close of
business on the Determination Date related to such Distribution Date or with
respect to which Advances were made on the Servicer Remittance Date prior to
such Distribution Date and (B) all Principal Prepayments with respect to such
Mortgage Loan received on or prior to the last day of the related Prepayment
Period, and all Liquidation Proceeds to the extent applied by the Servicer as
recoveries of principal in accordance with Section 3.12 with respect to such
Mortgage Loan, that were received by the Servicer on or before the last day of
the related Prepayment Period for Liquidation Proceeds in full and the last day
of the preceding calendar month for Liquidation Proceeds in part.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Stated Principal Balance of a Liquidated Loan
shall be deemed to be zero.

     Stepdown Date: The earlier to occur of: (A) the first Distribution Date on
which the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates
has been reduced to zero; or (B) the later to occur of (1) the Distribution Date
in June 2010 or (2) the first Distribution Date on which (A) the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after giving effect
to distributions of the Principal Funds amount for such Distribution Date) is
less than or equal to (B) 44.10% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans.

     Stepdown Required Loss Percentage: For any Distribution Date, the
applicable percentage for such Distribution Date set forth in the following
table:

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DISTRIBUTION DATE OCCURRING IN             STEPDOWN REQUIRED LOSS PERCENTAGE
------------------------------   ----------------------------------------------------
<S>                              <C>
June 2009 - May 2010             4.50% with respect to June 2009, plus an additional
                                 1/12th of 2.00% for each month thereafter

June 2010 - May 2011             6.50% with respect to June 2010, plus an additional
                                 1/12th of 2.25% for each month thereafter

June 2011 - May 2012             8.75% with respect to June 2011, plus an additional
                                 1/12th of 1.75% for each month thereafter

June 2012 - May 2013             10.50% with respect to June 2012, plus an additional
                                 1/12th of 0.50% for each month thereafter

June 2013 and thereafter         11.00%
</TABLE>

     Stepdown Trigger Event: With respect to the Certificates on or after the
Stepdown Date, a Distribution Date on which (1) the quotient, measured on a
rolling three month basis, of (A) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all
Mortgage Loans that are 60 or more days Delinquent (including, for the purposes
of this calculation, Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and REO Properties and
Mortgage Loans with respect to which the applicable Mortgagor is in bankruptcy)
and (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
preceding Servicer Remittance Date, equals or exceeds the product of (i) 14.25%
and (ii) the Required Percentage or (2) the quotient (expressed as a percentage)
of (A) the aggregate Realized Losses incurred from the Cut-off Date through the
last day of the calendar month preceding such Distribution Date and (B) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date
exceeds the Stepdown Required Loss Percentage. For purposes hereof, for any
Distribution Date, the calculation of "rolling three-month basis" requires
first, the calculation of the quotient described in (a) of this definition for
each of the three (3) Due Periods immediately prior to such Distribution Date,
second, the addition of such three (3) quotients and third, dividing the sum of
such three (3) quotients by three (3).

     Subcontractor: Any outsourcer that performs one or more discrete functions
identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to 5% or more of the
Mortgage Loans under the direction or authority of a Servicer (measured by
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans, annually at the
commencement of the calendar year prior to the year in which an Assessment of
Compliance is required to be delivered, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator
of which is the number of months during which such Subcontractor performs such
discrete functions and the denominator of which is 12, or, in the case of the
year in which the Closing Date occurs, the number of months elapsed in such
calendar year).

     Subordinate Certificates: The Class M and Class B Certificates.

     Subsequent Recovery: Any amount received on a Mortgage Loan (net of amounts
reimbursed to the Servicer related to Liquidated Mortgage Loans) subsequent to
such Mortgage Loan being determined to be a Liquidated Mortgage Loan.

     Sub-Servicer: Any Person that services Mortgage Loans on behalf of the
Servicer pursuant to a Subservicing Agreement and is responsible for the
performance of the material servicing functions required to be performed by the
Servicer under this Agreement that are identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation
AB with respect to 10% or more of the Mortgage Loans under the direction or
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Servicer (measured by aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans,
annually at the commencement of the calendar year prior to the year in which an
Assessment of Compliance is required to be delivered, multiplied by a fraction,
the numerator of which is the number of months during which such Subservicer
services the related Mortgage Loans and the denominator of which is 12, or, in
the case of the year in which the Closing Date occurs, the number of months
elapsed in such calendar year). Any subservicer shall meet the qualifications
set forth in Section 3.02.

     Subservicing Agreement: As defined in Section 3.02(a).

     Substitution Adjustment Amount: As defined in Section 2.03(c).

     Tax Matters Person: The Person designated as "tax matters person" in the
manner provided under Treasury regulation Section 1.860F-4(d) and Treasury
regulation Section 301.6231(a)(7)-1.

     Transfer: Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership Interest
in a Certificate.

     Trust Fund: The corpus of the Issuing Entity created hereunder consisting
of (i) the Mortgage Loans and all interest and principal received on or with
respect thereto on and after the Cut-off Date to the extent not applied in
computing the Cut-off Date Principal Balance thereof, exclusive of interest not
required to be deposited in the Collection Account; (ii) the Collection Account
and the Certificate Account and all amounts deposited therein pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Agreement; (iii) property that secured a Mortgage
Loan and has been acquired by foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure or
otherwise; (iv) the mortgagee's rights under the Insurance Policies with respect
to the Mortgage Loans and/or the related Mortgaged Properties and (v) all
proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the foregoing
into cash or other liquid property. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, the Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance
Policy shall not be included in, nor constitute the property of, the Trust Fund
or any sub-trust or sub-division thereof.

     Trustee: LaSalle Bank National Association, a national banking association,
not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders and the Class A Certificate Insurer under this
Agreement, and any successor thereto, and any corporation or national banking
association resulting from or surviving any consolidation or merger to which it
or its successors may be a party and any successor trustee as may from time to
time be serving as successor trustee hereunder; it being understood that certain
duties of the Trustee under Sections 2.01, 2.02 and 3.13 with respect to the
possession and administration of the Mortgage Files generally may be carried out
by a custodian engaged by the Trustee.

     Uncertificated Class C Interest: An uncertificated REMIC Regular Interest
having the characteristics described in the Preliminary Statement.

     Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: The Class M-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount,
Class M-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount, Class M-3 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount,
Class M-4 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount, Class B-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount,
Class B-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount, Class B-3 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount,
Class B-4 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount and Class C Unpaid Realized Loss Amount,
collectively.

     Upper Tier REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement and Section
2.07.

     Upper Tier REMIC Net WAC Cap: In the case of the Class UTA-1 Interest and
the Residual Interest, a per annum rate equal to the excess of (i) the weighted
average of the interest rate of the Class

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LTII1B Interest for such Distribution Date over (ii) the Class A Certificate
Guaranty Insurance Premium Rate. In the case of the Class UTA-2A and Class
UTA-2B Interests, a per annum rate equal to the excess of (i) the weighted
average of the interest rate of the Class LTII2B Interest for such Distribution
Date over (ii) the Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Premium Rate. In the
case of the Class UTM-1, Class UTM-2, Class UTM-3, Class UTM-4, Class UTB-1,
Class UTB-2, Class UTB-3 and Class UTB-4 Interests, a per annum rate equal to
the weighted average of the interest rates of Class LTII1B and Class LTII2B
Interests for such Distribution Date weighted, respectively, on the basis of the
uncertificated principal balances of the Class LTII1A and the Class LTII2A
Interests. In the case of any interest in the Upper Tier REMIC that accrues
interest on a "30/360" basis, the per annum rates described in this definition
shall be adjusted to reflect accruals on such basis.

     Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all the Certificates
that is allocated to any of the Certificates for purposes of the voting
provisions hereunder. Voting Rights allocated to each Class of Certificates
shall be allocated as follows: (1) 98% to the Class A, Class M and Class B
Certificates, with the allocation among such Certificates to be in proportion to
the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class relative to the Certificate
Principal Balance of all other Classes and (2) each Class of the Class C and
Class P will be allocated 1% of the Voting Rights. Voting Rights will be
allocated among the Certificates of each such Class in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests.

     Weighted Average Available Funds Cap: With respect to a Distribution Date,
the per annum rate determined by the weighted average of the Class A-1 Available
Funds Cap and the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap without regard to the Class A
Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy Premium and weighted on the basis of the
Group One AFC Percentage or Group Two AFC Percentage, as applicable (and with
regard to the Class B Certificates only, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator
of which is the actual number of days in the related Accrual Period and the
denominator of which is 30).

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                                   ARTICLE II

                          CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans

     The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does
hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey to the Trustee without
recourse all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the assets
of the Trust Fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal received
on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans on or after the Cut-off Date (other
than Scheduled Payments due on the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off
Date).

     It is agreed and understood by the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee
that it is not intended that any Mortgage Loan be included in the Trust that is,
without limitation, either (i) a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined in the New
Jersey Home Ownership Act effective November 27, 2003; (ii) a "High-Cost Home
Loan" as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1,
2004; (iii) a "High-Cost Home Mortgage Loan" as defined in the Massachusetts
Predatory Home Loan Practices Act effective November 7, 2004; (iv) a "High-Cost
Home Loan" as defined by the Indiana High Cost Home Loan Law effective January
1, 2005 or (v) a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined by the Illinois High Risk Home
Loan Act effective January 1, 2004.

     In connection with such assignment, the Depositor does hereby deliver to,
and deposit with the Trustee the following documents or instruments with respect
to each Mortgage Loan:

          (A) The original Mortgage Note endorsed in blank or, "Pay to the order
     of LaSalle Bank National Association, as trustee for the First Franklin
     Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-FFC, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
     Certificates, without recourse" together with all riders thereto. The
     Mortgage Note shall include all intervening endorsements showing a complete
     chain of the title from the Originator of the Mortgage Loan to
     [____________________].

          (B) Except as provided below and for each Mortgage Loan that is not a
     MERS Loan, the original recorded Mortgage together with all riders thereto,
     with evidence of recording thereon, or, if the original Mortgage has not
     yet been returned from the recording office, a copy of the original
     Mortgage together with all riders thereto certified to be a true copy of
     the original of the Mortgage that has been delivered for recording in the
     appropriate recording office of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged
     Property is located and in the case of each MERS Loan, the original
     Mortgage together with all riders thereto, noting the presence of the MIN
     of the Loan and either language indicating that the Mortgage Loan is a MOM
     Loan or if the Mortgage Loan was not a MOM Loan at origination, the
     original Mortgage and the assignment thereof to MERS, with evidence of
     recording indicated thereon, or a copy of the Mortgage certified by the
     public recording office in which such Mortgage has been recorded.

          (C) In the case of each Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Loan, the
     original Assignment of each Mortgage in blank or, to "LaSalle Bank National
     Association, as trustee for the First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series
     2007-FFC, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates."

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          (D) The original policy of title insurance (or a preliminary title
     report, commitment or binder if the original title insurance policy has not
     been received from the title insurance company).

          (E) Originals of any intervening assignments of the Mortgage, with
     evidence of recording thereon or, if the original intervening assignment
     has not yet been returned from the recording office, a copy of such
     assignment certified to be a true copy of the original of the assignment
     which has been sent for recording in the appropriate jurisdiction in which
     the Mortgaged Property is located.

          (F) Originals of all assumption and modification agreements, if any.

          (G) If in connection with any Mortgage Loan, the Depositor cannot
     deliver the Mortgage, Assignments of Mortgage or assumption, consolidation
     or modification, as the case may be, with evidence of recording thereon, if
     applicable, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement
     solely because of a delay caused by the public recording office where such
     Mortgage, Assignments of Mortgage or assumption, consolidation or
     modification, as the case may be, has been delivered for recordation, the
     Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee written
     notice stating that such Mortgage or assumption, consolidation or
     modification, as the case may be, has been delivered to the appropriate
     public recording office for recordation. Thereafter, the Depositor shall
     deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee such Mortgage, Assignments
     of Mortgage or assumption, consolidation or modification, as the case may
     be, with evidence of recording indicated thereon, if applicable, upon
     receipt thereof from the public recording office. To the extent any
     required endorsement is not contained on a Mortgage Note or an Assignment
     of Mortgage, the Depositor shall make or cause to be made such endorsement.

          (H) With respect to any Mortgage Loan, none of the Depositor, the
     Servicer or the Trustee shall be obligated to cause to be recorded the
     Assignment of Mortgage referred to in this Section 2.01. In the event an
     Assignment of Mortgage is not recorded, the Servicer shall have no
     liability for its failure to receive and act on notices related to such
     Assignment of Mortgage.

     Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default or an "event of default" under
the Insurance Agreement, the Class A Certificate Insurer may direct the Trustee
to cause (i) the Assignments in blank to be completed to show "LaSalle Bank
National Association, as Trustee for the First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2007-FFC, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates" as the assignee and
(ii) the Assignments to be recorded in the appropriate jurisdictions. The cost
of such completion and recordation shall not be subject to the cap provided
under Section 8.06(c) and will be an "unanticipated expense" reimbursable under
Section 3.08.

     The ownership of each Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and the contents of the
related Mortgage File is vested in the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders and the Class A Certificate Insurer. Neither the Depositor
nor the Servicer shall take any action inconsistent with such ownership and
shall not claim any ownership interest therein. The Depositor and the Servicer
shall respond to any third party inquiries with respect to ownership of the
Mortgage Loans by stating that such ownership is held by the Trustee on behalf
of the Certificateholders and the Class A Certificate Insurer. Mortgage
documents relating to the Mortgage Loans not delivered to the Trustee are and
shall be held in trust by the Servicer, for the benefit of the Trustee as the
owner thereof, and the Servicer's possession of the contents of each

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Mortgage File so retained is for the sole purpose of servicing the related
Mortgage Loan, and such retention and possession by the Servicer, is in a
custodial capacity only. The Depositor agrees to take no action inconsistent
with the Trustee's ownership of the Mortgage Loans, to promptly indicate to all
inquiring parties that the Mortgage Loans have been sold and to claim no
ownership interest in the Mortgage Loans.

     It is the intention of this Agreement that the conveyance of the
Depositor's right, title and interest in and to the Trust Fund pursuant to this
Agreement shall constitute a purchase and sale and not a loan. If the conveyance
of Mortgage Loans from either of the Sellers to the Depositor is characterized
as a pledge and not a sale, then the Depositor shall be deemed to have
transferred to the Trustee all of the Depositor's right, title and interest in,
to and under the obligations of such Seller deemed to be secured by said pledge;
and it is the intention of this Agreement that the Depositor shall also be
deemed to have granted to the Trustee a first priority security interest in all
of the Depositor's right, title, and interest in, to and under the obligations
of such Seller to the Depositor deemed to be secured by said pledge and that the
Trustee shall be deemed to be an independent custodian for purposes of
perfection of the security interest granted to the Depositor. If the conveyance
of the Mortgage Loans from the Depositor to the Trustee is characterized as a
pledge, it is the intention of this Agreement that this Agreement shall
constitute a security agreement under applicable law, and that the Depositor
shall be deemed to have granted to the Trustee a first priority security
interest in all of the Depositor's right, title and interest in, to and under
the Mortgage Loans, all payments of principal of or interest on such Mortgage
Loans, all other rights relating to and payments made in respect of the Trust
Fund, and all proceeds of any thereof. If the trust created by this Agreement
terminates prior to the satisfaction of the claims of any Person in any
Certificates, the security interest created hereby shall continue in full force
and effect and the Trustee shall be deemed to be the collateral agent for the
benefit of such Person.

     In addition to the conveyance made in the first paragraph of this Section
2.01, the Depositor does hereby convey, assign and set over to the Trustee for
the benefit of the Certificateholders its rights and interests under the FFFC
Purchase Agreement, including the Depositor's right, title and interest in the
representations and warranties contained in the FFFC Purchase Agreement, its
rights and interests under the MLML Purchase Agreement, including the
Depositor's right, title and interest in the representations and warranties
contained in the MLML Purchase Agreement, and the benefit of the repurchase
obligations and the obligation of the respective Seller contained in the FFFC
Purchase Agreement and the MLML Purchase Agreement, respectively, to take, at
the request of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Class A Certificate Insurer,
all action on its part which is reasonably necessary to ensure the
enforceability of a Mortgage Loan. The Trustee hereby accepts such assignment,
and shall be entitled to exercise all rights of the Depositor under the FFFC
Purchase Agreement and the MLML Purchase Agreement as if, for such purpose, it
were the Depositor. The foregoing sale, transfer, assignment, set-over, deposit
and conveyance does not and is not intended to result in creation or assumption
by the Trustee of any obligation of the Depositor, the Sellers, or any other
Person in connection with the Mortgage Loans or any other agreement or
instrument relating thereto.

     SECTION 2.02. Acceptance by the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans

     Except as set forth in the exception report delivered contemporaneously
herewith (the "Exception Report"), the Trustee acknowledges receipt of the
Mortgage Note for each Mortgage Loan and delivery of a Mortgage File (but does
not acknowledge receipt of all documents required to be included in such
Mortgage File) with respect to each Mortgage Loan and declares that it holds and
will hold such documents and any other documents constituting a part of the
Mortgage Files delivered to it in trust for

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the use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders and the Class A
Certificate Insurer. The Depositor will cause the applicable Seller to
repurchase any Mortgage Loan to which a material exception was taken in the
Exception Report unless such exception is cured to the satisfaction of the
Depositor and the Trustee within 45 Business Days of the Closing Date.

     The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the FFFC Purchase Agreement and the
MLML Purchase Agreement.

     The Trustee agrees, for the benefit of Certificateholders, the NIMs Insurer
and the Class A Certificate Insurer to review each Mortgage File delivered to it
within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date. The Trustee will ascertain and to
certify, within seventy (70) days of the Closing Date, to the Depositor, the
Servicer, the NIMs Insurer and the Class A Certificate Insurer that all
documents required by Section 2.01 (A)-(B), (C) (if applicable), and (D)-(E),
and the documents if actually received by it, under Section 2.01(F), have been
executed and received, and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans
identified in Exhibit B that have been conveyed to it. It is herein acknowledged
that, in conducting such review, the Trustee shall not be under any duty or
obligation to inspect, review or examine any such documents, instruments,
certificates or other papers to determine that they are genuine, enforceable or
appropriate for the represented purpose, that they have actually been recorded
or that they are other than what they purport to be on their face. If the
Trustee finds any document or documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File
to be missing or defective (that is, mutilated, damaged, defaced or unexecuted)
in any material respect, the Trustee shall promptly (and in any event within no
more than five Business Days) after such finding so notify the Servicer, the
related Seller, the Depositor, the NIMs Insurer and the Class A Certificate
Insurer. In addition, the Trustee shall also notify the Servicer, the related
Seller, the Depositor, the NIMs Insurer and the Class A Certificate Insurer if
the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon with respect to a
Mortgage Loan is not received within seventy (70) days of the Closing Date; if
it has not been received because of a delay caused by the public recording
office where such Mortgage has been delivered for recordation, the Depositor
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee written notice stating
that such Mortgage has been delivered to the appropriate public recording office
for recordation and thereafter the Depositor shall deliver or cause to be
delivered such Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon upon receipt thereof
from the public recording office. The Trustee shall request that the related
Seller correct or cure such omission, defect or other irregularity, or
substitute a Mortgage Loan pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.03(c), within
ninety (90) days from the date the related Seller was notified of such omission
or defect and, if such Seller does not correct or cure such omission or defect
within such period, that such Seller purchase such Mortgage Loan from the
Issuing Entity within ninety (90) days from the date the Trustee notified such
Seller of such omission, defect or other irregularity at the Purchase Price of
such Mortgage Loan.

     The Purchase Price for any Mortgage Loan purchased pursuant to this Section
2.02 shall be paid to the Servicer and deposited by the Servicer in the
Certificate Account or Collection Account, as appropriate, promptly upon
receipt, and upon receipt by the Trustee of written notification of such deposit
signed by a Servicing Officer or receipt of such deposit by the Trustee, the
Trustee, upon receipt of a Request for Release and certification of the Servicer
of such required deposit, shall promptly release to the related Seller the
related Mortgage File and the Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments
of transfer or assignment, without recourse, as shall be requested by the
related Seller and necessary to vest in the related Seller or its designee, as
the case may be, any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto, and the Trustee
shall have no further responsibility with regard to such Mortgage Loan. It is
understood and agreed that the obligation of the related Seller to purchase,
cure or substitute any Mortgage Loan as to which a material defect in or
omission of a constituent document exists shall constitute the sole remedy

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respecting such defect or omission available to the Trustee on behalf of
Certificateholders, the NIMs Insurer and the Class A Certificate Insurer. The
preceding sentence shall not, however, limit any remedies available to
Certificateholders, the NIMs Insurer, the Class A Certificate Insurer, the
Depositor or the Trustee pursuant to the FFFC Purchase Agreement or the MLML
Purchase Agreement.

     The Trustee shall be under no duty or obligation to inspect, review and
examine such documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to determine
that they are genuine, enforceable, recordable, duly authorized, sufficient,
legal, valid or appropriate to the represented purpose, or that they have
actually been recorded, or that they are other than what they purport to be on
their face. The Trustee shall keep confidential the name of each Mortgagor
except as required for the performance of this Agreement and the Trustee shall
not solicit any such Mortgagor for the purpose of refinancing the related
Mortgage Loan; notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the foregoing
shall not be construed to prohibit (i) disclosure of any and all information
that is or becomes publicly known, or information obtained by the Trustee from
sources other than the other parties hereto, (ii) disclosure of any and all
information (A) if required to do so by any applicable law, rule or regulation,
(B) to any government agency or regulatory body having or claiming authority to
regulate or oversee any aspects of the business of the Trustee or that of any
Affiliate, (C) pursuant to any subpoena, civil investigation demand or similar
demand or request of any court, regulatory authority, arbitrator or arbitration
to which the Trustee or any Affiliate or an officer, director, employer or
shareholder thereof is a party or (D) to any Affiliate, independent or internal
auditor, agent, employee or attorney of the Trustee having a need to know the
same, provided that the Trustee advises such recipient of the confidential
nature of the information being disclosed, or (iii) any other disclosure
authorized by the Depositor.

     Within seventy (70) days of the Closing Date, the Trustee shall deliver to
the Depositor, the Servicer, the NIMs Insurer and the Class A Certificate
Insurer the Trustee's Certification, substantially in the form of Exhibit D
attached hereto, evidencing the completeness of the Mortgage Files, with any
exceptions noted thereto.

     SECTION 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Depositor

          (a) The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Servicer, the
Trustee, the NIMs Insurer and the Class A Certificate Insurer as follows, as of
the date hereof:

          (i) The Depositor is duly organized and is validly existing as a
     corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and
     has full power and authority (corporate and other) necessary to own or hold
     its properties and to conduct its business as now conducted by it and to
     enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the FFFC
     Purchase Agreement and the MLML Purchase Agreement.

          (ii) The Depositor has the full corporate power and authority to
     execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate the
     transactions contemplated by, this Agreement, the FFFC Purchase Agreement
     and the MLML Purchase Agreement and has duly authorized, by all necessary
     corporate action on its part, the execution, delivery and performance of
     this this Agreement, the FFFC Purchase Agreement and the MLML Purchase
     Agreement; and this Agreement, the FFFC Purchase Agreement and the MLML
     Purchase Agreement, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery
     hereof by the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding
     obligation of the Depositor, enforceable against the Depositor in
     accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforceability, to (i)
     bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,

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     moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and
     (ii) general principles of equity, regardless of whether enforcement is
     sought in a proceeding in equity or at law.

          (iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the FFFC Purchase
     Agreement and the MLML Purchase Agreement by the Depositor, the
     consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the FFFC
     Purchase Agreement and the MLML Purchase Agreement, and the fulfillment of
     or compliance with the terms hereof are in the ordinary course of business
     of the Depositor and will not (A) result in a material breach of any term
     or provision of the charter or by-laws of the Depositor or (B) materially
     conflict with, result in a violation or acceleration of, or result in a
     material default under, the terms of any other material agreement or
     instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which it may be bound or
     (C) constitute a material violation of any statute, order or regulation
     applicable to the Depositor of any court, regulatory body, administrative
     agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Depositor; and the
     Depositor is not in breach or violation of any material indenture or other
     material agreement or instrument, or in violation of any statute, order or
     regulation of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or
     governmental body having jurisdiction over it which breach or violation may
     materially impair the Depositor's ability to perform or meet any of its
     obligations under this Agreement.

          (iv) No litigation is pending, or, to the best of the Depositor's
     knowledge, threatened, against the Depositor that would materially and
     adversely affect the execution, delivery or enforceability of this
     Agreement, the FFFC Purchase Agreement and the MLML Purchase Agreement or
     the ability of the Depositor to perform its obligations under this
     Agreement, the FFFC Purchase Agreement and the MLML Purchase Agreement in
     accordance with the terms hereof.

          (v) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
     governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
     performance by the Depositor of, or compliance by the Depositor with, this
     Agreement, the FFFC Purchase Agreement and the MLML Purchase Agreement or
     the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or if any such
     consent, approval, authorization or order is required, the Depositor has
     obtained the same. The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the
     Trustee and the Class A Certificate Insurer with respect to each Mortgage
     Loan as of the Closing Date, and following the transfer of the Mortgage
     Loans to it by the Sponsor, the Depositor had good title to the Mortgage
     Loans and the Mortgage Notes were subject to no offsets, claims, liens,
     mortgage, pledge, charge, security interest, defenses or counterclaims.

          (b) The representations and warranties of FFFC with respect to the
Mortgage Loans in the FFFC Purchase Agreement, which have been assigned to the
Trustee hereunder, were made as of the Closing Date as specified in the FFFC
Purchase Agreement. The representations and warranties of the Sponsor with
respect to the Mortgage Loans in the MLML Purchase Agreement, which have been
assigned to the Trustee hereunder, were made as of the Closing Date as specified
in the MLML Purchase Agreement. The Trustee acknowledges that the Depositor
shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of any
representation or warranty with respect to the Mortgage Loans (except as set
forth in Section 2.03(a)(v)) under any circumstances.

          (c) Upon discovery by any of the Depositor, the Servicer, the related
Seller, the Trustee (or its custodian), the NIMs Insurer or the Class A
Certificate Insurer of a breach of any of such

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representations and warranties that adversely and materially affects the value
of the related Mortgage Loan, Prepayment Charges or the interests of the
Certificateholders or the Class A Certificate Insurer, the party discovering
such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties. Within ninety
(90) days of the discovery of such breach of any representation or warranty, the
Depositor shall cause the related Seller to either (a) cure such breach in all
material respects, (b) repurchase such Mortgage Loan or any property acquired in
respect thereof from the Trustee at the Purchase Price or (c) within the two
year period following the Closing Date, substitute a Replacement Mortgage Loan
for the affected Mortgage Loan. If a breach of the representations and
warranties set forth in the Purchase Agreement hereof exists solely due to the
unenforceability of a Prepayment Charge, the Trustee or the other party having
notice thereof shall notify the Servicer thereof and not seek to enforce the
repurchase remedy provided for herein unless such Mortgage Loan is not current.
In the event that such breach relates solely to the unenforceability of a
Prepayment Charge, amounts received in respect of such indemnity up to the
amount of such Prepayment Charge shall be distributed pursuant to Section
4.04(b)(i). As provided in the FFFC Purchase Agreement and the MLML Purchase
Agreement, if the related Seller substitutes for a Mortgage Loan for which there
is a breach of any representation or warranty in the FFFC Purchase Agreement or
the MLML Purchase Agreement, as applicable, which adversely and materially
affects the value of such Mortgage Loan and such substitute mortgage loan is not
a Replacement Mortgage Loan, under the terms of the FFFC Purchase Agreement and
the MLML Purchase Agreement, the related Seller will, in exchange for such
substitute Mortgage Loan, (i) provide the applicable Purchase Price for the
affected Mortgage Loan or (ii) within two years of the Closing Date, substitute
such affected Mortgage Loan with a Replacement Mortgage Loan. Any such
substitution shall not be effected prior to the additional delivery to the
Trustee of a Request for Release substantially in the form of Exhibit I and
shall not be effected unless it is within two years of the Startup Day.

     With respect to any Mortgage Loan repurchased by the related Seller
pursuant to the FFFC Purchase Agreement or the MLML Purchase Agreement, as
applicable, the principal portion of the funds received by the Servicer in
respect of such repurchase of a Mortgage Loan will be considered a Principal
Prepayment and shall be deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section
3.05. Upon receipt by the Trustee of notice from the Servicer of receipt by the
Servicer of the full amount of the Purchase Price for a Deleted Mortgage Loan,
and upon receipt by the Trustee of the Mortgage File for a Replacement Mortgage
Loan substituted for a Deleted Mortgage Loan and a Request for Release, the
Trustee shall release and reassign to the related Seller the related Mortgage
File for the Deleted Mortgage Loan and shall execute and deliver such
instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse,
representation or warranty, as shall be necessary to vest in such party or its
designee or assignee title to any Deleted Mortgage Loan released pursuant
hereto, free and clear of all security interests, liens and other encumbrances
created by this Agreement, which instruments shall be prepared by the Depositor
or the related Seller, and the Trustee (and its custodian) shall have no further
responsibility with respect to the Mortgage File relating to such Deleted
Mortgage Loan.

     With respect to each Replacement Mortgage Loan to be delivered to the
Trustee pursuant to the terms of this Article II in exchange for a Deleted
Mortgage Loan: (i) the related Seller must deliver to the Trustee the Mortgage
File for the Replacement Mortgage Loan containing the documents set forth in
Section 2.01 along with a written certification certifying as to the Mortgage
Loan satisfying all requirements under the definition of Replacement Mortgage
Loan and the delivery of such Mortgage File and containing the granting language
set forth in Section 2.01; and (ii) the Depositor will be deemed to have made,
with respect to such Replacement Mortgage Loan, each of the representations and
warranties made by it with respect to the related Deleted Mortgage Loan. The
Trustee shall review the Mortgage

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File with respect to each Replacement Mortgage Loan and certify to the Depositor
that all documents required by Section 2.01(A)-(B), (C) (if applicable), and
(D)-(E) have been executed and received.

     For any month in which a Seller substitutes one or more Replacement
Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, such Seller will
determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal balance of all
such Replacement Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution and the aggregate
Prepayment Charges with respect to such Replacement Mortgage Loans is less than
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance (after application of the principal
portion of the Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution) and aggregate
Prepayment Charges of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans. An amount equal to the
aggregate of the deficiencies described in the preceding sentence (such amount,
the "Substitution Adjustment Amount") plus an amount equal to any unreimbursed
costs, penalties and/or damages incurred by the Trust Fund in connection with
any violation relating to such Deleted Mortgage Loan of any predatory or abusive
lending law shall be remitted by the related Seller to the Trustee for deposit
into the Certificate Account by such Seller on the Determination Date for the
Distribution Date relating to the Prepayment Period during which the related
Mortgage Loan became required to be purchased or replaced hereunder.

     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the right to
substitute Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Article II shall be subject to the
additional limitations that no substitution of a Replacement Mortgage Loan for a
Deleted Mortgage Loan shall be made unless the Trustee and the Class A
Certificate Insurer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of
the party seeking to make the substitution) that, under current law, such
substitution will not (A) affect adversely the status of any REMIC established
hereunder as a REMIC, or of the related "regular interests" as "regular
interests" in any such REMIC, or (B) cause any such REMIC to engage in a
"prohibited transaction" or prohibited contribution pursuant to the REMIC
Provisions.

     The Depositor shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the removal
of such Deleted Mortgage Loan from the terms of this Agreement and the
substitution of the Replacement Mortgage Loan or Replacement Mortgage Loans.
Upon such substitution by the related Seller, such Replacement Mortgage Loan or
Replacement Mortgage Loans shall constitute part of the Mortgage Pool and shall
be subject in all respects to the terms of this Agreement and the FFFC Purchase
Agreement or the MLML Purchase Agreement, as applicable, including all
applicable representations and warranties thereof included in the FFFC Purchase
Agreement or the MLML Purchase Agreement, as applicable, as of the date of
substitution.

          (d) It is understood and agreed that the representations, warranties
and indemnification (i) set forth in this Section 2.03, (ii) of FFFC set forth
in the FFFC Purchase Agreement and assigned to the Trustee by the Depositor
hereunder and (iii) of the Sponsor set forth in the MLML Purchase Agreement and
assigned to the Trustee by the Depositor hereunder shall each survive delivery
of the Mortgage Files and the Assignment of Mortgage of each Mortgage Loan to
the Trustee and shall continue throughout the term of this Agreement.

          (e) The Depositor shall deliver a copy of the Mortgage Loan Schedule
to the Servicer on the Closing Date.

     SECTION 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Servicer

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          (a) The Servicer hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor and
the Trustee as follows, as of the date hereof:

          (i) The Servicer is duly organized and is validly existing as a
     corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is
     duly authorized and qualified to transact any and all business contemplated
     by this Agreement to be conducted by the Servicer in any state in which a
     Mortgaged Property is located or is otherwise not required under applicable
     law to effect such qualification and, in any event, is in compliance with
     the doing business laws of any such state, to the extent necessary to
     ensure its ability to enforce each Mortgage Loan, to service the Mortgage
     Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and to perform any of
     its other obligations under this Agreement in accordance with the terms
     hereof.

          (ii) The Servicer has the corporate power and authority and to service
     each Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into
     and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and has duly
     authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Servicer
     the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement; and this
     Agreement, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by
     the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation
     of the Servicer, enforceable against the Servicer in accordance with its
     terms, except that (a) the enforceability hereof may be limited by
     bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws
     relating to creditors' rights generally and (b) the remedy of specific
     performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be
     subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before
     which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

          (iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Servicer,
     the servicing of the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement, the consummation
     of any other of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the
     fulfillment of or compliance with the terms hereof are in the ordinary
     course of business of the Servicer and will not (A) result in a material
     breach of any term or provision of the charter or by-laws of the Servicer
     or (B) materially conflict with, result in a material breach, violation or
     acceleration of, or result in a material default under, the terms of any
     other material agreement or instrument to which the Servicer is a party or
     by which it may be bound, or (C) constitute a material violation of any
     statute, order or regulation applicable to the Servicer of any court,
     regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
     jurisdiction over the Servicer; and the Servicer is not in breach or
     violation of any material indenture or other material agreement or
     instrument, or in violation of any statute, order or regulation of any
     court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
     jurisdiction over it which breach or violation may materially impair the
     Servicer's ability to perform or meet any of its obligations under this
     Agreement.

          (iv) The Servicer is an approved servicer of mortgage loans for Fannie
     Mae.

          (v) No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Servicer's
     knowledge, threatened, against the Servicer that would materially and
     adversely affect the execution, delivery or enforceability of this
     Agreement or the ability of the Servicer to service the Mortgage Loans or
     to perform any of its other obligations under this Agreement in accordance
     with the terms hereof.

          (vi) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
     governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
     performance by the Servicer of, or

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     compliance by the Servicer with, this Agreement or the consummation of the
     transactions contemplated hereby, or if any such consent, approval,
     authorization or order is required, the Servicer has obtained the same.

     SECTION 2.05. Substitutions and Repurchases of Mortgage Loans that are not
"Qualified Mortgages"

     Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee that any
Mortgage Loan does not constitute a "qualified mortgage" within the meaning of
section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering such fact shall promptly
(and in any event within five (5) Business Days of discovery) give written
notice thereof to the other parties and the Class A Certificate Insurer. In
connection therewith, the Depositor shall cause the related Seller, at the
Seller's option, either (i) substitute, if the conditions in Section 2.03(c)
with respect to substitutions are satisfied, a Replacement Mortgage Loan for the
affected Mortgage Loan, or (ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan within
ninety (90) days of such discovery in the same manner as it would a Mortgage
Loan for a breach of representation or warranty contained in Section 2.03. The
Trustee, upon the written direction of the related Seller, shall reconvey to the
related Seller the Mortgage Loan to be released pursuant hereto in the same
manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as it would a Mortgage Loan
repurchased for breach of a representation or warranty contained in Section
2.03.

     SECTION 2.06. Authentication and Delivery of Certificates

     The Trustee acknowledges the transfer and assignment to it of the Trust
Fund and, concurrently with such transfer and assignment, the Trustee has caused
to be authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, in
exchange for the Mortgage Loans, Certificates duly authenticated by the
Authenticating Agent in authorized denominations evidencing ownership of the
entire Trust Fund. The Trustee agrees to hold the Trust Fund and exercise the
rights referred to above for the benefit of all present and future Holders of
the Certificates and to perform its duties set forth in this Agreement in
accordance with the provisions hereof.

     SECTION 2.07. REMIC Elections

          (a) The Depositor hereby instructs and authorizes the Trustee to make
an appropriate election to treat each of the Upper Tier REMIC and the Lower Tier
REMIC as a REMIC. The Trustee shall sign the returns providing for such
elections and such other tax or information returns that are required to be
signed by the Trustee under applicable law. This Agreement shall be construed so
as to carry out the intention of the parties that each of the Upper Tier REMIC
and the Lower Tier REMIC be treated as a REMIC at all times prior to the date on
which the Trust Fund is terminated.

          (b) The Preliminary Statement sets forth the designations and "latest
possible maturity date" for federal income tax purposes of all interests created
hereby. The "Startup Day" for purposes of the REMIC Provisions shall be the
Closing Date. Each REMIC's fiscal year shall be the calendar year.

     The Lower Tier REMIC shall consist of all of the assets of the Trust Fund
other than (i) amounts distributable to the Class P Certificates pursuant to
Section 4.04(b)(i) hereof, (ii) the interests issued by the Lower Tier REMIC,
and (iii) the grantor trusts described in Section 2.07 hereof. The Lower Tier
REMIC shall issue the Lower Tier REMIC

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Regular Interests, which shall be designated as regular interests of such REMIC
and shall issue the Class LTR Interest, which shall be designated as the sole
class of residual interest in the Lower Tier REMIC. Each of the Lower Tier REMIC
Regular Interests shall have the characteristics set forth in its definition and
the Preliminary Statement.

     The assets of the Upper Tier REMIC shall be the Lower Tier REMIC Regular
Interests and the Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy. The REMIC
Regular Interests shall be designated as the regular interests in the Upper Tier
REMIC and the Residual Interest shall be designated as the sole class of
residual interest in the Upper Tier REMIC. For federal income tax purposes, the
pass-through rate on each REMIC Regular Interest (other than the Uncertificated
Class C Interest) and on the sole class of residual interest in the Upper Tier
REMIC shall be subject to a cap equal to the Upper Tier REMIC Net WAC Cap. The
characterization of the Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy as part of
the Upper Tier REMIC is for federal income tax purposes only, and
notwithstanding such characterization, the Class A Certificate Guaranty
Insurance Policy shall not be included in, nor constitute the property of, the
Trust Fund or any sub-trust or sub-division thereof.

     The beneficial ownership of the Class LTR Interest and the Residual
Interest shall be represented by the Class R Certificate. The Class LTR Interest
shall not have a principal balance or bear interest.

          (c) The "tax matters person" with respect to each REMIC for purposes
of the REMIC Provisions shall be the beneficial owner of the Class R
Certificate; provided, however, that the Holder of the Class R Certificate, by
its acceptance thereof, irrevocably appoints the Trustee as its agent and
attorney-in-fact to act as "tax matters person" with respect to each such REMIC
for purposes of the REMIC Provisions. If there is more than one beneficial owner
of the Class R Certificate, the "tax matters person" shall be the Person with
the greatest percentage interest in the Class R Certificate and, if there is
more than one such Person, shall be determined under Treasury regulation Section
1.860F-4(d) and Treasury regulation Section 301.6231(a)(7)-1.

          (d) (i) It is intended that the rights of each Class of the Class A,
Class M and Class B Certificates to receive payments in respect of Excess
Interest shall be treated as a right in interest rate cap contracts written by
the Class C Certificateholders in favor of the holders of each Class of the
Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates and such shall be accounted for as
property held separate and apart from the regular interests in the Upper Tier
REMIC held by the holders of the Class A Certificates (other than the Class R
Certificate), Class M Certificates, Class B Certificates and the residual
interest in the Upper Tier REMIC held by the holder of the Class R Certificate.
For information reporting requirements, the rights of the Class A, Class M and
Class B Certificates to receive payments in respect of Excess Interest shall be
assumed to have zero or a de minimis value. This provision is intended to
satisfy the requirements of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(i) for the
treatment of property rights coupled with REMIC interests to be separately
respected and shall be interpreted consistently with such regulation. On each
Distribution Date, to the extent that any of the Class A, Class M and Class B
Certificates receive payments in respect of Excess Interest, such amounts will
be treated as distributed by the Upper Tier REMIC to the Class C Certificates
pro rata in payment of the amounts specified in Section 4.04(g) and then paid to
the relevant Class of Certificates pursuant to the related interest rate cap
agreement.

          (ii) [Reserved].

          (e) The parties intend that the portion of the Trust Fund consisting
of the Uncertificated Class C Interest and the obligation of the holders of the
Class C Certificates to pay amounts in respect of Excess Interest to the holders
of the Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates shall be treated as a "grantor
trust" under the Code, for the benefit of the holders of the Class C
Certificates,

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and the provisions hereof shall be interpreted consistently with this intention.
In furtherance of such intention, the Trustee shall (i) furnish or cause to be
furnished to the holders of the Class C Certificates information regarding their
allocable share, if any, of the income with respect to such grantor trust, (ii)
file or cause to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service Form 1041 (together
with any necessary attachments) and such other forms as may be applicable and
(iii) comply with such information reporting obligations with respect to
payments from such grantor trust to the holders of Class A, Class M, Class B and
Class C Certificates as may be applicable under the Code.

          (f) The parties intend that the portion of the Trust Fund consisting
of the right to receive amounts distributable to the Class P Certificates
pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(i) hereof shall be treated as a "grantor trust"
under the Code, for the benefit of the holders of the Class P Certificates, and
the provisions hereof shall be interpreted consistently with this intention. In
furtherance of such intention, the Trustee shall (i) furnish or cause to be
furnished to the holders of the Class P Certificates information regarding their
allocable share of the income with respect to such grantor trust and (ii) file
or cause to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service Form 1041 (together with
any necessary attachments) and such other forms as may be applicable.

          (g) [Reserved]

          (h) All payments of principal and interest at the Net Mortgage Rate on
each of the Mortgage Loans (other than amounts distributable to the Class P
Certificates pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(i) hereof) received by the Lower Tier
REMIC with respect to the Mortgage Loans shall be paid to the Lower Tier REMIC
Regular Interests until the principal balance of all such interests have been
reduced to zero and any losses allocated to such interests have been reimbursed.
Any excess amounts shall be distributed to the Class LTR Interest. On each
Distribution Date, payments and losses shall be allocated among the Lower Tier
REMIC Regular Interests so that (i) each of the Lower Tier REMIC I Marker
Interests shall have a principal balance equal to 25% of the principal balance
of the Corresponding Certificates, (ii) the Class LTIX Interest has a principal
balance equal to the excess of (x) 50% of the remaining principal balance of the
Mortgage Loans over (y) the aggregate principal balance of the Lower Tier REMIC
I Marker Interests (if necessary to reflect an increase in
overcollateralization, accrued and unpaid interest on the Class LTIX interest
may be added to its principal amount to achieve this result) and (iii) the
aggregate principal amount of the Class LTII1A Interest, Class LTII1B Interest,
Class LTII2A Interest, Class LTII2B Interest and Class LTIIX Interest shall
equal 50% of the remaining principal balance of the Mortgage Loans.
Distributions and losses allocated to the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests
described in clause (iii) of the preceding sentence will be allocated among such
Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests in the following manner: (x) such
distributions shall be deemed made to such Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests
first, so as to keep the principal balance of the each such Lower Tier REMIC
Regular Interest with "B" at the end of its designation equal to 0.05% of the
aggregate scheduled principal balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related
Mortgage Group; second, to such Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests with "A" at
the end of its designation so that the uncertificated principal balance of each
such Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interest is equal to 0.05% of the excess of (I)
the aggregate scheduled principal balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related
Mortgage Group over (II) the aggregate principal balance of Certificate Group
One, in the case of the Class LTII1A Interest, or Certificate Group Two, in the
case of the Class LTII2A Interest (except that if 0.05% of any such excess is
greater than the principal amount of the related Lower Tier REMIC II Marker
Interest with "A" at the end of its designation, the least amount of principal
shall be distributed to each Lower Tier REMIC II Marker Interest with "A" at the
end of its designation such that the Lower Tier REMIC Subordinate Balance Ratio
is maintained) and finally, any remaining distributions of principal to the
Class LTIIX

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Interest and (y) such losses shall be allocated among the Lower Tier REMIC
Regular Interests described in clause (iii) of the preceding sentence first, so
as to keep the principal balance of the each such Lower Tier REMIC Regular
Interest with "B" at the end of its designation equal to 0.05% of the aggregate
scheduled principal balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Group;
second, to such Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests with "A" at the end of its
designation so that the uncertificated principal balance of each such Lower Tier
REMIC Regular Interest is equal to 0.05% of the excess of (I) the aggregate
scheduled principal balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Group
over (II) the aggregate principal balance of Certificate Group One, in the case
of the Class LTII1A Interest, or Certificate Group Two, in the case of the Class
LTII2A Interest (except that if 0.05% of any such excess is greater than the
principal amount of the related Lower Tier REMIC II Marker Interest with "A" at
the end of its designation, the least amount of losses shall be allocated to
each Lower REMIC II Marker Interest with "A" at the end of its designation such
that the Lower Tier REMIC Subordinate Balance Ratio is maintained) and finally,
any remaining losses to the Class LTIIX Interest. Notwithstanding the preceding
two sentences, however, losses not allocated to any Class of Certificates will
not be allocated to any Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests. All computations
with respect to the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests shall be taken out to ten
decimal places.

     Any available funds remaining in the Lower Tier REMIC on a Distribution
Date after distributions to the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests shall be
distributed to the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class LTR Interest.

     If on any Distribution Date the Certificate Principal Balance of any Class
of Certificates is increased pursuant to the last sentence of the definition of
"Certificate Principal Balance", then there shall be an equivalent increase in
the principal amounts of the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests, with such
increase allocated (before the making of distributions and the allocation of
losses on the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests on such Distribution Date)
among the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests so that, to the greatest extent
possible, (i) each of the Lower Tier REMIC I Marker Interests has a principal
balance equal to 25% of the principal balance of the Corresponding Certificates,
(ii) the Class LTIX Interest has a principal balance equal to the excess of (x)
50% of the remaining principal balance of the Mortgage Loans over (y) the
aggregate principal balance of the Lower Tier REMIC I Marker Interests and (iii)
the aggregate principal amount of the Lower Tier REMIC II Marker Interests and
the Class LTIIX Interest shall equal 50% of the remaining principal balance of
the Mortgage Loans. Allocations in connection with clause (iii) shall be made so
that, to the greatest extent possible, (a) the principal balance of each Lower
Tier REMIC II Marker Interest with "B" at the end of its designation equals
0.05% of the aggregate scheduled principal balance of the Mortgage Loans in
related Mortgage Group, (b) the principal balance of each Lower Tier REMIC II
Marker Interest with "A" at the end of its designation equals 0.05% of the
excess of (x) the aggregate scheduled principal balance of the Mortgage Loans in
related Mortgage Group over (y) the aggregate principal balance of Certificate
Group One in the case of the Class LTII1A Interest, or Certificate Group Two in
the case of the Class LTII2A Interest and (c) any remaining allocations are made
to the Class LTIIX Interest.

     For purposes of this Section 2.07, (i) the Class LTII1A Interest and Class
LTII1B Interest shall be related to Group One, and (ii) the Class LTII2A
Interest and Class LTII2B Interest shall be related to Group Two.

          (i) In the event that any REMIC provided for herein fails to qualify
as a REMIC, loses its status as a REMIC or incurs federal, state or local taxes
as a result of a prohibited transaction or prohibited contribution under the
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its duties and obligations set forth herein, the Servicer shall indemnify the
Trustee, the Issuing Entity, the NIMs Insurer and the Class A Certificate
Insurer against any and all Losses resulting from such negligence; provided,
however, that the Servicer shall not be liable for any such Losses attributable
to the action or inaction of the Trustee, the Depositor or the Holder of the
residual interest in such REMIC, as applicable, nor for any such Losses
resulting from misinformation provided by the Holder of the residual interest in
such REMIC on which the Servicer has relied. The foregoing shall not be deemed
to limit or restrict the rights and remedies of the Holder of the residual
interest in such REMIC now or hereafter existing at law or in equity.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, in no event shall the Servicer have any
liability (1) for any action or omission that is taken in accordance with and in
compliance with the express terms of, or which is expressly permitted by the
terms of, this Agreement, (2) for any Losses other than those arising out of a
negligent performance by the Servicer of its duties and obligations set forth
herein, and (3) for any special or consequential damages to Certificateholders
(in addition to payment of principal and interest on the Certificates).

          (j) In the event that any REMIC provided for herein fails to qualify
as a REMIC, loses its status as a REMIC, or incurs federal, state or local taxes
as a result of a prohibited transaction or prohibited contribution under the
REMIC Provisions due to the negligent performance by the Trustee of its duties
and obligations set forth herein, the Trustee shall indemnify the Issuing Entity
against any and all Losses resulting from such negligence; provided, however,
that the Trustee shall not be liable for any such Losses attributable to the
action or inaction of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Holder of the residual
interest in such REMIC, as applicable, nor for any such Losses resulting from
misinformation provided by the Holder of the residual interest in such REMIC on
which the Trustee has relied. The foregoing shall not be deemed to limit or
restrict the rights and remedies of the Holder of the residual interest in such
REMIC now or hereafter existing at law or in equity. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, however, in no event shall the Trustee have any liability (1) for any
action or omission that is taken in accordance with and in compliance with the
express terms of, or which is expressly permitted by the terms of, this
Agreement, (2) for any Losses other than those arising out of a negligent
performance by the Trustee of its duties and obligations set forth herein, and
(3) for any special or consequential damages to Certificateholders (in addition
to payment of principal and interest on the Certificates). For avoidance of
doubt, until the later to occur of (i) the Class A Certificate Guaranty
Insurance Policy has terminated in accordance with its terms and (ii) the Class
A Certificate Insurer has been paid any Reimbursement Amounts (as such term is
defined in the Insurance Agreement) owed to the Class A Certificate Insurer, the
Class A Certificate Insurer shall have the right to enforce such indemnification
on behalf of the Issuing Entity. The Class A Certificate Insurer's expenses of
enforcement shall constitute Reimbursement Amounts reimbursable in accordance
with the priorities set forth in Section 4.04 hereof.

     SECTION 2.08. [RESERVED]

     SECTION 2.09. Covenants of the Servicer

     (a) The Servicer hereby covenants to each of the other parties to this
Agreement that the Servicer shall comply in the performance of its obligations
under this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of the insurer
under each Required Insurance Policy.

     (b) In accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices the Servicer will fully
furnish (for the period it services the Mortgage Loans), in accordance with the
Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing regulations, accurate and
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files to Equifax, Experian and Trans Union Credit Information Company on a
monthly basis except as the Servicer deems prudent for the prevention or
resolution of disputes with the Mortgagors.

     SECTION 2.10. [RESERVED]

     SECTION 2.11. Permitted Activities of the Issuing Entity

     The Issuing Entity is created for the object and purpose of engaging in the
Permitted Activities. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Trustee is hereby
authorized and directed to execute and deliver on behalf of the Issuing Entity,
and to perform the duties and obligations of the Issuing Entity under the
Insurance Agreement, the Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy, an
insurance and indemnity agreement with a NIMs Insurer and any other agreement or
instrument related thereto, in each case in such form as the Depositor shall
direct or shall approve in writing, the execution and delivery of any such
agreement by the Depositor to be conclusive evidence of its approval thereof.

     SECTION 2.12. Qualifying Special Purpose Entity

     For purposes of SFAS 140, the parties hereto intend that the Issuing Entity
shall be treated as a "qualifying special purpose entity" as such term is used
in SFAS 140 and any successor rule thereto and its power and authority as stated
in Section 2.11 of this Agreement shall be limited in accordance with paragraph
35 or SFAS 140.

     SECTION 2.13. Depositor Notification of NIM Notes

     The Depositor shall notify the Servicer, the Trustee and the Class A
Certificate Insurer in writing when NIM Notes are issued with the contact
information of the issuer and of the identity and contact information of the
NIMs Insurer, if applicable, and when all previously issued NIM Notes are no
longer outstanding. The Servicer and the Trustee shall have at least 10 days'
notice of the issuance of any NIM Notes.

                                   ARTICLE III

                          ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
                                OF MORTGAGE LOANS

     SECTION 3.01. Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans

     For and on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Class A Certificate
Insurer, the Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in
accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. In connection with such servicing
and administration, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting
alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.02 hereof, to do or
cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in
connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to,
the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver,
on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or
waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any
Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages
(but only in the manner provided in this Agreement), (iii) to collect any
Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds and (iv) subject to Section
3.12(a), to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the
Mortgaged Property

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securing any Mortgage Loan; provided that, subject to Section 6.03, the Servicer
shall not take any action that is inconsistent with or prejudices the interests
of the Issuing Entity, the Certificateholders or the Class A Certificate Insurer
in any Mortgage Loan serviced by it under this Agreement or the rights and
interests of the other parties to this Agreement except as otherwise required by
this Agreement or by law. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, including Section 3.05, the Servicer shall not make or permit any
modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan which would
cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC or
result in the imposition of any tax under Section 860G(a) or 860G(d) of the
Code. The Servicer shall represent and protect the interest of the Trust Fund in
the same manner as it currently protects its own interest in mortgage loans in
its own portfolio in any claim, proceeding or litigation regarding a Mortgage
Loan, but in any case not in any manner that is a lesser standard than that
provided in the first sentence of this Section 3.01. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, in its own name or in the name of the
Depositor and the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Depositor
and the Trustee, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable
judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the
Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, subordinations and all
other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and with
respect to the Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of the
Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor
and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all
of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and
administer the Mortgage Loans, to the extent that the Servicer is not permitted
to execute and deliver such documents pursuant to the preceding sentence. Upon
receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such
documents and deliver them to the Servicer. For purposes of this Section 3.01,
the Trustee hereby grants to the Servicer a limited power of attorney in such
form as shall be prepared by the Servicer and agreed to by the Trustee and the
Servicer to execute and file any and all documents necessary to fulfill the
obligations of the Servicer under this Section 3.01.

     Upon request of the Servicer, the Trustee shall furnish the Servicer with
any powers of attorney and other documents in form as provided to it necessary
or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage
Loans. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and the Servicer shall indemnify
the Trustee for any action taken by the Servicer pursuant to the application of
any power of attorney to the extent indemnification by the Servicer is required
by Section 3.25 and provided that the Servicer shall have no obligation to
indemnify the Trustee for such action to the extent such action was taken
pursuant to and in accordance with specific written instructions from the
Trustee, which instructions are not based on Servicer's recommendations or
proposals. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the
Servicer shall not without the Trustee's written consent, hire or procure
counsel to represent the Trustee without indicating its representative capacity.

     The Servicer shall not be required to make any Advance or Servicing Advance
with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is 150 days or more delinquent.

     The Servicer shall deliver a list of Servicing Officers and specimen
signatures to the Trustee by the Closing Date.

     The Servicer further is authorized and empowered by the Trustee, on behalf
of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own name or in the name of the
Sub-Servicer, when the Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be,
believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on
the MERS System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan

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on the MERS System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and
other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of
a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Trustee and its
successors and assigns. Any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the
actions described in the preceding sentence or as a result of MERS discontinuing
or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS System,
shall be subject to withdrawal by the Servicer from the Collection Account
(provided that such expenses constitute "unanticipated expenses" within the
meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii)).

     With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the related Servicer may consent to the
refinancing of the prior senior lien relating to such Mortgage Loan, provided
that the following requirements are met:

          (1) the resulting Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of such Mortgage Loan
is no higher than the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio prior to such refinancing;

          (2) the interest rate for the loan evidencing the refinanced senior
lien is no more than 2.0% higher than the interest rate on the loan evidencing
the existing senior lien immediately prior to the date of such refinancing; and

          (3) the loan evidencing the refinanced senior lien is not subject to
negative amortization.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restriction in clauses (1) - (3) shall
not be applicable if the Mortgage Loan is in default or, in the judgment of the
related Servicer, such default is reasonably foreseeable.

     In connection with any modification pursuant to this Section and to the
extent there are any unreimbursed Advances or Servicing Advances with respect to
the related Mortgage Loan, the related Servicer shall reimburse itself for such
amounts from the Collection Account.

     SECTION 3.02. Servicing and Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations of
Servicer

          (a) The Servicer may arrange for the subservicing of any Mortgage Loan
by a subservicer, which may be an affiliate, pursuant to a subservicing
agreement (each, a "Subservicing Agreement"); provided, however, that (i) such
subservicing arrangement and the terms of the related Subservicing Agreement
must provide for the servicing of such Mortgage Loans in a manner consistent
with the servicing arrangements contemplated hereunder, (ii) that such agreement
would not result in a withdrawal or downgrading by any Rating Agency of the
ratings of any Certificates or any of the NIM Notes evidenced by a letter to
that effect delivered by each Rating Agency to the Depositor and the NIMs
Insurer and (iii) the NIMs Insurer and the Class A Certificate Insurer shall
have consented to such subservicing agreement, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding the provisions of any Subservicing
Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or
arrangements between the Servicer and a subservicer or reference to actions
taken through a subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain obligated
and liable to the Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificateholders for the
servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability
by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of
indemnification from the subservicer and to the same extent and under the same
terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and

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administering the Mortgage Loans. Every Subservicing Agreement entered into by
the Servicer shall contain a provision giving any successor servicer the option
to terminate such agreement, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer and the Class
A Certificate Insurer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), in the
event a successor servicer is appointed. All actions of each subservicer
performed pursuant to the related Subservicing Agreement shall be performed as
an agent of the Servicer with the same force and effect as if performed directly
by the Servicer. The Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee, the NIMs Insurer and
the Class A Certificate Insurer copies of all Subservicing Agreements. The
Trustee shall have no obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to a
subservicer, including, without limitation, any obligation, duty or liability to
monitor such subservicer or to pay a Subservicer's fees and expenses. If the
Servicer is terminated, these subservicing agreements will automatically
terminate in accordance with the terms therein unless the successor servicer
elects otherwise.

          (b) For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to
have received any collections, recoveries or payments with respect to the
Mortgage Loans that are received by a subservicer regardless of whether such
payments are remitted by the subservicer to the Servicer.

          (c) The Servicer shall not permit a Subservicer to perform any
servicing responsibilities hereunder with respect to the Mortgage Loans unless
that Subservicer first agrees in writing with the Servicer to deliver an
Assessment of Compliance and an Accountant's Attestation in such manner and at
such times that permits that Servicer to comply with Section 3.17 of this
Agreement.

          (d) The Servicer may enter into a special servicing advisory agreement
with a holder of the Class R Certificate and/or one or more other class of
subordinated certificates issued by the Issuing Entity or of a net interest
margin trust holding certificates issued by the Issuing Entity and/or an advisor
designated by the holder of the Class R Certificate. Pursuant to such agreement,
the Servicer may provide such holder or advisor, in its capacity as special
servicing advisor, with loan-level information with respect to the Mortgage
Loans, and the holder of the Class R Certificate or the special servicing
advisor designated by the holder of the Class R Certificate may advise the
Servicer with respect to the commencement of foreclosure proceedings or other
actions to liquidate such Mortgage Loans and/or any other efforts to maximize
recoveries with respect to such Mortgage Loans.

     SECTION 3.03. Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of the
Servicer

     Neither the Trustee nor the Depositor shall have any responsibility or
liability for any action or failure to act by the Servicer, and neither of them
is obligated to supervise the performance of the Servicer hereunder or
otherwise.

     SECTION 3.04. Trustee to Act as Servicer

     Subject to Sections 6.04 and 7.02, in the event that the Servicer shall for
any reason no longer be the servicer hereunder (including by reason of an Event
of Default), the Trustee or its designee (provided that such designee must be
acceptable to the Class A Certificate Insurer) (i) may, in its discretion but
with prior written consent of the Class A Certificate Insurer (such consent not
to be unreasonably withheld), (ii) shall, at the direction of the NIMS Insurer,
if any, with prior written consent of the Class A Certificate Insurer, (iii)
shall, at the direction of the Class A Certificate Insurer, or (iv) shall at the
direction of the certificateholders with prior written consent of the Class A
Certificate Insurer, within a period of time not to exceed ninety (90) days from
the date of notice of termination or resignation, thereupon assume all of the
rights and obligations of the Servicer hereunder

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arising thereafter (except that the Trustee shall not be (i) liable for losses
arising out of any acts or omissions of the predecessor servicer hereunder, (ii)
obligated to make Advances or Servicing Advances if it is prohibited from doing
so by applicable law, (iii) obligated to effectuate repurchases or substitutions
of Mortgage Loans hereunder, including pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03 or 2.05
hereof, (iv) responsible for any expenses of the Servicer pursuant to Section
2.03 or (v) deemed to have made any representations and warranties hereunder,
including pursuant to Section 2.04 or the first paragraph of Section 6.02
hereof; provided, however that the Trustee (subject to clause (ii) above) or its
designee, in its capacity as the successor servicer, shall immediately assume
the terminated or resigning Servicer's obligation to make Advances and Servicing
Advances). No such termination or resignation shall affect any obligation of the
Servicer to pay amounts owed under this Agreement and to perform its duties
under this Agreement until its successor assumes all of its rights and
obligations hereunder. If the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be a
servicer (including by reason of any Event of Default), the Trustee (or any
other successor servicer) may, at its option, succeed to any rights and
obligations of the Servicer under any subservicing agreement in accordance with
the terms thereof; provided, however, that the Trustee (or any other successor
servicer) shall not incur any liability or have any obligations in its capacity
as servicer under a subservicing agreement arising prior to the date of such
succession unless it expressly elects to succeed to the rights and obligations
of the Servicer thereunder; and the Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of
any liability or obligations under the subservicing agreement arising prior to
the date of such succession. To the extent any costs or expenses, including
without limitation, Servicing Transfer Costs incurred by the Trustee in
connection with this Section 3.04 or Section 7.02, are not paid by the Servicer
pursuant to this Agreement within thirty (30) days of the date of the Trustee's
invoice thereof, such amounts shall be payable out of the Certificate Account;
provided that if the Servicer has been terminated by reason of an Event of
Default, the terminated servicer shall reimburse the Issuing Entity for any such
expense incurred by the Issuing Entity upon receipt of a reasonably detailed
invoice evidencing such expenses. If the Trustee is unwilling or unable to act
as servicer, the Trustee shall seek to appoint a successor servicer that is
eligible in accordance with the criteria specified in this Agreement and
reasonably acceptable to the NIMs Insurer and the Class A Certificate Insurer.

     The Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee, but at the expense of the
Servicer if the Servicer has been terminated by reason of an Event of Default,
deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to each
subservicing agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced and otherwise
use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the
subservicing agreement to the assuming party.

     SECTION 3.05. Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Collection Account;
Certificate Account

          (a) The Servicer shall make reasonable efforts in accordance with
Accepted Servicing Practices to collect all payments called for under the terms
and provisions of the Mortgage Loans to the extent such procedures shall be
consistent with this Agreement and the terms and provisions of any related
Required Insurance Policy. Consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer may in
its discretion (i) waive any late payment charge or, if applicable, any default
interest charge, or (ii) subject to Section 3.01 and applicable REMIC
requirements, extend the due dates for payments due on a Mortgage Note for a
period not greater than 180 days; provided, however, that any extension pursuant
to clause (ii) above shall not affect the amortization schedule of any Mortgage
Loan for purposes of any computation hereunder, except as provided below;
provided, further, that the NIMs Insurer's and the Class A Certificate Insurer's
prior written consent shall be required for any modification, waiver or
amendment after the Cut-off Date if the aggregate number of outstanding Mortgage
Loans which have been modified, waived or amended exceeds 5% of the number of
Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off Date. In the event of

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any such arrangement pursuant to clause (ii) above, subject to Section 4.01, the
Servicer shall make any Advances on the related Mortgage Loan during the
scheduled period in accordance with the amortization schedule of such Mortgage
Loan without modification thereof by reason of such arrangements.
Notwithstanding clause (ii) above and its related provisos, in the event that
any Mortgage Loan is in default or, in the judgment of the Servicer, such
default is reasonably foreseeable, the Servicer, consistent with the standards
set forth in Section 3.01 and not subject to the requirement to make Advances
pursuant to Section 4.01, may also waive, modify or vary any term of such
Mortgage Loan (including modifications that would change the Mortgage Rate,
forgive the payment of principal or interest or extend the final maturity date
of such Mortgage Loan), accept payment from the related Mortgagor of an amount
less than the Stated Principal Balance in final satisfaction of such Mortgage
Loan, or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or
otherwise grant indulgence to any Mortgagor (any and all such waivers,
modifications, variances, forgiveness of principal or interest, postponements,
or indulgences collectively referred to herein as "forbearance"), provided,
however, that in determining which course of action permitted by this sentence
it shall pursue, the Servicer shall adhere to the standards of Section 3.01. The
Servicer's analysis supporting any forbearance and the conclusion that any
forbearance meets the standards of Section 3.01 shall be reflected in writing in
the Mortgage File.

     With respect to Mortgage Loans affected by a hurricane or other natural
disaster, if the Mortgaged Property is located in public and individual
assistance counties, as designated by Federal Emergency Management Agency (as
set forth on its website www.fema.gov), and to the extent that the related
Mortgagor or the related Mortgaged Property is affected thereby the Servicer (or
the Subservicer, if such Servicer is no longer servicing Mortgage Loans), may if
it determines that it is reasonable to do so, cease collection activities,
charging late fees and credit reporting activity for all such affected
Mortgagors in such counties for a reasonable period of time. In addition, the
Servicer (or the Subservicer, if applicable) may, if it determines that it is
reasonable to do so, suspend all foreclosure and bankruptcy activity relating to
such affected Mortgage Loans for a reasonable period of time.

          (b) The Servicer will not waive any Prepayment Charge or portion
thereof unless, (i) the enforceability thereof shall have been limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership or other similar laws relating
to creditors' rights generally or is otherwise prohibited by law, or (ii) the
collectability thereof shall have been limited due to acceleration in connection
with a foreclosure or other involuntary payment, or (iii) the Servicer has not
been provided with information sufficient to enable it to collect the Prepayment
Charge, or (iv) in the Servicer's reasonable judgment as described in Section
3.01 hereof, (x) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable
default, (y) such waiver would maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into
account the value of such Prepayment Charge and related Mortgage Loan and (z)
doing so is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans
(including any waiver of a Prepayment Charge in connection with a refinancing of
a Mortgage Loan that is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable
default), or (v) the collection of the Prepayment Charge or of a similar type of
prepayment premium would be considered "predatory" or "illegal" pursuant to
written guidance published by any applicable federal, state or local regulatory
authority having jurisdiction over such matters or has been challenged by any
such authority, or (vi) unless the Depositor has notified the Servicer that
there are NIM Notes outstanding, there is a certified class action in which a
similar type of prepayment premium is being challenged. Except as provided in
the preceding sentence, in no event will the Servicer waive a Prepayment Charge
in connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is not related to a
default or a reasonably foreseeable default. If the Servicer waives or does not
collect all or a portion of a Prepayment Charge relating to a Principal
Prepayment in full or in part due to any action or omission of the Servicer,
other than as provided above, the Servicer shall deposit the

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amount of such Prepayment Charge (or such portion thereof as had been waived for
deposit) into the Collection Account for distribution in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.

          (c) The Servicer shall not be required to institute or join in
litigation with respect to collection of any payment (whether under a Mortgage,
Mortgage Note or otherwise or against any public or governmental authority with
respect to a taking or condemnation) if it reasonably believes that enforcing
the provision of the Mortgage or other instrument pursuant to which such payment
is required is prohibited by applicable law.

          (d) The Servicer shall establish and initially maintain, on behalf of
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Class A Certificate
Insurer, a Collection Account. The Servicer shall deposit into such Collection
Account daily, within two (2) Business Days of receipt thereof, in immediately
available funds, the following payments and collections received or made by it
on and after the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans:

          (i) all payments on account of principal, including Principal
     Prepayments, on the Mortgage Loans, other than principal due on the
     Mortgage Loans on or prior to the Cut-off Date;

          (ii) all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans net of
     the Servicing Fee permitted under Section 3.15, other than (x) interest due
     on the Mortgage Loans on or prior to the Cut-off Date and (y) Prepayment
     Interest Excess;

          (iii) all Liquidation Proceeds, other than proceeds to be applied to
     the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to either
     the Mortgagor or the holder of a senior lien on the Mortgaged Property in
     accordance with the Servicer's normal servicing procedures;

          (iv) all Subsequent Recoveries;

          (v) all Compensating Interest;

          (vi) any amount required to be deposited by the Servicer pursuant to
     Section 3.05(f) in connection with any losses on Permitted Investments;

          (vii) any amounts required to be deposited by the Servicer pursuant to
     Section 3.10 hereof;

          (viii) all Advances made by the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.01;

          (ix) all Prepayment Charges; and

          (x) any other amounts required to be deposited hereunder.

     The foregoing requirements for remittance by the Servicer into the
Collection Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all servicing related fees,
including late payment charges, insufficient funds charges and payments in the
nature of assumption fees (i.e. fees related to the assumption of a Mortgage
Loan upon the purchase of the related Mortgaged Property, modification fees,
extension fees and other similar ancillary fees and charges (other than
Prepayment Charges)) if collected, and any Prepayment Interest Excess need not
be remitted by the Servicer. Rather, such fees and charges may be retained by
the Servicer as additional servicing

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compensation. In the event that the Servicer shall remit any amount not required
to be remitted and not otherwise subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.08
hereof, it may at any time withdraw or direct the Trustee, or such other
institution maintaining the Collection Account, to withdraw such amount from the
Collection Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The
Servicer shall maintain adequate records with respect to all withdrawals made
pursuant to this Section. All funds deposited in the Collection Account shall be
held in trust for the Certificateholders and the Class A Certificate Insurer
until withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.08. In no event shall the Trustee
incur liability for withdrawals from the Collection Account at the direction of
the Servicer.

     The Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee of the location of the
Collection Account maintained by it when established and prior to any change
thereof. Not later than twenty days after each Distribution Date, at the request
of the Trustee, the Servicer shall make available to the Trustee the most
current available bank statement for the Collection Account. Copies of such
statement shall be provided by the Trustee to any Certificateholder and to any
Person identified to the Trustee as a prospective transferee of a Certificate,
upon request at the expense of the requesting party, provided such statement is
delivered by the Servicer to the Trustee.

          (e) The Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of the
Certificateholders and the Class A Certificate Insurer, the Certificate Account.
The Trustee shall, promptly upon receipt, deposit or cause to be deposited in
the Certificate Account and retain therein the following:

          (i) the aggregate amount withdrawn by the Servicer from the Collection
     Account for deposit in the Certificate Account;

          (ii) the Purchase Price and any Substitution Adjustment Amount;

          (iii) any amount required to be deposited by the Trustee pursuant to
     Section 3.05(f) in connection with any losses on Permitted Investments; and

          (iv) the Optional Termination Amount paid by the winning bidder at the
     Auction or by the NIMs Insurer, the Servicer or one of their affiliates
     pursuant to Section 9.01.

     Any amounts received by the Trustee which are required to be deposited in
the Certificate Account by the Servicer may be invested in Permitted Investments
on the Business Day on which they were received. The foregoing requirements for
remittance by the Servicer and deposit by the Servicer into the Certificate
Account shall be exclusive. If the Servicer fails to remit any funds due by the
time designated herein, the Servicer shall pay to the Trustee, for its own
account, interest accrued on such funds at the prime rate as set forth in The
Wall Street Journal from and including the applicable due date, to but excluding
the day such funds are paid to the Trustee. In the event that the Servicer shall
remit any amount not required to be remitted and not otherwise subject to
withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof, it may at any time withdraw such
amount from the Certificate Account, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding. All funds deposited in the Certificate Account shall be held by
the Trustee in trust for the Certificateholders and the Class A Certificate
Insurer until disbursed in accordance with this Agreement or withdrawn in
accordance with Section 3.08. In no event shall the Trustee incur liability for
withdrawals from the Certificate Account at the direction of the Servicer. The
Trustee shall give notice to the Servicer of the location of the Certificate
Account maintained by it when established and prior to any change thereof.

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          (f) Each institution that maintains the Collection Account shall, and
each institution that maintains the Certificate Account may but shall not be
required to, invest the funds in each such account, as directed by the Servicer
or the Trustee, as applicable, in writing, in Permitted Investments, which shall
mature not later than (i) in the case of the Collection Account, the Business
Day preceding the Servicer Remittance Date (except that if such Permitted
Investment is an obligation of the institution that maintains such Collection
Account or is otherwise immediately available, then such Permitted Investment
shall mature not later than the Servicer Remittance Date) and (ii) in the case
of the Certificate Account, the Business Day immediately preceding the first
Distribution Date that follows the date of such investment (except that if such
Permitted Investment is an obligation of the institution that maintains such
Certificate Account or is otherwise immediately available, then such Permitted
Investment shall mature not later than such Distribution Date) and, in each
case, shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity. All such Permitted
Investments shall be made in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and the Class A Certificate Insurer. All income and gain net
of any losses realized from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account shall
be for the benefit of the Servicer as servicing compensation and shall be
remitted to it monthly as provided herein. The amount of any losses incurred in
the Collection Account in respect of any such investments shall be deposited by
the Servicer in the Collection Account out of the Servicer's own funds
immediately as realized. All income and gain net of any losses realized from
amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account shall be for the benefit of the
Trustee and shall be remitted to or withdrawn by it monthly as provided herein.
The amount of any losses incurred in the Certificate Account in respect of any
such investments shall be deposited by the Trustee in the Certificate Account
out of the Trustee's own funds immediately as realized.

     SECTION 3.06. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow
Accounts

     To the extent required by the related Mortgage Note, the Servicer shall
establish and maintain one or more accounts (each, an "Escrow Account") and
deposit and retain therein all collections from the Mortgagors (or advances by
the Servicer) for the payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums
or comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors. Nothing herein shall
require the Servicer to compel a Mortgagor to establish an Escrow Account in
violation of applicable law.

     Withdrawals of amounts so collected from the Escrow Accounts may be made
only to effect timely payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums,
condominium or PUD association dues, or comparable items, to reimburse the
Servicer out of related collections for any payments made pursuant to Sections
3.01 hereof (with respect to taxes and assessments, dues or comparable items and
insurance premiums) and 3.10 hereof (with respect to hazard insurance), to
refund to any Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages, to pay
interest, if required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage or Mortgage
Note, to Mortgagors on balances in the Escrow Account to withdraw funds
deposited in error or amounts previously deposited but returned as unpaid due to
a "not sufficient funds" or other denial by the related Mortgagor's banking
institution or to clear and terminate the Escrow Account at the termination of
this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01 hereof. The Escrow Accounts shall
not be a part of the Trust Fund.

     SECTION 3.07. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the
Mortgage Loans

     Upon reasonable advance notice in writing if required by federal
regulation, the Servicer will provide to each Certificateholder that is a
savings and loan association, bank or insurance company certain reports and
reasonable access to information and documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans

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sufficient to permit such Certificateholder to comply with applicable
regulations of the OTS or other regulatory authorities with respect to
investment in the Certificates; provided, that the Servicer shall be entitled to
be reimbursed by each such Certificateholder for actual expenses incurred by the
Servicer in providing such reports and access.

     The Servicer may from time to time provide the Depositor, and any Person
designated by the Depositor, with reports and information regarding the Mortgage
Loans, including without limitation, information requested by the Depositor or
an originator of the Mortgage Loans for required institutional risk control. In
addition, subject to limitations of applicable privacy laws, the Servicer may
make public information regarding performance of the Mortgage Loans.

     SECTION 3.08. Permitted Withdrawals from the Collection Account and
Certificate Account

          (a) The Servicer may from time to time, make withdrawals from the
Collection Account for the following purposes:

          (i) to pay to the Servicer (to the extent not previously paid to or
     withheld by the Servicer), as servicing compensation in accordance with
     Section 3.15, that portion of any payment of interest that equals the
     Servicing Fee for the period with respect to which such interest payment
     was made, and, as additional servicing compensation, those other amounts
     set forth in Section 3.15;

          (ii) to reimburse the Servicer (or the Trustee as successor servicer)
     for Advances made by it (or to reimburse the Advancing Person for Advances
     made by it) with respect to the Mortgage Loans, such right of reimbursement
     pursuant to this subclause (ii) being limited to amounts received on
     particular Mortgage Loan(s) (including, for this purpose, Liquidation
     Proceeds (which include Condemnation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds)) that
     represent late recoveries of payments of principal and/or interest on such
     particular Mortgage Loan(s) in respect of which any such Advance was made;

          (iii) to reimburse the Servicer for any Non-Recoverable Advance
     previously made and any Non-Recoverable Servicing Advances previously made
     to the extent that, in the case of Non-Recoverable Servicing Advances,
     reimbursement therefor constitutes "unanticipated expenses" within the
     meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii);

          (iv) to pay to the Servicer earnings on or investment income with
     respect to funds in or credited to the Collection Account;

          (v) to reimburse the Servicer from Insurance Proceeds for Insured
     Expenses covered by the related Insurance Policy;

          (vi) [Reserved];

          (vii) to pay the Servicer (or the Trustee as successor servicer) any
     unpaid Servicing Fees and to reimburse it for any unreimbursed Servicing
     Advances (to the extent that reimbursement for Servicing Advances would
     constitute an "unanticipated expense" within the meaning of Treasury
     Regulation Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii)), the Servicer's right to
     reimbursement of Servicing Advances pursuant to this subclause (vii) with
     respect to any

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     Mortgage Loan being limited to amounts received on particular Mortgage
     Loan(s)(including, for this purpose, Liquidation Proceeds and purchase and
     repurchase proceeds and including any Subsequent Recoveries related to any
     Liquidated Loan) that represent late recoveries of the payments for which
     such advances were made pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 3.06;

          (viii) to pay to the Depositor or the Servicer, as applicable, with
     respect to each Mortgage Loan or property acquired in respect thereof that
     has been purchased pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03 or 3.12, all amounts
     received thereon and not taken into account in determining the related
     Stated Principal Balance of such repurchased Mortgage Loan;

          (ix) to reimburse the Servicer, the Trustee or the Depositor for
     expenses incurred by any of them in connection with the Mortgage Loans or
     the Certificates and reimbursable pursuant to Section 2.01, Section 3.04,
     Section 3.25 or Section 6.03 hereof provided that reimbursement therefor
     would constitute "unanticipated" expenses within the meaning of Treasury
     Regulation Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii);

          (x) to reimburse the Trustee for enforcement expenses reasonably
     incurred in respect of a breach or defect giving rise to the purchase
     obligation in Section 2.03 that were incurred in the Purchase Price of the
     Mortgage Loans including any expenses arising out of the enforcement of the
     purchase obligation; provided that any such expenses will be reimbursable
     under this subclause (x) only to the extent that such expenses would
     constitute "unanticipated expenses" within the meaning of Treasury
     Regulation Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii) if paid by one of the REMICs provided
     for herein;

          (xi) to pay the Servicer any unpaid Servicing Fees for any Mortgage
     Loan upon such Mortgage Loan being charged off and upon termination of the
     obligations of the Servicer;

          (xii) to withdraw pursuant to Section 3.05 any amount deposited in the
     Collection Account and not required to be or incorrectly deposited therein
     or amounts previously deposited but returned as unpaid due to insufficient
     funds or other denial by the related Mortgagor's banking institution; and

          (xiii) to clear and terminate the Collection Account upon termination
     of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof.

     In addition, the Servicer will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause
to be withdrawn from the Collection Account no later than 2:30 p.m. ET, but in
any case no later than 4:00 p.m. ET on the Servicer Remittance Date, the
Interest Funds and the Principal Funds (for this purpose only, neither Interest
Funds nor Principal Funds shall include a deduction for any amount reimbursable
to the Trustee unless such amounts have actually been reimbursed from such funds
at the discretion of the Servicer), to the extent on deposit, and such amount
shall be deposited in the Certificate Account; provided, however, if the Trustee
does not receive such Interest Funds and Principal Funds on the Servicer
Remittance Date, the Servicer shall pay, out of its own funds, interest on such
amount at a rate equal to the "prime rate" as published by The Wall Street
Journal at such time for each date or part thereof.

     The Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a Mortgage
Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal from
the Collection Account.

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     The Servicer shall provide written notification to the Trustee on or prior
to the next succeeding Servicer Remittance Date upon making any withdrawals from
the Collection Account pursuant to subclauses (iii) and (vii) above.

     Unless otherwise specified, any amounts reimbursable to the Servicer or the
Trustee from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or the Certificate
Accounts shall be deemed to come from first, Interest Funds, and thereafter,
Principal Funds for the related Distribution Date.

          (b) The Trustee shall withdraw funds from the Certificate Account for
distribution to the Certificateholders and the Class A Certificate Insurer in
the manner specified in this Agreement (and shall withhold from the amounts so
withdrawn, the amount of any taxes that it is authorized to retain pursuant to
this Agreement). In addition, prior to making such distributions to the
Certificateholders and the Class A Certificate Insurer, the Trustee may from
time to time make withdrawals from the Certificate Account for the following
purposes:

          (i) to withdraw pursuant to Section 3.05 any amount deposited in the
     Certificate Account and not required to be deposited therein;

          (ii) to clear and terminate the Certificate Account upon termination
     of the Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof (after paying all amounts
     necessary to the Trustee or the Servicer in connection with any such
     termination);

          (iii) to pay to the Trustee for any fees, expenses and indemnification
     reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement, including without limitation
     Sections 2.01, 3.04, 6.03, 8.05 and 8.06 hereof; and

          (iv) to pay to the Trustee earnings on or investment income with
     respect to funds in or credited to the Certificate Account.

     SECTION 3.09. [RESERVED]

     SECTION 3.10. [RESERVED]

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

     When a Mortgaged Property has been or is about to be conveyed by the
Mortgagor, the Servicer shall, except as set forth below, to the extent it has
knowledge of such conveyance or prospective conveyance, exercise its rights to
accelerate the maturity of the related Mortgage Loan under any "due-on-sale"
clause contained in the related Mortgage or Mortgage Note; provided, however,
that the Servicer shall not exercise any such right if the "due-on-sale" clause,
in the reasonable belief of the Servicer, is not enforceable under applicable
law; provided, further, that the Servicer shall not take any action in relation
to the enforcement of any "due-on-sale" clause that would adversely affect or
jeopardize coverage under any Required Insurance Policy. In such event, the
Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to enter into an assumption and
modification agreement with the Person to whom such property has been or is
about to be conveyed, pursuant to which such Person becomes liable under the
Mortgage Note and, unless prohibited by applicable law or the Mortgage, the
Mortgagor remains liable thereon. If the foregoing is not permitted under
applicable law, the Servicer is authorized to enter into a substitution of
liability agreement with such Person, pursuant to which the original Mortgagor
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Person is substituted as Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Note. In
addition to the foregoing, the Servicer shall not be required to enforce any
"due-on-sale" clause in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices if, in the
reasonable judgment of the Servicer, not entering into an assumption and
modification agreement with a Person to whom such property shall be conveyed and
releasing the original Mortgagor from liability would be in the best interests
of the Certificateholders and the Class A Certificate Insurer. The Mortgage
Loan, as assumed, shall conform in all respects to the requirements,
representations and warranties of this Agreement. The Servicer shall notify the
Trustee that any such assumption or substitution agreement has been completed by
forwarding to the Trustee the original copy of such assumption or substitution
agreement (indicating the Mortgage File to which it relates), which copy shall
be added by the Trustee to the related Mortgage File and which shall, for all
purposes, be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same extent as all
other documents and instruments constituting a part thereof. The Servicer shall
be responsible for recording any such assumption or substitution agreements. In
connection with any such assumption or substitution agreement, the Monthly
Payment on the related Mortgage Loan shall not be changed but shall remain as in
effect immediately prior to the assumption or substitution, the stated maturity
or outstanding principal amount of such Mortgage Loan shall not be changed nor
shall any required monthly payments of principal or interest be deferred or
forgiven. Any fee collected by the Servicer for consenting to any such
conveyance or entering into an assumption or substitution agreement shall be
retained by or paid to the Servicer as additional servicing compensation.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph or any other provision of this
Agreement, the Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default, breach or any
other violation of its obligations hereunder by reason of any assumption of a
Mortgage Loan by operation of law or any transfer or assumption which the
Servicer reasonably believes, in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices,
it is restricted by law from preventing.

     SECTION 3.12. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of
Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation

     (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing
standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably
convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come
into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be
made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure
or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as
it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its
general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under
any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be
required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any
property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it
shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of
liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses
and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation
Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals
from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall
be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such
proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement
thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property and,
if applicable, as a Non-Recoverable Servicing Advance, as contemplated in
Section 3.08 hereof.

     With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be
taken in the name of the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the
Class A Certificate Insurer, or its nominee (which nominee shall not be the
Servicer). Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall

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either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve
such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the
locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its
conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the
same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of
the Servicer and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such
REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and
customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with
the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a
statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the
aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with
the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is
necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of
the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO
Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of
business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax
reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation
of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the
Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be
required.

     In the event that the Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as
aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a
Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to
the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the
Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Issuing Entity, obtain, in accordance
with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace
period, more than sixty (60) days prior to the day on which such three-year
period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in
which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension,
unless the Trustee, the Class A Certificate Insurer and the NIMs Insurer shall
have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee (such
Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee, the Class A Certificate
Insurer or the NIMs Insurer), to the effect that the holding by the Issuing
Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or
extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited
transactions" of the Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein as
defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for
herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are
outstanding, in which case the Issuing Entity may continue to hold such
Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of
Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged
Property acquired by the Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to
continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on
behalf of the Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that
would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure
property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject
the Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any
federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged
Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or
the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the
Issuing Entity with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The Servicer
shall have no liability for any losses resulting from a foreclosure on a second
lien Mortgage Loan in connection with the foreclosure of the related first lien
mortgage loan that is not a Mortgage Loan if the Servicer does not receive
notice of such foreclosure action.

     The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan
shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such
foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding.
The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired
through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the
Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in
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unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee
paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property,
shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related
defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans
were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in
this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the
related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To
the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the
amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related
Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to
be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof.

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

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

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

     The Servicer shall forward a copy of the environmental audit report to the
Depositor and the Trustee. The cost of the environmental audit report
contemplated by this Section 3.12 shall be advanced by the Servicer, subject to
the Servicer's right to be reimbursed therefor from the Collection Account, such
right of reimbursement being prior to the rights of Certificateholders to
receive any amount in the Collection Account received in respect of the affected
Mortgage Loan or other Mortgage Loans.

     If the Servicer determines, as described above, that it is in the best
economic interest of the Issuing Entity to take such actions as are necessary to
bring any such Mortgaged Property into compliance with applicable environmental
laws, or to take such action with respect to the containment, clean-up or
remediation of hazardous substances, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes or
petroleum-based materials affecting any such Mortgaged Property, then the
Servicer may take such action as it deems to be in the best economic interest of
the Issuing Entity; provided that any amounts disbursed by the Servicer

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pursuant to this Section 3.12 shall constitute Advances. The cost of any such
compliance, containment, clean-up or remediation shall be advanced by the
Servicer, subject to the Servicer's right to be reimbursed therefor from the
Collection Account, such right of reimbursement being prior to the rights of
Certificateholders to receive any amount in the Collection Account received in
respect of the affected Mortgage Loan or other Mortgage Loans. If the Servicer
decides not to take such action, it may not obtain title to such Mortgaged
Property.

     The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of
any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the
Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt
thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date.

     The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from
a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds, will be applied as between the
parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for
any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant
to Section 3.08(a)(vii) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer
for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section
3.12; third, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been
made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate
to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be
distributed; fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan; and fifth,
to any prepayment charges.

     The proceeds of any net income from an REO Property will be applied as
between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the
Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing
Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vii) or this Section 3.12; second, to
reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section
3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, as a recovery of principal; and fourth,
to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such
amount) on the related REO Property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the
Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be
distributed.

     (b) On each Determination Date, the Servicer shall determine the respective
aggregate amounts of Excess Proceeds, if any, that occurred in the related
Prepayment Period.

     (c) [Reserved].

     (d) With respect to such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in
default, the Servicer will decide, in its reasonable business judgment, whether
to (i) foreclose upon the Mortgaged Properties securing those Mortgage Loans
pursuant to Section 3.12(a), (ii) write off the unpaid principal balance of the
Mortgage Loans as bad debt (provided that the Servicer has determined that no
net recovery is possible through foreclosure proceedings or other liquidation of
the related Mortgaged Property), (iii) take a deed in lieu of foreclosure, (iv)
accept a short sale or short refinance; (v) arrange for a repayment plan or
refinancing, or (vi) agree to a modification of such Mortgage Loan. As to any
Mortgage Loan that becomes 120 days delinquent, the Servicer may obtain a
broker's price opinion, the cost of which will be reimbursable as a Servicing
Advance. After obtaining the broker's price opinion, the Servicer will
determine, in its reasonable business judgment, whether a net recovery is
possible through foreclosure proceedings or other liquidation of the related
Mortgage Property. If the Servicer determines that no such recovery is possible,
it must charge off the related Mortgage Loan at the time it becomes 180 days
delinquent. Once a Mortgage Loan has been charged off, the Servicer will
discontinue making Advances, the Servicer will not be entitled to future
Servicing Fees (except as provided below)

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with respect to such Mortgage Loan, and the Mortgage Loan will be treated as a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan. If the Servicer determines that such net recovery is
possible through foreclosure proceedings or other liquidation of the related
Mortgaged Property on a Mortgage Loan that becomes 180 days delinquent, the
Servicer will continue to be entitled to Servicing Fees, the Servicer need not
charge off such Mortgage Loan and may continue making Advances, and the Servicer
will be required to notify the Trustee and the Class A Certificate Insurer of
such decision.

     (e) Any Mortgage Loan that is charged off, pursuant to (d) above, may
continue to be serviced by the Servicer for the Certificateholders using
specialized collection procedures (including foreclosure, if appropriate). The
Servicer and the Class A Certificate Insurer will be entitled to Servicing Fees
and reimbursement of expenses in connection with such Mortgage Loans after the
date of charge off, only to the extent of funds available from any recoveries on
any such Mortgage Loans. Any such Mortgage Loans serviced in accordance with the
specialized collection procedures shall be serviced for approximately six
months. Any net recoveries received on such Mortgage Loans during such six month
period will be treated as Subsequent Recoveries and serviced pursuant to Section
3.05(d) herein.

     SECTION 3.13. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files

     Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the
Servicer of a notification that payment in full will be escrowed in a manner
customary for such purposes, the Servicer will promptly notify the Trustee or
its custodian by delivering a Request for Release substantially in the form of
Exhibit I. Upon receipt of a copy of such request, the Trustee or its custodian
shall promptly release the related Mortgage File to the Servicer, the cost of
which may be charged to the Servicer by the Trustee, and the Servicer is
authorized to cause the removal from the registration on the MERS System of any
such Mortgage if applicable, and the Servicer, on behalf of the Trustee shall
execute and deliver the request for reconveyance, deed of reconveyance or
release or satisfaction of mortgage or such instrument releasing the lien of the
Mortgage together with the Mortgage Note with written evidence of cancellation
thereon. Expenses incurred in connection with any instrument of satisfaction or
deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the Mortgagor to the extent
permitted by law, and otherwise to the Trust Fund to the extent such expenses
constitute "unanticipated expenses" within the meaning of Treasury Regulations
Section 1.860G-(1)(b)(3)(ii). From time to time and as shall be appropriate for
the servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, including for collection
under any policy of flood insurance, any fidelity bond or errors or omissions
policy, or for the purposes of effecting a partial release of any Mortgaged
Property from the lien of the Mortgage or the making of any corrections to the
Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or any of the other documents included in the
Mortgage File, the Trustee or its custodian shall, upon delivery to the Trustee
or its custodian of a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit I signed by a
Servicing Officer, release the Mortgage File to the Servicer, and the cost of
delivery of the Mortgage File may be charged to the Servicer by the Trustee.
Subject to the further limitations set forth below, the Servicer shall cause the
Mortgage File or documents so released to be returned to the Trustee or its
custodian when the need therefor by the Servicer no longer exists, unless the
Mortgage Loan is liquidated and the proceeds thereof are deposited in the
Collection Account.

     Each Request for Release may be delivered to the Trustee or its custodian
(i) via mail or courier, (ii) via facsimile or (iii) by such other means,
including, without limitation, electronic or computer readable medium, as the
Servicer and the Trustee or its custodian shall mutually agree. The Trustee or
its custodian shall release the related Mortgage File(s) within four Business
Days of receipt of a properly completed Request for Release pursuant to clauses
(i), (ii) or (iii) above. Receipt of a properly completed Request for Release
shall be authorization to the Trustee or its custodian to release such Mortgage
Files,

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provided the Trustee or its custodian has determined that such Request for
Release has been executed, with respect to clauses (i) or (ii) above, or
approved, with respect to clause (iii) above, by an authorized Servicing Officer
of the Servicer, and so long as the Trustee or its custodian complies with its
duties and obligations under this Agreement. If the Trustee or its custodian is
unable to release the Mortgage Files within the period previously specified, the
Trustee or its custodian shall immediately notify the Servicer indicating the
reason for such delay. The Servicer shall not pay penalties or damages due to
the Trustee's or its designee's negligent failure to release the related
Mortgage File or the Trustee's or its designee's negligent failure to execute
and release documents in a timely manner, and such amounts shall be Servicer
Advances.

     On each day that the Servicer remits to the Trustee or its custodian
Requests for Releases pursuant to clauses (ii) or (iii) above, the Servicer
shall also submit to the Trustee or its custodian a summary of the total number
of such Requests for Releases requested on such day by the same method as
described in such clauses (ii) and (iii) above.

     If the Servicer at any time seeks to initiate a foreclosure proceeding in
respect of any Mortgaged Property as authorized by this Agreement, the Servicer
may deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee for signature, or on behalf
of the Trustee execute, any court pleadings, requests for trustee's sale or
other documents necessary to effectuate such foreclosure or any legal action
brought to obtain judgment against the Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or the
Mortgage or to obtain a deficiency judgment or to enforce any other remedies or
rights provided by the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or otherwise available at
law or in equity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall cause
possession of any Mortgage File or of the documents therein that shall have been
released by the Trustee to be returned to the Trustee promptly after possession
thereof shall have been released by the Trustee unless (i) the Mortgage Loan has
been liquidated and the Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loan have
been deposited in the Collection Account, and the Servicer shall have delivered
to the Trustee a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit I or (ii) the
Mortgage File or document shall have been delivered to an attorney or to a
public trustee or other public official as required by law for purposes of
initiating or pursuing legal action or other proceedings for the foreclosure of
the Mortgaged Property and the Servicer shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying as to the name and
address of the Person to which the Mortgage File or the documents therein were
delivered and the purpose or purposes of such delivery.

     The Servicer shall not have any liability for and shall be excused from the
performance of the Agreement to the extent the Servicer is unable to perform due
to the Trustee's or the Custodian's failure to release the related Mortgage File
or the Trustee's or the Custodian's failure to execute and release documents in
a timely manner.

     SECTION 3.14. Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of Servicer to be
Held for the Trustee.

     All Mortgage Files and funds collected or held by, or under the control of,
the Servicer in respect of any Mortgage Loans, whether from the collection of
principal and interest payments or from Liquidation Proceeds, including but not
limited to, any funds on deposit in the Collection Account, shall be held by the
Servicer for and on behalf of the Trustee and shall be and remain the sole and
exclusive property of the Trust Fund, subject to the applicable provisions of
this Agreement. The Servicer also agrees that it shall not create, incur or
subject any Mortgage File or any funds that are deposited in the Collection
Account, Certificate Account or in any Escrow Account, or any funds that
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may become due or payable to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, to any claim, lien, security interest, judgment, levy, writ
of attachment or other encumbrance, or assert by legal action or otherwise any
claim or right of set off against any Mortgage File or any funds collected on,
or in connection with, a Mortgage Loan, except, however, that the Servicer shall
be entitled to set off against and deduct from any such funds any amounts that
are properly due and payable to the Servicer under this Agreement.

     SECTION 3.15. Servicing Compensation

     As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Servicer shall be
entitled to retain or withdraw from the Collection Account out of each payment
or recovery of interest on a Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund an amount
equal to interest at the applicable Servicing Fee Rate on the Stated Principal
Balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the immediately preceding
Distribution Date.

     Additional servicing compensation in the form of any Excess Proceeds, late
payment fees, assumption fees (i.e. fees related to the assumption of a Mortgage
Loan upon the purchase of the related Mortgaged Property), bad check charges,
modification fees and similar fees and charges payable by the Mortgagor,
Prepayment Interest Excess, all income and gain net of any losses realized from
Permitted Investments in the Collection Account, and any other benefits arising
from the Collection Account and the Escrow Account shall be retained by the
Servicer to the extent not required to be deposited in the Collection Account
and the Escrow Account pursuant to Sections 3.05, 3.06 or 3.12(a) hereof. The
Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with
its servicing activities hereunder and shall not be entitled to reimbursement
therefor except as specifically provided in this Agreement. In no event shall
the Trustee be liable for any Servicing Fee or for any differential between the
Servicing Fee and the amount necessary to induce a successor servicer to act as
successor servicer under this Agreement.

     SECTION 3.16. Access to Certain Documentation

     The Servicer shall provide to the OTS and the FDIC and to comparable
regulatory authorities supervising Holders of the Certificates and the examiners
and supervisory agents of the OTS, the FDIC and such other authorities, as
applicable, access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans required by
applicable regulations of the OTS and the FDIC. Such access shall be afforded
without charge, but only upon reasonable and prior written request and during
normal business hours at the offices of the Servicer designated by it provided,
that the Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed by each such
Certificateholder for actual expenses incurred by the Servicer in providing such
reports and access. Nothing in this Section shall limit the obligation of the
Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information
regarding the Mortgagors and the failure of the Servicer to provide access as
provided in this Section as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a
breach of this Section. The Servicer shall provide to the Trustee access to its
records regarding the Mortgage Loans upon reasonable prior notice and during
regular business hours.

     SECTION 3.17. Annual Statement as to Compliance

     Not later than (a) March 12 of each calendar year (other than the calendar
year during which the Closing Date occurs) or (b) with respect to any calendar
year during which an annual report on Form 10-K is not required to be filed
pursuant to Section 3.20 on behalf of the Issuing Entity, by April 15 of each
calendar year (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately succeeding
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Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee, the Depositor and the Class A Certificate
Insurer, an Officer's Certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit U
stating, as to each signatory thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of
the Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of the performance of the
Servicer under this Agreement has been made under such officer's supervision,
and (ii) to the best of such officer's knowledge, based on such review, such
Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement in all material
respects throughout such year or a portion thereof, or, if there has been a
failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifying each
such failure known to such officer and the nature and status thereof. With
respect to any Subservicer that meets the criteria of Item 1108(a)(2)(i) through
(iii) of Regulation AB, the Servicer shall deliver, on behalf of that
Subservicer, the Officer's Certificate set forth in this Section 3.17 as and
when required with respect to such Subservicer.

     SECTION 3.18. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Statement;
Financial Statements

          (a) Not later than (i) March 12 of each calendar year (other than the
calendar year during which the Closing Date occurs) or (ii) with respect to any
calendar year during which an annual report on Form 10-K is not required to be
filed pursuant to Section 3.20 on behalf of the Issuing Entity, by April 15 of
each calendar year (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately
succeeding Business Day), the Servicer, at its own expense, shall deliver to the
Trustee, the Depositor and the Class A Certificate Insurer, an officer's
assessment of its compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the preceding
calendar year as required by Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and
Item 1122 of Regulation AB (the "Assessment of Compliance"), which assessment
shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit R hereto.

          (b) Not later than (i) March 12 of each calendar year (other than the
calendar year during which the Closing Date occurs) or (ii) with respect to any
calendar year during which an annual report on Form 10-K is not required to be
filed pursuant to Section 3.20 on behalf of the Issuing Entity, April 15 of each
calendar year (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately succeeding
Business Day), the Servicer, at its own expense, shall cause a nationally or
regionally recognized firm of independent registered public accountants (who may
also render other services to any Servicer, the Sponsor or any Affiliate
thereof) which is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants to furnish a statement to be provided to the Trustee, the Depositor
and the Class A Certificate Insurer, that attests to and reports on the
Assessment of Compliance provided by such Servicer pursuant to Section 3.18(a)
(the "Accountant's Attestation"). Such Accountant's Attestation shall be in
accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

          (c) The Servicer shall deliver on behalf of any Subservicer and each
Subcontractor (unless, in the case of any Subcontractor, the Depositor has
notified the Servicer and the Trustee in writing that such compliance statement
is not required by Regulation AB) not later than March 12 of each calendar year
(other than the calendar year during which the Closing Date occurs) with respect
to any calendar year during which the Issuing Entity's annual report on Form
10-K is required to be filed in accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission, to the Trustee, the Depositor and the Class A
Certificate Insurer, an Assessment of Compliance, which assessment shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit R hereto. The Servicer shall deliver on
behalf of any Subservicer (other than the calendar year during which the Closing
Date occurs) with respect to any calendar year during which the Issuing Entity's
annual report on Form 10-K is not required

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to be filed in accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of
the Commission, by April 15 of each calendar year (or, in each case, if such day
is not a Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business Day) to the Trustee,
the Depositor and the Class A Certificate Insurer, an Assessment of Compliance,
which assessment shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit R hereto.

          (d) Not later than March 12 of each calendar year (other than the
calendar year during which the Closing Date occurs) with respect to any calendar
year during which the Issuing Entity's annual report on Form 10-K is required to
be filed in accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of
the Commission, the Servicer shall cause each Subservicer and each Subcontractor
(unless, in the case of any Subcontractor, the Depositor has notified the
Trustee and Servicer in writing that such compliance statement is not required
by Regulation AB) to provide for delivery to the Trustee, the Depositor and the
Class A Certificate Insurer, an Accountant's Attestation by a registered public
accounting firm that attests to, and reports on, the Assessment of Compliance
pursuant to Section 3.18(c) above. Other than the calendar year during which the
Closing Date occurs, with respect to any calendar year during which the Issuing
Entity's annual report on Form 10-K is not required to be filed in accordance
with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission, not later
than April 15 of each calendar year (or, in each case, if such day is not a
Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business Day), the Servicer shall cause
each Subservicer to provide for delivery to the Trustee, the Depositor and the
Class A Certificate Insurer, an Accountant's Attestation by a registered public
accounting firm that attests to, and reports on, the Assessment of Compliance
pursuant to Section 3.18(c) above.

          (e) Not later than, with respect to any calendar year during which the
Issuing Entity's annual report on Form 10K is required to be filed in accordance
with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission, 15
calendar days before the date on which the Issuing Entity's annual report on
Form 10-K with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is
required to be filed in accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission (or, in each case, if such day is not a Business
Day, the immediately preceding Business Day), the Trustee shall deliver to the
Depositor and the Servicer, and make available to the Class A Certificate
Insurer, an Assessment of Compliance with regard to the Servicing Criteria
applicable to the Trustee during the preceding calendar year.

          (f) Not later than, with respect to any calendar year during which the
Issuing Entity's annual report on Form 10K is required to be filed in accordance
with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission, 15
calendar days before the date on which the Issuing Entity's annual report on
Form 10-K with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is
required to be filed in accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission (or, in each case, if such day is not a Business
Day, the immediately preceding Business Day), the Trustee shall deliver to the
Depositor and the Servicer, and make available to the Class A Certificate
Insurer, an Accountant's Attestation by a registered public accounting firm that
attests to, and reports on, the Assessment of Compliance pursuant to Section
3.18(e) above.

          (g) Not later than, with respect to any calendar year during which the
Issuing Entity's annual report on Form 10-K is required to be filed in
accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission, fifteen (15) calendar days before the date on which the Issuing
Entity's annual report on Form 10-K is required to be filed in accordance with
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission (or, in each
case, if such day is not a Business Day, the

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immediately preceding Business Day), the Depositor shall cause each custodian,
if any, to deliver to the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the Class A
Certificate Insurer, an Assessment of Compliance with regard to the Servicing
Criteria applicable to such custodian during the preceding calendar year.

          (h) Not later than March 12, (or, in each case, if such day is not a
Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business Day), of any calendar year
(other than the calendar year during which the Closing Date occurs) during which
the Issuing Entity's annual report on Form 10-K is required to be filed in
accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission, the Depositor shall cause each custodian, if any, to deliver to the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the Class A Certificate Insurer, an
Accountant's Attestation by a registered public accounting firm that attests to,
and reports on, the Assessment of Compliance pursuant to Section 3.18(g) above.

          (i) [Reserved].

          (j) [Reserved].

          (k) The Trustee agrees to require any custodian appointed by it to
indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee, the Depositor and the Servicer and each
Person, if any, who "controls" the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer within
the meaning of the Securities Act and its officers, directors and Affiliates
from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable
and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments and other costs and
expenses that such Person may sustain arising out of third party claims based on
(i) the failure of the custodian, if any, to deliver when required any
information required of it pursuant to Section 3.18 or 3.20 or (ii) any material
misstatement or omission contained in any information provided on its behalf
pursuant to Section 3.18 or 3.20.

          (l) Any statement, report and information, including the Assessments
of Compliance and Accountant's Attestations, delivered to the Trustee pursuant
to Sections 3.17 or 3.18 shall be delivered in Edgar-compatible form (which may
be Word or Excel documents easily convertible to Edgar format) or in such other
form as agreed upon by the Trustee and the party delivering such statement,
report or other information. Copies of such Assessments of Compliance and
Accountant's Attestations shall be available on the Trustee's website
www.etrustee.net to any Certificateholder, provided such statement is delivered
to the Trustee. The initial Assessments of Compliance and Accountant's
Attestations required pursuant to this Section 3.18 shall be delivered to the
Trustee, and the Depositor, as applicable, by each party no later than March 12,
2008.

          (m) Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the
purpose of this Section 3.18 is to facilitate compliance by the Sponsor and the
Depositor with the provisions of Regulation AB, as such may be amended or
clarified from time to time. Therefore, each of the parties agrees that the
parties' obligations hereunder will be supplemented and modified as necessary to
be consistent with any such amendments, interpretive advice or guidance,
convention or consensus among active participants in the asset-backed securities
markets, advice of counsel, or otherwise in respect of the requirements of
Regulation AB and the parties shall comply with requests made by the Sponsor or
the Depositor for delivery of additional or different information as the Sponsor
or the Depositor may determine in good faith is necessary to comply with the
provisions of Regulation AB, provided that such information is available to such
party without unreasonable effort or expense and within such timeframe as may be
reasonably requested. Any such supplementation or modification shall be made in
accordance with Section 10.01 without the consent of the Certificateholders but
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Certificate Insurer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), and may
result in a change in the reports filed by the Trustee on behalf of the Issuing
Entity under the Exchange Act.

     SECTION 3.19. Subordination of Liens.

     In connection with any governmental program under which a Mortgagor may
obtain a benefit in the event the related Mortgaged Property is subject to a
disaster provided that the Mortgagor files a covenant or other lien against the
Mortgaged Property and is required to obtain the subordination thereto of the
Mortgage, the Servicer may cause such subordination to be executed and filed
provided that either (i) the related Mortgage Loan is in default or, in the
Servicer's best judgment, default with respect to such Mortgage Loan is imminent
or (ii) such subordination and participation in such governmental program will
not result in a change in payment expectations with respect to such Mortgage
Loan. For purposes of the preceding sentence, a change in payment expectations
occurs if, as a result of such subordination and participation in such
governmental program, (1) there is a substantial enhancement of the Mortgagor's
capacity to meet the payment obligations under the Mortgage Loan and that
capacity was primarily speculative prior to such subordination and participation
in such governmental program and is adequate after such subordination and
participation in such governmental program or (2) there is a substantial
impairment of the Mortgagor's capacity to meet the payment obligations under the
Mortgage Loan and that capacity was adequate prior to such subordination and
participation in such governmental program and is primarily speculative after
such subordination and participation in such governmental program. The preceding
sentence and clause (ii) of the second preceding sentence are intended to comply
with Treasury Regulations Section 1.1001-3(e)(4) and shall be interpreted in
accordance therewith.

     SECTION 3.20. Periodic Filings

     As set forth on Schedule X hereto, for so long as the Issuing Entity is
subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements, no later than the end of
business on the 2nd Business Day after the occurrence of an event requiring
disclosure on Form 8K (a "reportable event") (i) the Depositor, the Sponsor or
the Servicer shall have timely notified the Trustee of an item reportable on a
Form 8-K (unless such item is specific to the Trustee, in which case the Trustee
will be deemed to have notice), (ii) shall have delivered to the Trustee, all
information, data, and exhibits required to be provided or filed with such Form
8-K in a Word format (or other Edgar-compatible form) agreed upon by the Trustee
and Depositor, Sponsor or Servicer and (iii) the Depositor or the Trustee, to
the extent the reportable item pertains to such party, shall notify the Servicer
thereof by telephone. The Trustee shall not be responsible for determining what
information is required to be filed on a Form 8-K in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (unless such information is specific
to the Trustee, in which case the Trustee will be responsible for consulting
with the Depositor or Servicer in making such a determination) or what events
shall cause a Form 8-K to be required to be filed (unless such event is specific
to the Trustee, in which case the Trustee will be responsible for consulting
with the Depositor or Servicer before causing such Form 8-K to be filed) and
shall not be liable for any late filing of a Form 8-K in the event that it does
not receive all information, data and exhibits required to be provided or filed
on or prior to the second Business Day prior to the applicable filing deadline
and with respect to signatures, by noon, New York City time, on the fourth
Business Day after the reportable event. After preparing the Form 8-K on behalf
of the Depositor, the Trustee shall, if required, forward electronically a draft
copy of the Form 8-K to the Depositor and the Servicer for review. No later than
one and one-half Business Days after receiving a final copy of the Form 8-K from
the Trustee, unless the Servicer has received from the Depositor a notice to the
contrary, a duly authorized representative of the Servicer shall sign the Form
8-K and return an electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 8-K (with an
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overnight mail) to the Trustee and the Trustee shall file such Form 8-K;
provided that the Depositor has notified the Trustee that it approves of the
form and substance of such Form 8-K. If a Form 8-K cannot be filed on time or if
a previously filed Form 8-K needs to be amended, the Trustee will follow the
procedures set forth in this Agreement. After filing with the Commission, the
Trustee will, pursuant to this Agreement, make available on its internet website
a final executed copy of each Form 8-K. The Trustee will have no obligation to
prepare, execute or file such Form 8-K or any liability with respect to any
failure to properly prepare, execute or file such Form 8-K resulting from the
Trustee's inability or failure to obtain or receive any information needed to
prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 8-K within the time frames
required by this paragraph, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct.

     Within fifteen (15) days after each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall,
on behalf of the Issuing Entity and in accordance with industry standards, file
with the Commission via the Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System
(EDGAR), a Form 10-D with a copy of the report to the Certificateholders for
such Distribution Date as an exhibit thereto. Any other information provided to
the Trustee by the Servicer or Depositor to be included in Form 10-D shall be
determined and prepared by and at the direction of the Depositor pursuant to the
following paragraph and the Trustee will have no duty or liability for any
failure hereunder to determine or prepare any additional information on Form
10-D ("Additional Form 10-D Disclosure") as set forth in the next paragraph.

     As set forth in Schedule Y hereto, within five (5) calendar days after the
related Distribution Date (i) the parties hereto, as applicable, will be
required to provide to the Depositor and the Servicer, to the extent known to
such party, any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure (including any breaches of pool
asset representations and warranties or transaction covenants of which the party
has written notice and which has not been included on the monthly distribution
report for the period), if applicable, and (ii) the Depositor, to the extent it
deems necessary, forward to the Trustee in EDGAR-compatible form (or such other
word processing format that is EDGAR-compatible) (with a copy to the Servicer),
or in such other form as otherwise agreed upon by the Trustee and the Depositor,
the form and substance of the Additional Form 10-D Disclosure by the eighth
(8th) calendar day after the related Distribution Date. The Depositor will be
responsible for any reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Trustee in
connection with including any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure on Form 10-D
pursuant to this paragraph.

     After preparing the Form 10-D at the direction of the Depositor, the
Trustee will forward electronically a draft copy of the Form 10-D to the
Depositor and the Servicer for review by the 9th calendar day after the
Distribution Date. No later than two (2) Business Days after receipt of a final
copy after the related Distribution Date, unless the Servicer receives a notice
from the Trustee as described below or a notice from the Depositor that it has
discovered a material deficiency or irregularity with respect to such Form 10-D,
a duly authorized representative of the Servicer shall sign the Form 10-D and
return an electronic or fax copy of such Form 10-D (with an original executed
hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Trustee and the Trustee shall file
such Form 10-D within two business days. Unless the Servicer shall have received
notice from the Trustee to the contrary, the Trustee will be deemed to have
represented to the Servicer that the monthly statement has been properly
prepared by the Trustee and the Servicer may rely upon the accuracy thereof in
it execution of the Form 10-D. If a Form 10-D cannot be filed on time (because
of notice from the Trustee per the previous sentence or otherwise) or if a
previously filed Form 10-D needs to be amended, the Trustee will follow the
procedures set forth in this Agreement. After filing with the Commission, the
Trustee will make available on its internet website a final executed copy of
each Form 10-D. The Trustee will have no liability with respect to any failure
to properly prepare, execute or file such Form 10-D resulting from the Trustee's
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to obtain or receive any information needed to prepare, arrange for execution or
file such Form 10-D on a timely basis.

     Prior to March 30, 2008 (and, if applicable, prior to the ninetieth (90th)
calendar day after the end of the fiscal year for the Issuing Entity), the
Trustee shall, on behalf of the Issuing Entity and in accordance with industry
standards, prepare and file with the Commission via EDGAR a Form 10 -K with
respect to the Issuing Entity. Such Form 10-K shall include the following items,
in each case to the extent they have been delivered to the Trustee within the
applicable time frames set forth in this Agreement, (i) an annual compliance
statement for the Servicer and each Subservicer, as described in Section 3.17 of
the Agreement, (ii)(A) the annual reports on Assessment of Compliance with
Servicing Criteria for each Servicer, Subservicer and Subcontractor (unless the
Depositor has determined that such compliance statement is not required by
Regulation AB), as described in Section 3.18 of the Agreement, and (B) if any
Reporting Servicer's report on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria
described in Section 3.18 identifies any material instance of noncompliance,
disclosure identifying such instance of noncompliance, or if any report on
assessment of compliance with servicing criteria described in Section 3.18 of
the Agreement is not included as an exhibit to such Form 10-K, disclosure that
such report is not included and an explanation why such report is not included,
(iii)(A) the registered public accounting firm attestation report for the
Servicer and each Subservicer, as described in Section 3.18 of the Agreement,
and (B) if any registered public accounting firm attestation report described in
the Section 3.18 of the Agreement identifies any material instance of
noncompliance, disclosure identifying such instance of noncompliance, or if any
such registered public accounting firm attestation report is not included as an
exhibit to such Form 10-K, disclosure that such report is not included and an
explanation why such report is not included, and (iv) a Sarbanes-Oxley
Certification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit T, executed by the senior
officer in charge of securitizations of the Servicer. Any disclosure or
information in addition to (i) through (iv) above that is required to be
included on Form 10-K ("Additional Form 10-K Disclosure") shall be determined
and prepared by and at the direction of the Depositor pursuant to the following
paragraph and the Trustee will have no duty or liability for any failure
hereunder to determine or prepare any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure, except as
set forth in the next paragraph.

     As set forth in Schedule Z hereto, no later than March 12 of each year that
the Issuing Entity is subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements,
commencing in 2008, (i) certain parties to the transaction shall be required to
provide to the Depositor and the Servicer, to the extent known, any Additional
Form 10-K Disclosure, if applicable, and (ii) the Depositor shall, to the extent
it deems necessary, forward to the Trustee in EDGAR-compatible form (or such
other word processing format that is EDGAR-compatible), or in such other form as
otherwise agreed upon by the Trustee and the Depositor, the form and substance
of the Additional Form 10-K Disclosure by March 15. The Depositor will be
responsible for any reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Trustee in
connection with including any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure on Form 10-K
pursuant to this paragraph.

     After preparing the Form 10-K, the Trustee shall forward electronically a
draft copy of the Form 10-K to the Depositor and the Servicer for review. Upon
the request of the Servicer, the Depositor shall confirm that it has reviewed
the Form 10-K, that it has been properly prepared and that the Servicer may rely
on the accuracy thereof (other than with respect to any portion of the Form 10-K
or any exhibit thereto provided by the Servicer (other than any portion thereof
with respect to which the Servicer has relied on the Trustee)). No later than
5:00 p.m. ET on the 3rd Business Day following receipt of a final copy of the
Form 10-K and if requested, the above-described confirmation from the Depositor,
a senior officer of the Servicer shall sign the Form 10-K and return an
electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 10-K (with an original executed hard
copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Trustee and the Trustee

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shall file such Form 10-K by March 30th. If a Form 10-K cannot be filed on time
or if a previously filed Form 10-K needs to be amended, the Trustee will follow
the procedures set forth in the Agreement. After filing with the Commission, the
Trustee will, pursuant to the Agreement, make available on its internet website
a final executed copy of each Form 10-K. The Trustee shall have no liability
with respect to any failure to properly prepare, execute or file such Form 10-K
resulting from the Trustee's inability or failure to obtain or receive any
information needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 10-K on a
timely basis.

     Each Form 10-K shall include a certification (the "Sarbanes-Oxley
Certification") which shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit T. The
Servicer will cause its senior officer in charge of securitization to execute
the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification required pursuant to Rule 13a -14 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and to deliver the original
executed Sarbanes-Oxley Certification to the Trustee by March 12 of each year in
which the Issuing Entity is subject to the reporting requirements of the
Exchange Act. In connection therewith, each of the Trustee and the Servicer
shall sign a certification (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit K and Exhibit
L, respectively) for the benefit of the Servicer and its officers, directors and
Affiliates regarding certain aspects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification. To the
extent any information or exhibits required to be included in the Form 10 -K are
not timely received by the Trustee prior to March 30, the Trustee shall, on
behalf of the Trust, file a Form 12B-25 and one or more amended Form 10-Ks, to
the extent such amendments are accepted pursuant to the Exchange Act, to include
such missing information or exhibits promptly after receipt thereof by the
Trustee.

     On or before January 30, 2008, the Trustee shall, if legally permissible
under applicable regulations and interpretations of the Commission, on behalf of
the Issuing Entity and in accordance with industry standards, file with the
Commission via EDGAR a Form 15 Suspension Notification with respect to the
Issuing Entity, if applicable.

     The Servicer agrees to furnish to the Trustee promptly, from time to time
upon request, such further information, reports, and financial statements (each
in Edgar-compatible format) within its control related to this Agreement and the
Mortgage Loans as is reasonably necessary to prepare and file all necessary
reports with the Commission. The Trustee shall have no responsibility to file
any items with the Commission other than those specified in this section and the
Servicer shall execute any and all Form 8-Ks, Form 10-Ds and Form 10-Ks required
hereunder.

     The Trustee shall not have any responsibility to file any items (other than
those generated by it) that have not been received in a format suitable (or
readily convertible into a format suitable) for electronic filing via the EDGAR
system and shall not have any responsibility to convert any such items to such
format (other than those items generated by it or that are readily convertible
to such format).

     If the Commission issues additional interpretative guidance or promulgates
additional rules or regulations with respect to Regulation AB or otherwise, or
if other changes in applicable law occur, that would require the reporting
arrangements, or the allocation of responsibilities with respect thereto,
described in this Section 3.20, to be conducted differently than as described,
the Depositor, the Servicer, and the Trustee will reasonably cooperate to amend
the provisions of this Section 3.20 in order to comply with such amended
reporting requirements and such amendment of this Section 3.20. Any such
amendment shall be made in accordance with Section 10.01 without the consent of
the Certificateholders but with the consent of the Class A Certificate Insurer
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), and may result in a change
in the reports filed by the Trustee on behalf of the Issuing Entity

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under the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Depositor, the
Servicer, and the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any amendment
pursuant to this Section 3.20 that adversely affects its obligations and
immunities under this Agreement.

     The Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee agree to use their good faith
efforts to cooperate in complying with the requirements of this Section 3.20.

     SECTION 3.21. Indemnification by Trustee

     The Trustee shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, the Servicer
and their respective officers, directors, agents and Affiliates from and against
any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and
related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses arising out of or based
upon a breach by the Trustee or any of its officers, directors, agents or
Affiliates of its obligations under Sections 3.18 and 3.20, any material
misstatement or omission in any documents prepared thereunder (to the extent the
Trustee is responsible for providing information or calculating amounts included
in such information), the failure of the Trustee to deliver when required any
Assessment of Compliance or Accountant's Attestation required of it pursuant to
Section 3.18, or any material misstatement or omission contained in any
Assessment of Compliance or Accountant's Attestation provided on its behalf
pursuant to Section 3.18, or the negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of
the Trustee in connection therewith. If the indemnification provided for herein
is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless the indemnified parties, then
the Trustee agrees that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the
indemnified parties as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of
the indemnified parties in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative fault of the Trustee on the one hand and of the indemnified parties on
the other.

     SECTION 3.22. Indemnification by Servicer

     The Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the
Depositor and their respective officers, directors, agents and Affiliates from
and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal
fees and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses arising out of or
based upon a breach by the Servicer or any of its officers, directors, agents or
Affiliates of its obligations under Sections 3.17, 3.18 and 3.20, any material
misstatement or omission in any documents prepared thereunder (to the extent the
Servicer is responsible for providing information or calculating amounts
included in such information), the failure of such Servicer or any related
Sub-Servicer or Subcontractor to deliver or cause to be delivered when required
any Assessment of Compliance or Accountant's Attestation required of it pursuant
to Section 3.18 or Annual Statement of Compliance required pursuant to Section
3.17, as applicable, or any material misstatement or omission contained in any
Assessment of Compliance, Accountant's Attestation or Annual Statement as to
Compliance provided on its behalf pursuant to Section 3.18 or 3.17, as
applicable, or the negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Servicer
in connection therewith. If the indemnification provided for herein is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless the indemnified parties, then the
Servicer agrees that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the
indemnified parties as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of
the indemnified parties in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative fault of the Servicer on the one hand and the indemnified parties on
the other.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall be entitled to rely
conclusively on the accuracy of the information or data provided to the Servicer
in the respective Assessment of Compliance regarding the Servicing Criteria
applicable to the Trustee under Sections 3.18(e) and 3.18(f) or the Depositor
under

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Sections 3.18(g) and 3.18(h) in connection with the Servicer's document
preparation under Sections 3.17, 3.18 and 3.20, and the Servicer shall be
entitled to rely conclusively upon and shall have no liability for any errors in
such information.

     SECTION 3.23. Prepayment Charge Reporting Requirements

     Promptly before or after each Distribution Date, the Servicer shall provide
to the Depositor and the Trustee the following information with regard to each
Mortgage Loan that has prepaid during the related Prepayment Period:

          (i) loan number;

          (ii) current Mortgage Rate;

          (iii) current principal balance;

          (iv) original principal balance;

          (v) Prepayment Charge amount due; and

          (vi) Prepayment Charge amount collected.

     SECTION 3.24. Information to the Trustee

     Two Business Days after the 15th day of each month, but not later than the
18th day of each month, the Servicer shall furnish to the Trustee in electronic
format (1) the Remittance Report pursuant to Section 4.04(j) and (ii) a
delinquency report in the form attached hereto as Exhibit V for the period
ending on the last Business Day of the preceding month (and with respect to
prepayments in full, for the period ending on the 14th day of the month in which
such report is to be furnished); provided, however, that in the event the 18th
day is not a Business Day, the aforementioned reports shall be furnished by the
Servicer to the Trustee on the next Business Day; and provided, further, that in
the event there are three non-Business Days preceding the 18th day, the Servicer
will (a) furnish to the Trustee, on or before the 18th day of the month, the
aforementioned reports, which will not include information arising from the
related Prepayment Period, and (b) furnish to the Trustee, by 3:00 P.M., ET on
the next succeeding Business Day after the 18th day, a cumulative version of the
aforementioned reports which includes such information arising from the related
Prepayment Period.

     SECTION 3.25. Indemnification

     The Servicer shall indemnify the Sponsor, the Issuing Entity, the Trustee
(in its individual capacity and in its capacity as trustee), the Depositor, the
Class A Certificate Insurer and their officers, directors, employees and agents
and hold each of them harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related
costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that any of such
parties may sustain in any way related to the failure of the Servicer to perform
its duties and service the Mortgage Loans in compliance with the terms of this
Agreement by reason of negligence, willful misfeasance or bad faith in the
performance of its duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and
duties hereunder. The Servicer immediately shall notify the Sponsor, the
Trustee, the Depositor and the Class A Certificate Insurer or any other

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relevant party if a claim is made by a third party with respect to such party
and this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans and, if subject to this indemnification
obligation, assume (with the prior written consent of the indemnified party,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) the defense of any
such claim and pay all expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees,
and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be
entered against it or any of such parties in respect of such claim. The Servicer
shall follow any reasonable written instructions received from the Trustee in
connection with such claim, it being understood that the Trustee shall have no
duty to monitor or give instructions with respect to such claims, and the
Servicer will not have any liability for following such instructions. The
Servicer shall provide the Depositor and the Trustee with a written report of
all expenses and advances incurred by the Servicer pursuant to this Section
3.25(a), and the Servicer shall promptly reimburse itself from the assets of the
Trust Fund in the Collection Account for all amounts advanced by it pursuant to
the preceding sentence except when the claim in any way relates to the gross
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Servicer. The provisions of
this paragraph shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment
of the outstanding Certificates.

     SECTION 3.26. Solicitation

     The Servicer may solicit or refer to a mortgage originator, who may or may
not be an affiliate of the Depositor or the Servicer, any Mortgagor for
refinancing or otherwise take action to encourage refinancing.

     SECTION 3.27. High Cost Mortgage Loans

     In the event that the Servicer reasonably determines that a Mortgage Loan
may be a "high cost mortgage loan", "high cost home", "covered", "high cost",
"high risk home", "predatory" or similarly classified loan under any applicable
state, federal or local law, the Servicer may notify the Depositor, the related
Seller and the Trustee thereof; the Servicer may terminate its servicing
thereof; and such determination shall be deemed to materially and adversely
affect the interests of the Certificateholders and the Class A Certificate
Insurer in such Mortgage Loan and the related Seller will repurchase the
Mortgage Loan within a 30 day period from the date of the notice in the manner
described in Section 2.03.

     SECTION 3.28. Rights of the NIMs Insurer

     Each of the rights of the NIMs Insurer set forth in this agreement shall
exist so long as NIM Notes have been issued pursuant to the Indenture remain
outstanding that are insured by a NIMs Insurer or the NIMs Insurer is owed
amounts in respect of its guarantee of payment on such NIM notes.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                                  DISTRIBUTIONS

     SECTION 4.01. Advances

          (a) Subject to the conditions of this Article IV, the Servicer, as
required below, shall make an Advance and deposit such Advance in the Collection
Account. The Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to remit each
such Advance no later than 2:30 p.m. ET, but in any case no later than 4:00 p.m.
ET, on the Servicer Remittance Date in immediately available funds. The Servicer

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shall be obligated to make any such Advance only to the extent that such advance
would not be a Non-Recoverable Advance. If the Servicer shall have determined
that it has made a Non-Recoverable Advance or that a proposed Advance or a
lesser portion of such Advance would constitute a Non-Recoverable Advance, the
Servicer shall deliver (i) to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and the Class A Certificate Insurer, funds constituting the
remaining portion of such Advance, if applicable, and (ii) to the NIMs Insurer,
the Class A Certificate Insurer and the Trustee an Officer's Certificate setting
forth the basis for such determination. The Servicer may, in its sole
discretion, make an Advance with respect to the principal portion of the final
Scheduled Payment on a Balloon Loan, but the Servicer is under no obligation to
do so; provided, however, that nothing in this sentence shall affect the
Servicer's obligation under this Section 4.01 to Advance the interest portion of
the final Scheduled Payment with respect to a Balloon Loan as if such Balloon
Loan were a fully amortizing Mortgage Loan. If a Mortgagor does not pay its
final Scheduled Payment on a Balloon Loan when due, the Servicer shall Advance
(unless it determines in its good faith judgment that such amounts would
constitute a Non-Recoverable Advance) a full month of interest (net of the
Servicing Fee) on the Stated Principal Balance thereof each month until its
Stated Principal Balance is reduced to zero.

     In lieu of making all or a portion of such Advance from its own funds, the
Servicer may (i) cause to be made an appropriate entry in its records relating
to the Collection Account that any amount held for future distribution has been
used by the Servicer in discharge of its obligation to make any such Advance and
(ii) transfer such funds from the Collection Account to the Certificate Account.
In addition, the Servicer shall have the right to reimburse itself for any such
Advance from amounts held from time to time in the Collection Account to the
extent such amounts are not then required to be distributed. Any funds so
applied and transferred pursuant to the previous two sentences shall be replaced
by the Servicer by deposit in the Collection Account no later than the close of
business on the Servicer Remittance Date on which such funds are required to be
distributed pursuant to this Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled to be
reimbursed from the Collection Account for all Advances of its own funds made
pursuant to this Section as provided in Section 3.08. The obligation to make
Advances with respect to any Mortgage Loan shall continue until the earlier of
(i) such Mortgage Loan is paid in full, (ii) the related Mortgaged Property or
related REO Property has been liquidated or until the purchase or repurchase
thereof (or substitution therefor) from the Issuing Entity pursuant to any
applicable provision of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in this
Section 4.01, (iii) the Servicer determines in its good faith judgment that such
amounts would constitute a Non-Recoverable Advance as provided in the preceding
paragraph or (iv) the date on which such Mortgage Loan becomes 150 days
delinquent as set forth below.

          (b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary
(including, but not limited to, Sections 3.01 and 4.01(a) hereof), no Advance or
Servicing Advance shall be required to be made hereunder by the Servicer
(including for the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee as successor servicer) if
such Advance or Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Non-Recoverable
Advance or a Non-Recoverable Servicing Advance. The determination by the
Servicer that it has made a Non-Recoverable Advance or a Non-Recoverable
Servicing Advance or that any proposed Advance or Servicing Advance, if made,
would constitute a Non-Recoverable Advance or a Non-Recoverable Servicing
Advance, respectively, shall be evidenced by an Officer's Certificate of the
Servicer delivered to the Depositor and the Trustee. In addition, the Servicer
shall not be required to advance any Relief Act Shortfalls.

          (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall not be required
to make any Advances for any Mortgage Loan after such Mortgage Loan becomes 150
days delinquent. The Servicer shall identify such delinquent Mortgage Loans in
the Servicer Statement referenced in Section 3.24. In

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addition, the Servicer shall provide the Trustee with an Officer's Certificate
listing such delinquent Mortgage Loans and certifying that such loans are 150
days or more delinquent.

     SECTION 4.02. Reduction of Servicing Compensation in Connection with
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls

     In the event that any Mortgage Loan is the subject of a Prepayment Interest
Shortfall, the Servicer shall, from amounts in respect of the Servicing Fee for
such Distribution Date, deposit into the Collection Account, as a reduction of
the Servicing Fee for such Distribution Date, no later than the Servicer
Remittance Date immediately preceding such Distribution Date, an amount up to
the Prepayment Interest Shortfall; provided that the amount so deposited shall
not exceed the Compensating Interest for such Distribution Date. In case of such
deposit, the Servicer shall not be entitled to any recovery or reimbursement
from the Depositor, the Trustee, the Issuing Entity or the Certificateholders.
With respect to any Distribution Date, to the extent that the Prepayment
Interest Shortfall exceeds Compensating Interest (such excess, a "Non-Supported
Interest Shortfall"), such Non-Supported Interest Shortfall shall reduce the
Current Interest with respect to each Class of Certificates, pro rata based upon
the amount of interest each such Class would otherwise be entitled to receive on
such Distribution Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall be no
reduction of the Servicing Fee in connection with Prepayment Interest Shortfalls
related to the Relief Act or bankruptcy proceedings and the Servicer shall not
be obligated to pay Compensating Interest with respect to Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls related to the Relief Act or bankruptcy proceedings.

     SECTION 4.03. Distributions on the REMIC Interests

     On each Distribution Date, amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account
shall be treated for federal income tax purposes as applied to distributions on
the interests in the Lower Tier REMIC in an amount sufficient to make the
distributions on the respective Certificates on such Distribution Date in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.04.

     SECTION 4.04. Distributions

          (a) [Reserved].

          (b) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall, to the extent of
funds then available, make the following distributions from funds then available
in the Certificate Account, of an amount equal to the Interest Funds, in the
following order of priority:

          (i) to the Class P Certificates, an amount equal to any Prepayment
     Charges received with respect to the Mortgage Loans and all amounts paid by
     the Servicer, the Sponsor or FFFC in respect of Prepayment Charges pursuant
     to this Agreement, and all amounts received in respect of any
     indemnification paid as a result of a Prepayment Charge being unenforceable
     in breach of the representations and warranties set forth in the FFFC
     Purchase Agreement or the MLML Purchase Agreement for the related
     Prepayment Period;

          (ii) to the Class A Certificate Insurer, the Class A Certificate
     Guarantee Insurance Policy Premium;

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          (iii) concurrently, to each class of the Class A Certificates, the
     Current Interest and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to each
     such class; provided, however, that if Interest Funds are insufficient to
     make a full distribution of the aggregate Current Interest and the
     aggregate Interest Carry Forward Amount to the Class A Certificates,
     Interest Funds will be distributed pro rata among each Class of the Class A
     Certificates based upon the ratio of (x) the Current Interest and Interest
     Carry Forward Amount for each class of the Class A Certificates to (y) the
     total amount of Current Interest and any Interest Carry Forward Amount for
     the Class A and Class R Certificates in the aggregate;

          (iv) to the Class A Certificate Insurer, any Reimbursement Amounts (as
     such term is defined in the Insurance Agreement) for claims paid under the
     Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy;

          (v) to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Current Interest for such class
     and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to such Class;

          (vi) to the Class M-2 Certificates, the Current Interest for such
     class and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to such Class;

          (vii) to the Class M-3 Certificates, the Current Interest for such
     class and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to such Class;

          (viii) to the Class M-4 Certificates, the Current Interest for such
     class and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to such Class;

          (ix) to the Class B-1 Certificates, the Current Interest for each such
     class and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to each such
     Class;

          (x) to the Class B-2 Certificates, the Current Interest for each such
     class and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to each such
     Class;

          (xi) to the Class B-3 Certificates, the Current Interest for each such
     class and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to each such
     Class;

          (xii) to the Class B-4 Certificates, the Current Interest for each
     such class and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to each such
     Class;

          (xiii) any remainder pursuant to Section 4.04(f) hereof.

     On each Distribution Date, subject to the proviso in (iii) above, Interest
Funds received on the Group One Mortgage Loans will be deemed to be distributed
to the Class R and Class A-1 Certificates and Interest Funds received on the
Group Two Mortgage Loans will be deemed to be distributed to the Class A-2
Certificates, in each case, until the related Current Interest and Interest
Carry Forward Amount of each such Class of Certificates for such Distribution
Date has been paid in full. Thereafter, Interest Funds not required for such
distributions are available to be applied to if necessary, to the Class or
Classes of Certificates that are not related to such group of Mortgage Loans.

          (c) [Reserved].

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          (d) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall, to the extent of
funds then available, make the following distributions from the Certificate
Account of an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount in the following
order of priority, and each such distribution shall be made only after all
distributions pursuant to Section 4.04(b) above shall have been made until such
amount shall have been fully distributed for such Distribution Date:

          (i) to the Class A Certificates, the Class A Principal Distribution
     Amount shall be distributed as follows:

               (1) the Group One Principal Distribution Amount will be
distributed sequentially to the Class R and Class A-1 Certificates, in that
order, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such class has been
reduced to zero; and

               (2) the Group Two Principal Distribution Amount will be
distributed as follows: (i) sequentially, to the Class A-2A Certificates until
the Certificate Principal Balance of such class has been reduced to zero, then
to the Class A-2B Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance of such
class has been reduced to zero; provided, however, that on and after the
Distribution Date on which the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M, Class B and Class C Certificates has been reduced to zero, any
principal distributions allocated to the Class A-2A and Class A-2B Certificates
are required to be allocated pro rata, among such classes, based on their
respective Certificate Principal Balances, until their Certificate Principal
Balances have been reduced to zero;;

          (ii) to the Class A Certificate Insurer, any amounts remaining after
     distributions pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(iv) above and any other amounts
     owed to the Class A Certificate Insurer pursuant to this Agreement and the
     Insurance Agreement;

          (iii) to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-1 Principal
     Distribution Amount;

          (iv) to the Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-2 Principal
     Distribution Amount;

          (v) to the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-3 Principal
     Distribution Amount;

          (vi) to the Class M-4 Certificates, the Class M-4 Principal
     Distribution Amount;

          (vii) to the Class B-1 Certificates, the Class B-1 Principal
     Distribution Amount;

          (viii) to the Class B-2 Certificates, the Class B-2 Principal
     Distribution Amount;

          (ix) to the Class B-3 Certificates, the Class B-3 Principal
     Distribution Amount;

          (x) to the Class B-4 Certificates, the Class B-4 Principal
     Distribution Amount; and

          (xi) any remainder pursuant to Section 4.04(f) hereof.

          (e) [Reserved].

          (f) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall, to the extent of
funds then available, make the following distributions up to the following
amounts from the Certificate Account of the remainders pursuant to Section
4.04(b)(xiii) and (d)(xi) hereof and each such distribution shall be made

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only after all distributions pursuant to Sections 4.04(b) and (d) above shall
have been made until such remainders shall have been fully distributed for such
Distribution Date:

          (i) to the Class A Certificates, any funds owed, in the same manner
     and in the same order of priority, as set forth in accordance with Section
     4.04(b)(iii), to the extent not paid pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(iii);

          (ii) to the Class M-1 Certificates, any funds owed as set forth in
     accordance with Section 4.04(b)(v), to the extent not paid pursuant to
     Section 4.04(b)(v);

          (iii) to the Class M-2 Certificates, any funds owed as set forth in
     accordance with Section 4.04(b)(vi), to the extent not paid pursuant to
     Section 4.04(b)(vi);

          (iv) to the Class M-3 Certificates, any funds owed as set forth in
     accordance with Section 4.04(b)(vii), to the extent not paid pursuant to
     Section 4.04(b)(vii);

          (v) to the Class M-4 Certificates, any funds owed as set forth in
     accordance with Section 4.04(b)(viii), to the extent not paid pursuant to
     Section 4.04(b)(viii);

          (vi) to the Class B-1 Certificates, any funds owed as set forth in
     accordance with Section 4.04(b)(ix), to the extent not paid pursuant to
     Section 4.04(b)(ix);

          (vii) to the Class B-2 Certificates, any funds owed as set forth in
     accordance with Section 4.04(b)(x), to the extent not paid pursuant to
     Section 4.04(b)(x);

          (viii) to the Class B-3 Certificates, any funds owed as set forth in
     accordance with Section 4.04(b)(xi), to the extent not paid pursuant to
     Section 4.04(b)(xi);

          (ix) to the Class B-4 Certificates, any funds owed as set forth in
     accordance with Section 4.04(b)(xii), to the extent not paid pursuant to
     Section 4.04(b)(xii);

          (x) for distribution as part of the Principal Distribution Amount, the
     Extra Principal Distribution Amount;

          (xi) to the Class M-1 Certificates, any Unpaid Realized Loss Amount
     for such class;

          (xii) to the Class M-2 Certificates, any Unpaid Realized Loss Amount
     for such class;

          (xiii) to the Class M-3 Certificates, any Unpaid Realized Loss Amount
     for such class;

          (xiv) to the Class M-4 Certificates, any Unpaid Realized Loss Amount
     for such class;

          (xv) to the Class B-1 Certificates, any Unpaid Realized Loss Amount
     for such class;

          (xvi) to the Class B-2 Certificates, any Unpaid Realized Loss Amount
     for such class;

          (xvii) to the Class B-3 Certificates, any Unpaid Realized Loss Amount
     for such class;

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          (xviii) to the Class B-4 Certificates, any Unpaid Realized Loss Amount
     for such class; and

          (xix) the remainder pursuant to Section 4.04(g) hereof.

          (g) on each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall allocate the
remainders pursuant to Section 4.04(f)(xix) as follows:

          (i) to the Class C Certificates in the following order of priority,
     (I) the Class C Current Interest, (II) the Class C Interest Carry Forward
     Amount, (III) as principal on the Class C Certificate until the Certificate
     Principal Balance of the Class C Certificates has been reduced to zero and
     (IV) the Class C Unpaid Realized Loss Amount; and

          (ii) the remainder pursuant to Section 4.04(h) hereof.

          (h) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall allocate the
remainder pursuant to Section 4.04(g)(ii) hereof (i) to the Trustee to reimburse
amounts or pay indemnification amounts owing to the Trustee from the Issuing
Entity pursuant to Section 8.06 and (ii) to the Class R Certificate and such
distributions shall be made only after all preceding distributions shall have
been made until such remainder shall have been fully distributed.

          (i) On each Distribution Date, after giving effect to distributions on
such Distribution Date, the Trustee shall allocate the Applied Realized Loss
Amount for the Certificates to reduce the Certificate Principal Balances of the
Class C Certificates and the Subordinate Certificates in the following order of
priority:

          (i) to the Class C Certificates, until the Class C Certificate
     Principal Balance is reduced to zero;

          (ii) to the Class B-4 Certificates until the Class B-4 Certificate
     Principal Balance is reduced to zero;

          (iii) to the Class B-3 Certificates until the Class B-3 Certificate
     Principal Balance is reduced to zero;

          (iv) to the Class B-2 Certificates until the Class B-2 Certificate
     Principal Balance is reduced to zero;

          (v) to the Class B-1 Certificates until the Class B-1 Certificate
     Principal Balance is reduced to zero;

          (vi) to the Class M-4 Certificates until the Class M-4 Certificate
     Principal Balance is reduced to zero;

          (vii) to the Class M-3 Certificates until the Class M-3 Certificate
     Principal Balance is reduced to zero;

          (viii) to the Class M-2 Certificates until the Class M-2 Certificate
     Principal Balance is reduced to zero; and

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          (ix) to the Class M-1 Certificates until the Class M-1 Certificate
     Principal Balance is reduced to zero.

          (j) Subject to Section 9.02 hereof respecting the final distribution,
on each Distribution Date the Trustee shall make distributions to each
Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date either by wire transfer
in immediately available funds to the account of such holder at a bank or other
entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Holder has so notified
the Trustee at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date or,
if not, by check mailed by first class mail to such Certificateholder at the
address of such holder appearing in the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, but subject to Section 9.02 hereof respecting the final
distribution, distributions with respect to Certificates registered in the name
of a Depository shall be made to such Depository in immediately available funds.

     In accordance with this Agreement, the Servicer shall prepare and deliver
an electronic report (the "Remittance Report") to the Trustee (or by such other
means as the Servicer and the Trustee may agree from time to time) containing
such data and information as to permit the Trustee to prepare the Monthly
Statement to Certificateholders and make the required distributions for the
related Distribution Date. The Trustee will prepare the Monthly Report based
solely upon the information received from the Servicer.

     SECTION 4.05. Monthly Statements to Certificateholders

          (a) Not later than each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall prepare
and make available on its website located at www.etrustee.net to each Holder of
a Class of Certificates of the Issuing Entity, the Servicer, the Trustee, the
Rating Agencies, the Depositor and the Class A Certificate Insurer a statement
setting forth for the Certificates the following information; provided, however,
that with respect to any calendar year during which an annual report on Form
10-K is not required to be filed with the Commission on behalf of the Issuing
Entity, the information set forth in Items (xxiv) through (xxxii) below are not
required to be included in such statement during any calendar year:

          (i) the amount of the related distribution to Holders of each Class
     allocable to principal, separately identifying (A) the aggregate amount of
     any Principal Prepayments included therein, (B) the aggregate of all
     scheduled payments of principal included therein, (C) the Extra Principal
     Distribution Amount, if any, and (D) the aggregate amount of Prepayment
     Charges, if any;

          (ii) the amount of such distribution to Holders of each Class
     allocable to interest, together with any Non-Supported Interest Shortfalls
     allocated to each Class;

          (iii) any interest Carryforward Amount for each Class of the Class A,
     Class M and Class B Certificates;

          (iv) the Class Certificate Principal Balance of each Class after
     giving effect (i) to all distributions allocable to principal on such
     Distribution Date and (ii) the allocation of any Applied Realized Loss
     Amounts for such Distribution Date;

          (v) the Pool Stated Principal Balance for such Distribution Date;

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          (vi) the amount of the Servicing Fee paid to or retained by the
     Servicer and any amounts constituting reimbursement or indemnification of
     the Servicer or Trustee;

          (vii) the Pass-Through Rate for each Class of Certificates for such
     Distribution Date;

          (viii) the amount of Advances included in the distribution on such
     Distribution Date or reimbursed during the period;

          (ix) the cumulative amount of (A) Realized Losses and (B) Applied
     Realized Loss Amounts to date, in the aggregate and with respect to the
     Group One Mortgage Loans and Group Two Mortgage Loans;

          (x) the amount of (A) Realized Losses and (B) Applied Realized Loss
     Amounts with respect to such Distribution Date, in the aggregate and with
     respect to the Group One Mortgage Loans and Group Two Mortgage Loans;

          (xi) the number and aggregate principal amounts of Mortgage Loans (A)
     Delinquent (exclusive of Mortgage Loans in foreclosure) (1) 31 to 60 days,
     (2) 61 to 90 days and (3) 91 or more days, and (B) in foreclosure and
     Delinquent (1) 31 to 60 days, (2) 61 to 90 days and (3) 91 or more days, in
     each case as of the close of business on the last day of the calendar month
     preceding such Distribution Date, in the aggregate and with respect to the
     Group One Mortgage Loans and Group Two Mortgage Loans, in accordance with
     the OTS methodology for reporting delinquencies;

          (xii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that became an REO Property
     during the preceding calendar month, the loan number and Stated Principal
     Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on the last day
     of the calendar month preceding such Distribution Date, in the aggregate
     and with respect to the Group One Mortgage Loans and Group Two Mortgage
     Loans;

          (xiii) the total number and principal balance of any REO Properties as
     of the close of business on the last day of the calendar month preceding
     such Distribution Date, in the aggregate and with respect to the Group One
     Mortgage Loans and Group Two Mortgage Loans;

          (xiv) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all loans that became
     Liquidated Loans as of such Distribution Date calculated as of the
     preceding Distribution Date, in the aggregate and with respect to the Group
     One Mortgage Loans and Group Two Mortgage Loans;

          (xv) whether a Stepdown Trigger Event has occurred and is in effect;

          (xvi) with respect to each Class of Certificates, any Interest Carry
     Forward Amount with respect to such Distribution Date for each such Class,
     any Interest Carry Forward Amount paid for each such Class and any
     remaining Interest Carry Forward Amount for each such Class;

          (xvii) the number and Stated Principal Balance (as of the preceding
     Distribution Date) of any Mortgage Loans which were purchased or
     repurchased during the preceding Prepayment Period and since the Cut-off
     Date;

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          (xviii) the number of Mortgage Loans prepaid in full for which
     Prepayment Charges were received during the related Prepayment Period and,
     for each such Mortgage Loan, the amount of Prepayment Charges received
     during the related Prepayment Period and in the aggregate of such amounts
     for all such Mortgage Loans since the Cut-off Date, and for partial
     Principal Prepayments, the amount received during the preceding calendar
     month;

          (xix) the amount and purpose of any withdrawal from the Collection
     Account pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(viii);

          (xx) the amount of any payments to each Class of Certificates that are
     treated as payments received in respect of a REMIC "regular interest" or
     REMIC "residual interest" and the amount of any payments to each Class of
     Certificates that are not treated as payments received in respect of a
     REMIC "regular interest" or REMIC "residual interest";

          (xxi) the number of Mortgage Loans with respect to which (i) a
     reduction in the Mortgage Rate has occurred or (ii) the related borrower's
     obligation to repay interest on a monthly basis has been suspended or
     reduced pursuant to the Relief Act or similar state laws, as amended; and
     the amount of interest not required to be paid with respect to any such
     Mortgage Loans during the related Due Period as a result of such reductions
     in the aggregate and with respect to the Group One Mortgage Loans and the
     Group Two Mortgage Loans;

          (xxii) with respect to each Class of Certificates, the amount of any
     Non-Supported Interest Shortfalls on such Distribution Date;

          (xxiii) the number and amount of pool assets at the beginning and
     ending of each period, and updated pool composition information;

          (xxiv) any material changes to methodology regarding calculations of
     delinquencies and charge-offs;

          (xxv) information on the amount of Servicing Advances made or
     reimbursed during the period;

          (xxvi) any material modifications, extensions or waivers to pool asset
     terms, fees, penalties or payments during the distribution period or that
     have cumulatively become material over time;

          (xxvii) material breaches of pool asset representations or warranties
     or transaction covenants;

          (xxviii) information on ratio, coverage or other tests used for
     determining any early amortization, liquidation or other performance
     trigger and whether the trigger was met; and

          (xxix) information regarding any pool asset changes (other than in
     connection with a pool asset converting into cash in accordance with its
     terms), such as pool asset substitutions and repurchases (and purchase
     rates, if applicable), and cash flows available for future purchases, such
     as the balances of any prefunding or revolving accounts, if applicable.

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          (b) The Trustee will make the Monthly Statement (and, at its option,
any additional files containing the same information in an alternative format)
available each month to Certificateholders, other parties to this Agreement and
any other interested parties via the Trustee's Internet website. The Trustee's
Internet website shall initially be located at "www.etrustee.net". Assistance in
using the website can be obtained by calling the Trustee at (312) 992-4855.
Parties that are unable to use the website are entitled to have a paper copy
mailed to them via first class mail by calling the customer service desk and
indicating such. The Trustee shall have the right to change the way the monthly
statements to Certificateholders are distributed in order to make such
distribution more convenient and/or more accessible to the above parties and the
Trustee shall provide timely and adequate notification to all above parties
regarding any such changes.

     The foregoing information and reports shall be prepared and determined by
the Trustee based on Mortgage Loan data and other information provided to the
Trustee by the Servicer or any other third party required to deliver information
hereunder. In preparing or furnishing the foregoing information, the Trustee
shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the accuracy of the information or
data provided to the Trustee by the Servicer or any other third party required
to deliver information and shall have no liability for any errors in any such
information.

     As a condition to access the Trustee's internet website, the Trustee may
require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer. The Trustee will not be
liable for the dissemination of information in accordance with this Agreement.

          (c) If so requested in writing within a reasonable period of time
after the end of each calendar year, the Trustee shall make available on its
website or cause to be furnished to each Person who at any time during the
calendar year was a Certificateholder of record, the NIMs Insurer (upon request)
and the Class A Certificate Insurer, a statement containing the information set
forth in clauses (a)(i) and (a)(ii) of this Section 4.05 aggregated for such
calendar year or applicable portion thereof during which such Person was a
Certificateholder. Such obligation of the Trustee shall be deemed to have been
satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information shall be
provided by the Trustee pursuant to any requirements of the Code as are from
time to time in effect.

          (d) Upon filing with the Internal Revenue Service, the Trustee shall
furnish to the Holders of the Class R Certificate each Form 1066Q and shall
respond promptly to written requests made not more frequently than quarterly by
any Holder of Class R Certificate with respect to the following matters:

          (i) The original projected principal and interest cash flows on the
     Closing Date on each Class of regular and residual interests created
     hereunder and on the Mortgage Loans, based on the Prepayment Assumption;

          (ii) The projected remaining principal and interest cash flows as of
     the end of any calendar quarter with respect to each Class of regular and
     residual interests created hereunder and the Mortgage Loans, based on the
     Prepayment Assumption;

          (iii) The Prepayment Assumption and any interest rate assumptions used
     in determining the projected principal and interest cash flows described
     above;

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          (iv) The original issue discount (or, in the case of the Mortgage
     Loans, market discount) or premium accrued or amortized through the end of
     such calendar quarter with respect to each Class of regular or residual
     interests created hereunder and to the Mortgage Loans, together with each
     constant yield to maturity used in computing the same;

          (v) The treatment of losses realized with respect to the Mortgage
     Loans or the regular interests created hereunder, including the timing and
     amount of any cancellation of indebtedness income of the REMICs with
     respect to such regular interests or bad debt deductions claimed with
     respect to the Mortgage Loans;

          (vi) The amount and timing of any non-interest expenses of the REMICs;
     and

          (vii) Any taxes (including penalties and interest) imposed on the
     REMICs, including, without limitation, taxes on "prohibited transactions,"
     "contributions" or "net income from foreclosure property" or state or local
     income or franchise taxes.

     The information pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above shall
be provided by the Depositor pursuant to Section 8.12.

     SECTION 4.06. Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy Matters

          (a) As soon as possible, and in no event later than 11:00 a.m. New
York time, on the second Business Day immediately preceding each Distribution
Date, the Trustee shall determine the amount of funds available for distribution
pursuant to Section 4.04 hereof for such Distribution Date.

          (b) If for any Distribution Date, the Trustee determines that there
will be a Deficiency Amount (as defined in the Class A Certificate Guaranty
Insurance Policy) with respect to such Distribution Date, the Trustee shall
determine the amount of any such Deficiency Amount and shall give Notice (as
defined in the Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy)to the Class A
Certificate Insurer and the Fiscal Agent (as defined in the Class A Certificate
Guaranty Insurance Policy), if any, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on such
second Business Day.

          (c) The Trustee shall receive as attorney-in-fact of each Holder of a
Class A Certificate any Insured Payments from the Class A Certificate Insurer
and disburse the same to each Holder of a Class A Certificate as applicable, in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.06. Insured Payments disbursed
by the Trustee from proceeds of the Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance
Policy shall not (other than for purposes of the REMIC provisions) be considered
payment by the Issuing Entity nor shall such payments discharge the obligation
of the Issuing Entity with respect to such Class A Certificates, and the Class A
Certificate Insurer shall become the owner of such unpaid amounts due from the
Issuing Entity in respect of such regular payment(s) as the deemed assignee of
such Holder. In addition, the Class A Certificate Insurer shall be entitled to
receive the Reimbursement Amounts (as such term is defined in the Insurance
Agreement) pursuant to Section 4.04. The Trustee hereby agrees on behalf of each
Holder of a Class A Certificate for the benefit of the Class A Certificate
Insurer that it recognizes that to the extent that the Class A Certificate
Insurer makes a distribution, either directly or indirectly (as by paying
through the Trustee), to the Class A Certificateholders, the Class A Certificate
Insurer will be entitled to receive the Reimbursement Amounts pursuant to
Section 4.04.

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          (d) In the event the Trustee receives a certified copy of an order of
the appropriate court that any payment of principal or interest on a Class A
Certificate has been voided in whole or in part as a preference payment under
applicable bankruptcy law, the Trustee shall (i) promptly notify the Class A
Certificate Insurer and (ii) comply with the provisions of the Class A
Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy to obtain payment by the Class A
Certificate Insurer of such voided payment. In addition, the Trustee shall mail
notice to all Holders of the Class A Certificates so affected that, in the event
that any such Holder's scheduled payment is so recovered by order of a
bankruptcy court, such Holder will be entitled to payment pursuant to the terms
of the Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy, a copy of which shall be
made available to such Holders by the Trustee. The Trustee shall furnish to the
Class A Certificate Insurer and the Fiscal Agent, if any, its records listing
the payments on the affected Class A Certificates, if any, that have been made
by the Trustee and subsequently recovered by order of a bankruptcy court from
the affected Holders, and the dates on which such payments were made by the
Trustee.

          (e) At the time of the execution hereof, and for the purposes hereof,
the Trustee shall establish a separate special purpose trust account in the name
of the Trustee for the benefit of Holders of the Class A Certificates and the
Class A Certificate Insurer (the "Certificate Insurer Account") over which the
Trustee shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal. The
Certificate Insurer Account shall be an Eligible Account. The Trustee shall
deposit any amount paid under the Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy
into the Certificate Insurer Account and distribute such amount only for the
purposes of making the payments to Holders of the Class A Certificates in
respect of the regular payment for which the related claim was made under the
Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy. Such amounts shall be allocated
by the Trustee to Holders of Class A Certificates affected by such shortfalls in
the same manner as principal and interest payments are to be allocated with
respect to such Certificates pursuant to Section 4.04. It shall not be necessary
for such payments to be made by checks or wire transfers separated from the
checks or wire transfers used to make regular payments hereunder with funds
withdrawn from the Certificate Account. However, any payments made on the Class
A Certificates from funds in the Certificate Insurer Account shall be noted as
provided in subsection (g) below. Funds held in the Certificate Insurer Account
shall not be invested by the Trustee.

          (f) Any funds received from the Class A Certificate Insurer for
deposit into the Certificate Insurer Account pursuant to the Class A Certificate
Guaranty Insurance Policy in respect of a Distribution Date or otherwise as a
result of any claim under the Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy
shall be applied by the Trustee, directly to the payment in full (i) of the
regular payments due on such Distribution Date on the Class A Certificates, or
(ii) of other amounts payable under the Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance
Policy. Funds received by the Trustee, as a result of any claim under the Class
A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy shall be used solely for payment to the
Holders of the Class A Certificates and may not be applied for any other
purpose, including, without limitation, satisfaction of any costs, expenses or
liabilities of the Trustee, Servicer or the Issuing Entity. Any funds remaining
in the Certificate Insurer Account on the first Business Day after each
Distribution Date shall be remitted promptly to the Class A Certificate Insurer
pursuant to the written instruction of the Class A Certificate Insurer.

          (g) The Trustee, shall keep complete and accurate records in respect
of (i) all funds remitted to it by the Class A Certificate Insurer and deposited
into the Certificate Insurer Account and (ii) the allocation of such funds to
payments of interest on and principal in respect of any Class A Certificates.
The Class A Certificate Insurer shall have the right to inspect such records at
reasonable times during normal business hours upon three Business Days' prior
notice to the Trustee.

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          (h) The Trustee acknowledges, and each Holder of a Class A Certificate
by its acceptance of the Class A Certificate agrees, that, without the need for
any further action on the part of the Class A Certificate Insurer or the
Trustee, to the extent the Class A Certificate Insurer makes payments, directly
or indirectly, on account of principal of or interest on any Class A
Certificates, the Class A Certificate Insurer will be fully subrogated to the
rights of the Holders of such Class A Certificates to receive such principal and
interest from the Issuing Entity. The Holders of the Class A Certificates, by
acceptance of the Class A Certificates, assign their rights as Holders of the
Class A Certificates, as applicable, to the extent of the Class A Certificate
Insurer's interest with respect to amounts paid under the Class A Certificate
Guaranty Insurance Policy. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
solely for purposes of determining the Class A Certificate Insurer's rights, as
applicable, as subrogee for payments distributable pursuant to Section 4.04, any
payment with respect to distributions to the Class A Certificates that is made
with funds received pursuant to the terms of the Class A Certificate Guaranty
Insurance Policy, shall not be considered payment of the Class A Certificates,
as applicable, from the Issuing Entity and shall not result in the distribution
or the provision for the distribution in reduction of the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A Certificates, as applicable, except to the extent such
payment has been reimbursed to the Class A Certificate Insurer pursuant to the
terms hereof.

          (i) Upon a Responsible Officer of the Trustee becoming aware of the
occurrence of an Event of Default, the Trustee shall promptly notify the Class A
Certificate Insurer of such Event of Default.

          (j) The Trustee shall promptly notify the Class A Certificate Insurer
of either of the following as to which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has
actual knowledge: (A) the commencement of any proceeding by or against the
Depositor commenced under the United States bankruptcy code or any other
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, rehabilitation or similar law
(an "Insolvency Proceeding") and (B) the making of any claim in connection with
any Insolvency Proceeding seeking the avoidance as a preferential transfer (a
"Preference Claim") of any distribution made with respect to a Class A
Certificate as to which it has actual knowledge. Each Holder of a Class A
Certificate, by its purchase of Class A Certificates, and the Trustee hereby
agree that the Class A Certificate Insurer (so long as no Class A Certificate
Insurer Default exists) may at any time during the continuation of any
proceeding relating to a Preference Claim direct all matters relating to such
Preference Claim, including, without limitation, (i) the direction of any appeal
of any order relating to any Preference Claim and (ii) the posting of any
surety, supersedes or performance bond pending any such appeal. In addition and
without limitation of the foregoing, the Class A Certificate Insurer shall be
subrogated to the rights of the Trustee and each Holder of a Class A
Certificate, as applicable, in the conduct of any Preference Claim, including,
without limitation, all rights of any party to an adversary proceeding action
with respect to any court order issued in connection with any such Preference
Claim.

          (k) The Trustee shall provide reasonable access to information
regarding the Mortgage Loans to the Class A Certificate Insurer upon the
reasonable request of the Class A Certificate Insurer.

          (l) The Trustee shall promptly surrender the Class A Certificate
Guaranty Insurance Policy to the Class A Certificate Insurer for cancellation
upon the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A
Certificates to zero.

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          (m) All notices, statements, reports, certificates or opinions
required by this Agreement to be sent to the Trustee, the Rating Agencies or the
Holders of the Class A Certificates, including the statements prepared pursuant
to Section 4.05, shall also be sent, at the same time such reports are otherwise
sent, by overnight delivery, telecopy or email to the Class A Certificate
Insurer.

          (n) If Notice given under the Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance
Policy by the Trustee, is not in proper form or is not properly completed,
executed or delivered, it shall be deemed not to have been received. The Class A
Certificate Insurer shall promptly so advise the Trustee and the Trustee may
submit an amended or corrected notice.

          (o) The Class A Certificate Insurer shall be an express third party
beneficiary of this Agreement for the purpose of enforcing the provisions hereof
to the extent of the Class A Certificate Insurer's rights explicitly specified
herein as if a party hereto.

          (p) All references herein to the ratings assigned to the Certificates
and to the interests of any Certificateholders shall be without regard to the
Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy.

          (q) For so long as there is no continuing Class A Certificate Insurer
Default, each Holder of a Class A Certificate agrees that the Class A
Certificate Insurer shall be treated by the Depositor, the Sponsor, the Servicer
and the Trustee as if the Class A Certificate Insurer were the Holder of all of
the Class A Certificates for the purpose (and solely for the purpose) of the
giving of any consent, the making of any direction or the exercise of any voting
or other control rights otherwise given to the Holders of the Class A
Certificates hereunder.

          (r) Insured Payments shall not include, nor shall coverage be provided
under the Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy in respect of, any
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, shortfalls resulting from the application of the
Servicemember's Civil Relief Act, any amount in respect of the reduction in the
amount of the interest payable on the Class A Certificates as a result of the
application of the related Available Funds Cap, taxes, withholding or other
charge imposed by any government authority due in connection with any payment of
any regular payment to a Class A Certificateholder.

          (s) All notices, statements, reports, certificates, lists or opinions
required by this Agreement to be sent to the parties hereto, the Rating Agencies
or the Class A Certificateholders shall also be sent at such time to the Class A
Certificate Insurer at the notice address set forth in Section 10.05; provided,
however, the Class A Certificate Insurer shall only be entitled to receive all
such notices, statements, reports, certificates, lists or opinions so long as
the Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy is in effect or any amounts
owed to the Class A Certificate Insurer under this Agreement or the Insurance
Agreement are still outstanding.

          (t) The Trustee hereby agrees to provide to the Class A Certificate
Insurer prompt written notice of any action, proceeding or investigation of
which it has actual knowledge that names the Issuing Entity or the Trustee as a
party or that could adversely affect the interests of the Class A Certificates
or the Class A Certificate Insurer.

          (u) Each Holder of a Certificate, by acceptance of its Certificate,
and the Trustee agree that the Class A Certificate Insurer shall have such
rights as set forth in this Section, which are in addition to any rights of the
Class A Certificate Insurer pursuant to the other provisions of this Agreement,
the MLML Purchase Agreement, the FFFC Purchase Agreement and the Insurance

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Agreement, that the rights set forth in this Section may be exercised by the
Class A Certificate Insurer, in its sole discretion, without the need for the
consent or approval of any Certificateholder or the Trustee, notwithstanding any
other provision contained herein or in any of the MLML Purchase Agreement, the
FFFC Purchase Agreement and the Insurance Agreement, and that nothing contained
in this Section shall be deemed to be an obligation of the Certificate Insurer
to exercise any of the rights provided for herein.

     SECTION 4.07. Effect of Payments by the Class A Certificate Insurer

     Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment with respect
to principal of or interest on the Class A Certificates which is made with
moneys received pursuant to the terms of the Class A Certificate Insurance
Policy shall not (other than for purposes of the REMIC provisions) be considered
payment of the Class A Certificates from the Issuing Entity. The Trustee
acknowledges, and each Holder by its acceptance of a Class A Certificate agrees,
that without the need for any further action on the part of the Class A
Certificate Insurer or the Trustee (a) to the extent the Class A Certificate
Insurer makes payments, directly or indirectly, on account of principal of or
interest on the Class A Certificates to the Holders of such Class A
Certificates, the Class A Certificate Insurer will be fully subrogated to, and
each Class A Certificateholder and the Trustee hereby delegate and assign to the
Class A Certificate Insurer, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the rights
of such Holders to receive such principal and interest from the Issuing Entity,
including, without limitation, any amounts due to the Class A Certificateholders
in respect of securities law violations arising from the offer and sale of the
Class A Certificates, and (b) the Class A Certificate Insurer shall be paid such
amounts from the sources and in the manner provided herein for the payment of
such amounts and as provided in the Class A Certificate Guarantee Insurance
Policy and the Insurance Agreement. The Trustee and the Servicer shall cooperate
in all respects with any reasonable request by the Class A Certificate Insurer
for action to preserve or enforce the Class A Certificate Insurer's rights or
interests under this Agreement without limiting the rights or affecting the
interests of the Holders as otherwise set forth herein.

                                   ARTICLE V

                                THE CERTIFICATES

     SECTION 5.01. The Certificates

     The Certificates shall be substantially in the forms attached hereto as
exhibits. The Certificates shall be issuable in registered form, in the minimum
dollar denominations, integral dollar multiples in excess thereof (except that
one Certificate of each Class may be issued in a different amount which must be
in excess of the applicable minimum dollar denomination) and aggregate dollar
denominations as set forth in the following table:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                         Integral
                       Multiples in
           Minimum       Excess of    Original Certificate
Class   Denomination      Minimum       Principal Balance
-----   ------------   ------------   --------------------
<S>     <C>            <C>            <C>
A-1      $25,000.00        $1.00          $ 88,352,000
A-2A     $25,000.00        $1.00          $420,421,000
A-2B     $25,000.00        $1.00          $107,954,000
M-1      $25,000.00        $1.00          $  8,559,000
M-2      $25,000.00        $1.00          $ 21,400,000
M-3      $25,000.00        $1.00          $ 20,971,000
M-4      $25,000.00        $1.00          $ 19,687,000
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                         Integral
                       Multiples in
           Minimum       Excess of    Original Certificate
Class   Denomination      Minimum       Principal Balance
-----   ------------   ------------   --------------------
<S>     <C>            <C>            <C>
B-1      $25,000.00        $1.00           $21,827,000
B-2      $25,000.00        $1.00           $17,548,000
B-3      $25,000.00        $1.00           $17,975,000
B-4      $25,000.00        $1.00           $19,259,000
R        $   100.00         N/A            $    100.00
C                (1)          (1)                  100%
P                (2)          (2)                   (2)
</TABLE>

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(1)  The Class C Certificates shall not have minimum dollar denominations as the
     Certificate Principal Balance thereof shall vary over time as described
     herein and shall be issued in a minimum percentage interest of 25% and an
     aggregate percentage interest of 100%.

(2)  The Class P Certificates shall not have minimum dollar denominations or
     Certificate Principal Balances and shall be issued in a minimum percentage
     interest of 100%.

     The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature on
behalf of the Trustee by an authorized officer. Certificates bearing the manual
or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such
signatures were affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trustee shall bind
the Issuing Entity, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have
ceased to be so authorized prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such authentication and
delivery. No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement,
or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such Certificate a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth as attached
hereto executed by the Authenticating Agent by manual signature, and such
certificate of authentication upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence,
and the only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their
authentication. On the Closing Date, the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate
the Certificates to be issued at the written direction of the Depositor, or any
Affiliate thereof.

     The Certificates sold in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S
shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global
certificates in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons with
the applicable legends set forth in Exhibit A hereto added to the form of each
such Certificate (each, a "Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate"), which shall be
deposited on behalf of the Holders of such Certificates represented thereby with
the Trustee, as custodian for DTC and registered in the name of a nominee of
DTC, duly executed and authenticated by the Trustee and the Authenticating Agent
as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amounts of the Regulation S
Book-Entry Certificates may from time to time be increased or decreased by
adjustments made on the records of the Trustee or DTC or its nominee, as the
case may be, as hereinafter provided.

     The Certificates sold in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued initially in
the form of one or more permanent global certificates in definitive, fully
registered form without interest coupons with the applicable legends set forth
in Exhibit A hereto added to the form of each such Certificate (each, a "Rule
144A Book-Entry Certificate"), which shall be deposited on behalf of the Holders
of such Certificates represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for DTC
and registered in the name of a nominee of DTC, duly executed and authenticated
by the Trustee and the Authenticating Agent as hereinafter provided. The
aggregate principal amounts of the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificates may from
time to

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time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee
or DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as hereinafter provided.

     SECTION 5.02. Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange
of Certificates

          (a) The Trustee shall maintain, or cause to be maintained in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5.09 hereof, a Certificate Register
for the Issuing Entity in which, subject to the provisions of subsections (b)
and (c) below and to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of Transfers and
exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. Upon surrender for registration of
Transfer of any Certificate, the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
new Certificates of the same Class and of like aggregate Percentage Interest.

     At the option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for
other Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations and evidencing
the same aggregate Percentage Interest upon surrender of the Certificates to be
exchanged at the office or agency of the Trustee. Whenever any Certificates are
so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Authenticating
Agent shall authenticate and deliver the Certificates that the Certificateholder
making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or
surrendered for registration of Transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a
written instrument of Transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee duly executed
by the holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

     No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for any
registration of Transfer or exchange of Certificates, but payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any Transfer or exchange of Certificates may be required. All
Certificates surrendered for registration of Transfer or exchange shall be
canceled and subsequently destroyed by a Trustee in accordance with such
Trustee's customary procedures.

     No Transfer of a Class B-4, Class C or Class P Certificate shall be made
unless such Transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is exempt
from the registration requirements under the Securities Act and such state
securities laws. In the event that a Transfer is to be made in reliance upon an
exemption from the Securities Act and such laws, in order to assure compliance
with the Securities Act and such laws, the Certificateholder desiring to effect
such Transfer and such Certificateholder's prospective transferee shall (except
with respect to the initial transfer of a Class B-4, Class C or Class P
Certificate by Merrill Lynch & Co. or, in connection with a transfer of a Class
C or Class P Certificate to the indenture trustee under an Indenture pursuant to
which NIM Notes are issued whether or not such notes are guaranteed by the NIMs
Insurer) each certify to the Trustee in writing the facts surrounding the
Transfer in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit F (the "Transferor
Certificate") and (i) deliver a letter in substantially the form of either
Exhibit G (the "Investment Letter") or Exhibit H (the "Rule 144A Letter") or
(ii) there shall be delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that such
Transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act, which
Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Depositor or the Trustee. The
Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Class B-4, Class C or Class P
Certificate and any prospective transferee designated by any such Holder,
information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such
other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility
set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for Transfer of any such Certificate without
registration thereof under the Securities Act pursuant to the registration
exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Trustee shall cooperate with the Depositor
in providing the Rule 144A information referenced in the preceding

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sentence, including providing to the Depositor such information in the
possession of the Trustee regarding the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans and
other matters regarding the Trust Fund as the Depositor shall reasonably request
to meet its obligation under the preceding sentence. Each Holder of a Class B-4,
Class C or Class P Certificate desiring to effect such Transfer shall, and does
hereby agree to, indemnify the Depositor and the Trustee against any liability
that may result if the Transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance
with such federal and state laws.

     By acceptance of a Regulation S Global Security, whether upon original
issuance or subsequent transfer, each Holder of such a Certificate acknowledges
the restrictions on the transfer of such Certificate set forth thereon and
agrees that it will only transfer such a Certificate as provided herein. In
addition, each Holder of a Regulation S Global Security shall be deemed to have
represented and warranted to the Depositor, the Trustee and any of their
respective successors that: (i) such Person is not a "U.S. person" within the
meaning of Regulation S and was, at the time the buy order was originated,
outside the United States and (ii) such Person understands that such
Certificates have not been registered under the Securities Act and that (x)
until the expiration of the 40-day distribution compliance period (within the
meaning of Regulation S), no offer, sale, pledge or other transfer of such
Certificates or any interest therein shall be made in the United States or to or
for the account or benefit of a U.S. person (each as defined in Regulation S),
(y) if in the future it decides to offer, resell, pledge or otherwise transfer
such Certificates, such Certificates may be offered, resold, pledged or
otherwise transferred only (A) to a person which the seller reasonably believes
is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act, that is purchasing such Certificates for its own account or for
the account of a qualified institutional buyer to which notice is given that the
transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A or (B) in an offshore
transaction (as defined in Regulation S) in compliance with the provisions of
Regulation S, in each case in compliance with the requirements of this
Agreement; and it will notify such transferee of the transfer restrictions
specified in this Section.

     No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate or a Class R Certificate
shall be registered unless the Trustee has received (A) a representation to the
effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to Title I
of ERISA, a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code or a plan subject to any
state, local, federal, non-U.S. or other law substantively similar to the
foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code ("Similar Law"), and is not directly
or indirectly acquiring the ERISA Restricted Certificate or the Class R
Certificate by, on behalf of, or with any assets of any such plan (collectively,
"Plan"), or (B) solely in the case of ERISA Restricted Certificates, (I) if the
Certificate has been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, a
representation to the effect that such transferee is an insurance company that
is acquiring the Certificate with assets of an "insurance company general
account," as defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption
("PTCE") 95-60, and the acquisition and holding of the Certificate are covered
and exempt under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, or (II) solely in the case of
an ERISA Restricted Certificate that is a Definitive Certificate, an Opinion of
Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee, and upon which the Trustee, the Class A
Certificate Insurer and the NIMs Insurer shall be entitled to rely, to the
effect that the acquisition and holding of such Certificate will not constitute
or result in a nonexempt prohibited transaction under Title I of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, or a violation of Similar Law, and will not subject
the Trustee, the Servicer, the NIMs Insurer or the Depositor to any obligation
in addition to those expressly undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of
Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Servicer, the NIMs Insurer,
the Class A Certificate Insurer or the Depositor.

     Except in the case of a Definitive Certificate, the representations set
forth in the immediately preceding paragraph of this Subsection 5.02(a), other
than clause (B)(II) in the immediately preceding

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paragraph, shall be deemed to have been made to the Trustee by the transferee's
acceptance of a Certificate (or the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of the
beneficial interest in any Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates or Class R
Certificate).

     Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, any purported
transfer of a ERISA Restricted Certificate or Class R Certificate to or on
behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee of a representation or an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee as described above shall be void
and of no effect. The Trustee shall not be under any liability to any Person for
any registration or transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate or Class R
Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 5.02(a), nor shall the
Trustee be under any liability for making any payments due on such ERISA
Restricted Certificate or Class R Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking
any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of this
Agreement so long as the transfer was registered by the Trustee in accordance
with the foregoing requirements. The Trustee shall be entitled, but not
obligated, to recover from any Holder of any ERISA Restricted Certificate or
Class R Certificate that was in fact a Plan and that held such ERISA Restricted
Certificate or Class R Certificate in violation of this Section 5.02(a) all
payments made on such ERISA Restricted Certificate or Class R Certificate at and
after the time it commenced such holding. Any such payments so recovered shall
be paid and delivered to the last preceding Holder of such ERISA Restricted
Certificate or Class R Certificate that is not a Plan.

          (b) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a
Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such
Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and
the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R
Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:

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

          (ii) No Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate may be purchased,
     transferred or sold, directly or indirectly, except in accordance with the
     provisions hereof. No Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate may be
     registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the Trustee
     shall not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate unless, in
     addition to the certificates required to be delivered to the Trustee under
     subparagraph (a) above, the Trustee shall have been furnished with an
     affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of the initial owner or the proposed
     transferee in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E-1 and an affidavit of
     the proposed transferor in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E-2. In the
     absence of a contrary instruction from the transferor of a Class R
     Certificate, declaration (11) in Appendix A of the Transfer Affidavit may
     be left blank. If the transferor requests by written notice to the Trustee
     prior to the date of the proposed transfer that one of the two other forms
     of declaration (11) in Appendix A of the Transfer Affidavit be used, then
     the requirements of this Section 5.02(b)(ii) shall not have been satisfied
     unless the Transfer Affidavit includes such other form of declaration.

          (iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
     Class R Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any
     other Person to whom such Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership
     Interest in a Class R Certificate, (B) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from
     any Person for whom such Person is acting as nominee, trustee or agent in
     connection with any Transfer of a Class R Certificate and (C) not to
     Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate or to cause the
     Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R

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     Certificate to any other Person if it has actual knowledge that such Person
     is not a Permitted Transferee. Further, no transfer, sale or other
     disposition of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate may be made
     to a person who is not a U.S. Person (within the meaning of section 7701 of
     the Code) unless such person furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with
     a duly completed and effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or any
     successor thereto) and the Trustee consents to such transfer, sale or other
     disposition in writing.

          (iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership Interest in
     a Class R Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section
     5.02(b) shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the
     purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall become a Holder of
     a Class R Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section
     5.02(b), then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored to
     all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of
     Transfer of such Class R Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no
     liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Class R
     Certificate that is in fact not permitted by Section 5.02(a) and this
     Section 5.02(b) or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the
     Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under
     the provisions of this Agreement so long as the Transfer was registered
     after receipt of the related Transfer Affidavit. The Trustee shall be
     entitled but not obligated to recover from any Holder of a Class R
     Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time it
     became a Holder or, at such subsequent time as it became other than a
     Permitted Transferee, all payments made on such Class R Certificate at and
     after either such time. Any such payments so recovered by the Trustee shall
     be paid and delivered by the Trustee to the last preceding Permitted
     Transferee of such Certificate.

          (v) At the option of the Holder of the Class R Certificate, the Class
     LTR Interest and the residual interest in the Upper Tier REMIC may be
     severed and represented by separate certificates (with the separate
     certificate that represents the Residual Interest also representing all
     rights of the Class R Certificate to distributions attributable to an
     interest rate on the Class R Certificate in excess of the REMIC
     Pass-Through Rate); provided, however, that such separate certification may
     not occur until the Trustee receives an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
     that separate certification in the form and manner proposed would not
     result in the imposition of federal tax upon the Issuing Entity or any of
     the REMICs provided for herein or cause any of the REMICs provided for
     herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC; and provided further, that the
     provisions of Sections 5.02(a) and (b) will apply to each such separate
     certificate as if the separate certificate were a Class R Certificate. If,
     as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, it is necessary to preserve the
     REMIC status of any of the REMICs provided for herein, the Class LTR
     Interest and the residual interest in the Upper Tier REMIC shall be severed
     and represented by separate certificates (with the separate certificate
     that represents the Residual Interest also representing all rights of the
     Class R Certificate to distributions attributable to an interest rate on
     the Class R Certificate in excess of the REMIC Pass-Through Rate).

     The restrictions on Transfers of a Class R Certificate set forth in this
Section 5.02(b) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the legend
on a Class R Certificate may be deleted) with respect to Transfers occurring
after delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel
shall not be an expense of the Issuing Entity, the Trustee or the Depositor, to
the effect that the elimination of such restrictions will not cause any of the
REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the
Certificates are outstanding or result in the imposition of any tax on the
Issuing Entity, any REMIC provided for herein, a Certificateholder or another
Person. Each Person

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holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate hereby
consents to any amendment of this Agreement that, based on an Opinion of Counsel
furnished to the Trustee, is reasonably necessary (a) to ensure that the record
ownership of, or any beneficial interest in, a Class R Certificate is not
transferred, directly or indirectly, to a Person that is not a Permitted
Transferee and (b) to provide for a means to compel the Transfer of a Class R
Certificate that is held by a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee to a
Holder that is a Permitted Transferee.

          (c) The transferor of the Class R Certificate shall notify the Trustee
in writing upon the transfer of the Class R Certificate.

          (d) [Reserved].

          (e) The preparation and delivery of all certificates, opinions and
other writings referred to above in this Section 5.02 shall not be an expense of
the Issuing Entity, the Depositor or the Trustee.

     SECTION 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates

     If (a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trustee or the
Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft
of any Certificate and of the ownership thereof and (b) there is delivered to
the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each
of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Trustee that such
Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Trustee shall
execute, authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like
Class, tenor and Percentage Interest. In connection with the issuance of any new
Certificate under this Section 5.03, the Trustee may require the payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of
the Trustee and its counsel) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate
issued pursuant to this Section 5.03 shall constitute complete and indefeasible
evidence of ownership in the Trust Fund, as if originally issued, whether or not
the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time. All
Certificates surrendered to the Trustee under the terms of this Section 5.03
shall be canceled and destroyed by the Trustee in accordance with its standard
procedures without liability on its part.

     SECTION 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners

     The Class A Certificate Insurer, the Trustee and any agent of the Class A
Certificate Insurer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any
Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of
receiving distributions as provided in this Agreement and for all other purposes
whatsoever, and neither the Class A Certificate Insurer nor the Trustee, nor any
agent of the Class A Certificate Insurer or the Trustee, shall be affected by
any notice to the contrary.

     SECTION 5.05. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses

     If three or more Certificateholders (a) request such information in writing
from the Trustee, (b) state that such Certificateholders desire to communicate
with other Certificateholders with respect to their rights under this Agreement
or under the Certificates, and (c) provide a copy of the communication that such
Certificateholders propose to transmit or if the NIMs Insurer, the Class A
Certificate Insurer or the Depositor shall request such information in writing
from the Trustee, then the Trustee shall, within ten

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Business Days after the receipt of such request, provide the NIMs Insurer, the
Class A Certificate Insurer or the Depositor or such Certificateholders at such
recipients' expense the most recent list of the Certificateholders of the
Issuing Entity held by the Trustee, if any. The Depositor and every
Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a Certificate, agree that the
Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such
information as to the list of the Certificateholders hereunder, regardless of
the source from which such information was derived.

     SECTION 5.06. Book-Entry Certificates

     The Regular Certificates, upon original issuance, shall be issued in the
form of one or more typewritten Certificates representing the Book-Entry
Certificates, to be delivered to the Depository by or on behalf of the
Depositor. The Class C, Class P and Class R Certificates shall be definitive
certificates. The Book-Entry Certificates shall initially be registered on the
Certificate Register in the name of the Depository or its nominee, and no
Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate will receive a definitive
certificate representing such Certificate Owner's interest in such Certificates,
except as provided in Section 5.08. Unless and until definitive, fully
registered Certificates ("Definitive Certificates") have been issued to the
Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates pursuant to Section 5.08:

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

          (b) the Depositor, the NIMs Insurer and the Trustee may deal with the
Depository and the Depository Participants for all purposes (including the
making of distributions) as the authorized representative of the respective
Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates;

          (c) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred
by the Trustee except to another Depository;

          (d) the rights of the respective Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry
Certificates shall be exercised only through the Depository and the Depository
Participants and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements
between the Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates and the Depository and/or the
Depository Participants. Pursuant to the Depository Agreement, unless and until
Definitive Certificates are issued pursuant to Section 5.08, the Depository will
make book-entry transfers among the Depository Participants and receive and
transmit distributions of principal and interest on the related Certificates to
such Depository Participants;

          (e) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges
and expenses from its Depository Participants;

          (f) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon
information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository
Participants; and

          (g) to the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict with
any other provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section shall
control.

     For purposes of any provision of this Agreement requiring or permitting
actions with the consent of, or at the direction of, Certificateholders
evidencing a specified percentage of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
any Class of Certificates, such direction or consent may be given by Certificate

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Owners (acting through the Depository and the Depository Participants) owning
Book-Entry Certificates evidencing the requisite percentage of principal amount
of such Class of Certificates.

     In the event that Definitive Certificates are issued pursuant to Section
5.08, clauses (a) through (g) of this Section 5.06 shall continue to be
applicable with respect to all remaining Book-Entry Certificates.

     SECTION 5.07. Notices to Depository

     Whenever any notice or other communication is required to be given to
Certificateholders of the Class with respect to which Book-Entry Certificates
have been issued, unless and until Definitive Certificates shall have been
issued to the related Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall give all such
notices and communications to the Depository.

     SECTION 5.08. Definitive Certificates

     If, after Book-Entry Certificates have been issued with respect to any
Certificates, (a) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee that the
Depository is no longer willing, qualified or able to discharge properly its
responsibilities under the Depository Agreement with respect to such
Certificates and the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified
successor, (b) the Depositor notifies the Trustee and the Depository of its
intent to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository and, upon
receipt of notice of such intent from the Depository, the Certificate Owners of
the Book-Entry Certificates agree to initiate such termination or (c) after the
occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners of such
Book-Entry Certificates having not less than 51% of the Voting Rights evidenced
by any Class of Book-Entry Certificates advise the Trustee and the Depository in
writing through the Depository Participants that the continuation of a
book-entry system with respect to Certificates of such Class through the
Depository (or its successor) is no longer in the best interests of the
Certificate Owners of such Class, then the Trustee shall notify all Certificate
Owners of such Book-Entry Certificates, the NIMs Insurer and the Class A
Certificate Insurer of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability
of Definitive Certificates to Certificate Owners and the Class A Certificate
Insurer of such Class requesting the same. The Depositor shall provide the
Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance
and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon surrender to the Trustee of any
such Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by registration instructions
from the Depository for registration, the Authenticating Agent shall
authenticate and the Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Certificates. Neither
the Depositor nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such
instructions and each may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in
relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of such Definitive
Certificates, all references herein to obligations imposed upon or to be
performed by the Depository shall be deemed to be imposed upon and performed by
the Trustee, to the extent applicable with respect to such Definitive
Certificates and the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of such Definitive
Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder.

     SECTION 5.09. Maintenance of Office or Agency

     The Trustee will maintain or cause to be maintained at its expense an
office or offices or agency or agencies where Certificates may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange. The Trustee initially designates its
offices at 135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1511, Chicago, Illinois 60603,
Attention: FFML 2007-FFC as offices for such purposes. The Trustee will give
prompt written notice to the Certificateholders of any change in such location
of any such office or agency.

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     SECTION 5.10. Authenticating Agents

          (a) One or more Authenticating Agents (each, an "Authenticating
Agent") may be appointed hereunder each of which shall be authorized to act on
behalf of the Trustee in authenticating the Certificates. Wherever reference is
made in this Agreement to the authentication of Certificates by the Trustee's
certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include
authentication on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a
certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent must be an entity organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any state
thereof, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $15,000,000,
authorized under such laws to operate a trust business and subject to
supervision or examination by federal or state authorities. If the
Authenticating Agent is a party other than the Trustee, the Trustee shall have
no liability in connection with the performance or failure of performance of the
Authenticating Agent. LaSalle Bank National Association is hereby appointed as
the initial Authenticating Agent. The Trustee shall be the Authenticating Agent
during any such time as no other Authenticating Agent has been appointed and has
not resigned.

          (b) Any Person into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a
party, or any Person succeeding to the corporate agency business of any
Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be the Authenticating Agent without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent.

          (c) Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving at least
30 days' advance written notice of resignation to the Trustee and the Depositor.
Except with respect to the initial Authenticating Agent, LaSalle Bank National
Association, which shall be the Authenticating Agent for so long as it is the
Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by
giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and the
Depositor. Upon receiving a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or
in case at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in
accordance within the provisions of this Section 5.10, the Trustee may appoint a
successor Authenticating Agent, shall give written notice of such appointment to
the Depositor and shall mail notice of such appointment to all Holders of
Certificates. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its
appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties
and responsibilities of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if
originally named as Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent
shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 5.10. No
Authenticating Agent shall have responsibility or liability for any action taken
by it as such at the direction of the Trustee.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                         THE DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICER

     SECTION 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Servicer

     The Depositor and the Servicer shall each be liable in accordance herewith
only to the extent of the obligations specifically and respectively imposed upon
and undertaken by them herein.

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

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     Except as provided in the next paragraph, the Depositor and the Servicer
will each keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a
corporation or banking association under the laws of the United States or under
the laws of one of the States thereof and will each obtain and preserve its
qualification to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in
which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Agreement, or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform
its respective duties under this Agreement.

     Any Person into which the Depositor or the Servicer may be merged or
consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which
the Depositor or the Servicer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the
business of the Depositor or the Servicer, shall be the successor of the
Depositor or the Servicer, as the case may be, hereunder, without the execution
or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except for the
execution of an assumption agreement where such succession is not effected by
operation of law); provided, however, that the successor or surviving Person to
the Servicer shall be qualified to sell mortgage loans to, and to service
mortgage loans on behalf of, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

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

     None of the Depositor, the Servicer nor any of the directors, officers,
employees or agents of the Depositor or the Servicer shall be under any
liability to the Issuing Entity or the Certificateholders for any action taken
or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this
Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision
shall not protect the Depositor, the Servicer or any such Person against any
breach of representations or warranties made by it herein or protect the
Depositor, the Servicer or any such Person from any liability that would
otherwise be imposed by reasons of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence
in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations
and duties hereunder. The Depositor or the Servicer and any director, officer,
employee or agent of the Depositor or the Servicer may rely in good faith on any
document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person
respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Depositor or the Servicer and any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor or the Servicer shall be
indemnified by the Issuing Entity and held harmless against any loss, liability
or expense, incurred in connection with the performance of their duties under
this Agreement or incurred in connection with any audit, controversy or judicial
proceeding relating to a governmental taxing authority or any legal action
relating to this Agreement or the Certificates, other than any loss, liability
or expense (i) incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or
negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of reckless
disregard of obligations and duties hereunder or (ii) which does not constitute
an "unanticipated expense" within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section
1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii). Neither the Depositor nor the Servicer shall be under any
obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not
incidental to its respective duties hereunder and that in its opinion may
involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that either of the
Depositor or the Servicer in its discretion may undertake any such action that
it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and the rights
and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders hereunder. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of
such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be, expenses, costs and
liabilities of the Issuing Entity, and the Depositor and the Servicer shall be
entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the Collection Account as provided by
Section 3.08 hereof.

     Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in preparing or furnishing
any reports or certifications pursuant to this Agreement, the Servicer shall be
entitled to rely conclusively on the

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accuracy of the information or data provided to it by any other party to the
Agreement and shall have no liability for any errors therein.

     SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of Servicer

     Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, the second paragraph of Section
7.02, the second paragraph of Section 6.02 and the following paragraph of this
Section 6.04, the Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties
hereby imposed on it except upon determination that its duties hereunder are no
longer permissible under applicable law. Any such determination permitting the
resignation of the Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such
effect delivered to the Trustee, the NIMs Insurer and the Class A Certificate
Insurer. No such resignation shall become effective until the Trustee or a
successor servicer reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, the Class A Certificate
Insurer and the NIMs Insurer is appointed and has assumed the Servicer's
responsibilities, duties, liabilities and obligations hereunder. Any such
resignation shall not relieve the Servicer of any of the obligations specified
in Section 7.01 and 7.02 as obligations that survive the resignation or
termination of the Servicer.

     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the previous paragraph of this
Section 6.04, the Trustee, the Depositor and the NIMs Insurer hereby
specifically (i) consent to the pledge and assignment by the Servicer of all the
Servicer's right, title and interest in, to and under this Agreement to the
Servicing Rights Pledgee, if any, for the benefit of certain lenders, and (ii)
agree that upon delivery to the Trustee by the Servicing Rights Pledgee of a
letter signed by the Servicer whereby the Servicer shall resign as Servicer
under this Agreement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary which may be set
forth in Section 3.04 above, the Trustee shall, subject to the Class A
Certificate Insurer's prior written consent in its sole discretion, appoint the
Servicing Rights Pledgee or its designee as successor servicer, provided that
the Servicer's resignation will not be effective unless, at the time of such
appointment, the Servicing Rights Pledgee or its designee (i) meets the
requirements of a successor servicer under Section 7.03 of this Agreement
(including being acceptable to the Rating Agencies), provided, that the consent
and approval of the Trustee and the Depositor shall be deemed to have been given
to the Servicing Rights Pledgee or its designee, and the Servicing Rights
Pledgee and its designee are hereby agreed to be acceptable to the Trustee and
the Depositor and (ii) agrees to be subject to the terms of this Agreement. If,
pursuant to any provision hereof, the duties of the Servicer are transferred to
a successor servicer, the entire amount of the Servicing Fee and other
compensation payable to the Servicer pursuant hereto shall thereafter be payable
to such successor servicer. Any attempt to transfer servicing without the prior
written consent of the Class A Certificate Insurer will be void ab initio.

     SECTION 6.05. Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds

     The Servicer shall, for so long as it acts as servicer under this
Agreement, obtain and maintain in force (a) a policy or policies of insurance
covering errors and omissions in the performance of its obligations as servicer
hereunder, and (b) a fidelity bond in respect of its officers, employees and
agents. Each such policy or policies and bond shall, together, comply with the
requirements from time to time of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac for Persons
performing servicing for mortgage loans purchased by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.
The Servicer shall provide the Trustee, upon request and reasonable notice, with
copies of such policies and fidelity bond or a certification from the insurance
provider evidencing such policies and fidelity bond. The Servicer may be deemed
to have complied with this provision if an Affiliate of the Servicer has such
errors and omissions and fidelity bond coverage and, by the terms of such
insurance policy or fidelity bond, the coverage afforded thereunder extends to
the Servicer. In the event that any such policy or bond ceases to be in effect,
the Servicer shall use its reasonable best efforts

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to obtain a comparable replacement policy or bond from an insurer or issuer
meeting the requirements set forth above as of the date of such replacement. Any
such policy or fidelity bond shall by its terms not be cancelable without thirty
days' prior written notice to the Trustee.

                                  ARTICLE VII

                        DEFAULT; TERMINATION OF SERVICER

     SECTION 7.01. Events of Default

     "Event of Default," wherever used herein, means any one of the following
events:

          (i) any failure by the Servicer to make any Advance, to deposit in the
     Collection Account or the Certificate Account or remit to the Trustee any
     payment (excluding a payment required to be made under Section 4.01 hereof)
     required to be made under the terms of this Agreement, which failure shall
     continue unremedied for three Business Days and, with respect to a payment
     required to be made under Section 4.01 hereof, for one Business Day, after
     the date on which written notice of such failure shall have been given to
     the Servicer by the Trustee or the Depositor, or to the Trustee, the
     Depositor and the Servicer by the NIMs Insurer, the Class A Certificate
     Insurer or the Holders of Certificates evidencing greater than 50% of the
     Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates; or

          (ii) any failure by the Servicer to observe or perform in any material
     respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the
     Servicer contained in this Agreement or any representation or warranty
     shall prove to be untrue, which failure or breach shall continue unremedied
     for a period of sixty (60) days after the date on which written notice of
     such failure shall have been given to the Servicer, the Trustee, the
     Depositor and the Class A Certificate Insurer by the Trustee or the
     Depositor, the Class A Certificate Insurer or to the Servicer, the Trustee,
     the Depositor and the Class A Certificate Insurer by the Holders of
     Certificates evidencing greater than 50% of the Voting Rights evidenced by
     the Certificates; or

          (iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority
     having jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver or liquidator in any
     insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or
     similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs,
     shall have been entered against the Servicer and such decree or order shall
     have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty (60)
     consecutive days; or

          (iv) consent by the Servicer to the appointment of a receiver or
     liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets
     and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Servicer or
     all or substantially all of the property of the Servicer; or

          (v) admission by the Servicer in writing of its inability to pay its
     debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of,
     or commence a voluntary case under, any applicable insolvency or
     reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its
     creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; or

          (vi) any failure by the Servicer to duly perform, within the required
     time period, its obligations under Sections 3.17, 3.18 and 3.20 of this
     Agreement, which failure continues

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     unremedied for a period of ten (10) days after the date on which written
     notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been
     given to the Servicer by the Trustee or any other party to this Agreement
     or the Class A Certificate Insurer.

     If an Event of Default shall occur with respect to the Servicer, then, and
in each and every such case, so long as such Event of Default shall not have
been remedied within the applicable grace period, the Trustee (i) may, in its
discretion but with prior written consent of the Class A Certificate Insurer
(such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), (ii) shall, at the direction
of the NIMS Insurer, if any, with prior written consent of the Class A
Certificate Insurer, (iii) shall, at the direction of the Class A Certificate
Insurer, or (iv) shall, at the direction of the Holders of Certificates
evidencing greater than 50% of the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates
(with prior written consent of the Class A Certificate Insurer), by notice in
writing to the Servicer (with a copy to each Rating Agency), terminate all of
the rights and obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement and in and to
the related Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof, other than its rights as a
Certificateholder hereunder. On or after the receipt by the Servicer of such
written notice, all authority and power of the Servicer hereunder, whether with
respect to the related Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested
in the Trustee. To the extent the Event of Default resulted from the failure of
the Servicer to make a required Advance, the Trustee shall thereupon make any
Advance described in Section 4.01 hereof subject to Section 3.04 hereof. The
Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of
the Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other
instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or
appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to
complete the transfer and endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and
related documents, or otherwise. Unless expressly provided in such written
notice, no such termination shall affect any obligation of the Servicer to pay
amounts owed pursuant to Article VIII. The Servicer agrees to cooperate with the
Trustee in effecting the termination of the Servicer's responsibilities and
rights hereunder, including, without limitation, the transfer to the Trustee of
all cash amounts which shall at the time be credited to the Collection Account,
or thereafter be received with respect to the Mortgage Loans. The Servicer and
the Trustee shall promptly notify the Rating Agencies of the occurrence of an
Event of Default, such notice to be provided in any event within two Business
Days of such occurrence.

     Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of the Servicer
hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive, out of any late collection
of a Scheduled Payment on a Mortgage Loan that was due prior to the notice
terminating the Servicer's rights and obligations as Servicer hereunder and
received after such notice, that portion thereof to which the Servicer would
have been entitled pursuant to Section 3.08(a), and any other amounts payable to
the Servicer hereunder the entitlement to which arose prior to the termination
of its activities hereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
upon termination of the Servicer hereunder, any liabilities of the Servicer
which accrued prior to such termination shall survive such termination.

     SECTION 7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor

     On and after the time the Servicer receives a notice of termination
pursuant to Section 7.01 hereof, the Trustee shall, to the extent provided in
Section 3.04, be the successor to the Servicer in its capacity as servicer under
this Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for herein and shall
be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto
placed on the Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof and applicable law
including the obligation to make advances pursuant to Section 4.01. As
compensation therefor, subject to the last paragraph of Section 7.01, the
Trustee shall be entitled to all fees, compensation and reimbursement for costs
and expenses that the Servicer would have

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been entitled to hereunder if the Servicer had continued to act hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee has become the successor to the
Servicer in accordance with Section 7.01 hereof, the Trustee may, if it shall be
unwilling to so act, or shall, if it is prohibited by applicable law from making
Advances pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof or if it is otherwise unable to so act,
appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any
established mortgage loan servicing institution and does not adversely affect
the then current rating of the Certificates by each Rating Agency as the
successor to the Servicer hereunder in the assumption of all or any part of the
responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Servicer hereunder. Any successor
Servicer shall be an institution that is acceptable to the NIMs Insurer and the
Class A Certificate Insurer and is a Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac approved
seller/servicer in good standing, that has a net worth of at least $15,000,000,
and that is willing to service the Mortgage Loans and executes and delivers to
the Depositor and the Trustee an agreement accepting such delegation and
assignment, that contains an assumption by such Person of the rights, powers,
duties, responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of the Servicer (other
than liabilities of the Servicer under Section 6.03 hereof incurred prior to
termination of the Servicer under Section 7.01), with like effect as if
originally named as a party to this Agreement; and provided further that each
Rating Agency acknowledges that its rating of the Certificates in effect
immediately prior to such assignment and delegation will not be qualified or
reduced as a result of such assignment and delegation. No appointment of a
successor to the Servicer hereunder shall be effective until the Trustee shall
have consented thereto, prior written consent of the NIMs Insurer and the Class
A Certificate Insurer is obtained and written notice of such proposed
appointment shall have been provided by the Trustee to each Certificateholder.
Any purported appointment of a successor servicer without the prior written
consent of the Class A Certificate Insurer shall be void ab initio. The Trustee
shall not resign as servicer until a successor servicer has been appointed and
has accepted such appointment. Pending appointment of a successor to the
Servicer hereunder, the Trustee, unless the Trustee is prohibited by law from so
acting, shall, subject to Section 3.04 hereof, act in such capacity as
hereinabove provided. In connection with such appointment and assumption, the
Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of
payments on Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall agree; provided,
however, that no such compensation shall be in excess of that permitted the
Servicer hereunder. The Trustee and such successor shall take such action,
consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such
succession. Neither the Trustee nor any other successor servicer shall be deemed
to be in default hereunder by reason of any failure to make, or any delay in
making, any distribution hereunder or any portion thereof or any failure to
perform, or any delay in performing, any duties or responsibilities hereunder,
in either case caused by the failure of the Servicer to deliver or provide, or
any delay in delivering or providing, any cash, information, documents or
records to it.

     Any successor to the Servicer as servicer shall give notice to the
Mortgagors of such change of servicer and shall, during the term of its service
as servicer maintain in force the policy or policies that the Servicer is
required to maintain pursuant to Section 6.05.

     SECTION 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders

          (a) Upon any termination of or appointment of a successor to the
Servicer, the Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to
Certificateholders, the Class A Certificate Insurer, the Depositor and to each
Rating Agency.

          (b) Within sixty (60) days after the occurrence of any Event of
Default, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders, the Class
A Certificate Insurer and the Rating Agencies

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notice of each such Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such
Event of Default shall have been cured or waived.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                             CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

     SECTION 8.01. Duties of the Trustee

     The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the
curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to
perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Agreement. In case an Event of Default has occurred and remains uncured, the
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Agreement and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent
person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such
person's own affairs. In case an Event of Default or other default by the
Servicer or the Depositor hereunder shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee
shall, at the written direction of the majority of the Certificateholders (with
prior written consent of the Class A Certificate Insurer), the Class A
Certificate Insurer or the NIMs Insurer (with the prior written consent of the
Class A Certificate Insurer), or may, proceed to protect and enforce its rights
and the rights of the Certificateholders, the Class A Certificate Insurer or the
NIMs Insurer under this Agreement by a suit, action or proceeding in equity or
at law or otherwise, whether for the specific performance of any covenant or
agreement contained in this agreement or in aid of the execution of any power
granted in this Agreement or for the enforcement of any other legal, equitable
or other remedy, as the Trustee, being advised by counsel and subject to the
foregoing, shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of the rights of
the Trustee, the NIMs Insurer, the Class A Certificate Insurer and the
Certificateholders.

     The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements,
opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the
Trustee that are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provision
of this Agreement, shall examine them to determine whether they conform on their
face to the requirements of this Agreement. If any such instrument is found not
to conform on its face to the requirements of this Agreement in a material
manner, the Trustee shall notify the person providing such Agreement of such
non-conformance, and if the instrument is not corrected to the its satisfaction,
the Trustee will provide notice thereof to the Certificateholders, the Class A
Certificate Insurer and the NIMs Insurer and take such further action as
directed by the Certificateholders (with the prior written consent of the Class
A Certificate Insurer), the Class A Certificate Insurer and the NIMs Insurer
(with the prior written consent of the Class A Certificate Insurer).

     No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee
from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or
its own misconduct, its negligent failure to perform its obligations in
compliance with this Agreement, or any liability that would be imposed by reason
of its willful misfeasance or bad faith; provided, however, that:

          (i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, and after the
     curing of all such Events of Default that may have occurred, the duties and
     obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express
     provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be liable, individually
     or as Trustee, except for the performance of such duties and obligations as
     are specifically set forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or
     obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee and, the
     Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the

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     statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any
     certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the
     requirements of this Agreement that it reasonably believed in good faith to
     be genuine and to have been duly executed by the proper authorities
     respecting any matters arising hereunder;

          (ii) the Trustee shall not, individually or as Trustee, be liable for
     an error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or
     Responsible Officers of the Trustee unless the Trustee was negligent or
     acted in bad faith or with willful misfeasance;

          (iii) the Trustee shall not be liable, individually or as Trustee,
     with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in
     good faith in accordance with the direction of the NIMs Insurer, the Class
     A Certificate Insurer or the Holders in accordance with this Agreement
     relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
     remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred
     upon the Trustee under this Agreement; and

          (iv) the Trustee shall not be responsible for the acts or omissions of
     any Servicer or any Subservicer, it being understood that this Agreement
     shall not be construed to render any of them agents of one another.

     SECTION 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee

          (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:

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

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

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

          (iv) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder and
     after the curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred, the
     Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
     matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
     opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other
     paper or document, unless requested in writing so to do by the NIMs
     Insurer, the Class A Certificate Insurer or the Holders of each Class of
     Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights of such
     Class;

          (v) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
     perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents,
     custodians, accountants or attorneys or

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     independent contractors and the Trustee will not be responsible for any
     misconduct or negligence on the part of any other agent, custodian,
     accountant, attorney or independent contractor appointed with due care by
     it hereunder;

          (vi) the Trustee shall not be required to expend its own funds or
     otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its
     duties hereunder if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
     repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such liability is not
     assured to it;

          (vii) the Trustee shall not be liable, individually or as Trustee, for
     any loss on any investment of funds pursuant to this Agreement (other than
     as issuer of the investment security) (except as provided in section
     3.05(f) hereof);

          (viii) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of an Event
     of Default until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received
     written notice thereof;

          (ix) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
     trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to make any
     investigation of matters arising hereunder or to institute, conduct or
     defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order
     or direction of any of the NIMs Insurer, the Class A Certificate Insurer or
     the Certificateholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement,
     unless the NIMs Insurer, the Class A Certificate Insurer or the
     Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
     indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities
     that may be incurred therein or thereby;

          (x) if requested by the Servicer, the Trustee shall appoint the
     Servicer as the Trustee's attorney-in-fact in order to carry out and
     perform certain activities that are necessary or appropriate for the
     servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this
     Agreement. Such appointment shall be evidenced by a power of attorney in
     such form as may be agreed to by the Trustee and the Servicer. The Trustee
     shall have no liability for any action or inaction of the Servicer in
     connection with such power of attorney and the Trustee shall be indemnified
     by the Servicer for all liabilities, costs and expenses incurred by the
     Trustee in connection with the Servicer's use or misuse of such powers of
     attorney; and

          (xi) in order to comply with its duties under the U.S.A. Patriot Act,
     the Trustee shall obtain and verify certain information and documentation
     from the other parties hereto, including but not limited to, such party's
     name, address and other identifying information.

          (b) All rights of action under this Agreement or under any of the
Certificates, enforceable by the Trustee, may be enforced by the Trustee without
the possession of any of the Certificates, or the production thereof at the
trial or other proceeding relating thereto, and any such suit, action or
proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its name for the
benefit of all the Holders of the Certificates and the Class A Certificate
Insurer, subject to the provisions of this Agreement. The Trustee shall have no
duty (A) to see to any recording, filing, or depositing of this Agreement or any
agreement referred to herein or any financing statement or continuation
statement evidencing a security interest, or to see to the maintenance of any
rerecording, refiling or redepositing, as applicable, thereof, (B) to see to any
insurance or (C) to see to the payment or discharge of any tax,

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assessment, or other governmental charge or any lien or encumbrance of any kind
owing with respect to, assessed or levied against, any part of the Trust Fund.

     SECTION 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans

     The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the
Depositor or the Servicer, as the case may be, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representation as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, of any Mortgage Loan, or any
related document other than with respect to the execution and authentication of
the Certificates, if it so executed or authorized the Certificates. The Trustee
shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor or the
Servicer of any funds paid to the Depositor or the Servicer in respect of the
Mortgage Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from the Collection Account or the
Certificate Account by the Depositor or the Servicer.

     SECTION 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates

     The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or
pledgee of Certificates with the same rights as it would have if it was not the
Trustee.

     SECTION 8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses

     The Trustee and any custodian shall be entitled to, such compensation as
shall be agreed to in writing by the Trustee and the Depositor (which shall not
be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of
an express trust) for all services rendered by it in the execution of the trusts
hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and
duties hereunder of the Trustee.

     SECTION 8.06. Indemnification and Expenses of Trustee

          (a) LaSalle Bank National Association (as Trustee and in its
individual corporate capacity) and its directors, officers, employees and agents
shall be entitled to indemnification from the Issuing Entity for any loss,
liability or expense incurred in connection with (i) any audit, controversy or
judicial proceeding relating to a governmental authority or any legal proceeding
incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on their part, arising out of,
or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trusts created
hereunder and (ii) the performance of their duties hereunder, including any
applicable fees and expenses payable hereunder, and the costs and expenses of
defending themselves against any claim in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of their powers or duties hereunder, provided that:

          (i) with respect to any such claim, the Trustee shall have given the
     Depositor written notice thereof promptly after the Trustee shall have
     knowledge thereof; provided that failure to so notify shall not relieve the
     Issuing Entity of the obligation to indemnify the Trustee; however, any
     reasonable delay by the Trustee to provide written notice to the Depositor,
     the Class A Certificate Insurer and the Holders promptly after the Trustee
     shall have obtained knowledge of a claim shall not relieve the Issuing
     Entity of the obligation to indemnify the Trustee under this Section 8.06;

          (ii) while maintaining control over its own defense, the Trustee shall
     reasonably cooperate and consult with the Depositor in preparing such
     defense;

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          (iii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8.06,
     the Issuing Entity shall not be liable for settlement of any such claim by
     the Trustee entered into without the prior consent of the Depositor, which
     consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; and

          (iv) indemnification therefor would constitute "unanticipated
     expenses" within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section
     1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii).

     Any indemnification payments to the Trustee (or a custodian) pursuant to
this Section 8.06(a) shall be allocated first to principal and then, to the
extent remaining, to interest.

     The provisions of this Section 8.06 shall survive any termination of this
Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Trustee and shall be construed
to include, but not be limited to any loss, liability or expense under any
environmental law.

          (b) The Trustee shall be entitled to reimbursement by the Trust Fund
of all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the
Trustee in accordance with this Agreement (including fees and expenses of its
counsel and all persons not regularly in its employment), except any such
expenses, disbursements and advances that either (i) arise from its negligence,
bad faith or willful misconduct or (ii) do not constitute "unanticipated
expenses" within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii).

          (c) The Trustee's right to indemnification and reimbursement shall be
subject to a cap of $400,000 in the aggregate in any calendar year, excluding
(i) any Servicing Transfer Costs and (ii) any costs, damages or expenses
incurred by the Trustee or the Servicer in connection with any "high cost" home
loans or any predatory or abusive lending laws, which amounts shall in no case
be subject to any such limitation; provided, however, that such cap shall apply
only if (a) the Class A Certificates remain outstanding and insured by the Class
A Certificate Insurer or (b) NIM Notes have been issued and there is a NIMs
Insurer with respect to such NIM Notes, and shall cease to apply after the date
on which any NIM Notes or Class A Certificates are paid in full or if there is
no NIMs Insurer or Class A Insurer; provided further, however, that amounts
incurred by the Trustee in excess of such annual limit in any calendar year
shall be payable to the Trustee in succeeding calendar years, subject to such
annual limit for each applicable calendar year. Any amounts reimbursable
hereunder not in excess of this cap may be withdrawn by the Trustee from the
Certificate Account at any time.

          (d) Any custodian appointed by the Trustee as herein provided shall be
entitled to indemnification and reimbursement of expenses to the same extent as
the Trustee is entitled to such amounts pursuant to subsection (a) and (b) of
this Section 8.06, without regard to subsection (c) of this Section 8.06.

     SECTION 8.07. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee

     The Trustee hereunder shall, at all times, be a corporation or association
organized and doing business under the laws of a state or the United States of
America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers having a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or
examination by federal or state authority and with a credit rating that would
not cause any of the Rating Agencies to reduce their respective ratings of any
Class of Certificates below the ratings issued on the Closing Date (or having
provided such security from time to time as is sufficient to avoid such
reduction). If such corporation or association publishes reports of condition at
least annually,

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pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section 8.07 the combined capital and
surplus of such corporation or association shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.07, the Trustee shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.08 hereof.
The corporation or national banking association serving as Trustee may have
normal banking and trust relationships with the Depositor, the NIMs Insurer and
their respective Affiliates; provided, however, that such corporation cannot be
an Affiliate of the Servicer.

     SECTION 8.08. Resignation and Removal of Trustee

     The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby
created by (1) giving written notice of resignation to the Depositor and the
Class A Certificate Insurer by mailing notice of resignation by first class
mail, postage prepaid, to the Certificateholders at their addresses appearing on
the Certificate Register and each Rating Agency, not less than sixty (60) days
before the date specified in such notice when, subject to Section 8.09, such
resignation is to take effect, and (2) acceptance of appointment by a successor
trustee acceptable to the NIMs Insurer and the Class A Certificate Insurer in
accordance with Section 8.09 and meeting the qualifications set forth in Section
8.07. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted
appointment within thirty (30) days after the giving of such notice or
resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.

     If at any time (i) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of Section 8.07 hereof and shall fail to resign after
written request thereto by the Depositor, the NIMs Insurer or the Class A
Certificate Insurer or (ii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or
shall be adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of
its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the Depositor may remove the
Trustee and shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in
triplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee and
one copy of which shall be delivered to the successor trustee.

     The Holders evidencing at least 51% of the Voting Rights of all Classes of
Certificates, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer and the Class A Certificate
Insurer, may at any time remove the Trustee and the Depositor shall appoint a
successor trustee (acceptable to the Class A Certificate Insurer) by written
instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such Holders or their
attorneys-in-fact duly authorized (or by the NIMs Insurer or the Class A
Certificate Insurer), one complete set of which instruments shall be delivered
by the successor trustee to the Servicer, one complete set to the Trustee so
removed and one complete set to the successor so appointed. Notice of any
removal of the Trustee shall be given to the NIMs Insurer, the Class A
Certificate Insurer and to each Rating Agency by the successor trustee.

     Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor
trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 8.08 shall become
effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in
Section 8.09 hereof.

     SECTION 8.09. Successor Trustee

     Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.08 hereof shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and to its predecessor
trustee, the NIMs Insuer, the Class A Certificate

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Insurer and the Servicer an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder and
thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become
effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and
obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if originally
named as trustee herein.

     No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section
8.09 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be
eligible under the provisions of Section 8.07 hereof and its appointment shall
not adversely affect the then current rating of the Certificates.

     Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this
Section 8.09, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such trustee
hereunder to all Holders of Certificates and the Class A Certificate Insurer. If
the Depositor fails to mail such notice within ten (10) days after acceptance of
appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such
notice to be mailed at the expense of the Depositor.

     SECTION 8.10. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee

     Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided that such corporation shall be eligible under the provisions of Section
8.07 hereof without the execution or filing of any paper or further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding (except for the execution of an assumption agreement where such
succession is not effected by operation of law).

     SECTION 8.11. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee

     Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for
the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any
part of the Trust Fund or property securing any Mortgage Note may at the time be
located, the Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and
shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons
approved by the Trustee, the NIMs Insurer and the Class A Certificate Insurer to
act as co-trustee or co-trustees jointly with the Trustee, or separate trustee
or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such
Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, such title to the Trust Fund or any part thereof, whichever
is applicable, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 8.11, such
powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Servicer and the Trustee
may consider necessary or desirable. Any such co-trustee or separate trustee
shall be compensated by the Trust Fund and subject to the written approval of
the Servicer, the NIMs Insurer and the Class A Certificate Insurer. The Trustee
shall not be liable for the actions of any co-trustee appointed with due care;
provided that the appointment of a co-trustee shall not relieve the Trustee of
its obligations hereunder. If the Servicer, the NIMs Insurer and the Class A
Certificate Insurer shall not have joined in such appointment within fifteen
(15) days after the receipt by it of a request to do so, or in the case an Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have
the power to make such appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder
shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under
Section 8.07 and no notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of any
co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under Section 8.09.

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     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 Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or
     performed by the 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 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 (whether as Trustee hereunder or
     as successor to the Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent
     or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights,
     powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust
     Fund 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 Trustee;

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

          (iii) The Trustee, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer and the Class
     A Certificate Insurer, may at any time accept the resignation of or remove
     any separate trustee or co-trustee.

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

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

     SECTION 8.12. Tax Matters

          (a) It is intended that each of the REMICs provided for herein shall
constitute, and that the affairs of the Trust Fund shall be conducted so as to
allow each such REMIC to qualify as, a "real estate mortgage investment conduit"
as defined in and in accordance with the REMIC Provisions. It is also intended
that each of the grantor trusts provided for in Section 2.07 hereof shall
constitute, and that the affairs of the Trust Fund shall be conducted so as to
allow each such grantor trust to qualify as, a grantor trust under the
provisions of Subpart E, Part I of Subchapter J of the Code. In furtherance of
such intention, the Trustee covenants and agrees that it shall act as agent (and
the Trustee is hereby appointed to act as agent) on behalf of each of the REMICs
provided for herein and that in such capacity it shall: (a) prepare and file, or
cause to be prepared and filed, in a timely manner, a U.S. Real Estate Mortgage

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Investment Conduit Income Tax Return (Form 1066 or any successor form adopted by
the Internal Revenue Service) and prepare and file or cause to be prepared and
filed with the Internal Revenue Service and applicable state or local tax
authorities income tax or information returns for each taxable year with respect
to each of the REMICs and grantor trusts provided for herein, containing such
information and at the times and in the manner as may be required by the Code or
state or local tax laws, regulations, or rules, and furnish or cause to be
furnished to Certificateholders the schedules, statements or information at such
times and in such manner as may be required thereby; (b) within thirty (30) days
of the Closing Date, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Internal Revenue
Service, on Forms 8811 or as otherwise may be required by the Code, the name,
title, address, and telephone number of the person that the holders of the
Certificates may contact for tax information relating thereto, together with
such additional information as may be required by such Form, and update such
information at the time or times in the manner required by the Code for each of
the REMICs provided for herein; (c) make or cause to be made elections, on
behalf of each of the REMICs provided for herein to be treated as a REMIC on the
federal tax return of such REMICs for their first taxable years (and, if
necessary, under applicable state law); (d) prepare and forward, or cause to be
prepared and forwarded, to the Certificateholders and to the Internal Revenue
Service and, if necessary, state tax authorities, all information returns and
reports as and when required to be provided to them in accordance with the REMIC
Provisions or other applicable law, including without limitation, the
calculation of any original issue discount using the Prepayment Assumption; (e)
provide information necessary for the computation of tax imposed on the transfer
of a Class R Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, or an
agent (including a broker, nominee or other middleman) of a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee, or a pass through entity in which a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee is the record holder of an interest (the reasonable cost of
computing and furnishing such information may be charged to the Person liable
for such tax); (f) to the extent that they are under its control conduct the
affairs of each of the REMICs and grantor trusts provided for herein at all
times that any Certificates are outstanding so as to maintain the status of each
of the REMICs provided for herein as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions and the
status of each of the grantor trusts provided for herein as a grantor trust
under Subpart E, Part I of Subchapter J of the Code; (g) not knowingly or
intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the
termination of the REMIC status of any of the REMICs provided for herein or
result in the imposition of tax upon any such REMIC; (h) not knowingly or
intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the
termination of the grantor trust status under Subpart E, Part I of Subchapter J
of the Code of any of the grantor trusts provided for herein or result in the
imposition of tax upon any such grantor trust; (i) pay, from the sources
specified in the last paragraph of this Section 8.12(a), the amount of any
federal, state and local taxes, including prohibited transaction taxes as
described below, imposed on each of the REMICs provided for herein prior to the
termination of the Trust Fund when and as the same shall be due and payable (but
such obligation shall not prevent the Trustee or any other appropriate Person
from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings and shall not prevent
the Trustee from withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending
the outcome of such proceedings); (j) sign or cause to be signed federal, state
or local income tax or information returns; (k) maintain records relating to
each of the REMICs provided for herein, including but not limited to the income,
expenses, assets and liabilities of each of the REMICs and grantor trusts
provided for herein; and (l) as and when necessary and appropriate, represent
each of the REMICs provided for herein in any administrative or judicial
proceedings relating to an examination or audit by any governmental taxing
authority, request an administrative adjustment as to any taxable year of any of
the REMICs provided for herein, enter into settlement agreements with any
governmental taxing agency, extend any statute of limitations relating to any
tax item of any of the REMICs provided for herein, and otherwise act on behalf
of each of the REMICs provided for herein in relation to any tax matter
involving any of such REMICs or any controversy involving the Trust Fund.

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     In order to enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set forth herein,
the Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the Trustee within ten
(10) days after the Closing Date all information or data that the Trustee
requests in writing and determines to be relevant for tax purposes to the
valuations and offering prices of the Certificates, including, without
limitation, the price, yield, prepayment assumption and projected cash flows of
the Certificates and the Mortgage Loans. Thereafter, the Depositor shall provide
to the Trustee promptly upon written request therefor, any such additional
information or data that the Trustee may, from time to time, request in order to
enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set forth herein. The Depositor
hereby agrees to indemnify the Trustee for any losses, liabilities, damages,
claims or expenses of the Trustee arising from any errors or miscalculations of
the Trustee that result from any failure of the Depositor to provide, or to
cause to be provided, accurate information or data to the Trustee on a timely
basis.

     In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited transactions" of any of
the REMICs provided for herein as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on
the "net income from foreclosure property" of any of such REMICs as defined in
Section 860G(c) of the Code, on any contribution to the Trust Fund after the
Startup Day pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any other tax is
imposed, if not paid as otherwise provided for herein, such tax shall be paid by
(i) the Trustee, if any such other tax arises out of or results from a breach by
the Trustee of any of its obligations under this Agreement or as a result of the
location of the Trustee, (ii) any party hereto (other than the Trustee) to the
extent any such other tax arises out of or results from a breach by such other
party of any of its obligations under this Agreement or as a result of the
location of such other party or (iii) in all other cases, or in the event that
any liable party here fails to honor its obligations under the preceding clauses
(i) or (ii), any such tax will be paid first with amounts otherwise to be
distributed to the Class R Certificateholders (pro rata) pursuant to Section
4.04, and second with amounts otherwise to be distributed to all other
Certificateholders in the following order of priority: first, to the Class C
Certificates (pro rata), second, to the Class B-4 Certificates (pro rata),
third, to the Class B-3 Certificates (pro rata), fourth, to the Class B-2
Certificates (pro rata), fifth, to the Class B-1 Certificates (pro rata), sixth,
to the Class M-4 Certificates (pro rata), seventh, to the Class M-3 Certificates
(pro rata), eighth, to the Class M-2 Certificates (pro rata), ninth, to the
Class M-1 Certificates (pro rata) and tenth, to the Class A Certificates (pro
rata). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, to the extent
that such tax is payable by the Class R Certificate, the Trustee is hereby
authorized pursuant to such instruction to retain on any Distribution Date, from
the Holders of the Class R Certificate (and, if necessary, from the Holders of
all other Certificates in the priority specified in the preceding sentence),
funds otherwise distributable to such Holders in an amount sufficient to pay
such tax. The Trustee agrees to promptly notify in writing the party liable for
any such tax of the amount thereof and the due date for the payment thereof.

          (b) Each of the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee agrees not to
knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would
cause the termination of the REMIC status of any of the REMICs provided for
herein or result in the imposition of a tax upon any of the REMICs provided for
herein.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                                   TERMINATION

     SECTION 9.01. Termination upon Liquidation or Repurchase of all Mortgage
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          (a) Subject to Section 9.03, the obligations and responsibilities of
the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee created hereby with respect to the
Trust Fund shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) an Optional Termination and
(b) the later of (i) the maturity or other liquidation (or any Advance with
respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and the
disposition of all REO Property and (ii) the distribution to Certificateholders
and the Class A Certificate Insurer of all amounts required to be distributed to
them pursuant to this Agreement, as applicable. In no event shall the trusts
created hereby continue beyond the earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years
from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the
late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James's, living on the
date hereof and (ii) the Latest Possible Maturity Date.

          (b) On or before the Determination Date following the Initial Optional
Termination Date, the Trustee shall attempt to terminate the Trust Fund by
conducting an auction of all of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties via a
solicitation of bids from at least three (3) bidders, each of which shall be a
nationally recognized participant in mortgage finance, and which may include an
owner of the Class C Certificates (the "Auction"). The Depositor and the Trustee
agree to work in good faith to develop bid procedures in advance of the Initial
Optional Termination Date to govern the operation of the Auction. The Trustee
shall be entitled to retain an investment banking firm and/or other agents in
connection with the Auction, the cost of which shall be included in the Optional
Termination Price (unless an Optional Termination does not occur in which case
such costs shall be an expense of the Trust Fund). The Trustee shall accept the
highest bid received at the Auction; provided that the amount of such bid equals
or exceeds the Optional Termination Price. The Trustee shall determine the
Optional Termination Price based upon information provided by (a) the Servicer
with respect to the amounts described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition
of "Optional Termination Price" and (b) the Depositor with respect to the
information described in clauses (iii) and (iv) of the definition of "Optional
Termination Price." The Trustee may conclusively rely upon the information
provided to it in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence and shall
not have any liability for the failure of any party to provide such information.

     If no sale under Section 9.01(b) occurs the NIMs Insurer may, at its
option, terminate the Trust Fund on any Distribution Date by purchasing all of
the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at the price equal to the Optional
Termination Price. If an Optional Termination does not occur as a result of the
Auction's failure to achieve the Optional Termination Price, and the NIMs
Insurer fails to exercise its option to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans, the
Servicer (or an affiliate of the Servicer) may, on any Distribution Date
following such Auction, at its option, terminate the Trust Fund by purchasing
all of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal to the Optional
Termination Price. In connection with such termination, the Optional Termination
Price shall be delivered to the Trustee no later than two Business Days
immediately preceding the related Distribution Date. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary herein, the Optional Termination Amount paid to the Trustee by the
winning bidder at the Auction or by the Servicer (or an affiliate of the
Servicer or the NIMs Insurer) shall be deposited by the Trustee directly into
the Certificate Account immediately upon receipt. Upon any termination as a
result of an Auction, the Trustee shall, out of the Optional Termination Amount
deposited into the Certificate Account, (x) reimburse the Trustee for its costs
and expenses necessary to conduct the Auction and any other unreimbursed amounts
owing to it and (y) pay to the Servicer, the aggregate amount of any
unreimbursed out-of-pocket costs and expenses owed to the Servicer and any
unpaid or unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances and Servicing Advances.

          (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clause (b) above, it
shall be a condition precedent to any purchase of the Mortgage Loans by either
the NIMs Insurer or the Servicer

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that the Class A Certificate Insurer shall have consented to such termination,
unless such purchase price shall include an amount sufficient to prevent any
additional draws under the Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy and
equal to all amounts owed to the Class A Certificate Insurer.

          (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clause (b) above, in
the event that the Trustee receives the written opinion of a nationally
recognized participant in mortgage finance acceptable to the Sponsor that the
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties to be included in the Auction will not be
saleable at a price sufficient to achieve the Optional Termination Price, the
Trustee need not conduct the Auction. In such event, the Servicer shall have the
option to purchase the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at the Optional
Termination Price as of the Initial Optional Termination Date.

     SECTION 9.02. Final Distribution on the Certificates

     If on any Determination Date, (i) the Trustee determines that there are no
Outstanding Mortgage Loans and no other funds or assets in the Trust Fund other
than the funds in the Collection Account, the Trustee shall send a final
distribution notice promptly to each Certificateholder or (ii) the Trustee
determines that a Class of Certificates shall be retired after a final
distribution on such Class, the Trustee shall notify the Certificateholders as
soon as practicable after such Determination Date that the final distribution in
retirement of such Class of Certificates is scheduled to be made on the
immediately following Distribution Date. Any final distribution made pursuant to
the immediately preceding sentence will be made only upon presentation and
surrender of the Certificates at the office of the Trustee specified in such
notice.

     Notice of any termination of the Trust Fund, specifying the Distribution
Date on which Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates for payment of
the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly by the Trustee
by letter to Certificateholders mailed as soon as practicable after a
determination is made pursuant to the preceding paragraph (or with respect to an
Auction, mailed no later than one Business Day following completion of such
Auction). Any such notice shall specify (a) the Distribution Date upon which
final distribution on the Certificates will be made upon presentation and
surrender of Certificates at the office therein designated, (b) the location of
the office or agency at which such presentation and surrender must be made, and
(c) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not
applicable, distributions being made only upon presentation and surrender of the
Certificates at the office therein specified. The Trustee will give such notice
to the Class A Certificate Insurer and to each Rating Agency at the time such
notice is given to Certificateholders.

     In the event such notice is given, the Servicer shall remit all funds in
the Collection Account to the Trustee for deposit in the Certificate Account on
the Servicer Remittance Date in an amount equal to the final distribution in
respect of the Certificates. Upon such final deposit and the receipt by the
Trustee of a Request for Release therefor, the Trustee shall promptly release to
the Mortgage Files for the Mortgage Loans.

     Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee shall
cause to be distributed to Certificateholders of each Class the amounts
allocable to such Certificates held in the Certificate Account in the order and
priority set forth in Section 4.04 hereof on the final Distribution Date and in
proportion to their respective Percentage Interests.

     In the event that any affected Certificateholders shall not surrender
Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date specified in the
above mentioned written notice, the Trustee shall give a

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second written notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their
Certificates for cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect
thereto. If within six months after the second notice all the applicable
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may
take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to
contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of their
Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other
assets that remain a part of the Trust Fund. If within one year after the second
notice all Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the
Class R Certificateholders shall be entitled to all unclaimed funds and other
assets of the Trust Fund that remain subject hereto. Upon payment to the Class R
Certificateholders of such funds and assets, the Trustee shall not have any
further duties or obligations with respect thereto.

     SECTION 9.03. Additional Termination Requirements

          (a) In the event the Trustee or the Servicer completes an Optional
Termination as provided in Section 9.01, the Trust Fund shall be terminated in
accordance with the following additional requirements, unless the Trustee has
been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the Servicer, as
applicable, to the effect that the failure of the Issuing Entity to comply with
the requirements of this Section 9.03 will not (i) result in the imposition of
taxes on "prohibited transactions" of any of the REMICs provided for herein as
defined in Section 860F of the Code, or (ii) cause any of the REMICs provided
for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are
outstanding:

          (i) The Depositor shall establish a 90-day liquidation period and
     notify the Trustee thereof, and the Trustee shall in turn specify the first
     day of such period in a statement attached to the final tax returns of each
     of the REMICs provided for herein pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section
     1.860F-1. The Depositor shall satisfy all the requirements of a qualified
     liquidation under Section 860F of the Code and any regulations thereunder,
     as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel obtained at the expense of the
     Servicer;

          (ii) During such 90-day liquidation period, and at or prior to the
     time of making the final payment on the Certificates, the Depositor as
     agent of the Trustee shall sell all of the assets of the Trust Fund for
     cash; and

          (iii) At the time of the making of the final payment on the
     Certificates, the Trustee shall distribute or credit, or cause to be
     distributed or credited, to the Class R Certificateholders all cash on hand
     (other than cash retained to meet outstanding claims), and the Trust Fund
     shall terminate at that time, whereupon the Trustee shall have no further
     duties or obligations with respect to sums distributed or credited to the
     Class R Certificateholders.

          (b) By their acceptance of the Certificates, the Holders thereof
hereby authorize the Depositor to specify the 90-day liquidation period for the
Trust Fund, which authorization shall be binding upon all successor
Certificateholders.

          (c) The Trustee as agent for each REMIC hereby agrees to adopt and
sign such a plan of complete liquidation prepared and delivered to it by the
Depositor upon the written request of the Depositor, and the receipt of the
Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section 9.03(a) and to take such other action
in connection therewith as may be reasonably requested by the Depositor.

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          (d) Notwithstanding any other terms of this Agreement, prior to any
termination of the Trust Fund, the Servicer may prepare a reconciliation of all
Advances and Servicing Advances made by it for which it has not been reimbursed
and a reasonable estimate of all additional Servicing Advances and other costs
for which it would be entitled to be reimbursed if the Trust Fund were not being
terminated, including without limitation, any Servicing Advances and other costs
arising under Section 6.03 (Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the
Servicer and Others), and the Servicer may recover these Advances, Servicing
Advances and estimated Servicing Advances and other costs from the Collection
Account (to the extent that such recovery of Servicing Advances, estimated
Servicing Advances and other costs constitutes "unanticipated expenses" within
the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii)).

          (e) Notwithstanding any other terms of this Agreement, unless the
Servicer previously has notified the Trustee that it has entered into a
servicing agreement for the servicing after the termination date of the Trust
Fund assets, at least twenty (20) days prior to any termination of the Trust
Fund, the Trustee or the Depositor shall notify the Servicer in writing to
transfer the assets of the Trust Fund as of the termination date to the person
specified in the notice, or if such person is not then known, to continue
servicing the assets until the date that is twenty (20) days after the
termination date and on the termination date, the Trustee or the Depositor shall
notify the Servicer of the person to whom the assets should be transferred on
that date. In the latter event the Servicer shall be entitled to recover its
servicing fee and any advances made for the interim servicing period from the
collections on the assets which have been purchased from the Trust Fund and the
new owner of the assets, and the agreements for the new owner to obtain
ownership of the assets of the Trust Fund shall so provide.

                                   ARTICLE X

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     SECTION 10.01. Amendment

     This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer and the Class A
Certificate Insurer (such consents shall not be unreasonably withheld) and
without the consent of any of the Certificateholders,

          (i) to cure any ambiguity or correct any mistake,

          (ii) to correct, modify or supplement any provision herein which may
     be inconsistent with the Prospectus Supplement or any other provision
     herein,

          (iii) to add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions
     arising under this Agreement, or

          (iv) to modify, alter, amend, add to or rescind any of the terms or
     provisions contained in this Agreement, provided, however, that, in the
     case of clauses (iii) and (iv), such amendment will not, as evidenced by an
     Opinion of Counsel to such effect, adversely affect in any material respect
     the interests of any Holder; provided, further, however, that such
     amendment will be deemed to not adversely affect in any material respect
     the interest of any Holder if the Person requesting such amendment obtains
     a letter from each Rating Agency stating that such amendment will not
     result in a reduction or withdrawal of its rating of any Class of the

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     Certificates, it being understood and agreed that any such letter in and of
     itself will not represent a determination as to the materiality of any such
     amendment and will represent a determination only as to the credit issues
     affecting any such rating.

     In addition, this Agreement may be amended from time to time by the
Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the
Certificateholders but with the prior written consent of the Class A Certificate
Insurer (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) and without delivery
of an Opinion of Counsel (as referenced in (iv) above) to comply with the
provisions of Regulation AB.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of the
Certificateholders but with the prior written consent of the Class A Certificate
Insurer, the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee may at any time and from
time to time amend this Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its
provisions to such extent as shall be necessary or appropriate to maintain the
qualification of any of the REMICs provided for herein as REMICs under the Code
or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund
or any of the REMICs provided for herein pursuant to the Code that would be a
claim against the Trust Fund at any time prior to the final redemption of the
Certificates, provided that the Trustee, the Class A Certificate Insurer and the
NIMs Insurer shall have been provided an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall
be an expense of the party requesting such amendment but in any case shall not
be an expense of the Trustee, the Class A Certificate Insurer or the NIMs
Insurer, to the effect that such action is necessary or appropriate to maintain
such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of such a
tax.

     This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Trustee, the Servicer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Certificates affected
thereby evidencing not less than 66 2/3% of the Voting Rights, with the consent
of the NIMs Insurer and the Class A Certificate Insurer, for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Certificates; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i)
reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments required to
be distributed on any Certificate without the consent of the Holder of such
Certificate, (ii) adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the
Holders of any Class of Certificates in a manner other than as described in (i),
without the consent of the Holders of Certificates of such Class evidencing 66
2/3% or more of the Voting Rights of such Class or (iii) reduce the aforesaid
percentages of Certificates the Holders of which are required to consent to any
such amendment without the consent of the Holders of all such Certificates then
outstanding.

     Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the Trustee shall
not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it shall have first
received an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall be an expense of the party
requesting such amendment but in any case shall not be an expense of the
Trustee, to the effect that such amendment will not cause the imposition of any
tax on the Trust Fund, any of the REMICs provided for herein or the
Certificateholders or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to
qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding. A copy of
such Opinion of Counsel shall be provided to the NIMs Insurer and the Class A
Certificate Insurer.

     Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement requiring
the consent of Certificateholders, the Trustee shall furnish written
notification of the substance of such amendment to each Certificateholder and
each Rating Agency.

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     It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall
be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of
obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution
thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as
the Trustee may prescribe.

     Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Trustee or the Servicer to
enter into an amendment without receiving an Opinion of Counsel, satisfactory to
the Trustee or the Servicer that (i) such amendment is permitted and is not
prohibited by this Agreement and that all requirements for amending this
Agreement have been complied with; and (ii) either (A) the amendment does not
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder
or (B) the conclusion set forth in the immediately preceding clause (A) is not
required to be reached pursuant to this Section 10.01. A copy of such Opinion of
Counsel shall be provided to the NIMs Insurer and the Class A Certificate
Insurer.

     The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any supplement,
modification or waiver which affects its rights, duties or obligations
hereunder.

     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10.01, the Trustee
and the Servicer shall reasonably cooperate with the Depositor and its counsel
to enter into such amendments or modifications to this Agreement as may be
necessary to comply with Regulation AB and any interpretation thereof by the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

     SECTION 10.02. Counterparts

     This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of
counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and
such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

     SECTION 10.03. Governing Law

     THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE
SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO
BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES
THEREOF.

     SECTION 10.04. Intention of Parties

     It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance of the
Mortgage Notes, Mortgages, assignments of Mortgages, title insurance policies
and any modifications, extensions and/or assumption agreements and private
mortgage insurance policies relating to the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to
the Trustee be, and be construed as, an absolute sale thereof to the Trustee. It
is, further, not the intention of the parties that such conveyance be deemed a
pledge thereof by the Depositor to the Trustee. However, in the event that,
notwithstanding the intent of the parties, such assets are held to be the
property of the Depositor, or if for any other reason this Agreement is held or
deemed to create a security interest in such assets, then (i) this Agreement
shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State of New York and (ii) the conveyance provided

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for in this Agreement shall be deemed to be an assignment and a grant by the
Depositor to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the
Class A Certificate Insurer, of a security interest in all of the assets that
constitute the Trust Fund, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.

     The Depositor for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Class A
Certificate Insurer shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take
such actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed
to create a security interest in the assets of the Trust Fund, such security
interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first priority
under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of the
Agreement. The Depositor shall arrange for filing any Uniform Commercial Code
continuation statements in connection with any security interest granted or
assigned to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Class
A Certificate Insurer.

     SECTION 10.05. Notices

          (a) The Trustee shall use its best efforts to promptly provide notice
to each Rating Agency, the NIMs Insurer and the Class A Certificate Insurer with
respect to each of the following of which it has actual knowledge:

          (i) Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;

          (ii) The occurrence of any Event of Default that has not been cured;

          (iii) The resignation or termination of the Trustee or the Servicer
     and the appointment of any successor;

          (iv) The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant to
     Sections 2.02 and 2.03;

          (v) The final payment to Certificateholders; and

          (vi) Any change in the location of the Certificate Account.

          (b) The Trustee shall promptly furnish or make available to each
Rating Agency copies of the following:

          (i) Each report to Certificateholders described in Section 4.05;

          (ii) Each annual statement as to compliance described in Section 3.17;
     and

          (iii) Each annual independent public accountants' servicing report
     described in Section 3.18.

All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given when delivered to (a) in the case of the
Depositor, Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. 250 Vesey Street, 4 World
Financial Center, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10080, Attention: Asset-Backed
Finance; (b) in the case of the Rating Agencies, (i) Standard & Poor's Ratings
Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 55 Water Street, New
York, New York 10041and (ii) Moody's Investors Service, Inc., 99 Church Street,
4th Floor, New York, New York 10007; (c) in the case of the Servicer, Home Loan
Services, Inc., 150 Allegheny Center Mall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212,

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Attention: VP Investor Reporting; (d) in the case of the Trustee, LaSalle Bank
National Association, 135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1511, Chicago, Illinois
60603 Attention: Global Securities and Trust Services--FFML 2007-FFC; (e) in the
case of the Class A Certificate Insurer, Ambac Assurance Corporation, One State
Street Plaza, New York, New York 10004, Attention: Surveillance, First Franklin
2007-FFC and in the case of any of the foregoing persons, such other addresses
as may hereafter be furnished by any such persons to the other parties to this
Agreement. Notices to Certificateholders shall be deemed given when mailed,
first class postage prepaid, to their respective addresses appearing in the
Certificate Register.

     SECTION 10.06. Severability of Provisions

     If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of
this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the
remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall
in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this
Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.

     SECTION 10.07. Assignment; Sales; Advance Facilities

     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except as
provided pursuant to Section 6.02, this Agreement may not be assigned by the
Servicer without the prior written consent of the Trustee, Depositor and the
Class A Certificate Insurer; provided, however, with the prior written consent
of the Class A Certificate Insurer, the Servicer is hereby authorized to enter
into an Advance Facility under which (l) the Servicer sells, assigns or pledges
to an Advancing Person the Servicer's rights under this Agreement to be
reimbursed for any Advances or Servicing Advances and/or (2) an Advancing Person
agrees to fund some or all Advances or Servicing Advances required to be made by
the Servicer pursuant to this Agreement. No consent of the Trustee,
Certificateholders or any other party is required before the Servicer may enter
into an Advance Facility. Notwithstanding the existence of any Advance Facility
under which an Advancing Person agrees to fund Advances and/or Servicing
Advances on the Servicer's behalf, the Servicer shall remain obligated pursuant
to this Agreement to make Advances and Servicing Advances pursuant to and as
required by this Agreement, and shall not be relieved of such obligations by
virtue of such Advance Facility.

     Reimbursement amounts shall consist solely of amounts in respect of
Advances and/or Servicing Advances made with respect to the Mortgage Loans for
which the Servicer would be permitted to reimburse itself in accordance with
this Agreement, assuming the Servicer had made the related Advance(s) and/or
Servicing Advance(s).

     The Servicer shall maintain and provide to any successor Servicer a
detailed accounting on a loan by loan basis as to amounts advanced by, pledged
or assigned to, and reimbursed to any Advancing Person. The successor Servicer
shall be entitled to rely on any such information provided by the predecessor
Servicer, and the successor Servicer shall not be liable for any errors in such
information.

     An Advancing Person who purchases or receives an assignment or pledge of
the rights to be reimbursed for Advances and/or Servicing Advances, and/or whose
obligations hereunder are limited to the funding of Advances and/or Servicing
Advances shall not be required to meet the criteria for qualification of a
Subservicer set forth in this Agreement.

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     The documentation establishing any Advance Facility shall require that such
reimbursement amounts distributed with respect to each Mortgage Loan be
allocated to outstanding unreimbursed Advances or Servicing Advances (as the
case may be) made with respect to that Mortgage Loan on a "first in, first out"
(FIFO) basis. Such documentation shall also require the Servicer to provide to
the related Advancing Person or its designee loan by loan information with
respect to each such reimbursement amount distributed to such Advancing Person
or Advance Facility trustee on each Distribution Date, to enable the Advancing
Person or Advance Facility trustee to make the FIFO allocation of each such
reimbursement amount with respect to each Mortgage Loan. The Servicer shall
remain entitled to be reimbursed by the Advancing Person or Advance Facility
trustee for all Advances and Servicing Advances funded by the Servicer to the
extent the related rights to be reimbursed therefor have not been sold, assigned
or pledged to an Advancing Person.

     Any amendment to this Section 10.07 or to any other provision of this
Agreement that may be necessary or appropriate to effect the terms of an Advance
Facility as described generally in this Section 10.07, including amendments to
add provisions relating to a successor Servicer, may be entered into by the
Trustee and the Servicer, without the consent of any Certificateholder but with
the prior written consent of the Class A Certificate Insurer notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, upon receipt by the Trustee of an
Opinion of Counsel that such amendment has no material adverse effect on the
Certificateholders or written confirmation from the Rating Agencies that such
amendment will not adversely affect the ratings on the Certificates. Prior to
entering into an Advance Facility, the Servicer shall notify the lender under
such facility in writing that: (a) the Advances financed by and/or pledged to
the lender are obligations owed to the Servicer on a non recourse basis payable
only from the cash flows and proceeds received under this Agreement for
reimbursement of Advances only to the extent provided herein, and the Trustee
and the Trust Fund are not otherwise obligated or liable to repay any Advances
financed by the lender; (b) the Servicer will be responsible for remitting to
the lender the applicable amounts collected by it as reimbursement for Advances
funded by the lender, subject to the restrictions and priorities created in this
Agreement; and (c) the Trustee shall not have any responsibility to track or
monitor the administration of the financing arrangement between the Servicer and
the lender.

     SECTION 10.08. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders

     The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to
terminate this Agreement or the Trust Fund, nor entitle such Certificateholder's
legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or
commence any proceeding in any court for a petition or winding up of the Trust
Fund, or otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties
hereto or any of them.

     No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as provided
herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the
Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein
set forth or contained in the terms of the Certificates be construed so as to
constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members of an
association; nor shall any Certificateholder be under any liability to any third
party by reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to
any provision hereof.

     No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by availing itself
of any provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding
in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, unless such
Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a written notice of an Event
of Default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, the Holders
of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights evidenced by
the Certificates shall also have made

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written request to the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in
its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee
(individually and as trustee) such indemnity satisfactory to it as it may
require against the costs, expenses, and liabilities to be incurred therein or
thereby, and the Trustee, for sixty (60) days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity shall have neglected or refused to institute any
such action, suit or proceeding; it being understood and intended, and being
expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other
Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates
shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing itself or
themselves of any provisions of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice
the rights of the Holders of any other of the Certificates and/or the NIMs
Insurer or the Class A Certificate Insurer, or to obtain or seek to obtain
priority over or preference to any other such Holder and/or the NIMs Insurer or
the Class A Certificate Insurer or to enforce any right under this Agreement,
except in the manner herein provided and for the common benefit of all
Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this
Section 10.08, each and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be
entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

     SECTION 10.09. Inspection and Audit Rights

     The Servicer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it will permit any
representative of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Class A Certificate Insurer
during the Servicer's normal business hours, to examine all the books of
account, records, reports and other papers of the Servicer relating to the
Mortgage Loans to make copies and extracts therefrom, to cause such books to be
audited by independent certified public accountants selected by the Depositor,
the Trustee or the Class A Certificate Insurer and to discuss its affairs,
finances and accounts relating to the Mortgage Loans with its officers,
employees, agents, counsel and independent public accountants (and by this
provision the Servicer hereby authorizes such accountants to discuss with such
representative such affairs, finances and accounts), all at such reasonable
times and as often as may be reasonably requested. Any out-of-pocket expense
incident to the exercise by the Depositor, the Trustee or the Class A
Certificate Insurer of any right under this Section 10.09 shall be borne by the
party requesting such inspection (except in the case of the Trustee in which
case such expenses shall be borne by the requesting Certificateholder(s)); all
other such expenses shall be borne by the Servicer.

     SECTION 10.10. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid

     It is the intention of the Depositor that Certificateholders shall not be
personally liable for obligations of the Issuing Entity, that the interests in
the Issuing Entity represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for
any reason whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due authentication
thereof by the Authenticating Agent pursuant to this Agreement, are and shall be
deemed fully paid.

     SECTION 10.11. Compliance with Regulation AB

     Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the purpose of
Sections 3.17, 3.18 and 3.20 of this Agreement is to facilitate compliance by
the Depositor with the provisions of Regulation AB, as such may be amended or
clarified from time to time. Therefore, each of the parties agrees that (a) the
obligations of the parties hereunder shall be interpreted in such a manner as to
accomplish compliance with Regulation AB, (b) the parties' obligations hereunder
will be supplemented and modified as necessary to be consistent with any such
amendments, interpretive advice or guidance, or convention or consensus among
active participants in the asset-backed securities markets in respect of the
requirements

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of Regulation AB and (c) the parties shall comply with reasonable requests made
by the Depositor for delivery of that or different information as is necessary
to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB.

     SECTION 10.12. Third Party Rights

     The Class A Certificate Insurer and the NIMs Insurer shall be deemed third
party beneficiaries of this Agreement so long as the Class A Certificate
Guaranty Insurance Policy or the NIM Notes, as applicable, remains in effect
and, in the case of the Class A Certificate Insurer, so long as any
Reimbursement Amounts (as such term is defined in the Insurance Agreement) owed
to the Class A Certificate Insurer remain unpaid.

     SECTION 10.13. Additional Rights of the NIMs Insurer

     Provided that a party to this Agreement has been provided with the contact
information of the NIMs Insurer, such party, any agent thereof and any successor
thereto shall furnish to the NIMs Insurer a copy of any notice, direction,
demand, opinion, schedule, list, certificate, report or filing required to be
provided under this Agreement and provided by it or on its behalf to any other
Person pursuant to this Agreement at the same time, in the same form and in the
same manner as such communication is so provided and shall address or cause such
communication to be addressed to the NIMs Insurer in addition to any other
addressee thereof. The Servicer shall cause the NIMs Insurer to be an addressee
of any report furnished pursuant to this Agreement. With respect to the Trustee,
such obligation shall be satisfied with the provision of access to the NIMs
Insurer to the Trustee's website.

     Unless there exists a continuance of any failure by the NIMs Insurer to
make a required payment under the policy insuring the NIM Notes (such event, a
"NIMs Insurer Default"), wherever in this Agreement there shall be a requirement
that any Person or any communication, object or other matter be acceptable or
satisfactory to or otherwise receive the consent or other approval of any other
Person (whether as a condition to the eligibility of such Person to act in any
capacity, as a condition to any circumstance or state of affairs related to such
matter, or otherwise), there also shall be deemed to be a requirement that such
Person or matter be approved in writing by the NIMs Insurer, which approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

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

                                        MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.,
                                           as Depositor

                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name: Paul Park
                                        Title: Authorized Signatory

                                        LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                                           as Trustee

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

                                        HOME LOAN SERVICES, INC.,
                                           as Servicer

                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name: Steven A. Baranet
                                        Title: Vice President

<PAGE>

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO
with respect to its repurchase
obligations under Sections 2.02,
2.03, 2.05 and 3.27 hereof only as of
the day and year first above written.

FIRST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION

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

MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE LENDING, INC.

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

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                              FORMS OF CERTIFICATES

<PAGE>

                          FORM OF CLASS A CERTIFICATES

SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS (I) A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT", AS THOSE
TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED AND (II) AN INTEREST IN NOTIONAL PRINCIPAL
CONTRACTS.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE
DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE OR THE SERVICER REFERRED TO BELOW OR ANY OF THEIR
AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE, THE REMIC REGULAR INTEREST REPRESENTED
HEREBY NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED OR INSURED BY THE
DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER OR BY ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES OR BY ANY
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

FOLLOWING THE INITIAL ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES, THE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL DENOMINATION SHOWN BELOW.
ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT PRINCIPAL BALANCE BY
INQUIRY OF THE TRUSTEE.

                           CLASS A-[_____] CERTIFICATE

<TABLE>
<S>                                      <C>
Number: 07-FFC-A-[_____]-[_____]         Original Denomination: $[_____]

Cut-off Date: May 1, 2007                Last Scheduled Distribution Date:
                                         June 25, 2027

First Distribution Date: June 25, 2007   Aggregate Initial Certificate Balance
                                         of all Class A-[_____] Certificates: $[_____]

Pass-Through Rate: Variable(1)           CUSIP: [_____]
</TABLE>

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                                       A-2

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               FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-FFC
                     MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES

evidencing an ownership interest in distributions allocable to the Class
A-[_____] Certificates with respect to a pool of conventional, sub-prime
mortgage loans formed and sold by

                     MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.

     Unless this Certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Trustee for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate 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 certifies that CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of the ownership
interest (the "Ownership Interest") evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by
dividing the Original Denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Initial
Certificate Balance of all Class A-[_____] Certificates) in certain
distributions with respect to a pool of conventional, sub-prime mortgage loans
(the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
(hereinafter called the "Depositor"), and certain other property held in trust
for the benefit of Certificateholders (collectively, the "Trust Fund"). The
Mortgage Loans are serviced by Home Loan Services, Inc. (the "Servicer") and are
secured by second lien mortgages on the Mortgaged Properties. The Trust Fund was
created pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement (the "Agreement"), dated
as of May 1, 2007, among the Depositor, the Servicer and LaSalle Bank National
Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), a summary of certain of the pertinent
provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein,
the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement.

     This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates,
designated as First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-FFC Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class A-[_____] (the "Class A-[_____] Certificates")
and is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of
the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of
the acceptance hereof assents and by which Agreement such Holder is bound.

     The Class A Certificates, the Class M Certificates, the Class B
Certificates, the Class P Certificates and the Class C Certificates are
collectively referred to herein as the "Certificates."

     Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Trustee will distribute from
funds in the Certificate Account the amounts described in the Agreement on the
25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business
Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing in June 2007.
Such distributions will be made to the Person in whose name this Certificate is
registered on the Record Date.

     Distributions on this Certificate will be made either by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of such certificateholder at a bank
or other depository institution having appropriate wire transfer facilities or,
in the case of any certificateholder that has so notified the Trustee in writing
in

                                       A-3

<PAGE>

accordance with the Agreement, by check mailed to the address of the person
entitled to distributions as it appears on the Certificate Register; provided,
however, that the final distribution in retirement of the certificates will be
made only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office of
the Trustee or such other address designated in writing by the Trustee. On each
Distribution Date, a holder of this Certificate will receive such holder's
Percentage Interest of the amounts required to be distributed with respect to
the applicable Class of Certificates.

     The Trustee will maintain or cause to be maintained a Certificate Register
in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Trustee will provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and
exchanges of Certificates. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any
Certificate at any office or agency of the Trustee, or, if an Authenticating
Agent has been appointed under the Agreement, the Authenticating Agent,
maintained for such purpose, the Trustee will, subject to the limitations set
forth in the Agreement, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, a Certificate of a like class and dated the date of
authentication by the Authenticating Agent. Notwithstanding the above, the final
distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee,
of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of
this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Trustee, for that
purpose and specified in such notice of final distribution.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set
forth on the reverse hereof which further provisions shall for all purposes have
the same effect as if set forth at this place.

     Unless the certificate of authentication has been executed by the
Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

                                       A-4

<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.

Dated: [____]                           LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                        as Trustee

                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Authorized Officer

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Certificates
referred to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Authenticating Agent

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

                                       A-5

<PAGE>

                             REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE

               FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-FFC
                     MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES

     This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates,
designated as First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-FFC Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, issued in one or more Classes of Class A
Certificates, Class M Certificates, Class B Certificates, Class P Certificates
and Class C Certificates, each evidencing an interest in certain distributions
with respect to a pool of conventional, sub-prime Mortgage Loans formed and sold
by the Depositor and certain other property conveyed by the Depositor to the
Trustee.

     Following the initial issuance of the Certificates, the principal balance
of this Certificate will be different from the Original Denomination shown
above. Anyone acquiring this Certificate may ascertain its current principal
balance by inquiry of the Trustee.

     The Holder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will look
solely to the Trust Fund and certain amounts resulting from credit enhancements
for payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Holders for any
amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly
provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the Agreement.

     This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and reference
is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of rights,
benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the rights, duties and
immunities of the Trustee.

     No service charge will be made to the Holder for any transfer or exchange
of the Certificate, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of the Certificate. Prior to due presentation of a
Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor and the Trustee may
treat the person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of
such Certificate and the Percentage Interest in the Trust Fund evidenced thereby
for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to the Agreement and for all
other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Depositor nor the Trustee will be
affected by notice to the contrary.

     The Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer, if any, and the
Class A Certificate Insurer (such consents not to be unreasonably withheld) and
without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, to cure any ambiguity, to
correct or supplement any provisions therein which may be inconsistent with the
other provisions therein, to ensure continuing treatment of each REMIC included
in the Trust Fund as a REMIC, or to make any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under the Agreement which are not materially
inconsistent with the provisions of the Agreement, provided that such action
does not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Certificateholder.

     The Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer, if any, and the
Class A Certificate Insurer (such consents not to be unreasonably withheld) and
with the consent of the Holders of Certificates evidencing in the

                                       A-6

<PAGE>

aggregate not less than 66 2/3% of the Percentage Interests of each Class of
Certificates affected thereby, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Agreement or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such
Class; provided, however, that any such amendment will comply with the
requirements set forth in the Agreement.

     The Class A (other than the Class R Certificates), Class M, and Class B
Certificates are issuable only in registerable form, in minimum denominations of
$25,000 in initial Certificate Principal Amount and in integral multiples of $1
in excess thereof, registered in the name of the nominee of the clearing agency,
which shall maintain such Certificates through its book-entry facilities. The
Class R Certificates are issuable in minimum denominations of $100 and shall be
maintained in physical, fully registered form. The Class P Certificates are
issuable in minimum denominations of 100% and shall be maintained in physical,
fully registered form. The Class C Certificates are issuable in minimum
denominations of 25% and shall be maintained in physical, fully registered form.

     For federal income tax purposes, the Trust Fund will include multiple "real
estate mortgage investment conduits" (each, a "REMIC"). The REMIC Regular
Interests will represent "regular interests" in one of the REMICs included in
the Trust Fund. The Class R Certificate will represent the sole class of
"residual interest" in each of the REMICs.

     The obligations and responsibilities of the Depositor, the Servicer and the
Trustee under the Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) an Optional
Termination and (b) the later of (i) the maturity or other liquidation (or any
Advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust
Fund and the disposition of all REO Property and (ii) the distribution to
Certificateholders of all amounts required to be distributed to them pursuant to
this Agreement, as applicable. In no event shall the trusts created under the
Agreement continue beyond the earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years from the
death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late
Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James's, living on the date
hereof and (ii) the Latest Possible Maturity Date.

                                       A-7

<PAGE>

                              [FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
  FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

(PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY* OR TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE)

________________________________________________________________________________

(Please Print or Type Name and Address of Assignee)

________________________________________________________________________________

the within Certificate, and all rights thereunder, and hereby does irrevocably
constitute and appoint

_________________________________________ Attorney to transfer the within
Certificate on the books kept for the registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises.

Dated:
       ------------------------------   NOTICE: The signature to this assignment
(Signature guaranty)                    must correspond with the name as it
                                        appears upon the face of the within
                                        Certificate in every particular, without
                                        alteration or enlargement or any change
                                        whatever.

(* This information, which is voluntary, is being requested to ensure that the
assignee will not be subject to backup withholding under Section 3406 of the
Code.)

                                       A-8

<PAGE>

                          FORM OF CLASS M CERTIFICATES

SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS (I) A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT", AS THOSE
TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED AND (II) AN INTEREST IN NOTIONAL PRINCIPAL
CONTRACTS.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE
DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE OR THE SERVICER REFERRED TO BELOW OR ANY OF THEIR
AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE, THE REMIC REGULAR INTEREST REPRESENTED
HEREBY NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED OR INSURED BY THE
DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER OR BY ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES OR BY ANY
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

FOLLOWING THE INITIAL ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES, THE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL DENOMINATION SHOWN BELOW.
ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT PRINCIPAL BALANCE BY
INQUIRY OF THE TRUSTEE.

                                       A-9

<PAGE>

                           CLASS M-[_____] CERTIFICATE

<TABLE>
<S>                                      <C>
Number: 07-FFC-M-[______]-[______]       Original Denomination: $[____]

Cut-off Date: May 1, 2007                Last Scheduled Distribution Date:
                                         June 25, 2027

First Distribution Date: June 25, 2007   Aggregate Initial Certificate Balance
                                         of all Class M-[______] Certificates: $[_____]

Pass-Through Rate: Variable(2)           CUSIP: [____]
</TABLE>

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(2)  Subject to a cap as described in the Agreement.

                                      A-10

<PAGE>

               FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-FFC
                     MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES

evidencing an ownership interest in distributions allocable to the Class
M-[_____] Certificates with respect to a pool of conventional, sub-prime
mortgage loans formed and sold by

                     MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.

     Unless this Certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Trustee for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate 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 certifies that CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of the ownership
interest (the "Ownership Interest") evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by
dividing the Original Denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Initial
Certificate Balance of all Class M-[_____] Certificates) in certain
distributions with respect to a pool of conventional, sub-prime mortgage loans
(the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
(hereinafter called the "Depositor"), and certain other property held in trust
for the benefit of Certificateholders (collectively, the "Trust Fund"). The
Mortgage Loans are serviced by Home Loan Services, Inc. (the "Servicer") and are
secured by second lien mortgages on the Mortgaged Properties. The Trust Fund was
created pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement (the "Agreement"), dated
as of May 1, 2007, among the Depositor, the Servicer and LaSalle Bank National
Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), a summary of certain of the pertinent
provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein,
the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement.

     This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates,
designated as First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-FFC Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class M-[_____] (the "Class M-[_____] Certificates")
and is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of
the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of
the acceptance hereof assents and by which Agreement such Holder is bound.

     The Class A Certificates, the Class M Certificates, the Class B
Certificates, the Class P Certificates and the Class C Certificates are
collectively referred to herein as the "Certificates."

     Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Trustee will distribute from
funds in the Certificate Account the amounts described in the Agreement on the
25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business
Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing in June 2007.
Such distributions will be made to the Person in whose name this Certificate is
registered on the Record Date.

     Distributions on this Certificate will be made either by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of such certificateholder at a bank
or other depository institution having appropriate wire transfer facilities or,
in the case of any certificateholder that has so notified the Trustee in writing
in

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accordance with the Agreement, by check mailed to the address of the person
entitled to distributions as it appears on the Certificate Register; provided,
however, that the final distribution in retirement of the certificates will be
made only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office of
the Trustee or such other address designated in writing by the Trustee. On each
Distribution Date, a holder of this Certificate will receive such holder's
Percentage Interest of the amounts required to be distributed with respect to
the applicable Class of Certificates.

     The Trustee will maintain or cause to be maintained a Certificate Register
in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Trustee will provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and
exchanges of Certificates. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any
Certificate at any office or agency of the Trustee, or, if an Authenticating
Agent has been appointed under the Agreement, the Authenticating Agent,
maintained for such purpose, the Trustee will, subject to the limitations set
forth in the Agreement, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, a Certificate of a like class and dated the date of
authentication by the Authenticating Agent. Notwithstanding the above, the final
distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee,
of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of
this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Trustee, for that
purpose and specified in such notice of final distribution.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set
forth on the reverse hereof which further provisions shall for all purposes have
the same effect as if set forth at this place.

     Unless the certificate of authentication has been executed by the
Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.

Dated: [__________]                     LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                        as Trustee

                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Authorized Officer

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Certificates
referred to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Authenticating Agent

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

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                             REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE

               FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-FFC
                     MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES

     This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates,
designated as First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-FFC Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, issued in one or more Classes of Class A
Certificates, Class M Certificates, Class B Certificates, Class P Certificates
and Class C Certificates, each evidencing an interest in certain distributions
with respect to a pool of conventional, sub-prime Mortgage Loans formed and sold
by the Depositor and certain other property conveyed by the Depositor to the
Trustee.

     Following the initial issuance of the Certificates, the principal balance
of this Certificate will be different from the Original Denomination shown
above. Anyone acquiring this Certificate may ascertain its current principal
balance by inquiry of the Trustee.

     The Holder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will look
solely to the Trust Fund and certain amounts resulting from credit enhancements
for payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Holders for any
amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly
provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the Agreement.

     This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and reference
is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of rights,
benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the rights, duties and
immunities of the Trustee.

     No service charge will be made to the Holder for any transfer or exchange
of the Certificate, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of the Certificate. Prior to due presentation of a
Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor and the Trustee may
treat the person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of
such Certificate and the Percentage Interest in the Trust Fund evidenced thereby
for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to the Agreement and for all
other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Depositor nor the Trustee will be
affected by notice to the contrary.

     The Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer, if any, and the
Class A Certificate Insurer (such consents not to be unreasonably withheld) and
without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, to cure any ambiguity, to
correct or supplement any provisions therein which may be inconsistent with the
other provisions therein, to ensure continuing treatment of each REMIC included
in the Trust Fund as a REMIC, or to make any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under the Agreement which are not materially
inconsistent with the provisions of the Agreement, provided that such action
does not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Certificateholder.

     The Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer, if any, and the
Class A Certificate Insurer (such consents not to be unreasonably withheld) and
with the consent of the Holders of Certificates evidencing in the

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aggregate not less than 66 2/3% of the Percentage Interests of each Class of
Certificates affected thereby, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Agreement or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such
Class; provided, however, that any such amendment will comply with the
requirements set forth in the Agreement.

     The Class A (other than the Class R Certificates), Class M, and Class B
Certificates are issuable only in registerable form, in minimum denominations of
$25,000 in initial Certificate Principal Amount and in integral multiples of $1
in excess thereof, registered in the name of the nominee of the clearing agency,
which shall maintain such Certificates through its book-entry facilities. The
Class R Certificates are issuable in minimum denominations of $100 and shall be
maintained in physical, fully registered form. The Class P Certificates are
issuable in minimum denominations of 100% and shall be maintained in physical,
fully registered form. The Class C Certificates are issuable in minimum
denominations of 25% and shall be maintained in physical, fully registered form.

     For federal income tax purposes, the Trust Fund will include multiple "real
estate mortgage investment conduits" (each, a "REMIC"). The REMIC Regular
Interests will represent "regular interests" in one of the REMICs included in
the Trust Fund. The Class R Certificate will represent the sole class of
"residual interest" in each of the REMICs.

     The obligations and responsibilities of the Depositor, the Servicer and the
Trustee under the Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) an Optional
Termination and (b) the later of (i) the maturity or other liquidation (or any
Advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust
Fund and the disposition of all REO Property and (ii) the distribution to
Certificateholders of all amounts required to be distributed to them pursuant to
this Agreement, as applicable. In no event shall the trusts created under the
Agreement continue beyond the earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years from the
death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late
Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James's, living on the date
hereof and (ii) the Latest Possible Maturity Date.

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                              [FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
  FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

(PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY* OR TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE)

________________________________________________________________________________

(Please Print or Type Name and Address of Assignee)

________________________________________________________________________________

the within Certificate, and all rights thereunder, and hereby does irrevocably
constitute and appoint

_________________________________________ Attorney to transfer the within
Certificate on the books kept for the registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises.

Dated:
       ------------------------------   NOTICE: The signature to this assignment
(Signature guaranty)                    must correspond with the name as it
                                        appears upon the face of the within
                                        Certificate in every particular, without
                                        alteration or enlargement or any change
                                        whatever.

(* This information, which is voluntary, is being requested to ensure that the
assignee will not be subject to backup withholding under Section 3406 of the
Code.)

                                      A-16

<PAGE>

                   FORM OF CLASS B-1, B-2 AND B-3 CERTIFICATES

SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS (I) A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT", AS THOSE
TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED AND (II) AN INTEREST IN NOTIONAL PRINCIPAL
CONTRACTS.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN MERRILL
LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC. ("MLMI"), THE TRUSTEE, OR ANY SERVICER REFERRED
TO BELOW OR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE, THE REMIC REGULAR
INTEREST REPRESENTED HEREBY NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED OR
INSURED BY MLMI, THE TRUSTEE, ANY SERVICER OR BY ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES OR BY
ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

FOLLOWING THE INITIAL ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES, THE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL DENOMINATION SHOWN BELOW.
ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT PRINCIPAL BALANCE BY
INQUIRY OF THE TRUSTEE.

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                           CLASS B-[_____] CERTIFICATE

<TABLE>
<S>                                      <C>
Number: 07-FFC-B-[_____]-[_____]         Original Denomination: $[_____]

Cut-off Date: May 1, 2007                Last Scheduled Distribution Date:
                                         June 25, 2027

First Distribution Date: June 25, 2007   Aggregate Initial Certificate Balance
                                         of all Class B-[_____] Certificates: $[_____]

Pass-Through Rate: 7.50%(3)              CUSIP: [_____]
</TABLE>

----------
(3)  Subject to a cap as described in the Agreement.

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               FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-FFC
                     MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES

evidencing an ownership interest in distributions allocable to the Class
B-[_____] Certificates with respect to a pool of conventional, sub-prime
mortgage loans formed and sold by

                     MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.

     Unless this Certificate is presented by an authorized representative of the
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Trustee for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate 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 certifies that CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of the ownership
interest (the "Ownership Interest") evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by
dividing the Original Denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Initial
Certificate Balance of all Class B-[_____] Certificates) in certain
distributions with respect to a pool of conventional, sub-prime mortgage loans
(the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
(hereinafter called the "Depositor"), and certain other property held in trust
for the benefit of Certificateholders (collectively, the "Trust Fund"). The
Mortgage Loans are serviced by Home Loan Services, Inc. (the "Servicer") and are
secured by second lien mortgages on Mortgaged Properties. The Trust Fund was
created pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement (the "Agreement"), dated
as of May 1, 2007, between the Depositor, the Servicer and LaSalle Bank National
Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), a summary of certain of the pertinent
provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein,
the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement.

     This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates,
designated as First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-FFC Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class B-[_____] (the "Class B-[_____] Certificates")
and is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of
the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of
the acceptance hereof assents and by which Agreement such Holder is bound.

     The Class A Certificates, the Class M Certificates, the Class B
Certificates, the Class P Certificates and the Class C Certificates are
collectively referred to herein as the "Certificates."

     Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Trustee will distribute from
funds in the Certificate Account the amounts described in the Agreement on the
25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business
Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing in June 2007.
Such distributions will be made to the Person in whose name this Certificate is
registered on the Record Date.

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<PAGE>

     Distributions on this Certificate will be made either by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of such certificateholder at a bank
or other depository institution having appropriate wire transfer facilities or,
in the case of any certificateholder that has so notified the Trustee in writing
in accordance with the Agreement, by check mailed to the address of the person
entitled to distributions as it appears on the Certificate Register; provided,
however, that the final distribution in retirement of the certificates will be
made only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office of
the Trustee or such other address designated in writing by the Trustee. On each
Distribution Date, a holder of this Certificate will receive such holder's
Percentage Interest of the amounts required to be distributed with respect to
the applicable Class of Certificates.

     The Trustee will maintain or cause to be maintained a Certificate Register
in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Trustee will provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and
exchanges of Certificates. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any
Certificate at any office or agency of the Trustee, or, if an Authenticating
Agent has been appointed under the Agreement, the Authenticating Agent,
maintained for such purpose, the Trustee will, subject to the limitations set
forth in the Agreement, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, a Certificate of a like class and dated the date of
authentication by the Authenticating Agent. Notwithstanding the above, the final
distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee,
of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of
this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Trustee, for that
purpose and specified in such notice of final distribution.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set
forth on the reverse hereof which further provisions shall for all purposes have
the same effect as if set forth at this place.

     Unless the certificate of authentication has been executed by the
Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.

Dated: [__________]                     LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                        as Trustee

                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Authorized Officer

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Certificates
referred to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Authenticating Agent

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

                                      A-21

<PAGE>

                             REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE

               FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-FFC
                    MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES,

     This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates,
designated as First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-FFC Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, issued in one or more Classes of Class A
Certificates, Class M Certificates, Class B Certificates, Class P Certificates
and Class C Certificates, each evidencing an interest in certain distributions
with respect to a pool of conventional, sub-prime Mortgage Loans formed and sold
by the Depositor and certain other property conveyed by the Depositor to the
Trustee.

     Following the initial issuance of the Certificates, the principal balance
of this Certificate will be different from the Original Denomination shown
above. Anyone acquiring this Certificate may ascertain its current principal
balance by inquiry of the Trustee.

     The Holder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will look
solely to the Trust Fund and certain amounts resulting from credit enhancements
for payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Holders for any
amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly
provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the Agreement.

     This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and reference
is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of rights,
benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the rights, duties and
immunities of the Trustee.

     No service charge will be made to the Holder for any transfer or exchange
of the Certificate, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of the Certificate. Prior to due presentation of a
Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor and the Trustee may
treat the person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of
such Certificate and the Percentage Interest in the Trust Fund evidenced thereby
for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to the Agreement and for all
other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Depositor nor the Trustee will be
affected by notice to the contrary.

     The Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer, if any, and the
Class A Certificate Insurer (such consents not to be unreasonably withheld) and
without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, to cure any ambiguity, to
correct or supplement any provisions therein which may be inconsistent with the
other provisions therein, to ensure continuing treatment of each REMIC included
in the Trust Fund as a REMIC, or to make any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under the Agreement which are not materially
inconsistent with the provisions of the Agreement, provided that such action
does not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Certificateholder.

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<PAGE>

     The Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the NIMs Insurer, if any, and the
Class A Certificate Insurer (such consents not to be unreasonably withheld) and
with the consent of the Holders of Certificates evidencing in the aggregate not
less than 66 2/3% of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates
affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Agreement or of modifying in
any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided,
however, that any such amendment will comply with the terms of the Agreement.

     The Class A (other than the Class R Certificates), Class M, and Class B
Certificates are issuable only in registerable form, in minimum denominations of
$25,000 in initial Certificate Principal Amount and in integral multiples of $1
in excess thereof, registered in the name of the nominee of the clearing agency,
which shall maintain such Certificates through its book-entry facilities. The
Class R Certificates are issuable in minimum denominations of $100 and shall be
maintained in physical, fully registered form. The Class P Certificates are
issuable in minimum denominations of 100% and shall be maintained in physical,
fully registered form. The Class C Certificates are issuable in minimum
denominations of 25% and shall be maintained in physical, fully registered form.

     For federal income tax purposes, the Trust Fund will include multiple "real
estate mortgage investment conduits" (each, a "REMIC") in a tiered REMIC
structure. The REMIC Regular Interests will represent "regular interests" in one
of the REMICs included in the Trust Fund. The Class R Certificate will represent
the sole class of "residual interest" in each of the REMICs.

     The obligations and responsibilities of the Depositor, the Servicer and the
Trustee under the Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) an Optional
Termination and (b) the later of (i) the maturity or other liquidation (or any
Advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust
Fund and the disposition of all REO Property and (ii) the distribution to
Certificateholders of all amounts required to be distributed to them pursuant to
this Agreement, as applicable. In no event shall the trusts created under the
Agreement's continue beyond the earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years from
the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late
Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James's, living on the date
hereof and (ii) the Latest Possible Maturity Date.

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                              [FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]

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

(PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY* OR TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE)

________________________________________________________________________________

(Please Print or Type Name and Address of Assignee)

________________________________________________________________________________

the within Certificate, and all rights thereunder, and hereby does irrevocably
constitute and appoint

_____________________________________________ Attorney to transfer the within
Certificate on the books kept for the registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises.

Dated:
       ------------------------------   NOTICE: The signature to this assignment
(Signature guaranty)                    must correspond with the name as it
                                        appears upon the face of the within
                                        Certificate in every particular, without
                                        alteration or enlargement or any change
                                        whatever.

(* This information, which is voluntary, is being requested to ensure that the
assignee will not be subject to backup withholding under Section 3406 of the
Code.)

                                      A-24

<PAGE>

                       FORM OF CLASS B (144A) CERTIFICATES

SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS (I) A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT", AS THOSE
TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED AND (II) AN INTEREST IN NOTIONAL PRINCIPAL
CONTRACTS.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE
DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE OR THE SERVICER REFERRED TO BELOW OR ANY OF THEIR
AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE, THE REMIC REGULAR INTEREST REPRESENTED
HEREBY NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED OR INSURED BY THE
DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER OR BY ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES OR BY ANY
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE "ACT"), THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (THE "1940
ACT") OR ANY STATE SECURITIES OR "BLUE SKY" LAWS, AND MAY NOT, DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY, BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, OR OFFERED FOR SALE, UNLESS SUCH
TRANSFER IS NOT SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT, THE 1940 ACT AND ANY
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND SUCH TRANSFER ALSO COMPLIES WITH THE
CERTIFICATE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS IN THE AGREEMENT. IF THE CERTIFICATE IS A
DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATE, NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE
TRUSTEE SHALL HAVE RECEIVED, IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE
(A) AN INVESTMENT LETTER FROM THE PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR; AND (B) REPRESENTATIONS
FROM THE TRANSFEROR REGARDING THE OFFERING AND SALE OF THE CERTIFICATES.

NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE REGISTERED UNLESS THE PROSPECTIVE
TRANSFEREE PROVIDES THE TRUSTEE AND THE DEPOSITOR WITH (A) A REPRESENTATION THAT
SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), A PLAN
SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO ANY STATE, LOCAL,
FEDERAL, NON-U.S. OR OTHER LAW SUBSTANTIVELY SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS
OF ERISA OR THE CODE ("SIMILAR LAW"), AND IS NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE FOR, ON BEHALF OF, OR WITH ANY ASSETS OF ANY SUCH
PLAN, (B) IF THE CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN ERISA-QUALIFYING
UNDERWRITING, A REPRESENTATION THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY THAT
IS ACQUIRING THE CERTIFICATE WITH ASSETS OF AN "INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL
ACCOUNT" AS DEFINED IN SECTION V(E) OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION
("PTCE") 95-60 AND THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THE CERTIFICATE ARE

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COVERED AND EXEMPT UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60 OR (C) SOLELY IN THE
CASE OF A DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATE, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE
TRUSTEE, AND UPON WHICH THE TRUSTEE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RELY, TO THE EFFECT
THAT THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF SUCH CERTIFICATE BY THE PROSPECTIVE
TRANSFEREE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NONEXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION
UNDER ERISA OR THE CODE OR A VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE
NIMS INSURER, THE TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER OR THE DEPOSITOR TO ANY OBLIGATION IN
ADDITION TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN BY SUCH ENTITIES IN THE AGREEMENT, WHICH OPINION OF
COUNSEL SHALL NOT BE AN EXPENSE OF THE NIMS INSURER, THE TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER
OR THE DEPOSITOR.

THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH CERTIFICATE ONLY (A) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE 1933 ACT, (B) TO A PERSON
IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE
144A UNDER THE 1933 ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF
A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS
BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (C) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D, OR (D) OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHO IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (AS DEFINED BY REGULATION
S OF THE 1933 ACT ("REGULATION S")) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE
WITH REGULATION S, AND IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND SUBJECT TO THE TRUSTEE'S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH
OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN
THE FORM APPEARING IN THE AGREEMENT.

FOLLOWING THE INITIAL ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES, THE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL DENOMINATION SHOWN BELOW.
ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT PRINCIPAL BALANCE BY
INQUIRY OF THE TRUSTEE.

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                           CLASS B-[_____] CERTIFICATE
                                   (RULE 144A)

<TABLE>
<S>                                      <C>
Number: 07-FFC-B-[_____]-[_____]         Original Denomination: $[_____]

Cut-off Date: May 1, 2007                Last Scheduled Distribution Date: June 25, 2027

First Distribution Date: June 25, 2007   Aggregate Initial Certificate Balance
                                         of all Class B-[_____] Certificates: $[______]

Pass-Through Rate: 7.50%(4)              CUSIP: [_____]
</TABLE>

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(4)  Subject to a cap as described in the Agreement.

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<PAGE>

               FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-FFC
                    MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES,

evidencing an ownership interest in distributions allocable to the Class
B-[_____] Certificates with respect to a pool of conventional, sub-prime
mortgage loans formed and sold by

                     MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.

     Unless this Certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Trustee for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate 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 certifies that CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of the ownership
interest (the "Ownership Interest") evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by
dividing the Original Denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Initial
Certificate Balance of all Class B-[_____] Certificates) in certain
distributions with respect to a pool of conventional, sub-prime mortgage loans
(the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
(hereinafter called the "Depositor"), and certain other property held in trust
for the benefit of Certificateholders (collectively, the "Trust Fund"). The
Mortgage Loans are serviced by Home Loan Services, Inc. (the "Servicer") and are
secured by second lien mortgages on the Mortgaged Properties. The Trust Fund was
created pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement (the "Agreement"), dated
as of May 1, 2007, among the Depositor, the Servicer and LaSalle Bank National
Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), a summary of certain of the pertinent
provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein,
the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement.

     This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates,
designated as First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-FFC Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class B-[_____] (the "Class B-[_____] Certificates")
and is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of
the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of
the acceptance hereof assents and by which Agreement such Holder is bound.

     The Class A Certificates, the Class M Certificates, the Class B
Certificates, the Class P Certificates and the Class C Certificates are
collectively referred to herein as the "Certificates."

     Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Trustee will distribute from
funds in the Certificate Account the amounts described in the Agreement on the
25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business
Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing in June 2007.
Such distributions will be made to the Person in whose name this Certificate is
registered on the Record Date.

     Distributions on this Certificate will be made either by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of such certificateholder at a bank
or other depository institution having appropriate

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wire transfer facilities or, in the case of any certificateholder that has so
notified the Trustee in writing in accordance with the Agreement, by check
mailed to the address of the person entitled to distributions as it appears on
the Certificate Register; provided, however, that the final distribution in
retirement of the certificates will be made only upon presentation and surrender
of this Certificate at the office of the Trustee or such other address
designated in writing by the Trustee. On each Distribution Date, a holder of
this Certificate will receive such holder's Percentage Interest of the amounts
required to be distributed with respect to the applicable Class of Certificates.

     The Trustee will maintain or cause to be maintained a Certificate Register
in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Trustee will provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and
exchanges of Certificates. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any
Certificate at any office or agency of the Trustee, or, if an Authenticating
Agent has been appointed under the Agreement, the Authenticating Agent,
maintained for such purpose, the Trustee will, subject to the limitations set
forth in the Agreement, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, a Certificate of a like class and dated the date of
authentication by the Authenticating Agent. Notwithstanding the above, the final
distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee,
of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of
this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Trustee, for that
purpose and specified in such notice of final distribution.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set
forth on the reverse hereof which further provisions shall for all purposes have
the same effect as if set forth at this place.

     Unless the certificate of authentication has been executed by the
Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.

Dated: [__________]                     LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.,
                                        as Trustee

                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Authorized Officer

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Certificates
referred to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Authenticating Agent

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

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                             REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE

               FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-FFC
                     MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES

     This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates,
designated as First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-FFC Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, issued in one or more Classes of Class A
Certificates, Class M Certificates, Class B Certificates, Class P Certificates
and Class C Certificates, each evidencing an interest in certain distributions
with respect to a pool of conventional, sub-prime Mortgage Loans formed and sold
by the Depositor and certain other property conveyed by the Depositor to the
Trustee.

     Following the initial issuance of the Certificates, the principal balance
of this Certificate will be different from the Original Denomination shown
above. Anyone acquiring this Certificate may ascertain its current principal
balance by inquiry of the Trustee.

     The Holder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will look
solely to the Trust Fund and certain amounts resulting from credit enhancements
for payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Holders for any
amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly
provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the Agreement.

     This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and reference
is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of rights,
benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the rights, duties and
immunities of the Trustee.

     No service charge will be made to the Holder for any transfer or exchange
of the Certificate, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of the Certificate. Prior to due presentation of a
Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor and the Trustee may
treat the person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of
such Certificate and the Percentage Interest in the Trust Fund evidenced thereby
for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to the Agreement and for all
other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Depositor nor the Trustee will be
affected by notice to the contrary.

     The Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer, if any, and the
Class A Certificate Insurer (such consents not to be unreasonably withheld) and
without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, to cure any ambiguity, to
correct or supplement any provisions therein which may be inconsistent with the
other provisions therein, to ensure continuing treatment of each REMIC included
in the Trust Fund as a REMIC, or to make any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under the Agreement which are not materially
inconsistent with the provisions of the Agreement, provided that such action
does not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Certificateholder.

     The Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer, if any, and the
Class A Certificate Insurer (such consents not to be unreasonably withheld) and
with the consent of the Holders of Certificates evidencing in the

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aggregate not less than 66 2/3% of the Percentage Interests of each Class of
Certificates affected thereby, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Agreement or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such
Class; provided, however, that any such amendment will comply with the
requirements set forth in the Agreement.

     The Class A (other than the Class R Certificates), Class M, and Class B
Certificates are issuable only in registerable form, in minimum denominations of
$25,000 in initial Certificate Principal Amount and in integral multiples of $1
in excess thereof, registered in the name of the nominee of the clearing agency,
which shall maintain such Certificates through its book-entry facilities. The
Class R Certificates are issuable in minimum denominations of $100 and shall be
maintained in physical, fully registered form. The Class P Certificates are
issuable in minimum denominations of 100% and shall be maintained in physical,
fully registered form. The Class C Certificates are issuable in minimum
denominations of 25% and shall be maintained in physical, fully registered form.

     For federal income tax purposes, the Trust Fund will include multiple "real
estate mortgage investment conduits" (each, a "REMIC"). The REMIC Regular
Interests will represent "regular interests" in one of the REMICs included in
the Trust Fund. The Class R Certificate will represent the sole class of
"residual interest" in each of the REMICs.

     The obligations and responsibilities of the Depositor, the Servicer and the
Trustee under the Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) an Optional
Termination and (b) the later of (i) the maturity or other liquidation (or any
Advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust
Fund and the disposition of all REO Property and (ii) the distribution to
Certificateholders of all amounts required to be distributed to them pursuant to
this Agreement, as applicable. In no event shall the trusts created under the
Agreement continue beyond the earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years from the
death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late
Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James's, living on the date
hereof and (ii) the Latest Possible Maturity Date.

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<PAGE>

                              [FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
  FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

(PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY* OR TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE)

________________________________________________________________________________

(Please Print or Type Name and Address of Assignee)

________________________________________________________________________________

the within Certificate, and all rights thereunder, and hereby does irrevocably
constitute and appoint

_________________________________________ Attorney to transfer the within
Certificate on the books kept for the registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises.

Dated:
       ------------------------------   NOTICE: The signature to this assignment
(Signature guaranty)                    must correspond with the name as it
                                        appears upon the face of the within
                                        Certificate in every particular, without
                                        alteration or enlargement or any change
                                        whatever.

(* This information, which is voluntary, is being requested to ensure that the
assignee will not be subject to backup withholding under Section 3406 of the
Code.)

                                      A-33

<PAGE>

                      FORM OF CLASS B (REG S) CERTIFICATES

SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS (I) A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT", AS THOSE
TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED AND (II) AN INTEREST IN NOTIONAL PRINCIPAL
CONTRACTS.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN MERRILL
LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC. ("MLMI"), THE TRUSTEE, OR ANY SERVICER REFERRED
TO BELOW OR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE, THE REMIC REGULAR
INTEREST REPRESENTED HEREBY NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED OR
INSURED BY MLMI, THE TRUSTEE, ANY SERVICER OR BY ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES OR BY
ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE "ACT"), THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (THE "1940
ACT") OR ANY STATE SECURITIES OR "BLUE SKY" LAWS, AND MAY NOT, DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY, BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, OR OFFERED FOR SALE, UNLESS SUCH
TRANSFER IS NOT SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT, THE 1940 ACT AND ANY
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND SUCH TRANSFER ALSO COMPLIES WITH THE
CERTIFICATE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS IN THE AGREEMENT. IF THE CERTIFICATE IS A
DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATE, NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE
TRUSTEE SHALL HAVE RECEIVED, IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE
(A) AN INVESTMENT LETTER FROM THE PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR; AND (B) REPRESENTATIONS
FROM THE TRANSFEROR REGARDING THE OFFERING AND SALE OF THE CERTIFICATES.

NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE REGISTERED UNLESS THE PROSPECTIVE
TRANSFEREE PROVIDES THE TRUSTEE AND THE DEPOSITOR WITH (A) A REPRESENTATION THAT
SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), A PLAN
SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO ANY STATE, LOCAL,
FEDERAL, NON-U.S. OR OTHER LAW SUBSTANTIVELY SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS
OF ERISA OR THE CODE ("SIMILAR LAW"), AND IS NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE FOR, ON BEHALF OF, OR WITH ANY ASSETS OF ANY SUCH
PLAN, (B) IF THE CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN ERISA-QUALIFYING
UNDERWRITING, A REPRESENTATION THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY THAT
IS ACQUIRING THE CERTIFICATE WITH ASSETS OF AN "INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL
ACCOUNT" AS DEFINED IN SECTION V(E) OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION

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<PAGE>

("PTCE") 95-60 AND THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THE CERTIFICATE ARE COVERED
AND EXEMPT UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60 OR (C) SOLELY IN THE CASE OF A
DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATE, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE, AND
UPON WHICH THE TRUSTEE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RELY, TO THE EFFECT THAT THE
ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF SUCH CERTIFICATE BY THE PROSPECTIVE TRANSFEREE WILL
NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NONEXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER ERISA OR
THE CODE OR A VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE NIMS INSURER,
THE TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER OR THE DEPOSITOR TO ANY OBLIGATION IN ADDITION TO
THOSE UNDERTAKEN BY SUCH ENTITIES IN THE AGREEMENT, WHICH OPINION OF COUNSEL
SHALL NOT BE AN EXPENSE OF THE NIMS INSURER, THE TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER OR THE
DEPOSITOR.

THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES (A) THAT, UNTIL
THE EXPIRATION OF THE APPLICABLE "DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD" WITHIN THE
MEANING OF REGULATION S, ANY OFFER, SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER OF THIS
CERTIFICATE SHALL NOT BE MADE IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR
BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON (EACH AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S) AND (B) TO OFFER,
SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR
TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, A U.S. PERSON (EACH AS DEFINED IN
REGULATION S) ONLY (1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN
DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE 1933 ACT OR (2) TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES
IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE 1933 ACT
THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN
RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, SUBJECT TO THE TRUSTEE'S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER,
SALE OR TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE
FORM APPEARING IN THE AGREEMENT.

FOLLOWING THE INITIAL ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES, THE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL DENOMINATION SHOWN BELOW.
ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT PRINCIPAL BALANCE BY
INQUIRY OF THE TRUSTEE.

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<PAGE>

                           CLASS B-[_____] CERTIFICATE

                                 (REGULATION S)

<TABLE>
<S>                                      <C>
Number: 07-FFC-B-[_____]-[_____]        Original Denomination: $[____]

Cut-off Date: May 1, 2007                Last Scheduled Distribution Date:
                                         June 25, 2027

First Distribution Date: June 25, 2007   Aggregate Initial Certificate Balance
                                         of all Class B-[_____] Certificates: $[_____]

Pass-Through Rate: 7.50%(5)              CUSIP: [____]
</TABLE>

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(5)  Subject to a cap as described in the Agreement.

                                      A-36

<PAGE>

               FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-FFC
                    MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES,

evidencing an ownership interest in distributions allocable to the Class
B-[_____] Certificates with respect to a pool of conventional, sub-prime
mortgage loans formed and sold by

                     MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.

     Unless this Certificate is presented by an authorized representative of the
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Trustee for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate 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 certifies that CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of the ownership
interest (the "Ownership Interest") evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by
dividing the Original Denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Initial
Certificate Balance of all Class B-[_____] Certificates) in certain
distributions with respect to a pool of conventional, sub-prime mortgage loans
(the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
(hereinafter called the "Depositor"), and certain other property held in trust
for the benefit of Certificateholders (collectively, the "Trust Fund"). The
Mortgage Loans are serviced by Home Loan Services, Inc. (the "Servicer") and are
secured by second lien mortgages on Mortgaged Properties. The Trust Fund was
created pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement (the "Agreement"), dated
as of May 1, 2007, between the Depositor, the Servicer and LaSalle Bank National
Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), a summary of certain of the pertinent
provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein,
the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement.

     This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates,
designated as First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-FFC Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class B-[_____] (the "Class B-[_____] Certificates")
and is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of
the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of
the acceptance hereof assents and by which Agreement such Holder is bound.

     The Class A Certificates, the Class M Certificates, the Class B
Certificates, the Class P Certificates, the Class C Certificates, and the Class
R Certificate are collectively referred to herein as the "Certificates."

     Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Trustee will distribute from
funds in the Certificate Account the amounts described in the Agreement on the
25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business
Day immediately following (the

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<PAGE>

"Distribution Date"), commencing in June 2007. Such distributions will be made
to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered on the Record Date.

     Distributions on this Certificate will be made either by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of such certificateholder at a bank
or other depository institution having appropriate wire transfer facilities or,
in the case of any certificateholder that has so notified the Trustee in writing
in accordance with the Agreement, by check mailed to the address of the person
entitled to distributions as it appears on the Certificate Register; provided,
however, that the final distribution in retirement of the certificates will be
made only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office of
the Trustee or such other address designated in writing by the Trustee. On each
Distribution Date, a holder of this Certificate will receive such holder's
Percentage Interest of the amounts required to be distributed with respect to
the applicable Class of Certificates.

     The Trustee will maintain or cause to be maintained a Certificate Register
in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Trustee will provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and
exchanges of Certificates. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any
Certificate at any office or agency of the Trustee, or, if an Authenticating
Agent has been appointed under the Agreement, the Authenticating Agent,
maintained for such purpose, the Trustee will, subject to the limitations set
forth in the Agreement, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, a Certificate of a like class and dated the date of
authentication by the Authenticating Agent. Notwithstanding the above, the final
distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee,
of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of
this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Trustee, for that
purpose and specified in such notice of final distribution.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set
forth on the reverse hereof which further provisions shall for all purposes have
the same effect as if set forth at this place.

     Unless the certificate of authentication has been executed by the
Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.

Dated: [__________]                     LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                        as Trustee

                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Authorized Officer

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Certificates
referred to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Authenticating Agent

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

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<PAGE>

                             REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE

               FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-FFC
                    MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES,

     This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates,
designated as First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-FFC Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, issued in one or more Classes of Class A
Certificates, Class M, Class B Certificates, Class P Certificates and Class C
Certificates, each evidencing an interest in certain distributions with respect
to a pool of conventional, sub-prime Mortgage Loans formed and sold by the
Depositor and certain other property conveyed by the Depositor to the Trustee.

     Following the initial issuance of the Certificates, the principal balance
of this Certificate will be different from the Original Denomination shown
above. Anyone acquiring this Certificate may ascertain its current principal
balance by inquiry of the Trustee.

     The Holder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will look
solely to the Trust Fund and certain amounts resulting from credit enhancements
for payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Holders for any
amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly
provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the Agreement.

     This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and reference
is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of rights,
benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the rights, duties and
immunities of the Trustee.

     No service charge will be made to the Holder for any transfer or exchange
of the Certificate, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of the Certificate. Prior to due presentation of a
Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor and the Trustee may
treat the person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of
such Certificate and the Percentage Interest in the Trust Fund evidenced thereby
for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to the Agreement and for all
other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Depositor nor the Trustee will be
affected by notice to the contrary.

     The Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer, if any, and the
Class A Certificate Insurer (such consents not to be unreasonably withheld) and
without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, to cure any ambiguity, to
correct or supplement any provisions therein which may be inconsistent with the
other provisions therein, to ensure continuing treatment of each REMIC included
in the Trust Fund as a REMIC, or to make any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under the Agreement which are not materially
inconsistent with the provisions of the Agreement, provided that such action
does not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Certificateholder.

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     The Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the NIMs Insurer, if any, and the
Class A Certificate Insurer (such consents not to be unreasonably withheld) and
with the consent of the Holders of Certificates evidencing in the aggregate not
less than 66 2/3% of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates
affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Agreement or of modifying in
any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided,
however, that any such amendment will comply with the requirements set forth in
the Agreement.

     The Class A (other than the Class R Certificates), Class M, and Class B
Certificates are issuable only in registerable form, in minimum denominations of
$25,000 in initial Certificate Principal Amount and in integral multiples of $1
in excess thereof, registered in the name of the nominee of the clearing agency,
which shall maintain such Certificates through its book-entry facilities. The
Class R Certificates are issuable in minimum denominations of $100 and shall be
maintained in physical, fully registered form. The Class P Certificates are
issuable in minimum denominations of 100% and shall be maintained in physical,
fully registered form. The Class C Certificates are issuable in minimum
denominations of 25% and shall be maintained in physical, fully registered form.

     For federal income tax purposes, the Trust Fund will include multiple "real
estate mortgage investment conduits" (each, a "REMIC") in a tiered REMIC
structure. The REMIC Regular Interests will represent "regular interests" in one
of the REMICs included in the Trust Fund. The Class R Certificate will represent
the sole class of "residual interest" in each of the REMICs.

     The obligations and responsibilities of the Depositor, the Servicer and the
Trustee under the Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) an Optional
Termination and (b) the later of (i) the maturity or other liquidation (or any
Advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust
Fund and the disposition of all REO Property and (ii) the distribution to
Certificateholders of all amounts required to be distributed to them pursuant to
this Agreement, as applicable. In no event shall the trusts created hereby
continue beyond the earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years from the death of
the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador
of the United States to the Court of St. James's, living on the date hereof and
(ii) the Latest Possible Maturity Date.

                                      A-41

<PAGE>

                              [FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]

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

(PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY* OR TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE)

________________________________________________________________________________

(Please Print or Type Name and Address of Assignee)

________________________________________________________________________________

the within Certificate, and all rights thereunder, and hereby does irrevocably
constitute and appoint

__________________________________ Attorney to transfer the within Certificate
on the books kept for the registration thereof, with full power of substitution
in the premises.

Dated:
       ------------------------------   NOTICE: The signature to this assignment
(Signature guaranty)                    must correspond with the name as it
                                        appears upon the face of the within
                                        Certificate in every particular, without
                                        alteration or enlargement or any change
                                        whatever.

     (* This information, which is voluntary, is being requested to ensure that
the assignee will not be subject to backup withholding under Section 3406 of the
Code.)

                                      A-42

<PAGE>

                          FORM OF CLASS C CERTIFICATES

SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN INTEREST
IN A GRANTOR TRUST THAT HOLDS A "REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE
INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G
AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE") AND IS
TREATED AS HAVING ENTERED INTO CERTAIN NOTIONAL PRINCIPAL CONTRACTS.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE
DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE OR THE SERVICER REFERRED TO BELOW OR ANY OF THEIR
AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE, THE REMIC REGULAR INTEREST REPRESENTED
HEREBY NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED OR INSURED BY THE
DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER OR BY ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES OR BY ANY
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

THIS CLASS C CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY
NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS
WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW
AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CERTIFICATE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS IN
THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE REGISTERED UNLESS THE PROSPECTIVE
TRANSFEREE PROVIDES THE TRUSTEE AND THE DEPOSITOR WITH (A) A REPRESENTATION THAT
SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), A PLAN
SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO ANY STATE, LOCAL,
FEDERAL, NON-U.S. OR OTHER LAW SUBSTANTIVELY SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS
OF ERISA OR THE CODE ("SIMILAR LAW"), AND IS NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE FOR, ON BEHALF OF, OR WITH ANY ASSETS OF ANY SUCH
PLAN, (B) IF THE CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN ERISA-QUALIFYING
UNDERWRITING, A REPRESENTATION THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY THAT
IS ACQUIRING THE CERTIFICATE WITH ASSETS OF AN "INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL
ACCOUNT" AS DEFINED IN SECTION V(E) OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION
("PTCE") 95-60 AND THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THE CERTIFICATE ARE COVERED
AND EXEMPT UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60 OR (C) SOLELY IN THE CASE OF A
DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATE, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE, AND
UPON WHICH THE TRUSTEE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RELY, TO THE EFFECT THAT THE
ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF SUCH CERTIFICATE BY THE PROSPECTIVE TRANSFEREE WILL
NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NONEXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER ERISA OR
THE CODE OR A VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE NIMS INSURER,
THE TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER OR THE DEPOSITOR TO ANY OBLIGATION IN ADDITION TO
THOSE UNDERTAKEN BY SUCH ENTITIES IN THE AGREEMENT, WHICH OPINION OF COUNSEL
SHALL NOT BE AN EXPENSE OF THE NIMS INSURER, THE TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER OR THE
DEPOSITOR.

                                      A-43

<PAGE>

FOLLOWING THE INITIAL ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES, THE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL DENOMINATION SHOWN BELOW.
ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT PRINCIPAL BALANCE BY
INQUIRY OF THE TRUSTEE.

                                      A-44

<PAGE>

                               CLASS C CERTIFICATE

<TABLE>
<S>                                     <C>
Number: 07-FFC-C-[_____]                 Percentage Interest: 100%

Cut-off Date: May 1, 2007

First Distribution Date: June 25, 2007

Pass-Through Rate: Variable              CUSIP: [____]
</TABLE>

                                      A-45
<PAGE>

               FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-FFC
                    MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES,

evidencing an ownership interest in distributions allocable to the Class C
Certificates with respect to a pool of conventional, sub-prime mortgage loans
formed and sold by

                     MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.

     This certifies that MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, as
nominee for Merrill Lynch Funding Corp, is the registered owner of the ownership
interest (the "Ownership Interest") evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by
dividing the Original Denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Initial
Certificate Balance of all Class C Certificates) in certain distributions with
respect to a pool of conventional, sub-prime mortgage loans (the "Mortgage
Loans") formed and sold by Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. (hereinafter
called the "Depositor"), and certain other property held in trust for the
benefit of Certificateholders (collectively, the "Trust Fund"). The Mortgage
Loans are serviced by Home Loan Services, Inc. (the "Servicer") and are secured
by second lien mortgages on the Mortgaged Properties. The Trust Fund was created
pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of May
1, 2007, among the Depositor, the Servicer and Lasalle Bank National
Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), a summary of certain of the pertinent
provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein,
the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement.

     This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates,
designated as First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-FFC Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class C (the "Class C Certificates") and is issued
under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement,
to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance
hereof assents and by which Agreement such Holder is bound.

     The Class A Certificates, the Class M Certificates, the Class B
Certificates, the Class P Certificates and the Class C Certificates are
collectively referred to herein as the "Certificates."

     Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Trustee will distribute from
funds in the Certificate Account the amounts described in the Agreement on the
25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business
Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing in May 2007.
Such distributions will be made to the Person in whose name this Certificate is
registered on the Record Date.

     Distributions on this Certificate will be made either by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of such certificateholder at a bank
or other depository institution having appropriate wire transfer facilities or,
in the case of any certificateholder that has so notified the Trustee in writing
in accordance with the Agreement, by check mailed to the address of the person
entitled to distributions as it appears on the Certificate Register; provided,
however, that the final distribution in retirement of the certificates will be
made only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office of
the Trustee or such other address designated in writing by the Trustee. On each
Distribution Date, a holder of this Certificate will receive such holder's
Percentage Interest of the amounts required to be distributed with respect to
the applicable Class of Certificates.

                                      A-46

<PAGE>

     The Trustee will maintain or cause to be maintained a Certificate Register
in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Trustee will provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and
exchanges of Certificates. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any
Certificate at any office or agency of the Trustee, or, if an Authenticating
Agent has been appointed under the Agreement, the Authenticating Agent,
maintained for such purpose, the Trustee will, subject to the limitations set
forth in the Agreement, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, a Certificate of a like class and dated the date of
authentication by the Authenticating Agent. Notwithstanding the above, the final
distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee,
of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of
this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Trustee, for that
purpose and specified in such notice of final distribution.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set
forth on the reverse hereof which further provisions shall for all purposes have
the same effect as if set forth at this place.

     Unless the certificate of authentication has been executed by the
Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

                                      A-47

<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.

Dated: [_____]                          LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                        as Trustee

                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Authorized Officer

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Certificates
referred to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Authenticating Agent

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

                                      A-48

<PAGE>

                             REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE

               FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-FFC
                     MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES

     This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates,
designated as First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-FFC Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates issued in one or more Classes of Class A Certificates,
Class M Certificates, Class B Certificates, Class P Certificates and Class C
Certificates, each evidencing an interest in certain distributions with respect
to a pool of conventional, sub-prime Mortgage Loans formed and sold by the
Depositor and certain other property conveyed by the Depositor to the Trustee.

     Following the initial issuance of the Certificates, the principal balance
of this Certificate will be different from the Original Denomination shown
above. Anyone acquiring this Certificate may ascertain its current principal
balance by inquiry of the Trustee.

     The Holder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will look
solely to the Trust Fund and certain amounts resulting from credit enhancements
for payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Holders for any
amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly
provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the Agreement.

     This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and reference
is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of rights,
benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the rights, duties and
immunities of the Trustee.

     No service charge will be made to the Holder for any transfer or exchange
of the Certificate, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of the Certificate. Prior to due presentation of a
Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor and the Trustee may
treat the person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of
such Certificate and the Percentage Interest in the Trust Fund evidenced thereby
for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to the Agreement and for all
other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Depositor nor the Trustee will be
affected by notice to the contrary.

     The Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer, if any, and the
Class A Certificate Insurer (such consents not to be unreasonably withheld) and
without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, to cure any ambiguity, to
correct or supplement any provisions therein which may be inconsistent with the
other provisions therein, to ensure continuing treatment of each REMIC included
in the Trust Fund as a REMIC, or to make any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under the Agreement which are not materially
inconsistent with the provisions of the Agreement, provided that such action
does not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Certificateholder.

     The Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer, if any, and the
Class A Certificate Insurer (such consents not to be unreasonably withheld) and
with the consent of the Holders of Certificates evidencing in the aggregate not
less than 66 2/3% of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates
affected thereby,

                                      A-49

<PAGE>

for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of the Agreement or of modifying in any manner
the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that
any such amendment will comply with the requirements set forth in the Agreement.

     The Class A (other than the Class R Certificates), Class M, and Class B
Certificates are issuable only in registerable form, in minimum denominations of
$25,000 in initial Certificate Principal Amount and in integral multiples of $1
in excess thereof, registered in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency,
which shall maintain such Certificates through its book-entry facilities. The
Class R Certificates are issuable in minimum denominations of $100 and shall be
maintained in physical, fully registered form. The Class P Certificates are
issuable in minimum denominations of 100% and shall be maintained in physical,
fully registered form. The Class C Certificates are issuable in minimum
denominations of 25% and shall be maintained in physical, fully registered form.

     For federal income tax purposes, the Trust Fund will include multiple "real
estate mortgage investment conduits" (each, a "REMIC"). The REMIC Regular
Interests will represent "regular interests" in one of the REMICs included in
the Trust Fund. The Class R Certificate will represent the sole class of
"residual interest" in each of the REMICs.

     The obligations and responsibilities of the Depositor, the Servicer and the
Trustee under the Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) an Optional
Termination; and (b) the later of (i) the maturity or other liquidation (or any
Advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust
Fund and the disposition of all REO Property and (ii) the distribution to
Certificateholders of all amounts required to be distributed to them pursuant to
this Agreement, as applicable. In no event shall the trusts created under the
Agreement continue beyond the earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years from the
death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late
Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James's, living on the date
hereof and (ii) the Latest Possible Maturity Date.

                                      A-50

<PAGE>

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

     (PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY* OR TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF
ASSIGNEE)

(Please Print or Type Name and Address of Assignee)

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

the within Certificate, and all rights thereunder, and hereby does irrevocably
constitute and appoint

_______________________________________ Attorney to transfer the within
Certificate on the books kept for the registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises.

Dated: ------------------------------   NOTICE: The signature to this assignment
       (Signature guaranty)             must correspond with the name as it
                                        appears upon the face of the within
                                        Certificate in every particular, without
                                        alteration or enlargement or any change
                                        whatever.

     (*This information, which is voluntary, is being requested to ensure that
the assignee will not be subject to backup withholding under Section 3406 of the
Code.)

                                      A-51

<PAGE>

                          FORM OF CLASS P CERTIFICATES

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE
DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE OR THE SERVICER REFERRED TO BELOW OR ANY OF THEIR
AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE
GUARANTEED OR INSURED BY THE DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER OR BY ANY OF
THEIR AFFILIATES OR BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

THIS CLASS P CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY
NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS
WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW
AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CERTIFICATE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS IN
THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE REGISTERED UNLESS THE PROSPECTIVE
TRANSFEREE PROVIDES THE TRUSTEE AND THE DEPOSITOR WITH (A) A REPRESENTATION THAT
SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), A PLAN
SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO ANY STATE, LOCAL,
FEDERAL, NON-U.S. OR OTHER LAW SUBSTANTIVELY SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS
OF ERISA OR THE CODE ("SIMILAR LAW"), AND IS NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE FOR, ON BEHALF OF, OR WITH ANY ASSETS OF ANY SUCH
PLAN, (B) IF THE CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN ERISA-QUALIFYING
UNDERWRITING, A REPRESENTATION THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY THAT
IS ACQUIRING THE CERTIFICATE WITH ASSETS OF AN "INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL
ACCOUNT" AS DEFINED IN SECTION V(E) OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION
("PTCE") 95-60 AND THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THE CERTIFICATE ARE COVERED
AND EXEMPT UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60 OR (C) SOLELY IN THE CASE OF A
DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATE, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE, AND
UPON WHICH THE TRUSTEE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RELY, TO THE EFFECT THAT THE
ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF SUCH CERTIFICATE BY THE PROSPECTIVE TRANSFEREE WILL
NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NONEXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER ERISA OR
THE CODE OR A VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE NIMS INSURER,
THE TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER OR THE DEPOSITOR TO ANY OBLIGATION IN ADDITION TO
THOSE UNDERTAKEN BY SUCH ENTITIES IN THE AGREEMENT, WHICH OPINION OF COUNSEL
SHALL NOT BE AN EXPENSE OF THE NIMS INSURER, THE TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER OR THE
DEPOSITOR.

                                      A-52

<PAGE>

                               CLASS P CERTIFICATE

Number: 07-FFC-P-[ ]                     Percentage Interest: 100%

Cut-off Date: May 1, 2007

First Distribution Date: June 25, 2007   CUSIP: [_____]

                                      A-53

<PAGE>

               FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-FFC
                     MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES

evidencing an ownership interest in distributions allocable to the Class P
Certificates with respect to a pool of conventional, sub-prime mortgage loans
formed and sold by

                     MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.

     This certifies that MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, as
nominee for Merrill Lynch Funding Corp, is the registered owner of the ownership
interest (the "Ownership Interest") evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by
dividing the Original Denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Initial
Certificate Balance of all Class P Certificates) in certain distributions with
respect to a pool of conventional, sub-prime mortgage loans (the "Mortgage
Loans") formed and sold by Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. (hereinafter
called the "Depositor"), and certain other property held in trust for the
benefit of Certificateholders (collectively, the "Trust Fund"). The Mortgage
Loans are serviced by Home Loan Services, Inc. (the "Servicer") and are secured
by lien mortgages on the Mortgaged Properties. The Trust Fund was created
pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of May
1, 2007, among the Depositor, the Servicer and LaSalle Bank National
Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), a summary of certain of the pertinent
provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein,
the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement.

     This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates,
designated as First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-FFC Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class P (the "Class P Certificates") and is issued
under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement,
to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance
hereof assents and by which Agreement such Holder is bound.

     The Class A Certificates, the Class M Certificates, the Class B
Certificates, the Class P Certificates, the Class C Certificates and the Class R
Certificate are collectively referred to herein as the "Certificates."

     Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Trustee will distribute from
funds in the Certificate Account the amounts described in the Agreement on the
25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business
Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing in June 2007.
Such distributions will be made to the Person in whose name this Certificate is
registered on the Record Date.

     Distributions on this Certificate will be made either by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of such certificateholder at a bank
or other depository institution having appropriate wire transfer facilities or,
in the case of any certificateholder that has so notified the Trustee in writing
in accordance with the Agreement, by check mailed to the address of the person
entitled to distributions as it appears on the Certificate Register; provided,
however, that the final distribution in retirement of the certificates will be
made only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office of
the Trustee or such other address designated in writing by the Trustee. On each
Distribution Date, a holder of this Certificate will receive such holder's
Percentage Interest of the amounts required to be distributed with respect to
the applicable Class of Certificates.

                                      A-54

<PAGE>

     The Trustee will maintain or cause to be maintained a Certificate Register
in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Trustee will provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and
exchanges of Certificates. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any
Certificate at any office or agency of the Trustee, or, if an Authenticating
Agent has been appointed under the Agreement, the Authenticating Agent,
maintained for such purpose, the Trustee will, subject to the limitations set
forth in the Agreement, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, a Certificate of a like class and dated the date of
authentication by the Authenticating Agent. Notwithstanding the above, the final
distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee,
of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of
this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Trustee, for that
purpose and specified in such notice of final distribution.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set
forth on the reverse hereof which further provisions shall for all purposes have
the same effect as if set forth at this place.

     Unless the certificate of authentication has been executed by the
Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

                                      A-55

<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.

Dated: [_____]                          LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                        as Trustee

                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Authorized Officer

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Certificates
referred to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Authenticating Agent

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

                                      A-56

<PAGE>

                             REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE

               FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-FFC
                     MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES

     This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates,
designated as First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-FFC Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, issued in one or more Classes of Class A
Certificates, Class M Certificates, Class B Certificates, Class P Certificates
and Class C Certificates, each evidencing an interest in certain distributions
with respect to a pool of conventional, sub-prime Mortgage Loans formed and sold
by the Depositor and certain other property conveyed by the Depositor to the
Trustee.

     The Holder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will look
solely to the Trust Fund and certain amounts resulting from credit enhancements
for payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Holders for any
amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly
provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the Agreement.

     This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and reference
is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of rights,
benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the rights, duties and
immunities of the Trustee.

     No service charge will be made to the Holder for any transfer or exchange
of the Certificate, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of the Certificate. Prior to due presentation of a
Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor and the Trustee may
treat the person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of
such Certificate and the Percentage Interest in the Trust Fund evidenced thereby
for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to the Agreement and for all
other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Depositor nor the Trustee will be
affected by notice to the contrary.

     The Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer, if any, and the
Class A Certificate Insurer (such consents not to be unreasonably withheld) and
without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, to cure any ambiguity, to
correct or supplement any provisions therein which may be inconsistent with the
other provisions therein, to ensure continuing treatment of each REMIC included
in the Trust Fund as a REMIC, or to make any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under the Agreement which are not materially
inconsistent with the provisions of the Agreement, provided that such action
does not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Certificateholder.

     The Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicer the Trustee, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer, if any, and the
Class A Certificate Insurer (such consents not to be unreasonably withheld) and
with the consent of the Holders of Certificates evidencing in the aggregate not
less than 66 2/3% of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates
affected thereby, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Agreement or of modifying in
any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of

                                      A-57

<PAGE>

such Class; provided, however, that any such amendment will comply with the
requirements set forth in the Agreement.

     The Class A (other than the Class R Certificates), Class M, and Class B
Certificates are issuable only in registerable form, in minimum denominations of
$25,000 in initial Certificate Principal Amount and in integral multiples of $1
in excess thereof, registered in the name of the nominee of the clearing agency,
which shall maintain such Certificates through its book-entry facilities. The
Class R Certificates are issuable in minimum denominations of $100 and shall be
maintained in physical, fully registered form. The Class P Certificates are
issuable in minimum denominations of 100% and shall be maintained in physical,
fully registered form. The Class C Certificates are issuable in minimum
denominations of 25% and shall be maintained in physical, fully registered form.

     For federal income tax purposes, the Trust Fund will include multiple "real
estate mortgage investment conduits" (each, a "REMIC"). The REMIC Regular
Interests will represent "regular interests" in one of the REMICs included in
the Trust Fund. The Class R Certificate will represent the sole class of
"residual interest" in each of the REMICs.

     The obligations and responsibilities of the Depositor, the Servicer and the
Trustee under the Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) an Optional
Termination and (b) the later of (i) the maturity or other liquidation (or any
Advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust
Fund and the disposition of all REO Property and (ii) the distribution to
Certificateholders of all amounts required to be distributed to them pursuant to
this Agreement, as applicable. In no event shall the trusts created under the
Agreement continue beyond the earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years from the
death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late
Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James's, living on the date
hereof and (ii) the Latest Possible Maturity Date.

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                                   ASSIGNMENT

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

     (PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY* OR TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF
ASSIGNEE)

________________________________________________________________________________

(Please Print or Type Name and Address of Assignee)

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

the within Certificate, and all rights thereunder, and hereby does irrevocably
constitute and appoint

____________________________________, Attorney to transfer the within
Certificate on the books kept for the registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises.

Dated:
       ------------------------------   NOTICE: The signature to this assignment
(Signature guaranty)                    must correspond with the name as it
                                        appears upon the face of the within
                                        Certificate in every particular, without
                                        alteration or enlargement or any change
                                        whatever.

     (*This information, which is voluntary, is being requested to ensure that
the assignee will not be subject to backup withholding under Section 3406 of the
Code.)

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                          FORM OF CLASS R CERTIFICATES

SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS (I) A
"RESIDUAL INTEREST" IN ONE OR MORE "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUITS",
AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE") AND (II) AN INTEREST IN
NOTIONAL PRINCIPAL CONTRACTS.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE
DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE OR THE SERVICER REFERRED TO BELOW OR ANY OF THEIR
AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE, THE REMIC RESIDUAL INTERESTS REPRESENTED
HEREBY NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED OR INSURED BY THE
DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER OR BY ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES OR BY ANY
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE REGISTERED UNLESS THE PROSPECTIVE
TRANSFEREE PROVIDES THE TRUSTEE AND THE DEPOSITOR WITH A REPRESENTATION THAT
SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), A PLAN
SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE,
LOCAL, NON-U.S. OR OTHER LAWS OR REGULATIONS THAT ARE SUBSTANTIVELY SIMILAR TO
THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE, AND IS NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE FOR, ON BEHALF OF, OR WITH ANY ASSETS OF ANY SUCH
PLAN.

                               CLASS R CERTIFICATE

Number: 07-FFC-R                         Principal Balance: $[_____]

Cut-off Date: May 1, 2007                Pass-Through Rate: Variable(6)

First Distribution Date: June 25, 2007   CUSIP: [_____]

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(6)  Subject to a cap as described in the Agreement.

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               FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-FFC
                     MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES

evidencing an ownership interest in distributions allocable to the Class R
Certificates with respect to a pool of conventional, sub-prime mortgage loans
formed and sold by

                     MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.

     This certifies that MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, as
nominee for Merrill Lynch Funding Corporation, is the registered owner of the
ownership interest (the "Ownership Interest") evidenced by this Certificate
(obtained by dividing the Original Denomination of this Certificate by the
aggregate Initial Certificate Balance of all Class R Certificates) in certain
distributions with respect to a pool of conventional, sub-prime mortgage loans
(the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
(hereinafter called the "Depositor"), and certain other property held in trust
for the benefit of Certificateholders (collectively, the "Trust Fund"). The
Mortgage Loans are serviced by Home Loan Services, Inc. (the "Servicer") and are
secured by second lien mortgages on the Mortgaged Properties. The Trust Fund was
created pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement (the "Agreement"), dated
as of May 1, 2007, among the Depositor, the Servicer and LaSalle Bank National
Association ("LB"), as trustee (the "Trustee"), a summary of certain of the
pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined
herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the
Agreement.

     This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates,
designated as First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-FFC Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class R (the "Class R Certificate") and is issued
under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement,
to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance
hereof assents and by which Agreement such Holder is bound.

     The Class A Certificates, the Class M Certificates, the Class B
Certificates, the Class P Certificates and the Class C Certificates are
collectively referred to herein as the "Certificates."

     Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Trustee will distribute from
funds in the Certificate Account the amounts described in the Agreement on the
25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business
Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing in June 2007.
Such distributions will be made to the Person in whose name this Certificate is
registered on the Record Date.

     Distributions on this Certificate will be made either by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of such certificateholder at a bank
or other depository institution having appropriate wire transfer facilities or,
in the case of any certificateholder that has so notified the Trustee in writing
in accordance with the Agreement, by check mailed to the address of the person
entitled to distributions as it appears on the Certificate Register; provided,
however, that the final distribution in retirement of the

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certificates will be made only upon presentation and surrender of this
Certificate at the office of the Trustee or such other address designated in
writing by the Trustee. On each Distribution Date, a holder of this Certificate
will receive such holder's Percentage Interest of the amounts required to be
distributed with respect to the applicable Class of Certificates.

     The Trustee will maintain or cause to be maintained a Certificate Register
in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Trustee will provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and
exchanges of Certificates. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any
Certificate at any office or agency of the Trustee, or, if an Authenticating
Agent has been appointed under the Agreement, the Authenticating Agent,
maintained for such purpose, the Trustee will, subject to the limitations set
forth in the Agreement, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, a Certificate of a like class and dated the date of
authentication by the Authenticating Agent. Notwithstanding the above, the final
distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee,
of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of
this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Trustee, for that
purpose and specified in such notice of final distribution.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set
forth on the reverse hereof which further provisions shall for all purposes have
the same effect as if set forth at this place.

     Unless the certificate of authentication has been executed by the
Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.

Dated: [_____]                          LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                        as Trustee

                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Authorized Officer

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Certificates
referred to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Authenticating Agent

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

                                      A-63

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                             REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE

               FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-FFC
                     MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES

     This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates,
designated as First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-FFC Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, issued in one or more Classes of Class A
Certificates, Class M Certificates, Class B Certificates, Class P Certificates
and Class C Certificates, each evidencing an interest in certain distributions
with respect to a pool of conventional, sub-prime Mortgage Loans formed and sold
by the Depositor and certain other property conveyed by the Depositor to the
Trustee.

     Following the initial issuance of the Certificates, the principal balance
of this Certificate will be different from the Original Denomination shown
above. Anyone acquiring this Certificate may ascertain its current principal
balance by inquiry of the Trustee.

     The Holder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will look
solely to the Trust Fund and certain amounts resulting from credit enhancements
for payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Holders for any
amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly
provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the Agreement.

     This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and reference
is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of rights,
benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the rights, duties and
immunities of the Trustee.

     No service charge will be made to the Holder for any transfer or exchange
of the Certificate, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of the Certificate. Prior to due presentation of a
Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor and the Trustee may
treat the person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of
such Certificate and the Percentage Interest in the Trust Fund evidenced thereby
for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to the Agreement and for all
other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Depositor nor the Trustee will be
affected by notice to the contrary.

     The Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer, if any, and the
Class A Certificate Insurer (such consents not to be unreasonably withheld) and
without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, to cure any ambiguity, to
correct or supplement any provisions therein which may be inconsistent with the
other provisions therein, to ensure continuing treatment of each REMIC included
in the Trust Fund as a REMIC, or to make any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under the Agreement which are not materially
inconsistent with the provisions of the Agreement, provided that such action
does not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Certificateholder.

     The Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer, if any, and the
Class A Certificate Insurer (such consents not to be unreasonably withheld) and
with the consent of the Holders of Certificates evidencing in the

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aggregate not less than 66 2/3% of the Percentage Interests of each Class of
Certificates affected thereby, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Agreement or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such
Class; provided, however, that any such amendment will comply with the
requirements set forth in the Agreement.

     The Class A (other than the Class R Certificates), Class M, and Class B
Certificates are issuable only in registerable form, in minimum denominations of
$25,000 in initial Certificate Principal Amount and in integral multiples of $1
in excess thereof, registered in the name of the nominee of the clearing agency,
which shall maintain such Certificates through its book-entry facilities. The
Class R Certificates are issuable in minimum denominations of $100 and shall be
maintained in physical, fully registered form. The Class P Certificates are
issuable in minimum denominations of 100% and shall be maintained in physical,
fully registered form. The Class C Certificates are issuable in minimum
denominations of 25% and shall be maintained in physical, fully registered form.

     For federal income tax purposes, the Trust Fund will include multiple "real
estate mortgage investment conduits" (each, a "REMIC"). The REMIC Regular
Interests will represent "regular interests" in one of the REMICs included in
the Trust Fund. The Class R Certificate will represent the sole class of
"residual interest" in each of the REMICs.

     The obligations and responsibilities of the Depositor, the Servicer and the
Trustee under the Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) an Optional
Termination and (b) the later of (i) the maturity or other liquidation (or any
Advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust
Fund and the disposition of all REO Property and (ii) the distribution to
Certificateholders of all amounts required to be distributed to them pursuant to
this Agreement, as applicable. In no event shall the trusts created under the
Agreement continue beyond the earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years from the
death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late
Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James's, living on the date
hereof and (ii) the Latest Possible Maturity Date.

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                              [FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
  FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

(PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY* OR TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE)

________________________________________________________________________________

(Please Print or Type Name and Address of Assignee)

________________________________________________________________________________

the within Certificate, and all rights thereunder, and hereby does irrevocably
constitute and appoint

__________________________________________Attorney to transfer the within
Certificate on the books kept for the registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises.

Dated:
       ------------------------------   NOTICE: The signature to this assignment
(Signature guaranty)                    must correspond with the name as it
                                        appears upon the face of the within
                                        Certificate in every particular, without
                                        alteration or enlargement or any change
                                        whatever.

(*This information, which is voluntary, is being requested to ensure that the
assignee will not be subject to backup withholding under Section 3406 of the
Code.)

                                      A-66
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                                    EXHIBIT B

                             MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

                             [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

                                      A-67
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                                    EXHIBIT C

                                   [RESERVED]

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                                    EXHIBIT D

                          FORM OF TRUSTEE CERTIFICATION

                                     [DATE]

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
250 Vesey Street
4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10080

Home Loan Services, Inc.
150 Allegheny Center Mall
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street
Suite 1511
Chicago, Illinois 60603

Re: First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates,
    Series 2007-FFC

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In accordance with Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of May 1, 2007, among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as
depositor, LaSalle Bank National Association, as trustee, Home Loan Services,
Inc., as servicer (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned, as
Trustee, hereby certifies that [, except as set forth in Schedule A hereto,] as
to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto
(other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or listed on the attachment hereto)
it has reviewed the Mortgage File and the Mortgage Loan Schedule and has
determined that:

          (i) All documents in the Mortgage File required to be delivered to the
     Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 (A)-(B), (C) (if applicable), (D) and (E)
     and the documents if actually received by it under Section 2.01(F) of the
     Pooling and Servicing Agreement are in its possession;

          (ii) In connection with each Mortgage Loan or Assignment thereof as to
     which documentary evidence of recording was not received on the Closing
     Date, it has received evidence of such recording; and

          (iii) Such documents have been reviewed by it and appear regular on
     their face and relate to such Mortgage Loan.

     The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents contained
in each Mortgage File beyond confirming (i) that the Mortgage Loan number, the
name of the Mortgagor, the street address

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(excluding zip code), the mortgage interest rate at origination, the gross
margin (if applicable), the lifetime rate cap (if applicable), the periodic rate
cap (if applicable), the original principal balance, the first payment due date
and the original maturity date in each Mortgage File conform to the respective
Mortgage Loan number and name listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule and (ii) the
existence in each Mortgage File of each of the documents listed in subparagraphs
(i)(A) through (E), as applicable, inclusive, of Section 2.01 in the Agreement.
The Trustee makes no representations or warranties as to the validity, legality,
recordability, sufficiency, enforceability, due authorization or genuineness of
any of the documents contained in each Mortgage Loan or the collectability,
insurability, effectiveness, priority, perfection or suitability of any such
Mortgage Loan.

     Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the above-referenced Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee

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

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                                   EXHIBIT E-1

                    FORM OF TRANSFEREE'S LETTER AND AFFIDAVIT

                                     [DATE]

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street
Suite 1511
Chicago, Illinois 60603

Attention: Global Securities and Trust Services - First Franklin Mortgage Loan
           Trust, Series 2007-FFC

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We propose to purchase First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-FFC, Class R, described in the Prospectus
Supplement, dated May 25, 2007, and the Prospectus, dated May 15, 2007.

     1. We certify that (a) we are not a disqualified organization and (b) we
are not purchasing such Class R Certificate on behalf of a disqualified
organization; for this purpose the term "disqualified organization" means the
United States, any state or political subdivision thereof, any foreign
government, any international organization, any agency or instrumentality of any
of the foregoing (except any entity treated as other than an instrumentality of
the foregoing for purposes of Section 168(h)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code")), any organization (other than a cooperative
described in Section 521 of the Code) that is exempt from taxation under the
Code (unless such organization is subject to tax on excess inclusions) and any
organization that is described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code. We
understand that any breach by us of this certification may cause us to be liable
for an excise tax imposed upon transfers to disqualified organizations.

     2. We certify that (a) we have historically paid our debts as they became
due, (b) we intend, and believe that we will be able, to continue to pay our
debts as they become due in the future, (c) we understand that, as beneficial
owner of the Class R Certificate, we may incur tax liabilities in excess of any
cash flows generated by the Class R Certificate, and (d) we intend to pay any
taxes associated with holding the Class R Certificate as they become due and (e)
we will not cause income from the Class R Certificate to be attributable to a
foreign permanent establishment or fixed base (within the meaning of an
applicable income tax treaty) of ours or another U.S. taxpayer.

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     3. We acknowledge that we will be the beneficial owner of the Class R
Certificate and:(7)

     ___________ The Class R Certificate will be registered in our name.

     ___________ The Class R Certificate will be held in the name of our
                 nominee, _________________, which is not a disqualified
                 organization.

     4. We certify that we are not an employee benefit plan subject to Title I
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), a
plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code or a plan subject to federal, state,
local, non-U.S. or other law substantively similar to the foregoing provisions
of ERISA or the Code (each, a "Plan"), and are not directly or indirectly
acquiring the Class R Certificate on behalf of or with any assets of a Plan.

     5. We certify that (i) we are a U.S. person or (ii) we will hold the Class
R Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the
United States and have furnished the transferor and the Trustee with a duly
completed and effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or successor form
at the time and in the manner required by the Code; for this purpose the term
"U.S. person" means a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation,
or partnership (unless, in the case of a partnership, Treasury regulations are
adopted that provide otherwise) created or organized in or under the laws of the
United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, including an
entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes,
an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless
of the source of its income, or a trust if a court within the United States is
able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and
one or more such U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial
decisions of the trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury
regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 which are eligible
to elect to be treated as U.S. Persons). We agree that any breach by us of this
certification shall render the transfer of any interest in the Class R
Certificate to us absolutely null and void and shall cause no rights in the
Class R Certificate to vest in us.

     6. We agree that in the event that at some future time we wish to transfer
any interest in the Class R Certificate, we will transfer such interest in the
Class R Certificate only (a) to a transferee that (i) is not a disqualified
organization and is not purchasing such interest in the Class R Certificate on
behalf of a disqualified organization, (ii) is a U.S. person or will hold the
Class R Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within
the United States and will furnish us and the Trustee with a duly completed and
effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or successor form at the time and
in the manner required by the Code and (iii) has delivered to the Trustee a
letter in the form of this letter (including the affidavit appended hereto) and,
we will provide the Trustee a written statement substantially in the form of
Exhibit E-2 to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

     7. We hereby designate _______________________ as our fiduciary to act as
the tax matters person for each of the REMICs provided for in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.

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(7)  Check appropriate box and if necessary fill in the name of the Transferee's
     nominee.

                                     E-1-2

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Very truly yours,

[PURCHASER]

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

Accepted as of __________ __, 200__

MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.

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

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                                        APPENDIX A

                                        Affidavit pursuant to (i) Section
                                        860E(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code
                                        of 1986, as amended, and (ii) certain
                                        provisions of the Pooling and Servicing
                                        Agreement

Under penalties of perjury, the undersigned declares that the following is true:

     1. He or she is an officer of _________________________ (the "Transferee"),

     2. the Transferee's Employer Identification number is __________,

     3. the Transferee is not a "disqualified organization" (as defined below),
has no plan or intention of becoming a disqualified organization, and is not
acquiring any of its interest in the First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust,
Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-FFC, Class R Certificate on
behalf of a disqualified organization or any other entity,

     4. unless Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.("MLMI") has consented to
the transfer to the Transferee by executing the form of Consent affixed as
Appendix B to the Transferee's Letter to which this Certificate is affixed as
Appendix A, the Transferee is a "U.S. person" (as defined below),

     5. that no purpose of the transfer is to avoid or impede the assessment or
collection of tax,

     6. the Transferee has historically paid its debts as they became due,

     7. the Transferee intends, and believes that it will be able, to continue
to pay its debts as they become due in the future,

     8. the Transferee understands that, as beneficial owner of the Class R
Certificate, it may incur tax liabilities in excess of any cash flows generated
by the Class R Certificate,

     9. the Transferee intends to pay any taxes associated with holding the
Class R Certificate as they become due,

     10. the Transferee consents to any amendment of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement that shall be deemed necessary by Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors,
Inc. (upon advice of counsel) to constitute a reasonable arrangement to ensure
that the Class R Certificate will not be owned directly or indirectly by a
disqualified organization, and

     11. IF BRACKETED, THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATIONS ARE INAPPLICABLE [the
transfer is not a direct or indirect transfer of the Class R Certificate to a
foreign permanent establishment or fixed base (within the meaning of an
applicable income tax treaty) of the Transferee, and as to each of the residual
interests represented by the Class R Certificate, the present value of the
anticipated tax liabilities associated with holding such residual interest does
not exceed the sum of:

     A. the present value of any consideration given to the Transferee to
acquire such residual interest;

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     B. the present value of the expected future distributions on such residual
interest; and

     C. the present value of the anticipated tax savings associated with holding
such residual interest as the related REMIC generates losses.

For purposes of this declaration, (i) the Transferee is assumed to pay tax at a
rate equal to the highest rate of tax specified in Section 11(b)(1) of the Code,
but the tax rate specified in Section 55(b)(1)(B) of the Code may be used in
lieu of the highest rate specified in Section 11(b)(1) of the Code if the
Transferee has been subject to the alternative minimum tax under Section 55 of
the Code in the preceding two years and will compute its taxable income in the
current taxable year using the alternative minimum tax rate, and (ii) present
values are computed using a discount rate equal to the Federal short-term rate
prescribed by Section 1274(d) of the Code for the month of the transfer and the
compounding period used by the Transferee;]

[11. (A) at the time of the transfer, and at the close of each of the
     Transferee's two fiscal years preceding the Transferee's fiscal year of
     transfer, the Transferee's gross assets for financial reporting purposes
     exceed $100 million and its net assets for financial reporting purposes
     exceed $10 million; and

     (B)  the Transferee is an eligible corporation as defined in Treasury
          regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i) and has agreed in writing that
          any subsequent transfer of the Class R Certificate will be to another
          eligible corporation in a transaction that satisfies Treasury
          regulation Sections 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i), 1.860E-1(c)(4)(ii),
          1.860E-1(c)(4)(iii) and 1.860E-1(c)(5) and such transfer will not be a
          direct or indirect transfer to a foreign permanent establishment
          (within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of a domestic
          corporation.

For purposes of this declaration, the gross and net assets of the Transferee do
not include any obligation of any related person as defined in Treasury
regulation Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(ii) or any other asset if a principal purpose
for holding or acquiring the other asset is to permit the Transferee to make
this declaration or to satisfy the requirements of Treasury regulation Section
1.860E-1(c)(5)(i).]

12. The Transferee will not cause income from the Class R Certificate to be
attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base (within the
meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of the Transferee or another U.S.
taxpayer.

For purpose of this affidavit, the term "disqualified organization" means the
United States, any state or political subdivision thereof, any foreign
government, any international organization, any agency or instrumentality of any
of the foregoing (except any entity treated as other than an instrumentality of
the foregoing for purposes of Section 168(h)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code")), any organization (other than a cooperative
described in Section 521 of the Code) that is exempt from taxation under the
Code (unless such organization is subject to tax on excess inclusions) and any
organization that is described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code and the term
"U.S. Person" means a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation or
partnership (unless, in the case of a partnership, Treasury regulations are
adopted that provide otherwise) created or organized in or under the laws of the
United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, including an
entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes,
an estate whose income is subject to Unites States federal income tax regardless
of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to
exercise primary

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supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S.
Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust,
(or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury regulations, certain trusts
in existence on August 20, 1996 which are eligible to elect to be treated as
U.S. Persons).

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By:
    ---------------------------------

     Address of Investor for receipt of distribution:

     ________________________________________________

     Address of Investor for receipt of tax information:

     ___________________________________________________

     (Corporate Seal)

     Attest:

     ________________________________
     ________________________________, Secretary

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Personally appeared before me the above-named ______________, known or proved to
me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to be the
_______ of the Investor, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as his
free act and deed and the free act and deed of the Investor.

Subscribed and sworn before me this
day of ___________, 200_.

_____________________________________
Notary Public

County of ___________________________

State of ____________________________

My commission expires the ________ day of ______________

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

Dated:
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                                   EXHIBIT E-2

                         FORM OF TRANSFEROR'S AFFIDAVIT

                                     [DATE]

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street
Suite 1511
Chicago, Illinois 60603

Attention: Global Securities and Trust Services - First Franklin Mortgage Loan
           Trust, Series 2007-FFC

Re: First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates,
    Series 2007-FFC

     _______________________ (the "Transferor") has reviewed the attached
affidavit of _____________________________ (the "Transferee"), and has no actual
knowledge that such affidavit is not true, and has no reason to believe that the
Transferee has the intention to impede the assessment or collection of any
federal, state or local taxes legally required to be paid with respect to the
Class R Certificate referred to in the attached affidavit. In addition, the
Transferor has conducted a reasonable investigation at the time of the transfer
and found that the Transferee had historically paid its debts as they came due
and found no significant evidence to indicate that the Transferee will not
continue to pay its debts as they become due.

                                        Very truly yours,

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

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                                   EXHIBIT F

                         FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE

                                     [DATE]

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street
Suite 1511
Chicago, Illinois 60603

Attention: Global Securities and Trust Services - First Franklin Mortgage Loan
           Trust, Series 2007-FFC

RE:  First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
     Certificates, Series 2007-FFC

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In connection with our disposition of the Class [____] Certificate, we
certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and are being disposed
by us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the
Act and (b) we have not offered or sold any Certificates to, or solicited offers
to buy any Certificates from, any person, or otherwise approached or negotiated
with any person with respect thereto, in a manner that would be deemed, or taken
any other action that would result in, a violation of Section 5 of the Act. All
capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1,
2007, among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, LaSalle Bank
National Association, as trustee, and Home Loan Services, Inc., as servicer.

Very truly yours,

Name of Transferor

By:
    ---------------------------------
Name:
      -------------------------------
Title:
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                                    EXHIBIT G

                            FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER
                              (ACCREDITED INVESTOR)

                                     [DATE]

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street
Suite 1511
Chicago, Illinois 60603

Attention: Global Securities and Trust Services - First Franklin Mortgage Loan
           Trust, Series 2007-FFC

     Re:  First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
          Certificates, Series 2007-FFC

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     ______________ (the "Purchaser") intends to purchase from ________________
(the "Transferor") $_______ by original principal balance (the "Transferred
Certificates") of First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2007-FFC, Class [____] (the "Certificates"), issued
pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2007 (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors,
Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"), LaSalle Bank National Association, as
trustee (the "Trustee"), Home Loan Services, Inc., as servicer (the "Servicer").
[The Purchaser intends to register the Transferred Certificate in the name of
____________________, as nominee for _________________.] All terms used and not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.

     For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
is hereby acknowledged, the Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants to, and
covenants with, the Depositor and the Trustee that:

     1. The Purchaser understands that (a) the Certificates have not been
registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), or the securities laws of any state, (b) neither the
Depositor nor the Trustee is required, and neither of them intends, to so
register or qualify the Certificates, (c) the Certificates cannot be resold
unless (i) they are registered and qualified under the Securities Act and the
applicable state securities laws or (ii) an exemption from registration and
qualification is available and (d) the Pooling and Servicing Agreement contains
restrictions regarding the transfer of the Certificates.

     2. [Reserved]

     3. The Certificates (other than the Class R Certificate) will bear a legend
to the following effect:

     THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
     AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS

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     AMENDED (THE "1940 ACT") OR ANY STATE SECURITIES OR "BLUE SKY" LAWS, AND
     MAY NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, OR
     OFFERED FOR SALE, UNLESS SUCH TRANSFER IS NOT SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION UNDER
     THE ACT, THE 1940 ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND SUCH
     TRANSFER ALSO COMPLIES WITH THE OTHER PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE
     POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. IF THE CERTIFICATE IS A DEFINITIVE
     CERTIFICATE, NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE
     TRUSTEE SHALL HAVE RECEIVED, IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE
     TRUSTEE (A) AN INVESTMENT LETTER FROM THE PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR; AND (B)
     REPRESENTATIONS FROM THE TRANSFEROR REGARDING THE OFFERING AND SALE OF THE
     CERTIFICATES.

     4. The ERISA Restricted Certificates will bear a legend to the following
     effect:

     NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE TRUSTEE HAS
     RECEIVED (A) A REPRESENTATION THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE
     BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
     ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), A PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE
     INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE") OR A PLAN SUBJECT
     ANY TO STATE, LOCAL, FEDERAL, NON-U.S. OR OTHER LAW SUBSTANTIVELY SIMILAR
     TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE ("SIMILAR LAW")
     (COLLECTIVELY, A "PLAN"), AND IS NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ACQUIRING THIS
     CERTIFICATE BY, ON BEHALF OF, OR WITH ANY ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN, (B) IF
     THE CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN ERISA-QUALIFYING UNDERWRITING, A
     REPRESENTATION THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY THAT IS
     ACQUIRING THE CERTIFICATE WITH ASSETS OF AN "INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL
     ACCOUNT" AS DEFINED IN SECTION V(E) OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS
     EXEMPTION ("PTCE") 95-60 AND THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THE CERTIFICATE
     ARE COVERED AND EXEMPT UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60, OR (C)
     SOLELY IN THE EVENT THE CERTIFICATE IS A DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATE, AN OPINION
     OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE, AND UPON WHICH THE TRUSTEE AND THE
     NIMS INSURER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RELY, TO THE EFFECT THAT THE ACQUISITION
     AND HOLDING OF SUCH CERTIFICATE BY THE PROSPECTIVE TRANSFEREE WILL NOT
     CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NONEXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER TITLE I OF
     ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW AND WILL
     NOT SUBJECT THE TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER OR THE DEPOSITOR TO ANY OBLIGATION IN
     ADDITION TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN BY SUCH ENTITIES IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING
     AGREEMENT, WHICH OPINION OF COUNSEL SHALL NOT BE AN EXPENSE OF THE TRUSTEE,
     THE SERVICER, THE NIMS INSURER OR THE DEPOSITOR. IF THE CERTIFICATE IS NOT
     A DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATE, THE TRANSFEREE IS DEEMED TO HAVE MADE THE
     REPRESENTATION IN (A) OR (B) ABOVE.

     5. The Class R Certificate will bear a legend to the following effect:

     THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH
     SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

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     AND THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO
     OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH CERTIFICATE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH
     SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. NO TRANSFER OF THIS
     CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE TRUSTEE SHALL HAVE RECEIVED, IN FORM
     AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE (A) A TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT FROM THE
     PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR; AND (B) AN AFFIDAVIT FROM THE TRANSFEROR REGARDING
     THE OFFERING AND SALE OF THE CERTIFICATE.

     NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE REGISTERED UNLESS THE PROSPECTIVE
     TRANSFEREE PROVIDES THE TRUSTEE WITH A REPRESENTATION THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE
     IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE
     RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), A PLAN
     SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO STATE, LOCAL,
     FEDERAL, NON-U.S. OR OTHER LAW SUBSTANTIVELY SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING
     PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE ("SIMILAR LAW"), AND IS NOT DIRECTLY OR
     INDIRECTLY ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE BY, ON BEHALF OF, OR WITH ANY ASSETS
     OF ANY SUCH PLAN.

     6. The Purchaser is acquiring the Transferred Certificates for its own
account [FOR INVESTMENT ONLY] * and not with a view to or for sale or other
transfer in connection with any distribution of the Transferred Certificates in
any manner that would violate the Securities Act or any applicable state
securities laws, subject, nevertheless, to the understanding that disposition of
the Purchaser's property shall at all times be and remain within its control.

     7. The Purchaser (a) is a substantial, sophisticated institutional investor
having such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters, and in
particular in such matters related to securities similar to the Certificates,
such that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investment in the
Certificates, (b) is able to bear the economic risks of such an investment and
(c) is an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(a) promulgated
pursuant to the Securities Act.

     8. The Purchaser will not nor has it authorized nor will it authorize any
person to (a) offer, pledge, sell, dispose of or otherwise transfer any
Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other similar security to
any person in any manner, (b) solicit any offer to buy or to accept a pledge,
disposition or other transfer of any Certificate, any interest in any
Certificate or any other similar security from any person in any manner, (c)
otherwise approach or negotiate with respect to any Certificate, any interest in
any Certificate or any other similar security with any person in any manner, (d)
make any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other
manner, or (e) take any other action, that would constitute a distribution of
any Certificate under the Securities Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended (the "1940 Act"), that would render the disposition of any
Certificate a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or any state
securities law, or that would require registration or qualification pursuant
thereto. Neither the Purchaser nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered the
Certificates for sale or made any general solicitation by means of general
advertising or in any other manner with respect to the Certificates. The
Purchaser will not sell or otherwise transfer any of the Certificates, except in
compliance with the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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*    Not required of a broker/dealer purchaser.

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     9. The Purchaser of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (A) is not an employee
benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, a plan subject to Section 4975 of the
Code, a plan subject to any state, local, federal, non-U.S. or other law
substantively similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code ("Similar
Law") and is not directly or indirectly acquiring such Certificates by, on
behalf of, or with any assets of any such plan, or (B) if the Certificate has
been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, is an insurance company
that is acquiring the Certificate with assets of an "insurance company general
account," as defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption
("PTCE") 95-60, and the acquisition and holding of the Certificate are covered
and exempt under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, or (C) solely in the event
the Certificate is a Definitive Certificate, herewith delivers an Opinion of
Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee, and upon which the Trustee and the NIMS
Insurer shall be entitled to rely, to the effect that the acquisition and
holding of the Certificate will not constitute or result in a nonexempt
prohibited transaction under Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or a
violation of Similar Law, and will not subject the Trustee, the Servicer, the
NIMs Insurer or the Depositor to any obligation in addition to those expressly
undertaken in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel
shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Servicer or the Depositor.

     10. The Purchaser of a Class R Certificate is not an employee benefit plan
subject to Title I of ERISA, a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code, a plan
subject to any state, local, federal, non-U.S. or other law substantively
similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code ("Similar Law"), or a
Person directly or indirectly acquiring such Certificate by, on behalf of, or
with any assets of any such plan.

     11. Prior to the sale or transfer by the Purchaser of any of the
Certificates, the Purchaser will obtain from any subsequent purchaser
substantially the same certifications, representations, warranties and covenants
contained in the foregoing paragraphs and in this letter or a letter
substantially in the form of Exhibit H to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

                                      G-4

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     13. The Purchaser agrees to indemnify the Trustee, the Servicer and the
Depositor against any liability that may result from any misrepresentation made
herein.

                                        Very truly yours,

                                        [PURCHASER]

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

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                                    EXHIBIT H

                       FORM OF RULE 144A INVESTMENT LETTER
                         (Qualified Institutional Buyer)

                                     [DATE]

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street
Suite 1511
Chicago, Illinois 60603

Attention: Global Securities and Trust Services - First Franklin Mortgage Loan
           Trust, Series 2007-FFC

     Re:  First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
          Certificates, Series 2007-FFC

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     ______________ (the "Purchaser") intends to purchase from ________________
(the "Transferor") $_______ by original principal balance (the "Transferred
Certificates") of First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2007-FFC, Class [____] (the "Certificates"), issued
pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2007 (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors,
Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"), LaSalle Bank National Association, as
trustee (the "Trustee"), Home Loan Services, Inc., as servicer (the "Servicer").
[THE PURCHASER INTENDS TO REGISTER THE TRANSFERRED CERTIFICATE IN THE NAME OF
____________________, AS NOMINEE FOR _________________.] All terms used and not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.

     For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
is hereby acknowledged, the Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants to, and
covenants with, the Depositor and the Trustee that:

     In connection with our acquisition of the above Transferred Certificates we
certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates are not being registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any state
securities laws and are being transferred to us in a transaction that is exempt
from the registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we have
such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we are
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the Certificates,
(c) we have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the
Depositor concerning the purchase of the Transferred Certificates and all
matters relating thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our
decision to purchase the Transferred Certificates, (d) solely with respect to
ERISA Restricted Certificates, (A) we are not an employee benefit plan subject
to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
("ERISA"), a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the "Code"), a plan subject to any state, local, federal, non-U.S.
or other law substantively similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the
Code ("Similar Law"), or Persons directly or indirectly acting on behalf of or
using any assets of any such plan, or (B), if the Certificate has been the
subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, we are an insurance

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company that is acquiring the Certificate with assets of an "insurance company
general account," as defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption ("PTCE") 95-60, and the acquisition and holding of the Certificate are
covered and exempt under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, or (C) solely in the
event the Certificate is a Definitive Certificate, we will herewith deliver an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee, and upon which the Trustee and
the NIMs Insrurer shall be entitled to rely, to the effect that the acquisition
and holding of the Certificate will not constitute or result in a nonexempt
prohibited transaction under Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or a
violation of Similar Law, and will not subject the Trustee, the Servicer, the
NIMs Insurer or the Depositor to any obligation in addition to those expressly
undertaken in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel
shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Servicer or the Depositor, (e) we
have not, nor has anyone acting on our behalf offered, transferred, pledged,
sold or otherwise disposed of the Certificates, any interest in the Certificates
or any other similar security to, or solicited any offer to buy or accept a
transfer, pledge or other disposition of the Certificates, any interest in the
Certificates or any other similar security from, or otherwise approached or
negotiated with respect to the Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or
any other similar security with, any person in any manner, or made any general
solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or taken
any other action, that would constitute a distribution of the Certificates under
the Securities Act or that would render the disposition of the Certificates a
violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or require registration pursuant
thereto, nor will act, nor has authorized or will authorize any person to act,
in such manner with respect to the Certificates, and (f) we are a "qualified
institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act and have completed one of the forms of certification to that effect attached
hereto as Annex 1 or Annex 2. We are aware that the sale of the Transferred
Certificates to us is being made in reliance on Rule 144A. We are acquiring the
Transferred Certificates for our own account or for resale pursuant to Rule 144A
and further understand that such Certificates may be resold, pledged or
transferred only (i) to a person reasonably believed by us, based upon
certifications of such purchaser or information we have in our possession, to be
a qualified institutional buyer that purchases for its own account or for the
account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the
resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or (ii)
pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Securities Act.

                                       H-2

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     We agree to indemnify the Trustee, the Servicer and the Depositor against
any liability that may result from any misrepresentation made herein.

Very truly yours,

[PURCHASER]

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

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                                                                         ANNEX 1

            QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A

          [FOR TRANSFEREES OTHER THAN REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES]

     The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the parties
listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this certification
relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:

     1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief Financial
Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the Buyer.

     2. In connection with the purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a "qualified
institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A") because (i) the Buyer owned and/or
invested on a discretionary basis $____________ * in securities (except for the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A) and (ii)
the Buyer satisfies the criteria in the category marked below.

     _______   Corporation, etc. The Buyer is a corporation (other than a bank,
               savings and loan association or similar institution),
               Massachusetts or similar business trust, partnership, or
               charitable organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the
               Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     _______   Bank. The Buyer (a) is a national bank or banking institution
               organized under the laws of any State, territory or the District
               of Columbia, the business of which is substantially confined to
               banking and is supervised by Federal, State or territorial
               banking commission or similar official or is a foreign bank or
               equivalent institution, and (b) has an audited net worth of at
               least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest annual financial
               statements, a copy of which is attached hereto.

     _______   Savings and Loan. The Buyer (a) is a savings and loan
               association, building and loan association, cooperative bank,
               homestead association or similar institution, which is supervised
               and examined by a State or Federal authority having supervision
               over such institution or is a foreign savings and loan
               association or equivalent institution and (b) has an audited net
               worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest
               annual financial statements, a copy of which is attached hereto.

     _______   Broker-dealer. The Buyer is a dealer registered pursuant to
               Section 15 of

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*    Buyer must own and/or invest on a discretionary  basis at least
     $100,000,000 in securities  unless Buyer is a dealer,  and, in that case,
     Buyer must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $10,000,000
     in securities.

                                       H-4

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               the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     _______   Insurance Company. The Buyer is an insurance company whose
               primary and predominant business activity is the writing of
               insurance or the reinsuring of risks underwritten by insurance
               companies and which is subject to supervision by the insurance
               commissioner or a similar official or agency of the State,
               territory or the District of Columbia.

     _______   State or Local Plan. The Buyer is a plan established and
               maintained by a State, its political subdivisions, or any agency
               or instrumentality of the State or its political subdivisions,
               for the benefit of its employees.

     _______   ERISA Plan. The Buyer is an employee benefit plan subject to
               Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
               as amended.

     _______   Investment Advisor. The Buyer is an investment advisor registered
               under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, as amended.

     _______   Small Business Investment Company. Buyer is a small business
               investment company licensed by the U.S. Small Business
               Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business
               Investment Act of 1958, as amended.

     _______   Business Development Company. Buyer is a business development
               company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment
               Advisors Act of 1940, as amended.

     3. The term "securities" as used for purposes of the calculation of the
dollar amount in paragraph 2 excludes: (i) securities of issuers that are
affiliated with the Buyer, (ii) securities that are part of an unsold allotment
to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer is a dealer, (iii) securities
issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (iv) bank
deposit notes and certificates of deposit, (v) loan participations, (vi)
repurchase agreements, (vii) securities owned but subject to a repurchase
agreement and (viii) currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.

     4. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities owned
and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the Buyer used the cost
of such securities to the Buyer and did not include any of the securities
referred to in the preceding paragraph, except (i) where the Buyer reports its
securities holdings in its financial statements on the basis of their market
value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the cost of those
securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding sentence applies,
the securities may be valued at market. Further, in determining such aggregate
amount, the Buyer may have included securities owned by subsidiaries of the
Buyer, but only if such subsidiaries are consolidated with the Buyer in its
financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles and if the investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the
Buyer's direction. However, such securities were not included if the Buyer is a
majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Buyer is
not itself a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.

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     5. The Buyer acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and
understands that the seller to it and other parties related to the Certificates
are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein because one
or more sales to the Buyer may be in reliance on Rule 144A.

     6. Until the date of purchase of the Rule 144A Securities, the Buyer will
notify each of the parties to which this certification is made of any changes in
the information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given, the Buyer's
purchase of the Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this
certification as of the date of such purchase. In addition, if the Buyer is a
bank or savings and loan as provided above, the Buyer agrees that it will
furnish to such parties updated annual financial statements promptly after they
become available.

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

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                                                                         ANNEX 2

            QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A

           [FOR TRANSFEREES THAT ARE REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES]

     The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the parties
listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this certification
relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:

     1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief Financial
Officer or Senior Vice President of the Buyer or, if the Buyer is a "qualified
institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A"), because Buyer is part of a Family of
Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the Adviser.

     2. In connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a "qualified
institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A because (i) the Buyer is an
investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended and (ii) as marked below, the Buyer alone, or the Buyer's Family of
Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in securities (other than the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
fiscal year. For purposes of determining the amount of securities owned by the
Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, the cost of such securities
was used, except (i) where the Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment
Companies reports its securities holdings in its financial statements on the
basis of their market value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the
cost of those securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding
sentence applies, the securities may be valued at market.

   _________   The Buyer owned $___________ in securities (other than the
               excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the
               Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in
               accordance with Rule 144A).

     _______   The Buyer is part of a Family of Investment Companies which owned
               in the aggregate $__________ in securities (other than the
               excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the
               Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in
               accordance with Rule 144A).

     3. The term "Family of Investment Companies" as used herein means two or
more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that have the same
investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated (by virtue of
being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because one investment
adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).

     4. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i) securities of
issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer or are part of the Buyer's Family of
Investment Companies, (ii) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or any
instrumentality thereof, (iii) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit,
(iv) loan participations, (v) repurchase agreements, (vi) securities owned but
subject to a repurchase agreement and (vii) currency, interest rate and
commodity swaps.

                                       H-7

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     5. The Buyer is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that the parties
listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this certification
relates are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein
because one or more sales to the Buyer will be in reliance on Rule 144A. In
addition, the Buyer will only purchase for the Buyer's own account.

     6. Until the date of purchase of the Certificates, the undersigned will
notify the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates of any changes in the information and conclusions herein.
Until such notice is given, the Buyer's purchase of the Certificates will
constitute a reaffirmation of this certification by the undersigned as of the
date of such purchase.

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

                                        IF AN ADVISER:

                                        Print Name of Buyer

                                        Date:
                                              ----------------------------------

                                       H-8

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                                    EXHIBIT I

                           FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE

                                     [DATE]

To:  LaSalle Bank National Association
     135 South LaSalle Street
     Suite 1511
     Chicago, Illinois 60603

     Attention: Account Manager--FFML 2007-FFC

Re:  First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
     Certificates, Series 2007-FFC

     In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by you, as
Trustee, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1,
2007, among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, LaSalle Bank
National Association, as Trustee, Home Loan Services, Inc., as servicer (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), we request the release, and hereby
acknowledge receipt, of the Mortgage File for the Mortgage Loan described below,
for the reason indicated.

Mortgage Loan Number:

Mortgagor Name, Address & Zip Code:

Reason for Requesting Documents (check one):

_________   1.   Mortgage Paid in Full

_________   2.   Foreclosure

_________   3.   Substitution

_________   4.   Other Liquidation (Repurchases, etc.)

_________   5.   Nonliquidation

_________   6.   Other Reason:

Address to which the Trustee should deliver the Mortgage File:

                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            (authorized signer)
                                        Address:
                                                 -------------------------------
                                        Date:
                                              ----------------------------------

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If box 1 or 2 above is checked, and if all or part of the Mortgage File was
previously released to us, please release to us our previous receipt on file
with you, as well as any additional documents in your possession relating to the
above specified Mortgage Loan.

If box 3, 4, 5 or 6 above is checked, upon our return of all of the above
documents to you as Trustee, please acknowledge your receipt by signing in the
space indicated below, and returning this form.

Please acknowledge the execution of the above request by your signature and date
below:

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee

By:
    ---------------------------------
Signature                               Date
          ---------------------------        -----------------------

Documents returned to Trustee:

By:
    ---------------------------------

Signature                               Date
          ---------------------------        -----------------------

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                                    EXHIBIT J

                                   [RESERVED]

                                       J-1

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                                    EXHIBIT K

                    FORM OF BACK-UP CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE

                                     [DATE]

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
250 Vesey Street
4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10080

Home Loan Services, Inc.
150 Allegheny Center Mall
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212

Re:  Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of May 1, 2007,
     among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, Home Loan
     Services, Inc., as servicer, and LaSalle Bank National Association, as
     trustee, relating to First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan
     Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-FFC

     The Trustee hereby certifies to the Depositor, the Servicer and their
officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they
will rely upon this certification, that:

     (1) I have reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
[2007] (the "Annual Report"), and all reports on Form 8-K (if any) and on Form
10-D required to be filed in respect of the period covered by the Annual Report
(collectively with the Annual Report, the "Reports"), of the Issuing Entity;

     (2) To the best of my knowledge, and assuming the accuracy of the
statements required to be made or data required to be delivered by the Servicer
and Depositor (to the extent that such statements or data were received by the
Trustee and are relevant to the statements made by the Trustee in this Back-Up
Certification), the information in the Reports relating to the trustee, taken as
a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect
to the period covered by the Annual Report;

     (3) To the best of my knowledge, and assuming the accuracy of the
statements required to be made or data required to be delivered by the Servicer
and Depositor (to the extent that such statements or data were received by the
Trustee and are relevant to the statements made by the Trustee in this Back-Up
Certification), the distribution and any other information required to be
provided by the Trustee (other than information provided by or on behalf of the
Servicer, the Depositor or other third party) to the Depositor and each Servicer
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Reports is
included in the Reports; and

     (4) The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for
asset-backed securities of the Trustee and its related attestation report on
assessment of compliance with servicing criteria required to be included in the
Annual Report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and

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Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been included as an exhibit to the
Annual Report. Any material instances of non-compliance are described in such
report and have been disclosed in the Annual Report.

LaSalle Bank National Association,
as Trustee

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

                                      K-2

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                                    EXHIBIT L

                    FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICER

                                     [DATE]

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
250 Vesey Street
4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10080

Re:  First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
     Certificates, Series 2007-FFC

     Home Loan Services, Inc. (the "Servicer") certifies to the Depositor and
the Trustee, and their officers, directors and affiliates, and with the
knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

     (1) I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Servicer
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and I have reviewed, or persons under
my supervision have reviewed, the servicer compliance statement of the Servicer
and the compliance statements of each Sub-Servicer, if any, engaged by the
Servicer provided to the Depositor and the Trustee for the Issuing Entity's
fiscal year [___] in accordance with Item 1123 of Regulation AB (each a
"Compliance Statement"), the report on assessment of the Servicer's compliance
with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB (the
"Servicing Criteria") and reports on assessment of compliance with servicing
criteria for asset-backed securities of the Servicer and of each Sub-Servicer
[or Subcontractor], if any, engaged or utilized by the Servicer provided to the
Depositor and the Trustee for the Issuing Entity's fiscal year [___] in
accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act") and Item 1122 of Regulation AB (each a
"Servicing Assessment"), the registered public accounting firm's attestation
report provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Exchange
Act and Section 1122(b) of Regulation AB related to each Servicing Assessment
(each a "Attestation Report"), and all servicing reports, officer's certificates
and other information relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the
Servicer during 200[_] that were delivered or caused to be delivered by the
Servicer pursuant to the Agreement (collectively, the "Servicing Information");

     (2) Based on my knowledge, and assuming the accuracy of the information
provided to the Servicer by third parties in connection with the performance of
the Servicer's duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Servicing
Information, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
made, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made,
not misleading with respect to the period of time covered by the Servicing
Information;

     (3) Based on my knowledge, the servicing information required to be
provided to the Trustee by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement has been provided to the Trustee;

     (4) Based on my knowledge and the compliance review conducted in preparing
each Compliance Statement of the Servicer and, if applicable, reviewing each
Compliance Statement of each Sub-Servicer, if any, engaged by the Servicer, and
except as disclosed in such Compliance Statement[(s)],

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the Servicer [(directly and through its Sub-Servicers, if any)] has fulfilled
its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material
respects.

     (5) Each Servicing Assessment of the Servicer and of each Sub-Servicer [or
Subcontractor], if any, engaged or utilized by the Servicer and its related
Attestation Report required to be included in the Annual Report in accordance
with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has
been provided to the Depositor and the Trustee. Any material instances of
non-compliance are described in any such Servicing Assessment or Attestation
Report.

Date:
      -------------------

Home Loan Services, Inc.,
as Servicer

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

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                                    EXHIBIT M

                                   [RESERVED]

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                                    EXHIBIT N

                                   [RESERVED]

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                                    EXHIBIT O

                    FORM OF TRANSFEROR REPRESENTATION LETTER
               FOR TRANSFER TO REGULATION S BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE
  FROM A HOLDER OF A RULE 144A BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE OR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATE

                                     [DATE]

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street
Suite 1511
Chicago, Illinois 60603

Attention: Global Securities and Trust Services - First Franklin Mortgage Loan
           Trust, Series 2007-FFC

RE:  First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
     Certificates, Series 2007-FFC

Ladies and Gentlemen:

          In connection with our disposition of the Class ___ Certificates which
are held in the form of Definitive Certificates or in the form of a beneficial
interest in a Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate and to effect the transfer
pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
("Regulation S") of the above Certificates in exchange for an equivalent
beneficial interest in a Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, we hereby certify
that such transfer has been effected in accordance with (i) the transfer
restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May
1, 2007, among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as Depositor, LaSalle
Bank National Association, as Trustee, Home Loan Services, Inc., as Servicer,
and in the Certificates and (ii) in accordance with Regulation S, and that:

          a. the offer of the Certificates was not made to a person in the
United States;

          b. at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was
outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably
believed that the transferee was outside the United States;

          c. no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the
requirements of Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S, as applicable;

          d. the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the
registration requirements of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended; and

          e. the transferee is not a U.S. Person (as defined by Regulation S).

          You are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably
authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in
any administrative or legal Proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the
matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set
forth in Regulation S.

<PAGE>

Very truly yours,

Print Name of Transferor

By
   ----------------------------------
   Authorized Officer

                                      O-2

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                                    EXHIBIT P

                    FORM OF TRANSFEROR REPRESENTATION LETTER
               FOR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO RULE 144A FROM A HOLDER OF
         A REGULATION S BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE OR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATE

                                     [DATE]

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street
Suite 1511
Chicago, Illinois 60603

Attention: Global Securities and Trust Services - First Franklin Mortgage Loan
           Trust, Series 2007-FFC

RE:  First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
     Certificates, Series 2007-FFC

Ladies and Gentlemen:

          In connection with our disposition of the Class __ Certificates which
are held in the form of Definitive Certificates or in the form of a beneficial
interest in a Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate and to effect the transfer
pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A")
of the above Certificates in exchange for an equivalent beneficial interest in a
Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate or a Definitive Note, we hereby certify that
such Certificates are being transferred in accordance with (i) the transfer
restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May
1, 2007, among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as Depositor, La Salle
Bank National Association, as Trustee, Home Loan Services, Inc., as Servicer,
and in the Certificates and (ii) Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, to a transferee that we reasonably believe is purchasing the
Certificates for its own account or an account with respect to which the
transferee exercises sole investment discretion, the transferee and any such
account is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A, in
a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with any
applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other
jurisdiction.

          You are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably
authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in
any administrative or legal Proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the
matters covered hereby.

Very truly yours,

Print Name of Transferor

By:
    ---------------------------------
    Authorized Officer

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                                    EXHIBIT Q

                                   [RESERVED]

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT R

                        FORM OF ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE

1.   [Name of Servicing Entity] ("XYZ") is responsible for assessing compliance
     with the servicing criteria applicable to it under paragraph (d) of Item
     1122 of Regulation AB, as of and for the 12-month period ending [December
     31, _____] (the "Reporting Period"), as set forth in Appendix ____ hereto.
     The transactions covered by this report are attached hereto as Appendix B
     and include asset-backed securities transactions for which the undersigned
     servicing entity has acted as a servicer involving residential mortgage
     loans (the "Platform").The transactions covered by this report include
     asset-backed securities transactions [for which XYZ acted as [master
     servicer, servicer, trustee, securities administrator, custodian] (the
     "Platform");

2.   XYZ has engaged certain vendors (the "Vendors") to perform specific,
     limited or scripted activities, and XYZ elects to take responsibility for
     assessing compliance with the servicing criteria or portion of the
     servicing criteria applicable to such Vendors' activities as set forth in
     Appendix ___ hereto;

3.   Except as set forth in paragraph 4 below, XYZ used the criteria set forth
     in paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB to assess the compliance
     with the applicable servicing criteria;

4.   The criteria referred to as "inapplicable servicing criteria" on Appendix
     ___ hereto are inapplicable to XYZ based on the activities it performs,
     directly or through its Vendors, with respect to the Platform;

5.   XYZ has complied, in all material respects, with the applicable servicing
     criteria as of [December 31, _____] and for the Reporting Period with
     respect to the Platform taken as a whole[, except as described on Appendix
     B hereto];

6.   XYZ has not identified and is not aware of any material instance of
     noncompliance by the Vendors with the applicable servicing criteria as of
     [December 31, _____] and for the Reporting Period with respect to the
     Platform taken as a whole [, except as described on Appendix ____ hereto];

7.   XYZ has not identified any material deficiency in its policies and
     procedures to monitor the compliance by the Vendors with the applicable
     servicing criteria as of [December 31, ______] and for the Reporting Period
     with respect to the Platform taken as a whole [, except as described on
     Appendix B hereto]; and

8.   [_____________], a registered public accounting firm, has issued an
     attestation report on XYZ's assessment of compliance with the applicable
     servicing criteria for the Reporting Period.

[Date of Certification]                 [Name of Servicing Entity]

                                        BY:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        NAME:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        TITLE:
                                               ---------------------------------
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                                    EXHIBIT S

                       SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED
                           IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
                          (RMBS unless otherwise noted)

DEFINITIONS KEY:
PRIMARY SERVICER - transaction party having borrower contact X - obligation
TRUSTEE - fiduciary of the transaction and safe keeper of certain pool assets
CUSTODIAN - safe keeper of certain pool assets

WHERE THERE ARE MULTIPLE CHECKS FOR CRITERIA THE ATTESTING PARTY WILL IDENTIFY
IN THEIR MANAGEMENT ASSERTION THAT THEY ARE ATTESTING ONLY TO THE PORTION OF THE
DISTRIBUTION CHAIN THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IN THE RELATED TRANSACTION
AGREEMENTS.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          HOME LOAN
                                                          SERVICES,       LASALLE
REGULATION AB                                                INC.           BANK            ADDITIONAL
REFERENCE                  SERVICING CRITERIA             (SERVICER)     (TRUSTEE)         INFORMATION
-------------      ----------------------------------   -------------   -----------   ---------------------
<S>                <C>                                  <C>             <C>           <C>
                   GENERAL SERVICING CONSIDERATIONS

1122(d)(1)(i)      Policies and procedures are                X              X        Servicer and
                   instituted to monitor any                                          Trustee each
                   performance or other triggers and                                  responsible only to
                   events of default in accordance                                    the extent that
                   with the transaction agreements.                                   each party, as
                                                                                      applicable, has
                                                                                      actual knowledge or
                                                                                      written notice with
                                                                                      respect to parties
                                                                                      other than itself.

1122(d)(1)(ii)     If any material servicing            IF APPLICABLE       IF
                   activities are outsourced to third       FOR A       APPLICABLE
                   parties, policies and procedures      TRANSACTION       FOR A
                   are instituted to monitor the         PARTICIPANT    TRANSACTION
                   third party's performance and                        PARTICIPANT
                   compliance with such servicing
                   activities.

1122(d)(1)(iii)    Any requirements in the                   N/A            N/A
                   transaction agreements to maintain
                   a back-up servicer for the Pool
                   Assets are maintained.

1122(d)(1)(iv)     A fidelity bond and errors and             X
                   omissions policy is in effect on
                   the party participating in the
                   servicing function throughout the
                   reporting period in the amount of
                   coverage required by and otherwise
                   in accordance with the terms of
                   the transaction agreements.

                   CASH COLLECTION AND ADMINISTRATION

1122(d)(2)(i)      Payments on pool assets are                X              X        Servicer and
                   deposited into the appropriate                                     Trustee each
                   custodial bank accounts and                                        responsible only
                   related bank clearing accounts no                                  for deposits into
                   more than two business                                             the accounts held
                                                                                      by it.
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          HOME LOAN
                                                          SERVICES,       LASALLE
REGULATION AB                                                INC.           BANK            ADDITIONAL
REFERENCE                  SERVICING CRITERIA             (SERVICER)     (TRUSTEE)         INFORMATION
-------------      ----------------------------------   -------------   -----------   ---------------------
<S>                <C>                                  <C>             <C>           <C>
                   days following receipt, or such
                   other number of days specified in
                   the transaction agreements.

1122(d)(2)(ii)     Disbursements made via wire                X              X        Servicer disburses
                   transfer on behalf of an obligor                                   funds to trustee.
                   or to an investor are made only by                                 Trustee disburses
                   authorized personnel.                                              funds to
                                                                                      certificateholders.

1122(d)(2)(iii)    Advances of funds or guarantees            X
                   regarding collections, cash flows
                   or distributions, and any interest
                   or other fees charged for such
                   advances, are made, reviewed and
                   approved as specified in the
                   transaction agreements.

1122(d)(2)(iv)     The related accounts for the               X              X        Servicer needs to
                   transaction, such as cash reserve                                  provide only if it
                   accounts or accounts established                                   is deemed that the
                   as a form of over                                                  related Collection
                   collateralization, are separately                                  Account is subject
                   maintained (e.g., with respect to                                  to this criteria.
                   commingling of cash) as set forth
                   in the transaction agreements.

1122(d)(2)(v)      Each custodial account is                  X              X
                   maintained at a federally insured
                   depository institution as set
                   forth in the transaction
                   agreements. For purposes of this
                   criterion, "federally insured
                   depository institution" with
                   respect to a foreign financial
                   institution means a foreign
                   financial institution that meets
                   the requirements of Rule
                   13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities
                   Exchange Act.

1122(d)(2)(vi)     Unissued checks are safeguarded so         X              X
                   as to prevent unauthorized access.

1122(d)(2)(vii)    Reconciliations are prepared on a          X              X
                   monthly basis for all asset-backed
                   securities related bank accounts,
                   including custodial accounts and
                   related bank clearing accounts.
                   These reconciliations are (A)
                   mathematically accurate; (B)
                   prepared within 30 calendar days
                   after the bank statement cutoff
                   date, or such other number of days
                   specified in the transaction
                   agreements; (C) reviewed and
                   approved by someone other than the
                   person who prepared the
                   reconciliation; and (D) contain
                   explanations for reconciling
                   items. These reconciling items are
                   resolved within 90 calendar days
                   of their original identification,
                   or such other number of days
                   specified in the transaction
                   agreements.

                   INVESTOR REMITTANCES AND REPORTING
</TABLE>

                                      S-2

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          HOME LOAN
                                                          SERVICES,       LASALLE
REGULATION AB                                                INC.           BANK            ADDITIONAL
REFERENCE                  SERVICING CRITERIA             (SERVICER)     (TRUSTEE)         INFORMATION
-------------      ----------------------------------   -------------   -----------   ---------------------
<S>                <C>                                  <C>             <C>           <C>
1122(d)(3)(i)      Reports to investors, including        (A), (B) &         X
                   those to be filed with the              (D) ONLY
                   Commission, are maintained in
                   accordance with the transaction
                   agreements and applicable
                   Commission requirements.
                   Specifically, such reports (A) are
                   prepared in accordance with
                   timeframes and other terms set
                   forth in the transaction
                   agreements; (B) provide
                   information calculated in
                   accordance with the terms
                   specified in the transaction
                   agreements; (C) are filed with the
                   Commission as required by its
                   rules and regulations; and (D)
                   agree with investors' or the
                   trustee's records as to the total
                   unpaid principal balance and
                   number of Pool Assets serviced by
                   the Servicer.

1122(d)(3)(ii)     Amounts due to investors are               X              X        Servicer remits
                   allocated and remitted in                                          cash and loan level
                   accordance with timeframes,                                        data to Trustee
                   distribution priority and other                                    based on timelines
                   terms set forth in the transaction                                 established in the
                   agreements.                                                        Pooling and
                                                                                      Servicing Agreement.
                                                                                      The Trustee is
                                                                                      responsible for the
                                                                                      allocation of funds
                                                                                      to Certificateholders
                                                                                      using the appropriate
                                                                                      distribution priority
                                                                                      as established by the
                                                                                      Pooling and Servicing
                                                                                      Agreement.

1122(d)(3)(iii)    Disbursements made to an investor          X              X        Trustee disburses
                   are posted within two business                                     funds to
                   days to the Servicer's investor                                    Certificateholders.
                   records, or such other number of
                   days specified in the transaction
                   agreements.

1122(d)(3)(iv)     Amounts remitted to investors per          X              X        Servicer remits
                   the investor reports agree with                                    funds and provides
                   cancelled checks, or other form of                                 certain investor
                   payment, or custodial bank                                         reports to Trustee
                   statements.                                                        within guidelines
                                                                                      and timeframes
                                                                                      established in
                                                                                      Pooling and Servicing
                                                                                      Agreement. Trustee
                                                                                      disburses funds to
                                                                                      certificateholders.

                   POOL ASSET ADMINISTRATION

1122(d)(4)(i)      Collateral or security on pool             X              X        Servicer shall not
                   assets is maintained as required                                   attest to the
                   by the transaction agreements or                                   performance of
                   related pool
</TABLE>

                                      S-3
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          HOME LOAN
                                                          SERVICES,       LASALLE
REGULATION AB                                                INC.           BANK            ADDITIONAL
REFERENCE                  SERVICING CRITERIA             (SERVICER)     (TRUSTEE)         INFORMATION
-------------      ----------------------------------   -------------   -----------   ---------------------
<S>                <C>                                  <C>             <C>           <C>
                   asset documents.                                                   obligations of the
                                                                                      Custodian under the
                                                                                      transaction
                                                                                      agreement.

1122(d)(4)(ii)     Pool assets  and related documents         X              X        Custodian
                   are safeguarded as required by the                                 responsibility with
                   transaction agreements.                                            respect to the
                                                                                      Mortgage Files

1122(d)(4)(iii)    Any additions, removals or                 X              X        Trustee shall only
                   substitutions to the asset pool                                    review, not
                   are made, reviewed and approved in                                 approve, such
                   accordance with any conditions or                                  additions, removals
                   requirements in the transaction                                    or substitutions in
                   agreements.                                                        accordance with the
                                                                                      transaction
                                                                                      agreements.

1122(d)(4)(iv)     Payments on pool assets, including         X
                   any payoffs, made in accordance
                   with the related pool asset
                   documents are posted to the
                   Servicer's obligor records
                   maintained no more than two
                   business days after receipt, or
                   such other number of days
                   specified in the transaction
                   agreements, and allocated to
                   principal, interest or other items
                   (e.g., escrow) in accordance with
                   the related pool asset documents.

1122(d)(4)(v)      The Servicer's records regarding X
                   the pool assets agree with the
                   Servicer's records with respect to
                   an obligor's unpaid principal
                   balance.

1122(d)(4)(vi)     Changes with respect to the terms          X
                   or status of an obligor's pool
                   assets (e.g., loan modifications
                   or re-agings) are made, reviewed
                   and approved by authorized
                   personnel in accordance with the
                   transaction agreements and related
                   pool asset documents.

1122(d)(4)(vii)    Loss mitigation or recovery                X
                   actions (e.g., forbearance plans,
                   modifications and deeds in lieu of
                   foreclosure, foreclosures and
                   repossessions, as applicable) are
                   initiated, conducted and concluded
                   in accordance with the timeframes
                   or other requirements established
                   by the transaction agreements.

1122(d)(4)(viii)   Records documenting collection             X
                   efforts are maintained during the
                   period a pool asset is delinquent
                   in accordance with the transaction
                   agreements. Such records are
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          HOME LOAN
                                                          SERVICES,       LASALLE
REGULATION AB                                                INC.           BANK            ADDITIONAL
REFERENCE                  SERVICING CRITERIA             (SERVICER)     (TRUSTEE)         INFORMATION
-------------      ----------------------------------   -------------   -----------   ---------------------
<S>                <C>                                  <C>             <C>           <C>
                   maintained on at least a monthly
                   basis, or such other period
                   specified in the transaction
                   agreements, and describe the
                   entity's activities in monitoring
                   delinquent pool assets including,
                   for example, phone calls, letters
                   and payment rescheduling plans in
                   cases where delinquency is deemed
                   temporary (e.g., illness or
                   unemployment).

1122(d)(4)(ix)     Adjustments to interest rates or           X
                   rates of return for pool assets
                   with variable rates are computed
                   based on the related pool asset
                   documents.

1122(d)(4)(x)      Regarding any funds held in trust          X
                   for an obligor (such as escrow
                   accounts): (A) such funds are
                   analyzed, in accordance with the
                   obligor's pool asset documents, on
                   at least an annual basis, or such
                   other period specified in the
                   transaction agreements; (B)
                   interest on such funds is paid, or
                   credited, to obligors in
                   accordance with applicable pool
                   asset documents and state laws;
                   and (C) such funds are returned to
                   the obligor within 30 calendar
                   days of full repayment of the
                   related pool assets, or such other
                   number of days specified in the
                   transaction agreements.

1122(d)(4)(xi)     Payments made on behalf of an              X                       Servicing function
                   obligor (such as tax or insurance                                  participant
                   payments) are made on or before                                    reponsibility
                   the related penalty or expiration
                   dates, as indicated on the
                   appropriate bills or notices for
                   such payments, provided that such
                   support has been received by the
                   servicer at least 30 calendar days
                   prior to these dates, or such
                   other number of days specified in
                   the transaction agreements.

1122(d)(4)(xii)    Any late payment penalties in              X                       Servicing function
                   connection with any payment to be                                  participant
                   made on behalf of an obligor are                                   reponsibility
                   paid from the Servicer's funds and
                   not charged to the obligor, unless
                   the late payment was due to the
                   obligor's error or omission.

1122(d)(4)(xiii)   Disbursements made on behalf of an         X
                   obligor are posted within two
                   business days to the obligor's
                   records maintained by the
                   servicer, or such other number of
                   days specified in the transaction
                   agreements.

1122(d)(4)(xiv)    Delinquencies, charge-offs and             X
                   uncollectible accounts are
                   recognized
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          HOME LOAN
                                                          SERVICES,       LASALLE
REGULATION AB                                                INC.           BANK            ADDITIONAL
REFERENCE                  SERVICING CRITERIA             (SERVICER)     (TRUSTEE)         INFORMATION
-------------      ----------------------------------   -------------   -----------   ---------------------
<S>                <C>                                  <C>             <C>           <C>
                   and recorded in accordance with
                   the transaction agreements.

1122(d)(4)(xv)     Any external enhancement or other                         X
                   support, identified in Item
                   1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item
                   1115 of Regulation AB, is
                   maintained as set forth in the
                   transaction agreements.
</TABLE>

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                                    EXHIBIT T

                      FORM OF SARBANES-OXLEY CERTIFICATIONS

                                     [DATE]

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
250 Vesey Street
4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10080

Home Loan Services, Inc.
150 Allegheny Center Mall
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212

     Re: First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
         Certificates, Series 2007-FFC

     I, [identify the certifying individual], certify that:

1. I have reviewed the report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D required
to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form 10-K of
[identify the issuing entity] (the "Exchange Act periodic reports");

2. Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole,
do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect
to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other
information required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered by
this report is included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;

4. [I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the servicer(s)
and based on my knowledge and the compliance review(s) conducted in preparing
the servicer compliance statement(s) required in this report under Item 1123 of
Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic reports, the
servicer(s) [has/have] fulfilled [its/their] obligations under the servicing
agreement(s); and]

5. All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for
ABS and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with
servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included in this
report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules
13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report, except as
otherwise disclosed in this report. Any material instances of noncompliance
described in such reports have been disclosed in this report on Form 10-K.

     [In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on
information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties [name of
servicer, sub-servicer, co-servicer, depositor or trustee].]

<PAGE>

Date:
      -------------------------------

-------------------------------------
[Signature]
[Title]
        -----------------------------

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                                    EXHIBIT U

                   FORM OF ITEM 1123 CERTIFICATION OF SERVICER

                                     [DATE]

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
250 Vesey Street
4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10080

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street
Suite 1511
Chicago, Illinois 60603

Attention: Global Securities and Trust Services - First Franklin Mortgage
           Loan Trust, Series 2007-FFC

Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of May 1, 2007,
    among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, Home Loan
    Services, Inc., as servicer, and LaSalle Bank National Association, as
    trustee, relating to First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan
    Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-FFC

I, [identify name of certifying individual], [title of certifying individual] of
Home Loan Services, Inc. (the "Servicer"), hereby certify that:

     (1) A review of the activities of the Servicer during the preceding
calendar year and of the performance of the Servicer under the Agreement has
been made under my supervision; and

     (2) To the best of my knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has
fulfilled all its obligations under the Agreement in all material respects
throughout such year or a portion thereof[, or, if there has been a failure to
fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, I have specified below each
such failure known to me and the nature and status thereof].

Date:
      -------------------------------

Home Loan Services, Inc.,
as Servicer

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

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                                    EXHIBIT V

                           FORM OF DELINQUENCY REPORT

     STANDARD FILE LAYOUT - DELINQUENCY REPORTING

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                               FORMAT
COLUMN/HEADER NAME                                DESCRIPTION                      DECIMAL     COMMENT
------------------                                -----------                      -------   ----------
<S>                           <C>                                                  <C>       <C>
SERVICER_LOAN_NBR             A unique number assigned to a loan by the
                              Servicer. This may be different than the LOAN_NBR

LOAN_NBR                      A unique identifier assigned to each loan by the
                              originator.

CLIENT_NBR                    Servicer Client Number

SERV_INVESTOR_NBR             Contains a unique number as assigned by an
                              external servicer to identify a group of loans in
                              their system.

BORROWER_FIRST_NAME           First Name of the Borrower.

BORROWER_LAST_NAME            Last name of the borrower.

PROP_ADDRESS                  Street Name and Number of Property

PROP_STATE                    The state where the property located.

PROP_ZIP                      Zip code where the property is located.

BORR_NEXT_PAY_DUE_DATE        The date that the borrower's next payment is due               MM/DD/YYYY
                              to the servicer at the end of processing cycle, as
                              reported by Servicer.

LOAN_TYPE                     Loan Type (i.e. FHA, VA, Conv)

BANKRUPTCY_FILED_DATE         The date a particular bankruptcy claim was filed.              MM/DD/YYYY

BANKRUPTCY_CHAPTER_CODE       The chapter under which the bankruptcy was filed.

BANKRUPTCY_CASE_NBR           The case number assigned by the court to the
                              bankruptcy filing.

POST_PETITION_DUE_DATE        The payment due date once the bankruptcy has been              MM/DD/YYYY
                              approved by the courts

BANKRUPTCY_DCHRG_DISM_DATE    The Date The Loan Is Removed From Bankruptcy.                  MM/DD/YYYY
                              Either by Dismissal, Discharged and/or a Motion
                              For Relief Was Granted.

LOSS_MIT_APPR_DATE            The Date The Loss Mitigation Was Approved By The               MM/DD/YYYY
                              Servicer

LOSS_MIT_TYPE                 The Type Of Loss Mitigation Approved For A Loan
                              Such As;

LOSS_MIT_EST_COMP_DATE        The Date The Loss Mitigation /Plan Is Scheduled To             MM/DD/YYYY
                              End/Close

LOSS_MIT_ACT_COMP_DATE        The Date The Loss Mitigation Is Actually Completed             MM/DD/YYYY

FRCLSR_APPROVED_DATE          The date DA Admin sends a letter to the servicer               MM/DD/YYYY
                              with instructions to begin foreclosure
                              proceedings.

ATTORNEY_REFERRAL_DATE        Date File Was Referred To Attorney to Pursue                   MM/DD/YYYY
                              Foreclosure

FIRST_LEGAL_DATE              Notice of 1st legal filed by an Attorney in a                  MM/DD/YYYY
                              Foreclosure
</TABLE>

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S>                           <C>                                                  <C>       <C>
                              Action

FRCLSR_SALE_EXPECTED_DATE     The date by which a foreclosure sale is expected               MM/DD/YYYY
                              to occur.

FRCLSR_SALE_DATE              The actual date of the foreclosure sale.                       MM/DD/YYYY

EVICTION_START_DATE           The date the servicer initiates eviction of the                MM/DD/YYYY
                              borrower.

EVICTION_COMPLETED_DATE       The date the court revokes legal possession of the             MM/DD/YYYY
                              property from the borrower.

LIST_PRICE                    The price at which an REO property is marketed.         2      No commas(,) or dollar
                                                                                             signs ($)

LIST_DATE                     The date an REO property is listed at a particular             MM/DD/YYYY
                              price.

OFFER_AMT                     The dollar value of an offer for an REO property.       2      No commas(,) or dollar
                                                                                             signs ($)

OFFER_DATE_TIME               The date an offer is received by DA Admin or by                MM/DD/YYYY
                              the Servicer.

REO_CLOSING_DATE              The date the REO sale of the property is scheduled             MM/DD/YYYY
                              to close.

REO_ACTUAL_CLOSING_DATE       Actual Date Of REO Sale                                        MM/DD/YYYY

OCCUPANT_CODE                 Classification of how the property is occupied.

PROP_CONDITION_CODE           A code that indicates the condition of the
                              property.

PROP_INSPECTION_DATE          The date a property inspection is performed.                   MM/DD/YYYY

APPRAISAL_DATE                The date the appraisal was done.                               MM/DD/YYYY

CURR_PROP_VAL                 The current "as is" value of the property based on      2
                              brokers price opinion or appraisal.

IF APPLICABLE:

DELINQ_STATUS_CODE            FNMA Code Describing Status of Loan

DELINQ_REASON_CODE            The circumstances which caused a borrower to stop
                              paying on a loan. Code indicates the reason why
                              the loan is in default for this cycle.

MI_CLAIM_FILED_DATE           Date Mortgage Insurance Claim Was Filed With                   MM/DD/YYYY
                              Mortgage Insurance Company.

MI_CLAIM_AMT                  Amount of Mortgage Insurance Claim Filed                       No commas(,) or dollar
                                                                                             signs ($)

MI_CLAIM_PAID_DATE            Date Mortgage Insurance Company Disbursed Claim                MM/DD/YYYY
                              Payment

MI_CLAIM_AMT_PAID             Amount Mortgage Insurance Company Paid On Claim         2      No commas(,) or dollar
                                                                                             signs ($)

POOL_CLAIM_FILED_DATE         Date Claim Was Filed With Pool Insurance Company               MM/DD/YYYY

POOL_CLAIM_AMT                Amount of Claim Filed With Pool Insurance Company       2      No commas(,) or dollar
                                                                                             signs
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<S>                           <C>                                                  <C>       <C>
                                                                                             ($)

POOL_CLAIM_PAID_DATE          Date Claim Was Settled and The Check Was Issued By             MM/DD/YYYY
                              The Pool Insurer

POOL_CLAIM_AMT_PAID           Amount Paid On Claim By Pool Insurance Company          2      No commas(,) or dollar
                                                                                             signs ($)

FHA_PART_A_CLAIM_FILED_DATE   Date FHA Part A Claim Was Filed With HUD                       MM/DD/YYYY

FHA_PART_A_CLAIM_AMT          Amount of FHA Part A Claim Filed                        2      No commas(,) or dollar
                                                                                             signs ($)

FHA_PART_A_CLAIM_PAID_DATE    Date HUD Disbursed Part A Claim Payment                        MM/DD/YYYY

FHA_PART_A_CLAIM_PAID_AMT     Amount HUD Paid on Part A Claim                         2      No commas(,) or dollar
                                                                                             signs ($)

FHA_PART_B_CLAIM_FILED_DATE   Date FHA Part B Claim Was Filed With HUD                       MM/DD/YYYY

FHA_PART_B_CLAIM_AMT          Amount of FHA Part B Claim Filed                        2      No commas(,) or dollar
                                                                                             signs ($)

FHA_PART_B_CLAIM_PAID_DATE    Date HUD Disbursed Part B Claim Payment                        MM/DD/YYYY

FHA_PART_B_CLAIM_PAID_AMT     Amount HUD Paid on Part B Claim                         2      No commas(,) or dollar
                                                                                             signs ($)

VA_CLAIM_FILED_DATE           Date VA Claim Was Filed With the Veterans Admin                MM/DD/YYYY

VA_CLAIM_PAID_DATE            Date Veterans Admin. Disbursed VA Claim Payment                MM/DD/YYYY

VA_CLAIM_PAID_AMT             Amount Veterans Admin. Paid on VA Claim                 2      No commas(,) or dollar
                                                                                             signs ($)
</TABLE>

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STANDARD FILE CODES - DELINQUENCY REPORTING

The LOSS MIT TYPE field should show the approved Loss Mitigation Code as
follows:

ASUM - Approved Assumption
BAP  - Borrower Assistance Program
CO   - Charge Off
DIL  - Deed-in-Lieu
FFA  - Formal Forbearance Agreement
MOD  - Loan Modification
PRE  - Pre-Sale
SS   - Short Sale
MISC - Anything else approved by the PMI or Pool Insurer

NOTE: LaSalle Bank National Association will accept alternative Loss Mitigation
Types to those above, provided that they are consistent with industry standards.
If Loss Mitigation Types other than those above are used, the Servicer must
supply LaSalle Bank National Association with a description of each of the Loss
Mitigation Types prior to sending the file.

The OCCUPANT CODE field should show the current status of the property code as
follows:

Mortgagor
Tenant
Unknown
Vacant

The PROPERTY CONDITION field should show the last reported condition of the
property as follows:

Damaged
Excellent
Fair
Gone
Good
Poor
Special Hazard
Unknown

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                                   EXHIBIT W-1

              FORM OF CLASS A CERTIFICATE GUARANTY INSURANCE POLICY
                CERTIFICATE GUARANTY INSURANCE POLICY ENDORSEMENT

Attached to and forming                           Effective Date of Endorsement:
part of Policy No. AB1082BE                                         May 29, 2007

issued to:

     LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee on behalf of, and for the
benefit of the Holders of, the First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series
2007-FFC, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Class A-1 and Class A-2
Certificates

     For all purposes of this Policy, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:

     "Agreement" shall mean the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May
1, 2007, among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as Depositor, Home Loan
Services, Inc., as Servicer, and LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee,
as such Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time as
set forth in the Agreement.

     "Class A Certificates" shall mean, together, the Class A-1 Certificates and
the Class A-2 Certificates.

     "Deficiency Amount" shall, as applied to the Class A Certificates mean (A)
with respect to each Distribution Date prior to the Final Scheduled Distribution
Date, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate
amount of the Current Interest on the Class A Certificates for that Distribution
Date over (b) the funds available to make payment thereof pursuant to Section
4.04 of the Agreement for that Distribution Date and (ii) the aggregate amount,
if any, by which the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A
Certificates (after giving effect to all distributions of funds available
therefor on such Distribution Date) exceeds the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the related Due Period; and (B)
with respect to the Final Scheduled Distribution Date and the Class A
Certificates, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the excess, if any, of (a) the
amount of the Current Interest on the Class A Certificates for the Final
Scheduled Distribution Date over (b) the funds available to make payment thereof
pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Agreement for the Final Scheduled Distribution
Date and (ii) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A
Certificates due on the Final Scheduled Distribution Date to the extent not paid
from funds available therefor on the Final Scheduled Distribution Date. Any
Deficiency Amount shall not include any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, any
Relief Act Shortfalls, or any amount in

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<PAGE>

respect of the reduction in the amount of interest payable on the Class A
Certificates as a result of the application of the related Available Funds Cap.

     "Distribution Date" shall mean the 25th day of each month (or if such 25th
day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day immediately following)
beginning with the First Distribution Date.

     "Due for Payment" shall mean, with respect to any Insured Amounts, such
amount that is due and payable under the Agreement for such Distribution Date.

     "Final Scheduled Distribution Date" shall mean, with respect to the Class A
Certificates, the Distribution Date in June 2027.

     "First Distribution Date" shall mean June 25, 2007.

     "Holder" shall mean any person who is the registered owner or beneficial
owner of any of the Class A Certificates, other than the Servicer, the Sponsor,
the Originator, the Depositor, the Trustee or any of their Affiliates, or any
person whose obligations constitute the underlying security or source of payment
for the Class A Certificates who, at the time of Nonpayment, is the owner of a
Class A Certificate or of a coupon relating to a Class A Certificate.

     "Insurance Agreement" shall mean that certain Insurance and Indemnity
Agreement, dated as of May 29, 2007, among the Insurer, Merrill Lynch Mortgage
Investors, Inc., as Depositor, Home Loan Services, Inc., as Servicer, Merrill
Lynch Mortgage Lending, Inc., as Sponsor, and the Trustee, in regard to the
Class A Certificates, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time.

     "Insurance Policy" or "Policy" shall mean this Certificate Guaranty
Insurance Policy together with each and every endorsement hereto.

     "Insured Amounts" (1) shall mean, with respect to any Distribution Date,
any Deficiency Amount plus any Preference Amount and (2) shall mean, with
respect to the Final Scheduled Distribution Date, the Deficiency Amount for the
Final Scheduled Distribution Date.

     "Insured Obligations" shall mean the Class A Certificates as issued
pursuant to the Agreement.

     "Insured Payments" shall mean, with respect to any Distribution Date, the
aggregate amount actually paid by the Insurer to, or at the direction of, the
Trustee in respect of Insured Amounts for such Distribution Date.

     "Insurer" shall mean Ambac Assurance Corporation, or any successor thereto,
as issuer of the Insurance Policy.

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<PAGE>

     "Late Payment Rate" shall mean the lesser of (a) the greater of (i) the per
annum rate of interest publicly announced from time to time by Citibank, N.A. as
its prime or base lending rate plus two (2) percent per annum (any change in
such rate of interest to be effective on the date such change is announced by
Citibank, N.A.), and (ii) the then applicable highest rate of interest on the
Class A Certificates, and (b) the maximum rate permissible under applicable
usury or similar laws limiting interest rates. The Late Payment Rate shall be
computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360
days for any Distribution Date.

     "Maximum Insured Amount" shall mean $616,727,000 in respect of principal,
plus interest thereon calculated at the applicable Pass-Through Rate for the
Class A Certificates.

     "Nonpayment" shall mean, with respect to any Distribution Date, an Insured
Amount which is Due for Payment but has not and will not be paid in respect of
such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement.

     "Notice" shall mean the telephonic or telegraphic notice, promptly
confirmed in writing by telecopy substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the
Policy, the original of which is subsequently delivered by overnight, registered
or certified mail, from the Trustee specifying the Insured Amount which shall be
due and owing on the applicable Distribution Date.

     "Preference Amount" shall mean any amount previously distributed to a Class
A Certificateholder, by or on behalf of the Trust Estate 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" shall mean the premium amount payable to the Insurer on each
Distribution Date in accordance with this Policy and the Insurance Agreement.

     "Premium Percentage" shall have the meaning set forth in the Insurance
Agreement.

     "Reimbursement Amount" shall mean, as of any Distribution Date, the sum of
(x) (i) all Insured Payments paid by the Insurer, but for which the Insurer has
not been reimbursed prior to such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.04 of
the Agreement, plus (ii) interest accrued thereon, calculated at the Late
Payment Rate from the date the Trustee received the Insured Payments to the date
reimbursed to the Insurer, and (y) (i) any other amounts then due and owing to
the Insurer under this Policy, the Insurance and Indemnity Agreement or the
Agreement but for which the Insurer has not been reimbursed prior to such
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Agreement plus (ii) interest
on such amounts calculated at the Late Payment Rate from the date such amounts
are due to the date reimbursed to the Insurer.

     "Term of the Policy" shall mean the period from and including the date of
issuance of the Policy to and including the date on which (i) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates is reduced to zero, (ii) any
period during which any payment of the Class A Certificates could have been
avoided in whole or in part as a preference payment under

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applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law has expired, and
(iii) if any proceedings requisite to avoidance as a preference payment have
been commenced prior to the occurrence of (i) and (ii), a final and
nonappealable order in resolution of each such proceeding has been entered.

     "Trustee" shall mean LaSalle Bank National Association, or any successor
thereto under the Agreement.

     Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the
meaning assigned to them in the Agreement.

     The Insurer hereby agrees that if, as of any Distribution Date, it has
become subrogated to the rights of Holders by virtue of a previous payment under
this Policy, no recovery of such payment will occur unless the full amount of
the Holders' allocable distributions for such Distribution Date can be made. In
so doing, the Insurer does not waive its rights to seek full payment of all
Reimbursement Amounts owed to it under the Agreement and this Policy.

     As provided by the Policy, the Insurer will pay any amount payable
hereunder, other than Preference Amounts, no later than 12:00 noon, New York
City time, on the later of the Distribution Date on which the Deficiency Amount
is due or the second Business Day following actual receipt in New York, New York
on a Business Day by the Insurer of a Notice; provided that, if such Notice is
received after 12:00 noon, New York City time, on such Business Day, it shall be
deemed to be received on the following Business Day. Any Notice received by the
Insurer after 12:00 noon, New York City time, on a given Business Day shall be
deemed to have been received by the Insurer on the following Business Day. If
any such Notice is not in proper form or is otherwise insufficient for the
purpose of making a claim under the Policy, it shall be deemed not to have been
received for purposes of this paragraph, and the Insurer shall promptly so
advise the Trustee and the Trustee may submit an amended or corrected Notice.

     The Insurer shall pay any Preference Amount when due to be paid pursuant to
the Order referred to below, but in any event no earlier than the third Business
Day following actual receipt by the Insurer of (i) a certified copy of a final,
non-appealable order of a court or other body exercising jurisdiction in such
insolvency proceeding to the effect that the Trustee or the Holder, as
applicable, is required to return such Preference Amount paid during the term of
this Policy because such payments were avoided as a preferential transfer or
otherwise rescinded or required to be restored by the Trustee or the Holder, as
applicable (the "Order"), (ii) an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the
Insurer, stating that such Order has been entered and is final and not subject
to any stay, (iii) an assignment, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Insurer, duly executed and delivered by the Trustee or the Holder, as
applicable, irrevocably assigning to the Insurer all rights and claims of the
Trustee or the Holder, as applicable, relating to or arising under the Agreement
or otherwise with respect to such Preference Amount, (iv) appropriate
instruments in form satisfactory to the Insurer to effect the appointment of the
Insurer as agent for the Trustee or the Holder, as applicable, in any legal
proceeding relating to such Preference Amount and (v) a Notice of Nonpayment
(attached hereto as Exhibit A) appropriately completed and executed by the
Trustee; provided that if such documents are received by the Insurer after 12:00
noon (New

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<PAGE>

York City time) on such Business Day, they will be deemed to be received on the
following Business Day.

     Such payment shall be disbursed to the receiver, conservator,
debtor-in-possession or trustee in bankruptcy named in the Order, and not to the
Trustee or the Holder, as applicable, directly, unless the Trustee or the
Holder, as applicable, has made a payment of the Preference Amount to the court
or such receiver, conservator, debtor-in-possession or trustee in bankruptcy
named in the Order, in which case the Insurer will pay the Trustee on behalf of
the Holder, to the extent of the payment of the Preference Amounts, subject to
the delivery of (a) the items referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and
(v) above to the Insurer and (b) evidence satisfactory to the Insurer that
payment has been made to such court or receiver, conservator,
debtor-in-possession or trustee in bankruptcy named in the Order.
Notwithstanding the foregoing two sentences, the Insurer shall not be obligated
to pay any Preference Amount in respect of principal prior to the time the
Insurer would have been required to make a payment in respect of such principal
pursuant to the first paragraph of the face of the Policy. Any Preference Amount
that constitutes interest will be limited to the amount of interest on the
Outstanding Principal Amount of the Class A Certificates (calculated at the
related Pass-Through Rate) accrued as of the last day of the applicable Accrual
Period and will not, in any event, include any interest on the Class A
Certificates, accrued after such date or any interest on such interest amount.

     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate
Deficiency Amount described above which may be paid under the Policy shall not
exceed the Maximum Insured Amount.

     The Insurer's obligations under the Policy with respect to Insured Amounts
will be discharged to the extent funds are transferred to the Trustee as
provided in the Policy, whether or not the funds are properly applied by the
Trustee.

     The terms and provisions of the Agreement constitute the instrument of
assignment referred to in the second paragraph of the face of the Policy.

     A Premium will be payable on this Policy on each Distribution Date as
provided in Section 4.04 of the Agreement and the Insurance Agreement. The
Premium on the Policy is not refundable for any reason, including the lack of
any payment under the Policy or any other circumstances relating to the Class A
Certificates, or provision for the Class A Certificates being paid prior to
maturity.

     Payments due under the Policy with respect to the Class A Certificates may
not, except with the consent of the Insurer, be accelerated by the Depositor,
the Trustee or any paying agent for the Class A Certificates.

     The Policy to which this Endorsement is attached and of which it forms a
part is hereby amended to provide that there shall be no acceleration payment
due under the Policy unless such acceleration is at the sole option of the
Insurer. The Policy does not cover:

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     -    Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, Relief Act Shortfalls or default
          interest, nor does the Policy guarantee to the Holders any particular
          rate of principal payment;

     -    any amount in respect of the reduction in the amount of interest
          payable on the Class A Certificates as a result of the application of
          the related Available Funds Cap;

     -    premiums, if any, payable in respect of the Class A Certificates;

     -    shortfalls, if any, attributable to the liability of the Trust Fund,
          any REMIC or the Trustee for withholding taxes, if any (including
          penalties and interest in respect of any such liability); or

     -    any risk other than Nonpayment, including the failure of the Trustee
          to apply, disburse, transfer or direct policy payments or available
          funds or other amounts in accordance with the Agreement to Holders or
          to any other party.

     Upon any payment under the Policy, in furtherance and not in limitation of
the Insurer's equitable right of subrogation and the Insurer's rights under the
Insurance Agreement, the Insurer will, to the extent of such payment by the
Insurer under the Policy, be subrogated to the rights of any Holder, to receive
any and all amounts due in respect of such Class A Certificates as to which such
payment under the Policy was made, to the extent of any payment by the Insurer
under the Policy.

     Nothing herein contained shall be held to vary, alter, waive or extend any
of the terms, conditions, provisions, agreements or limitations of the above
mentioned Policy other than as above stated. Notwithstanding the foregoing
sentence, if there is any conflict or inconsistency between the Policy and this
Endorsement, the terms of this Endorsement shall control.

     No waiver of any rights or powers of the Insurer, the Holders or the
Trustee or consent by any of them shall be valid unless signed by an authorized
officer or agent thereof.

     On and after the completion of the Term of the Policy, the Policy shall be
void and of no force and effect whatsoever.

     This Policy is issued under and pursuant to, and shall be construed under,
the laws of the State of New York (without giving effect to the conflict of laws
provisions thereof).

     THE INSURANCE PROVIDED BY THE POLICY IS NOT COVERED BY THE
PROPERTY/CASUALTY INSURANCE SECURITY FUND SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 76 OF THE NEW
YORK INSURANCE LAW.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Insurer has caused this Endorsement to the Policy
to be signed by its duly authorized officers.

First Vice President                    Assistant Secretary

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                                    EXHIBIT A
                  TO THE CERTIFICATE GUARANTY INSURANCE POLICY
                               Policy No. AB1082BE

                         NOTICE OF NONPAYMENT AND DEMAND
                         FOR PAYMENT OF INSURED AMOUNTS

                                                              Date: [__________]

     AMBAC ASSURANCE CORPORATION
     One State Street Plaza
     New York, New York 10004
     Attention: General Counsel

          Reference is made to Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy No.
AB1082BE (the "Policy") issued by Ambac Assurance Corporation ("Ambac"). Terms
capitalized herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings specified
in the Policy and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2007,
among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as Depositor, Home Loan Services,
Inc., as Servicer, and LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee (as such
Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time as set
forth in the Agreement) (the "Agreement"), as the case may be, unless the
context otherwise requires.

          The Trustee hereby certifies as follows:

          1.   The Trustee is the Trustee under the Agreement for the
               Certificateholders.

          2.   The relevant Distribution Date or Final Scheduled Distribution
               Date is [date].

          3.   Payment on the Class A Certificates in respect of the
               Distribution Date is due to be received on
               ____________________________ under the Agreement, in an amount
               equal to $_____________________.

          [3.  The amount to be received on ____________________ from the sale,
               liquidation or other disposition of the assets of the Trust
               Estate is $__________.]

          [3.  The amount to be paid to the Holders of the Class A Certificates
               on the Final Scheduled Distribution Date is $__________.]

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          4.   There is a Deficiency Amount and/or a Preference Amount of
               $______________ due in respect of the Class A Certificates, which
               amount is an Insured Amount pursuant to the terms of the
               Agreement.

          5.   The sum of $__________________ is the Insured Amount that is Due
               For Payment.

          6.   The Trustee has not heretofore made a demand for the Insured
               Amount in respect of the Distribution Date.

          7.   The Trustee hereby requests the payment of the Insured Amount
               that is Due for Payment be made by Ambac under the Policy and
               directs that payment under the Policy be made to the following
               account by bank wire transfer of federal or other immediately
               available funds in accordance with the terms of the Policy to:

               ____________________________________ Trustee's account number.

          8.   The Trustee hereby agrees that, following receipt of the Insured
               Amount from Ambac, it shall (a) hold such amounts in trust and
               apply the same directly to the distribution of payment on the
               Class A Certificates when due; (b) not apply such funds for any
               other purpose; (c) deposit such funds to the Insurance Account
               and not commingle such funds with other funds held by the Trustee
               and (d) maintain an accurate record of such payments with respect
               to the Class A Certificates and the corresponding claim on the
               Policy and proceeds thereof.

                                        By:                Trustee
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Title
                                              ----------------------------------
                                                           (Officer)

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                                   EXHIBIT W-2

                           FORM OF INSURANCE AGREEMENT

                                      W-2-1
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                          AMBAC ASSURANCE CORPORATION,
                                   as Insurer,

                      MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE LENDING, INC.,
                                   as Sponsor,

                            HOME LOAN SERVICES, INC.,
                                   as Servicer

                     MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.
                                  as Depositor

                      FIRST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
                                  as Originator

                                       and

                       LASALLE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                   as Trustee

                        INSURANCE AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT

          FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-FFC, MORTGAGE
                     LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, CLASS A

                            Dated as of May 29, 2007

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

(This Table of Contents is for convenience of reference only and shall not be
deemed to be part of this Agreement. All capitalized terms used in this
Agreement and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in Article
I of this Agreement.)

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ARTICLE I  DEFINITIONS...................................................     2
   Section 1.01. Defined Terms...........................................     2
   Section 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions...........................     4

ARTICLE II  REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS....................     5
   Section 2.01. Representations and Warranties of the Sponsor, the
                    Servicer, the Originator, and the Depositor..........     5
   Section 2.02. Affirmative Covenants of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
                    Originator and the Depositor.........................     9
   Section 2.03. Negative Covenants of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
                    Originator and the Depositor.........................    16
   Section 2.04. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
                    Insurer..............................................    17

ARTICLE III  THE POLICY; REIMBURSEMENT...................................    19
   Section 3.01. Issuance of the Policy..................................    19
   Section 3.02. Payment of Fees and Premium.............................    21
   Section 3.03. Reimbursement Obligation................................    22
   Section 3.04. Indemnification.........................................    23
   Section 3.05. Payment Procedure.......................................    26
   Section 3.06. Joint and Several Liability.............................    27

ARTICLE IV  FURTHER AGREEMENTS...........................................    27
   Section 4.01. Effective Date; Term of the Insurance Agreement.........    27
   Section 4.02. Further Assurances and Corrective Instruments...........    27
   Section 4.03. Obligations Absolute....................................    27
   Section 4.04. Assignments; Reinsurance; Third-Party Rights............    29
   Section 4.05. Liability of the Insurer................................    30
   Section 4.06. Annual Servicing Audit and Certification................    30
   Section 4.07. Insolvency Proceedings as to Issuing Entity.............    30
   Section 4.08. Regulation AB Matters...................................    30

ARTICLE V  DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES.........................................    32
   Section 5.01. Defaults................................................    32
   Section 5.02. Remedies; No Remedy Exclusive...........................    33
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   Section 5.03. Waivers.................................................    34

ARTICLE VI  MISCELLANEOUS................................................    34
   Section 6.01. Amendments, Etc.........................................    34
   Section 6.02. Notices.................................................    34
   Section 6.03. Severability............................................    36
   Section 6.04. Governing Law...........................................    36
   Section 6.05. Consent to Jurisdiction.................................    36
   Section 6.06. Consent of the Insurer..................................    37
   Section 6.07. Counterparts............................................    37
   Section 6.08. Headings................................................    38
   Section 6.09. Trial by Jury Waived....................................    38
   Section 6.10. Limited Liability.......................................    38
   Section 6.11. Entire Agreement........................................    38
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     INSURANCE AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT (as may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, this "Insurance Agreement"), dated as of May 29,
2007, by and among AMBAC ASSURANCE CORPORATION, as Insurer, MERRILL LYNCH
MORTGAGE LENDING, INC., as Sponsor (the "Sponsor"), HOME LOAN SERVICES, INC., as
Servicer (the "Servicer"), MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC., as Depositor
(the "Depositor"), FIRST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION, as Originator (the
"Originator") and LASALLE BANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity, but solely
as Trustee.

                                   WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, the Originator has originated and acquired certain Mortgage Loans;
it has sold and assigned its entire interest in certain of these Mortgage Loans
to the Sponsor and it has sold and assigned its entire interest in the rest of
such Mortgage Loans to the Depositor; the Sponsor has sold and assigned its
entire interest in the Mortgage Loans sold to it by the Originator, in turn, to
the Depositor, and the Depositor has accepted from the Originator and the
Sponsor, as applicable, the sale and assignment of such interest, in the
Mortgage Loans pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated May 1,
2007, between the Originator and the Depositor ("FFFC Purchase Agreement") and
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated May 1, 2007, between the Depositor
and the Sponsor ("MLML Purchase Agreement");

     WHEREAS, the Trustee, the Servicer and the Depositor have entered a Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2007 (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement"), which provides for, among other things, the creation of the First
Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-FFC (the "Issuing Entity"), the
issuance of First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2007-FFC (the "Certificates") representing undivided
ownership interests in the Issuing Entity, the servicing of the Mortgage Loans
and for certain rights of the Insurer thereunder;

     WHEREAS, the Certificates will represent all of the Issuing Entity's right,
title and interest in the Mortgage Loans;

     WHEREAS, the Insurer has issued the Policy, pursuant to which it has agreed
to pay in favor of the Trustee on behalf of the Issuing Entity and for the
benefit of the Holders of the Class A Certificates certain payments in respect
of such certificates as specified herein;

     WHEREAS, the Insurer shall be paid the Premium as set forth herein; and

     WHEREAS, each of the Sponsor, the Servicer, Originator and the Depositor,
have undertaken certain obligations in consideration for the Insurer's issuance
of its Policy;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements
herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

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                                   ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

     SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise,
all capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Policy described below or, if not defined
therein, in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. For purposes of this Insurance
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

     "Certificates" means the First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series
2007-FFC, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, issued pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

     "Class A Certificates" means, together, the Class A-1 and Class A-2
Certificates.

     "Closing Date" means May 29, 2007.

     "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     "Default" means any event which results, or which with the giving of notice
or the lapse of time or both would result, in an Event of Default.

     "Depositor" has the meaning given such term in the recitals.

     "Documents" has the meaning given such term in Section 2.01(j).

     "Event of Default" means any event of default specified in Section 5.01 of
this Insurance Agreement.

     "FFFC Purchase Agreement" has the meaning given such term in the recitals.

     "Financial Statements" means, with respect to the Sponsor, the Servicer and
the Originator, (i) the consolidated balance sheets of the Parent as of December
31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 and the consolidated statements of operations,
changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows of the Parent for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006 and the notes thereto and
(ii) the unaudited three month consolidated statements of financial condition of
the Parent as of March 31, 2007.

     "Holder" has the meaning given such term in the Policy.

     "Insurance Agreement" has the meaning given such term in the initial
paragraph hereof.

     "Insurer" means Ambac Assurance Corporation, or any successor thereto, as
issuer of the Policy.

     "Insurer Information" has the meaning given such term in Section
3.04(a)(v).

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     "Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940,
including, unless the context otherwise requires, the rules and regulations
thereunder, as amended from time to time.

     "Issuing Entity" means the First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series
2007-FFC created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

     "Late Payment Rate" means the lesser of (a) the greater of (i) the per
annum rate of interest publicly announced from time to time by Citibank, N.A. as
its prime or base lending rate plus two per centum (2%) per annum (any change in
such rate of interest to be effective on the date such change is announced by
Citibank, N.A.), and (ii) the then applicable highest rate of interest on the
Class A Certificates and (b) the maximum rate permissible under applicable usury
or similar laws limiting interest rates. The Late Payment Rate shall be computed
on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days.

     "Material Adverse Change" means, in respect of any Person, a material
adverse change in the ability of such Person to perform its obligations under
any of the Operative Documents to which it is a party, including any material
adverse change in the business, financial condition, results of operations or
properties of such Person on a consolidated basis with its subsidiaries which
might have such effect.

     "MLML Purchase Agreement" has the meaning given such term in the recitals.

     "Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc., and any successor thereto.

     "Offering Document" means the Prospectus, dated May 15, 2007, the Free
Writing Prospectus and related Supplement, dated May 18, 2007, and the
Prospectus Supplement, dated May 25, 2007, in respect of the Certificates and
any amendment or supplement thereto, and any other offering document in respect
of the Certificates prepared by or on behalf of the Sponsor that makes reference
to the Policy.

     "Operative Documents" means this Insurance Agreement, the Certificates, the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the FFFC Purchase Agreement and the MLMC
Purchase Agreement.

     "Originator" has the meaning given to such term in the Recitals.

     "Parent" means Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., and any successor thereto.

     "Person" means an individual, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
association, joint venture, corporation, business or owner trust, partnership,
limited liability company or other organization or entity (whether governmental
or private).

     "Policy" means the Certificate Guaranty Insurance Policy No. AB1082BE,
together with all endorsements thereto, issued by the Insurer in favor of the
Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Class A Certificates.

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     "Pooling and Servicing Agreement" has the meaning given such term in the
recitals.

     "Premium" means the premium payable in accordance with the Policy and this
Insurance Agreement.

     "Premium Percentage" means 0.25% per annum with respect to the Class A
Certificates.

     "Registration Statement" means the registration statement on Form S-3 (No.
333-140436), including the prospectus, relating to the Certificates, at the time
it became effective.

     "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, including, unless the
context otherwise requires, the rules and regulations thereunder, as amended
from time to time.

     "Securities Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
including, unless the context otherwise requires, the rules and regulations
thereunder, as amended from time to time.

     "Servicer" has the meaning given to such term in the Recitals.

     "Sponsor" has the meaning given to such term in the Recitals.

     "S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.

     "Transaction" means the transactions contemplated by the Operative
Documents, including the transactions described in the Offering Document.

     "Trustee" means LaSalle Bank, N.A., a United States national banking
association, as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and any
successor thereto under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

     "Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, including,
unless the context otherwise requires, the rules and regulations thereunder, as
amended from time to time.

     "Underwriter" means Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated.

     "Underwriting Agreement" means the Master Underwriting Agreement, dated
February 28, 2003, between the Underwriter and the Depositor, as such may be
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

     SECTION 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions. The words "hereof," "herein"
and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this Insurance
Agreement shall refer to this Insurance Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this

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Insurance Agreement, and Section, subsection, Schedule and Exhibit references
are to this Insurance Agreement unless otherwise specified. The meanings given
to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and
plural forms of such terms. The words "include" and "including" shall be deemed
to be followed by the phrase "without limitation."

                                   ARTICLE II

                    REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

     SECTION 2.01. Representations and Warranties of the Sponsor, the Servicer,
the Originator, and the Depositor. Each of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
Originator and the Depositor makes the following representations and warranties
as of the Closing Date, as such representation and warranty applies to itself
and not to any other party, as follows:

          (a) Due Organization and Qualification. Each of the Sponsor, the
     Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor is a corporation, duly
     organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware
     and the Originator is an operating subsidiary of Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust
     Co. Each of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor is,
     or shall become, duly qualified to do business, is, or shall be, in good
     standing and has obtained, or shall obtain, all necessary licenses,
     permits, charters, registrations and approvals (together, "approvals")
     necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted and as
     described in the Offering Document and the performance of its obligations
     under the Operative Documents to which it is a party in each jurisdiction
     in which the failure to be so qualified or to obtain such approvals would
     render any Operative Document unenforceable in any respect or would have a
     material adverse effect upon the Transaction.

          (b) Power and Authority. Each of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
     Originator and the Depositor have all necessary power and authority to
     conduct its business as currently conducted and as described in the
     Offering Document, to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under
     the Operative Documents to which it is a party and to consummate the
     Transaction.

          (c) Due Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance of the
     Operative Documents by each of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator
     and the Depositor have been duly authorized by all necessary action and do
     not require any additional approvals or consents, or other action by or any
     notice to or filing with any Person, including any governmental entity or
     any of the stockholders or beneficial owners, as applicable, of the
     Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor, which have not
     previously been obtained or given by the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
     Originator or the Depositor.

          (d) Noncontravention. The execution and delivery by each of the
     Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor of the Operative
     Documents to which it is a party, the consummation of the Transaction and
     the

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     satisfaction of the terms and conditions of the Operative Documents do not
     and will not:

               (i) conflict with or result in any breach or violation of any
          provision of the applicable organizational documents of the Sponsor,
          the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor or any law, rule,
          regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination
          or award currently in effect having applicability to the Sponsor, the
          Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor or any of their respective
          material properties, including regulations issued by any
          administrative agency or other governmental authority having
          supervisory powers over the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or
          the Depositor, which conflict, breach or violation reasonably could
          result in a Material Adverse Change;

               (ii) constitute a default by the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
          Originator or the Depositor under, result in the acceleration of any
          obligation under, or breach any provision of any loan agreement,
          mortgage, indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the
          Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor is a party or
          by which any of their respective properties is or may be bound or
          affected, which default, acceleration or breach reasonably could
          result in a Material Adverse Change; or

               (iii) result in or require the creation of any lien upon or in
          respect of any assets of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or
          the Depositor, which lien reasonably could result in a Material
          Adverse Change.

          (e) Legal Proceedings. There is no action, proceeding or investigation
     by or before any court, governmental or administrative agency or arbitrator
     against or affecting the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the
     Depositor or any of their respective subsidiaries, any properties or rights
     of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor or any of
     their respective subsidiaries or any of the Mortgage Loans pending or, to
     the Sponsor's, the Servicer's, the Originator's or the Depositor's
     knowledge after reasonable inquiry, threatened, which, in any case, if
     decided adversely to the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the
     Depositor or any such subsidiary could result in a Material Adverse Change
     with respect to the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor.

          (f) Valid and Binding Obligations. The Operative Documents (other than
     the Certificates), to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by
     the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor, will constitute
     the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
     Originator and the Depositor, as applicable, enforceable in accordance with
     their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
     bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
     affecting creditors' rights

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     generally and general equitable principles and public policy considerations
     as to rights of indemnification for violations of federal securities laws.
     The Class A Certificates, when executed, authenticated and delivered in
     accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, will be validly issued
     and outstanding and entitled to the benefits of the Pooling and Servicing
     Agreement. Each of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the
     Depositor will not at any time in the future deny that the Operative
     Documents to which it is a party constitute the legal, valid and binding
     obligations of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor,
     as applicable.

          (g) Financial Statements. The Financial Statements of the Parent,
     copies of which have been furnished to the Insurer, (i) are, as of the
     dates and for the periods referred to therein, complete and correct in all
     material respects, (ii) present fairly the financial condition and results
     of operations of the Parent as of the dates and for the periods indicated
     and (iii) have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
     accounting principles consistently applied, except as noted therein
     (subject as to interim statements to normal year-end adjustments). Since
     the date of the most recent Financial Statements, there has been no
     Material Adverse Change in respect of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
     Originator or the Depositor. Except as disclosed in the Financial
     Statements, none of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the
     Depositor is subject to any contingent liabilities or commitments that,
     individually or in the aggregate, have a material possibility of causing a
     Material Adverse Change in respect of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
     Originator or the Depositor.

          (h) Compliance with Law, Etc. No practice, procedure or policy
     employed, by the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor in
     the conduct of its business violates any law, regulation, judgment,
     agreement, order or decree applicable to the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
     Originator or the Depositor that, if enforced, could result in a Material
     Adverse Change with respect to the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or
     the Depositor.

          (i) Taxes. Each of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the
     Depositor has filed prior to the date hereof all federal and state tax
     returns that are required to be filed and has paid all taxes, including any
     assessments received by it that are not being contested in good faith, to
     the extent that such taxes have become due, except with respect to any
     failures to file or pay that individually or in the aggregate, would not
     result in a Material Adverse Change. Any taxes, fees and other governmental
     charges payable by the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the
     Depositor in connection with the Transaction, the execution and delivery of
     the Operative Documents and the issuance of the Certificates have been paid
     or shall have been paid at or prior to the Closing Date if such taxes, fees
     or other governmental changes were due on or prior to the Closing Date.

          (j) Accuracy of Information. Neither the Operative Documents nor other
     material information relating to the Mortgage Loans, the operations of the
     Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor or the financial
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     the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor (collectively,
     the "Documents"), as amended, supplemented or superseded, furnished or to
     be furnished to the Insurer in writing or in electronic form by the
     Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor in connection with
     the Transaction contains or will contain any statement of a material fact
     which was untrue or misleading in any material respect when made. Each of
     the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor has no
     knowledge of any circumstances that could reasonably be expected to cause a
     Material Adverse Change with respect to the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
     Originator or the Depositor. Since the furnishing of the Documents, there
     has been no change nor any development or event involving a prospective
     change known to the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor
     that would render any of the Documents untrue or misleading in any material
     respect.

          (k) Compliance With Securities Laws. Each of the Sponsor and the
     Depositor represents and warrants as follows:

          (i) The offer of the Certificates complies or shall comply in all
          material respects with all requirements of law, including all
          registration requirements of applicable securities laws. Without
          limiting the foregoing, as of the date thereof, respectively, and as
          of the Closing Date, the Offering Document does not contain any untrue
          statement of a material fact and does not omit to state a material
          fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the
          circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided,
          however, that no representation is made with respect to the
          information in the Offering Document regarding the Insurer set forth
          under the captions "THE CLASS A CERTIFICATE INSURER" and "DESCRIPTION
          OF THE CERTIFICATES - The Class A Certificate Guaranty Insurance
          Policy" or the financial statements of the Insurer incorporated by
          reference into the Offering Document.

          (ii) The offer of the Certificates has not been and will not be in
          violation of the Securities Act or any other federal or state
          securities laws.

          (iii) The Pooling and Servicing Agreement is not required to be
          qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and neither the Depositor nor
          the Trust Estate is required to be registered as or controlled by an
          "investment company" under the Investment Company Act.

     Each of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor will
     satisfy, or cause to be satisfied, in all material respects any of the
     information reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act arising
     out of the Transaction to which each above-listed entity is subject, if
     applicable.

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          (l) Operative Documents. Each of the representations and warranties of
     the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor contained in
     the applicable Operative Documents and the Underwriting Agreement is true
     and correct in all material respects and each of the Sponsor, the Servicer,
     the Originator and the Depositor hereby makes each such representation and
     warranty to, and for the benefit of, the Insurer as if the same were set
     forth in full herein; provided, however, that the remedy for any breach of
     a representation and warranty of (i) the Sponsor in Section 7 of the MLML
     Purchase Agreement, (ii) the Originator in Section 7 of the FFFC Purchase
     Agreement, (iii) the Depositor in Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing
     Agreement and (iv) the Servicer in Section 2.04 of the Pooling and
     Servicing Agreement, and the remedy with respect to any defective Mortgage
     Loans under Section 7 of the MLML Purchase Agreement and FFFC Purchase
     Agreement, respectively, shall be limited to the remedies specified in the
     MLML Purchase Agreement, the FFFC Purchase Agreement and the Pooling and
     Servicing Agreement.

          (m) Solvency; Fraudulent Conveyance. Each of the Sponsor, the
     Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor is solvent and shall not be
     rendered insolvent by the Transaction and, after giving effect to the
     Transaction, the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor
     shall not be left with an unreasonably small amount of capital with which
     to engage in the ordinary course of its business, and each of the Sponsor,
     the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor does not intend to incur, or
     believe that it has incurred, debts beyond its ability to pay as they
     mature. Each of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor
     does not contemplate the commencement of insolvency, liquidation or
     consolidation proceedings or the appointment of a receiver, liquidator,
     conservator, trustee or similar official in respect of the Sponsor, the
     Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor or any of their respective
     assets. Each of the Sponsor and the Depositor represent and warrant that
     the amount of consideration being received by the Originator, the Depositor
     and the Sponsor upon the transfer of the related Mortgage Loans to the
     Sponsor, to the Depositor and to the Issuing Entity constitutes, in each
     case (as it relates to each such transfer), reasonably equivalent value and
     fair consideration for the ownership interest evidenced by the Mortgage
     Loans. The amount of consideration being received by the Depositor upon the
     sale and/or transfer of the Certificates constitutes reasonably equivalent
     value and fair consideration for the ownership interest evidenced by the
     Certificates. None of the Originator, the Sponsor nor the Depositor is
     transferring the Mortgage Loans and the Depositor is not selling the
     Certificates, as provided in the Operative Documents, with any intent to
     hinder, delay or defraud any of their respective creditors.

          (n) Jurisdiction of Formation. The jurisdiction of formation of the
     Sponsor, the Servicer and the Originator is Delaware.

     SECTION 2.02. Affirmative Covenants of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
Originator and the Depositor. Each of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator
and the Depositor (except as where specified below) hereby agrees that during
the term of this Insurance Agreement, unless the Insurer shall otherwise
expressly consent in writing:

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          (a) Compliance With Agreements and Applicable Laws. Each of the
     Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor shall comply in all
     material respects with the terms and conditions of and perform its
     obligations under the Operative Documents to which it is a party in all
     cases in which failure to so comply or perform would result in a default
     thereunder and shall comply with all requirements of any law, rule or
     regulation applicable to it in all circumstances where non-compliance
     reasonably could result in a Material Adverse Change.

          (b) Corporate Existence. Each of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
     Originator and the Depositor and their respective successors and permitted
     assigns shall maintain its corporate existence, and shall at all times
     continue to be duly organized under the laws of their formation and duly
     qualified and duly authorized (as described in subsections 2.01(a), (b) and
     (c) hereof) and shall conduct its business in accordance with the terms of
     its applicable organizational documents.

          (c) Financial Statements; Accountants' Reports; Other Information.
     Each of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor shall
     keep or cause to be kept in reasonable detail books and records of account
     of its assets and business relating to the Transaction, and shall, as
     applicable, clearly reflect therein the sale of the Mortgage Loans by the
     Sponsor to the Depositor, by the Originator to the Sponsor and to the
     Depositor and by the Depositor to the Issuing Entity and the sale of the
     Certificates, respectively, as sale of the Mortgage Loans by the Sponsor to
     the Depositor, and by the Originator to the Sponsor and to the Depositor, a
     sale of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to the Issuing Entity and a
     sale of the equity interests in the Issuing Entity to the Holders of the
     Certificates. The Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor
     shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Insurer:

               (i) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available, and in any
          event within 120 days after the close of each fiscal year of the
          Parent, the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its
          subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and the related audited
          consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders' equity
          and cash flows for such fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and
          stating in comparative form the respective figures for the
          corresponding date and period in the preceding fiscal year, prepared
          in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
          consistently applied, and accompanied by the audit opinion of the
          Parent's independent accountants (which shall be a nationally
          recognized independent public accounting firm or otherwise acceptable
          to the Insurer) and by the certificate specified in Section 2.02(d).

               (ii) Quarterly Financial Statements. Upon the reasonable request
          of the Insurer, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Parent
          and its subsidiaries as of the end of the first three quarters of each

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          fiscal year of the Parent and the related unaudited consolidated
          statements of operations, changes in stockholders' equity and cash
          flows for the portion of the fiscal year then ended, all in reasonable
          detail and stating in comparative form the respective figures for the
          corresponding date and period in the preceding fiscal year, prepared
          in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
          consistently applied (subject to normal year-end adjustments); each
          delivery of quarterly financial statements shall be accompanied by a
          certificate of one (or more) corporate officers stating that the
          quarterly financial statements are correct in all material respects
          and present fairly the financial condition and results of operations
          of the Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates and
          for the periods indicated, in accordance with generally accepted
          accounting principles consistently applied (subject to normal year-end
          adjustments).

               (iii) Initial Report. On or before the Closing Date, a copy of
          the magnetic tape or Mortgage Loan Schedule to be delivered to the
          Trustee and/or the Custodian on the Closing Date setting forth, as to
          each Initial Mortgage Loan, the information required by the definition
          of "Mortgage Loan Schedule" in Article I of the Pooling and Servicing
          Agreement.

               (iv) Certain Information. Upon the reasonable request of the
          Insurer, copies of any requested proxy statements, financial
          statements, reports and registration statements that the Sponsor or
          the Depositor files with, or delivers to, the Commission or any
          national exchange.

               (v) Other Information. (A) Promptly upon receipt thereof, copies
          of all schedules, financial statements or other similar reports
          delivered to or by the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator the
          Depositor or the Trustee pursuant to the terms of any of the Operative
          Documents, including all reports provided to either the Trustee or any
          Certificateholder pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (B)
          promptly upon request, such other data as the Insurer may reasonably
          request and (C) all information required to be furnished to the
          Trustee, or the Certificateholders simultaneously with the furnishing
          thereof to the Trustee, the Certificateholders, as the case may be.

     All financial statements specified in clauses (i) and (ii) of this
subsection (c) shall be furnished in consolidated form for the Sponsor, the
Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor and all its subsidiaries in the event
that the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor shall
consolidate its financial statements with its subsidiaries.

          (d) Compliance Certificate. Each of the Servicer and the Depositor
     shall deliver to the Insurer, on or before March 31 of each year beginning
     with March 31, 2008, certificates of one (or more) of its officers stating
     that:

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               (i) a review of the performance of the Servicer or the Depositor,
          as applicable, under the Operative Documents to which it is a party
          during the preceding calendar year has been made under such officer's
          supervision;

               (ii) to the best of such officer's knowledge following reasonable
          inquiry, no Default or Event of Default has occurred, or if a Default
          or Event of Default has occurred, specifying the nature thereof and,
          if the Servicer or the Depositor has a right to cure pursuant to
          Section 5.01, stating in reasonable detail (including, if applicable,
          any supporting calculations) the steps, if any, being taken by the
          Servicer or the Depositor to cure such Default or Event of Default or
          to otherwise comply with the terms of the agreement to which such
          Default or Event of Default relates; and

               (iii) The Servicer has in full force and effect a fidelity
          Certificate (or direct surety Certificate) and an errors and omissions
          policy in accordance with the terms and requirements of Section 3.18
          of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

          (e) Access to Records; Discussions with Officers and Accountants. On
     an annual basis, or upon the occurrence of a Material Adverse Change, the
     Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor shall, upon the
     reasonable request of the Insurer, upon reasonable notice, permit the
     Insurer or its authorized agents:

               (i) to inspect the books and records of the Sponsor, the
          Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor as they may relate to the
          Certificates, the obligations of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
          Originator and the Depositor under the Operative Documents to which it
          is a party and the Transaction;

               (ii) to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the
          Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor with the Chief
          Operating Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Sponsor, the
          Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor; and

               (iii) if the Insurer reasonably believes that a Material Adverse
          Change may have occurred and with the Sponsor's, the Servicer's and
          the Originator's consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
          withheld or delayed, to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of
          the Sponsor, the Servicer and the Originator with the Sponsor's, the
          Servicer's and the Originator's independent accountants; provided,
          however, that an officer of the Sponsor, the Servicer and the
          Originator shall have the right to be present during such discussions.

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     Such inspections and discussions shall be conducted during normal business
hours and shall not unreasonably disrupt the business of the Sponsor, the
Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor. The books and records of the Sponsor,
the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor shall be maintained at the
address of the Sponsor, the Servicer and the Originator designated herein for
receipt of notices, unless the Sponsor, the Servicer and the Originator shall
otherwise advise the parties hereto in writing.

          (f) Notice of Material Events. The Sponsor, the Servicer, the
     Originator and the Depositor shall be obligated promptly to inform the
     Insurer in writing of the occurrence of any of the following:

               (i) the submission of any claim or the initiation or threat of
          any legal process, litigation or administrative or judicial
          investigation, or rule making or disciplinary proceeding by or against
          the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor that (A)
          would be required to be disclosed to the Commission or the Sponsor's,
          the Servicer's and the Originator's shareholders or (B) could result
          in a Material Adverse Change with respect to the Sponsor, the
          Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor, or in the event that the
          Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator, or the Depositor has actual
          knowledge thereof, the promulgation of any proceeding or any proposed
          or final rule which would likely result in a Material Adverse Change
          with respect to the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the
          Depositor or any of their respective subsidiaries;

               (ii) any change in the location of the jurisdiction of formation
          of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor or any
          of their respective subsidiaries;

               (iii) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default or any
          Material Adverse Change in respect of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
          Originator or the Depositor;

               (iv) the commencement of any proceedings by or against the
          Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor under any
          applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation, rehabilitation,
          insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or of any
          proceeding in which a receiver, liquidator, conservator, trustee or
          similar official shall have been, or may be, appointed or requested
          for the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor or any
          of their respective assets; or

               (v) the receipt of notice that (A) the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
          Originator or the Depositor is being placed under regulatory
          supervision, (B) any license, permit, charter, registration or
          approval necessary for the conduct of the Sponsor's, the Servicer's,
          the Originator's or the Depositor's business is to be, or may be,
          suspended or revoked or (C) the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator
          or the Depositor is to cease and desist any

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          practice, procedure or policy employed by the Sponsor, the Servicer,
          the Originator or the Depositor in the conduct of their respective
          business, and such suspension, revocation or cessation may reasonably
          be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change with respect to the
          Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor.

          (g) Financing Statements and Further Assurances. The Sponsor, the
     Originator and the Depositor shall cause to be filed all necessary
     financing statements or other instruments, and any amendments or
     continuation statements relating thereto, necessary to be kept and filed in
     such manner and in such places as may be required by law to preserve and
     protect fully the interest of the Trustee in the Trust Estate. Each of the
     Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor shall, upon the
     reasonable request of the Insurer, from time to time, execute, acknowledge
     and deliver, or cause to be executed, acknowledged and delivered, within
     ten days of such request, such amendments hereto and such further
     instruments and take such further action as may be reasonably necessary to
     effectuate the intention, performance and provisions of the Operative
     Documents, as determined by each such party in their reasonable
     discretions. In addition, each of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator
     and the Depositor agrees to cooperate with S&P and Moody's in connection
     with any review of the Transaction that may be undertaken by S&P and
     Moody's after the date hereof.

          (h) Maintenance of Licenses. Each of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
     Originator and the Depositor, and any successors thereof, shall maintain
     all licenses, permits, charters and registrations the loss or suspension of
     which could result in a Material Adverse Change.

          (i) Retirement of Class A Certificates. The Depositor shall instruct
     the Trustee, upon a retirement or other payment of all of the Class A
     Certificates to surrender the Policy to the Insurer for cancellation.

          (j) Disclosure Documents. Each of the Sponsor, the Originator and the
     Depositor shall ensure that any Offering Document delivered with respect to
     any of the Class A Certificates shall clearly disclose that the Policy is
     not covered by the property/casualty insurance security fund specified in
     Article 76 of the New York Insurance Law.

          (k) Third-Party Beneficiary. Each of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
     Originator and the Depositor agrees that the Insurer shall have all rights
     provided to the Insurer in the Operative Documents and that the Insurer
     shall constitute a third-party beneficiary with respect to such rights in
     respect of the Operative Documents and hereby incorporates and restates its
     representations, warranties and covenants as set forth therein for the
     benefit of the Insurer; provided, however, that the remedy for any breach
     of a representation and warranty of (i) the Sponsor in Section 7 of the
     MLML Purchase Agreement, (ii) the Originator in Section 7 of the FFFC
     Purchase Agreement, (iii) the Depositor in Section 2.03 of the Pooling and
     Servicing Agreement and (iv) the Servicer in Section 2.04 of the Pooling
     and Servicing Agreement, and the remedy with respect to any defective

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     Mortgage Loans under Section 7 of the MLML Purchase Agreement and FFFC
     Purchase Agreement, respectively, shall be limited to the remedies
     specified in the MLML Purchase Agreement, the FFFC Purchase Agreement and
     the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

          (l) Servicing of Mortgage Loans. All Mortgage Loans will be serviced
     in all material respects in compliance with the Pooling and Servicing
     Agreement.

          (m) Closing Documents. The Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and
     the Depositor shall provide or cause to be provided to the Insurer an
     executed original copy of each document executed in connection with the
     Transaction within 45 days after the Closing Date.

          (n) Collection Account. Monies on deposit in the Collection Account
     shall either (i) be invested in Permitted Investments maturing as provided
     in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or (ii) be held uninvested in the
     Collection Account.

          (o) Corporate Formalities. Each of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
     Originator and the Depositor shall observe all the formalities necessary to
     preserve its corporate or trust existence, as applicable, under the laws of
     the State of its formation, including, as applicable, (i) the obligation to
     hold annual meetings of its beneficial owners, shareholders or its board of
     directors and (ii) the obligation to prepare and file annual income,
     franchise and other tax returns.

          (p) Due Diligence. The Insurer shall have the right, so long as any of
     the Class A Certificates remains outstanding, with reasonable notice and
     without disruption of the Servicer's business, to conduct an ongoing review
     of the Servicer's practices through reviews of the Mortgage Loans,
     reappraisals of Mortgaged Properties and reviews of servicing practices.
     Such ongoing due diligence shall be conducted at the expense of the Insurer
     (unless an Event of Default shall have occurred under the Pooling and
     Servicing Agreement, in which case it will be at the expense of the
     Servicer and the Trust Fund) and in a reasonable manner convenient to both
     the Servicer and the Insurer.

          (q) Special Purpose Entity. In addition, the Depositor shall:

               (i) ensure that its capital is adequate for the business and
          undertakings of the Depositor;

               (ii) other than activities in connection with the Transaction, be
          restricted from undertaking any activities other than those permitted
          by its charter documents;

               (iii) have at least one director, manager or member that is a
          person who is not, and will not be, a director, officer, employee or
          holder of any equity securities of the Seller or any of its affiliates
          or subsidiaries;

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               (iv) not commingle its funds and assets with the funds of any
          other person; and

               (v) maintain (A) correct and complete minute books and records of
          account, and (B) minutes of the meetings and other proceedings of its
          board of managers, as provided in its articles of incorporation.

     SECTION 2.03. Negative Covenants of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
Originator and the Depositor. Each of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator
and the Depositor hereby agrees that during the term of this Insurance
Agreement, unless the Insurer shall otherwise expressly consent in writing:

          (a) Impairment of Rights. Neither the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
     Originator or the Depositor shall take any action, or fail to take any
     action, if such action or failure to take action may result in a Material
     Adverse Change with respect to the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or
     the Depositor, nor interfere in any material respect with the enforcement
     of any rights of the Insurer under or with respect to any of the Operative
     Documents or the Policy. The Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the
     Depositor shall give the Insurer written notice of any such action or, to
     the best of the knowledge of any of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
     Originator or the Depositor, any such failure to act on the earlier of: (i)
     the date upon which any publicly available filing or release is made with
     respect to such action or failure to act and (ii) promptly prior to the
     date of consummation of such action or failure to act. Each of the Sponsor,
     the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor shall furnish to the Insurer
     all information reasonably requested by the Insurer that is necessary to
     determine compliance with this paragraph.

          (b) Waiver, Amendments, Etc. Neither the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
     Originator nor the Depositor shall modify, waive or amend, or consent to
     any modification, waiver or amendment of, any of the terms, provisions or
     conditions of the Operative Documents to which it is a party (other than
     any amendment to the Offering Document required by law) without the prior
     written consent of the Insurer thereto.

          (c) Limitation on Mergers, Etc. The Depositor shall not consolidate
     with or merge with or into any Person or transfer all or substantially all
     of its assets to any Person or liquidate or dissolve except as provided in
     the Operative Documents or as permitted hereby. The Sponsor, the Servicer
     and the Originator shall not consolidate with or merge with or into any
     Person unless the successor or surviving entity will assume the obligations
     of such party as provided in the Operative Documents. The Sponsor, the
     Servicer and the Originator shall not transfer all or substantially all of
     their assets to any Person or liquidate or dissolve except as provided in
     the Operative Documents. The Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the
     Depositor shall furnish to the Insurer all information requested by the
     Insurer that is reasonably necessary to determine compliance with this
     paragraph.

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          (d) Successors. Neither the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator nor
     the Depositor shall terminate or designate, or consent to the termination
     or designation of, any successor, Servicer, Custodian, Paying Agent, or
     Trustee without the prior written approval of the Insurer, which approval
     shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

     SECTION 2.04. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Insurer. The
Insurer represents and warrants, as of the Closing Date (or the other date
specified below), and covenants to the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and
the Depositor as follows:

          (a) Organization and Licensing. The Insurer is a duly organized and
     validly existing Wisconsin stock insurance corporation duly qualified to
     conduct an insurance business in the State of California and in any other
     jurisdiction where qualification may be necessary to accomplish the
     Transaction.

          (b) Corporate Power. The Insurer has the corporate power and authority
     to issue the Policy and execute and deliver this Insurance Agreement and to
     perform all of its obligations hereunder and thereunder.

          (c) Authorization; Approvals. Proceedings legally required for the
     issuance and execution of the Policy and the execution, delivery and
     performance of this Insurance Agreement have been taken and licenses,
     orders, consents or other authorizations or approvals of any governmental
     boards or bodies legally required for the enforceability of the Policy and
     the conduct by the Insurer of the business and activities contemplated by
     the Transaction have been obtained; any proceedings not taken and any
     licenses, authorizations or approvals not obtained are not material to the
     enforceability of the Policy.

          (d) Enforceability. The Policy, when issued, and this Insurance
     Agreement will each constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
     Insurer, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy,
     insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws
     affecting creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity
     and subject to principles of public policy limiting the right to enforce
     the indemnification provisions contained therein and herein, insofar as
     such provisions relate to indemnification for liabilities arising under
     federal securities laws.

          (e) Financial Information. The consolidated financial statements of
     the Insurer and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 and for each
     of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, prepared in
     accordance with U. S. generally accepted accounting principles, included in
     the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (which was
     filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on
     March 1, 2007; Commission File No. 1-10777), the Current Report on Form 8-K
     filed with the Commission on April 25, 2007, and the Quarterly Report on
     Form 10-Q for the three-month period ended March 31, 2007, and filed on May
     10, 2007, as they

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     relate to the Insurer, fairly present in all material respects the
     financial condition of the Insurer as of such dates and for the periods
     covered by such statements in accordance with accounting principles
     generally accepted in the United States of America. Since March 31, 2007,
     there has been no material change in such financial condition of the
     Insurer that would materially and adversely affect its ability to perform
     its obligations under the Policy.

          (f) Insurer Information. As of the date of the Offering Document,
     respectively, and as of the Closing Date, the Insurer Information is true
     and correct in all material respects and does not contain any untrue
     statement of a material fact.

          (g) No Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings or
     investigations pending or, to the best of the Insurer's knowledge,
     threatened against it at law or in equity or before or by any court,
     governmental agency, board or commission or any arbitrator which, if
     decided adversely, would materially and adversely affect its ability to
     perform its obligations under the Policy or this Insurance Agreement.

          (h) Confidential Information. The Insurer agrees that it and its
     shareholders, directors, agents, accountants and attorneys shall keep
     confidential any matter of which it becomes aware during the inspections
     conducted or discussions had pursuant to Section 2.02(e), unless such
     information is readily available from public sources or except as may be
     otherwise required by regulation, law or court order or requested by
     appropriate governmental authorities or as necessary to preserve its rights
     or security under or to enforce the Operative Documents or the Policy;
     provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the
     Insurer to make such information available to its regulators, securities
     rating agencies, reinsurers, credit and liquidity providers, counsel and
     accountants. If the Insurer is requested or required (by oral questions,
     interrogatories, requests for information or documents subpoena, civil
     investigative demand or similar process) to disclose any information of
     which it becomes aware through such inspections or discussions, the Insurer
     will promptly notify the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the
     Depositor of such request(s) so that the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
     Originator and the Depositor may seek an appropriate protective order
     and/or waive the Insurer's compliance with the provisions of this Insurance
     Agreement. If, in the absence of a protective order or the receipt of a
     waiver hereunder, the Insurer is, nonetheless, in the opinion of its
     counsel, compelled to disclose such information to any tribunal or else
     stand liable for contempt or suffer other censure or significant penalty,
     the Insurer may disclose such information to such tribunal that the Insurer
     is compelled to disclose; provided, however, that a copy of all information
     disclosed is provided to the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the
     Depositor promptly upon such disclosure.

          (i) Compliance with Law, Etc. No practice, procedure or policy
     employed, or proposed to be employed, by the Insurer in the conduct of its

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     business violates any law, regulation, judgment, agreement, order or decree
     applicable to the Insurer that, if enforced, could result in a Material
     Adverse Change with respect to the Insurer.

          (j) No Conflicts or Violations. To the best of the Insurer's
     knowledge, neither the execution nor delivery by the Insurer of the Policy
     or this Insurance Agreement, nor the performance by the Insurer of its
     obligations hereunder, will violate any judgment, order or decree
     applicable to the Insurer of any governmental or regulatory body,
     administrative agency, court or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the
     Insurer (except that, in the published opinion of the Commission, the
     indemnification provisions of this Insurance Agreement, insofar as they
     relate to indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act,
     are against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and are
     therefore unenforceable).

                                  ARTICLE III

                            THE POLICY; REIMBURSEMENT

     SECTION 3.01. Issuance of the Policy. The Insurer agrees to issue the
Policy on the Closing Date subject to satisfaction of the conditions precedent
set forth below on or prior to the Closing Date:

          (a) Payment of Fees and Expenses. The fees and expenses set forth in
     Section 3.02(a) shall have been paid;

          (b) Operative Documents. The Insurer shall have received a copy of
     each of the Operative Documents, in form and substance reasonably
     satisfactory to the Insurer, duly authorized, executed and delivered by
     each party thereto;

          (c) Certified Documents and Resolutions. The Insurer shall have
     received (i) a copy of the applicable organizational documents of the
     Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor and (ii) a
     certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Sponsor, the
     Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor dated the Closing Date stating
     that attached thereto is a true, complete and correct copy of resolutions
     duly adopted by the Board of Directors or other governing body, as
     applicable, of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor
     authorizing the issuance of the Certificates, the execution, delivery and
     performance by the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor
     of the Operative Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of
     the Transaction and that such applicable organizational documents and
     resolutions are in full force and effect without amendment or modification
     on the Closing Date;

          (d) Incumbency Certificate. The Insurer shall have received a
     certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each of the
     Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator the Depositor certifying the names
     and signatures of the officers of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
     Originator, and the Depositor authorized

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     to execute and deliver the Operative Documents to which it is a party and
     that shareholder, member or beneficial owner consent to the execution and
     delivery of such documents is not necessary or has been obtained;

          (e) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties
     of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor dated the
     Closing Date set forth or incorporated by reference in this Insurance
     Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date as if
     made on the Closing Date;

          (f) Opinions of Counsel. The Insurer shall have received all opinions
     of counsel addressed to any of Moody's, S&P, the Trustee, the Sponsor, the
     Servicer, the Originator, the Depositor and the Underwriter, in respect of
     the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor or any other
     parties to the Operative Documents and the Transaction dated the Closing
     Date in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Insurer,
     addressed to the Insurer and addressing such matters as the Insurer may
     reasonably request, and the counsel providing each such opinion shall have
     been instructed by its client to deliver such opinion to the addressees
     thereof;

          (g) Approvals, Etc. The Insurer shall have received true and correct
     copies of all approvals, licenses and consents, if any, including any
     required approval of the shareholders, members or beneficial owners, as
     applicable, of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor,
     required in connection with the Transaction, and requested by the Insurer;

          (h) No Litigation, Etc. No suit, action or other proceeding,
     investigation or injunction, or final judgment relating thereto, shall be
     pending or threatened before any court, governmental or administrative
     agency or arbitrator in which it is sought to restrain or prohibit or to
     obtain damages or other relief in connection with any of the Operative
     Documents or the consummation of the Transaction;

          (i) Legality. No statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been
     enacted, entered or deemed applicable by any government or governmental or
     administrative agency or court that would make the Transaction illegal or
     otherwise prevent the consummation thereof;

          (j) Satisfaction of Conditions of the Underwriting Agreement. All
     conditions in the Underwriting Agreement relating to the Underwriter's
     obligation, if any, to purchase the Certificates shall have been satisfied,
     without taking into account any waiver by any of the Underwriter of any
     condition unless such waiver has been approved by the Insurer. The Insurer
     shall have received copies of each of the documents, and shall be entitled
     to rely on each of the documents, required to be delivered to the
     Underwriter pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement;

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          (k) Issuance of Ratings. The Insurer shall have received confirmation
     that the risk secured by the Policy constitutes at least a "AA" risk by S&P
     and a "Aa2" risk by Moody's and that the Class A Certificates when issued,
     will be rated "AAA" by S&P and "Aaa" by Moody's;

          (l) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred;

          (m) [RESERVED]; and

          (n) Satisfactory Documentation. The Insurer and its counsel shall have
     reasonably determined that all documents, certificates and opinions to be
     delivered in connection with the Certificates conform to the terms of the
     Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Registration Statement, the Offering
     Document and this Insurance Agreement.

     SECTION 3.02. Payment of Fees and Premium.

          (a) Legal and Accounting Fees and Expenses. The Sponsor and the
     Depositor shall pay or cause to be paid, on the Closing Date, legal and
     accounting fees, due diligence expenses and miscellaneous expenses in an
     amount not to exceed $75,000 incurred by the Insurer in connection with the
     issuance of the Policy. Any additional fees of the Insurer's auditors
     payable in respect of any amendment or supplement to the Offering Document
     incurred after the Closing Date shall be paid by the Sponsor and the
     Depositor on demand.

          (b) Rating Agency Fees. The Sponsor and the Depositor shall promptly
     pay the initial fees of S&P and Moody's with respect to the Certificates
     and the Transaction following receipt of a statement with respect thereto.
     All periodic and subsequent fees of S&P or Moody's with respect to, and
     directly allocable to, the Certificates shall be for the account of, and
     shall be billed to, the Sponsor and the Depositor. The fees for any other
     rating agency shall be paid by the party requesting such other agency's
     rating unless such other agency is a substitute for S&P or Moody's in the
     event that S&P or Moody's is no longer rating the Certificates, in which
     case the fees for such agency shall be paid by the Sponsor and the
     Depositor.

          (c) Premium.

               (i) In consideration of the issuance by the Insurer of the
          Policy, the Insurer shall be entitled to receive the Premium, as and
          when due on each Distribution Date in accordance with and from the
          funds specified by Section 4.04 of the Pooling and Servicing
          Agreement. The Premium due on each Distribution Date shall be, with
          respect to the Class A Certificates, an amount equal to the product of
          (i) the applicable Premium Percentage, (ii) the Certificate Principal
          Balance of the Class A Certificates immediately prior to such
          Distribution Date and (iii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the
          number of days in the related Accrual Period and the denominator of
          which is 360; provided that on the

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          initial Distribution Date, the Premium will be $115,636.31 for the
          Class A Certificates.

               (ii) The Premium paid under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
          shall be nonrefundable without regard to whether the Insurer makes any
          payment under the Policy or any other circumstances relating to the
          Class A Certificates or provision being made for payment of the Class
          A Certificates prior to maturity.

     SECTION 3.03. Reimbursement Obligation.

          (a) As and when due in accordance with and from the funds specified in
     Article IV of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Insurer shall be
     entitled to reimbursement for any payment made by the Insurer under the
     Policy, which reimbursement shall be due and payable on the date that any
     amount is paid thereunder, in an amount equal to the amount to be so paid
     and all amounts previously paid that remain unreimbursed, together with
     interest on any and all such amounts remaining unreimbursed (to the extent
     permitted by law, if in respect of any unreimbursed amounts representing
     interest) from the date such amounts became due until paid in full (after
     as well as before judgment), at a rate of interest equal to the Late
     Payment Rate.

          (b) Each of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the
     Depositor agrees to pay to the Insurer as follows: anything in Sections
     2.01(l), 2.02(k) and 3.03(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Insurer
     shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Sponsor and the Originator and
     shall have full recourse against the Sponsor and the Originator for (i) any
     payment made under the Policy arising as a result of the Sponsor's or the
     Originator's failure to substitute for or deposit an amount in respect of
     any defective Mortgage Loan as required pursuant to Section 7 of the FFFC
     Purchase Agreement and the MLML Purchase Agreement, respectively, together
     with interest on any and all such amounts remaining unreimbursed (to the
     extent permitted by law, if in respect of any such unreimbursed amounts
     representing interest) from the date such amounts became due until paid in
     full (after as well as before judgment), at a rate of interest equal to the
     Late Payment Rate, and (ii) any payment made under the Policy arising as a
     result of the Depositor's, the Sponsor's, the Servicer's or the
     Originator's failure to pay or deposit any amount required to be paid or
     deposited pursuant to the Operative Documents, together with interest on
     any and all such amounts remaining unreimbursed (to the extent permitted by
     law, if in respect to any such unreimbursed amounts representing interest)
     from the date such amounts became due until paid in full (after as well as
     before judgment), at a rate of interest equal to the Late Payment Rate.

          (c) The Sponsor, the Originator and the Depositor agrees to pay to the
     Insurer any and all charges, fees, costs and expenses that the Insurer may
     reasonably pay or incur, including reasonable attorneys' and accountants'
     fees and expenses, in connection with (i) the enforcement, defense or
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     rights in respect of any of the Operative Documents, including defending,
     monitoring or participating in any litigation or proceeding (including any
     insolvency proceeding in respect of any Transaction participant or any
     affiliate thereof) relating to any of the Operative Documents, any party to
     any of the Operative Documents (in its capacity as such a party) or the
     Transaction or (ii) any amendment, waiver or other action with respect to,
     or related to, any Operative Document, whether or not executed or
     completed. Provided that three Business Days written notice of the intended
     payment or incurrence shall have been given to the Sponsor, the Originator
     and the Depositor by the Insurer, such reimbursement shall be due on the
     dates on which such charges, fees, costs or expenses are paid or incurred
     by the Insurer. To the extent that these amounts are not paid by the
     Sponsor, the Originator and the Depositor within three (3) Business Days of
     any request therefor, the Issuing Entity will be responsible for payment in
     accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 4.04 of the Pooling and
     Servicing Agreement.

          (d) The Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor agrees
     to pay (and the Issuing Entity shall pay to the extent such amount is
     payable by it) to the Insurer interest on any and all amounts described in
     subsections 3.03(b), 3.03(c) and 3.03(e) and Sections 3.02 and 3.04 from
     the date such amounts become due or, in the case of subsections 3.02(b) or
     3.03(c) or Section 3.04, are incurred or paid by the Insurer until payment
     thereof in full (after as well as before judgment), at the Late Payment
     Rate (provided that the Servicer shall only be obligated to pay interest
     that accrues on those amounts set forth in subsections 3.03(b)(ii), 3.03(e)
     and Section 3.04 hereof).

          (e) The Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor agrees
     to pay to the Insurer as follows: any payments made by the Insurer on
     behalf of, or advanced to, the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the
     Depositor, other than any payments made by the Insurer pursuant to the
     terms of the Policy, on the date any such payment is made or advanced by
     the Insurer.

     SECTION 3.04. Indemnification.

          (a) In addition to any and all of the Insurer's rights of
     reimbursement, indemnification, subrogation and to any other rights of the
     Insurer pursuant hereto or under law or in equity, the Sponsor, the
     Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor agree, jointly and severally, to
     pay, and to protect, indemnify and save harmless, the Insurer and its
     officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents and each Person, if
     any, who controls the Insurer within the meaning of either Section 15 of
     the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act, from and
     against any and all claims, losses, liabilities (including penalties),
     actions, suits, judgments, demands, damages, costs or expenses (including
     reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys, consultants and auditors and
     reasonable costs of investigations) of any nature arising out of or
     relating to the breach by the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the
     Depositor of any of the representations or warranties contained in Section
     2.01 or arising out of or

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     relating to the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents by
     reason of:

               (i) any omission or action in connection with the offering,
          issuance or delivery of the Certificates by the Sponsor, the Servicer,
          the Originator, the Depositor, or the Trustee;

               (ii) the negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct, misfeasance,
          malfeasance or theft committed by any director, officer, employee or
          agent of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator, the Depositor or
          the Trustee in connection with any Transaction arising from or
          relating to the Operative Documents;

               (iii) the violations by the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator
          or the Depositor of any domestic or foreign law, rule or regulation,
          or any judgment, order or decree applicable to it, which violation
          reasonably could result in a Material Adverse Change;

               (iv) the breach by the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator, or
          the Depositor of any representation, warranty or covenant under any of
          the Operative Documents or the occurrence, in respect of the Sponsor,
          the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor, under any of the
          Operative Documents of any "event of default" or any event which, with
          the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute
          any "event of default"; or

               (v) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
          material fact contained in the Offering Document or the Registration
          Statement or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
          material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
          statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
          were made, not misleading, except insofar as such claims, losses,
          liabilities (including penalties), actions, suits, judgments, demands,
          damages, costs or expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of
          attorneys, consultants and auditors and reasonable costs of
          investigations) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or
          alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged
          omission of a material fact in information included in the Offering
          Document or the Registration Statement and furnished by or approved by
          the Insurer in writing expressly for use therein (all such information
          so furnished being referred to herein as "Insurer Information"), it
          being understood that, in respect of the initial Offering Document
          which relates to the Certificates and the Registration Statement, the
          Insurer Information is limited to the information with respect to the
          Insurer included under the captions "THE CLASS A CERTIFICATE INSURER"
          and "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES - The Class A Certificate
          Guaranty Insurance Policy" and the financial statements of the Insurer
          incorporated by reference therein.

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          (b) The Insurer agrees to pay, and to protect, indemnify and save
     harmless, the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor and
     their respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents and
     each Person, if any, who controls the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator
     and the Depositor within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities
     Act or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act, from and against any and
     all claims, losses, liabilities (including penalties), actions, suits,
     judgments, demands, damages, costs or expenses (including reasonable fees
     and expenses of attorneys, consultants and auditors and reasonable costs of
     investigations) of any nature arising out of or by reason of (i) any untrue
     statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
     Insurer Information or any omission or alleged omission to state in the
     Insurer Information a material fact required to be stated therein or
     necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
     under which they were made, not misleading, (ii) any failure by the Insurer
     to make a payment required to be made under the Policy, or (iii) a breach
     of any of the representations and warranties of the Insurer contained in
     Section 2.04.

          (c) The Insurer agrees to pay, and to protect, indemnify and hold
     harmless the Depositor and each of its officers, directors, shareholders,
     employees, agents and each person, if any, who controls the Depositor
     within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20
     of the Securities Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims,
     liabilities (including penalties), actions, suits, judgments, demands,
     damages, costs or expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of
     attorneys, consultants and auditors and reasonable costs of investigations)
     of any nature arising out of or by reason of any untrue statement of a
     material fact or an omission to state a material fact necessary in order to
     make the statements therein in light of the circumstances in which they
     were made not misleading contained in the consolidated financial statements
     of the Insurer incorporated by reference into the Issuing Entity's
     Regulation AB periodic reports pursuant to Section 4.08 of this Agreement.

          (d) If any action or proceeding (including any governmental
     investigation) shall be brought or asserted against any Person
     (individually, an "Indemnified Party" and, collectively, the "Indemnified
     Parties") in respect of which the indemnity provided in Section 3.04(a),
     (b) or (c) may be sought from the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or
     the Depositor, on the one hand, or the Insurer, on the other (each, an
     "Indemnifying Party") hereunder, each such Indemnified Party shall promptly
     notify the Indemnifying Party in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall
     assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably
     satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all expenses. The
     Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any
     such action and to participate in the defense thereof at the expense of the
     Indemnified Party; provided, however, that the fees and expenses of such
     separate counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party if (i)
     the Indemnifying Party has agreed to pay such fees and expenses, (ii) the
     Indemnifying Party shall have failed within a reasonable period of time to
     assume the defense of such action or proceeding and employ counsel
     reasonably

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     satisfactory to the Indemnified Party in any such action or proceeding or
     (iii) the named parties to any such action or proceeding (including any
     impleaded parties) include both the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying
     Party, and the Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that
     there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different
     from or additional to those available to the Indemnifying Party (in which
     case, if the Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing
     that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the
     Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to
     assume the defense of such action or proceeding on behalf of such
     Indemnified Party, it being understood, however, that the Indemnifying
     Party shall not, in connection with any one such action or proceeding or
     separate but substantially similar or related actions or proceedings in the
     same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or
     circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than
     one separate firm of attorneys at any time for the Indemnified Parties,
     which firm shall be designated in writing by the Indemnified Party and
     shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnifying Party). The
     Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such
     action or proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent
     shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, but, if settled
     with its written consent, or if there is a final judgment for the plaintiff
     in any such action or proceeding with respect to which the Indemnifying
     Party shall have received notice in accordance with this subsection (c),
     the Indemnifying Party agrees to indemnify and hold the Indemnified Parties
     harmless from and against any loss or liability by reason of such
     settlement or judgment.

          (e) To provide for just and equitable contribution if the
     indemnification provided by the Indemnifying Party is determined to be
     unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless any Indemnified Party (other
     than due to application of this Section), each Indemnifying Party shall
     contribute to the losses incurred by the Indemnified Party on the basis of
     the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and the
     Indemnified Party, on the other hand.

     SECTION 3.05. Payment Procedure. In the event of any payment by the
Insurer, the Trustee, the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the
Depositor agree to accept the voucher or other evidence of payment as prima
facie evidence of the propriety thereof and the liability, if any, described in
Section 3.03 therefor to the Insurer. All payments to be made to the Insurer
under this Insurance Agreement shall be made to the Insurer in lawful currency
of the United States of America in immediately available funds at the notice
address for the Insurer as specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement on
the date when due or as the Insurer shall otherwise direct by written notice to
the other parties hereto. In the event that the date of any payment to the
Insurer or the expiration of any time period hereunder occurs on a day that is
not a Business Day, then such payment or expiration of time period shall be made
or occur on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as
if such payment was made or time period expired on the scheduled date of payment
or expiration date.

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     SECTION 3.06. Joint and Several Liability. The Sponsor, the Servicer, the
Originator and the Depositor shall be jointly and severally liable for all
amounts due and payable to the Insurer hereunder by any such parties. The
payment obligations of the Issuing Entity set forth herein shall be nonrecourse
with respect to the Issuing Entity and shall be payable only from moneys
available for such payment in accordance with the provisions of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                               FURTHER AGREEMENTS

     SECTION 4.01. Effective Date; Term of the Insurance Agreement. This
Insurance Agreement shall take effect on the Closing Date and shall remain in
effect until the later of (a) such time as the Insurer is no longer subject to a
claim under the Policy and the Policy shall have been surrendered to the Insurer
for cancellation and (b) all amounts payable to the Insurer by the Sponsor, the
Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor hereunder or from any other source
hereunder or under the Operative Documents or the Policy and all amounts payable
with respect to the Class A Certificates have been paid in full; provided,
however, that the provisions of Sections 3.02, 3.03 and 3.04 hereof shall
survive any termination of this Insurance Agreement.

     SECTION 4.02. Further Assurances and Corrective Instruments.

          (a) Except at such times as a default in payment under the Policy
     shall exist or shall have occurred, none of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
     Originator or the Depositor nor the Trustee shall grant any waiver of
     rights under any of the Operative Documents to which any of them is a party
     without the prior written consent of the Insurer, which shall not be
     unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, and any such waiver without
     prior written consent of the Insurer shall be null and void and of no force
     or effect.

          (b) To the extent permitted by law, each of the Sponsor, the Servicer,
     the Originator and the Depositor agrees that it will, from time to time,
     execute, acknowledge and deliver, or cause to be executed, acknowledged and
     delivered, such supplements hereto and such further instruments as the
     Insurer may reasonably request and as may be required in the Insurer's
     reasonable judgment to effectuate the intention of or facilitate the
     performance of this Insurance Agreement.

     SECTION 4.03. Obligations Absolute.

          (a) The obligations of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and
     the Depositor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional and shall be
     paid or performed strictly in accordance with this Insurance Agreement
     under all circumstances irrespective of:

               (i) (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of, or any
          amendment or other modifications of, or waiver, with respect to any of
          the

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          Operative Documents or the Certificates that have not been approved by
          the Insurer;

               (ii) (ii) any exchange or release of any other obligations
          hereunder;

               (iii) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense, reduction,
          abatement or other right that the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
          Originator or the Depositor may have at any time against the Insurer
          or any other Person;

               (iv) any document presented in connection with the Policy proving
          to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or
          any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;

               (v) any payment by the Insurer under the Policy against
          presentation of a certificate or other document that does not strictly
          comply with terms of the Policy;

               (vi) any failure of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or
          the Depositor to receive the proceeds from the sale of the
          Certificates; and

               (vii) any other circumstances, other than payment in full, that
          might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or discharge of,
          the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor in respect
          of any Operative Document.

          (b) The Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor and
     any and all others who are now or may become liable for all or part of the
     obligations of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor
     under this Insurance Agreement renounce the right to assert as a defense to
     the performance of their respective obligations each of the following: (i)
     to the extent permitted by law, any and all redemption and exemption rights
     and the benefit of all valuation and appraisement privileges against the
     indebtedness and obligations evidenced by any Operative Document or by any
     extension or renewal thereof; (ii) presentment and demand for payment,
     notices of nonpayment and of dishonor, protest of dishonor and notice of
     protest; (iii) all notices in connection with the delivery and acceptance
     hereof and all other notices in connection with the performance, default or
     enforcement of any payment hereunder, except as required by the Operative
     Documents; and (iv) all rights of abatement, diminution, postponement or
     deduction, or to any defense other than payment, or to any right of setoff
     or recoupment arising out of any breach under any of the Operative
     Documents, by any party thereto or any beneficiary thereof, or out of any
     obligation at any time owing to the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator
     or the Depositor.

          (c) The Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor and
     any and all others who are now or may become liable for all or part of the

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     obligations of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor
     under this Insurance Agreement agree to be bound by this Insurance
     Agreement and (i) agree that any consent, waiver or forbearance hereunder
     with respect to an event shall operate only for such event and not for any
     subsequent event; (ii) consent to any and all extensions of time that may
     be granted by the Insurer with respect to any payment hereunder or other
     provisions hereof and to the release of any security at any time given for
     any payment hereunder, or any part thereof, with or without substitution,
     and to the release of any Person or entity liable for any such payment; and
     (iii) consent to the addition of any and all other makers, endorsers,
     guarantors and other obligors for any payment hereunder, and to the
     acceptance of any and all other security for any payment hereunder, and
     agree that the addition of any such obligors or security shall not affect
     the liability of the parties hereto for any payment hereunder.

          (d) Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting the Sponsor, the
     Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor from pursuing any rights or
     remedies it may have against any Person in a separate legal proceeding.

     SECTION 4.04. Assignments; Reinsurance; Third-Party Rights.

          (a) This Insurance Agreement shall be a continuing obligation of the
     parties hereto and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
     parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Each
     of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor may not
     assign its rights under this Insurance Agreement, or delegate any of its
     duties hereunder, without the prior written consent of the Insurer. Any
     assignments made in violation of this Insurance Agreement shall be null and
     void.

          (b) The Insurer shall have the right to give participations in its
     rights under this Insurance Agreement and to enter into contracts of
     reinsurance with respect to the Policy upon such terms and conditions as
     the Insurer may in its discretion determine; provided, however, that no
     such participation or reinsurance agreement or arrangement shall relieve
     the Insurer of any of its obligations hereunder or under the Policy. None
     of such participants and reinsurers will have the right to request meetings
     or information from the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Depositor and the
     Originator, it being understood that only the Insurer will have such
     rights. However, the Insurer may (subject to all applicable laws and
     regulations) provide copies of any and all such information, and discuss
     such meetings and information with such participants and reinsurers.

          (c) Except as provided herein with respect to participants and
     reinsurers, nothing in this Insurance Agreement shall confer any right,
     remedy or claim, express or implied, upon any Person, including,
     particularly, any Holder, other than the Insurer against the Sponsor, the
     Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor, or the Sponsor, the Servicer,
     the Originator or the Depositor against the Insurer and all the terms,
     covenants, conditions, promises and agreements contained herein shall be
     for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto

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     and their successors and permitted assigns. Neither the Trustee nor any
     Holder shall have any right to payment from any Premiums paid or payable
     hereunder or under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or from any amounts
     paid by the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor
     pursuant to Sections 3.02 or 3.03.

     SECTION 4.05. Liability of the Insurer. Neither the Insurer nor any of its
officers, directors or employees shall be liable or responsible for: (a) the use
that may be made of the Policy by the Trustee or for any acts or omissions of
the Trustee in connection therewith; or (b) the validity, sufficiency, accuracy
or genuineness of documents delivered to the Insurer in connection with any
claim under the Policy, or of any signatures thereon, even if such documents or
signatures should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid,
insufficient, fraudulent or forged (unless the Insurer shall have actual
knowledge thereof). In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the
Insurer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without
responsibility for further investigation.

     SECTION 4.06. Annual Servicing Audit and Certification. Except with respect
to the Trustee, the annual servicing audit required pursuant to Section 3.18 of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be performed by an independent third
party reasonably acceptable to the Insurer. Any one of the four major nationally
recognized firms of independent public accountants is deemed to be acceptable.

     SECTION 4.07. Insolvency Proceedings as to Issuing Entity. So long as this
Insurance Agreement is in effect, and for one year following its termination,
the Insurer (including any assignee or reinsurer pursuant to Section 4.04), the
Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator the Depositor and the Trustee will not
file any involuntary petition or otherwise institute any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding or other
proceedings under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law against the
Depositor or the Issuing Entity.

     SECTION 4.08. Regulation AB Matters.

          (a) The Insurer hereby represents that Ambac Financial Group, Inc. has
     filed all reports and other materials required to be filed by it pursuant
     to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the 12 months
     preceding the date of the Prospectus Supplement.

          (b) The Insurer agrees that all consolidated financial statements of
     Ambac Assurance Corporation and subsidiaries included in documents filed by
     Ambac Financial Group, Inc. with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a),
     13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, may be incorporated by reference
     into any Form 8-K, Form 10-D or Form 10-K filed by the Depositor, solely to
     the extent required under Regulation AB. It is understood and agreed that,
     to the extent any consent letter of the Insurer's accountants is required
     by the Depositor in connection with such filing, the fees and expenses
     payable in respect thereof shall

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     be paid by the Sponsor upon demand. The Insurer shall use commercially
     reasonable efforts to help obtain such consent letter.

          (c) The Insurer hereby represents that it is not an affiliate (as
     defined in Subpart 230.405 - Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17
     C.F.R. Sections 230) of the Trustee.

          (d) The Insurer shall upon receipt of written request therefor from
     the Depositor, provide to the Depositor a description of any affiliation
     required to be disclosed under Item 1119 of Regulation AB between the
     Insurer and any of the parties listed in Items 1119(a)(1)-(6) of Regulation
     AB that develops following the date hereof (other than an affiliation that
     the Depositor, the Sponsor or any issuing entity has with any of such
     parties listed in Items 1119(a)(1)-(6) of Regulation AB). For purposes of
     the foregoing, unless otherwise notified by the Depositor, the Insurer (1)
     shall be entitled to assume that the parties are the same as on the most
     recent previously delivered written notification (or on the date hereof, if
     no such written notification has been delivered), (2) shall not be
     obligated to disclose any affiliations that may develop after the date
     hereof with any parties not identified to the Insurer pursuant to clause
     (1) above, and (3) shall be entitled to rely upon any written
     identification of parties provided by the Depositor or the Sponsor.

          (e) The Insurer hereby agrees to comply with all reasonable requests
     of the Depositor for the delivery of such additional information as may be
     necessary for the Depositor to comply with Item 1114 of Regulation AB, so
     long as such information is available to the Insurer and not otherwise
     available to the Depositor pursuant to commercially reasonable efforts. The
     Insurer agrees to respond within five (5) business days to a written
     request from the Depositor (made in accordance with Section 4 herein),
     which request shall be made no more frequently than once a calendar
     quarter, as to whether it or the entity that consolidates it has made the
     filings required by Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

          (f) For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Regulation AB" shall
     mean Subpart 229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R.
     Sections 229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time, and
     subject to such clarification and interpretation as has been provided by
     the Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities
     Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by
     the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its
     staff from time to time.

                                   ARTICLE V

                              DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

     SECTION 5.01. Defaults. The occurrence of any of the following shall
constitute an Event of Default hereunder:

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          (a) Any representation or warranty made by the Sponsor, the Servicer,
     the Originator or the Depositor hereunder or under the Operative Documents,
     or in any certificate furnished hereunder or under the Operative Documents,
     shall prove to be untrue or incomplete in any material respect, provided
     that, if cured within the related time period, such default shall not be an
     Event of Default;

          (b) (i) The Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor
     shall fail to pay when due any amount payable by the Sponsor, the Servicer,
     the Originator or the Depositor hereunder or (ii) a legislative body has
     enacted any law that declares or a court of competent jurisdiction shall
     find or rule that this Insurance Agreement or any other Operative Document
     is not valid and binding on the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or
     the Depositor, provided that, with respect to any law or judicial action
     within the scope of this clause (ii), the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
     Originator and the Depositor shall have 30 days to reinstate the binding
     effect of this Insurance Agreement or any other Operative Document; the
     Insurer agrees to take such actions as may be reasonably requested of it to
     facilitate the reinstatement of such binding effect;

          (c) The occurrence and continuance of an "event of default", or any
     event which given the lapse of time or notice would constitute an "event of
     default", under any Operative Document;

          (d) Any failure on the part of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
     Originator or the Depositor duly to observe or perform in any material
     respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the
     Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator the Depositor contained in this
     Insurance Agreement which continues unremedied for a period of 30 days
     after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same
     to be remedied, shall have been given to the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
     Originator and the Depositor by the Insurer (with a copy to the Trustee) or
     by the Trustee (with a copy to the Insurer); provided, however, that the
     Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any failure described in
     this Section 5.01(d) unless a Responsible Officer has actual knowledge
     thereof;

          (e) A decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority
     having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any
     present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or
     the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator or other similar
     official in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling
     of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or
     liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Sponsor,
     the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor and such decree or order
     shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 90
     consecutive days;

          (f) The Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor shall
     consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator or
     other similar official in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt,
     marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating
     to the Sponsor, the

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     Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor or of or relating to all or
     substantially all of their respective property;

          (g) The Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor shall
     admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become
     due, file a petition to take advantage of or otherwise voluntarily commence
     a case or proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
     reorganization or other similar statute, make an assignment for the benefit
     of its creditors or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; or

          (h) Either of the Issuing Entity or the Depositor shall become subject
     to an entity level tax or to registration as an investment company under
     the Investment Company Act.

     SECTION 5.02. Remedies; No Remedy Exclusive.

          (a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Insurer may
     exercise any one or more of the rights and remedies set forth below:

               (i) declare all indebtedness of every type or description then
          owed by the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor to
          the Insurer to be immediately due and payable, and the same shall
          thereupon be immediately due and payable;

               (ii) exercise any rights and remedies under the Pooling and
          Servicing Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof or direct the
          Servicer and/or the Trustee to exercise such remedies in accordance
          with the terms of the Agreement; or

               (iii) take whatever action at law or in equity as may appear
          necessary or desirable in its judgment to collect the amounts, if any,
          then due under this Insurance Agreement or any other Operative
          Document or to enforce performance and observance of any obligation,
          agreement or covenant of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or
          the Depositor under this Insurance Agreement or any other Operative
          Documents.

          (b) Unless otherwise expressly provided, no remedy herein conferred or
     reserved is intended to be exclusive of any other available remedy, but
     each remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to other remedies
     given under this Insurance Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     or existing at law or in equity. No delay or omission to exercise any right
     or power accruing under this Insurance Agreement or the Pooling and
     Servicing Agreement upon the happening of any event set forth in Section
     5.01 shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a
     waiver thereof, but any such right and power may be exercised from time to
     time and as often as may be deemed expedient. In order to entitle the
     Insurer to exercise any remedy reserved to the Insurer in this Article, it
     shall not be necessary to give any notice, other than such notice as may be
     required by this Article.

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     SECTION 5.03. Waivers.

          (a) No failure by the Insurer to exercise, and no delay by the Insurer
     in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. The
     exercise by the Insurer of any right hereunder shall not preclude the
     exercise of any other right, and the remedies provided herein to the
     Insurer are declared in every case to be cumulative and not exclusive of
     any remedies provided by law or equity.

          (b) The Insurer shall have the right, to be exercised in its complete
     discretion, to waive any Event of Default hereunder, by a writing setting
     forth the terms, conditions and extent of such waiver signed by the Insurer
     and delivered to the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator and the
     Depositor. Unless such writing expressly provides to the contrary, any
     waiver so granted shall extend only to the specific event or occurrence
     which gave rise to the Event of Default so waived and not to any other
     similar event or occurrence which occurs subsequent to the date of such
     waiver.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

     SECTION 6.01. Amendments, Etc. This Insurance Agreement may be amended,
modified, supplemented or terminated only by written instrument or written
instruments signed by the parties hereto. Each of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
Originator and the Depositor agrees to provide a copy of any amendment to this
Insurance Agreement promptly to the rating agencies maintaining a rating on any
of the Certificates. No act or course of dealing shall be deemed to constitute
an amendment, modification, supplement or termination hereof.

     SECTION 6.02. Notices. All demands, notices and other communications to be
given hereunder shall be in writing (except as otherwise specifically provided
herein) and shall be mailed by registered mail, over night mail or personally
delivered and telecopied to the recipient as follows:

          (a)  To the Insurer:

               Ambac Assurance Corporation
               One State Street Plaza
               New York, NY 10004
               Attention: Consumer Asset-Backed
                           Securities Group
               Facsimile: (212) 363-1459
               Confirmation: (212) 208-3394

          (in each case in which notice or other communication to the Insurer
          refers to an Event of Default, a claim on the Policy or with respect
          to which failure on the part of the Insurer to respond shall be deemed
          to constitute consent or acceptance, then a copy of such notice or
          other communication

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          should also be sent to the attention of the general counsel of each of
          the Insurer, the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator the Depositor
          and the Trustee and, in all cases, both any original and all copies
          shall be marked to indicate "URGENT MATERIAL ENCLOSED.")

          (b)  To Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending Inc.:

               250 Vesey Street
               4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
               Telephone: (212) 449-0336
               Facsimile: (212) 738-2700
               Attention: Ketan Parekh

          (c)  To Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Inc.:

               250 Vesey Street
               4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
               Telephone: (212) 449-0357
               Facsimile: (212) 738-2700
               Attention: Ketan Parekh

          (d)  To Home Loan Services, Inc.:
               150 Allegheny Center Mall
               Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15212
               Telephone: (412) 918-7627
               Attention: Steven A. Baranet
                          Vice President, Investor Reporting
               Facsimile: (412) 918-7308

          (e)  To First Franklin Financial Corporation
               c/o Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust Co.
               2150 North First Street
               San Jose, California 95131
               Telephone: (800) 464-8203
               Attention: Steve Mageras
               Facsimile: (408) 955-7599

          Notice to the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the Depositor
          shall also constitute notice to the Sponsor, the Servicer, the
          Originator and the Depositor to the extent the party providing such
          notice is required to provide notice to all such parties (in each case
          in which notice or other communication to the Sponsor, the Servicer,
          the Originator and the Depositor refers to an Event of Default, a
          claim against the Sponsor, the

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          Servicer, the Originator and the Depositor or with respect to which
          failure on the part of the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or
          the Depositor to respond shall be deemed to constitute consent or
          acceptance, then a copy of such notice or other communication should
          also be sent to the attention of the general counsel of each of the
          Insurer and the Trustee and, in all cases, both any original and all
          copies shall be marked to indicate "URGENT MATERIAL ENCLOSED.").

          (f)  To the Trustee:

               LaSalle Bank, N.A.
               135 South LaSalle Street
               Suite 1511
               Chicago, Illinois
               Attention: Global Securities and Trust Services -
               First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-FFC
               Telephone: (312) 992-4855
               Facsimile: (312) 904-1368

     A party may specify an additional or different address or addresses by
writing mailed or delivered to the other parties as aforesaid. All such notices
and other communications shall be effective upon receipt.

     SECTION 6.03. Severability. In the event that any provision of this
Insurance Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable by any court of
competent jurisdiction, the parties hereto agree that such holding shall not
invalidate or render unenforceable any other provision hereof. The parties
hereto further agree that the holding by any court of competent jurisdiction
that any remedy pursued by any party hereto is unavailable or unenforceable
shall not affect in any way the ability of such party to pursue any other remedy
available to it.

     SECTION 6.04. Governing Law. This Insurance Agreement shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York (without
giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof).

     SECTION 6.05. Consent to Jurisdiction.

          (a) The parties hereto hereby irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive
     jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District
     of New York and any court in the State of New York located in the City and
     County of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any
     action, suit or proceeding brought against it and to or in connection with
     any of the Operative Documents, the Policy or the Transaction or for
     recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and the parties hereto hereby
     irrevocably and unconditionally agree that all claims in respect of any
     such action or proceeding may be heard or determined in such New York state
     court or, to the extent permitted by law, in

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     such federal court. The parties hereto agree that a final unappealable
     judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding shall be conclusive and may
     be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other
     manner provided by law. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the
     parties hereto hereby waive and agree not to assert by way of motion, as a
     defense or otherwise in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that
     it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such courts, that the
     suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the
     venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper or that the related
     documents or the subject matter thereof may not be litigated in or by such
     courts.

          (b) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereto
     shall not seek and hereby waive the right to any review of the judgment of
     any such court by any court of any other nation or jurisdiction which may
     be called upon to grant an enforcement of such judgment.

          (c) Service on the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Originator or the
     Depositor may be made by mailing or delivering copies of the summons and
     complaint and other process which may be served in any suit, action or
     proceeding to such party at the address set forth above. Such address may
     be changed by the applicable party or parties by written notice to the
     other parties hereto. The provision of notice to change the address set
     forth in Section 6.02 shall constitute notice for purposes of the preceding
     sentence, unless such notice shall expressly state to the contrary.

          (d) Nothing contained in this Insurance Agreement shall limit or
     affect any party's right to serve process in any other manner permitted by
     law or to start legal proceedings relating to any of the Operative
     Documents or the Policy against any other party or its properties in the
     courts of any jurisdiction.

     SECTION 6.06. Consent of the Insurer. In the event that the consent of the
Insurer is required under any of the Operative Documents, the determination
whether to grant or withhold such consent shall be made by the Insurer in its
sole discretion without any implied duty towards any other Person, except as
otherwise expressly provided therein.

     SECTION 6.07. Counterparts. This Insurance Agreement may be executed in
counterparts by the parties hereto, and all such counterparts shall constitute
one and the same instrument.

     SECTION 6.08. Headings. The headings of Articles and Sections and the Table
of Contents contained in this Insurance Agreement are provided for convenience
only. They form no part of this Insurance Agreement and shall not affect its
construction or interpretation.

     SECTION 6.09. Trial by Jury Waived. Each party hereby waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, any right to a trial by jury in respect of any
litigation arising directly or indirectly out of, under or in connection with
any of the Operative Documents

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or the Policy or any of the transactions contemplated thereunder. Each party
hereto (A) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of any party
hereto has represented, expressly or otherwise, that it would not, in the event
of litigation, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (B) acknowledges that it
has been induced to enter into the Operative Documents to which it is a party
(or, in the case of the Policy, the Insurer so acknowledges) by, among other
things, this waiver.

     SECTION 6.10. Limited Liability. No recourse under any Operative Document
or the Underwriting Agreement shall be had against, and no personal liability
shall attach to, any officer, employee, director, affiliate or shareholder of
any party hereto, as such, by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal
or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute or otherwise in respect of any
of the Operative Documents or the Underwriting Agreement, the Certificates or
the Policy, it being expressly agreed and understood that each Operative
Document, the Policy and the Underwriting Agreement is solely a corporate
obligation of each party hereto, and that any and all personal liability, either
at common law or in equity, or by statute or constitution, of every such
officer, employee, director, affiliate or shareholder for breaches of any party
hereto of any obligations under any Operative Document, the Policy or any
Underwriting Agreement is hereby expressly waived as a condition of and in
consideration for the execution and delivery of this Insurance Agreement.

     SECTION 6.11. Entire Agreement. This Insurance Agreement and the Policy set
forth the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof and thereof, and this Insurance Agreement supersedes and replaces
any agreement or understanding that may have existed between the parties prior
to the date hereof in respect of such subject matter.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement, all as
of the day and year first above mentioned.

                                        AMBAC ASSURANCE CORPORATION,
                                           as Insurer

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

                                        MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE LENDING, INC.,
                                           as Sponsor

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

                                        HOME LOAN SERVICES, INC.
                                           as Servicer

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

                                        MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.,
                                           as Depositor

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

       [Signature Page to Insurance and Indemnity Agreement (page 1 of 2)]

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                                        FIRST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
                                           as Originator

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

                                        LA SALLE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                                           as Trustee

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

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

       [Signature Page to Insurance and Indemnity Agreement (page 2 of 2)]

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                                   SCHEDULE X

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                   Item on Form 8-K                                     Party Responsible
                   -----------------                        -----------------------------------------
<S>                                                         <C>
*Item 1.01- Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement      All parties

*Item 1.02- Termination of a Material Definitive            All parties
Agreement

Item 1.03- Bankruptcy or Receivership                       Depositor

Item 2.04- Triggering Events that Accelerate or Increase    Depositor
a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement

*Item 3.03- Material Modification to Rights of Security     Trustee
Holders

Item 5.03- Amendments of Articles of Incorporation or       Depositor
Bylaws; Change of Fiscal Year

Item 6.01- ABS Informational and Computational Material     Depositor

*Item 6.02- Change of Servicer or Trustee                   Servicer/Trustee

*Item 6.03- Change in Credit Enhancement or External        Depositor/Trustee
Support

*Item 6.04- Failure to Make a Required Distribution         Trustee

Item 6.05- Securities Act Updating Disclosure               Depositor

Item 7.01- Reg FD Disclosure                                Depositor

Item 8.01                                                   Depositor

Item 9.01                                                   Depositor
</TABLE>

                                      W-2-1

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                                   SCHEDULE Y

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                   Item on Form 10-D                                    Party Responsible
                   -----------------                        -----------------------------------------
<S>                                                         <C>
Item 1: Distribution and Pool Performance Information       Trustee and Servicer (with respect to
Plus any information required by 1121 which is NOT          underlying Mortgage Loan data)
included on the monthly statement to Certificateholders     Servicer and Trustee (to the extent
                                                            required by Regulation AB)

Item 2: Legal Proceedings per Item 1117 of Regulation AB    All parties to the Pooling and
                                                            Servicing Agreement (as to themselves),
                                                            the Depositor/Trustee/Servicer (to the
                                                            extent known) as to the Issuing
                                                            entity, the Sponsor, 1106(b)
                                                            originator, any 1100(d)(1) party

Item 3:  Sale of Securities and Use of Proceeds             Depositor

Item 4:  Defaults Upon Senior Securities                    Trustee

Item 5:  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security        Trustee
Holders

Item 6:  Significant Obligors of Pool Assets                Depositor/Sponsor/Mortgage Loan Seller/
                                                            Servicer

Item 7:  Significant Enhancement Provider Information       Depositor/Sponsor

Item 8:  Other Information                                  All parties to the Pooling and
                                                            Servicing Agreement (as to themselves)
                                                            responsible for disclosure items on
                                                            Form 8-K

Item 9:  Exhibits                                           Trustee
</TABLE>

                                       Y-1

<PAGE>

                                   SCHEDULE Z

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                   Item on Form 10-K                                    Party Responsible
                   -----------------                        -----------------------------------------
<S>                                                         <C>
Item 1B: Unresolved Staff Comments                          Depositor

*Item 9B: Other Information                                 Trustee and any other party responsible
                                                            for disclosure items on Form 8-K

*Item 15: Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules           Trustee/Servicer/subservicers/Depositor

*Additional Item:                                           All parties to the Pooling and Servicing
Disclosure per Item 1117 of Regulation AB                   Agreement (as to themselves), the
                                                            Depositor/Trustee/Servicer (to the extent
                                                            known) as to the Issuing Entity,
                                                            the Sponsor, 1106(b) originator, any
                                                            1100(d)(1) party

*Additional Item:                                           All parties to the Pooling and Servicing
Disclosure per Item 1119 of Regulation AB                   Agreement, the Sponsor, originator,
                                                            significant obligor, enhancement or
                                                            support provider

Additional Item:                                            Depositor/Sponsor/Mortgage Loan
Disclosure per Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB                Seller/Servicer

Additional Item:                                            Depositor/Sponsor
Disclosure per Items 1114(b) and 1115(b) of Regulation AB
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