Document:

EX-10.1

 

Exhibit 10.1

MAGELLAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION

NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION

     THIS AGREEMENT, made as of the grant date indicated in Section 3 below, and between
Magellan Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the undersigned
individual (the “Optionee”), pursuant to the Magellan Petroleum Corporation 1998 Stock Option Plan
(the “Plan”). (Terms not defined herein shall have the same meaning as in the Plan.)

     WHEREAS, the Optionee is an eligible director of the Company and the Company through the
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors has approved the grant of Nonqualified Stock
Options (“Options”) under the Plan to the Optionee.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and pursuant to
the Plan, the parties agree as follows:

	1.	 	Grant of Options. The Company hereby grants to the Optionee the right and option to purchase
from the Company, at the exercise price set forth in Section 3 below, all or any part of the
aggregate number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, as such
common shares are presently constituted (the “Stock”), set forth in said Section 3.

	2.	 	Terms and Conditions. It is understood and agreed that the Options evidenced hereby are
subject to the provisions of the Plan (which are incorporated herein by reference) and the
following terms and conditions:

	 	(a)	 	Expiration Date. The Options evidenced hereby shall expire on the earlier of
(i) the date specified in Section 3 below or (ii) if the Optionee resigns or retires
from the Board of Directors, the first (1st) anniversary of the date of the
Optionee’s retirement or resignation.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Exercise of Option. The Options evidenced hereby shall be exercisable from
time to time by (i) providing written notice of exercise ten (10) days prior to the
date of exercise specifying the number of shares for which the Options are being
exercised, addressed to the Company at its principal place of business, and (ii)
either:

	 	(A)	 	Cash Only Exercise – submitting the full cash purchase price of
the exercised Stock; or
	 
	 	(B)	 	Cashless Exercise – submitting appropriate authorization for
the sale of Stock in an amount sufficient to provide the full purchase price in
accordance with Section 5(d)(ii) of the Plan, or

 

 

	 	(C)	 	Combination – tendering a combination of (i) and (ii) above.

	 	(c)	 	Withholding Taxes. Without regard to the method of exercise and payment, the
Optionee shall pay to the Company, upon notice of the amount due, any withholding taxes
payable with respect to such exercise, which payment may be made with shares of Stock
which would otherwise be issued pursuant to the Options.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Vesting. The Options shall become immediately in full exercisable with respect
to the entire amount of the Stock subject to the Options.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Compliance with Laws and Regulations. The Options evidenced hereby are subject
to restrictions imposed at any time on the exercise or delivery of shares in violation
of the By-Laws of the Company or of any law or governmental regulation that the Company
may find to be valid and applicable.
	 
	 	(f)	 	Interpretation. Optionee hereby acknowledges that this Agreement is governed
by the Plan, a copy of which Optionee hereby acknowledges having received, and by such
administrative rules and regulations relative to the Plan and not inconsistent
therewith as may be adopted and amended from time by the Committee (the “Rules”).
Optionee agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of the Plan and the Rules.

	3.	 	Option Data.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Optionee’s Name:
	 	 	____________________	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Number of shares of Stock

Subject to this Option:
	 	 	100,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Grant Date:
	 	 
	November 28, 2005

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Exercise Price Per Share:
	 	 	$1.60	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Expiration Date:
	 	 
	November 28, 2015

	4.	 	Miscellaneous. This Agreement and the Plan (a) contains the entire Agreement of the parties
relating to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes any prior agreements or
understandings with respect thereto; and (b) shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the Company, its successors and assigns and the Optionee, his heirs, devisees and legal
representatives. In the event of the Optionee’s death or a judicial determination of his
incompetence, reference in this Agreement to the Optionee shall be deemed to refer to his
legal representative, heirs or devisees, as the case may be.

 

 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be executed by its authorized
officer, as of the Grant Date identified in Section 3.

	 	 	 
	Agreed to:

	 	MAGELLAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION
	 
	 	 
	____________________

	 	By: ____________________
	 
	 	 
	Optionee: __________

	 	Name: Daniel J. Samela

Title: President and CEO

Date: November 28, 2005<PAGE>
                                                                     Exhibit 4.1

                     MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.

                                    Depositor

                       WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                                     Trustee

                                       and

                             WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

                  Master Servicer and Securities Administrator

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                         POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

                           DATED AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2005

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                     MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS TRUST,
             MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-A8

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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                                    ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

                                   ARTICLE II

          CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

SECTION 2.01    Conveyance of Mortgage Loans..............................    52
SECTION 2.02    Acceptance of Mortgage Loans by Trustee...................    54
SECTION 2.03    Assignment of Interest in the Assignment, Assumption and
                Recognition Agreement.....................................    57
SECTION 2.04    Substitution of Mortgage Loans............................    58
SECTION 2.05    Issuance of Certificates..................................    59
SECTION 2.06    Representations and Warranties Concerning the Depositor...    59
SECTION 2.07    Representations and Warranties Concerning the Master
                Servicer..................................................    60
SECTION 2.08    REMIC Elections...........................................    61

                                   ARTICLE III

                 ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS

SECTION 3.01    Master Servicer...........................................    65
SECTION 3.02    REMIC-Related Covenants...................................    66
SECTION 3.03    Monitoring of Servicer....................................    66
SECTION 3.04    Fidelity Bond.............................................    67
SECTION 3.05    Power to Act; Procedures..................................    67
SECTION 3.06    Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements................    68
SECTION 3.07    Release of Mortgage Files.................................    68
SECTION 3.08    Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of Master
                Servicer To Be Held for Trustee...........................    68
SECTION 3.09    Standard Hazard Insurance and Flood Insurance Policies....    69
SECTION 3.10    Presentment of Claims and Collection of Proceeds..........    70
SECTION 3.11    Maintenance of the Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies....    70
SECTION 3.12    Trustee to Retain Possession of Certain Insurance Policies
                and Documents.............................................    70
SECTION 3.13    Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.................    70
SECTION 3.14    Compensation for the Master Servicer......................    71
SECTION 3.15    REO Property..............................................    71
SECTION 3.16    Annual Officer's Certificate as to Compliance.............    71
SECTION 3.17    Annual Independent Accountant's Servicing Report..........    72
SECTION 3.18    Reports Filed with Securities and Exchange Commission.....    72
SECTION 3.19    Rights of the NIMs Insurer................................    73
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                                   ARTICLE IV

                                  DISTRIBUTIONS

SECTION 4.01    Protected Accounts........................................    74
SECTION 4.02    Master Servicer Collection Account........................    75
SECTION 4.03    Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers from the Master
                Servicer Collection Account...............................    76
SECTION 4.04    Distribution Account......................................    77
SECTION 4.05    Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers from the Distribution
                Account...................................................    77
SECTION 4.06    Distributions on the REMIC Interests......................    79
SECTION 4.07    Distributions.............................................    79
SECTION 4.08    Payments..................................................    84
SECTION 4.09    Statements to Certificateholders..........................    84
SECTION 4.10    Monthly Advances..........................................    86
SECTION 4.11    Compensating Interest Payments............................    87

                                    ARTICLE V

                                THE CERTIFICATES

SECTION 5.01    The Certificates..........................................    88
SECTION 5.02    Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and
                Exchange of Certificates..................................    88
SECTION 5.03    Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.........    91
SECTION 5.04    Persons Deemed Owners.....................................    92
SECTION 5.05    Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and
                Addresses.................................................    92
SECTION 5.06    Book-Entry Certificates...................................    92
SECTION 5.07    Notices to Depository.....................................    93
SECTION 5.08    Definitive Certificates...................................    93
SECTION 5.09    Maintenance of Office or Agency...........................    94

                                   ARTICLE VI

                      THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR

SECTION 6.01    Liabilities of the Master Servicer........................    95
SECTION 6.02    Merger or Consolidation of the Master Servicer............    95
SECTION 6.03    Indemnification from the Master Servicer and the
                Depositor.................................................    95
SECTION 6.04    Limitations on Liability of the Master Servicer and
                Others....................................................    95
SECTION 6.05    Master Servicer Not to Resign.............................    96
SECTION 6.06    Successor Master Servicer.................................    97
SECTION 6.07    Sale and Assignment of Master Servicing...................    97

                                   ARTICLE VII

                                     DEFAULT

SECTION 7.01    Events of Default.........................................    98
SECTION 7.02    Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor..................    99
SECTION 7.03    Notification to Certificateholders........................   100
SECTION 7.04    Waiver of Defaults........................................   100
SECTION 7.05    List of Certificateholders................................   100
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                                  ARTICLE VIII

             CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR

SECTION 8.01    Duties of Trustee.........................................   101
SECTION 8.02    Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Securities
                Administrator.............................................   102
SECTION 8.03    Trustee and Securities Administrator Not Liable for
                Certificates or Mortgage Loans............................   104
SECTION 8.04    Trustee and Securities Administrator May Own
                Certificates..............................................   104
SECTION 8.05    Trustee's and Securities Administrator's Fees and
                Expenses..................................................   105
SECTION 8.06    Eligibility Requirements for Trustee and Securities
                Administrator.............................................   105
SECTION 8.07    Insurance.................................................   105
SECTION 8.08    Resignation and Removal of the Trustee and Securities
                Administrator.............................................   106
SECTION 8.09    Successor Trustee and Successor Securities Administrator..   106
SECTION 8.10    Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or Securities
                Administrator.............................................   107
SECTION 8.11    Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.............   107
SECTION 8.12    Federal Information Returns and Reports to
                Certificateholders; REMIC Administration..................   108

                                   ARTICLE IX

                                   TERMINATION

SECTION 9.01    Termination upon Liquidation or Repurchase of all
                Mortgage Loans............................................   111
SECTION 9.02    Final Distribution on the Certificates....................   112
SECTION 9.03    Additional Termination Requirements.......................   113

                                    ARTICLE X

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 10.01   Intent of Parties.........................................   114
SECTION 10.02   Amendment.................................................   114
SECTION 10.03   Recordation of Agreement..................................   115
SECTION 10.04   Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders................   115
SECTION 10.05   Acts of Certificateholders................................   116
SECTION 10.06   Governing Law.............................................   117
SECTION 10.07   Notices...................................................   117
SECTION 10.08   Severability of Provisions................................   117
SECTION 10.09   Successors and Assigns....................................   118
SECTION 10.10   Article and Section Headings..............................   118
SECTION 10.11   Counterparts..............................................   118
SECTION 10.12   Notice to Rating Agencies.................................   118
SECTION 10.13   Third Party Beneficiary...................................   118
SECTION 10.14   Additional Rights of the NIMs Insurer.....................   118
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Exhibit A-1 - Form of Class A Certificates
Exhibit A-2 - Form of Class M and Class B Certificates
Exhibit A-3 - Form of Class R Certificates
Exhibit A-4 - Form of Class C and Class P Certificates
Exhibit B   - Mortgage Loan Schedule
Exhibit C   - Form of MI Policy
Exhibit D   - Request for Release of Documents
Exhibit E-1 - Form of Transfer Affidavit pursuant to Section 860E(e)(4)
Exhibit E-2 - Form of Transferor Affidavit
Exhibit E-3 - Form of Transferor Certificate
Exhibit F-1 - Form of Transferor Representation Letter
Exhibit F-2 - Form of Investor Representation Letter
Exhibit F-3 - Form of Rule 144A Letter
Exhibit G   - Form of Custodial Agreement
Exhibit H   - Servicing Agreements
Exhibit I   - Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
Exhibit J   - Assignment Agreements
Exhibit K   - Form Certification to be Provided by the Master Servicer
                 with Form 10-K
Exhibit L-1 - Form of Class A-2 Cap Contract
Exhibit L-2 - Form of Class A-3 Cap Contract
Exhibit L-3 - Form of Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract
Exhibit M-1 - Class A-2 One-Month LIBOR Cap Table
Exhibit M-2 - Class A-3 One-Month LIBOR Cap Table
Exhibit M-3 - Subordinate Certificate One-Month LIBOR Cap Table

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     This POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), dated as of October
1, 2005, among MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC., a Delaware corporation,
as depositor (the "Depositor"), WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national
banking association, as trustee (the "Trustee") and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., a
national banking association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the "Master
Servicer") and as securities administrator (in such capacity, the "Securities
Administrator").

                              PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

     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 4.07(a)(i) hereof, (iii) each Cap Contract and the Cap Contract
Account and (iv) the grantor trusts described in Section 2.08 hereof. The Lower
Tier REMIC will consist of all of the assets constituting the Trust Fund (other
than the assets described in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) above and 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 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 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    INITIAL CERTIFICATE
CLASS    PASS-THROUGH RATE   DENOMINATION      MINIMUM      PRINCIPAL BALANCE
-----   ------------------   ------------   ------------   -------------------
<S>     <C>                  <C>            <C>            <C>
 A-1A      Fixed Rate(1)      $25,000.00       $1.00         $ 55,000,000.00
A-1B1      Fixed Rate(1)      $25,000.00       $1.00         $ 66,936,000.00
A-1B2      Fixed Rate(1)      $25,000.00       $1.00         $ 36,501,000.00
A-1B3      Fixed Rate(1)      $25,000.00       $1.00         $ 23,575,000.00
A-1B4      Fixed Rate(1)      $25,000.00       $1.00         $ 14,112,000.00
A-1C1      Fixed Rate(1)      $25,000.00       $1.00         $ 67,250,000.00
A-1C2      Fixed Rate(1)      $25,000.00       $1.00         $ 18,650,000.00
 A-2A   Adjustable Rate(2)    $25,000.00       $1.00         $182,558,000.00.
A-2B1   Adjustable Rate(2)    $25,000.00       $1.00         $178,723,000.00
A-2B2   Adjustable Rate(2)    $25,000.00       $1.00         $  3,872,000.00
A-3A1   Adjustable Rate(2)    $25,000.00       $1.00         $141,194,000.00
A-3A2   Adjustable Rate(2)    $25,000.00       $1.00         $ 99,728,000.00
A-3A3   Adjustable Rate(2)    $25,000.00       $1.00         $ 43,046,000.00
 M-1    Adjustable Rate(2)    $25,000.00       $1.00         $ 26,337,000.00
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                              INTEGRAL
                                            MULTIPLES IN
                                MINIMUM       EXCESS OF    INITIAL CERTIFICATE
CLASS    PASS-THROUGH RATE   DENOMINATION      MINIMUM      PRINCIPAL BALANCE
-----   ------------------   ------------   ------------   -------------------
<S>     <C>                  <C>            <C>            <C>
 M-2    Adjustable Rate(2)    $25,000.00       $1.00         $ 20,766,000.00
 B-1    Adjustable Rate(2)    $25,000.00       $1.00         $ 13,168,000.00
 B-2    Adjustable Rate(2)    $25,000.00       $1.00         $  5,064,000.00
  C         Variable(3)               (4)         (4)                     (4)
  P             (5)                   (5)         (5)                     (5)
  R        Fixed Rate(1)      $   100.00         N/A         $        100.00
</TABLE>

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(1)  The Pass-Through Rate for each of the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates
     shall equal the corresponding fixed Pass-Through Rate for each Class of
     Certificates as provided herein.

(2)  The Pass-Through Rate for each of the Class A-2 Certificates, Class A-3
     Certificates, Class B Certificates and Class M Certificates shall equal the
     corresponding Pass-Through Rate for such Class of Certificates as provided
     herein.

(3)  The Class C Certificates will accrue interest in an amount equal to the
     Class C Current Interest.

(4)  The Class C Certificates shall not have minimum dollar denominations or
     certificate notional amounts and shall be issued in a minimum percentage
     interest of 10%. The initial principal amount of the Class C Certificates
     shall equal the initial Overcollateralization Amount.

(5)  The Class P Certificates are entitled to all Prepayment Charges and are not
     entitled to any interest or principal.

     In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the Depositor,
the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator 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 Master Servicing Practices: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, as
applicable, either (x) those customary mortgage master servicing practices of
prudent mortgage servicing institutions that master service mortgage loans of
the same type and quality as such Mortgage Loan in the jurisdiction where the
related Mortgaged Property is located, to the extent applicable to the Trustee
or the Master Servicer (except in its capacity as successor to a Servicer), or
(y) as provided in the applicable Servicing Agreement, to the extent applicable
to the related Servicer, but in no event below the standard set forth in clause
(x).

     Account: The Master Servicer Collection Account, Distribution Account and
any Protected Account as the context may require.

     Accrual Period: With respect to each Class of Certificates (other than the
Class A-1, Class R and Class P Certificates) and Lower Tier REMIC Interests and
any Distribution Date, the period from and including the preceding Distribution
Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, the Closing Date) to and
including the day prior to such Distribution Date. With respect to the Class A-1
and Class R Certificates and any Distribution Date, the calendar month
immediately preceding such Distribution Date. All calculations of interest on
each Class of Certificates (other than the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates)
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. All
calculations of interest on the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates will be made
on the basis of a 360 day year comprised of 12 30-day months.

     Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan identified in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule as having a Mortgage Rate which is adjustable.

     Adjustment Date: As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, each date on
which the related Mortgage Rate is subject to adjustment, as provided in the
related Mortgage Note.

     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-1A Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-1B1 Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class A-1B2 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class
A-1B3 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-1B4 Certificate Principal
Balance, the Class A-1C1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-1C2
Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-2A Certificate Principal Balance, the
Class A-2B1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-2B2 Certificate Principal
Balance, the Class A-3A1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-3A2
Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-3A3 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 B-1 Certificate
Principal Balance and the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance, in each case
as of such date of determination.

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

     Ameriquest: Ameriquest Mortgage Company, a Delaware corporation, or its
successor in interest.

     Applicable State Law: For purposes of Section 8.12(d), the Applicable State
Law shall be (a) the law of the State of New York and (b) such other state law
whose applicability shall have been brought to the attention of the Securities
Administrator and the Trustee by either (i) an Opinion of Counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Securities Administrator and the Trustee delivered to it by
the Master Servicer or the Depositor, or (ii) written notice from the
appropriate taxing authority as to the applicability of such state law.

     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 Seller 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.

     Assignment of Mortgage: An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer
or equivalent instrument, in recordable form, sufficient under the laws of the
jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect of
record the sale of the Mortgage Loan to the Trustee for the benefit of
Certificateholders, which assignment, notice of transfer or equivalent
instrument may be in the form of one or more blanket assignments covering
Mortgages secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the same county, if
permitted by law and accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to that effect.

     Assignment Agreements: The GreenPoint Assignment Agreement, and the PHH
Assignment Agreement, which are attached hereto as Exhibit J.

     Auction: The one-time auction conducted by the Securities Administrator, as
described in Section 9.01(b) hereof.

     Auction Date: The date on which the Auction occurs.

     Available Funds Cap: Any of the Group Two Available Funds Cap, the Group
Three Available Funds Cap or the Weighted Average Available Funds Cap.

     Bankruptcy Code: The United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended as codified
in 11 U.S.C. Sections 101-1330.

     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

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Section 5.06). As of the Closing Date, each of the Class A, 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 Maryland, State of Minnesota and
in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order
to be closed.

     Cap Contract: Any of the Class A-2 Cap Contract, the Class A-3 Cap Contract
or the Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract.

     Cap Contract Account: The separate Eligible Account created and maintained
by the Securities Administrator pursuant to Section 4.07(j)(i) in the name of
the Trustee for the benefit of the Trust Fund and designated "Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as Securities Administrator, in trust for registered
holders of Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2005-A8." Funds in the Cap Contract Account shall be held
in trust for the Trust Fund for the uses and purposes set forth in this
Agreement.

     Cap Contract Counterparty: The Royal Bank of Scotland plc.

     Cap Contract Notional Balance: Any of the Class A-2 Cap Contract Notional
Balance, the Class A-3 Cap Contract Notional Balance or the Subordinate
Certificate Cap Contract Notional Balance.

     Cap Contract Termination Date: Any of the Class A-2 Cap Contract
Termination Date, the Class A-3 Cap Contract Termination Date or the Subordinate
Certificate Cap Contract Termination Date.

     Certificate: Any one of the certificates of any Class executed by the
Trustee and authenticated by the Trustee in substantially the forms attached
hereto as Exhibits A-1, A-2, A-3 and A-4.

     Certificate Group: Any of Certificate Group One, Certificate Group Two or
Certificate Group Three.

     Certificate Group One: The Class A-1 and Class R Certificates. For purposes
of Section 2.08 hereof, Certificate Group One shall be related to Group One.

     Certificate Group Two: The Class A-2 Certificates. For purposes of Section
2.08 hereof, Certificate Group Two shall be related to Group Two.

     Certificate Group Three: The Class A-3 Certificates. For purposes of
Section 2.08 hereof, Certificate Group Three shall be related to Group Three.

     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 as reduced, but not
below zero, by (i) all amounts distributed on previous Distribution Dates on
such class on account of principal; and (ii) such class's share of any Applied
Realized Loss Amounts for previous Distribution Dates. 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
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

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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 related Servicer, the Certificate Principal Balance of
any class of Subordinate 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
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 NIMs Insurer and the Securities Administrator are 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 Principal Balance: For any date of determination, the
sum of the Class A-1A Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-1B1 Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class A-1B2 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class
A-1B3 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-1B4 Certificate Principal
Balance, the Class A-1C1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-1C2
Certificate Principal Balance, the Class R Certificate Principal Balance, the
Class A-2A Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-2B1 Certificate Principal
Balance, the Class A-2B2 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-3A1
Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-3A2 Certificate Principal Balance and
the Class A-3A3 Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class A Certificates: Any of the Class A-1A Certificates, the Class A-1B1
Certificates, the Class A-1B2 Certificates, the Class A-1B3 Certificates, the
Class A-1B4 Certificates, the Class A-1C1 Certificates, the Class A-1C2
Certificates, the Class A-2A Certificates, the Class A-2B1 Certificates, the
Class A-2B2 Certificates, the Class A-3A1 Certificates, the Class A-3A2
Certificates, the Class A-3A3 Certificates and the Class R Certificates.

     Class A Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date (1) prior to the 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)
83.90% of the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of
the immediately preceding Due Period and (ii) the excess of the Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the immediately preceding Due
Period 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.

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     Class A-1 Certificates: Any of the Class A-1A, Class A-1B1, Class A-1B2,
Class A-1B3, Class A-1B4, Class A-1C1 and Class A-1C2 Certificates.

     Class A-1A Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class A-1A
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class A-1A Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1A Certificates.

     Class A-1A Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-1A Pass-Through Rate on
the Class A-1A Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Current
Interest or a Class A-1A Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Compensating Interest
Payment allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class A-1A Certificates.

     Class A-1A Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-1A Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
A-1A Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class A-1A Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class A-1A Pass-Through Rate: For any Distribution Date on or before the
Initial Optional Termination Date, the lesser of (x) 5.250% and (y) the Group
One Net WAC Cap, and as of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional
Termination Date, the lesser of (x) 5.750% and (y) the Group One Net WAC Cap.

     Class A-1B Certificates: The Class A-1B1, Class A-1B2, Class A-1B3 and
Class A-1B4 Certificates.

     Class A-1B1 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class A-1B1
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class A-1B1 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1B1 Certificates.

     Class A-1B1 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-1B1 Pass-Through Rate
on the Class A-1B1 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date
plus the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of
Current Interest or a Class A-1B1 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Compensating Interest Payment allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class
A-1B1 Certificates.

     Class A-1B1 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-1B1 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
A-1B1 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class A-1B1 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class A-1B1 Pass-Through Rate: For any Distribution Date on or before the
Initial Optional Termination Date, the lesser of (x) 5.250% and (y) the Group
One Net WAC Cap, and as of any

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Distribution Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, the lesser of (x)
5.750% and (y) the Group One Net WAC Cap.

     Class A-1B2 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class A-1B2
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class A-1B2 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1B2 Certificates.

     Class A-1B2 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-1B2 Pass-Through Rate
on the Class A-1B2 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date
plus the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of
Current Interest or a Class A-1B2 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Compensating Interest Payment allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class
A-1B2 Certificates.

     Class A-1B2 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-1B2 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
A-1B2 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class A-1B2 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class A-1B2 Pass-Through Rate: For any Distribution Date on or before the
Initial Optional Termination Date, the lesser of (x) 5.250% and (y) the Group
One Net WAC Cap, and as of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional
Termination Date, the lesser of (x) 5.750% and (y) the Group One Net WAC Cap.

     Class A-1B3 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class A-1B3
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class A-1B3 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1B3 Certificates.

     Class A-1B3 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-1B3 Pass-Through Rate
on the Class A-1B3 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date
plus the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of
Current Interest or a Class A-1B3 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Compensating Interest Payment allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class
A-1B3 Certificates.

     Class A-1B3 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-1B3 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
A-1B3 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class A-1B3 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class A-1B3 Pass-Through Rate: For any Distribution Date on or before the
Initial Optional Termination Date, the lesser of (x) 5.250% and (y) the Group
One Net WAC Cap, and as of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional
Termination Date, the lesser of (x) 5.750% and (y) the Group One Net WAC Cap.

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     Class A-1B4 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class A-1B4
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class A-1B4 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1B4 Certificates.

     Class A-1B4 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-1B4 Pass-Through Rate
on the Class A-1B4 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date
plus the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of
Current Interest or a Class A-1B4 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Compensating Interest Payment allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class
A-1B4 Certificates.

     Class A-1B4 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-1B4 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
A-1B4 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class A-1B4 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class A-1B4 Lockout Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, the
product of (x) the Class A-1B4 Lockout Distribution Percentage and (y) the Class
A-1B4 Pro Rata Distribution Amount. In no event shall the Class A-1B4 Class
Lockout Distribution Amount for a Distribution Date exceed the portion of the
Group One Principal Distribution Amount allocable to the Class A-1B Certificates
for such Distribution Date or the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
A-1B4 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date.

     Class A-1B4 Lockout Distribution Percentage: means, for a Distribution Date
in any period listed in the table below, the applicable percentage listed
opposite such period:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Distribution Dates                                 Lockout Percentage
------------------                                 ------------------
<S>                                                <C>
November 2005 through and including October 2008            0%
November 2008 through and including October 2010           45%
November 2010 through and including October 2011           80%
November 2011 through and including October 2012          100%
November 2012 and thereafter                              300%
</TABLE>

     Class A-1B4 Pass-Through Rate: For any Distribution Date on or before the
Initial Optional Termination Date, the lesser of (x) 5.25% and (y) the Group One
Net WAC Cap, and as of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional
Termination Date, the lesser of (x) 5.75% and (y) the Group One Net WAC Cap.

     Class A-1C Certificates: The Class A-1C1 and Class A-1C2 Certificates.

     Class A-1C1 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class A-1C1
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

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     Class A-1C1 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1C1 Certificates.

     Class A-1C1 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-1C1 Pass-Through Rate
on the Class A-1C1 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date
plus the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of
Current Interest or a Class A-1C1 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Compensating Interest Payment allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class
A-1C1 Certificates.

     Class A-1C1 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-1C1 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
A-1C1 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class A-1C1 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class A-1C1 Pass-Through Rate: For any Distribution Date on or before the
Initial Optional Termination Date, the lesser of (x) 5.250% and (y) the Group
One Net WAC Cap, and as of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional
Termination Date, the lesser of (x) 5.750% and (y) the Group One Net WAC Cap.

     Class A-1C2 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class A-1C2
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class A-1C2 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1C2 Certificates.

     Class A-1C2 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-1C2 Pass-Through Rate
on the Class A-1C2 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date
plus the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of
Current Interest or a Class A-1C2 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Compensating Interest Payment allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class
A-1C2 Certificates.

     Class A-1C2 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-1C2 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
A-1C2 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class A-1C2 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class A-1C Pass-Through Rate: For any Distribution Date on or before the
Initial Optional Termination Date, the lesser of (x) 5.250% and (y) the Group
One Net WAC Cap, and as of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional
Termination Date, the lesser of (x) 5.750% and (y) the Group One Net WAC Cap.

     Class A-2 Cap Contract: The confirmation and agreement between the Trust
Fund or Securities Administrator and the Cap Contract Counterparty (in the form
of Exhibit L-1 hereto).

     Class A-2 Cap Contract Notional Balance: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the Class A-2 Cap Contract Notional Balance set forth for such
Distribution Date in the Class A-2 One-Month LIBOR Cap Table attached hereto as
Exhibit O-2.

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     Class A-2 Cap Contract Termination Date: The Distribution Date in August
2012.

     Class A-2 Upper Collar: With respect to each Distribution Date with respect
to which payments are received on the Class A-2 Cap Contract, a rate equal to
the lesser of One-Month LIBOR and 9.74% per annum.

     Class A-2 Certificates: The Class A-2A, Class A-2B1 and Class A-2B2
Certificates.

     Class A-2A Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class A-2A
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of 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 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 Compensating Interest
Payment 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 interest 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 for the Certificates, 0.270% annum and, as of
any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.540% per
annum.

     Class A-2A Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.3850% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-2A Margin, (2) the Group Two Available Funds Cap and (3) the
Group Two Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class A-2B1 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class A-2B1
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class A-2B1 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2B1 Certificates.

     Class A-2B1 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-2B1 Pass-Through Rate
on the Class A-2B1 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date
plus the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of
Current Interest or a Class A-2B1 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Compensating Interest Payment allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class
A-2B1 Certificates.

     Class A-2B1 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-2B1 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
A-2B1 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior

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Distribution Dates and (2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by
applicable law) at the Class A-2B1 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual
Period.

     Class A-2B1 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 0.2675% per annum and,
as of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.5350%
per annum.

     Class A-2B1 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.3825% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-2B1 Margin, (2) the Group Two Available Funds Cap and (3) the
Group Two Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class A-2B2 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class A-2B2
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class A-2B2 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2B2 Certificates.

     Class A-2B2 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-2B2 Pass-Through Rate
on the Class A-2B2 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date
plus the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of
Current Interest or a Class A-2B2 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Compensating Interest Payment allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class
A-2B2 Certificates.

     Class A-2B2 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-2B2 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
A-2B2 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class A-2B2 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class A-2B2 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 0.350% per annum and, as
of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.700% per
annum.

     Class A-2B2 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.4650% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-2B2 Margin, (2) the Group Two Available Funds Cap and (3) the
Group Two Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class A-3 Cap Contract: The confirmation and agreement between the Trust
Fund or Securities Administrator and the Cap Contract Counterparty (in the form
of Exhibit L-2 hereto).

     Class A-3 Cap Contract Notional Balance: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the Class A-3 Cap Contract Notional Balance set forth for such
Distribution Date in the Class A-3 One-Month LIBOR Cap Table attached hereto as
Exhibit M-2.

     Class A-3 Cap Contract Termination Date: The Distribution Date in August
2012.

     Class A-3 Upper Collar: With respect to each Distribution Date with respect
to which payments are received on the Class A-3 Cap Contract, a rate equal to
the lesser of One-Month LIBOR and 9.80% per annum.

     Class A-3 Certificates: The Class A-3A1, Class A-3A2 and Class A-3A3
Certificates.

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     Class A-3A1 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class A-3A1
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class A-3A1 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-3A1 Certificates.

     Class A-3A1 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-3A1 Pass-Through Rate
on the Class A-3A1 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date
plus the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of
Current Interest or a Class A-3A1 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Compensating Interest Payment allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class
A-3A1 Certificates.

     Class A-3A1 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-3A1 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
A-3A1 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class A-3A1 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class A-3A1 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 0.110% per annum and, as
of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.220% per
annum.

     Class A-3A1 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.2250% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-3A1 Margin, (2) the Group Three Available Funds Cap and (3) the
Group Three Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class A-3A2 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class A-3A2
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class A-3A2 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-3A2 Certificates.

     Class A-3A2 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-3A2 Pass-Through Rate
on the Class A-3A2 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date
plus the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of
Current Interest or a Class A-3A2 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Compensating Interest Payment allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class
A-3A2 Certificates.

     Class A-3A2 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-3A2 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
A-3A2 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class A-3A2 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class A-3A2 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 0.250% per annum and, as
of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.500% per
annum.

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     Class A-3A2 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.3650% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-3A2 Margin, (2) the Group Three Available Funds Cap and (3) the
Group Three Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class A-3A3 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class A-3A3
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class A-3A3 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-3A3 Certificates.

     Class A-3A3 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-3A3 Pass-Through Rate
on the Class A-3A3 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date
plus the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of
Current Interest or a Class A-3A3 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is
recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Compensating Interest Payment allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class
A-3A3 Certificates.

     Class A-3A3 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-3A3 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
A-3A3 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class A-3A3 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class A-3A3 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 0.370% per annum and, as
of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.740% per
annum.

     Class A-3A3 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.4850% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-3A3 Margin, (2) the Group Three Available Funds Cap and (3) the
Group Three Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class B Certificates: Any of the Class B-1 or Class B-2 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 a "Class B-1
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-2 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 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 Compensating Interest
Payment 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 interest 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 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 1.500% per annum and, as
of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 2.250% per
annum.

     Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 5.6150% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class B-1 Margin, (2) the Weighted Average Available Funds Cap and (3)
the Weighted Average Maximum Rate 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 aggregate of the Class A and the Class M
Certificate Principal Balances have been reduced to zero and a Trigger Event
exists, or as long as a 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 B-1 Certificate Principal Balance
immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 95.80% of
the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the
immediately preceding Due Period and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the immediately preceding Due
Period 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 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 such 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, in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates.

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     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 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 Compensating Interest
Payment 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 interest 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 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 2.000% per annum and, as
of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 3.000% per
annum.

     Class B-2 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 6.1150% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class B-2 Margin, (2) the Weighted Average Available Funds Cap and (3)
the Weighted Average Maximum Rate 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 aggregate of the Class A, Class M and the
Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balances have been reduced to zero and a Trigger
Event exists, or as long as a 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 B-1 Certificate Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class B-1 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (E) the Class B-2 Certificate
Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the
lesser of (A) 96.80% of the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
the end of the immediately preceding Due Period and (B) the excess of the Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the immediately
preceding Due Period 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.

     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 such Class B-2 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

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     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, in the form of Exhibit A-4 hereto, representing the right
to its Percentage Interest of distributions provided for the Class C
Certificates herein.

     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
portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Current
Interest or a Class C Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Compensating Interest
Payment 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 as being subject to a cap and a floor equal to the interest rate of
the Corresponding Certificates (as adjusted to reflect accruals based on the
actual number of days in the Accrual Period) 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.

     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-1A 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-1B1 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-1B2 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 LTA-1B3 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-1B4 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-1C1 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-1C2 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-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-2B1 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-2B2 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-3A1 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-3A2 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-3A3 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-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 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

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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.

     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% the aggregate Cut-off
Date Principal Balance of the Group One Mortgage Loans, and with an interest
rate equal to the Group One Net WAC Cap multiplied by a fraction the numerator
of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the actual number of days in the
Accrual Period.

     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 Group Two Available Funds Cap.

     Class LTII3A 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 Three Mortgage Loans over
(ii) the aggregate of the initial Certificate Principal Balances of Certificate
Group Three, and with an interest rate equal to the Net Rate.

     Class LTII3B 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 Three Mortgage Loans and with an interest
rate equal to the Group Three Available Funds Cap.

     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 LTR Interest: The sole class of "residual interest" in the Lower Tier
REMIC.

     Class M Certificates: Any of the Class M-1 Certificates and Class M-2
Certificates.

     Class M Certificate Principal Balance: For any date of determination, the
sum of the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance and Class M-2 Certificate
Principal Balance.

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     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, in the form of Exhibit A-2 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 Current
Interest or Class M-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Compensating Interest
Payment 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 interest 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.

     Class M-1 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 0.460% per annum and, as
of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.690% per
annum.

     Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.575% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-1 Margin, (2) the Weighted Average Available Funds Cap and (3)
the Weighted Average Maximum Rate 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) 89.10% of the Stated Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans as of the end of the immediately preceding Due Period and (B) the
excess of the Stated Principal Balances for the Mortgage Loans as of the end of
the immediately preceding Due Period 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-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.

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     Class M-2 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-2
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-2 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 Current
Interest or Class M-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Compensating Interest
Payment allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class M-2 Certificates.

     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 interest 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 for the Certificates, 0.630% per annum and, as
of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.945% per
annum.

     Class M-2 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.745% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-2 Margin, (2) the Weighted Average Available Funds Cap and (3)
the Weighted Average Maximum Rate 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 and the Class M-1 Certificate
Principal Balance have been reduced to zero and a Trigger Event exists, or as
long as a 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) 93.20% of the Stated Principal
Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the immediately preceding Due
Period and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans
as of the end of the immediately preceding Due Period 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."

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     Class P Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class P Certificate"
on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-4 hereto.

     Class R Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class R Certificate"
on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-3 hereto, representing the right
to distributions as set forth herein.

     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 Current Interest or a
Class R Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a voidable preference
by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Compensating Interest Payment 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 interest 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 Pass-Through Rate: For any Distribution Date, the Class A-1A
Pass-Through Rate.

     Closing Date: November 15, 2005.

     Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any successor or
amendatory provisions.

     Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

     Compensating Interest Payment: As defined in Section 4.11.

     Controlling Class C Holder: The entity that owns the majority of the Class
C Certificates.

     Cooperative: A corporation that has been formed for the purpose of
cooperative apartment ownership.

     Cooperative Assets: Shares issued by Cooperatives, the related Cooperative
Lease and any other collateral securing the Cooperative Loans.

     Cooperative Lease: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, the proprietary
lease or occupancy agreement with respect to the cooperative apartment occupied
by the Mortgagor and relating to the related Cooperative Assets, which lease or
agreement confers an exclusive right to the holder of such Cooperative Assets to
occupy such apartment.

     Cooperative Loan: The indebtedness of a Mortgagor evidenced by a Mortgage
Note which is secured by Cooperative Assets and which is being sold to the
Depositor pursuant to this Agreement, the Mortgage Loans so sold being
identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

     Cooperative Stock: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, the single
outstanding class of stock, partnership interest or other ownership instrument
in the related Cooperative.

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     Corporate Trust Office: With respect to the Trustee, its principal
corporate trust office at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business in connection with this Agreement shall be administered, which office
at the date of the execution of this instrument is located at Wachovia Bank,
National Association, 401 South Tryon Street, 12th Floor, Charlotte, NC
28288-1179, Attention: Corporate Trust Group - Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors,
Inc., MLMI Series 2005-A8, or at such other address as the Trustee may designate
from time to time by notice to the Certificateholders, the Depositor and the
Master Servicer. With respect to the Securities Administrator, its principal
corporate trust office of which at any particular time its corporate trust
business in connection with this agreement shall be administered, which office
at the date of execution of this instrument is located at Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A., 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, MD 21045, Attention: Client Services
Manager - MLMI Series 2005-A8, or at such other address as the Securities
Administrator may designate from time to time by notice to the
Certificateholders, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee.

     Corresponding Certificates: With respect to each of the Lower Tier REMIC
Regular Interests listed below, the corresponding Class or Classes of
Certificates listed below:

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Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interest   Corresponding Class or Classes of Certificates
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<S>                                 <C>
Class LTA-1A Interest               Class A-1A and Class R Certificates

Class LTA-1B1 Interest              Class A-1B1 Certificates

Class LTA-1B2 Interest              Class A-1B2 Certificates

Class LTA-1B3 Interest              Class A-1B3 Certificates

Class LTA-1B4 Interest              Class A-1B4 Certificates

Class LTA-1C1 Interest              Class A-1C1 Certificates

Class LTA-1C2 Interest              Class A-1C2 Certificates

Class LTA-2A Interest               Class A-2A Certificates

Class LTA-2B1 Interest              Class A-2B1 Certificates

Class LTA-2B2 Interest              Class A-2B2 Certificates

Class LTA-3A1 Interest              Class A-3A1 Certificates

Class LTA-3A2 Interest              Class A-3A2 Certificates

Class LTA-3A3 Interest              Class A-3A3 Certificates

Class LTM-1 Interest                Class M-1 Certificates

Class LTM-2 Interest                Class M-2 Certificates

Class LTB-1 Interest                Class B-1 Certificates

Class LTB-2 Interest                Class B-2 Certificates
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     Current Interest: Any of the Class A-1A Current Interest, the Class A-1B1
Current Interest, the Class A-1B2 Current Interest, the Class A-1B3 Current
Interest, the Class A-1B4 Current Interest, the Class A-1C1 Current Interest,
the Class A-1C2 Current Interest, the Class A-2A Current Interest, the Class
A-2B1 Current Interest, the Class A-2B2 Current Interest, the Class A-3A1
Current Interest, the Class A-3A2 Current Interest, the Class A-3A3 Current
Interest, the Class R Current Interest, the Class M-1 Current Interest, the
Class M-2 Current Interest, the Class B-1 Current Interest, the Class B-2
Current Interest and the Class C Current Interest.

     Curtailment: Any Principal Prepayment made by a Mortgagor which is not a
Principal Prepayment in Full.

     Custodial Agreement: An agreement, dated as of the Closing Date among the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Custodian in substantially
the form of Exhibit G hereto.

     Custodian: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., or any successor custodian appointed
pursuant to the provisions hereof and of the Custodial Agreement.

     Cut-off Date: October 1, 2005.

     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.

     Debt Service Reduction: Any reduction of the Monthly Payments which a
Mortgagor is obligated to pay with respect to a Mortgage Loan as a result of any
proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar state law or other
proceeding.

     Defective Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced by one
or more Substitute Mortgage Loans.

     Deficient Valuation: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation of the
related Mortgaged Property by a court of competent jurisdiction in an amount
less than the then outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, which
valuation results from a proceeding initiated under the Bankruptcy Code.

     Definitive Certificates: As defined in Section 5.06.

     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.

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     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 Depository Institution: A depository institution (commercial
bank, federal savings bank, mutual savings bank or savings and loan association)
or trust company (which may include the Trustee), the deposits of which are
fully insured by the FDIC to the extent provided by law.

     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.

     Disqualified Organization: Any of the following: (i) the United States, any
State or political subdivision thereof, any possession of the United States, or
any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an
instrumentality which is a corporation if all of its activities are subject to
tax and, except for Freddie Mac or any successor thereto, a majority of its
board of directors is not selected by such governmental unit), (ii) any foreign
government, any international organization, or any agency or instrumentality of
any of the foregoing, (iii) any organization (other than certain farmers'
cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code) which is exempt from the tax
imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by Section 511 of
the Code on unrelated business taxable income), (iv) rural electric and
telephone cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code or (v) any
other Person so designated by the Trustee based upon an Opinion of Counsel that
the holding of an ownership interest in a Class R Certificate by such Person may
cause any REMIC contained in the Trust or any Person having an ownership
interest in the Class R Certificate (other than such Person) to incur a
liability for any federal tax imposed under the Code that would not otherwise be
imposed but for the transfer of an ownership interest in a Class R Certificate
to such Person. The terms "United States," "State" and "international
organization" shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or
successor provisions.

     Distribution Account: The trust account or accounts created and maintained
pursuant to Section 4.04, which shall be denominated "Wells Fargo, National
Association, as Securities Administrator for Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as Trustee f/b/o holders of Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, MLMI Series 2005-A8 - Distribution Account."
The Distribution Account shall be an Eligible Account.

     Distribution Account Deposit Date: The Business Day prior to each
Distribution Date.

     Distribution Date: The 25th day of each calendar month, or if such 25th day
is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing in November
2005.

     Due Date: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the date in each month on
which its Monthly Payment is due if such due date is the first day of a month
and otherwise is deemed to be the first day of the following month or such other
date specified in the related Servicing Agreement.

     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 (i) 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

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categories, or (ii) 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 bank 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 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 NIMs 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 or Prime-1 by Moody's at the time any
deposits are held on deposit therein, (vii) a segregated trust account or
accounts maintained with a federal or state chartered depository institution or
trust company acting in its fiduciary capacity, that is acceptable to the Rating
Agencies or (viii) otherwise acceptable to each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a
letter from each Rating Agency to the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer.

     ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, including any
successor or amendatory provisions.

     ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting: A best efforts or firm commitment
underwriting or private placement that would satisfy the requirements of
Prohibited Transaction Exemption 90-29, Exemption Application No. D-8012, 55
Fed. Reg. 21459 (1990), as amended, granted to the Underwriter by the United
States Department of Labor (or any other applicable underwriter's exemption
granted 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 the Rating
Agencies.

     ERISA Restricted Certificates: Any of the Class C and Class P Certificates,
and any other Certificate, as long as the acquisition and holding of such
Certificate is not covered by and exempt under an underwriter's exemption.

     Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.01 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 Liquidation Proceeds: To the extent that such amount is not required
by law to be paid to the related Mortgagor, the amount, if any, by which
Liquidation Proceeds with respect to a Liquidated Mortgage Loan exceed the sum
of (i) the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan and accrued but
unpaid interest at the related Mortgage Interest Rate through the last day of
the month in which the related Liquidation Date occurs, plus (ii) related
Liquidation Expenses.

     Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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     Extra Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date
(1) prior to the Stepdown Date, the excess of (A) the sum of (x) the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates
and (y) $16,207,753 over (B) the aggregate 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 of the
Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates and (y) the greater of (a) 3.20% of
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of
the immediately preceding Due Period and (b) the Minimum Required
Overcollateralization Amount less (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans; provided, however, that if on any Distribution Date a
Trigger Event is in effect, the Extra Principal Distribution Amount will not be
reduced to the applicable percentage of then-current Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans (and will remain fixed at the applicable percentage of the
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Due Date immediately
prior to the Trigger Event until the next Distribution Date on which the Trigger
Event is not in effect).

     Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses: Any amounts reimbursable to the Master
Servicer or the Depositor pursuant to this Agreement, including but not limited
to Sections 4.03, 4.05 and 7.04, any amounts reimbursable to the Trustee and the
Securities Administrator from the Trust Fund pursuant to this Agreement,
including but not limited to Section 9.05, and any other costs, expenses,
liabilities and losses borne by the Trust Fund (exclusive of any cost, expense,
liability or loss that is specific to a particular Mortgage Loan or REO Property
and is taken into account in calculating a Realized Loss in respect thereof) for
which the Trust Fund has not and, in the reasonable good faith judgment of the
Trustee, shall not, obtain reimbursement or indemnification from any other
Person.

     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.

     Final Certification: The certification substantially in the form of Exhibit
Two to the Custodial Agreement.

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

     Fixed Rate Mortgage Loans: A Mortgage Loan identified in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule as having a Mortgage Rate which is fixed.

     Floating Rate Certificate Carryover: With respect to a Distribution Date,
in the event that the Pass-Through Rate for a class of Class A-2, Class A-3,
Class M or Class B Certificates is based upon the related Available Funds Cap,
the excess of (1) the amount of interest that such Class would have been
entitled to receive on such Distribution Date had the Pass-Through Rate for that
Class not been calculated based on the related Available Funds Cap, up to but
not exceeding greatest of (x) the related Maximum Rate Cap or (y) the sum of (i)
the related Available Funds Cap and (ii) the product of (A) a fraction, the
numerator of which is 360 and the denominator of which is the actual number of
days in the related Accrual Period, and (B) the quotient obtained by dividing
(I) an amount equal to the proceeds, if any, payable under the related Cap
Contract with respect to such Distribution Date by (II) the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Certificates to which such Cap
Contract relates for such Distribution Date over (2) the amount of interest such
class was entitled to receive on such Distribution Date based on the related
Available Funds Cap, together with (i) the unpaid portion of any such excess
from prior Distribution Dates (and interest accrued thereon at the then
applicable Pass-Through Rate, without giving effect to the related Available
Funds Cap) and (ii) any amount previously distributed with respect to Floating
Rate Certificate Carryover for such class that is recovered as a voidable
preference by a trustee in bankruptcy.

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     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.

     GreenPoint: GreenPoint Mortgage Funding, Inc., a New York corporation, or
its successor in interest.

     GreenPoint Assignment Agreement: The Assignment, Assumption and Recognition
Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2005, among the Seller, the Depositor and
GreenPoint.

     GreenPoint Servicing Agreement: The Master Mortgage Loan Purchase and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2003, among Merrill Lynch Mortgage
Holdings Inc., Terwin Advisors LLC and GreenPoint, as amended by Amendment No.
1, dated as of August 20, 2004 among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Holdings Inc.,
Terwin Advisors LLC and GreenPoint.

     Gross Margin: As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the fixed
percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note and indicated on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule which percentage is added to the related Index on each Interest
Adjustment Date to determine (subject to rounding, the minimum and maximum
Mortgage Interest Rate and the Periodic Rate Cap) the Mortgage Interest Rate
until the next Interest Adjustment Date.

     Group One: The portion of the Mortgage Pool comprised of the Group One
Mortgage Loans.

     Group One Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans identified as such on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.

     Group One Net WAC Cap: With respect to any Distribution Date, the per annum
rate equal to the product of (i) 12 and (ii) the quotient of (x) the total
scheduled interest on the Group One Mortgage Loans based on the Net Mortgage
Rates in effect on the related Due Date, divided by (y) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Group One Mortgage Loans as of the immediately
preceding Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, as
of the Cut-off Date).

     Group One Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to 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 Group One
Principal Distribution Percentage of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount;
provided, however, that (A) on and after the Distribution Date on which the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates is reduced to zero,
the Group Two Principal Distribution Percentage of the Class A 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 pro rata
to increase the Group One Principal Distribution Amount (so long as any of the
Class A-1 and Class R Certificates are outstanding) and the Group Three
Principal Distribution Amount (so long as any of the Class A-3 Certificates are
outstanding) in proportion to the Group One Principal Distribution Percentage or
the Group Three Principal Distribution Percentage, as applicable, and (B) on and
after the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of each
of the Class A-3 Certificates is reduced to zero, the Group Three Principal
Distribution Percentage of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount in excess
of the amount necessary to reduce the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
A-3 Certificates to zero will be applied pro rata to increase the Group One
Principal Distribution Amount (so long as any of the Class A-1 and Class R
Certificates are outstanding) and the Group Two Principal Distribution Amount
(so long as the Class A-2 Certificates are outstanding) in proportion to the
Group One Principal Distribution Percentage or the Group Two Principal
Distribution Percentage, as applicable.

     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

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to the Group One Mortgage Loans, 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 comprised of the Group Two
Mortgage Loans.

     Group Two Available Funds Cap: With respect to a Distribution Date, the per
annum rate equal to the product of (i) 12, (ii) the quotient of (x) the total
scheduled interest on the Group Two Mortgage Loans based on the Net Mortgage
Rates in effect on the related Due Date, divided by (y) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Group Two 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 (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.

     Group Two Maximum Rate Cap: With respect to a Distribution Date, the per
annum rate, adjusted to reflect the length of the related Accrual Period, equal
to the weighted average of the maximum lifetime Net Mortgage Rates on the
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans in Group Two. The Group Two Maximum Rate Cap
shall relate to the Class A-2 Certificates.

     Group Two Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans identified as such on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.

     Group Two Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to 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 Group Two Principal
Distribution Percentage of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount; provided,
however, that (A) on and after the Distribution Date on which the Certificate
Principal Balance of each of the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates is reduced
to zero, the Group One Principal Distribution Percentage of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount in excess of the amount necessary to reduce the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates to zero
will be applied pro rata to increase the Group Two Principal Distribution Amount
(so long as the Class A-2 Certificates are outstanding) and the Group Three
Principal Distribution Amount (so long as any of the Class A-3 Certificates are
outstanding) in proportion to the Group Two Principal Distribution Percentage or
the Group Three Principal Distribution Percentage, as applicable, and (B) on and
after the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of each
of the Class A-3 Certificates is reduced to zero, the Group Three Principal
Distribution Percentage of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount in excess
of the amount necessary to reduce the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
A-3 Certificates to zero will be applied pro rata to increase the Group One
Principal Distribution Amount (so long as any of the Class A-1 and Class R
Certificates are outstanding) and the Group Two Principal Distribution Amount
(so long as the Class A-2 Certificates are outstanding) in proportion to the
Group One Principal Distribution Percentage or the Group Two Principal
Distribution Percentage, as applicable.

     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 the Group Two Mortgage
Loans, and the denominator of which is the amount of Principal Funds received
from all of the Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool.

     Group Three: The portion of the Mortgage Pool comprised of the Group Three
Mortgage Loans.

     Group Three Available Funds Cap: With respect to a Distribution Date, the
per annum rate equal to the product of (i) 12, (ii) the quotient of (x) the
total scheduled interest on the Group Three Mortgage Loans based on the Net
Mortgage Rates in effect on the related Due Date, divided by (y) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Group Three 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 (iii) a fraction,

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the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the actual number
of days in the related Accrual Period.

     Group Three Maximum Rate Cap: With respect to a Distribution Date, the per
annum rate, adjusted to reflect the length of the related Accrual Period, equal
to the weighted average of the maximum lifetime Net Mortgage Rates on the
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans in Group Three and the Net Mortgage Rates on the
Fixed Rate Mortgage Loans in Group Three. The Group Three Maximum Rate Cap shall
relate to the Class A-3 Certificates.

     Group Three Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans identified as such on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.

     Group Three Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the amount equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A-3 Certificates and (ii) the Group Three Principal
Distribution Percentage of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount; provided,
however, that (A) on and after the Distribution Date on which the Certificate
Principal Balance of each of the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates is reduced
to zero, the Group One Principal Distribution Percentage of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount in excess of the amount necessary to reduce the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates to zero
will be applied pro rata to increase the Group Two Principal Distribution Amount
(so long as the Class A-2 Certificates are outstanding) and the Group Three
Principal Distribution Amount (so long as any of the Class A-3 Certificates are
outstanding) in proportion to the Group Two Principal Distribution Percentage or
the Group Three Principal Distribution Percentage, as applicable, and (B) on and
after the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A-2 Certificates is reduced to zero, the Group Two Principal Distribution
Percentage of the Class A 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 pro rata to increase the Group One
Principal Distribution Amount (so long as any of the Class A-1 and Class R
Certificates are outstanding) and the Group Three Principal Distribution Amount
(so long as any of the Class A-3 Certificates are outstanding) in proportion to
the Group One Principal Distribution Percentage or the Group Three Principal
Distribution Percentage, as applicable.

     Group Three 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 the Group Three
Mortgage Loans, and the denominator of which is the amount of Principal Funds
received from all of the Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool.

     Indemnified Persons: The Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the
NIMs Insurer and the Securities Administrator and their officers, directors,
agents and employees and, with respect to the Trustee, any separate co-trustee
and its officers, directors, agents and employees.

     Indenture: An indenture relating to the issuance of notes guaranteed by the
NIMs Insurer.

     Index: The index, if any, specified in a Mortgage Note by reference to
which the related Mortgage Interest Rate will be adjusted from time to time.

     Initial Adjustment Date: As to any Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the first
Adjustment Date following the origination of such Mortgage Loan.

     Initial Certificate Principal Balance: With respect to any Class A, Class
M, Class B or Class C Certificate, the Certificate Principal Balance of such
Certificate or any predecessor Certificate on the Closing Date as set forth in
the Preliminary Statement.

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     Initial Certification: The certification substantially in the form of
Exhibit One to the Custodial Agreement.

     Initial Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Rate in
effect prior to the Initial Adjustment Date.

     Initial Optional Termination Date: The first Distribution Date on which the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans is equal to or less
than 10% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
the Cut-off Date.

     Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any standard hazard
insurance policy, flood insurance policy or title insurance policy.

     Insurance Proceeds: Amounts paid by the insurer under any Insurance Policy
covering any Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property other than amounts required to
be paid over to the Mortgagor pursuant to law or the related Mortgage Note or
Security Instrument and other than amounts used to repair or restore the
Mortgaged Property or to reimburse 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-1A Interest Carry Forward
Amount, the Class A-1B1 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-1B2 Interest
Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-1B3 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class
A-1B4 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-1C1 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, the Class A-1C2 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-2A Interest
Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-2B1 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class
A-2B2 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-3A1 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, the Class A-3A2 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-3A3 Interest
Carry Forward Amount, The Class M-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class M-2
Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class B-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the
Class B-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class C Interest Carry Forward
Amount or the Class R Interest Carry Forward Amount, as the case may be.

     Interest Determination Date: With respect to the 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, November 10, 2005.

     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 or advanced on or before
the related Servicer Remittance Date less the Servicing Fee, (2) all Monthly
Advances relating to interest with respect to the Mortgage Loans and such
Distribution Date, (3) all Compensating Interest with respect to the Mortgage
Loans and such Distribution Date, (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, (6) all
Prepayment Charges received with respect to the Mortgage Loans during the
related Prepayment Period and (7) refunds, if any, of amounts paid to the MI
Insurer as MI Insurer Fees, less (A) all Non-Recoverable Advances relating to
interest and (B) other amounts reimbursable to the related Servicer, the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement.

     Latest Possible Maturity Date: The latest maturity date for any Mortgage
Loan in the Trust Fund plus one year.

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

     Liquidated Mortgage Loan: Any defaulted Mortgage Loan as to which the
related Servicer has determined that all amounts it expects to recover from or
on account of such Mortgage Loan have been recovered.

     Liquidation Date: With respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the date on
which the related Servicer has certified that such Mortgage Loan has become a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan.

     Liquidation Proceeds: Amounts received in connection with the liquidation
of a defaulted Mortgage Loan, whether through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale,
Insurance Proceeds, condemnation proceeds or otherwise.

     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.

     Loan Group: Any of the Group One Mortgage Loans, the Group Two Mortgage
Loans or the Group Three Mortgage Loans.

     Losses: Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses collectively.

     Lower Tier REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement and Section
2.08.

     Lower Tier REMIC Interests: Each of the Class LTA-1A Interest, the Class
LTA-1B1 Interest, the Class LTA-1B2 Interest, the Class LTA-1B3 Interest, the
Class LTA-1B4 Interest, the Class LTA-1C1 Interest, the Class LTA-1C2 Interest,
the Class LTA-2A Interest, the Class LTA-2B1 Interest, the Class LTA-2B2
Interest, the Class LTA-3A1 Interest, the Class LTA-3A2 Interest, the Class
LTA-3A3 Interest, the Class LTM-1 Interest, the Class LTM-2 Interest, the Class
LTB-1 Interest, the Class LTB-2 Interest, the Class LTIX Interest, the Class
LTIIX Interest, the Class LTII1A Interest, the Class LTII1B Interest, the Class
LTII2A Interest, the Class LTII2B Interest, the Class LTII3A Interest, the Class
LTII3B Interest and the Class LTR Interest.

     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, and the Lower Tier REMIC II Marker Interests.

     Lower Tier REMIC II Marker Interests: Each of the Class LTII1A Interest,
the Class LTII1B Interest, the Class LTII2A Interest, the Class LTII2B Interest,
the Class LTII3A Interest and the Class LTII3B Interest.

     Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests: Each of the Lower Tier REMIC Interests
other than the Class LTR Interest.

     Lower Tier REMIC Subordinated Balance Ratio: The ratio among (i) the
principal balance of the Class LTII1A Interest, (ii) the principal balance of
the Class LTII2A Interest and (iii) the principal balance of the Class LTII3A
Interest that is equal to the ratio among (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, (ii) the excess of (A) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of Group Two over (B) the current Certificate
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aggregate Stated Principal Balance of Group Three over (B) the current
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-3 Certificates.

     Master Servicer: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., a national banking association, or
its successor in interest.

     Master Servicer Collection Account: The separate Eligible Account created
and initially maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.02 in the
name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated
"Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Master Servicer for Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as Trustee, in trust for registered holders of Merrill Lynch
Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series
2005-A8." Funds in the Master Servicer Collection Account shall be held in trust
for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth in this
Agreement.

     Master Servicing Compensation: The meaning specified in Section 3.14.

     Maximum Lifetime Mortgage Rate: The minimum level to which a Mortgage
Interest Rate can adjust in accordance with its terms, regardless of changes in
the applicable Index.

     Maximum Mortgage Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the maximum rate
of interest set forth as such in the related Mortgage Note.

     Maximum Rate Cap: Any of the Group Two Maximum Rate Cap, the Group Three
Maximum Rate Cap or the Weighted Average Maximum Rate Cap.

     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.

     MI Insurer: Radian.

     MI Insurer Fee: The amount payable to the MI Insurer on each Distribution
Date, which amount shall equal one-twelfth of the product of (i) the MI Insurer
Fee Rate and (ii) the Stated Principal Balance of the applicable MI Mortgage
Loan (or the related REO Property) as of the first day of the related Due
Period.

     MI Insurer Fee Rate: With respect to each MI Mortgage Loan, the rate
specified for such Mortgage Loan on the schedule attached to the related MI
Policy, plus a rate computed so that the related MI Insurer Fee would make the
related MI Insurer whole for any taxes imposed on such MI Insurer by the States
of Kentucky or West Virginia with respect to MI Mortgage Loans located in such
States, which rate shall be provided to the Securities Administrator by the
applicable MI Insurer.

     MI Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans identified as being insured by the MI
Insurer on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

     MI Policy: The MI Insurer primary private mortgage insurance Policy No.
57466 and all endorsements thereto, dated November 15, 2005, which is attached
hereto as Exhibit C.

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     MIN: The loan number for any MERS Loan.

     Minimum Mortgage Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the minimum rate
of interest set forth as such in the related Mortgage Note.

     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.

     MLMLI: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending, Inc.

     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 Advance: An advance of principal or interest required to be made by
the applicable Servicer pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement or the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.10.

     Monthly Payment: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the scheduled monthly
payment of principal and interest on such Mortgage Loan which is payable by the
related Mortgagor from time to time under the related Mortgage Note, determined:
(a) after giving effect to (i) any Deficient Valuation and/or Debt Service
Reduction with respect to such Mortgage Loan and (ii) any reduction in the
amount of interest collectible from the related Mortgagor pursuant to the Relief
Act; (b) without giving effect to any extension granted or agreed to by the
applicable Servicer pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement; and (c) on the
assumption that all other amounts, if any, due under such Mortgage Loan are paid
when due.

     Monthly Statement: The statement made available to the Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 4.09(a).

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

     Mortgage: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the mortgage, deed of trust
or other instrument with all riders attached thereto creating a first lien or a
first 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(b) 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 Interest Rate: The annual rate at which interest accrues from time
to time on any Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Mortgage Note, which rate
is equal to the "Mortgage Interest Rate" as set forth with respect thereto on
the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

     Mortgage Loan: A mortgage loan transferred and assigned to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.04 and held as a part of the Trust Fund,
as identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, including a mortgage loan the
property securing which has become an REO Property.

     Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement: The Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
dated as of November 15, 2005, between MLMLI, as seller, and the Depositor, as
purchaser, and all amendments thereof and supplements thereto, attached as
Exhibit I.

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     Mortgage Loan Schedule: The schedule, attached hereto as Exhibit B with
respect to the Mortgage Loans and as amended from time to time to reflect the
repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement.

     Mortgage Note: The originally executed note or other evidence of the
indebtedness of a Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Loan.

     Mortgage Pool: The pool of Mortgage Loans, identified on Exhibit B from
time to time, and any REO Properties acquired in respect thereof.

     Mortgaged Property: Land and improvements securing the indebtedness of a
Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Loan or, in the case of REO Property, such
REO Property.

     Mortgage Rate: The annual rate of interest borne by a Mortgage Note from
time to time.

     Mortgagor: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.

     Net Liquidation Proceeds: As to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, Liquidation
Proceeds net of (i) Liquidation Expenses which are payable therefrom by the
related Servicer or the Master Servicer in accordance with the related Servicing
Agreement or this Agreement and (ii) unreimbursed advances by the related
Servicer or the Master Servicer and Monthly Advances.

     Net Mortgage Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage
Interest Rate in effect from time to time less the Servicing Fee Rate and MI
Insurer Fee Rate, if applicable.

     Net Rate: With respect to any Distribution Date, the product of (x), the
weighted average Net Mortgage Rate for the Mortgage Loans 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) and (y) a fraction, the
numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the actual number of
days in the related Accrual Period.

     NIM Notes: The notes to be issued pursuant to the Indenture.

     NIMs Insurer: Any of the one or more insurers, if any, that is 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.

     NIMs Insurer Default: As defined in Section 10.14.

     Nonrecoverable Advance: Any advance or Monthly Advance (i) which was
previously made or is proposed to be made by the Master Servicer (as successor
servicer), the Trustee (as successor Master Servicer) or applicable Servicer and
(ii) which, in the good faith judgment of the Master Servicer, the Trustee or
related Servicer, will not or, in the case of a proposed advance or Monthly
Advance, would not, be ultimately recoverable by the Master Servicer (as
successor servicer), the Trustee (as successor Master Servicer) or related
Servicer from Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or future payments on the
Mortgage Loan for which such advance or Monthly Advance was made.

     Offered Certificate: The Class A (other than the Class R Certificates),
Class M and Class B Certificates.

     Officer's Certificate: A certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board,
the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President or Assistant
Vice President or other authorized officer of the

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Master Servicer or the Depositor, as applicable, and delivered to the Trustee,
as required by this Agreement.

     One-Month LIBOR: With respect to any Accrual Period, the rate determined by
the Securities Administrator on the related Interest Determination Date on the
basis of (a) the offered rates for one-month United States dollar deposits, as
such rates appear on Telerate page 3750, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such
Interest Determination Date or (b) if such rate does not appear on Telerate Page
3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time), 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 Securities Administrator 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 is or are acceptable
to the Trustee and who, unless required to be Independent (an "Opinion of
Independent Counsel"), may be internal counsel for the Master Servicer or the
Depositor.

     Optional Termination: The termination of the Trust Fund hereunder pursuant
to Section 9.01(a) hereof.

     Optional Termination Amount: The amount received by the Securities
Administrator in connection with any purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and
REO Properties pursuant to Section 9.01(b) hereof.

     Optional Termination Price: On any date after the Initial Optional
Termination Date, an amount equal to the sum of (A) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan (other than any Mortgage Loan that has
become an REO Property) as of the Distribution Date on which the proceeds of the
Optional Termination are distributed to the Certificateholders, plus accrued
interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage Rate as of the Due Date preceding
the Distribution Date on which the proceeds of the Optional Termination are
distributed to Certificateholders and the fair market value of any REO Property,
plus accrued interest thereon as of the Distribution Date on which the proceeds
of the Optional Termination are distributed to Certificateholders, (B) any
unreimbursed out-of-pocket costs and expenses owed to the Master Servicer, the
Trustee or the Securities Administrator (including any amounts incurred by the
Securities Administrator in connection with conducting the Auction), a Servicer
or the Master Servicer and any unpaid or unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Monthly
Advances and Servicing Advances, (C) 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 and (D) in the
event an Auction has been conducted, all reasonable fees and expenses incurred
by the Trust to conduct the Auction.

     Originator: Either of GreenPoint or Ameriquest.

     OTS: The Office of Thrift Supervision.

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     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: With respect to any Due Date, a Mortgage Loan
which, prior to such Due Date, was not the subject of a Principal Prepayment in
Full, did not become a Liquidated Mortgage Loan and was not purchased or
replaced.

     Outstanding Principal Balance: As of the time of any determination, the
principal balance of a Mortgage Loan remaining to be paid by the Mortgagor, or,
in the case of an REO Property, the principal balance of the related Mortgage
Loan remaining to be paid by the Mortgagor at the time such property was
acquired by the Trust Fund less any Net Liquidation Proceeds with respect
thereto to the extent applied to principal.

     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 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 A Certificates, Class B
Certificates or Class M 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
     Denomination of such 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.

     Periodic Rate Cap: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the
maximum adjustment that can be made to the Mortgage Interest Rate on each
Interest Adjustment Date in accordance with its terms, regardless of changes in
the applicable Index.

     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
     such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
     States;

          (ii) general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by any state of
     the United States or the District of Columbia receiving the highest
     long-term debt rating of each Rating Agency rating the Certificates;

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          (iii) commercial or finance company paper, other than commercial or
     finance company paper issued by the Depositor, the Trustee or any of its
     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;

          (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 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 Master Servicer or the Trustee or any of their respective
     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 a Servicer or Master
Servicer but not yet deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account) may be
invested in investments (other than money market funds) treated as equity

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interests for Federal income tax purposes, unless such Servicer and/or the
Trustee shall receive an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to such Servicer and/or
the Trustee, 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 Trust Fund 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.

     PHH: PHH Mortgage Corporation, a New Jersey corporation, or its successor
in interest.

     PHH Assignment Agreement: The Assignment, Assumption and Recognition
Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2005, among the Seller, the Depositor and
PHH.

     PHH Servicing Agreement: The Mortgage Loan Flow Purchase, Sale and
Servicing Agreement dated as of March 27, 2001 between Merrill Lynch Mortgage
Capital Inc., Cendant Mortgage Corporation and Bishop's Gate Residential
Mortgage Trust (formerly known as Cendant Residential Mortgage Trust).

     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 or rates of prepayment, as described in the
Prospectus Supplement in the definition of "Modeling Assumptions," relating to
the Offered Certificates.

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     Prepayment Charges: Any prepayment premium, fee 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,
as identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

     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), 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 or
in the case of a partial Principal Prepayment, on the amount of such prepayment,
exceeds (ii) the amount of interest paid or collected in connection with such
Principal Prepayment.

     Prepayment Period: As to any Distribution Date, the period beginning with
the opening of business on the 1st 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 last day of the month in which such Distribution
Date occurs.

     Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy: Any primary mortgage guaranty insurance
policy issued in connection with a Mortgage Loan which provides compensation to
a Mortgage Note holder in the event of default by the obligor under such
Mortgage Note or the related Security Instrument, if any or any replacement
policy therefor through the related Interest Accrual Period for such Class
relating to a 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) all 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) all Principal
Prepayments collected in the related Prepayment Period, (3) the Stated Principal
Balance of each Mortgage Loan that was purchased by the Depositor or a Servicer
during the related Prepayment Period or, in the case of a purchase pursuant to
Section 9.01, on any 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 balance of
any Mortgage Loans delivered by the Seller 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 related to principal), (6) all Subsequent Recoveries received during
the related Due Period and (7) all other collections and recoveries in respect
of principal during the related Prepayment Period less (A) all Non-Recoverable
Advances relating to principal with respect to the Mortgage Loans and (B) all
other amounts reimbursable to the Master Servicer, Securities Administrator, any
Servicer and the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement and allocable to principal.

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

     Principal Prepayment in Full: Any Principal Prepayment made by a Mortgagor
of the entire unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan.

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     Principal Remittance Amount: With respect to each Distribution Date, the
sum of the amounts listed in clauses (1) through (7) of the definition of
Principal Funds.

     Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement dated November 11, 2005
relating to the public offering of the Offered Certificates.

     Protected Account: An account established and maintained for the benefit of
Certificateholders by a Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with
respect to REO Property pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement. Each
Protected Account shall be an Eligible Account.

     PUD: A Planned Unit Development.

     Purchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property to be
purchased pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03 or 10.01, and as
confirmed by an Officers' Certificate from the Master Servicer to the Trustee,
an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance thereof
as of the date of purchase (or such other price as provided in Section 10.01),
(ii) accrued interest on such Stated Principal Balance at the applicable
Mortgage Interest Rate in effect from time to time from the Due Date as to which
interest was last covered by a payment by the Mortgagor or an advance by the
related Servicer or Master Servicer, which payment or advance had as of the date
of purchase been distributed to Certificateholders, through the end of the
calendar month in which the purchase is to be effected less any unreimbursed
Monthly Advances and any unpaid Servicing Fees payable to the purchaser of the
Mortgage Loan and (iii) any costs and damages incurred by the Trust in
connection with any violation by such Mortgage Loan or REO Property of any
predatory or abusive-lending law.

     Radian: Radian Guaranty Inc., a Pennsylvania insurance corporation, or its
successor in interest.

     Rating Agency: Each of S&P and 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 a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the amount by
which the remaining unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan exceeds the
amount of Liquidation Proceeds applied to the principal balance of the related
Mortgage Loan. To the extent the Master Servicer receives Subsequent Recoveries
with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amount of the Realized Loss with respect
to that Mortgage Loan will be reduced to the extent such recoveries are applied
to reduce the Class Certificate Balance of any Class of Certificates on any
Distribution Date.

     Record Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the close of business
on the last Business Day of the month preceding the month of such Distribution
Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, the Closing Date).

     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 with the consent of the NIMs Insurer which are
engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the international Eurocurrency
market (i) with an established place of business in London, England and (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.

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     Refinanced Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan the proceeds of which were not
used to purchase the related Mortgaged Property.

     Regular Certificate: Any one of the Class A (other than the Class R
Certificates), Class M, and Class B Certificates.

     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 Opinion: An Opinion of Independent Counsel to the effect that a
contemplated action will neither adversely affect the status as a REMIC of any
REMIC created hereunder nor subject any such REMIC to any tax under the REMIC
Provisions.

     REMIC Pass-Through Rate: The Group One Net WAC Cap (in the case of a Class
included in Certificate Group One), the Group Two Available Funds Cap (in the
case of a Class included in Certificate Group Two), the Group Three Available
Funds Cap (in the case of a Class included in Certificate Group Three) or the
Weighted Average Available Funds Cap (in the case of the Subordinate
Certificates).

     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: (i) any of the rights under any of the
Certificates (other than the Class P Certificates, the Class R Certificate and
the Class C Certificates) other than the rights in interest rate cap contracts
described in Section 2.08 and (ii) the Uncertificated Class C Interest.

     REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by a Servicer or Master
Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of
foreclosure, as described in Section 3.23 in connection with a defaulted
Mortgage Loan.

     Repurchase Proceeds: The repurchase price in connection with any repurchase
of a Mortgage Loan by the Seller and any cash deposit in connection with the
substitution of a Mortgage Loan.

     Request for Release: The Request for Release of Documents submitted by a
Servicer to the Custodian and the Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibit
D hereto.

     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   REQUIRED LOSS PERCENTAGE
------------------------------   ------------------------
<S>                              <C>
November 2008 - October 2009     0.80% with respect to November 2008, plus an
                                 additional 1/12th of 0.45% for each month thereafter

November 2009 - October 2010     1.25% with respect to November 2009, plus an
                                 additional 1/12th of 0.30% for each month thereafter

November 2010 - October 2011     1.55% with respect to November 2010, plus an
                                 additional 1/12th of 0.10% for each month thereafter

November 2011 and thereafter     1.65%
</TABLE>

     Required Percentage: As of any Distribution Date following the Stepdown
Date, the quotient of (1) the excess of (A) the Stated Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date, over (B) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the most senior Class of Certificates outstanding as of such
Distribution Date, prior to giving effect to distributions to be made on such
Distribution Date and (2) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of such Distribution Date.

     Reserve Interest Rate: With respect to any Interest Determination Date, the
rate per annum that the Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator 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 Securities
Administrator can determine no such arithmetic mean, the lowest one-month United
States dollar lending rate which New York City banks selected by the Securities
Administrator are quoting on such Interest Determination Date to leading
European banks.

     Residual Certificate: Any Class R Certificate.

     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: Any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office (or
any successor thereto), including any Vice President, Assistant Vice President,
Trust Officer, any Assistant Secretary, any trust officer or any other officer
of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by
any of the above designated officers and having direct responsibility for the
administration of this Agreement, and any other officer of the Trustee to whom a
matter arising hereunder may be referred.

     Reuters Screen LIBO Page: The display designated as page "LIBO" on the
Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (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.

     Rule 144A Letter: The certificate to be furnished by each purchaser of a
Private Certificate (which is also a Physical Certificate) which is a Qualified
Institutional Buyer as defined under Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities
Act, substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit F-3 hereto.

     S&P: Standard & Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or
any successor in interest.

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     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.

     Scheduled Principal: The principal portion of any Scheduled Payment.

     Section 302 Requirements: Any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (as such may be amended from time to time).

     Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     Securities Administrator: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., a national banking
association, or its successor in interest.

     Security Instrument: A written instrument creating a valid first lien on a
Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Note, which may be any applicable form of
mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or security deed, including any
riders or addenda thereto.

     Seller: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or
its successors in interest.

     Servicers: Either of GreenPoint or PHH.

     Servicer Remittance Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the 18th
day of each month, commencing on the eighteenth day of the month next following
the month in which the related Cut-off Date occurs, or if such 18th day is not a
Business Day, the first Business Day immediately following such 18th day.

     Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary "out-of-pocket"
costs and expenses incurred by a Servicer in the performance of its servicing
obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost of (i) preservation,
restoration, protection and repair of a Mortgaged Property or Cooperative Unit,
as applicable, (ii) any enforcement or judicial proceedings with respect to a
Mortgage Loan, including foreclosure actions and (iii) the management and
liquidation of REO Property.

     Servicing Agreements: Either of the GreenPoint Servicing Agreement and the
PHH Servicing Agreement.

     Servicing Fee: As to any Mortgage Loan and Distribution Date, an amount
equal to the product of (i) the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan
as of the Due Date in the preceding calendar month and (ii) one-twelfth of the
Servicing Fee Rate.

     Servicing Fee Rate: With respect to the One-Month LIBOR Loans and the
Six-Month LIBOR Loans serviced by GreenPoint, 0.375% per annum, with respect to
all other Mortgage Loans serviced by GreenPoint, 0.250% per annum and with
respect to all Mortgage Loans serviced by PHH, 0.250% per annum.

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

     Startup Day: November 15, 2005.

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     Stated Principal Balance: With respect to a Mortgage Loan and the Cut-off
Date, the Cut-off Date Principal Balance. With respect to a Mortgage Loan and
any Distribution Date, the amount equal to the outstanding principal balance as
of the Cut-off Date, after giving effect to Scheduled Payments due on or before
that date, reduced by (1) the principal portion of all Scheduled Payments due on
or before the Due Date in the Due Period immediately preceding such Distribution
Date, whether or not received, and (2) all amounts allocable to unscheduled
principal payments received on or before the last day of the Prepayment Period
immediately preceding such Distribution Date.

     Stepdown Date: The later to occur of (1) the Distribution Date in November
2008 or (2) the first Distribution Date on which (A) the Class A Certificate
Principal Balance (reduced by the Principal Funds with respect to such
Distribution Date) is less than or equal to (B) 83.90% of the aggregate Stated
Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date.

     Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract: The confirmation and agreement
between the Trust Fund or the Securities Administrator and the Cap Contract
Counterparty (in the form of Exhibit L-3 hereto).

     Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract Notional Balance: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract Notional Balance set
forth for such Distribution Date in the Subordinate Certificate One-Month LIBOR
Cap Table attached hereto as Exhibit M-3.

     Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract Termination Date: The Distribution
Date in August 2012.

     Subordinate Certificate Upper Collar: With respect to each Distribution
Date with respect to which payments are received on the Subordinate Certificate
Cap Contract, a rate equal to the lesser of One-Month LIBOR and 9.15% per annum.

     Subordinate Certificates: Each Class of the Class M Certificates and Class
B Certificates.

     Subsequent Recoveries: Any amount recovered by a Servicer or the Master
Servicer (net of reimbursable expenses) with respect to a Liquidated Mortgage
Loan with respect to which a Realized Loss was incurred after the liquidation or
disposition of such Mortgage Loan.

     Substitute Mortgage Loan: A mortgage loan tendered to the Trustee pursuant
to the related Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or
Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as applicable, in each case, (i) which has an
Outstanding Principal Balance not greater nor materially less than the Mortgage
Loan for which it is to be substituted; (ii) which has a Mortgage Interest Rate
not less than, and not materially greater than, such Mortgage Loan; (iii) which
has a maturity date not materially earlier or later than such Mortgage Loan and
not later than the latest maturity date of any Mortgage Loan; (iv) which is of
the same property type and occupancy type as such Mortgage Loan; (v) which has a
Loan-to-Value Ratio not greater than the Loan-to-Value Ratio of such Mortgage
Loan; (vi) which is current in payment of principal and interest as of the date
of substitution; (vii) as to which the payment terms do not vary in any material
respect from the payment terms of the Mortgage Loan for which it is to be
substituted and (viii) which has a Gross Margin, Periodic Rate Cap and Maximum
Lifetime Mortgage Rate no less than those of such Mortgage Loan, has the same
Index and interval between Interest Adjustment Dates as such Mortgage Loan, and
a Minimum Lifetime Mortgage Rate no lower than that of such Mortgage Loan.

     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.

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     Transferor: Any originator of a Mortgage Loan.

     Trigger Event: The situation that exists with respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, if (a) the quotient of (1) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans 60 or more days delinquent,
measured on a rolling three-month basis (including Mortgage Loans in
foreclosure, REO Properties and Mortgage Loans with respect to which the
applicable mortgagor is in bankruptcy) and (2) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of all the Mortgage Loans as of the preceding Servicer Remittance Date,
equals or exceeds the product of (i) 35.00% and (ii) the Required Percentage or
(b) the quotient (expressed as a percentage) of (1) the aggregate amount of
Realized Losses incurred from the Cut-off Date through the last day of the
calendar month preceding such Distribution Date and (2) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date exceeds the
Required Loss Percentage.

     Trust Fund: The corpus of the trust (the "Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors
Trust, Series 2005-A8") 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 Master Servicer Collection Account; (ii) the Master Servicer Collection
Account and the Distribution 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 (including, without limitation the MI Policy); (v)
all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the
foregoing into cash or other liquid property; and (vi) the Cap Contracts and Cap
Contract Account.

     Trustee: Wachovia Bank, National Association, or its successor in interest,
or any successor trustee appointed as herein provided.

     Uncertificated Class C Interest: An uncertificated interest having (i) the
same rights to payments as the Class C Certificates, other than the rights to
payments of amounts with respect to the Cap Contracts, and (ii) the rights to
the payments treated as distributed to the Class C Certificates under Section
2.08(d), provided, however, that such interest shall have no obligation to make
any payments treated as paid by the Class C Certificates pursuant to interest
rate cap agreements under Section 2.08(d).

     Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: The Class M-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount,
Class M-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount, Class B-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount,
Class B-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount and Class C Unpaid Realized Loss Amount,
collectively.

     Upper Collar: Any of the Class A-2 Upper collar, the Class A-3 Upper Collar
or the Subordinate Certificate Upper Collar.

     Upper Tier REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement and Section
2.08.

     USAP Report: A report in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation
Program for Mortgage Bankers delivered in accordance with Section 3.17.

     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
Certificates and Class P Certificates will be allocated all of the remaining
voting rights. Voting Rights

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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 equal to the weighted average (weighted in proportion to the
results of subtracting from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of each Loan
Group as of the immediately preceding Distribution Date (or, in the case of the
first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date), the current Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates, in the case of
Group One, the Class A-2 Certificates, in the case of Group Two or the Class A-3
Certificates in the case of Group Three) of the Group One Net WAC Cap, the Group
Two Available Funds Cap and the Group Three Available Funds Cap; provided that
for purposes of calculating the Weighted Average Available Funds Cap, the Group
One Net WAC Cap shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is 30
and the denominator of which is the actual number of days in the related Accrual
Period.

     Weighted Average Maximum Rate Cap: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the per annum rate equal to the weighted average (weighted in proportion to the
results of subtracting from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of each Loan
Group as of the immediately preceding Distribution Date (or, in the case of the
first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date), the current Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates, in the case of
Group One, the Class A-2 Certificates, in the case of Group Two or the Class A-3
Certificates in the case of Group Three) of the Group One Net WAC Cap, the Group
Two Maximum Rate Cap and the Group Three Maximum Rate Cap; provided that for
purposes of calculating the Weighted Average Maximum Rate Cap, the Group One Net
WAC Cap shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the
denominator of which is the actual number of days in the related Accrual Period.
The Weighted Average Maximum Rate Cap shall relate only to the Subordinate
Certificates.

     Wells Fargo: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., a national banking association, or its
successor in interest.

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                                   ARTICLE II

                          CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     SECTION 2.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.

     (a) The Depositor concurrently with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, sells, transfers and assigns to the Trust Fund without recourse all
its right, title and interest in and to (i) the Mortgage Loans identified in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, including all interest and principal due with respect to
the Mortgage Loans after the Cut-off Date, but excluding any payments of
principal and interest due on or prior to the Cut-off Date; (ii) such assets as
shall from time to time be credited or are required by the terms of this
Agreement to be credited to the Master Servicer Collection Account, (iii) such
assets relating to the Mortgage Loans as from time to time may be held by the
Servicers in Protected Accounts, the Master Servicer in the Master Servicer
Collection Account and the Securities Administrator in the Distribution Account
for the benefit of the Trustee on behalf of the Regular Certificateholders, (iv)
any REO Property, (v) the Required Insurance Policies and any amounts paid or
payable by the insurer under any Insurance Policy (to the extent the mortgagee
has a claim thereto), (vi) the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to the extent
provided in Subsection 2.03(a), (vii) the rights with respect to the Servicing
Agreements as assigned to the Depositor on behalf of the Certificateholders by
the Assignment Agreements and (viii) any proceeds of the foregoing. Although it
is the intent of the parties to this Agreement that the conveyance of the
Depositor's right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans and other
assets in the Trust Fund pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute a purchase
and sale and not a loan, in the event that such conveyance is deemed to be a
loan, it is the intent of the parties to this Agreement that the Depositor shall
be deemed to have granted to the Trustee a first priority perfected security
interest in all of the Depositor's right, title and interest in, to and under
the Mortgage Loans and other assets in the Trust Fund, and that this Agreement
shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law.

     (b) In connection with the above transfer and assignment, the Depositor
hereby deposits with the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, the following
documents or instruments (I) with respect to each Mortgage Loan, other than a
Cooperative Loan:

(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed in the following form: "Pay to the
order of Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the registered
holders of the Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2005-A8, without recourse," with all prior and intervening
endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the
Person so endorsing to the Trustee;

(ii) the original recorded Mortgage or a copy of the Mortgage certified by the
public recording office in which such Mortgage has been recorded;

(iii) an original Assignment of the Mortgage executed in the following form:
"Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the registered holders of
the Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2005-A8.

(iv) the original recorded Assignment or Assignments of the Mortgage showing a
complete chain of assignment from the originator to the Person assigning the
Mortgage to the Trustee as contemplated by the immediately preceding clause
(iii), if applicable and only to the extent available to the Depositor with
evidence of recording thereon;

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(v) the originals of all assumption, modification, consolidation or extension
agreements, with evidence of recording thereon, if any;

(vi) the original of any guarantee executed in connection with the Mortgage
Note;

(vii) the original mortgagee title insurance policy;

(viii) the original of any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent
document executed in connection with the Mortgage; and

(ix) the original power of attorney, if applicable;

and (II) with respect to each Mortgage Loan that is a Cooperative Loan:

(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed in the following form: "Pay to the
order of Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the registered
holders of the Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2005-A8, without recourse," with all prior and intervening
endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the
Person so endorsing to the Trustee;

(ii) the original duly executed assignment of Security Agreement to the Trustee;

(iii) the acknowledgment copy of the original executed Form UCC-1 (or certified
copy thereof) with respect to the Security Agreement, and any required
continuation statements;

(iv) the acknowledgment copy of the original executed Form UCC-3 with respect to
the Security Agreement, indicating the Trustee as the assignee of the secured
party;

(v) the stock certificate representing the Cooperative Assets allocated to the
cooperative unit, with a stock power in blank attached;

(vi) the original collateral assignment of the proprietary lease by Mortgagor to
the originator;

(vii) a copy of the recognition agreement;

(viii) if applicable and to the extent available, the original intervening
assignments, including warehousing assignments, if any, showing, to the extent
available, an unbroken chain of the related Mortgage Loan to the Trustee,
together with a copy of the related Form UCC-3 with evidence of filing thereon;
and

(ix) the originals of each assumption, modification or substitution agreement,
if any, relating to the Mortgage Loan;

provided, however, that in lieu of the foregoing, the Depositor may deliver the
following documents, under the circumstances set forth below: (w) the Depositor
may deliver a Mortgage Note pursuant to clauses (b)(I)(i) and (b)(II)(i)
endorsed in blank, provided that the endorsement is completed within 60 days of
the Closing Date; (x) in lieu of the original Mortgage, assignments to the
Trustee or intervening assignments thereof which have been delivered, are being
delivered or will, upon receipt of recording information relating to the
Mortgage required to be included thereon, be delivered to recording offices for
recording and have not been returned to the Depositor in time to permit their
delivery as specified above, the Depositor may deliver a true copy thereof with
a certification by the Depositor on the face of such copy, substantially as
follows: "Certified to be a true and correct copy of the original, which has
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transmitted for recording"; and (y) in lieu of the Mortgage, assignment to the
Trustee or intervening assignments thereof, if the applicable jurisdiction
retains the originals of such documents (as evidenced by a certification from
the Depositor or the Master Servicer, to such effect) the Depositor may deliver
photocopies of such documents containing an original certification by the
judicial or other governmental authority of the jurisdiction where such
documents were recorded; and provided, further, however, that in the case of
Mortgage Loans which have been prepaid in full after the Cut-off Date and prior
to the Closing Date, the Depositor, in lieu of delivering the above documents,
may deliver to the Trustee a certification to such effect and shall deposit all
amounts paid in respect of such Mortgage Loans in the Distribution Account on
the Closing Date. The Depositor shall deliver such original documents (including
any original documents as to which certified copies had previously been
delivered) to the Trustee promptly after they are received. The Depositor shall
cause, at its expense, the assignment of the Mortgage to the Trustee to be
recorded not later than 180 days after the Closing Date, unless such recordation
is not required by the Rating Agencies or an Opinion of Counsel has been
provided as set forth below in this Section 2.01. With respect to the
Cooperative Loans, the Depositor will, promptly after the Closing Date, cause
the related financing statements (if not yet filed) and an assignment thereof
from the Depositor to the Trustee to be filed in the appropriate offices. The
Depositor need not cause to be recorded any assignment in any jurisdiction under
the laws of which, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered by the
Depositor to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies, the recordation of such
assignment is not necessary to protect the Trustee's interest in the related
Mortgage Loan; provided, however, notwithstanding the delivery of any Opinion of
Counsel, each assignment shall be submitted for recording by the Depositor in
the manner described above, at no expense to the Trust Fund, the Trustee or the
Custodian, upon the earliest to occur of: (i) reasonable direction by the
Holders of Certificates evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less
than 25% of the Trust Fund, (ii) the occurrence of an Event of Default, (iii)
the occurrence of a bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating to the
Depositor, (iv) the occurrence of a servicing transfer as described in Section
8.02 hereof and (v) with respect to any one assignment, the occurrence of a
bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating to the Mortgagor under the
related Mortgage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Depositor fails to pay
the cost of recording the assignments, such expense will be paid by the Trustee
and the Trustee shall be reimbursed for such expenses by the Trust Fund in
accordance with Section 9.05.

     If any original Mortgage Note referred to in Section 2.01(b)(I)(i) or 2.01
(b)(II)(i) above cannot be located, the obligations of the Depositor to deliver
such documents shall be deemed to be satisfied upon delivery to the Trustee of a
photocopy of such Mortgage Note, if available, with a lost note affidavit. If
any of the original Mortgage Notes for which a lost note affidavit was delivered
to the Trustee is subsequently located, such original Mortgage Note shall be
delivered to the Trustee within three Business Days.

     (c) The parties hereto agree that it is not intended that any mortgage loan
be included in the Trust Fund that is, without limitation, a "High-Cost Home
Loan" as defined by the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 or any
other applicable anti-predatory lending laws, including, but not limited to (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 or (iv) a "High-Cost Home Loan" as
defined by the Indiana High Cost Home Loan Law effective January 1, 2005.

     SECTION 2.02 Acceptance of Mortgage Loans by Trustee.

     (a) The Trustee acknowledges the sale, transfer and assignment of the Trust
Fund to it by the Depositor and its receipt thereof, subject to further review
and the exceptions which may be noted pursuant to the procedures described
below, and declares that it, or the Custodian on its behalf, holds the documents
(or certified copies thereof) delivered to it pursuant to Section 2.01, and
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continue to hold those documents and any amendments, replacements or supplements
thereto and all other assets of the Trust Fund delivered to it as Trustee in
trust for the use and benefit of all present and future Holders of the
Certificates and the NIMs Insurer, if any. On or before the Closing Date (or,
with respect to any Substitute Mortgage Loan, within five Business Days after
the receipt by the Trustee or Custodian thereof), the Trustee agrees, for the
benefit of the Certificateholders and the NIMs Insurer, if any, to review or
cause to be reviewed by the Custodian on its behalf (under the Custodial
Agreement), each Mortgage File delivered to it and to execute and deliver, or
cause to be executed and delivered, to the Depositor and the NIMs Insurer, if
any, on the Closing Date an Initial Certification. In conducting such review,
the Trustee or Custodian will certify as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or any
Mortgage Loan specifically identified in the exception report annexed thereto as
not being covered by such certification), (i) all documents constituting part of
such Mortgage File (other than such documents described in Section
2.01(b)(I)(iii)) required to be delivered to it pursuant to this Agreement are
in its possession, provided that with respect to the documents described in
Section 2.01(b)(I)(v), (vi), (viii) and (ix) and 2.01(b)(II)(viii) and (ix) to
the extent the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf has actual knowledge that
such documents exist, (ii) such documents have been reviewed by it and are not
torn, mutilated, defaced or otherwise altered (except if initialed by the
obligor) and appear to relate on their face to such Mortgage Loan, (iii) based
on its examination and only as to the foregoing, the information set forth in
the Mortgage Loan Schedule corresponding to the loan number for the Mortgage
Loan, the Mortgagor's name, including the street address but excluding the zip
code, the Mortgage Interest Rate and the original principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan accurately reflects information set forth in the Mortgage File,
(iv) with respect to Mortgage Loans with a Mortgage Interest Rate subject to
adjustment, the Gross Margin and the lifetime cap and the periodic cap for such
Mortgage Loan and (v) the Cap Contracts (a form of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit L).

     In performing any such review, the Trustee, or the Custodian, as its agent,
may conclusively rely on the purported due execution and genuineness of any such
document and on the purported genuineness of any signature thereon.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, it is herein
acknowledged that, in conducting such review, the Trustee or the Custodian on
its behalf is under no duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine any such
documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to determine whether they
are genuine, enforceable, or appropriate for the represented purpose or whether
they have actually been recorded or that they are other than what they purport
to be on their face, or to determine whether any Person executing any documents
is authorized to do so or whether any signature is genuine. If the Trustee or
the Custodian, as its agent, finds any document constituting part of the
Mortgage File not to have been executed or received, or to be unrelated to the
Mortgage Loans identified in Exhibit B or to appear to be defective on its face,
the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, shall promptly notify the Seller and
the NIMs Insurer, if any. In accordance with the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement, the Seller shall correct or cure any such defect within ninety (90)
days from the date of notice from the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, of
the defect and if the Seller fails to correct or cure the defect within such
period, and such defect materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders in the related Mortgage Loan, the Trustee, shall enforce the
Seller's obligation pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, within 90
days from the Trustee's or the Custodian's notification, to purchase such
Mortgage Loan at the Purchase Price; provided that, if such defect would cause
the Mortgage Loan to be other than a "qualified mortgage" as defined in Section
860G(a)(3) of the Code, any such cure or repurchase must occur within 90 days
from the date such breach was discovered; provided, however, that if such defect
relates solely to the inability of the Seller to deliver the original Security
Instrument or intervening assignments thereof, or a certified copy because the
originals of such documents, or a certified copy have not been returned by the
applicable jurisdiction, the Seller shall not be required to purchase such
Mortgage Loan if the Seller delivers such original documents or certified copy
promptly upon receipt, but in no event later than 360 days after the Closing
Date. The foregoing repurchase obligation shall not apply in the event that the
Seller cannot deliver such original or copy of any document submitted for
recording to the appropriate recording office in the applicable jurisdiction

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because such document has not been returned by such office; provided that the
Seller shall instead deliver a recording receipt of such recording office or, if
such receipt is not available, a certificate confirming that such documents have
been accepted for recording, and delivery to the Trustee or the Custodian, as
its agent, shall be effected by the Seller within thirty days of its receipt of
the original recorded document.

     (b) No later than 180 days after the Closing Date, the Trustee or the
Custodian, as its agent, will review, for the benefit of the Certificateholders
and the NIMs Insurer, if any, the Mortgage Files delivered to it and will
execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered to the Depositor a
Final Certification. In conducting such review, the Trustee or the Custodian, as
its agent, will certify as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or any Mortgage Loan
specifically identified in the exception report annexed thereto as not being
covered by such certification), that (i) all documents constituting part of such
Mortgage File (other than such documents described in Section 2.01(b)(I)(v) and
(ix)) required to be delivered to it pursuant to this Agreement are in its
possession, provided that with respect to the documents described in Section
2.01(b)(I)(v), (vi), (viii) and (ix) and 2.01(b)(II)(viii) and (ix) to the
extent the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf has actual knowledge that such
documents exist, (ii) such documents have been reviewed by it and are not torn,
mutilated, defaced or otherwise altered (except if initialed by the obligor) and
appear regular on their face and relate to such Mortgage Loan, (iii) based on
its examination and only as to the foregoing, the information set forth in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule corresponding to the loan number for the Mortgage Loan,
the Mortgagor's name, including the street address but excluding the zip code,
the Mortgage Interest Rate and the original principal balance of the Mortgage
Loan accurately reflects information set forth in the Mortgage File. In
performing any such review, the Trustee, or the Custodian, as its agent, may
conclusively rely on the purported due execution and genuineness of any such
document and on the purported genuineness of any signature thereon.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, it is herein
acknowledged that, in conducting such review, the Trustee or the Custodian on
its behalf is under no duty or obligation (i) to inspect, review or examine any
such documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to determine whether
they are genuine, enforceable, or appropriate for the represented purpose or
whether they have actually been recorded or that they are other than what they
purport to be on their face, or to determine whether any Person executing any
documents is authorized to do so or whether any signature is genuine. If the
Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, finds any document constituting part of
the Mortgage File not to have been executed or received, or to be unrelated to
the Mortgage Loans identified in Exhibit B or to appear to be defective on its
face, the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, shall promptly notify the
Seller and the NIMs Insurer, if any. In accordance with the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement, the Seller shall correct or cure any such defect within 90
days from the date of notice from the Trustee of the defect and if the Seller is
unable to cure such defect within such period, and if such defect materially and
adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders or the NIMs Insurer,
if any, in the related Mortgage Loan, the Trustee shall enforce the Seller's
obligation under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to purchase such Mortgage
Loan at the Purchase Price, provided, however, that if such defect relates
solely to the inability of the Seller to deliver the original Security
Instrument or intervening assignments thereof, or a certified copy, because the
originals of such documents or a certified copy, have not been returned by the
applicable jurisdiction, the Seller shall not be required to purchase such
Mortgage Loan, if the Seller delivers such original documents or certified copy
promptly upon receipt, but in no event later than 360 days after the Closing
Date.

     (c) In the event that a Mortgage Loan is purchased by the Seller in
accordance with Subsections 2.02(a) or (b) above, the Seller shall remit to the
Master Servicer the Purchase Price for deposit in the Master Servicer Collection
Account and the Seller shall provide to the Trustee written notification
detailing the components of the Purchase Price. Upon deposit of the Purchase
Price in the Master Servicer Collection Account, the Depositor shall notify the
Trustee and the Custodian and the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent (upon
receipt of a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto with
respect to such Mortgage Loan), shall release to the Seller the related Mortgage
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and the Trustee shall execute and deliver all instruments of transfer or
assignment, without recourse, furnished to it by the Seller as are necessary to
vest in the Seller title to and rights under the Mortgage Loan. Such purchase
shall be deemed to have occurred on the date on which the Purchase Price in
available funds is received by the Trustee. The Trustee shall amend the Mortgage
Loan Schedule, which was previously delivered to it by Depositor in a form
agreed to between the Depositor and the Trustee, to reflect such repurchase and
shall promptly notify the Rating Agencies and the Master Servicer of such
amendment. The obligation of the Seller to repurchase any Mortgage Loan as to
which such a defect in a constituent document exists shall be the sole remedy
respecting such defect available to the Certificateholders or to the Trustee on
their behalf.

     SECTION 2.03 Assignment of Interest in the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement.

     (a) The Depositor hereby assigns to the Trustee, on behalf of the
Certificateholders and the NIMs Insurer, all of its right, title and interest in
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including but not limited to Depositor's
rights and obligations pursuant to the Servicing Agreements (noting that the
Seller has retained the right in the event of breach of the representations,
warranties and covenants, if any, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans of
the related Servicer under the related Servicing Agreement to enforce the
provisions thereof and to seek all or any available remedies). The obligations
of the Seller to substitute or repurchase, as applicable, a Mortgage Loan shall
be the Trustee's and the Certificateholders' sole remedy for any breach thereof.
At the request of the Trustee, the Depositor shall take such actions as may be
necessary to enforce the above right, title and interest on behalf of the
Trustee and the Certificateholders or shall execute such further documents as
the Trustee may reasonably require in order to enable the Trustee to carry out
such enforcement. With respect to the representations and warranties described
in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement that are made to the best of the
Seller's knowledge, if it is discovered by any of the Depositor, the Seller, the
Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the NIMS Insurer or the Trustee
that the substance of such representation and warranty is inaccurate and such
inaccuracy materially and adversely affects the value of the related Mortgage
Loan, then notwithstanding the Seller's lack of knowledge with respect to the
substance of such representation and warranty, such inaccuracy shall be deemed a
breach of the applicable representation and warranty.

     (b) If the Depositor, the Master Servicer, Securities Administrator, the
NIMs Insurer or the Trustee discovers a breach of any of the representations and
warranties set forth in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, which breach
materially and adversely affects the value of the interests of
Certificateholders, the NIMs Insurer or the Trustee in the related Mortgage
Loan, the party discovering the breach shall give prompt written notice of the
breach to the other parties. The Seller, within 90 days of its discovery or
receipt of notice that such breach has occurred (whichever occurs earlier),
shall cure the breach in all material respects or, subject to the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement or Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as applicable, shall
purchase the Mortgage Loan or any property acquired with respect thereto from
the Trustee; provided, however, that if there is a breach of any representation
set forth in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Section 2.04 of this
Agreement, as applicable, and the Mortgage Loan or the related property acquired
with respect thereto has been sold, then the Seller shall pay, in lieu of the
Purchase Price, any excess of the Purchase Price over the Net Liquidation
Proceeds received upon such sale. (If the Net Liquidation Proceeds exceed the
Purchase Price, any excess shall be paid to the Seller to the extent not
required by law to be paid to the borrower.) Any such purchase by the Seller
shall be made by providing an amount equal to the Purchase Price to the Master
Servicer for deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account and written
notification detailing the components of such Purchase Price. The Depositor
shall notify the Trustee and submit to the Trustee or the Custodian, as its
agent, a Request for Release, and the Trustee shall release, or the Trustee
shall cause the Custodian to release, to the Seller the related Mortgage File
and the Trustee shall execute and deliver all instruments of transfer or
assignment furnished to it by the Seller, without recourse, as are necessary to
vest in the Seller title to and rights under the Mortgage Loan or any property
acquired with respect thereto. Such purchase shall be deemed to have occurred on
the date on which the Purchase Price in available funds is received by the

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Trustee. The Trustee or the Master Servicer shall amend the Mortgage Loan
Schedule to reflect such repurchase and shall promptly notify the Master
Servicer and the Rating Agencies of such amendment. Enforcement of the
obligation of the Seller to purchase (or substitute a Substitute Mortgage Loan
for) any Mortgage Loan or any property acquired with respect thereto (or pay the
Purchase Price as set forth in the above proviso) as to which a breach has
occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such
breach available to the Certificateholders, the NIMs Insurer or the Trustee on
their behalf.

     SECTION 2.04 Substitution of Mortgage Loans. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Agreement, in lieu of purchasing a Mortgage Loan pursuant
to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Sections 2.02 or 2.03 of this
Agreement, the Seller may, no later than the date by which such purchase by the
Seller would otherwise be required, tender to the Trustee a Substitute Mortgage
Loan accompanied by a certificate of an authorized officer of the Seller that
such Substitute Mortgage Loan conforms to the requirements set forth in the
definition of "Substitute Mortgage Loan" in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
or this Agreement, as applicable; provided, however, that substitution pursuant
to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as
applicable, in lieu of purchase shall not be permitted after the termination of
the two-year period beginning on the Startup Day; provided, further, that if the
breach would cause the Mortgage Loan to be other than a "qualified mortgage" as
defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, any such cure or substitution must
occur within 90 days from the date the breach was discovered. The Trustee or the
Custodian, as its agent, shall examine the Mortgage File for any Substitute
Mortgage Loan in the manner set forth in Section 2.02(a) and the Trustee or the
Custodian, as its agent, shall notify the Seller, in writing, within five
Business Days after receipt, whether or not the documents relating to the
Substitute Mortgage Loan satisfy the requirements of the fourth sentence of
Subsection 2.02(a). Within two Business Days after such notification, the Seller
shall provide to the Securities Administrator for deposit in the Distribution
Account the amount, if any, by which the Outstanding Principal Balance as of the
next preceding Due Date of the Mortgage Loan for which substitution is being
made, after giving effect to Scheduled Principal due on such date, exceeds the
Outstanding Principal Balance as of such date of the Substitute Mortgage Loan,
after giving effect to Scheduled Principal due on such date, which amount shall
be treated for the purposes of this Agreement as if it were the payment by the
Seller of the Purchase Price for the purchase of a Mortgage Loan by the Seller .
After such notification to the Seller and, if any such excess exists, upon
receipt of such deposit, the Trustee shall accept such Substitute Mortgage Loan
which shall thereafter be deemed to be a Mortgage Loan hereunder. In the event
of such a substitution, accrued interest on the Substitute Mortgage Loan for the
month in which the substitution occurs and any Principal Prepayments made
thereon during such month shall be the property of the Trust Fund and accrued
interest for such month on the Mortgage Loan for which the substitution is made
and any Principal Prepayments made thereon during such month shall be the
property of the Seller. The Scheduled Principal on a Substitute Mortgage Loan
due on the Due Date in the month of substitution shall be the property of the
Seller and the Scheduled Principal on the Mortgage Loan for which the
substitution is made due on such Due Date shall be the property of the Trust
Fund. Upon acceptance of the Substitute Mortgage Loan (and delivery to the
Trustee or Custodian of a Request for Release for such Mortgage Loan), the
Trustee shall release to the Seller the related Mortgage File related to any
Mortgage Loan released pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or
Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as applicable, and shall execute and deliver all
instruments of transfer or assignment, without recourse, in form as provided to
it as are necessary to vest in the Seller title to and rights under any Mortgage
Loan released pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Section 2.04
of this Agreement, as applicable. The Seller shall deliver the documents related
to the Substitute Mortgage Loan in accordance with the provisions of the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Subsections 2.01(b) and 2.02(b) of this
Agreement, as applicable, with the date of acceptance of the Substitute Mortgage
Loan deemed to be the Closing Date for purposes of the time periods set forth in
those Subsections. The representations and warranties set forth in the Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement shall be deemed to have been made by the Seller with
respect to each Substitute Mortgage Loan as of the date of acceptance of such
Mortgage Loan by the Trustee. The Master Servicer shall amend the Mortgage Loan
Schedule to reflect such substitution

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and shall provide a copy of such amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee,
the NIMs Insurer, if any, and the Rating Agencies.

     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 Mortgage Loan shall be made
unless the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the NIMs 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.

     SECTION 2.05 Issuance of Certificates. The Trustee acknowledges the
assignment to it on behalf of the Trust Fund of the Mortgage Loans and the other
assets comprising the Trust Fund and, concurrently therewith, has signed, and
countersigned and delivered to the Depositor, in exchange therefor, Certificates
in such authorized denominations representing such Percentage Interests as the
Depositor has requested. The Trustee agrees that it will hold the Mortgage Loans
and such other assets as may from time to time be delivered to it segregated on
the books of the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders.

     SECTION 2.06 Representations and Warranties Concerning the Depositor. The
Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee, the NIMs Insurer, if
any, the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator as follows:

(i) the Depositor (a) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and (b) is qualified and
in good standing as a foreign corporation to do business in each jurisdiction
where such qualification is necessary, except where the failure so to qualify
would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
Depositor's business as presently conducted or on the Depositor's ability to
enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby;

(ii) the Depositor has full corporate power to own its property, to carry on its
business as presently conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations
under this Agreement;

(iii) the execution and delivery by the Depositor of this Agreement have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Depositor;
and neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation
of the transactions herein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions
hereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default
under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation,
judgment, decree or order binding on the Depositor or its properties or the
articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Depositor, except those conflicts,
breaches or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the Depositor's ability to enter into this Agreement and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;

(iv) the execution, delivery and performance by the Depositor of this Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not require the
consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the
taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other
governmental authority or agency, except those consents, approvals, notices,
registrations or other actions as have already been obtained, given or made;

(v) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Depositor and,
assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto,
constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Depositor enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable

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bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement
of the rights of creditors generally);

(vi) there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of
the Depositor, threatened against the Depositor, before or by any court,
administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (i) with respect to any
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) with respect to any
other matter which in the judgment of the Depositor will be determined adversely
to the Depositor and will if determined adversely to the Depositor materially
and adversely affect the Depositor's ability to enter into this Agreement or
perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Depositor is not in
default with respect to any order of any court, administrative agency,
arbitrator or governmental body so as to materially and adversely affect the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and

(vii) immediately prior to the transfer and assignment to the Trustee, each
Mortgage Note and each Mortgage were not subject to an assignment or pledge, and
the Depositor had good and marketable title to and was the sole owner thereof
and had full right to transfer and sell such Mortgage Loan to the Trustee free
and clear of any encumbrance, equity, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security
interest.

     SECTION 2.07 Representations and Warranties Concerning the Master Servicer
and Securities Administrator. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in its
capacity as Master Servicer and Securities Administrator hereby represents and
warrants to the Seller, the Depositor and the Trustee as follows, as of the
Closing Date:

(i) It is a national banking association duly formed, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the United States of America and is duly
authorized and qualified to transact any and all business contemplated by this
Agreement to be conducted by the Master Servicer and the Securities
Administrator 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
master 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) It has the full corporate power and authority 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 its part
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 its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable
against it 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 it, the consummation of
any other of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the
fulfillment of or compliance with the terms hereof are in its ordinary course of
business and will not (A) result in a material breach of any term or provision
of its charter or by-laws 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 it is a party or by
which it may be bound, or (C) constitute a material violation of any statute,
order or regulation applicable to it of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it; and it
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

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breach or violation may materially impair its ability to perform or meet any of
its obligations under this Agreement.

(iv) No litigation is pending or, to the best of its knowledge, threatened,
against it that would materially and adversely affect the execution, delivery or
enforceability of this Agreement or its ability to perform any of its other
obligations under this 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 its execution, delivery and performance of, or
compliance with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, or if any such consent, approval, authorization or order is
required, it has obtained the same.

     SECTION 2.08 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 which 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 4.07(a)(i) hereof, (ii) the interests issued by the Lower Tier REMIC,
(iii) the grantor trusts described in Section 2.08 hereof and (iv) each Cap
Contract and the Cap Contract Account. The Lower Tier REMIC shall issue the
Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests which shall be designated as regular
interests of such REMIC and shall issue the Class LTR Interest that 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.

     The assets of the Upper Tier REMIC shall be the Lower Tier REMIC Regular
Interests. 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, (i) the pass-through rate on the REMIC Regular Interests
represented by the Class A-1 Certificates and on the sole class of residual
interest in the Upper Tier REMIC shall be subject to a cap equal to the Group
One Net WAC Cap; (ii) the pass-through rate on the REMIC Regular Interests
represented by the Class A-2 Certificates shall be subject to a cap equal to the
Group Two Available Funds Cap; (iii) the pass-through rate on the REMIC Regular
Interests represented by the Class A-3 Certificates shall be subject to a cap
equal to the Group Three Available Funds Cap; and (iv) the pass-through rate on
the REMIC Regular Interests represented by the Subordinate Certificates shall be
subject to a cap equal to the Weighted Average Available Funds Cap.

     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 REMIC for purposes of the REMIC

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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) 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 (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, to the extent not derived from payments on the
Cap Contracts, will be treated as distributed by the Upper Tier REMIC to the
Class C Certificates pro rata in payment of the amounts payable to the Class C
Certificates specified in Section 4.04(e) and then paid to the relevant Class of
Certificates pursuant to the related interest rate cap agreement.

     (e) The parties intend that the portion of the Trust Fund consisting of the
Uncertificated Class C Interest, the Cap Contracts, the Cap Contract Account,
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, and the provisions hereof
shall be interpreted consistently with this intention. In furtherance of such
intention, the Securities Administrator 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 4.07(a)(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 Securities Administrator 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 4.07(a)(i) hereof) received from 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
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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, Class LTII3A Interest, Class
LTII3B Interest and the 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 Loan Group and 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 Loan Group over (II) the aggregate
principal balance of Certificate Group One, in the case of the Class LTII1A
Interest, Certificate Group Two, in the case of the Class LTII2A Interest, or
Certificate Group Three, in the case of the Class LTII3A 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 Subordinated Balance Ratio is maintained) and finally, any remaining
distributions of principal to the Class LTIIX 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 Loan 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 Loan Group over (II) the aggregate
principal balance of Certificate Group One, in the case of the Class LTII1A
Interest, Certificate Group Two, in the case of the Class LTII2A Interest or
Certificate Group Three, in the case of the Class LTII3A 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
Subordinated 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)
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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 Loan 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 Loan Group over (y) the aggregate
principal balance of Certificate Group One in the case of the Class LTII1A
Interest, Certificate Group Two in the case of the Class LTII2A Interest or
Certificate Group Three in the case of the Class LTII3A Interest and (c) any
remaining allocations are made to the Class LTIIX Interest.

     For purposes of this Section 2.08, (i) the Class LTII1A Interest and Class
LTII1B Interest shall be related to Group One, (ii) the Class LTII2A Interest
and Class LTII2B Interest shall be related to Group Two and (iii) the Class
LTII3A Interest and Class LTII3B Interest shall be related to Group Three.

     (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 REMIC
Provisions due to the negligent performance by the Master Servicer of its duties
and obligations set forth herein, the Master Servicer shall indemnify the NIMs
Insurer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Trust Fund against
any and all Losses resulting from such negligence; provided, however, that the
Master Servicer shall not be liable for any such Losses attributable to the
action or inaction of the Servicers, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator,
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 Master 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 Master 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
Master 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 Securities Administrator of
its duties and obligations set forth herein, the Securities Administrator shall
indemnify the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the NIMs Insurer and the Trust Fund
against any and all Losses resulting from such negligence; provided, however,
that the Securities Administrator shall not be liable for any such Losses
attributable to the action or inaction of the related Servicer, the Master
Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee 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
Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator 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).

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                                   ARTICLE III

                          ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
                                OF MORTGAGE LOANS

     SECTION 3.01 Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall supervise, monitor
and oversee the obligation of the Servicers to service and administer their
respective Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of the applicable
Servicing Agreement and shall have full power and authority to do any and all
things which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such master
servicing and administration. In performing its obligations hereunder, the
Master Servicer shall act in a manner consistent with Accepted Master Servicing
Practices. Furthermore, the Master Servicer shall oversee and consult with each
Servicer as necessary from time-to-time to carry out the Master Servicer's
obligations hereunder, shall receive, review and evaluate all reports,
information and other data provided to the Master Servicer by each Servicer and
shall cause each Servicer to perform and observe the covenants, obligations and
conditions to be performed or observed by such Servicer under the applicable
Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer shall independently and separately
monitor each Servicer's servicing activities with respect to each related
Mortgage Loan, reconcile the results of such monitoring with such information
provided in the previous sentence on a monthly basis and coordinate corrective
adjustments to the Servicers' and Master Servicer's records, and based on such
reconciled and corrected information, the Master Servicer shall provide such
information to the Securities Administrator as shall be necessary in order for
it to prepare the statements specified in Section 6.04, and prepare any other
information and statements required to be forwarded by the Master Servicer
hereunder. The Master Servicer shall reconcile the results of its monitoring
with the actual remittances of the Servicers to the Master Servicer Collection
Account pursuant to the applicable Servicing Agreements.

     If the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator are the same
entity, then at any time the Master Servicer is terminated as Master Servicer,
the Securities Administrator shall likewise be removed as securities
administrator.

     The Trustee shall furnish the Servicers and the Master Servicer with any
limited powers of attorney and other documents in form as provided to it
necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicers and the Master Servicer to
service and administer the related Mortgage Loans and REO Property. The Trustee
shall have no liability with respect to the use of any such limited power of
attorney.

     The Trustee or the Custodian shall provide access to the records and
documentation in possession of the Trustee or the Custodian regarding the
related Mortgage Loans and REO Property and the servicing thereof to the
Certificateholders, the FDIC, and the supervisory agents and examiners of the
FDIC, such access being afforded only upon reasonable prior written request and
during normal business hours at the office of the Trustee or the Custodian;
provided, however, that, unless otherwise required by law, the Trustee or the
Custodian shall not be required to provide access to such records and
documentation if the provision thereof would violate the legal right to privacy
of any Mortgagor. The Trustee or the Custodian shall allow representatives of
the above entities to photocopy any of the records and documentation and shall
provide equipment for that purpose at a charge that covers the Trustee's or the
Custodian's actual costs.

     The Trustee shall execute and deliver to the related Servicer and the
Master Servicer upon request any court pleadings, requests for trustee's sale or
other documents necessary or desirable to (i) the foreclosure or trustee's sale
with respect to a Mortgaged Property; (ii) any legal action brought to obtain
judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or Security Instrument;
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judgment against the Mortgagor; or (iv) enforce any other rights or remedies
provided by the Mortgage Note or Security Instrument or otherwise available at
law or equity.

     SECTION 3.02 REMIC-Related Covenants. For as long as each REMIC shall
exist, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall act in accordance
herewith to assure continuing treatment of such REMIC as a REMIC, and the
Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall comply with any directions of the
Depositor, the related Servicer or the Master Servicer to assure such continuing
treatment. In particular, the Trustee shall not (a) sell or permit the sale of
all or any portion of the Mortgage Loans or of any investment of deposits in an
Account unless such sale is as a result of a repurchase of the Mortgage Loans
pursuant to this Agreement or the Trustee has received a REMIC Opinion prepared
at the expense of the Trust Fund; and (b) other than with respect to a
substitution pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Section 2.04 of
this Agreement, as applicable, accept any contribution to any REMIC after the
Startup Day without receipt of a REMIC Opinion.

     SECTION 3.03 Monitoring of Servicer. (a) The Master Servicer shall be
responsible for reporting to the Trustee and the Depositor the compliance by
each Servicer with its duties under the related Servicing Agreement. In the
review of each Servicer's activities, the Master Servicer may rely upon an
officer's certificate of a Servicer with regard to such Servicer's compliance
with the terms of its Servicing Agreement. In the event that the Master
Servicer, in its judgment, determines that a Servicer should be terminated in
accordance with its Servicing Agreement, or that a notice should be sent
pursuant to such Servicing Agreement with respect to the occurrence of an event
that, unless cured, would constitute grounds for such termination, the Master
Servicer shall notify the Depositor and the Trustee thereof and the Master
Servicer shall issue such notice or take such other action as it deems
appropriate.

     (b) The Master Servicer, for the benefit of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders, shall enforce the obligations of each Servicer under the
related Servicing Agreement, and shall, in the event that a Servicer fails to
perform its obligations in accordance with the related Servicing Agreement,
subject to the preceding paragraph, terminate the rights and obligations of such
Servicer thereunder and act as servicer of the related Mortgage Loans, or if the
Master Servicer is unwilling or unable to act as a servicer, the Master Servicer
or the NIMs Insurer shall cause the Trustee to enter into a new Servicing
Agreement with a successor servicer selected by the Master Servicer that is
eligible in accordance with the criteria specified in this Agreement and
reasonably acceptable to the NIMs Insurer; provided, however, it is understood
and acknowledged by the parties hereto that there will be a period of transition
(not to exceed 90 days) before the actual servicing functions can be fully
transferred to such successor servicer. In either event, such enforcement,
including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, termination of
the Servicing Agreements and the pursuit of other appropriate remedies, shall be
in such form and carried out to such an extent and at such time as the Master
Servicer, in its good faith business judgment, would require were it the owner
of the related Mortgage Loans. The Master Servicer shall pay the costs of such
enforcement at its own expense subject to Section 3.03(c), provided that the
Master Servicer shall not be required to prosecute or defend any legal action
except to the extent that the Master Servicer shall have received reasonable
indemnity for its costs and expenses in pursuing such action.

     (c) To the extent that the costs and expenses of the Master Servicer
related to any termination of a Servicer, appointment of a successor Servicer or
the transfer and assumption of servicing by the Master Servicer with respect to
any Servicing Agreement (including, without limitation, (i) all legal costs and
expenses and all due diligence costs and expenses associated with an evaluation
of the potential termination of a Servicer as a result of an event of default by
such Servicer and (ii) all costs and expenses associated with the complete
transfer of servicing, including all servicing files and all servicing data and
the completion, correction or manipulation of such servicing data as may be
required by the successor servicer to correct any errors or insufficiencies in
the servicing data or otherwise to enable the successor service to service the
Mortgage Loans in accordance with the related Servicing Agreement) are not fully
and timely reimbursed by the terminated Servicer, the Master Servicer shall be
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reimbursement of such costs and expenses from the Master Servicer Collection
Account pursuant to Section 4.03(b).

     (d) The Master Servicer shall require each Servicer to comply with the
remittance requirements and other obligations set forth in the related Servicing
Agreement.

     (e) If the Master Servicer acts as a Servicer, it will not assume liability
for the representations and warranties of such Servicer, if any, that it
replaces.

     SECTION 3.04 Fidelity Bond. The Master Servicer, at its expense, shall
maintain in effect a blanket fidelity bond and an errors and omissions insurance
policy, affording coverage with respect to all directors, officers, employees
and other Persons acting on such Master Servicer's behalf, and covering errors
and omissions in the performance of the Master Servicer's obligations hereunder.
The errors and omissions insurance policy and the fidelity bond shall be in such
form and amount generally acceptable for entities serving as master servicers or
trustees.

     SECTION 3.05 Power to Act; Procedures. The Master Servicer shall master
service the Mortgage Loans and shall have full power and authority, subject to
the REMIC Provisions and the provisions of Article X hereof, to do any and all
things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with the master
servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans, including but not limited to
the power and authority (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, (iii) to
collect any Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) to effectuate
foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property
securing any Mortgage Loan, in each case, in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement and the related Servicing Agreement, as applicable; provided,
however, that the Master Servicer shall not (and, consistent with its
responsibilities under Section 3.03, shall not permit any Servicer to) knowingly
or intentionally take any action, or fail to take (or fail to cause to be taken)
any action reasonably within its control and the scope of duties more
specifically set forth herein, that, under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not
taken, as the case may be, would cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to
qualify as a REMIC or result in the imposition of a tax upon the Trust Fund
(including but not limited to the tax on prohibited transactions as defined in
Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on contributions to a REMIC set forth
in Section 860G(d) of the Code) unless the Master Servicer has received an
Opinion of Counsel (but not at the expense of the Master Servicer) to the effect
that the contemplated action will not would cause any REMIC created hereunder to
fail to qualify as a REMIC or result in the imposition of a tax upon any REMIC
created hereunder. The Trustee shall furnish the Master Servicer, upon written
request from a Servicing Officer, with any limited powers of attorney empowering
the Master Servicer or any Servicer to execute and deliver instruments of
satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and to
foreclose upon or otherwise liquidate Mortgaged Property, and to appeal,
prosecute or defend in any court action relating to the Mortgage Loans or the
Mortgaged Property, in accordance with the applicable Servicing Agreement and
this Agreement, and the Trustee shall execute and deliver such other documents,
as the Master Servicer may request, to enable the Master Servicer to master
service and administer the Mortgage Loans and carry out its duties hereunder, in
each case in accordance with Accepted Master Servicing Practices (and the
Trustee shall have no liability for misuse of any such powers of attorney by the
Master Servicer or any Servicer). If the Master Servicer or the Trustee has been
advised that it is likely that the laws of the state in which action is to be
taken prohibit such action if taken in the name of the Trustee or that the
Trustee would be adversely affected under the "doing business" or tax laws of
such state if such action is taken in its name, the Master Servicer shall join
with the Trustee in the appointment of a co-trustee pursuant to Section 9.11
hereof. In the performance of its duties hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be
an independent contractor and shall not, except in those instances where it is
taking action in the name of the Trustee, be deemed to be the agent of the
Trustee.

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     SECTION 3.06 Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements. To the extent
provided in the applicable Servicing Agreement, and to the extent Mortgage Loans
contain enforceable due-on-sale clauses, the Master Servicer shall cause the
Servicers to enforce such clauses in accordance with the applicable Servicing
Agreement. If applicable law prohibits the enforcement of a due-on-sale clause
or such clause is otherwise not enforced in accordance with the applicable
Servicing Agreement, and, as a consequence, a Mortgage Loan is assumed, the
original Mortgagor may be released from liability in accordance with the
applicable Servicing Agreement.

     SECTION 3.07 Release of Mortgage Files. (a) Upon becoming aware of the
payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by any Servicer of a
notification that payment in full has been escrowed in a manner customary for
such purposes for payment to Certificateholders on the next Distribution Date,
the Servicers or the Master Servicer will, if required under the applicable
Servicing Agreement, promptly furnish to the Custodian, on behalf of the
Trustee, two copies of a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit D
hereto signed by a Servicing Officer or in a mutually agreeable electronic
format which will, in lieu of a signature on its face, originate from a
Servicing Officer (which certification shall include a statement to the effect
that all amounts received in connection with such payment that are required to
be deposited in the Protected Account maintained by the applicable Servicer
pursuant to its Servicing Agreement have been or will be so deposited) and shall
request that the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, deliver to the applicable
Servicer the related Mortgage File. Upon receipt of such certification and
request, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall no later than five
Business Days (or to the extent that the applicable Servicer notifies the Seller
that a document is not in the Servicer's possession as part of the Servicing
File which is needed for purposes of the Servicer complying with any applicable
law, within such shorter period as may be necessary to enable the Servicer to
comply with such law), release the related Mortgage File to the applicable
Servicer and the Trustee and Custodian shall have no further responsibility with
regard to such Mortgage File. Upon any such payment in full, each Servicer is
authorized, to give, as agent for the Trustee, as the mortgagee under the
Mortgage that secured the Mortgage Loan, an instrument of satisfaction (or
assignment of mortgage without recourse) regarding the Mortgaged Property
subject to the Mortgage, which instrument of satisfaction or assignment, as the
case may be, shall be delivered to the Person or Persons entitled thereto
against receipt therefor of such payment, it being understood and agreed that no
expenses incurred in connection with such instrument of satisfaction or
assignment, as the case may be, shall be chargeable to the Protected Account.

     (b) From time to time and as appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure
of any Mortgage Loan and in accordance with the applicable Servicing Agreement,
the Trustee shall execute such documents as requested and as shall be prepared
and furnished to the Trustee by a Servicer or the Master Servicer (in form
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee) and as are necessary to the prosecution of
any such proceedings. In connection with the foregoing, the Custodian, on behalf
of the Trustee, shall, upon the request of a Servicer or the Master Servicer,
and delivery to the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, of two copies of a
Request for Release signed by a Servicing Officer substantially in the form of
Exhibit D (or in a mutually agreeable electronic format which will, in lieu of a
signature on its face, originate from a Servicing Officer), release the related
Mortgage File held in its possession or control to the related Servicer or the
Master Servicer, as applicable. Such trust receipt shall obligate the related
Servicer or the Master Servicer to return the Mortgage File to the Custodian on
behalf of the Trustee, when the need therefor by the Servicer or the Master
Servicer no longer exists unless the Mortgage Loan shall be liquidated, in which
case, upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer similar to that
hereinabove specified, the Mortgage File shall be released by the Custodian, on
behalf of the Trustee, to the related Servicer or the Master Servicer.

     SECTION 3.08 Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of Master Servicer
To Be Held for Trustee.

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     (a) The Master Servicer shall transmit and each Servicer (to the extent
required by the related Servicing Agreement) shall transmit to the Trustee or
Custodian such documents and instruments coming into the possession of the
Master Servicer or such Servicer from time to time as are required by the terms
hereof, or in the case of the Servicers, the applicable Servicing Agreement, to
be delivered to the Trustee or Custodian. Any funds received by the Master
Servicer or by a Servicer in respect of any Mortgage Loan or which otherwise are
collected by the Master Servicer or by a Servicer as Liquidation Proceeds or
Insurance Proceeds in respect of any Mortgage Loan shall be held for the benefit
of the Trustee and the Certificateholders subject to the Master Servicer's right
to retain or withdraw from the Master Servicer Collection Account the Master
Servicing Compensation and other amounts provided in this Agreement, and to the
right of each Servicer to retain its Servicing Fee and other amounts as provided
in the applicable Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer shall, and (to the
extent provided in the applicable Servicing Agreement) shall cause each Servicer
to, provide access to information and documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans
to the Trustee, its agents and accountants at any time upon reasonable request
and during normal business hours, and to Certificateholders that are savings and
loan associations, banks or insurance companies, the Office of Thrift
Supervision, the FDIC and the supervisory agents and examiners of such Office
and Corporation or examiners of any other federal or state banking or insurance
regulatory authority if so required by applicable regulations of the Office of
Thrift Supervision or other regulatory authority, such access to be afforded
without charge but only upon reasonable request in writing and during normal
business hours at the offices of the Master Servicer designated by it. In
fulfilling such a request the Master Servicer shall not be responsible for
determining the sufficiency of such information.

     (b) All Mortgage Files and funds collected or held by, or under the control
of, the Master Servicer, in respect of any Mortgage Loans, whether from the
collection of principal and interest payments or from Liquidation Proceeds or
Insurance Proceeds, shall be held by the Master Servicer for and on behalf of
the Trustee and the Certificateholders and shall be and remain the sole and
exclusive property of the Trustee; provided, however, that the Master Servicer
and each Servicer shall be entitled to setoff against, and deduct from, any such
funds any amounts that are properly due and payable to the Master Servicer or
such Servicer under this Agreement or the applicable Servicing Agreement.

     SECTION 3.09 Standard Hazard Insurance and Flood Insurance Policies.

     (a) For each Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall enforce any
obligation of the Servicers under the related Servicing Agreements to maintain
or cause to be maintained standard fire and casualty insurance and, where
applicable, flood insurance, all in accordance with the provisions of the
related Servicing Agreements. It is understood and agreed that such insurance
shall be with insurers meeting the eligibility requirements set forth in the
applicable Servicing Agreement and that no earthquake or other additional
insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor or to be maintained on property
acquired in respect of a defaulted loan, other than pursuant to such applicable
laws and regulations as shall at any time be in force and as shall require such
additional insurance.

     (b) Pursuant to Section 4.01 and 4.02, any amounts collected by the
Servicers or the Master Servicer under any insurance policies (other than
amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the property subject to
the related Mortgage or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the
applicable Servicing Agreement) shall be deposited into the Master Servicer
Collection Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 4.02 and 4.03 in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the related Servicing Agreement. Any
cost incurred by the Master Servicer or any Servicer in maintaining any such
insurance if the Mortgagor defaults in its obligation to do so shall be added to
the amount owing under the Mortgage Loan where the terms of the Mortgage Loan so
permit; provided, however, that the addition of any such cost shall not be taken
into account for purposes of calculating the distributions to be made to
Certificateholders and shall be recoverable by the Master Servicer or such
Servicer pursuant to Section 4.02 and 4.03.

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     SECTION 3.10 Presentment of Claims and Collection of Proceeds. The Master
Servicer shall (to the extent provided in the applicable Servicing Agreement)
cause the related Servicer to, prepare and present on behalf of the Trustee and
the Certificateholders all claims under the Insurance Policies and take such
actions (including the negotiation, settlement, compromise or enforcement of the
insured's claim) as shall be necessary to realize recovery under such policies.
Any proceeds disbursed to the Master Servicer (or disbursed to a Servicer and
remitted to the Master Servicer) in respect of such policies, bonds or contracts
shall be promptly deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account upon
receipt, except that any amounts realized that are to be applied to the repair
or restoration of the related Mortgaged Property as a condition precedent to the
presentation of claims on the related Mortgage Loan to the insurer under any
applicable Insurance Policy need not be so deposited (or remitted).

     SECTION 3.11 Maintenance of the Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies.

     (a) The Master Servicer shall not take, or permit any Servicer (to the
extent such action is prohibited under the applicable Servicing Agreement) to
take, any action that would result in noncoverage under any applicable Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policy of any loss which, but for the actions of such Master
Servicer or Servicer, would have been covered thereunder. The Master Servicer
shall use its best reasonable efforts to cause each Servicer (to the extent
required under the related Servicing Agreement) to keep in force and effect (to
the extent that the Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to maintain such
insurance), primary mortgage insurance applicable to each Mortgage Loan in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the related Servicing
Agreement, as applicable. The Master Servicer shall not, and shall not permit
any Servicer (to the extent required under the related Servicing Agreement) to,
cancel or refuse to renew any such Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy that is in
effect at the date of the initial issuance of the Mortgage Note and is required
to be kept in force hereunder except in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement and the related Servicing Agreement, as applicable.

     (b) The Master Servicer agrees to present, or to cause each Servicer (to
the extent required under the related Servicing Agreement) to present, on behalf
of the Trustee and the Certificateholders, claims to the insurer under any
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies and, in this regard, to take such reasonable
action as shall be necessary to permit recovery under any Primary Mortgage
Insurance Policies respecting defaulted Mortgage Loans. Pursuant to Section 4.01
and 4.02, any amounts collected by the Master Servicer or any Servicer under any
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies shall be deposited in the Master Servicer
Collection Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 4.03.

     SECTION 3.12 Trustee to Retain Possession of Certain Insurance Policies and
Documents.

     The Trustee or the Custodian shall retain possession and custody of the
originals (to the extent available) of any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies,
or certificate of insurance if applicable, and any certificates of renewal as to
the foregoing as may be issued from time to time as contemplated by this
Agreement. Until all amounts distributable in respect of the Certificates have
been distributed in full and the Master Servicer otherwise has fulfilled its
obligations under this Agreement, the Trustee or its Custodian shall also retain
possession and custody of each Mortgage File in accordance with and subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Master Servicer shall promptly
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian upon the
execution or receipt thereof the originals of any Primary Mortgage Insurance
Policies, any certificates of renewal, and such other documents or instruments
that constitute portions of the Mortgage File that come into the possession of
the Master Servicer from time to time.

     SECTION 3.13 Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans. The Master Servicer
shall cause each Servicer (to the extent required under the related Servicing
Agreement) to foreclose upon, repossess or otherwise comparably convert the
ownership of Mortgaged Properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come
into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be
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collection of delinquent payments, all in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the applicable Servicing Agreement.

     SECTION 3.14 Compensation for the Master Servicer.

     The Master Servicer will be entitled to all income and gain realized from
any investment of funds in the Master Servicer Collection Account, pursuant to
Article IV, for the performance of its activities hereunder. Servicing
compensation in the form of assumption fees, if any, late payment charges, as
collected, if any, or otherwise (but not including any prepayment premium or
penalty) shall be retained by the applicable Servicer and shall not be deposited
in the Protected Account. The Master Servicer shall be required to pay all
expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities hereunder and shall
not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as provided in this Agreement.

     SECTION 3.15 REO Property.

     (a) In the event the Trust Fund acquires ownership of any REO Property in
respect of any related Mortgage Loan, the deed or certificate of sale shall be
issued to the Trustee, or to its nominee, on behalf of the related
Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall, to the extent provided in the
applicable Servicing Agreement, cause the applicable Servicer to sell, any REO
Property as expeditiously as possible and in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement and the related Servicing Agreement, as applicable. Pursuant to
its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Master Servicer shall cause the
applicable Servicer to protect and conserve, such REO Property in the manner and
to the extent required by the applicable Servicing Agreement, in accordance with
the REMIC Provisions and in a manner that does not result in a tax on "net
income from foreclosure property" or cause such REO Property to fail to qualify
as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code.

     (b) The Master Servicer shall, to the extent required by the related
Servicing Agreement, cause the applicable Servicer to deposit all funds
collected and received in connection with the operation of any REO Property in
the Protected Account.

     (c) The Master Servicer and the applicable Servicer, upon the final
disposition of any REO Property, shall be entitled to reimbursement for any
related unreimbursed Monthly Advances and other unreimbursed advances as well as
any unpaid Servicing Fees from Liquidation Proceeds received in connection with
the final disposition of such REO Property; provided, that any such unreimbursed
Monthly Advances as well as any unpaid Servicing Fees may be reimbursed or paid,
as the case may be, prior to final disposition, out of any net rental income or
other net amounts derived from such REO Property.

     (d) To the extent provided in the related Servicing Agreement, the
Liquidation Proceeds from the final disposition of the REO Property, net of any
payment to the Master Servicer and the applicable Servicer as provided above
shall be deposited in the Protected Account on or prior to the Determination
Date in the month following receipt thereof and be remitted by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the Master Servicer for deposit into the related
Master Servicer Collection Account on the next succeeding Servicer Remittance
Date.

     SECTION 3.16 Annual Officer's Certificate as to Compliance.

     (a) The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee, the NIMs Insurer, if
any, and the Rating Agencies on or before March 15 of each year, commencing on
March 15, 2006, an Officer's Certificate, certifying that with respect to the
period ending December 31 of the prior year: (i) such Servicing Officer has
reviewed the activities of such Master Servicer during the preceding calendar
year or portion thereof and its performance under this Agreement, (ii) to the
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on such review, such Master Servicer has performed and fulfilled its duties,
responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement in all material respects
throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any
such duties, responsibilities or obligations, specifying each such default known
to such Servicing Officer and the nature and status thereof, (iii) nothing has
come to the attention of such Servicing Officer to lead such Servicing Officer
to believe that any Servicer has failed to perform any of its duties,
responsibilities and obligations under its Servicing Agreement in all material
respects throughout such year, or, if there has been a material default in the
performance or fulfillment of any such duties, responsibilities or obligations,
specifying each such default known to such Servicing Officer and the nature and
status thereof.

     (b) Copies of such statements shall be provided to any Certificateholder
upon request, by the Master Servicer or by the Trustee at the Master Servicer's
expense if the Master Servicer failed to provide such copies (unless (i) the
Master Servicer shall have failed to provide the Trustee with such statement or
(ii) the Trustee shall be unaware of the Master Servicer's failure to provide
such statement).

     SECTION 3.17 Annual Independent Accountant's Servicing Report. If the
Master Servicer has, during the course of any fiscal year, directly serviced any
of the Mortgage Loans, then the Master Servicer at its expense shall cause a
nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants to
furnish a statement to the Trustee, the NIMs Insurer, the Rating Agencies and
the Depositor on or before March 15 of each year, commencing on March 15, 2006
to the effect that, with respect to the most recently ended fiscal year, such
firm has examined certain records and documents relating to the Master
Servicer's performance of its servicing obligations under this Agreement and
pooling and servicing and trust agreements in material respects similar to this
Agreement and to each other and that, on the basis of such examination conducted
substantially in compliance with the audit program for mortgages serviced for
Freddie Mac or the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers, such
firm is of the opinion that the Master Servicer's activities have been conducted
in compliance with this Agreement, or that such examination has disclosed no
material items of noncompliance except for (i) such exceptions as such firm
believes to be immaterial, (ii) such other exceptions as are set forth in such
statement and (iii) such exceptions that the Uniform Single Attestation Program
for Mortgage Bankers or the Audit Program for Mortgages Serviced by Freddie Mac
requires it to report. Copies of such statements shall be provided to any
Certificateholder upon request by the Master Servicer, or by the Trustee at the
expense of the Master Servicer if the Master Servicer shall fail to provide such
copies. If such report discloses exceptions that are material, the Master
Servicer shall advise the Trustee whether such exceptions have been or are
susceptible of cure, and will take prompt action to do so.

     SECTION 3.18 Reports Filed with Securities and Exchange Commission.

     (a) Within 15 days after each Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall,
in accordance with industry standards, file with the Commission via the
Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System ("EDGAR"), a Form 8-K (or other
comparable form containing the same or comparable information or other
information mutually agreed upon) with a copy of the statement to the
Certificateholders for such Distribution Date as an exhibit thereto and provide
a copy of the statement to the NIMs Insurer and the Trustee who shall make
available on its website. Prior to March 31, 2006 (and each year thereafter
unless a Form 15D Suspension Notification has been filed pursuant to Section
3.18(d) below), the Master Servicer shall prepare and file a Form 10-K, in
substance conforming to industry standards, with respect to the Trust Fund. Each
such Form 10-K shall include as exhibits each Servicer's annual statement of
compliance and annual accountant's report as described in the related Servicing
Agreement, in each case to the extent timely delivered to the Master Servicer.
If they are not so timely delivered, the Master Servicer shall file an amended
Form 10-K including such documents as exhibits reasonably promptly after they
are delivered to the Master Servicer. The Form 10-K shall also include a
certification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit K, in compliance with Rules
13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Securities

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Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and any additional
directives of the Commission, which shall be signed by a Servicing Officer of
the Master Servicer. The Depositor hereby grants to the Master Servicer a
limited power of attorney to execute and file the Form 8-K and Form 10-K on
behalf of the Depositor. Such power of attorney shall continue until either the
earlier of (i) receipt by the Master Servicer from the Depositor of written
termination of such power of attorney and (ii) the termination of the Trust
Fund. The Depositor agrees to promptly furnish to the Master Servicer, from time
to time upon request, such further information, reports and financial statements
within its control related to this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans as the
Master Servicer reasonably deems appropriate to prepare and file all necessary
reports with the Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Master
Servicer shall have no responsibility to file any items other than those
specified in this Section 3.18; provided, however, the Master Servicer will
cooperate with the Depositor in connection with any additional filings with
respect to the Trust Fund as the Depositor deems necessary under the Exchange
Act. Copies of all reports filed by the Master Servicer under the Exchange Act
shall be sent to: the Depositor c/o Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. Attn: Managing
Director-Analysis and Control. Fees and expenses incurred by the Master Servicer
in connection with this Section 3.18 shall not be reimbursable from the Trust
Fund except as pursuant to Sections 7.04(c) hereof.

     (b) The Master Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee, the
Depositor and their respective 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
arising out of or based upon a breach of the Master Servicer's obligations under
this Section 3.18 or the Master Servicer's negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct in connection therewith.

     (c) If, after the Closing Date (a) the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is
amended, (b) Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Exchange Act and any related
directives of the Commission are modified or superseded by any subsequent
statement, rule, directive or regulation of the Commission or any division
thereof, or (c) any future releases, rules and regulations are published by the
Commission from time to time pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which
in any such case affect the form or substance of the required certification
under Rule 13a-14 and 15d-14 of the Exchange Act such that, in the reasonable
judgment of the Master Servicer, the required certification is materially more
onerous than the form of the requirement attached hereto as Exhibit K as of the
Closing Date, the Master Servicer and the Depositor shall negotiate in good
faith to determine how to amend the certification attached hereto as Exhibit K
or any of the provisions in this Section 3.18 to comply with any such new
requirements. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
provisions of this Section 3.18 may be amended by the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and the Trustee without the consent of the Certificateholders.

     (d) Unless otherwise instructed by the Depositor, prior to January 30th of
the first year in which the Master Servicer is able to do so under applicable
law, the Master Servicer shall execute and file with the Commission a Form 15D
Suspension Notification with respect to the Trust Fund. The Depositor hereby
grants to the Master Service a limited power of attorney to execute and file the
Form 15D Suspension Notification on behalf of the Depositor. Such power of
attorney shall continue until either (i) receipt by the Master Servicer from the
Depositor of written termination of such power of attorney and (ii) the
termination of the Trust Fund.

     SECTION 3.19 Rights of the NIMs Insurer. Each of the rights of the NIMs
Insurer set forth in this Agreement shall exist so long as the NIM Notes issued
pursuant to the Indenture remain outstanding or the NIMs Insurer is owed amounts
in respect of its guarantee of payment on such NIM Notes; provided, however, the
NIMS Insurer shall not have any rights hereunder (except pursuant to Section
10.14 in the case of clause (ii) below) during the period of time, if any, that
(i) the NIMS Insurer has not undertaken to guarantee certain payments of notes
issued pursuant to the Indenture or (ii) any default has occurred and is
continuing under the insurance policy issued by the NIMS Insurer with respect to
such notes.

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     SECTION 3.20 [RESERVED]

     SECTION 3.21 Notice from Depositor Regarding Controlling Class C Holder.
Section 11.02 of the Servicing Addendum to the GreenPoint Servicing Agreement
(as modified by the GreenPoint Assignment Agreement) and Section 5.15 of the PHH
Servicing Agreement (as modified by the PHH Assignment Agreement) grants the
Controlling Class C Holder certain rights with respect to foreclosure
proceedings (the "Class C Foreclosure Rights"). Upon receiving notice from the
Controlling Class C Holder that the Controlling Class C Holder does not wish to
exercise its Class C Foreclosure Rights, the Depositor shall promptly notify the
Master Servicer that the provisions of the Servicing Agreements granting such
Class C Foreclosure Rights (the "Class C Provisions") are no longer required.
Upon receiving such notice, the Master Servicer shall, pursuant to the Servicing
Agreements, promptly notify each of the Servicers that the Class C Provisions
are no longer required. If the Controlling Class C Holder (or any subsequent
Controlling Class C Holder) shall thereafter notify the Depositor that such
Controlling Class C Holder wishes to exercise the Class C Foreclosure Rights,
the Depositor, upon receiving such notice, shall promptly notify the Master
Servicer that the Class C Provisions are in effect. Upon receiving such notice
from the Depositor, the Master Servicer shall, pursuant to the Servicing
Agreements, promptly notify each of the Servicers that the Class C Provisions
are in effect.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                                  DISTRIBUTIONS

     SECTION 4.01 Protected Accounts. (a) The Master Servicer shall enforce the
obligation of each Servicer to establish and maintain a Protected Account in
accordance with the applicable Servicing Agreement, with records to be kept with
respect thereto on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, into which accounts
shall be deposited within two Business Days (or as of such other time specified
in the related Servicing Agreement) of receipt all collections of principal and
interest on any Mortgage Loan and with respect to any REO Property received by a
Servicer, including Principal Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation
Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries and advances made from the Servicer's own funds
(less servicing compensation as permitted by the applicable Servicing Agreement
in the case of the Servicer) and all other amounts to be deposited in the
Protected Account. Each Servicer is hereby authorized to make withdrawals from
and deposits to the related Protected Account for purposes required or permitted
by this Agreement. To the extent provided in the related Servicing Agreement,
the Protected Account shall be held in a Designated Depository Institution and
segregated on the books of such institution in the name of the Trustee for the
benefit of Certificateholders.

     (b) To the extent provided in the related Servicing Agreement, amounts on
deposit in a Protected Account may be invested in Permitted Investments in the
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Certificateholders and, except as provided in the preceding paragraph, not
commingled with any other funds, such Permitted Investments to mature, or to be
subject to redemption or withdrawal, no later than the date on which such funds
are required to be withdrawn for deposit in the Master Servicer Collection
Account, and shall be held until required for such deposit. The income earned
from Permitted Investments made pursuant to this Section 4.01 shall be paid to
the related Servicer under the applicable Servicing Agreement, and the risk of
loss of moneys required to be distributed to the Certificateholders resulting
from such investments shall be borne by and be the risk of the related Servicer,
as set forth in the applicable Servicing Agreement. The related Servicer (to the
extent provided in the related Servicing Agreement) shall deposit the amount of
any such loss in the Protected Account within two Business Days of receipt of
notification of such loss but not later than the second Business Day prior to
the Distribution Date on which the moneys so invested are required to be
distributed to the Certificateholders.

     (c) To the extent provided in the related Servicing Agreement and subject
to this Article IV, on or before each Servicer Remittance Date, the related
Servicer shall withdraw or shall cause to be withdrawn from the Protected
Accounts and shall immediately deposit or cause to be deposited in the Master
Servicer Collection Account amounts representing the following collections and
payments (other than with respect to principal of or interest on the Mortgage
Loans due on or before the Cut-off Date) with respect to each Loan Group:

(i) Monthly Payments on the Mortgage Loans received or any related portion
thereof advanced by such Servicer pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement
which were due on or before the related Due Date, net of the amount thereof
comprising the Servicing Fees;

(ii) Principal Prepayments in Full and any Liquidation Proceeds received by such
Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loans in the related Prepayment Period,
with interest to the date of prepayment or liquidation, net of the amount
thereof comprising the Servicing Fees;

(iii) Curtailments received by such Servicer for such Mortgage Loans in the
related Prepayment Period; and

(iv) Any amount to be used as a Monthly Advance.

     (d) Withdrawals by the Master Servicer may be made from an Account only to
make remittances as provided in Section 4.01(c), 4.02 and 4.03; to reimburse the
Master Servicer or a Servicer for Monthly Advances which have been recovered by
subsequent collection from the related Mortgagor; to remove amounts deposited in
error; to remove fees, charges or other such amounts deposited on a temporary
basis; or to clear and terminate the account at the termination of this
Agreement in accordance with Section 10.01. As provided in Sections 4.01(c) and
4.02(b) certain amounts otherwise due to the Servicers may be retained by them
as set forth in the related Servicing Agreements and need not be deposited in
the Master Servicer Collection Account.

     SECTION 4.02 Master Servicer Collection Account.

     (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain in the name of the
Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer
Collection Account as a segregated trust account or accounts. The Master
Servicer Collection Account shall be a sub-account of the Distribution Account.
The Master Servicer will deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account as
identified by the Master Servicer and as received by the Master Servicer, the
following amounts:

(i) Any amounts withdrawn from a Protected Account or other permitted account;

(ii) Any Monthly Advance and any Compensating Interest Payments;

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(iii) Any Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or Subsequent Recoveries
received by or on behalf of the Master Servicer or which were not deposited in a
Protected Account or other permitted account;

(iv) The repurchase price with respect to any Mortgage Loans repurchased and all
proceeds of any Mortgage Loans or property acquired in connection with the
optional termination of the trust;

(v) Any amounts required to be deposited with respect to losses on investments
of deposits in an Account; and

(vi) Any other amounts received by or on behalf of the Master Servicer and
required to be deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account pursuant to
this Agreement.

     (b) All amounts deposited to the Master Servicer Collection Account shall
be held by the Master Servicer in the name of the Trustee in trust for the
benefit of the Certificateholders in accordance with the terms and provisions of
this Agreement. The requirements for crediting the Master Servicer Collection
Account or the Distribution Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and
agreed that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments in the
nature of (i) prepayment or late payment charges or assumption, tax service,
statement account or payoff, substitution, satisfaction, release and other like
fees and charges and (ii) the items enumerated in Subsections 4.05(a)(i), (ii),
(iii), (iv), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (xi) and (xii) with respect to the
Securities Administrator, need not be credited by the Master Servicer or the
related Servicer to the Distribution Account or the Master Servicer Collection
Account, as applicable. In the event that the Master Servicer shall deposit or
cause to be deposited to the Distribution Account any amount not required to be
credited thereto, the Securities Administrator, upon receipt of a written
request therefor signed by a Servicing Officer of the Master Servicer, shall
promptly transfer such amount to the Master Servicer from the Distribution
Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

     (c) The amount at any time credited to the Master Servicer Collection
Account shall be invested, in the name of the Trustee, or its nominee, for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, in Permitted Investments as directed by
Master Servicer. All Permitted Investments shall mature or be subject to
redemption or withdrawal on or before, and shall be held until, the next
succeeding Distribution Account Deposit Date. Any and all investment earnings on
amounts on deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account from time to time
shall be for the account of the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer from time
to time shall be permitted to withdraw or receive distribution of any and all
investment earnings from the Master Servicer Collection Account. The risk of
loss of moneys required to be distributed to the Certificateholders resulting
from such investments shall be borne by and be the risk of the Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer shall deposit the amount of any such loss in the Master
Servicer Collection Account within two Business Days of receipt of notification
of such loss but not later than the second Business Day prior to the
Distribution Date on which the moneys so invested are required to be distributed
to the Certificateholders.

     SECTION 4.03 Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers from the Master Servicer
Collection Account.

     (a) The Master Servicer will, from time to time on demand of the Master
Servicer, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, make or cause to be made
such withdrawals or transfers from the Master Servicer Collection Account as the
Master Servicer has designated for such transfer or withdrawal pursuant to the
Servicing Agreements. The Master Servicer may clear and terminate the Master
Servicer Collection Account pursuant to Section 9.01 and remove amounts from
time to time deposited in error.

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     (b) On an ongoing basis, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the Master
Servicer Collection Account (i) any expenses recoverable by the Trustee, the
Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator pursuant to this Agreement,
including but not limited to Sections 2.01(b), 3.03, 6.04 and 8.05 and (ii) any
amounts payable to the Master Servicer as set forth in Section 3.14.

     (c) In addition, on or before each Distribution Account Deposit Date, the
Master Servicer shall deposit in the Distribution Account (or remit to the
Securities Administrator for deposit therein) any Monthly Advances required to
be made by the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans.

     (d) No later than 3:00 p.m. New York time on each Distribution Account
Deposit Date, the Master Servicer will transfer all Interest Funds and Principal
Funds on deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account with respect to the
related Distribution Date to the Securities Administrator for deposit in the
Distribution Account.

     SECTION 4.04 Distribution Account. (a) The Securities Administrator shall
establish and maintain in the name of the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, the Distribution Account as a segregated trust account or
accounts.

     (b) All amounts deposited to the Distribution Account shall be held by the
Securities Administrator in the name of the Trustee in trust for the benefit of
the Certificateholders in accordance with the terms and provisions of this
Agreement.

     (c) The Distribution Account shall constitute a trust account of the Trust
Fund segregated on the books of the Securities Administrator and held by the
Securities Administrator in trust in its Corporate Trust Office, and the
Distribution Account and the funds deposited therein shall not be subject to,
and shall be protected to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law from,
all claims, liens, and encumbrances of any creditors or depositors of the
Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer (whether made directly, or
indirectly through a liquidator or receiver of the Securities Administrator or
the Master Servicer). The Distribution Account shall be an Eligible Account. The
amount at any time credited to the Distribution Account shall be (i) fully
insured by the FDIC to the maximum coverage provided thereby or (ii) invested in
the name of the Trustee, in such Permitted Investments selected by the
Securities Administrator or deposited in demand deposits with such depository
institutions as selected by the Securities Administrator, provided that time
deposits of such depository institutions would be a Permitted Investment. All
Permitted Investments shall mature or be subject to redemption or withdrawal on
or before, and shall be held until, the next succeeding Distribution Date if the
obligor for such Permitted Investment is the Securities Administrator or, if
such obligor is any other Person, the Business Day preceding such Distribution
Date. All investment earnings on amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account
or benefit from funds uninvested therein from time to time shall be for the
account of the Securities Administrator. The Securities Administrator shall be
permitted to withdraw or receive distribution of any and all investment earnings
from the Distribution Account on each Distribution Date. If there is any loss on
a Permitted Investment or demand deposit, the Securities Administrator shall
deposit the amount of such loss in the Distribution Account. With respect to the
Distribution Account and the funds deposited therein, the Securities
Administrator shall take such action as may be necessary to ensure that the
Certificateholders shall be entitled to the priorities afforded to such a trust
account (in addition to a claim against the estate of the Securities
Administrator) as provided by 12 U.S.C. Section 92a(e), and applicable
regulations pursuant thereto, if applicable, or any applicable comparable state
statute applicable to state chartered banking corporations.

     SECTION 4.05 Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers from the Distribution
Account. (a) The Securities Administrator will, from time to time on demand of
the Master Servicer, make or cause to be made such withdrawals or transfers from
the Distribution Account as the Master Servicer has designated for such transfer
or withdrawal pursuant to the Servicing Agreements for the following purposes
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in the case of amounts due the Master Servicer to those not withdrawn from the
Master Servicer Collection Account in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement):

(i) to reimburse the Master Servicer or any Servicer for any Monthly Advance of
its own funds or any advance of such Servicer's own funds, the right of the
Master Servicer or a Servicer to reimbursement pursuant to this subclause (i)
being limited to amounts received on a particular Mortgage Loan (including, for
this purpose, the Purchase Price therefor, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation
Proceeds) which represent late payments or recoveries of the principal of or
interest on such Mortgage Loan respecting which such Monthly Advance or advance
was made;

(ii) to reimburse the Master Servicer or any Servicer from Insurance Proceeds or
Liquidation Proceeds relating to a particular Mortgage Loan for amounts expended
by the Master Servicer or such Servicer in good faith as a Servicing Advance in
connection with the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or in
connection with the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan;

(iii) to reimburse the Master Servicer or any Servicer from Insurance Proceeds
relating to a particular Mortgage Loan for insured expenses incurred with
respect to such Mortgage Loan and to reimburse the Master Servicer or such
Servicer from Liquidation Proceeds from a particular Mortgage Loan for
Liquidation Expenses incurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan; provided that
the Master Servicer shall not be entitled to reimbursement for Liquidation
Expenses with respect to a Mortgage Loan to the extent that (i) any amounts with
respect to such Mortgage Loan were paid as Excess Liquidation Proceeds pursuant
to clause (xi) of this Subsection 4.03 (a) to the Master Servicer; and (ii) such
Liquidation Expenses were not included in the computation of such Excess
Liquidation Proceeds;

(iv) to pay the Master Servicer or any Servicer, as appropriate, from
Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds received in connection with the
liquidation of any Mortgage Loan, the amount which it or such Servicer would
have been entitled to receive under subclause (ix) of this Subsection 4.03(a) as
servicing compensation on account of each defaulted scheduled payment on such
Mortgage Loan if paid in a timely manner by the related Mortgagor;

(v) to pay the Master Servicer or any Servicer from the Purchase Price for any
Mortgage Loan, the amount which it or such Servicer would have been entitled to
receive under subclause (ix) of this Subsection 4.03 (a) as servicing
compensation;

(vi) to reimburse the Master Servicer or any Servicer for advances of funds
pursuant to Sections, and the right to reimbursement pursuant to this subclause
being limited to amounts received on the related Mortgage Loan (including, for
this purpose, the Purchase Price therefor, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation
Proceeds) which represent late recoveries of the payments for which such
advances were made;

(vii) to reimburse the Master Servicer or any Servicer for any Monthly Advance
or advance, after a Realized Loss has been allocated with respect to the related
Mortgage Loan if the Monthly Advance or advance has not been reimbursed pursuant
to clauses (i) and (vi);

(viii) to pay the Master Servicer as set forth in Section 3.14;

(ix) to reimburse the Master Servicer for expenses, costs and liabilities
incurred by and reimbursable to it pursuant to this Agreement, including but not
limited to Sections 3.03, 7.04(c) and (d);

(x) to pay to the Master Servicer, as additional servicing compensation, any
Excess Liquidation Proceeds to the extent not retained by the related Servicer;

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(xi) to reimburse or pay any Servicer any such amounts as are due thereto under
the applicable Servicing Agreement and have not been retained by or paid to such
Servicer, to the extent provided in the related Servicing Agreement;

(xii) to reimburse the Trustee or itself for expenses, costs and liabilities
incurred by or reimbursable to it pursuant to this Agreement;

(xiii) to pay to the MI Insurer, the MI Insurer Fee pursuant to Section 4.07(a);

(xiv) to remove amounts deposited in error; and

(xv) to clear and terminate the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 9.01.

     (b) The Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a
Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of accounting for any
reimbursement from the Distribution Account pursuant to subclauses (i) through
(vi), inclusive, and (viii) or with respect to any such amounts which would have
been covered by such subclauses had the amounts not been retained by the Master
Servicer without being deposited in the Distribution Account under Section
4.02(b).

     (c) On each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall
distribute the Interest Funds and Principal Funds to the Holders of the
Certificates in accordance with Section 4.07.

     SECTION 4.06 Distributions on the REMIC Interests.

     On each Distribution Date, amounts on deposit in the Distribution 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 4.07.

     SECTION 4.07 Distributions.

     (a) On each Distribution Date, prior to any distributions to the
Certificateholders, the Securities Administrator shall pay to the MI Insurer,
the MI Insurer Fee for such Distribution Date from Interest Funds then on
deposit in the Distribution Amount. Thereafter, on each Distribution Date, the
Securities Administrator shall make the following distributions from funds then
available in the Distribution Account, of an amount equal to the Interest Funds
remaining in the following order of priority:

(i) to the Class P Certificates, any Prepayment Charges received with respect to
the Mortgage Loans during the related Prepayment Period and all amounts paid by
a Servicer or the Seller in respect of Prepayment Charges pursuant to this
Agreement during the related Prepayment Period;

(ii) to each class of the Class A Certificates, the Current Interest and any
Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to such Class; provided, however, if
such amount is not sufficient to make a full distribution of the aggregate
Current Interest and the aggregate Interest Carry Forward Amount to the Class A
Certificates, such amount will be distributed pro rata among each Class of the
Class A Certificates based on 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
Certificates in the aggregate;

(iii) to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-1 Current Interest and any
Class M-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount;

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(iv) to the Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-2 Current Interest and any Class
M-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount;

(v) to the Class B-1 Certificates, the Class B-1 Current Interest and any Class
B-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount;

(vi) to the Class B-2 Certificates, the Class B-2 Current Interest and any Class
B-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount; and

(vii) any remainder pursuant to Section 4.07(e) hereof.

     On each Distribution Date, subject to the proviso in (ii) above, Interest
Funds received on the Group One Mortgage Loans will be deemed to be distributed
to the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates, Interest Funds received on the Group
Two Mortgage Loans will be deemed to be distributed to the Class A-2
Certificates and Interest Funds received on the Group Three Mortgage Loans will
be deemed to be distributed to the Class A-3 Certificates, in each case, until
the related Current Interest and Interest Carry Forward Amount of each such
Certificate Group or such Distribution Date has been paid in full, and
thereafter, Interest Funds not required for such distributions will be available
to be applied, if necessary, to the class or classes of certificates that are
not related to such Loan Group.

     (b) [Reserved]

     (c) On each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall make the
following distributions from the Distribution 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
4.07(a) above shall have been made until such amount shall have been fully
distributed for such Distribution Date:

          (i) the Group One Principal Distribution Amount will be distributed as
     follows: concurrently on a pro rata basis:

               (A) first to the Class R Certificate until its Certificate
          Principal Balance has been reduced to zero and then to the Class A-1
          Certificates until its Certificate Principal Balance has been reduced
          to zero;

               (B) first, to the Class A-1B4 Certificates, the Class A-1B4
          Lockout Distribution Amount and then sequentially, first, to the Class
          A-1B1 Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has
          been reduced to zero, second, to the Class A-1B2 Certificates until
          the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero,
          third, to the Class A-1B3 Certificates until the Certificate Principal
          Balance thereof has been reduced to zero, and fourth, to the Class
          A-1B4 Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has
          been reduced to zero, in that order; 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 portion of the Group One Principal
          Distribution Amount allocated pursuant to this clause (B) shall be
          allocated pro rata to the Class A-1B1, Class A-1B2, Class A-1B3 and
          Class A-1B4 Certificates based on their respective Certificate
          Principal Balances, until their Certificate Principal Balances have
          been reduced to zero; and

               (C) sequentially, first, to the Class A-1C1 Certificates until
          the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero and
          second, to the Class A-1C2 Certificates until the Certificate
          Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero;

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          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 portion of the
          Group One Principal Distribution Amount allocated pursuant to this
          clause (C) shall be allocated pro rata to the Class A-1C1 and Class
          A-1C2 Certificates based on their respective Certificate Principal
          Balances, until their Certificate Principal Balances have been reduced
          to zero;

          (ii) the Group Two Principal Distribution Amount will be distributed
     as follows: pro rata, to the Class A-2A Certificates and the Class A-2B
     Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such class has
     been reduced to zero. Any distributions to the Class A-2B Certificates will
     be distributed as follows: pro rata, to the Class A-2B1 and Class A-2B2
     Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has
     been reduced to zero and then to the Class A-2B2 Certificates until the
     Certificate Principal Balance of each 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 to the
     Class A-2B Certificates are required to be allocated sequentially, first to
     the Class A-2B1 Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance
     thereof has been reduced to zero and second, to the Class A-2B2
     Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been
     reduced to zero; and

          (iii) the Group Three Principal Distribution Amount will be
     distributed to the Class A-3A1 Certificates until the Certificate Principal
     Balance thereof has been reduced to zero, then to the Class A-3A2
     Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been
     reduced to zero and then to the Class A-3A3 Certificates until the
     Certificate Principal Balance thereof 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 have been reduced to zero, any amounts allocated to the Class
     A-3A Certificates will be distributed pro rata to the Class A-3A1, Class
     A-3A2 and Class A-3A3 Certificates;

          (iv) to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-1 Principal
     Distribution Amount;

          (v) to the Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-2 Principal
     Distribution Amount;

          (vi) to the Class B-1 Certificates, the Class B-1 Principal
     Distribution Amount;

          (vii) to the Class B-2 Certificates, the Class B-2 Principal
     Distribution Amount; and

          (viii) any remainder pursuant to Section 4.07(e) hereof.

     (d) [Reserved].

     (e) On each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall make the
following distributions up to the following amounts from the Distribution
Account of the remainders pursuant to Section 4.07(a)(vii) and (c)(viii) hereof
until such remainders shall have been fully distributed for such Distribution
Date:

(i) for distribution as part of the Principal Distribution Amount, the Extra
Principal Distribution Amount;

(ii) to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount;

(iii) to the Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount;

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(iv) to the Class B-1 Certificates, the Class B-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount;

(v) to the Class B-2 Certificates, the Class B-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount;

(vi) from any amounts otherwise distributable to the Class C Certificates, to
pay to the Class A-2, Class A-3, Class M and Class B Certificates, any Floating
Rate Certificate Carryover for each such Class for such Distribution Date, on a
pro rata basis, based on the amount of the Floating Rate Certificate Carryover
for each such Class and to the extent not fully paid pursuant to Section
4.07(h)(i);

(vii) to the Class C Certificates, in the following order of priority, (A) the
Class C Current Interest, (B) the Class C Interest Carry Forward Amount, (C) as
principal on the Class C Certificate until the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class C Certificates has been reduced to zero and (D) the Class C Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount; and

(viii) any remaining amount to the Holders of the Class R Certificate.

     (f) On each Distribution Date, after giving effect to distributions on such
Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator 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-2 Certificates until the Class B-2 Certificate Principal
Balance is reduced to zero;

(iii) to the Class B-1 Certificates until the Class B-1 Certificate Principal
Balance is reduced to zero;

(iv) to the Class M-2 Certificates until the Class M-2 Certificate Principal
Balance is reduced to zero; and

(v) to the Class M-1 Certificates until the Class M-1 Certificate Principal
Balance is reduced to zero.

     (g) Subject to Section 9.02 hereof respecting the final distribution, on
each Distribution Date the Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator 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.

     The Trustee shall promptly notify the NIMs Insurer of any proceeding or the
institution of any action, of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has
actual knowledge, seeking the avoidance as a preferential transfer under
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law (a "Preference
Claim") of any distribution made with respect to the Class C Certificates or the
Class P Certificates. Each Holder of the Class C Certificates or the Class P
Certificates, by its purchase of such Certificates and the Trustee hereby agree
that the NIMs Insurer 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 such 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 NIMs Insurer shall be subrogated to the rights
of the Trustee and each

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Holder of the Class C Certificates and the Class P Certificates in the conduct
of any such 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; provided, however, that the NIMs
Insurer will not have any rights with respect to any Preference Claim set forth
in this paragraph unless the indenture trustee with respect to the NIM Notes or
the holder of any NIMs Notes has been required to relinquish a distribution made
on the Class C Certificates, the Class P Certificates or the NIM Notes, as
applicable, and the NIMs Insurer made a payment in respect of such relinquished
amount.

     (h) The Securities Administrator is hereby directed by the Depositor to
execute each of the Cap Contracts on behalf of the Trust Fund in the forms
presented to it by the Depositor and shall have no responsibility for the
contents, adequacy or sufficiency of the Cap Contracts, including, without
limitation, the representations and warranties contained therein. Any funds
payable by the Securities Administrator under the Cap Contracts at closing shall
be paid by the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein or in any Cap Contract, the Securities Administrator shall not be
required to make any payments to the counterparty under the Cap Contracts. Any
payments received under the terms of the Cap Contracts will be available to pay
the holders of the Class A-2, Class A-3, Class M or Class B Certificates up to
the amount of any Floating Rate Certificate Carryovers for such classes of
certificates remaining after all other distributions required under this Section
4.07 are made on such Distribution Date, other than Floating Rate Certificate
Carryovers attributable to the fact that Applied Realized Loss Amounts are not
allocated to the Class A Certificates. Any amounts received under the terms of
the Cap Contracts on a Distribution Date that are not used to pay such Floating
Rate Certificate Carryovers will be distributed to the holders of the Class C
Certificates. Amounts received on the Class A-2 Cap Contract will only be
available to make payments on the Class A-2 Certificates, amounts received on
the Class A-3 Cap Contract will only be available to make payments on the Class
A-3 Certificates, and amounts received on the Subordinate Certificate Cap
Contract will only be available to make payments on the Class M and Class B
Certificates. Payments in respect of such Floating Rate Certificate Carryovers
from proceeds of a Cap Contract shall be paid as follows:

          (i) first, to the Classes of Class A-2, Class A-3, Class M or Class B
     Certificates related to such Cap Contract, pro rata based upon such
     Floating Rate Certificate Carryovers for each such class of Class A-2,
     Class A-3, Class M or Class B Certificates; and

          (ii) second, any remaining proceeds shall be distributed to the
     holders of the Class C Certificates.

     On or before the Closing Date, the Securities Administrator shall establish
a Cap Contract Account on behalf of the Holders of the Certificates. The Cap
Contract Account must be an Eligible Account. On or prior to the related Cap
Contract Termination Date, amounts, if any, received by the Securities
Administrator for the benefit of the Trust Fund in respect of the related Cap
Contract shall be deposited by the Securities Administrator into the Cap
Contract Account and will be used to pay Floating Rate Certificate Carryovers on
the Class A-2, Class A-3, Class M or Class B Certificates to the extent provided
in the immediately preceding paragraph. With respect to any Distribution Date on
or prior to the related Cap Contract Termination Date, the amount, if any,
payable by the Cap Contract Counterparty under the related Cap Contract will
equal the product of (i) the excess, if any, of (x) One-Month LIBOR (as
determined by the Cap Contract Counterparty and subject to a cap equal to the
rate with respect to such Distribution Date as shown under the heading "1ML
Upper Collar" in the schedule to the related Cap Contract), over (y) the rate
with respect to such Distribution Date as shown under the heading "1ML Strike
Lower Collar" in the schedule to the related Cap Contract, (ii) an amount equal
to the lesser of (x) the related Cap Contract Notional Balance and (y) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the related Classes of Certificates and (iii)
the number of days in such Accrual Period, divided by 360.

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     Amounts on deposit in the Cap Contract Account will remain uninvested
pending distribution to Certificateholders.

     Each Cap Contract is scheduled to remain in effect until the related Cap
Contract Termination Date and will be subject to early termination only in
limited circumstances. Such circumstances include certain insolvency or
bankruptcy events in relation to the Cap Contract Counterparty (after a grace
period of three local Business Days, as defined in the related Cap Contract,
after notice of such failure is received by the Cap Contract Counterparty) to
make a payment due under the related Cap Contract, the failure by the Cap
Contract Counterparty or the Securities Administrator (after a cure period of 20
days after notice of such failure is received) to perform any other agreement
made by it under the related Cap Contract, the termination of the Trust Fund and
the related Cap Contract becoming illegal or subject to certain kinds of
taxation.

     The Securities Administrator shall notify the Cap Contract Counterparty at
least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Floating Rate Payer Payment
Date (as defined in the related Cap Contract) of the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the related classes of Certificates as of the first day of
such Calculation Period (as defined in the related Cap Contract) and shall send
such notification to the Cap Contract Counterparty at the email addresses as
specified in the related Cap Contract; provided, however, that if the Securities
Administrator does not provide such email notification, the Cap Contract
Counterparty is permitted to rely upon the statement of the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Offered Certificates made available on the
Securities Administrator's website.

     SECTION 4.08 Payments. (a) On each Distribution Date, other than the final
Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall distribute to each
Certificateholder of record on the directly preceding Record Date the
Certificateholder's pro rata share of its Class (based on the aggregate
Percentage Interest represented by such Holder's Certificates) of all amounts
required to be distributed on such Distribution Date to such Class, based solely
on information provided to the Securities Administrator by the Master Servicer.
The Securities Administrator shall calculate the amount to be distributed to
each Class and, based on such amounts, the Securities Administrator shall
determine the amount to be distributed to each Certificateholder. All of the
Securities Administrator's calculations of payments shall be based solely on
information provided to the Securities Administrator by the Master Servicer or
the applicable Servicer. The Securities Administrator shall not be required to
confirm, verify or recompute any such information but shall be entitled to rely
conclusively on such information.

     (b) Payment of the above amounts to each Certificateholder shall be made
(i) by check mailed to each Certificateholder entitled thereto at the address
appearing in the Certificate Register or (ii) upon receipt by the Securities
Administrator on or before the fifth Business Day preceding the Record Date of
written instructions from a Certificateholder by wire transfer to a United
States dollar account maintained by the payee at any United States depository
institution with appropriate facilities for receiving such a wire transfer;
provided, however, that the final payment in respect of each Class of
Certificates will be made only upon presentation and surrender of such
respective Certificates at the office or agency of the Securities Administrator
specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final payment.

     SECTION 4.09 Statements to Certificateholders. (a) Concurrently with each
distribution to Certificateholders, the Securities Administrator shall make
available to the parties hereto and each Certificateholder via the Securities
Administrator's internet website as set forth below, the following information:

(i) the amount of the distribution made on such Distribution Date to the Holders
of each Class of Certificates, separately identified, allocable to principal;

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(ii) the amount of the distribution made on such Distribution Date to the
Holders of each Class of Certificates allocable to interest, separately
identified;

(iii) the aggregate amount the Servicing Fee during the related Due Period and
such other customary information as the Trustee deems necessary or desirable, or
which a Certificateholder reasonably requests, to enable Certificateholders to
prepare their tax returns;

(iv) the aggregate amount of Monthly Advances for the related Due Period;

(v) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Group One, Group Two and Group
Three Mortgage Loans at the close of business at the end of the related Due
Period;

(vi) the number, weighted average remaining term to maturity and weighted
average Loan Rate of the Group One, Group Two and Group Three Mortgage Loans as
of the related Due Date;

(vii) the number and aggregate unpaid principal balance of the Group One, Group
Two and Group Three Mortgage Loans (a) one month, two months or three months
delinquent on a contractual basis, (b) as to which foreclosure proceedings have
been commenced and (c) in bankruptcy as of the close of business on the last day
of the calendar month preceding such Distribution Date;

(viii) with respect to any Group One, Group Two and Group Three Mortgage Loan
that became an REO Property during the preceding calendar month, the Stated
Principal Balance of such Group One, Group Two and Group Three Mortgage Loan as
of the date it became an REO Property;

(ix) the book value of any REO Property as of the close of business on the last
Business Day of the calendar month preceding the Distribution Date, and,
cumulatively, the total number and cumulative principal balance of all REO
Properties as of the close of business of the last day of the preceding due
period;

(x) the aggregate amount of Principal Prepayments made during the related
Prepayment Period;

(xi) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred during the related Due
Period and the cumulative amount of Realized Losses;

(xii) the aggregate amount of Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses withdrawn from
the Master Servicer Collection Account for such Distribution Date;

(xiii) the Class Certificate Balance of each Class of Certificates, after giving
effect to the distributions made on such Distribution Date;

(xiv) the aggregate amount of interest accrued at the related Pass-Through Rate
with respect to each Class during the related Interest Accrual Period and the
respective portions thereof, if any, remaining unpaid following the
distributions made in respect of such Certificates on such Distribution Date;

(xv) the aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for such
Distribution Date as determined separately for each Loan Group, to the extent
not covered by Compensating Interest Payments by the related Servicer or the
Master Servicer pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement or Section 6.06;

(xvi) the Group One, Group Two and Group Three Available Funds;

(xvii) the Pass-Through Rate for each Class of Certificates for such
Distribution Date;

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(xviii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Group One, Group Two and
Group Three Mortgage Loans purchased by the Seller during the related Due Period
and indicating the Section of this Agreement requiring or allowing the purchase
of each such Group One, Group Two and Group Three Mortgage Loan;

(xix) the amount of the MI Insurer Fee paid to the MI Insurer;

(xx) the number and aggregate Stated Principal Balance of Mortgage Loans covered
by the MI Policy as of the end of the related Due Period; and

(xxi) (A) the amount of any claims paid by the MI Insurer pursuant to the MI
Policy with respect to principal; (B) the amount of any claims paid by the MI
Insurer pursuant to the MI Policy with respect to interest, and (C) solely to
the extent provided by the Master Servicer, the amount of any claims made under
the MI Policy and the amount of any claims rejected under the MI Policy, each as
of such Distribution Date.

     The information set forth above shall be calculated or reported, as the
case may be, by the Securities Administrator, based solely on, and to the extent
of, information provided to the Securities Administrator by the Master Servicer.
The Securities Administrator may conclusively rely on such information and shall
not be required to confirm, verify or recalculate any such information.

     The Securities Administrator may make available each month, to any
interested party, the Monthly Statement to Certificateholders via the Securities
Administrator's website initially located at "www.ctslink.com." Assistance in
using the website can be obtained by calling the Securities Administrator's
customer service desk at (301) 815-6600. Parties that are unable to use the
above distribution option are entitled to have a paper copy mailed to them via
first class mail by calling the customer service desk and indicating such. The
Securities Administrator shall have the right to change the way such reports are
distributed in order to make such distribution more convenient and/or more
accessible to the parties, and the Securities Administrator shall provide timely
and adequate notification to all parties regarding any such change.

     (b) By January 30 of each year beginning in 2006, if so requested in
writing, the Securities Administrator will furnish such report to each Holder of
the Certificates of record at any time during the prior calendar year as to the
aggregate of amounts reported pursuant to subclauses (a)(ii) and (a)(v) above
with respect to the Certificates, plus information with respect to the amount of
servicing compensation and such other customary information as the Securities
Administrator may determine to be necessary and/or to be required by the
Internal Revenue Service or by a federal or state law or rules or regulations to
enable such Holders to prepare their tax returns for such calendar year. Such
obligations shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that
substantially comparable information shall be provided by the Securities
Administrator pursuant to the requirements of the Code.

     (c) The Master Servicer shall make available to the NIMs Insurer a copy of
the Monthly Statement.

     SECTION 4.10 Monthly Advances. If the Monthly Payment on a Mortgage Loan
that was due on a related Due Date and is delinquent other than as a result of
application of the Relief Act and for which the related Servicer was required to
make an advance pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement exceeds the amount
deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account that will be used for a
Monthly Advance with respect to such Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer will
deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account not later than the
Distribution Account Deposit Date immediately preceding the related Distribution
Date an amount equal to such deficiency, net of the Servicing Fee for such
Mortgage Loan, except to the extent the Master Servicer determines any such
Monthly Advance to be

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nonrecoverable from Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or future payments
on the Mortgage Loan for which such Monthly Advance was made. If the Master
Servicer has not deposited the amount described above as of the related
Distribution Account Deposit Date, the Trustee will deposit in the Master
Servicer Collection Account not later than the related Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the remaining deficiency as of the Distribution Account Deposit
Date. Subject to the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall continue to make such
Monthly Advances through the date that the related Servicer is required to do so
under its Servicing Agreement. If applicable, on the Distribution Account
Deposit Date, the Master Servicer shall present an Officer's Certificate to the
Trustee (i) stating that the Master Servicer elects not to make a Monthly
Advance in a stated amount and (ii) detailing the reason it deems the advance to
be nonrecoverable.

     SECTION 4.11 Compensating Interest Payments. The Master Servicer shall
deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account not later than each
Distribution Account Deposit Date an amount equal to the aggregate amounts
required to be paid by the Servicers under the Servicing Agreements with respect
to subclause (a) of the definition of Prepayment Interest Shortfall with respect
to the Mortgage Loans for the related Distribution Date, and not so paid by the
related Servicers (such amount, the "Compensating Interest Payment"). The Master
Servicer shall not be entitled to any reimbursement of any Compensating Interest
Payment.

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                                    ARTICLE V

                                THE CERTIFICATES

     SECTION 5.01 The Certificates.

     The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature on
behalf of the Securities Administrator 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
Securities Administrator shall bind the Trust Fund, 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 Securities Administrator 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 Securities
Administrator shall authenticate the Certificates to be issued at the written
direction of the Depositor, or any Affiliate thereof.

     SECTION 5.02 Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of
Certificates.

     (a) The Securities Administrator shall maintain, or cause to be maintained
in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.09 hereof, a Certificate Register
for the Trust Fund in which, subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and
(c) below and to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Securities
Administrator 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 Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator. Whenever any
Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Securities Administrator shall
execute, 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 Securities
Administrator 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 the Securities Administrator in
accordance with such Securities Administrator's customary procedures.

     (b) No Transfer of a Class C, Class P or Class R 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
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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 C, Class P or Class R Certificate by
Merrill Lynch & Co. or, in connection with a transfer of a Class C, Class P or
Class R 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 each Securities Administrator in writing the facts
surrounding the Transfer in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit E-3 (the
"Transferor Certificate") and (i) deliver a letter in substantially the form of
either Exhibit F-2 (the "Investment Letter") or Exhibit F-3 (the "Rule 144A
Letter") or (ii) there shall be delivered to the Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator. The Depositor shall provide to any
Holder of a Class C, Class P or Class R 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
Securities Administrator shall cooperate with the Depositor in providing the
Rule 144A information referenced in the preceding sentence, including providing
to the Depositor such information in the possession of the Securities
Administrator 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 C, Class P or
Class R Certificate desiring to effect such Transfer shall, and does hereby
agree to, indemnify the Depositor and the Securities Administrator 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.

     No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate or a Class R Certificate
will be registered unless the Securities Administrator 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")
(collectively, a "Plan"), and is not directly or indirectly acquiring such
Certificate for, on behalf of, or with any assets of any such Plan, or (B)
solely in the case of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (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 contained in 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 a
Definitive Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Securities
Administrator, and upon which the Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator, the
Servicers, the NIMs Insurer, the Trustee 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 Securities Administrator, the Master
Servicer, the NIMs Insurer, the Trustee 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(b), other
than clause (B)(II) in the immediately preceding paragraph, shall be deemed to
have been made to the Securities Administrator by the transferee's acceptance of
an ERISA Restricted Certificate or a Class R Certificate (or the acceptance by a
Certificate Owner of the beneficial interest in any Class of ERISA Restricted
Certificates or a Class R Certificate). Notwithstanding any other provision
herein to the contrary, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted
Certificate or a Class R Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the
delivery to the Securities Administrator of a representation or an Opinion of
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described above shall be void and of no effect. The Securities Administrator
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(b), nor shall the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator be under any liability 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 by the Securities Administrator in accordance with the foregoing
requirements. The Trustee or the Securities Administrator 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 Certificate in
violation of this Section 5.02(b) all payments made on such ERISA Restricted
Certificate or a 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 Certificate that is not a Plan.

     (c) 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
Securities Administrator 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 Securities
Administrator shall not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate unless,
in addition to the certificates required to be delivered to the Securities
Administrator under subparagraph (b) above, the Securities Administrator 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 Securities
Administrator 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(c)(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
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 Securities Administrator with a duly
completed and effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or any successor
thereto) and the Securities Administrator 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(c) 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(c), then the last preceding
Permitted Transferee shall be

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restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration
of Transfer of such Class R Certificate. The Securities Administrator 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(b) and this Section
5.02(c) 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 Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator shall be paid and
delivered by the Securities Administrator 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 may be severed and represented by separate
certificates (with the certificate that represents the Residual Interest also
representing all rights of the Class R Certificate to distributions attributable
to a Pass-Through 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 Securities Administrator and the NIMs Insurer receive 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 Trust Fund
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(b) and (c) 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
shall be severed and represented by separate Certificates.

     The restrictions on Transfers of a Class R Certificate set forth in this
Section 5.02(c) 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 Securities Administrator and the NIMs Insurer of an
Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the
Securities Administrator 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 Trust Fund, any REMIC provided for
herein, a Certificateholder or another Person. Each Person 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
Securities Administrator, 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.

     (d) The transferor of the Class R Certificate shall notify the Securities
Administrator in writing upon the transfer of the Class R Certificate.

     (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
Trust Fund, the Depositor or the Securities Administrator.

     SECTION 5.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.

     If (a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Securities
Administrator or the Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator and
the NIMs Insurer such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save
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notice to the Securities Administrator that such Certificate has been acquired
by a bona fide purchaser, the Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator) 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 Securities Administrator under the
terms of this Section 5.03 shall be canceled and destroyed by the Securities
Administrator in accordance with its standard procedures without liability on
its part.

     SECTION 5.04 Persons Deemed Owners.

     The NIMs Insurer, the Securities Administrator and any agent of the NIMs
Insurer or the Securities Administrator 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 none of the NIMs Insurer or the Securities Administrator, nor
any agent of the NIMs Insurer or the Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator, (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 or the Depositor shall request such information in writing from the
Securities Administrator, then the Securities Administrator shall, within ten
Business Days after the receipt of such request, provide the NIMs Insurer or the
Depositor or such Certificateholders at such recipients' expense the most recent
list of the Certificateholders of the Trust Fund held by the Securities
Administrator, if any. The Depositor and every Certificateholder, by receiving
and holding a Certificate, agree that the Securities Administrator 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 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 Securities Administrator 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;

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     (c) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred by
the Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator 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
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.

     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 and the Securities Administrator 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 Securities
Administrator 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 Securities Administrator or the Depositor
is unable to locate a qualified successor, (b) the Depositor notifies the
Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator shall notify
all Certificate Owners of such Book-Entry Certificates and the NIMs Insurer,
through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the
availability of Definitive Certificates to Certificate Owners of such Class
requesting the same. The Depositor shall provide the Securities Administrator
with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and
transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon surrender to the Securities
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such Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by registration instructions
from the Depository for registration, the Securities Administrator shall
authenticate and deliver such Definitive Certificates. Neither the Depositor nor
the Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator, to the extent applicable with respect to such
Definitive Certificates and the Securities Administrator shall recognize the
Holders of such Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder.

     SECTION 5.09 Maintenance of Office or Agency.

     The Securities Administrator 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 Securities
Administrator initially designates its offices at Sixth Street and Marquette
Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, Attention: Corporate Trust Services -
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2005-A8 as offices for such
purposes. The Securities Administrator will give prompt written notice to the
Certificateholders of any change in such location of any such office or agency.

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                                   ARTICLE VI

                      THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR

     SECTION 6.01 Liabilities of the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall
be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations
specifically imposed upon and undertaken by the Master Servicer, as the case may
be, herein. The Depositor shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the
extent of the obligations specifically imposed upon and undertaken by the
Depositor.

     SECTION 6.02 Merger or Consolidation of the Master Servicer.

     (a) The Master Servicer and the Depositor will keep in full force and
effect its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws of
the state of its incorporation, and will 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, the Certificates or any of the Mortgage Loans
and to perform its duties under this Agreement.

     (b) Any Person into which the Master Servicer or the Depositor may be
merged or consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger or
consolidation to which the Master Servicer shall be a party, or any Person
succeeding to the business of the Master Servicer, shall be the successor of the
Master Servicer hereunder, 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.

     SECTION 6.03 Indemnification from the Master Servicer and the Depositor.
(a) The Master Servicer agrees to indemnify the Indemnified Persons for, and to
hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense (including reasonable
legal fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred on their part that may be
sustained in connection with, arising out of, or relating to, any claim or legal
action (including any pending or threatened claim or legal action) relating to
this Agreement or the Certificates (i) related to the Master Servicer's failure
to perform its duties in compliance with this Agreement (except as any such
loss, liability or expense shall be otherwise reimbursable pursuant to this
Agreement) or (ii) incurred by reason of the Master Servicer's willful
misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties
hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties
hereunder, provided, in each case, that with respect to any such claim or legal
action (or pending or threatened claim or legal action), the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator shall have given the Master Servicer and the Depositor
written notice of such claim or legal action promptly after the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator shall have received knowledge thereof. This indemnity
shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee, Master Servicer or the
Securities Administrator and the termination of this Agreement.

     (b) The Depositor will indemnify any Indemnified Person for any loss,
liability or expense of any Indemnified Person not otherwise referred to in
Subsection (a) above.

     SECTION 6.04 Limitations on Liability of the Master Servicer and Others.
Subject to the obligation of the Master Servicer to indemnify the Indemnified
Persons pursuant to Section 6.03:

     (a) Neither the Master Servicer nor any of the directors, officers,
employees or agents of the Master Servicer shall be under any liability to the
Indemnified Persons, the Depositor, the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders for
taking any action or for refraining from taking any action in good faith
pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that
this provision shall not protect the Master Servicer or any such Person against
any breach of warranties or representations made herein or

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any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of such Person's
willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties
or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder.

     (b) The Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the
Master 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.

     (c) The Master Servicer, the Custodian and any director, officer, employee
or agent of the Master Servicer or the Custodian, shall be indemnified by the
Trust Fund and held harmless thereby against any loss, liability or expense
(including reasonable legal fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred on their
part that may be sustained in connection with, arising out of, or related to,
any claim or legal action (including any pending or threatened claim or legal
action) relating to this Agreement, the Certificates or any Servicing Agreement
(except to the extent that the Master Servicer or the Custodian, as the case may
be, is indemnified by a Servicer thereunder), other than (i) any such loss,
liability or expense related to the Master Servicer's failure to perform its
duties in compliance with this Agreement (except as any such loss, liability or
expense shall be otherwise reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement), or to the
Custodian's failure to perform its duties under the Custodial Agreement,
respectively, or (ii) any such loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of
the Master Servicer's or the Custodian's willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross
negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or under the Custodial
Agreement, as applicable, or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and
duties hereunder or under the Custodial Agreement, as applicable.

     (d) The Master Servicer shall not be under any obligation to appear in,
prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its duties under
this Agreement and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or
liability; provided, however, the Master Servicer may in its discretion,
undertake any such action which it may deem necessary or desirable with respect
to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the
interests of 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 Trust Fund, and the Master Servicer shall
be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the Master Servicer Collection
Account as provided by Section 4.03. Nothing in this Subsection 6.04(d) shall
affect the Master Servicer's obligation to supervise, or to take such actions as
are necessary to ensure, the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans
pursuant to Subsection 3.01(a).

     (e) In taking or recommending any course of action pursuant to this
Agreement, unless specifically required to do so pursuant to this Agreement, the
Master Servicer shall not be required to investigate or make recommendations
concerning potential liabilities which the Trust Fund might incur as a result of
such course of action by reason of the condition of the Mortgaged Properties but
shall give notice to the Trustee if it has notice of such potential liabilities.

     (f) The Master Servicer shall not be liable for any acts or omissions of
any Servicer, except as otherwise expressly provided herein.

     SECTION 6.05 Master Servicer Not to Resign. Except as provided in Section
6.07, the Master Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties
hereby imposed on it except upon a determination that any such duties hereunder
are no longer permissible under applicable law and such impermissibility cannot
be cured. Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Master
Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Independent Counsel to such effect
delivered to the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer, if any. No such resignation by
the Master Servicer shall become effective until MLMLI or the Trustee or a
successor to the Master Servicer reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the
NIMs Insurer shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the
Master Servicer in accordance with Section 7.02 hereof. The Trustee shall notify
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Servicer. If the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator are the same
entity, then at any time the Master Servicer is terminated as master servicer,
the Securities Administrator shall likewise be removed as securities
administrator.

     SECTION 6.06 Successor Master Servicer. In connection with the appointment
of any successor Master Servicer or the assumption of the duties of the Master
Servicer, MLMLI or the Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation
of such successor master servicer out of payments on the Mortgage Loans as MLMLI
or the Trustee and such successor master servicer shall agree. If the successor
master servicer does not agree that such market value is a fair price, such
successor master servicer shall obtain two quotations of market value from third
parties actively engaged in the servicing of single-family mortgage loans.

     SECTION 6.07 Sale and Assignment of Master Servicing. The Master Servicer
may sell and assign its rights and delegate its duties and obligations in its
entirety as Master Servicer under this Agreement; provided, however, that: (i)
the purchaser or transferee accepting such assignment and delegation (a) shall
be a Person which shall be qualified to service mortgage loans for Fannie Mae or
Freddie Mac; (b) shall have a net worth of not less than $10,000,000 (unless
otherwise approved by each Rating Agency pursuant to clause (ii) below); (c)
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (as evidenced in a writing
signed by the Trustee); and (d) shall execute and deliver to the Trustee an
agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, which
contains an assumption by such Person of the due and punctual performance and
observance of each covenant and condition to be performed or observed by it as
master servicer under this Agreement, any custodial agreement from and after the
effective date of such agreement; (ii) each Rating Agency shall be given prior
written notice of the identity of the proposed successor to the Master Servicer
and each Rating Agency's rating of the Certificates in effect immediately prior
to such assignment, sale and delegation will not be downgraded, qualified or
withdrawn as a result of such assignment, sale and delegation, as evidenced by a
letter to such effect delivered to the Master Servicer and the Trustee; and
(iii) the Master Servicer assigning and selling the master servicing shall
deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Independent
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to such action under this
Agreement have been completed and such action is permitted by and complies with
the terms of this Agreement. No such assignment or delegation shall affect any
liability of the Master Servicer arising prior to the effective date thereof.

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                                   ARTICLE VII

                                     DEFAULT

     SECTION 7.01 Events of Default. "Event of Default," wherever used herein,
means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of
Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by
operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body) and
only with respect to the defaulting Master Servicer:

(i) The Master Servicer fails to cause to be deposited in the Distribution
Account any amount so required to be deposited pursuant to this Agreement, and
such failure continues unremedied for a period of three Business Days after the
date upon which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be
remedied, shall have been given to the Master Servicer; or

(ii) The Master Servicer fails to observe or perform in any material respect any
other material covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement to be
performed by it, which covenants and agreements materially affect the rights of
Certificateholders, and such failure continues unremedied for a period of 60
days after the date on which written notice of such failure, properly requiring
the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Master Servicer by the
Trustee or to the Master Servicer and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates
evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 25% of the Trust Fund
or by the NIMs Insurer; or

(iii) There is entered against the Master Servicer a decree or order by a court
or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the
appointment of a conservator, 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, and the
continuance of any such decree or order is unstayed and in effect for a period
of 60 consecutive days, or an involuntary case is commenced against the Master
Servicer under any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute and the
petition is not dismissed within 60 days after the commencement of the case; or

(iv) The Master Servicer consents to the appointment of a conservator or
receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of
assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Master
Servicer or substantially all of its property; or the Master Servicer admits in
writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, files a
petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization
statute, makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily
suspends payment of its obligations; or

(v) The Master Servicer assigns or delegates its duties or rights under this
Agreement in contravention of the provisions permitting such assignment or
delegation under Sections 6.05 or 6.07.

In each and every such case, so long as such Event of Default with respect to
the Master Servicer shall not have been remedied, either the Trustee (with the
written consent of the NIMs Insurer, except after a NIMs Insurer Default), the
NIMs Insurer or the Holders of Certificates evidencing Percentage Interests
aggregating not less than 51% of the principal of the Trust Fund (with the
written consent of the NIMs Insurer, except after a NIMs Insurer Default), by
notice in writing to the Master Servicer (and to the Trustee if given by such
Certificateholders), with a copy to the Rating Agencies, and with the consent of
MLMLI, may terminate all of the rights and obligations (but not the liabilities)
of the Master Servicer under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans
and/or the REO Property serviced by the Master Servicer and the proceeds
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authority and power of the Master Servicer under this Agreement, whether with
respect to the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans, REO Property or under any other
related agreements (but only to the extent that such other agreements relate to
the Mortgage Loans or related REO Property) shall, subject to Section 7.02,
automatically and without further action pass to and be vested in the Trustee
pursuant to this Section 7.01; and, without limitation, the Trustee is hereby
authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Master
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. The Master Servicer agrees to cooperate with
the Trustee in effecting the termination of the Master Servicer's rights and
obligations hereunder, including, without limitation, the transfer to the
Trustee of (i) the property and amounts which are then or should be part of the
Trust or which thereafter become part of the Trust; and (ii) originals or copies
of all documents of the Master Servicer reasonably requested by the Trustee to
enable it to assume the Master Servicer's duties thereunder. In addition to any
other amounts which are then, or, notwithstanding the termination of its
activities under this Agreement, may become payable to the Master Servicer under
this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive, out of any
amount received on account of a Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, that
portion of such payments which it would have received as reimbursement under
this Agreement if notice of termination had not been given. The termination of
the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer shall not affect any
obligations incurred by the Master Servicer prior to such termination.

     SECTION 7.02 Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor. (a) Upon the receipt
by the Master Servicer of a notice of termination pursuant to Section 7.01 or an
Opinion of Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 6.05 to the effect that the
Master Servicer is legally unable to act or to delegate its duties to a Person
which is legally able to act, the Trustee shall automatically become the
successor in all respects to the Master Servicer in its capacity under this
Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for herein and shall
thereafter be subject to all the responsibilities, duties, liabilities and
limitations on liabilities relating thereto placed on the Master Servicer by the
terms and provisions hereof; provided, however, that MLMLI shall have the right
to either (a) immediately assume the duties of the Master Servicer or (b) select
a successor Master Servicer; provided further, however, that the Trustee shall
have no obligation whatsoever with respect to any liability (other than advances
deemed recoverable and not previously made) incurred by the Master Servicer at
or prior to the time of termination. As compensation therefor, the Trustee shall
be entitled to all funds relating to the Mortgage Loans which the Master
Servicer would have been entitled to retain if the Master Servicer had continued
to act hereunder, except for those amounts due the Master Servicer as
reimbursement permitted under this Agreement for advances previously made or
expenses previously incurred. Notwithstanding the above, or anything herein to
the contrary, the Trustee, if it becomes Master Servicer, shall have no
responsibility or obligation (i) to repurchase or substitute any Mortgage Loan,
(ii) for any representation or warranty of the Master Servicer hereunder, and
(iii) for any act or omission of either a predecessor or successor Master
Servicer other than the Trustee. The Trustee may conduct any activity required
of it as Master Servicer hereunder through an Affiliate or through an agent.
Neither the Trustee nor any other successor Master Servicer shall be deemed to
be in default hereunder due to any act or omission of a predecessor Master
Servicer, including but not limited to failure to timely deliver to the Trustee
distribution instructions, any funds required to be deposited to the Trust Fund,
or any breach of its duty to cooperate with a transfer of master servicing.
Notwithstanding the above, the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling so to act,
or shall, if it is legally unable so to act, appoint or petition a court of
competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established housing and home finance
institution which is a Fannie Mae- or Freddie Mac-approved servicer, the
appointment of which successor shall be approved by the NIMs Insurer, and with
respect to a successor to the Master Servicer only, having a net worth of not
less than $10,000,000, as the successor to the Master Servicer hereunder in the
assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of
the Master Servicer hereunder; provided, that the Trustee shall obtain a letter
from each Rating Agency that the ratings, if any, on each of the Certificates
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lowered as a result of the selection of the successor to the Master Servicer. No
appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer hereunder shall be effective
until the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have consented thereto and prior
written consent of the NIMs Insurer is obtained. Pending appointment of a
successor to the Master Servicer hereunder, the Trustee shall 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 the Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall
agree; provided, however, in the event that the provisions of Section 6.06 shall
apply, no such compensation shall be in excess of that permitted the Trustee
under this Subsection 7.02(a), and that such successor shall undertake and
assume the obligations of the Trustee to pay compensation to any third Person
acting as an agent or independent contractor in the performance of master
servicing responsibilities hereunder. The Trustee and such successor shall take
such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate
any such succession.

     (b) If the Trustee shall succeed to any duties of the Master Servicer
respecting the Mortgage Loans as provided herein, it shall do so in a separate
capacity and not in its capacity as Trustee and, accordingly, the provisions of
Article IX shall be inapplicable to the Trustee in its duties as the successor
to the Master Servicer in the servicing of the Mortgage Loans (although such
provisions shall continue to apply to the Trustee in its capacity as Trustee);
the provisions of Article VII, however, shall apply to it in its capacity as
successor master servicer.

     SECTION 7.03 Notification to Certificateholders. Upon any termination or
appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall give prompt
written notice thereof to Certificateholders at their respective addresses
appearing in the Certificate Register, the NIMs Insurer, if any, and to the
Rating Agencies.

     SECTION 7.04 Waiver of Defaults. The Trustee shall transmit by mail to all
Certificateholders and the NIMs Insurer, within 60 days after the occurrence of
any Event of Default known to the Trustee, unless such Event of Default shall
have been cured, notice of each such Event of Default hereunder known to the
Trustee. The Holders of Certificates evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating
not less than 51% of the Trust Fund may, on behalf of all Certificateholders,
waive any default by the Master Servicer in the performance of its obligations
hereunder and the consequences thereof, except a default in the making of or the
causing to be made any required distribution on the Certificates. Upon any such
waiver of a past default, such default shall be deemed to cease to exist, and
any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been timely
remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon except to the
extent expressly so waived. The Trustee shall give notice of any such waiver to
the Rating Agencies.

     SECTION 7.05 List of Certificateholders. Upon written request of three or
more Certificateholders of record, for purposes of communicating with other
Certificateholders with respect to their rights under this Agreement, the
Trustee will afford such Certificateholders access during business hours to the
most recent list of Certificateholders held by the Trustee.

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                                  ARTICLE VIII

                           CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND
                          THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR

     SECTION 8.01 Duties of Trustee. (a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of
an Event of Default and after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default
which may have occurred, and the Securities Administrator each undertake to
perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Agreement as duties of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator,
respectively. If an Event of Default has occurred and has not been cured or
waived, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by
this Agreement, and subject to Section 7.02(b) use the same degree of care and
skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise under the
circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

     (b) Upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions,
reports, documents, orders or other instruments which are specifically required
to be furnished to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator,
respectively, shall examine them to determine whether they are in the form
required by this Agreement; provided, however, that neither the Trustee nor the
Securities Administrator shall be responsible for the accuracy or content of any
resolution, certificate, statement, opinion, report, document, order or other
instrument furnished by the Master Servicer; provided, further, that neither the
Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be responsible for the accuracy
or verification of any calculation provided to it pursuant to this Agreement. If
any such instrument is found not to conform to the requirements of this
Agreement in a material manner, the Trustee shall take such action as it deems
appropriate to have the instrument corrected and if the instrument is not
corrected to its satisfaction, the Trustee will provide notice thereof to the
NIMs Insurer and the Certificateholders and take such further action as directed
by the NIMs Insurer and the Certificateholders.

     (c) On each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall make
monthly distributions and the final distribution to the Certificateholders from
funds in the Distribution Account as provided in Sections 4.07 and 9.01 herein
based solely on the report of the Master Servicer or the Servicers.

     (d) No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee or the Securities Administrator from liability for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct;
provided, however, that:

(i) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, and after the curing or
waiver of all such Events of Default which may have occurred, the duties and
obligations of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall be determined
solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, neither the Trustee nor the
Securities Administrator shall be liable except for the performance of their
respective 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 or the Securities Administrator and, in the absence of bad
faith on the part of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively,
the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, may conclusively
rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions
expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee or
the Securities Administrator, respectively, and conforming to the requirements
of this Agreement;

(ii) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be liable in its
individual capacity for an error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible
Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee

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or an officer of the Securities Administrator, respectively, unless it shall be
proved that the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(iii) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be liable with
respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith
in accordance with the directions of the NIMs Insurer or the Holders of
Certificates evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 25% of
the Trust Fund, if such action or non-action relates to the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or
the Securities Administrator, respectively, or exercising any trust or other
power conferred upon the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively,
under this Agreement;

(iv) The Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be deemed to have
notice or knowledge of any default or Event of Default unless a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee's Corporate Trust Office shall have actual knowledge
thereof. In the absence of such notice, the Trustee may conclusively assume
there is no such default or Event of Default;

(v) The Trustee shall not in any way be liable by reason of any insufficiency in
any Account held by or in the name of Trustee unless it is determined by a court
of competent jurisdiction that the Trustee's gross negligence or willful
misconduct was the primary cause of such insufficiency (except to the extent
that the Trustee is obligor and has defaulted thereon);

(vi) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event
shall the Trustee or the Securities Administrator be liable for special,
indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but
not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator, respectively, has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or
damage and regardless of the form of action; and

(vii) None of the Securities Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer,
any Servicer or the Trustee shall be responsible for the acts or omissions of
the other, it being understood that this Agreement shall not be construed to
render them partners, joint venturers or agents of one another.

     Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be required to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment
of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it, and none of the provisions contained in this Agreement
shall in any event require the Trustee or the Securities Administrator to
perform, or be responsible for the manner of performance of, any of the
obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder or under the Servicing Agreements,
except during such time, if any, as the Trustee shall be the successor to, and
be vested with the rights, duties, powers and privileges of, the Master Servicer
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

     (e) All funds received by the Master Servicer and the Securities
Administrator and required to be deposited in the Master Servicer Collection
Account or Distribution Account pursuant to this Agreement will be promptly so
deposited by the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator.

     (f) Except for those actions that the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator is required to take hereunder, neither the Trustee nor the
Securities Administrator shall have any obligation or liability to take any
action or to refrain from taking any action hereunder in the absence of written
direction as provided hereunder.

     SECTION 8.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:

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(i) The Trustee and the Securities Administrator may rely and shall be protected
in acting or refraining from acting in reliance on any resolution, certificate
of a Depositor, Master Servicer or Servicer, 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 and the Securities Administrator may consult with counsel and
any advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection with respect to any action taken or suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or
Opinion of Counsel;

(iii) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be under any
obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this
Agreement, other than its obligation to give notices pursuant to this Agreement,
or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation
hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders or
the NIMs Insurer pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless such
Certificateholders or NIMs Insurer shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be
incurred therein or thereby. Nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve
the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default of
which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee's Corporate Trust Office has actual
knowledge (which has not been cured or waived), subject to Section 8.02(b), to
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and to
use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person
would exercise under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs;

(iv) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder and after the
curing or waiver of all Events of Default which may have occurred, neither the
Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be liable in its individual
capacity 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;

(v) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be bound to make
any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent,
order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to
do so by Holders of Certificates evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not
less than 25% of the Trust Fund or the NIMs Insurer and provided that the
payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator,
as applicable, of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it
in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator, as applicable, reasonably assured to the Trustee or
the Securities Administrator, as applicable, by the security afforded to it by
the terms of this Agreement. The Trustee or the Securities Administrator may
require reasonable indemnity against such expense or liability as a condition to
taking any such action. The reasonable expense of every such examination shall
be paid by the Certificateholders or the NIMs Insurer requesting the
investigation;

(vi) The Trustee and the Securities Administrator may execute any of the trusts
or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or through
Affiliates, agents or attorneys; provided, however, that the Trustee may not
appoint any agent to perform its custodial functions with respect to the
Mortgage Files or paying agent functions under this Agreement without the
express written consent of the Master Servicer, which consent will not be
unreasonably withheld. Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator
shall be liable or responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any of the
Trustee's or the Securities Administrator's agents or attorneys or a custodian
or paying agent appointed hereunder by the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator with due care and, when required, with the consent of the Master
Servicer;

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(vii) Should the Trustee or the Securities Administrator deem the nature of any
action required on its part, other than a payment or transfer under Subsection
4.01(b) or Section 4.02, to be unclear, the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator, respectively, may require prior to such action that it be
provided by the Depositor with reasonable further instructions;

(viii) The right of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator to perform any
discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty,
and neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be accountable
for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of any
such act;

(ix) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be required to
give any bond or surety with respect to the execution of the trust created
hereby or the powers granted hereunder, except as provided in Section 8.07; and

(x) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall have any duty to
conduct any affirmative investigation as to the occurrence of any condition
requiring the repurchase of any Mortgage Loan by the Seller pursuant to this
Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, as applicable, or the
eligibility of any Mortgage Loan for purposes of this Agreement.

     SECTION 8.03 Trustee and Securities Administrator Not Liable for
Certificates or Mortgage Loans. The recitals contained herein and in the
Certificates (other than the signature and countersignature of the Trustee on
the Certificates) shall be taken as the statements of the Depositor, and neither
the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall have any responsibility for
their correctness. Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator makes
any representation as to the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates (other
than the signature and countersignature of the Trustee on the Certificates) or
of any Mortgage Loan except as expressly provided in Sections 2.02 and 2.05
hereof; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not relieve the Trustee or
the Custodian of the obligation to review the Mortgage Files pursuant to
Sections 2.02 and 2.04. The Trustee's signature and countersignature (or
countersignature of its agent) on the Certificates shall be solely in its
capacity as Trustee of the Trust Fund and shall not constitute the Certificates
an obligation of the Trustee in any other capacity. Neither the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator shall be accountable for the use or application by the
Depositor of any of the Certificates or of the proceeds of such Certificates, or
for the use or application of any funds paid to the Depositor with respect to
the Mortgage Loans. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.05, neither the
Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall not be responsible for the
legality or validity of this Agreement or any document or instrument relating to
this Agreement, the validity of the execution of this Agreement or of any
supplement hereto or instrument of further assurance, the validity, priority,
perfection or sufficiency of the security for the Certificates issued hereunder
or intended to be issued hereunder, or of any guaranty of a NIMs Insurer or
related document other than with respect to the Trustee's execution and
authentication of the Certificates. Neither the Trustee nor the Securities
Administrator shall at any time have any responsibility or liability for or with
respect to the legality, validity and enforceability of any Mortgage or any
Mortgage Loan, or the perfection and priority of any Mortgage or the maintenance
of any such perfection and priority, or for or with respect to the sufficiency
of the Trust Fund or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to
Certificateholders, under this Agreement. Neither the Trustee nor the Securities
Administrator shall have any responsibility for filing any financing or
continuation statement in any public office at any time or to otherwise perfect
or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien granted to it
hereunder or to record this Agreement.

     SECTION 8.04 Trustee and Securities Administrator May Own Certificates. The
Trustee and the Securities Administrator in its individual capacity or in any
capacity other than as Trustee hereunder may become the owner or pledgee of any
Certificates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee or the
Securities Administrator, as applicable, and may otherwise deal with the parties
hereto.

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     SECTION 8.05 Trustee's and Securities Administrator's Fees and Expenses.
The fees and expenses of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall be
paid by the Master Servicer in accordance with a side letter agreement. In
addition, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator will be entitled to
recover from the Master Servicer Collection Account pursuant to Section 4.03(b)
all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances and the
expenses of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, respectively, in
connection with any Event of Default, any breach of this Agreement or any claim
or legal action (including any pending or threatened claim or legal action)
incurred or made by the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively,
in the administration of the trusts hereunder (including the reasonable
compensation, expenses and disbursements of its counsel) except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or intentional
misconduct or which is the responsibility of the Certificateholders or the Trust
Fund hereunder. If funds in the Master Servicer Collection Account are
insufficient therefor, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall
recover such expenses from the Depositor. Such compensation and reimbursement
obligation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the
compensation of a trustee of an express trust.

     SECTION 8.06 Eligibility Requirements for Trustee and Securities
Administrator. (a) The Trustee and any successor Trustee and the Securities
Administrator and any successor Securities Administrator shall during the entire
duration of this Agreement be a state bank or trust company or a national
banking association organized and doing business under the laws of such state or
the United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of at
least $40,000,000 or, in the case of a successor Trustee, $50,000,000, subject
to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and, in the case of
the Trustee, rated "BBB" or higher by S&P and Fitch with respect to their
long-term rating and rated "BBB" or higher by S&P and Fitch with respect to any
outstanding long-term unsecured unsubordinated debt, and, in the case of a
successor Trustee or successor Securities Administrator other than pursuant to
Section 8.10, rated in one of the two highest long-term debt categories of, or
otherwise acceptable to, each of the Rating Agencies and reasonably acceptable
to the NIMs Insurer. If the Trustee publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or
examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 8.06 the combined
capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its total equity
capital (combined capital and surplus) as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. In case at any time the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 8.06, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.08.

     (b) In addition, the Securities Administrator (i) may not be an Originator,
Seller, Master Servicer, Servicer, the Depositor or an affiliate of the
Depositor unless the Securities Administrator is in an institutional trust
department of the relevant entity, (ii) must be authorized to exercise corporate
trust powers under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and (iii) must
be rated at least "A/F1" by Fitch, if Fitch is a Rating Agency, or the
equivalent rating by S&P or Moody's, or such other rating as is acceptable to
Fitch as provided in an Rating Agency Confirmation. If no successor Securities
Administrator shall have been appointed and shall have accepted appointment
within 60 days after the Securities Administrator ceases to be the Securities
Administrator pursuant to Section 8.08, then the Trustee shall perform the
duties of the Securities Administrator pursuant to this Agreement until such
time as a new Securities Administrator is appointed. The Trustee shall notify
the Rating Agencies of any change of Securities Administrator.

     SECTION 8.07 Insurance. The Trustee and the Securities Administrator, at
their own expense, shall at all times maintain and keep in full force and
effect: (i) fidelity insurance, (ii) theft of documents insurance and (iii)
forgery insurance (which may be collectively satisfied by a "Financial
Institution Bond" and/or a "Bankers' Blanket Bond"). All such insurance shall be
in amounts, with standard coverage and subject to deductibles, as are customary
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affiliates which act as custodians for investor-owned mortgage pools. A
certificate of an officer of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator as to
the Trustee's or the Securities Administrator's, respectively, compliance with
this Section 8.07 shall be furnished to any Certificateholder upon reasonable
written request.

     SECTION 8.08 Resignation and Removal of the Trustee and Securities
Administrator. (a) The Trustee and the Securities Administrator may at any time
resign and be discharged from the Trust hereby created by giving written notice
thereof to the Depositor, the NIMs Insurer and the Master Servicer, with a copy
to the Rating Agencies. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Depositor
shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or successor Securities
Administrator, as applicable, by written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of
which instrument shall be delivered to each of the resigning Trustee or
Securities Administrator, as applicable, the successor Trustee or Securities
Administrator, as applicable. If no successor Trustee or Securities
Administrator shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within
30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee or
Securities Administrator may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Trustee or Securities Administrator. If the
Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer are the same entity, then at
any time the Securities Administrator resigns or is removed as Securities
Administrator, the Master Servicer shall likewise be terminated as Master
Servicer.

     (b) If at any time the Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall cease
to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.06 and shall fail
to resign after written request therefor by the Depositor or if at any time the
Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall become incapable of acting, or
shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator, as applicable, or of its property shall be appointed,
or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator, as applicable, or of its property or affairs for the
purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the Depositor shall
promptly remove the Trustee, or shall be entitled to remove the Securities
Administrator, as applicable, and appoint a successor Trustee or Securities
Administrator, as applicable, by written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of
which instrument shall be delivered to each of the Trustee or Securities
Administrator, as applicable, so removed, the successor Trustee or Securities
Administrator, as applicable.

     (c) The Holders of Certificates evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating
not less than 51% of the Trust Fund, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer, or
the NIMs Insurer, may at any time remove the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator and appoint a successor Trustee or Securities Administrator by
written instrument or instruments, in quadruplicate, signed by such Holders or
their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized (or the NIMs Insurer), one complete set
of which instruments shall be delivered to the Depositor, the Master Servicer,
the Securities Administrator (if the Trustee is removed), the Trustee (if the
Securities Administrator is removed), and the Trustee or Securities
Administrator so removed and the successor so appointed. Notice of any removal
of the Trustee or Securities Administrator shall be given to the NIMs Insurer
and each Rating Agency by the successor Trustee or Securities Administrator.

     (d) No resignation or removal of the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator and appointment of a successor Trustee or Securities Administrator
pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 9.08 shall become effective
except upon appointment of and acceptance of such appointment by a successor
Trustee or Securities Administrator acceptable to the NIMs Insurer as provided
in Section 8.09.

     SECTION 8.09 Successor Trustee and Successor Securities Administrator. (a)
Any successor Trustee or Securities Administrator appointed as provided in
Section 8.08 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the NIMs Insurer and its predecessor Trustee or Securities
Administrator an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder. The
resignation or removal of the predecessor Trustee or Securities Administrator
shall then become effective and such successor Trustee or

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Securities Administrator, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its
predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Trustee or
Securities Administrator herein. The predecessor Trustee or Securities
Administrator shall after payment of its outstanding fees and expenses promptly
deliver to the successor Trustee or Securities Administrator, as applicable, all
assets and records of the Trust held by it hereunder, and the Depositor and the
predecessor Trustee or Securities Administrator, as applicable, shall execute
and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be
required for more fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor
Trustee or Securities Administrator, as applicable, all such rights, powers,
duties and obligations.

     (b) No successor Trustee or Securities Administrator shall accept
appointment as provided in this Section 8.09 unless at the time of such
acceptance such successor Trustee or Securities Administrator shall be eligible
under the provisions of Section 8.06.

     (c) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee or Securities
Administrator as provided in this Section 8.09, the successor Trustee or
Securities Administrator shall mail notice of the succession of such Trustee or
Securities Administrator hereunder to all Certificateholders at their addresses
as shown in the Certificate Register and to the Rating Agencies. The Depositor
shall pay the cost of any mailing by the successor Trustee or Securities
Administrator.

     SECTION 8.10 Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or Securities
Administrator. Any state bank or trust company or national banking association
into which the Trustee or the Securities Administrator may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated or any state bank or trust
company or national banking association resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Trustee or the Securities Administrator,
respectively, shall be a party, or any state bank or trust company or national
banking association succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate
trust business of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively,
shall be the successor of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator,
respectively, hereunder, provided such state bank or trust company or national
banking association shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06. Such
succession shall be valid 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.

     SECTION 8.11 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee. (a)
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, at any time, for the purpose of
meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the
Trust or property constituting the same may at the time be located, the
Depositor 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 Depositor 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, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity,
such title to the Trust, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other
provisions of this Section 8.11, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and
trusts as the Depositor, the NIMs Insurer and the Trustee may consider necessary
or desirable.

     (b) If the Depositor, the Trustee or the NIMs Insurer shall not have joined
in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a written request
so to do, the Trustee shall have the power to make such appointment without the
Depositor, the Trustee or the NIMs Insurer.

     (c) No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet
the terms of eligibility as a successor Trustee under Section 8.06 hereunder and
no notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of co-trustee(s) or separate
trustee(s) shall be required under Section 8.08 hereof.

     (d) In the case of any appointment of a co-trustee or separate trustee
pursuant to this Section 8.11, all rights, powers, duties and obligations
conferred or imposed upon the Trustee and required to be

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conferred on such co-trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or
performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly, 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
Master 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 or any portion thereof
in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed by such separate
trustee or co-trustee at the direction of the Trustee.

     (e) 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 IX. 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
Master Servicer, the NIMs Insurer and the Depositor.

     (f) To the extent not prohibited by law, any separate trustee or co-trustee
may, at any time, request the Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full
power and authority, to do any lawful act under or with respect to 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.

     (g) No trustee under this Agreement shall be personally liable by reason of
any act or omission of another trustee under this Agreement. The Depositor and
the Trustee acting jointly, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer, may at any
time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.

     SECTION 8.12 Federal Information Returns and Reports to Certificateholders;
REMIC Administration. (a) For federal income tax purposes, the taxable year of
each REMIC shall be a calendar year and the Securities Administrator shall
maintain or cause the maintenance of the books of each REMIC on the accrual
method of accounting.

     (b) The Securities Administrator shall prepare and file or cause to be
filed with the Internal Revenue Service, and the Trustee shall sign, federal tax
information returns or elections required to be made hereunder with respect to
each REMIC and grantor trust created hereunder, the Trust Fund, if applicable,
and the Certificates containing such information and at the times and in the
manner as may be required by the Code or applicable Treasury regulations, and
shall furnish to each Holder of Certificates at any time during the calendar
year for which such returns or reports are made such statements or information
at the times and in the manner as may be required thereby, including, without
limitation, reports relating to interest, original issue discount and market
discount or premium using the Prepayment Assumption. The Securities
Administrator will apply for an Employee Identification Number from the IRS
under Form SS-4 or any other acceptable method for all tax entities. In
connection with the foregoing, the Securities Administrator shall timely prepare
and file, and the Trustee shall sign, IRS Form 8811, which shall provide the
name and address of the person who can be contacted to obtain information
required to be reported to the holders of regular interests in each REMIC (the
"REMIC Reporting Agent"). The Trustee shall make elections to treat each REMIC
as a REMIC (which elections shall apply to the taxable period ending December
31, 2005 and each calendar year thereafter) in such manner as the Code or
applicable Treasury regulations may prescribe, and as described by the
Securities Administrator. The Trustee shall sign all tax information returns
filed pursuant to this Section and any other returns as

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may be required by the Code. The Holder of the Class R Certificate is hereby
designated as the "Tax Matters Person" (within the meaning of Treas. Reg.
Sections 1.860F-4(d)) for each REMIC. The Securities Administrator is hereby
designated and appointed as the agent of each such Tax Matters Person. Any
Holder of a Residual Certificate will by acceptance thereof appoint the
Securities Administrator as agent and attorney-in-fact for the purpose of acting
as Tax Matters Person for each REMIC during such time as the Securities
Administrator does not own any such Residual Certificate. In the event that the
Code or applicable Treasury regulations prohibit the Trustee from signing tax or
information returns or other statements, or the Securities Administrator from
acting as agent for the Tax Matters Person, the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator shall take whatever action that in its sole good faith judgment is
necessary for the proper filing of such information returns or for the provision
of a tax matters person, including designation of the Holder of a Residual
Certificate to sign such returns or act as tax matters person. Each Holder of a
Residual Certificate shall be bound by this Section.

     (c) The Securities Administrator shall provide upon request and receipt of
reasonable compensation, such information as required in Section 860D(a)(6)(B)
of the Code to the Internal Revenue Service, to any Person purporting to
transfer a Residual Certificate to a Person other than a Permitted Transferee,
and to any regulated investment company, real estate investment trust, common
trust fund, partnership, trust, estate, organization described in Section 1381
of the Code, or nominee holding an interest in a pass-through entity described
in Section 860E(e)(6) of the Code, any record holder of which is not a Permitted
Transferee (or which is deemed by statute to be an entity with a disqualified
member).

     (d) The Securities Administrator shall prepare and file or cause to be
filed, and the Trustee shall sign, any state income tax or information returns
required under Applicable State Law with respect to any REMIC or grantor trust
created hereunder or the Trust Fund.

     (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Trustee and
the Securities Administrator shall comply with all federal withholding
requirements respecting payments to Certificateholders of interest or original
issue discount on the Mortgage Loans, that the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator reasonably believes are applicable under the Code. The consent of
Certificateholders shall not be required for such withholding. In the event the
Trustee or the Securities Administrator withholds any amount from interest or
original issue discount payments or advances thereof to any Certificateholder
pursuant to federal withholding requirements, the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator shall, together with its monthly report to such
Certificateholders, indicate such amount withheld.

     (f) The Trustee and the Securities Administrator agree to indemnify the
Trust Fund and the Depositor for any taxes and costs including, without
limitation, any reasonable attorneys fees imposed on or incurred by the Trust
Fund, the Depositor or the Master Servicer, as a result of a breach of the
Trustee's covenants and the Securities Administrator's covenants, respectively,
set forth in this Section 8.12; provided, however, such liability and obligation
to indemnify in this paragraph shall not be joint and several and neither the
Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be liable or be obligated to
indemnify the Trust Fund for the failure by the other to perform any duty under
this Agreement or the breach by the other of any covenant in this Agreement.

     (g) The Securities Administrator covenants and agrees that it shall act as
agent (and the Securities Administrator is hereby appointed to act as agent) of
the Tax Matters Person on behalf of each of the REMICs provided for herein and
that in such capacity it shall: (a) 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; (b) not
knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would
cause the termination of the REMIC

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status of any of the REMICs provided for herein or result in the imposition of
tax upon any such REMIC; (c) 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; and (d) 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.

     (h) Each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator and the Trustee agrees not to take or omit to take knowingly or
intentionally, 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.

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                                   ARTICLE IX

                                   TERMINATION

     SECTION 9.01 Termination upon Liquidation or Repurchase of all Mortgage
Loans.

     (a) Subject to Section 9.03, the obligations and responsibilities of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator 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 of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund (or any
Monthly Advance with respect thereto) 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.

     (b) On or before the Determination Date following the Initial Optional
Termination Date, the Securities Administrator 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 (the
"Auction"). The Depositor and the Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator
shall accept the highest bid received at the Auction; provided that the amount
of such bid equals or exceeds the Optional Termination Price. The Securities
Administrator shall determine the Optional Termination Price based upon
information provided by (i) the Master Servicer with respect to the amounts
described in clauses (A) and (B) of the definition of "Optional Termination
Price" (other than Securities Administrator's expenses) and (ii) the Depositor
with respect to the information described in clause (C) of the definition of
"Optional Termination Price." The Securities Administrator 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 an Optional Termination does not occur as a result of the Auction's
failure to achieve the Optional Termination Price, the NIMs Insurer (or the
Master Servicer, if the NIMs Insurer does not do so) 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 the event that there is a NIMs Insurer at the
time of the Auction, the Auction fails to achieve the Optional Termination Price
and the NIMs Insurer does not exercise its option to terminate the Trust Fund on
the first Distribution Date on which it is able to exercise such option, the
Master Servicer may, at such time, 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 the Business
Day immediately preceding the related Distribution Date. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, the Optional Termination Amount paid to the
Securities Administrator by the winning bidder at the Auction or by the NIMs
Insurer or the Master Servicer shall be deposited by the Trustee directly into
the Distribution 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 Distribution Account, (x) pay the Securities Administrator
its costs and expenses necessary to conduct the Auction and any other
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amounts owing to it and (y) pay to the Master Servicer or Servicer, the
aggregate amount of any unreimbursed out-of-pocket costs and expenses owed to
the Master Servicer or Servicer and any unpaid or unreimbursed Servicing Fees,
Monthly Advances and Servicing Advances.

     (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clause (b) above, in the
event that the Securities Administrator receives the written opinion of a
nationally recognized participant in mortgage finance acceptable to the Seller
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 NIMs Insurer, if
any, and the Master Servicer in the event the NIMs Insurer declines to exercise
its option, 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 Securities Administrator determines
that there are no Outstanding Mortgage Loans and no other funds or assets in the
Trust Fund other than the funds in the Master Servicer Collection Account, the
Securities Administrator shall send a final distribution notice promptly to each
Certificateholder and the NIMs Insurer or (ii) the Securities Administrator
determines that a Class of Certificates shall be retired after a final
distribution on such Class, the Securities Administrator shall notify the
Certificateholders within seven (7) Business Days 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
Securities Administrator.

     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
Securities Administrator by letter to Certificateholders mailed no later than
the last calendar day of the month immediately preceding the month of such final
distribution (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 Securities Administrator will give such notice to the NIMs Insurer and each
Rating Agency at the time such notice is given to Certificateholders.

     In the event such notice is given, the Master Servicer shall cause all
funds in the Master Servicer Collection Account to be deposited in the
Distribution Account on the Business Day prior to the applicable Distribution
Date in an amount equal to the final distribution in respect of the
Certificates. Upon such final deposit with respect to the Trust Fund and the
receipt by the Trustee of a Request for Release therefor, the Trustee shall
promptly release to the Securities Administrator or the NIMs Insurer, as
applicable, the Mortgage Files for the Mortgage Loans.

     Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Securities
Administrator shall cause to be distributed to Certificateholders of each Class
the amounts allocable to such Certificates held in the Distribution Account in
the order and priority set forth in Section 4.07 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 Securities

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Administrator shall give a second written notice to the remaining
Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation and receive
the final distribution with respect thereto. If within six months after the
second notice all the applicable Certificates shall not have been surrendered
for cancellation, the Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator shall have no further duties or
obligations with respect thereto.

     SECTION 9.03 Additional Termination Requirements.

     (a) In the event the Securities Administrator, the NIMs Insurer or the
Master Servicer exercises its purchase option as provided in Section 9.01, the
Trust Fund shall be terminated in accordance with the following additional
requirements, unless the Securities Administrator shall have been furnished with
an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the failure of the Trust Fund to comply
with the requirements of this Section will not (i) result in the imposition of
taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund as defined in Section 860F
of the Code or (ii) cause any REMIC constituting part of the Trust Fund to fail
to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding:

(i) Within 90 days prior to the final Distribution Date, the Securities
Administrator shall adopt and sign a plan of complete liquidation of the Trust
Fund as provided to it by the terminating purchaser, meeting the requirements of
a "qualified liquidation" under Section 860F of the Code and any regulations
thereunder; and

(ii) At or after the time of adoption of such a plan of complete liquidation and
at or prior to the final Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall
sell all of the assets of the Trust Fund to the Master Servicer for cash
pursuant to the terms of the plan of complete liquidation.

     (b) By their acceptance of Certificates, the Holders thereof hereby agree
to appoint the Securities Administrator as their attorney in fact to: (i) adopt
such a plan of complete liquidation (and the Certificateholders hereby appoint
the Securities Administrator as their attorney in fact to sign such plan) as
appropriate and (ii) to take such other action in connection therewith as may be
reasonably required to carry out such plan of complete liquidation all in
accordance with the terms hereof.

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                                    ARTICLE X

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     SECTION 10.01 Intent of Parties. The parties intend that each REMIC in the
Trust Fund shall be treated as a REMIC for federal income tax purposes and that
the provisions of this Agreement should be construed in furtherance of this
intent.

     SECTION 10.02 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended from time to time by
the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the
Trustee, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer and without the consent of any of
the Certificateholders to:

               (i) to cure any ambiguity or correct any mistake,

               (ii) to correct, modify or supplement any provision herein which
may be inconsistent with 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 addressed to the Securities Administrator 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
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.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of the
Certificateholders, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator 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 and the NIMs Insurer shall have been provided an Opinion of
Counsel addressed to the Trustee, 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 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
Master Servicer , the Securities Administrator and 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, 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

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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 addressed to the Trustee, 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 is permitted
hereunder and 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.

     Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement requiring
the consent of Certificateholders, the Trustee or upon the written request of
the Trustee to the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer shall furnish written
notification of the substance of such amendment to each Certificateholder, the
NIMs Insurer and each Rating Agency.

     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 Master Servicer
to enter into an amendment without receiving an Opinion of Counsel, satisfactory
to the Trustee or the Master 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.

     The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any supplement,
modification or waiver which affects its rights, duties or obligations
hereunder.

     SECTION 10.03 Recordation of Agreement. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, this Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate
public offices for real property records in all the counties or other comparable
jurisdictions in which any or all of the Mortgaged Properties are situated, and
in any other appropriate public recording office or elsewhere. The Depositor
shall effect such recordation, at the expense of the Trust upon the request in
writing of a Certificateholder, but only if such direction is accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel (provided at the expense of the Certificateholder requesting
recordation) to the effect that such recordation would materially and
beneficially affect the interests of the Certificateholders or is required by
law.

     SECTION 10.04 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders. (a) The death or
incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not terminate this Agreement or the
Trust, nor entitle such Certificateholder's legal representatives or heirs to
claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a
partition or winding up of the Trust, nor otherwise affect the rights,
obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.

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     (b) Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, no Certificateholders
shall have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise control the operation
and management of the Trust, 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 establish the Certificateholders from time to time as
partners or members of an association; nor shall any Certificateholders be under
any liability to any third Person by reason of any action taken by the parties
to this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.

     (c) No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue of any provision of
this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law
upon, under or with respect to this Agreement against the Depositor, the
Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer or any successor to any such
parties unless (i) such Certificateholder previously shall have given to the
Trustee a written notice of a continuing default, as herein provided, (ii) the
Holders of Certificates evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less
than 51% of the Trust Fund shall have made written request upon the Trustee to
institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder
and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may
require against the costs and expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or
thereby, and (iii) the Trustee, for 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.

     (d) No one or more Certificateholders shall have any right by virtue of any
provision of this Agreement to affect the rights of any other Certificateholders
or to obtain or seek to obtain priority or preference over any other such
Certificateholder, or to enforce any right under this Agreement, except in the
manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all
Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this
Section 10.04, each and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be
entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

     SECTION 10.05 Acts of Certificateholders. (a) Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Agreement to be given or taken by Certificateholders may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by
such Certificateholders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing.
Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and,
where it is expressly required, to the Depositor. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any
purpose of this Agreement and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Depositor, if made in the manner provided in this Section 10.05.

     (b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument
or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a
certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument
or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by
a signer acting in a capacity other than his or her individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his or her
authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing,
or the authority of the individual executing the same, may also be proved in any
other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

     (c) The ownership of Certificates (notwithstanding any notation of
ownership or other writing on such Certificates, except an endorsement in
accordance with Section 5.02 made on a Regular Certificate presented in
accordance with Section 5.04) shall be proved by the Certificate Register, and
neither the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Depositor, the Master
Servicer nor any successor to any such parties shall be affected by any notice
to the contrary.

     (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action of the holder of any Regular Certificate shall bind every future
holder of the same Regular Certificate and

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the holder of every Regular Certificate issued upon the registration of transfer
or exchange thereof, if applicable, or in lieu thereof with respect to anything
done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, the Securities
Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer or any successor to any such
party in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon
such Certificates.

     (e) In determining whether the Holders of the requisite percentage of
Certificates evidencing Percentage Interests have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Certificates
owned by the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Depositor, the Master
Servicer or any Affiliate thereof shall be disregarded, except as otherwise
provided in Section 11.02(b) and except that, in determining whether the Trustee
shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Certificates which the Trustee knows
to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Certificates which have been pledged in
good faith to the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Depositor, the
Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof may be regarded as outstanding if the
pledgor establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgor's right to
act with respect to such Certificates and that the pledgor is not an Affiliate
of the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Depositor, or the Master
Servicer, as the case may be.

     SECTION 10.06 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE CERTIFICATES SHALL BE
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE
TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAWS RULES AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

     SECTION 10.07 Notices. All demands and notices hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed given when delivered at (including delivery by
facsimile) or mailed by registered mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, or by recognized overnight courier, to (i) in the case of the
Depositor, 4 World Financial Center, New York, New York 10281, Attention: Vice
President-Servicing, telecopier number: (212) 449-1000, or to such other address
as may hereafter be furnished to the other parties hereto in writing; (ii) in
the case of the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, or such other address as
may hereafter be furnished to the other parties hereto in writing; (iii) in the
case of the MLMLI, 4 World Financial Center, New York, New York 10281,
Attention: Vice President-Servicing, telecopier number: (212) 449-1000, or to
such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the other parties hereto in
writing; (iv) in the case of the Master Servicer or Securities Administrator,
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., P.O. Box 98, Columbia, Maryland 21046, Attention: MLMI
Series 2005-A8, or, in the case of overnight deliveries, 9062 Old Annapolis
Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951, Attention: MLMI Series 2005-A8, facsimile
no.: (410) 715-4513, or to such other address as may hereafter be furnished to
the other parties hereto in writing; (v) in the case of the Custodian, Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A., 1015 10th Avenue Southeast, MS 0031, Minneapolis, Minnesota
55414, Attention: MLMI Series 2005-A8, or to such other address as may hereafter
be furnished to the other parties hereto in writing; (vi) in the case of the MI
Insurer, 1601 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, or (vii) in the
case of the Rating Agencies, Standard & Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041, and Moody's
Investors Service, Inc., 99 Church Street, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10007.
Any notice delivered to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator or the Trustee under this Agreement shall be effective only upon
receipt. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Certificateholder,
unless otherwise provided herein, shall be given by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, at the address of such Certificateholder as shown in the Certificate
Register. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement
shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given when mailed, whether or
not the Certificateholder receives such notice.

     SECTION 10.08 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 severed from the remaining covenants,

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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 10.09 Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and
assigns of the parties hereto.

     SECTION 10.10 Article and Section Headings. The article and section
headings herein are for convenience of reference only, and shall not limit or
otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

     SECTION 10.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original
but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

     SECTION 10.12 Notice to Rating Agencies. The article and section headings
herein are for convenience of reference only, and shall not limited or otherwise
affect the meaning hereof. The Trustee shall promptly provide notice to each
Rating Agency and the NIMs Insurer with respect to each of the following of
which it has actual knowledge:

     1. Any material change or amendment to this Agreement or the Servicing
Agreements;

     2. The occurrence of any Event of Default that has not been cured;

     3. The resignation or termination of the Master Servicer, the Trustee or
the Securities Administrator;

     4. The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans;

     5. The final payment to Certificateholders; and

     6. Any change in the location of the Master Servicer Collection Account or
the Distribution Account.

     SECTION 10.13 Third Party Beneficiary. The NIMs Insurer shall be deemed a
third-party beneficiary of this Agreement to the same extent as if it were a
party hereto, and shall have the right to enforce the provisions of this
Agreement.

     SECTION 10.14 Additional Rights of the NIMs Insurer.

     (a) Each party to this Agreement, 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, statement, filing,
information, data or other communication 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. With respect to the Master Servicer and the Trustee,
such obligation shall be satisfied with the provision of access to the NIMs
Insurer to the Master Servicer's or the Trustee's website.

     (b) Wherever in this Agreement there shall be a requirement that there be
no downgrade, reduction, withdrawal or qualification of or other effect on the
rating of any Class of Certificates by any Rating Agency as of any date, there
also shall be deemed to be a requirement that there be no such effect on any
class of notes issued pursuant to the Indenture and guaranteed by the NIMs
Insurer as of such date. In addition, unless there exists a continuance of any
failure by the NIMs Insurer to make a required

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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, the Master Servicer and the
Securities Administrator 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:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------

                                        WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                        as Trustee

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

                                        WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                        as Master Servicer

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

                                        WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                        as Securities Administrator

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

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                                                                     EXHIBIT A-1

                     FORM OF CLASS [_-A-_][M-_] CERTIFICATE

SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS 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.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE
DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR 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 MASTER SERVICER,
THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, 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 SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE DEPOSITOR OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE
NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN.

EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF A CLASS [_-A-_][M-_] CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST
THEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED, BY VIRTUE OF ITS ACQUISITION OR
HOLDING OF THAT CERTIFICATE OR INTEREST THEREIN, THAT EITHER (I) IT IS NOT A
PLAN OR A PLAN INVESTOR OR INVESTING WITH PLAN ASSETS, (II) IT HAS ACQUIRED AND
IS HOLDING SUCH CERTIFICATE IN RELIANCE ON THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION EXEMPTION
90-29 ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, AS AMENDED ("EXEMPTION"), AND THAT IT
UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE
EXEMPTION, INCLUDING THAT THE CERTIFICATE MUST BE RATED, AT THE TIME OF
PURCHASE, NOT LOWER THAN "BBB-" (OR ITS EQUIVALENT) BY FITCH, MOODY'S OR S&P, OR
(III) (1) IT IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY, (2) THE SOURCE OF FUNDS USED TO ACQUIRE OR
HOLD THE CERTIFICATE OR INTEREST THEREIN IS AN "INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL
ACCOUNT," AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN PTCE 95-60, AND (3) THE CONDITIONS IN
SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60 HAVE BEEN SATISFIED.

IF ANY BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN) IS ACQUIRED OR HELD IN
VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02(D) OF THE POOLING AND

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SERVICING AGREEMENT, THEN THE LAST PRECEDING TRANSFEREE THAT IS IN COMPLIANCE
WITH SUCH PROVISIONS SHALL BE RESTORED, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, TO ALL
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS AS CERTIFICATE OWNER THEREOF RETROACTIVE TO THE DATE OF
SUCH TRANSFER OF SUCH CERTIFICATE. THE TRUSTEE SHALL BE UNDER NO LIABILITY TO
ANY PERSON FOR MAKING ANY PAYMENTS DUE ON SUCH CERTIFICATE TO SUCH PRECEDING
TRANSFEREE.

ANY PURPORTED CERTIFICATE OWNER WHOSE ACQUISITION OR HOLDING OF ANY BOOK-ENTRY
CERTIFICATE (OR INTEREST THEREIN) WAS EFFECTED IN VIOLATION OF THE RESTRICTIONS
IN SECTION 5.02(B) OF THE AGREEMENT SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE
DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER AND THE TRUST FUND FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND
ALL LIABILITIES, CLAIMS, COSTS OR EXPENSES INCURRED BY SUCH PARTIES AS A RESULT
OF SUCH ACQUISITION OR HOLDING.

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<TABLE>
<S>                                          <C>
MLMI Series 2005-A8, Class [_-A-_][M-_]      Aggregate Certificate Principal
                                             Balance of the Class [_-A-_][M-_]
                                             Certificates as of the Issue Date:
                                             $____________

Pass-Through Rate: ____%                     Initial Certificate Principal
                                             Balance of this Class [_-A-_][M-_]
                                             Certificate as of the Issue Date:
                                             $____________

Date of Agreement and Cut-off Date:          Master Servicer and Securities
October 1, 2005                              Administrator: Wells Fargo Bank,
                                             N.A.

First Distribution Date: November 25, 2005   Trustee: Wachovia Bank, National
                                             Association

No. ____________                             Issue Date: November 15, 2005

                                             CUSIP: ____________
</TABLE>

     DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
     CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
     OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS
     THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS CERTIFICATE.

                        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE

                               MLMI SERIES 2005-A8

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional, one- to four-family,
adjustable-rate, fully amortizing mortgage loans secured by first liens on
residential property (the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by

                     MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.

     THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN MERRILL
     LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
     THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING
     MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE
     UNITED STATES.

          This certifies that CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of a Percentage
Interest obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate by the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class [_-A-_][M-_] Certificates
as of the Issue Date in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class [_-A-_][M-_] Certificates in the Trust Fund created pursuant to a
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"),
among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor (hereinafter called
the "Depositor," which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement),
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as master servicer (in such capacity, the "Master
Servicer") and securities administrator (in such capacity, the "Securities
Administrator") and Wachovia

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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 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 such
Holder is bound.

          Interest on this Certificate will accrue during the period specified
in the Agreement on the Certificate Principal Balance hereof at a per annum rate
equal to the Pass-Through Rate set forth above and as further described in the
Agreement.

          Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (each, a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the Record Date, in an amount equal to the product
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required
to be distributed to the Holders of Class [_-A-_][M-_] Certificates on such
Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement.

          All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Securities Administrator by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Securities
Administrator in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date
immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class
[_-A-_][M-_] Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to
the address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall
appear on the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final
distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Securities
Administrator of the pendency of such distribution and only upon the
presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed
by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the Agreement.

          As described above, each transferee of a Class [_-A-_][M-_]
Certificate or any interest therein shall be deemed to have represented, by
virtue of its acquisition or holding of that certificate or interest therein,
that either (i) it is not a Plan or a Plan Investor or investing with Plan
assets, (ii) it has acquired and is holding such certificate in reliance on the
Prohibited Transaction Exemption 90-29 issued by the Department of Labor, as
amended ("Exemption"), and that it understands that there are certain conditions
to the availability of the Exemption, including that the certificate must be
rated, at the time of purchase, not lower than "BBB-" (or its equivalent) by
Fitch, Moody's or S&P, or (iii) (1) it is an insurance company, (2) the source
of funds used to acquire or hold the certificate or interest therein is an
"insurance company general account," as such term is defined in PTCE 95-60, and
(3) the conditions in Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 have been satisfied.

          If any Book-Entry Certificate (or any interest therein) is acquired or
held in violation of the provisions of Section 5.02(b) of the Agreement, then
the last preceding Transferee that is in compliance with such provisions shall
be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as
Certificate Owner thereof retroactive to the date of such Transfer of such
Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for making
any payments due on such Certificate to such preceding Transferee.

          Any purported Certificate Owner whose acquisition or holding of any
Book-Entry Certificate (or interest therein) was effected in violation of the
restrictions in Section 5.02(b) of the Agreement shall indemnify and hold
harmless the Depositor, the Trustee, the Servicer and the Trust Fund from and
against any and all liabilities, claims, costs or expenses incurred by such
parties as a result of such acquisition or holding.

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          This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates of the Series specified on the
face hereof (hereinafter called the "Certificates") and representing a
Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.

          The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Master Servicer Collection Account and the
Distribution Account may be made from time to time for purposes other than
distributions to Holders of the Certificates, such purposes including
reimbursement of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, with respect to
the Mortgage Loans.

          The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions and conditions provided
therein, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer
and the Trustee and the rights of the Holders of the Certificates under the
Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee,
with the consent of the Holders of Certificates evidencing Percentage Interests
aggregating not less than 66 2/3 % of the Trust Fund or of the applicable Class
or Classes, if such amendment affects only such Class or Classes, 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 Certificateholders. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall
be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this
Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in
exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is
made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in
certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the
Certificates.

          As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations set
forth therein, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Securities Administrator as
provided in the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in
the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Securities Administrator and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the
Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized
denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued
to the designated transferee or transferees.

          The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only without
coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests specified
in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations set forth therein, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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

          The Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee and the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the
Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as
the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Securities
Administrator, the Master

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Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar nor any such agent shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.

          This certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the state of New York.

          The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Holders
of the Certificates of all amounts held by the Securities Administrator and
required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement following the earlier of
(i) the final payment (or any advance with respect thereto) on or other
liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and (ii) the
optional purchase by the party designated in the Agreement at a price determined
as provided in the Agreement from the Trust Fund of all the Mortgage Loans and
all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans remaining therein. The
Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the Agreement
to purchase from the Trust Fund all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired
in respect of any Mortgage Loan remaining therein at a price determined as
provided in the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early
retirement of the Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to
the aggregate Loan Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being
10% or less of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of the Cut-off Date.

          The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.

          Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Securities Administrator has caused this
Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: ______________, 2005             WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
                                        as Securities Administrator

                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Authorized Officer

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Certificates
referred to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Authenticating Agent

                                      A-1-7

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

                                     A-1-8

<PAGE>

                                  ABBREVIATIONS

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

<TABLE>
<S>         <C>                              <C>                   <C>
TEN COM -   as tenants in common             UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -         CUSTODIAN

TEN ENT -   as tenants by the entireties                               (Cust) (Minor)
                                                                   under Uniform Gifts to
                                                                         Minors Act

JT TEN -    as joint tenants with right of                             ______________
            survivorship and not as                                        (State)
            tenants in common
</TABLE>

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

                                   ASSIGNMENT

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto

________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________.
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee)

the Percentage Interest evidenced by the Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate and
hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on
the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

     I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Certificate
of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver
such Certificate to the following address:

________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________.

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

                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Signature by or on behalf of assignor

                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Signature Guaranteed

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                            DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

     The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

     Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately
available funds to ____________________________________________________________,
for the account of ___________________________________________________________,
account number ___________, or, if mailed by check, to ________________________,
Applicable statements should be mailed to ____________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________.

This information is provided by ______________________________________________,
the assignee named above, or _________________________________________________,
as its agent.

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                                                                     EXHIBIT A-2

                         FORM OF CLASS [B-] CERTIFICATE

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) RIGHTS TO PAYMENTS UNDER CERTAIN
INTEREST RATE CAP AGREEMENTS.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE
DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR 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 MASTER SERVICER,
THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, 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 SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE SENIOR CERTIFICATES [,] [AND] THE CLASS M
CERTIFICATES [,] [AND] [THE CLASS B-1 CERTIFICATES] AND THE RESIDUAL
CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE DEPOSITOR OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE
NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN.

EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF A CLASS [B-_] CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN SHALL
BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED, BY VIRTUE OF ITS ACQUISITION OR HOLDING OF THAT
CERTIFICATE OR INTEREST THEREIN, THAT EITHER (I) IT IS NOT A PLAN OR A PLAN
INVESTOR OR INVESTING WITH PLAN ASSETS, (II) IT HAS ACQUIRED AND IS HOLDING SUCH
CERTIFICATE IN RELIANCE ON THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION EXEMPTION 90-29 ISSUED BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, AS AMENDED ("EXEMPTION"), AND THAT IT UNDERSTANDS THAT
THERE ARE CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE EXEMPTION, INCLUDING
THAT THE CERTIFICATE MUST BE RATED, AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, NOT LOWER THAN
"BBB-" (OR ITS EQUIVALENT) BY FITCH, MOODY'S OR S&P, OR (III) (1) IT IS AN
INSURANCE COMPANY, (2) THE SOURCE OF FUNDS USED TO ACQUIRE OR HOLD THE
CERTIFICATE OR INTEREST THEREIN IS AN "INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT," AS
SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN PTCE 95-60, AND (3) THE CONDITIONS IN SECTIONS I AND III
OF PTCE 95-60 HAVE BEEN SATISFIED.]

IF ANY BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN) IS ACQUIRED OR HELD IN
VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02(B) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT, THEN THE LAST PRECEDING TRANSFEREE THAT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH
PROVISIONS SHALL BE RESTORED, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, TO ALL RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS AS CERTIFICATE OWNER THEREOF RETROACTIVE TO THE DATE OF SUCH
TRANSFER OF SUCH CERTIFICATE. THE TRUSTEE SHALL BE UNDER NO LIABILITY TO ANY
PERSON FOR MAKING ANY PAYMENTS DUE ON SUCH CERTIFICATE TO SUCH PRECEDING
TRANSFEREE.

ANY PURPORTED CERTIFICATE OWNER WHOSE ACQUISITION OR HOLDING OF ANY BOOK-ENTRY
CERTIFICATE (OR INTEREST THEREIN) WAS EFFECTED IN VIOLATION OF THE RESTRICTIONS
IN SECTION 5.02(B) OF THE AGREEMENT SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE
DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER AND THE TRUST FUND FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND
ALL LIABILITIES, CLAIMS, COSTS OR EXPENSES INCURRED BY SUCH PARTIES AS A RESULT
OF SUCH ACQUISITION OR HOLDING.

THIS 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 REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR
IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
SUCH ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE AGREEMENT.

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<TABLE>
<S>                                   <C>
MLMI Series 2005-A8, Class [B-_]      Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
                                      Class [B-_] Certificates as of the Issue
                                      Date:
                                      $_____________

Pass Through Rate: Variable           Initial Class Certificate Principal
                                      Balance of this Class [B-_] Certificate as
                                      of the Issue Date:
                                      $_____________

Date of Agreement and Cut-off Date:   Master Servicer and Securities Administrator:
October 1, 2005                       Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

First Distribution Date:              Trustee: Wachovia Bank, National Association
November 25, 2005

No. _______________                   Issue Date: November 15, 2005

                                      CUSIP: _________________
</TABLE>

     DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
     CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
     OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS
     THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS CERTIFICATE.

                        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE

                               MLMI SERIES 2005-A8

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional, one- to four-family,
adjustable-rate, fully amortizing mortgage loans secured by first liens on
residential property (the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by

                     MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.

     THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN MERRILL
     LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
     THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING
     MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE
     UNITED STATES.

          This certifies that CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of a Percentage
Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate by the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class [B-_] Certificates as of
the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by all
the Class [B-_] Certificates in the Trust Fund created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Merrill
Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor (hereinafter called the
"Depositor," which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement),

                                      A-2-3

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Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as master servicer (in such capacity, the "Master
Servicer") and securities administrator (in such capacity, the "Securities
Administrator") and Wachovia 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 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 such Holder is bound.

          Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the Record Date, in an amount equal to the product
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required
to be distributed to the Holders of Class [B-_] Certificates on such
Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement.

          All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Securities Administrator by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Securities
Administrator in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date
immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class
[B-_] Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the
address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on
the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on
this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Securities Administrator
of the pendency of such distribution and only upon the presentation and
surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Trustee
for that purpose as provided in the Agreement.

          As described above, each transferee of a Class [B-_] Certificate or
any interest therein shall be deemed to have represented, by virtue of its
acquisition or holding of that certificate or interest therein, that either (i)
it is not a Plan or a Plan Investor or investing with Plan assets, (ii) it has
acquired and is holding such certificate in reliance on the Prohibited
Transaction Exemption 90-29 issued by the Department of Labor, as amended
("Exemption"), and that it understands that there are certain conditions to the
availability of the Exemption, including that the certificate must be rated, at
the time of purchase, not lower than "BBB-" (or its equivalent) by Fitch,
Moody's or S&P, or (iii) (1) it is an insurance company, (2) the source of funds
used to acquire or hold the certificate or interest therein is an "insurance
company general account," as such term is defined in PTCE 95-60, and (3) the
conditions in Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 have been satisfied.

          If any Book-Entry Certificate (or any interest therein) is acquired or
held in violation of the provisions of Section 5.02(b) of the Agreement, then
the last preceding Transferee that is in compliance with such provisions shall
be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as
Certificate Owner thereof retroactive to the date of such Transfer of such
Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for making
any payments due on such Certificate to such preceding Transferee.

          Any purported Certificate Owner whose acquisition or holding of any
Book-Entry Certificate (or interest therein) was effected in violation of the
restrictions in Section 5.02(b) of the Agreement shall indemnify and hold
harmless the Depositor, the Trustee, the Servicer and the Trust Fund from and
against any and all liabilities, claims, costs or expenses incurred by such
parties as a result of such acquisition or holding.

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          This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates of the Series specified on the
face hereof (hereinafter called the "Certificates") and representing a
Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.

          The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Master Servicer Collection Account and the
Distribution Account may be made from time to time for purposes other than
distributions to Holders of the Certificates, such purposes including
reimbursement of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, with respect to
the Mortgage Loans.

          The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions and conditions provided
therein, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer
and the Trustee and the rights of the Holders of the Certificates under the
Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Master
Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 66 2/3% of the Trust
Fund or of the applicable Class or Classes, if such amendment affects only such
Class or Classes, 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 Certificateholders. Any such consent by the Holder
of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.

          As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations set
forth therein, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Securities Administrator as
provided in the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in
the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Securities Administrator and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the
Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized
denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued
to the designated transferee or transferees.

          The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only without
coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests specified
in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations set forth therein, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

          No transfer of this Certificate shall be made unless the transfer is
made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and an effective registration or
qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a
transaction that does not require such registration or qualification. In the
event that such a transfer of this Certificate is to be made without
registration or qualification, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance upon
Rule 144A (as evidenced by the investment letter delivered to the Trustee, in
substantially the form attached to the Agreement as Exhibit F-3) under the 1933
Act, the Trustee and the Depositor shall require a written Opinion of Counsel
(which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may
be made pursuant to an exemption,

                                      A-2-5

<PAGE>

describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act or
is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Trustee or the Depositor or (ii) the Trustee shall require the
transferor to execute a transferor certificate (in substantially the form
attached to the Agreement as Exhibit F-2) and the transferee to execute an
investment letter (in substantially the form attached to the Agreement as
Exhibit F-2) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Depositor and the Trustee certifying to the Depositor and the Trustee the
facts surrounding such transfer, which investment letter shall not be an expense
of the Trustee or the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Certificate
Registrar or the Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Class of
Certificates specified on the face hereof under the 1933 Act or any other
securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under the Agreement
to permit the transfer of such Certificates without registration or
qualification. Any Holder desiring to effect a transfer of this Certificate
shall be required to indemnify the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate
Registrar and the Master Servicer 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.

          The Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee and the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the
Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as
the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Securities
Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar nor
any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

          The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Holders
of the Certificates of all amounts held by the Securities Administrator and
required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement following the earlier of
(i) the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of each
Class of Certificates has been reduced to zero, (ii) the final payment (or any
advance with respect thereto) on or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund and (iii) the optional purchase by the party
designated in the Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement
from the Trust Fund of all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in
respect of such Mortgage Loans remaining therein. The Agreement permits, but
does not require, the party designated in the Agreement to purchase from the
Trust Fund all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any
Mortgage Loan remaining therein at a price determined as provided in the
Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Loan
Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being 10% or less of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date.

          The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.

          Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, 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 Securities Administrator has caused this
Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: ______________, 2005             WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Securities
                                        Administrator

                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Authorized Officer

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Certificates
referred to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Authenticating Agent

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

                                      A-2-7

<PAGE>

                                  ABBREVIATIONS

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

<TABLE>
<S>       <C>                             <C>                 <C>
TEN COM - as tenants in common            UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -    CUSTODIAN
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties                        (Cust) (Minor)
                                                               under Uniform
                                                              Gifts to Minors
                                                              Act

JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of                       ______________
         survivorship and not as                                  (State)
         tenants in common
</TABLE>

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

                                   ASSIGNMENT

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto

________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________.
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee)

the Percentage Interest evidenced by the Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate and
hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on
the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

     I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Certificate
of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver
such Certificate to the following address:

________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________.

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

                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Signature by or on behalf of assignor

                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Signature Guaranteed

                                      A-2-8

<PAGE>

                            DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

     The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

     Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately
available funds to ____________________________________________________________,
for the account of ____________________________________________________________,
account number___________, or, if mailed by check, to _________________________,
Applicable statements should be mailed to _____________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________.

This information is provided by _______________________________________________,
the assignee named above, or __________________________________________________,
as its agent.

                                      A-2-9

<PAGE>

                                                                     EXHIBIT A-3

                           FORM OF CLASS R CERTIFICATE

THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO A NON-UNITED STATES PERSON.

SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS 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").

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE
DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR 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 MASTER
SERVICER, THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, 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 SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR 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. ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02
OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

THIS 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 REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR
IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
SUCH ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE AGREEMENT.

ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE ONLY
IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES (I) AN AFFIDAVIT TO THE TRUSTEE THAT (A)
SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT (1) THE UNITED STATES OR ANY POSSESSION THEREOF, 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) THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE TAX IMPOSED BY CHAPTER 1 OF THE CODE
UNLESS SUCH ORGANIZATION IS SUBJECT TO THE TAX IMPOSED BY SECTION 511 OF THE
CODE, (3) ANY ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1381(A)(2)(C) OF THE CODE (ANY
SUCH PERSON DESCRIBED IN THE FOREGOING CLAUSES (1), (2) OR (3) SHALL HEREINAFTER
BE REFERRED TO AS A "DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION") OR (4) AN AGENT OF A
DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION AND (B) NO PURPOSE OF SUCH TRANSFER IS TO IMPEDE THE
ASSESSMENT OR COLLECTION OF TAX, AND (II) SUCH TRANSFEREE SATISFIES CERTAIN
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE PROPOSED
TRANSFEREE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE REGISTRATION IN THE CERTIFICATE REGISTER OF ANY
TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO A DISQUALIFIED
ORGANIZATION OR AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION, SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL
BE DEEMED TO BE OF NO LEGAL FORCE OR EFFECT WHATSOEVER AND SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT
BE DEEMED TO BE A CERTIFICATEHOLDER FOR ANY PURPOSE HEREUNDER, INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, THE RECEIPT OF DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS CERTIFICATE. EACH HOLDER OF
THIS CERTIFICATE BY ACCEPTANCE HEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE CONSENTED TO THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02(B) OF THE
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. ANY PERSON THAT IS A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION IS
PROHIBITED FROM ACQUIRING BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF THIS CERTIFICATE.

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<TABLE>
<S>                            <C>
MLMI Series 2005-A8, Class R   Aggregate  Certificate  Principal  Balance  of
                               the Class R Certificates as of the Issue Date:
                               $100

Pass-Through Rate: _____%      Master Servicer and Securities Administrator:
                               Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Date of Agreement and          Trustee: Wachovia Bank, National Association
Cut-off Date:
October 1, 2005

First Distribution Date:       Issue Date: November 15, 2005
November 25, 2005

No. _______________            CUSIP: ______________
</TABLE>

                        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE

                               MLMI SERIES 2005-A8

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional, one- to four-family,
adjustable-rate, fully amortizing mortgage loans secured by first liens on
residential property (the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by

                     MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.

     THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN MERRILL
     LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
     THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING
     MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE
     UNITED STATES.

          This certifies that Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated, is a registered owner of a 100% Percentage Interest specified
above in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by all the Class R
Certificates in the Trust Fund created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Merrill Lynch
Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor (hereinafter called the "Depositor,"
which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A., as master servicer (in such capacity, the "Master Servicer") and
securities administrator (in such capacity, the "Securities Administrator") and
Wachovia 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 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 such Holder is bound.

          Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (each, a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose

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name this Certificate is registered on the Record Date, in an amount equal to
the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the
amount required to be distributed to the Holders of Class R Certificates on such
Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement.

          This Certificate does not have a Certificate Principal Balance or
Pass-Through Rate and will be entitled to distributions only to the extent set
forth in the Agreement. In addition, any distribution of the proceeds of any
remaining assets of the Trust will be made only upon presentment and surrender
of this Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office.

          This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates of the Series specified on the
face hereof (hereinafter called the "Certificates") and representing a
Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof.

          The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the related Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Master Servicer Collection Account and the
Distribution Account may be made from time to time for purposes other than
distributions to Holders of the Certificates, such purposes including
reimbursement of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, with respect to
the related Mortgage Loans.

          The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions and conditions provided
therein, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer
and the Trustee and the rights of the Holders of the Certificates under the
Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Master
Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 66 2/3% of the Trust
Fund or of the applicable Class or Classes, if such amendment affects only such
Class or Classes, 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 Certificateholders. Any such consent by the Holder
of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.

          As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations set
forth therein, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Securities Administrator as
provided in the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in
the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Securities Administrator and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the
Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized
denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued
to the designated transferee or transferees.

          The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only without
coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests specified
in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations set forth therein, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

          No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of this Class R
Certificate shall be made unless such disposition is exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act

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of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and any applicable state securities laws
or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and laws. In the event of any such
transfer, made in reliance upon an exemption from the 1933 Act, (i) the Trustee
and the Depositor shall require (a) the transferor to certify in writing the
facts surrounding the transfer (in substantially the form attached to the
Agreement as Exhibit E-2), and the transferee to execute an investment letter
(in substantially the form attached to the Agreement as Exhibit E-1) and (b) a
written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that
such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable
exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act or is being made pursuant to
the 1933 Act, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or
the Depositor. The Holder of this Class R Certificate desiring to effect such
transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee and the
Depositor 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.

          No transfer of this Certificate to a Plan subject to ERISA or Section
4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any
such Plan or any person using Plan Assets to acquire this Certificate shall be
made except in accordance with Section 5.02(b) of the Agreement.

          Prior to registration of any transfer, sale or other disposition of
this Certificate, the proposed transferee shall provide to the Trustee (i) an
affidavit to the effect that such transferee is any Person other than a
Disqualified Organization or the agent (including a broker, nominee or
middleman) of a Disqualified Organization, and (ii) a certificate that
acknowledges that (A) the Class R Certificates have been designated as a
residual interest in a REMIC, (B) it will include in its income a pro rata share
of the net income of the Trust Fund and that such income may be an "excess
inclusion," as defined in the Code, that, with certain exceptions, cannot be
offset by other losses or benefits from any tax exemption, and (C) it expects to
have the financial means to satisfy all of its tax obligations including those
relating to holding the Class R Certificates. Notwithstanding the registration
in the Certificate Register of any transfer, sale or other disposition of this
Certificate to a Disqualified Organization or an agent (including a broker,
nominee or middleman) of a Disqualified Organization, such registration shall be
deemed to be of no legal force or effect whatsoever and such Person shall not be
deemed to be a Certificateholder for any purpose, including, but not limited to,
the receipt of distributions in respect of this Certificate.

          The Holder of this Certificate, by its acceptance hereof, shall be
deemed to have consented to the provisions of Section 5.02 of the Agreement and
to any amendment of the Agreement deemed necessary by counsel of the Depositor
to ensure that the transfer of this Certificate to any Person other than a
Permitted Transferee or any other Person will not cause the REMIC to cease to
qualify as a REMIC or cause the imposition of a tax upon the REMIC.

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

          The Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee and the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the
Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as
the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Securities
Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar nor
any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

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          This certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the state of New York.

          The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Holders
of the Certificates of all amounts held by the Securities Administrator and
required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement following the earlier of
(i) the final payment (or any advance with respect thereto) on or other
liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and (ii) the
optional purchase by the party designated in the Agreement at a price determined
as provided in the Agreement from the Trust Fund of all the Mortgage Loans and
all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans remaining therein. The
Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the Agreement
to purchase from the Trust Fund all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired
in respect of any Mortgage Loan remaining therein at a price determined as
provided in the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early
retirement of the Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to
the aggregate Loan Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being
10% or less of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of the Cut-off Date.

          The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.

          Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, 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 Securities Administrator has caused this
Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: ______________, 2005             WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Securities
                                        Administrator

                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Authorized Officer

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Certificates
referred to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Authenticating Agent

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

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                                  ABBREVIATIONS

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

<TABLE>
<S>         <C>                            <C>                   <C>
TEN COM -   as tenants in common           UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -      CUSTODIAN
TEN ENT -   as tenants by the entireties                          (Cust) (Minor)
                                                                  under Uniform
                                                                 Gifts to Minors
                                                                       Act

JT TEN -    as joint tenants with right                          _______________
            of survivorship and not as                               (State)
            tenants in common
</TABLE>

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

                                   ASSIGNMENT

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code and Taxpayer
                       Identification Number of assignee)

the Percentage Interest evidenced by the Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate and
hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on
the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

     I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Certificate
of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver
such Certificate to the following address:

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

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

                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Signature by or on behalf of assignor

                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Signature Guaranteed

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                            DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

     The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

     Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately
available funds to ____________________________________________________________,
for the account of ____________________________________________________________,
account number___________, or, if mailed by check, to _________________________,
Applicable statements should be mailed to _____________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________.

This information is provided by _______________________________________________,
the assignee named above, or __________________________________________________,
as its agent.

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                                                                     EXHIBIT A-4

                        FORM OF CLASS [C][P] CERTIFICATE

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 INTEREST RATE CAP AGREEMENTS.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE SENIOR CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS M
CERTIFICATES AND THE CLASS B CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED IN THE
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE
DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR 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 MASTER SERVICER,
THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, 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 SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR WITH (A) A REPRESENTATION THAT
SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT 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 TO ANY PROVISION UNDER 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 ("SIMILAR LAW")
(COLLECTIVELY, A "PLAN"), AND IS NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ACQUIRING THIS
CERTIFICATE FOR, ON BEHALF OF, OR WITH ANY ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN, (B) IF THIS
CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN ERISA-QUALIFYING UNDERWRITING, A
REPRESENTATION THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY THAT IS ACQUIRING
THIS 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 THIS 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 SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR,
AND UPON WHICH THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RELY, TO THE
EFFECT THAT THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS 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
TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE MASTER SERVICER, ANY 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

<PAGE>

CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE MASTER SERVICER, ANY SERVICER 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.

THIS 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 REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR
IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
SUCH ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF 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 SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR.

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                            CLASS [C][P] CERTIFICATE

<TABLE>
<S>                                   <C>
MLMI Series 2005-A8, Class [C][P]     Percentage Interest: 100%

Adjustable Pass Through Rate          Initial Certificate Principal Amount of
                                      the Class[C][P] Certificates as of the
                                      Issue Date: $_____

Date of Agreement and Cut-off Date:   Master Servicer and Securities
October 1, 2005                       Administrator: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

First Distribution Date:              Trustee: Wachovia Bank, National
November 25, 2005                     Association

No. _______________                   Issue Date: November 15, 2005

                                      CUSIP: ______________
</TABLE>

     DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
     CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
     OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS
     THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS CERTIFICATE.

                        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE

                               MLMI SERIES 2005-A8

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional, one- to four-family,
adjustable-rate, fully amortizing mortgage loans secured by first liens on
residential property (the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by

                     MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.

     THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN MERRILL
     LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
     THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING
     MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE
     UNITED STATES.

                                      A-4-3

<PAGE>

          This certifies that Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
is the registered owner of a Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the
denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate [Certificate Notional Amount
of the Class C Certificates] [Certificate Principal Balance of the Class P
Certificates] as of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership
interest evidenced by all the Class [C][P] Certificates in the Trust Fund
created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above
(the "Agreement"), among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor
(hereinafter called the "Depositor," which term includes any successor entity
under the Agreement), Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as master servicer (in such
capacity, the "Master Servicer") and securities administrator (in such capacity,
the "Securities Administrator") and Wachovia 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 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 such Holder is bound.

          Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the Record Date, in an amount equal to the product
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required
to be distributed to the Holders of Class [C][P] Certificates on such
Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement.

          All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Securities Administrator by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Securities
Administrator in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date
immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class
[C][P] Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the
address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on
the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on
this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Securities Administrator
of the pendency of such distribution and only upon the presentation and
surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Trustee
for that purpose as provided in the Agreement.

          This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates of the Series specified on the
face hereof (hereinafter called the "Certificates") and representing a
Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.

          The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Master Servicer Collection Account and the
Distribution Account may be made from time to time for purposes other than
distributions to Holders of the Certificates, such purposes including
reimbursement of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, with respect to
the Mortgage Loans.

          The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions and conditions provided
therein, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer
and the Trustee and the rights of the Holders of the Certificates under

                                      A-4-4

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the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 66 2/3% of the Trust
Fund or of the applicable Class or Classes, if such amendment affects only such
Class or Classes, 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 Certificateholders. Any such consent by the Holder
of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.

          As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations set
forth therein, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Securities Administrator as
provided in the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in
the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Securities Administrator and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the
Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized
denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued
to the designated transferee or transferees.

          The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only without
coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests specified
in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations set forth therein, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

          No transfer of this Certificate shall be made unless the transfer is
made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and an effective registration or
qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a
transaction that does not require such registration or qualification. In the
event that such a transfer of this Certificate is to be made without
registration or qualification, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance upon
Rule 144A (as evidenced by the investment letter delivered to the Trustee, in
substantially the form attached to the Agreement as Exhibit F-2) under the 1933
Act, the Trustee and the Depositor shall require a written Opinion of Counsel
(which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may
be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the
basis therefor, from the 1933 Act or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act,
which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor
or (ii) the Trustee shall require the transferor to execute a transferor
certificate (in substantially the form attached to the Agreement as Exhibit F-1)
and the transferee to execute an investment letter (in substantially the form
attached to the Agreement as Exhibit F-2) acceptable to and in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor and the Trustee certifying to
the Depositor and the Trustee the facts surrounding such transfer, which
investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor. None
of the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar or the Trustee is obligated to
register or qualify the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof under
the 1933 Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise
required under the Agreement to permit the transfer of such Certificates without
registration or qualification. Any Holder desiring to effect a transfer of this
Certificate shall be required to indemnify the Trustee, the Depositor, the
Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer 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.

                                      A-4-5

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          No transfer of this Certificate to a Plan subject to ERISA or Section
4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any
such Plan or any person using Plan Assets to acquire this Certificate shall be
made except in accordance with Section 5.02(b) of the Agreement.

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

          The Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee and the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the
Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as
the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Securities
Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar nor
any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

          The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Holders
of the Certificates of all amounts held by the Securities Administrator and
required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement following the earlier of
(i) the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of each
Class of Certificates has been reduced to zero, (ii) the final payment (or any
advance with respect thereto) on or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund and (iii) the optional purchase by the party
designated in the Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement
from the Trust Fund of all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in
respect of such Mortgage Loans remaining therein. The Agreement permits, but
does not require, the party designated in the Agreement to purchase from the
Trust Fund all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any
Mortgage Loan remaining therein at a price determined as provided in the
Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being 10% or
less of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
Cut-off Date.

          The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.

          Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, 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 Securities Administrator has caused this
Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: ______________, 2005             WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Securities
                                        Administrator

                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Authorized Officer

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Certificates referred
to in the within-mentioned Agreement.

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Authenticating Agent

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

                                      A-4-7

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                                  ABBREVIATIONS

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

TEN COM - as tenants in common         UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -       CUSTODIAN

TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties                         (Cust) (Minor)
                                                           under Uniform Gifts
                                                               to Minors Act
JT TEN -  as joint tenants with right                          ______________
          of survivorship and not as                              (State)
          tenants in common

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

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                                   ASSIGNMENT

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto _______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee)

the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such
interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

     I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Certificate
of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver
such Certificate to the following address: _____________________________________

Dated: __________

                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Signature by or on behalf of assignor

                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Signature Guaranteed

                                      A-4-9

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                            DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

     The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

     Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately
available funds to _____________________________________________________________
for the account of ____________________________, account number _____________,
or, if mailed by check, to __________________________________. Applicable
statements should be mailed to _________________________________________________

     This information is provided by _______________________________
_______________, the assignee named above, or ____________________________, as
its agent.

                                     A-4-10

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                                    EXHIBIT B

                             MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

                             Intentionally Omitted

                                       B-1

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                                    EXHIBIT C

                                FORM OF MI POLICY

                             Intentionally Omitted

                                       C-1

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                                                                       EXHIBIT D

                        REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS

To: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    1015 10th Avenue S.E.
    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
    Attn: MLMI 2005-A8

    Re: Custodial Agreement dated as of November 15, 2005, among Wachovia Bank,
        National Association, as Trustee, Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors,
        Inc., as Company, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Master Servicer and
        Securities Administrator and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Custodian

     In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by you as
Custodian for the Owner pursuant to the above-captioned Custodial Agreement, we
request the release, and hereby acknowledge receipt, of the Custodian's 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 Reason: ________________________

Address to which Trustee should
Deliver the Trustee's Mortgage File:              ______________________________

                                                  ______________________________

                                                  ______________________________

                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            (authorized signer)

                                        Issuer:
                                                --------------------------------

                                        Address:
                                                 -------------------------------

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

                                        Date:
                                              ----------------------------------

Custodian

                                      D-1-1

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Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Please acknowledge the execution of the above request by your signature and date
below:

Signature                                               Date

Documents returned to Custodian:

-------------------------------                         ------------------------
Custodian                                               Date

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                                   EXHIBIT E-1

                    FORM OF TRANSFEREE'S LETTER AND AFFIDAVIT

                                     [DATE]

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services - Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
Series 2005-A8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We propose to purchase Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-A8, Class R, described in the Prospectus
Supplement, dated November 11, 2005, and Prospectus, dated August 26, 2005.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated October 1, 2005 relating to
this issuance of the Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-A8 (the "Pooling and servicing
Agreement").

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.

3. We acknowledge that we will be the beneficial owner of the Class R
Certificate and:(1)

          _____ 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

----------
(1)  Check appropriate box and if necessary fill in the name of the Transferee's
     nominee.

                                      E-1-1

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 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 Securities Administrator
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 Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator a letter in the form of this letter (including
the affidavit appended hereto) and, we will provide the Securities Administrator
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 in which the Class R Certificate represents the residual
interest.

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                                        Very truly yours,

                                        [PURCHASER]

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

Accepted as of __________ __, 200__

MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.

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

                                      E-1-3

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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
               Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan
               Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-A8, 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 MLMI (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

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               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;

               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.

                                      E-1-5

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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 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).

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

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:
       --------------------

                                      E-1-7

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                                   EXHIBIT E-2

                         FORM OF TRANSFEROR'S AFFIDAVIT

                                     [DATE]

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services - Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
Series 2005-A8

Re:  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
     Certificates, Series 2005-A8

_______________________ (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:
                                               ---------------------------------

                                      E-2-1

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                                   EXHIBIT E-3

                         FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE

                                     [DATE]

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services - Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
Series 2005-A8

RE:  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
     Certificates, Series 2005-A8

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 October 1,
2005, among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A., as master servicer and securities administrator, and Wachovia Bank
National Association, as trustee.

                                        Very truly yours,

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

                                        Name of Transferor

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

                                      E-3-1

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                                   EXHIBIT F-1

                    FORM OF TRANSFEROR REPRESENTATION LETTER

                                                          ______________, 200___

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
4 World Financial Center
New York, New York 10281

Wachovia Bank, National Association
401 South Tryon Street, 12th Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-1179

     Re:  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through
          Certificates, MLMI Series 2005-A8, Class [ ]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In connection with the sale by ___________ (the "Seller") to ________ (the
"Purchaser") of $_________ Initial Certificate Principal Balance of Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-A8, Class _____ (the "Certificates"),
issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement"), dated as of October 1, 2005 among Merrill Lynch Mortgage
Investors, Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as
master servicer (in such capacity, the "Master Servicer") and securities
administrator (in such capacity, the "Securities Administrator") and Wachovia
Bank, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"). The Seller hereby
certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Depositor and the
Trustee that:

     Neither the Seller nor anyone acting on its behalf has (a) offered,
pledged, sold, disposed of or otherwise transferred any Certificate, any
interest in any Certificate or any other similar security to any person in any
manner, (b) has solicited 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) has otherwise approached or
negotiated with respect to any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or
any other similar security with any person in any manner, (d) has made any
general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or
(e) has taken any other action, that (as to any of (a) through (e) above) would
constitute a distribution of the Certificates under the Securities Act of 1933
(the "Act"), that would render the disposition of any Certificate a violation of
Section 5 of the Act or any state securities law, or that would require
registration or qualification pursuant thereto. The Seller will not act in any
manner set forth in the foregoing sentence with respect to any Certificate. The
Seller has not and will not sell or otherwise transfer any of the Certificates,
except in compliance with the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

                                      F-1-2

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                                        Very truly yours,

                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        (Seller)

                                      F-1-2

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                                   EXHIBIT F-2

             FORM OF INVESTOR REPRESENTATION LETTER (NON-RULE 144A)

                                                               __________, 200__

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
4 World Financial Center
New York, New York 10281

Wachovia Bank, National Association
401 South Tryon Street, 12th Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-1179

     Re:  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through
          Certificates, MLMI Series 2005-A8, Class [ ]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In connection with our acquisition of the above 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 are an
institutional "accredited investor," as defined in Regulation D under the Act,
and 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 Certificates and all
matters relating thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our
decision to purchase the Certificates, (d) either (i) we are not an employee
benefit plan that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or a plan or arrangement that is subject to Section
4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("Code"), nor are we
acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor are we using the assets of
any such plan or arrangement to effect such acquisition or (ii) the proposed
transfer and holding of such a Certificate and the servicing, management and
operation of the Trust: (I) will not result in a prohibited transaction under
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code which is not covered under an
individual or class prohibited transaction exemption including but not limited
to Department of Labor Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption ("PTCE") 84-14
(Class Exemption for Plan Asset Transactions Determined by Independent Qualified
Professional Asset Managers); PTCE 91-38 (Class Exemption for Certain
Transactions Involving Bank Collective Investment Funds); PTCE 90-1 (Class
Exemption for Certain Transactions Involving Insurance Company Pooled Separate
Accounts), PTCE 95-60 (Class Exemption for Certain Transactions Involving
Insurance Company General Accounts), and PTCE 96-23 (Class Exemption for Plan
Asset Transactions Determined by In-House Asset Managers) and (II) will not
subject the Depositor, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator or the

                                      F-2-1

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Trustee to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in the Agreement, (e)
we are acquiring the Certificates for investment for our own account and not
with a view to any distribution of such Certificates (but without prejudice to
our right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of the Certificates in
accordance with clause (g) below), (f) 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, or
taken any other action which would result in a violation of Section 5 of the
Act, and (g) we will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Certificates
unless (1) such sale, transfer or other disposition is made pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Act or is exempt from such
registration requirements, and if requested, we will at our expense provide an
opinion of counsel satisfactory to the addressees of this Certificate that such
sale, transfer or other disposition may be made pursuant to an exemption from
the Act, (2) The purchaser or transferee of such Certificate has executed and
delivered to you a certificate to substantially the same effect as this
certificate, and (3) The purchaser or transferee has otherwise complied with any
conditions for transfer set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

                                        Very truly yours,

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                                        Print Name of Transferee

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                                   EXHIBIT F-3

                            FORM OF RULE 144A LETTER

                                                              ____________, 2005

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
4 World Financial Center
New York, New York 10281

Wachovia Bank, National Association
401 South Tryon Street, 12th Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-1179

     Re: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.,
         Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, MLMI Series 2005-A8, Class [ ]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In connection with our acquisition of the above 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 Certificates and all matters relating
thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our decision to
purchase the Certificates, (d) either we are not an employee benefit plan that
is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
("ERISA"), or a plan or arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("Code"), nor are we acting on behalf
of any such plan or arrangement nor using the assets of any such plan or
arrangement to effect such acquisition or the proposed transfer and holding of
such a Certificate and the servicing, management and operation of the Trust: (I)
will not result in a prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code which is not covered under an individual or class
prohibited transaction exemption including but not limited to Department of
Labor Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption ("PTCE") 84-14 (Class Exemption for
Plan Asset Transactions Determined by Independent Qualified Professional Asset
Managers); PTCE 91-38 (Class Exemption for Certain Transactions Involving Bank
Collective Investment Funds); PTCE 90-1 (Class Exemption for Certain
Transactions Involving Insurance Company Pooled Separate Accounts), PTCE 95-60
(Class Exemption for Certain Transactions Involving Insurance Company General
Accounts), and PTCE 96-23 (Class Exemption for Plan Asset Transactions
Determined by In-House Asset Managers) and (II) will not subject the Depositor,
the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee
to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in the Agreement, (e) we have
not, nor has anyone

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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 Act or that would
render the disposition of the Certificates a violation of Section 5 of the 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, (f) we are a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is
defined in Rule 144A under the Act ("Rule 144A") and have completed either of
the forms of certification to that effect attached hereto as Annex 1 or Annex 2,
(g) we are aware that the sale to us is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, and
(h) we are acquiring the 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 (A) to a person reasonably believed 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 (B)
pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Act.

                                        Very truly yours,

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                                        Print Name of Transferee

                                      F-3-2

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                                                          ANNEX I TO EXHIBIT F-3

            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 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 $___________(2) in securities (except for the
1 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
     the 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 any such institutions 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 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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(2)  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.

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     ___ 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 a 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 within the meaning of
     Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

     ___ Investment Advisor. The Buyer is an investment advisor registered under
     the Investment Advisors Act of 1940.

     ___ Small Business Investment Company. The 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.

     ___ Business Development Company. The Buyer is a business development
     company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisors Act of
     1940.

     3. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (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 is provided above, the Buyer agrees that it will
furnish to such parties updated annual financial statements promptly after they
become available.

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                                        Print Name of Buyer

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                                                         ANNEX II TO EXHIBIT F-3

            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 the 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 the Buyer, the Buyer is a "qualified
institutional buyer" as defined in SEC 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.

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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.

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                                        Print Name of Buyer or Adviser

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

                                        IF AN ADVISER:

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                                        Print Name of Buyer

                                        Date:
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                                    EXHIBIT G

                           FORM OF CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT

          THIS CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT (as amended and supplemented from time to
time, the "Agreement"), dated as of November 15, 2005, by and among WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee (including its successors under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement defined below, the "Trustee"), MERRILL LYNCH
MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC., as company (together with any successor in interest,
the "Company"), WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as master servicer and securities
administrator (together with any successor in interest or successor under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement referred to below, the "Master Servicer") and
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as custodian (together with any successor in interest or
any successor appointed hereunder, the "Custodian").

                                WITNESSETH THAT:

          WHEREAS, the Company, the Master Servicer and the Trustee have entered
into a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2005, relating to
the issuance of Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, MLMI Series 2005-A8 (as in
effect on the date of this agreement, the "Original Pooling and Servicing
Agreement," and as amended and supplemented from time to time, the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement"); and

          WHEREAS, the Custodian has agreed to act as agent for the Trustee for
the purposes of receiving and holding certain documents and other instruments
delivered by the Company or the Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and the Servicers under the their respective Servicing Agreements, all
upon the terms and conditions and subject to the limitations hereinafter set
forth;

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the Trustee, the Company, the
Master Servicer and the Custodian hereby agree as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I
                                   DEFINITIONS

          Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned in the Original Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
unless otherwise required by the context herein.

                                   ARTICLE II
                          CUSTODY OF MORTGAGE DOCUMENTS

          Custodian to Act as Agent: Acceptance of Mortgage Files. The
Custodian, as the duly appointed agent of the Trustee for these purposes,
acknowledges (subject to any exceptions noted in the Initial Certification
referred to in Section 2.3(a)) receipt of the Mortgage Files relating to the
Mortgage Loans identified on the schedule attached hereto (the "Mortgage Files")
and declares that it holds and will hold such Mortgage Files as agent for the
Trustee, in trust, for the use and benefit of all present and future
Certificateholders.

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          Recordation of Assignments. If any Mortgage File includes one or more
assignments of Mortgage to the Trustee in a state which is specifically excluded
from the Opinion of Counsel delivered by the Seller to the Trustee (with a copy
to the Custodian) pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.01 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the Custodian shall deliver each such assignment to the
Company for the purpose of recording it in the appropriate public office for
real property records, and the Company, at no expense to the Custodian, shall
promptly cause to be recorded in the appropriate public office for real property
records each such assignment of Mortgage and, upon receipt thereof from such
public office, shall return each such assignment of Mortgage to the Custodian.

          Review of Mortgage Files.

          On or prior to the Closing Date, the Custodian agrees, for the benefit
of Certificateholders, to review, in accordance with the provisions of Section
2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each such document, and shall
deliver to the Trustee an Initial Certification in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit One evidencing receipt (subject to any exceptions noted therein) of a
Mortgage File for each of the Mortgage Loans listed on the Schedule attached
hereto (the "Mortgage Loan Schedule") and certifying that all such documents
have been executed and received and that such documents relate to the Mortgage
Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, except for any exceptions listed
on Schedule A attached to such Initial Certification. The Custodian shall be
under no duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine said documents,
instruments, certificates or other papers to determine that the same are
genuine, enforceable, or appropriate for the represented purpose or that they
have actually been recorded or that they are other than what they purport to be
on their face.

          Not later than 180 days after the Closing Date, the Custodian shall
review the Mortgage Files as provided in Section 2.02 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and deliver to the Trustee a Final Certification in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit Two evidencing the completeness of the Mortgage Files
(subject to any exceptions noted therein).

          In reviewing the Mortgage Files as provided herein and in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, the Custodian shall make no representation as to and
shall not be responsible to verify (i) the validity, legality, enforceability,
due authorization, recordability, sufficiency or genuineness of any of the
documents included in any Mortgage File or (ii) the collectability,
insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any of the documents in any
Mortgage File.

          Upon receipt of written request from the Trustee, the Custodian shall
as soon as practicable supply the Trustee with a list of all of the documents
relating to the Mortgage Loans then contained in the Mortgage Files.

          Notification of Breaches of Representations and Warranties. Upon
discovery by the Custodian of a breach of any representation or warranty made by
the Company as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to
a Mortgage Loan relating to a Mortgage File, the Custodian shall give prompt
written notice to the Company, the related Servicer and the Trustee.

          Custodian to Cooperate: Release of Mortgage Files. Upon receipt of
written notice from the Master Servicer that the Mortgage Loan Seller has
repurchased a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Article II of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, and that the purchase price therefor has been deposited in the Master
Servicer Collection Account or the Distribution Account, then the Custodian
agrees to promptly release to the Mortgage Loan Seller the related Mortgage
File.

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          Upon the Custodian's receipt of a request for release (a "Request for
Release") substantially in the form of Exhibit D to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement signed by a Servicing Officer of the related Servicer stating that it
has received payment in full of a Mortgage Loan or that payment in full will be
escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the Custodian agrees promptly
to release to such Servicer the related Mortgage File. The Company shall deliver
to the Custodian and the Custodian agrees to accept the Mortgage Note and other
documents constituting the Mortgage File with respect to any Substitute Mortgage
Loan.

          From time to time as is appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure
of any Mortgage Loan, including, for this purpose, collection under any Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policy, the related Servicer shall deliver to the Custodian a
Request for Release signed by a Servicing Officer requesting that possession of
all of the Mortgage File be released to such Servicer and certifying as to the
reason for such release and that such release will not invalidate any insurance
coverage provided in respect of the Mortgage Loan under any of the Insurance
Policies. Upon receipt of the foregoing, the Custodian shall deliver the
Mortgage File to such Servicer. The related Servicer shall cause each Mortgage
File or any document therein so released to be returned to the Custodian when
the need therefore by such Servicer no longer exists, unless (i) the Mortgage
Loan has been liquidated and the Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage
Loan have been deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account or the
Distribution Account or (ii) the Mortgage File or such document has 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 either judicially or
non-judicially, and the related Servicer has delivered to the Custodian a
certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying as to the name and address of the
Person to which such Mortgage File or such document was delivered and the
purpose or purposes of such delivery.

          At any time that a Servicer is required to deliver to the Custodian a
Request for Release, such Servicer shall deliver two copies of the Request for
Release if delivered in hard copy or such Servicer may furnish such Request for
Release electronically to the Custodian, in which event the Servicing Officer
transmitting the same shall be deemed to have signed the Request for Release. In
connection with any Request for Release of a Mortgage File because of a
repurchase of a Mortgage Loan, the related Servicer shall send to the Trustee an
assignment of mortgage, without recourse, representation or warranty from the
Trustee to the Mortgage Loan Seller and the related Mortgage Note which shall be
endorsed without recourse, representation or warranty by the Trustee and the
Trustee shall forward such documents to the Mortgage Loan Seller. In connection
with any Request for Release of a Mortgage File because of the payment in full
of a Mortgage Loan, the related Servicer shall send to the Trustee a certificate
of satisfaction or other similar instrument to be executed by or on behalf of
the Trustee and returned to such Servicer.

          Assumption Agreements. In the event that any assumption agreement or
substitution of liability agreement is entered into with respect to any Mortgage
Loan subject to this Agreement in accordance with the terms and provisions of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer, to the extent provided
in the related Servicing Agreement, shall cause the related Servicer to notify
the Custodian that such assumption or substitution agreement has been completed
by forwarding to the Custodian the original of such assumption or substitution
agreement, which shall be added to the related Mortgage File and, for all
purposes, shall be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same extent as
all other documents and instruments constituting parts thereof.

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                                   ARTICLE III
                            CONCERNING THE CUSTODIAN

          Custodian a Bailee and Agent of the Trustee. With respect to each
Mortgage Note, Mortgage and other documents constituting each Mortgage File
which are delivered to the Custodian, the Custodian is exclusively the bailee
and agent of the Trustee and has no instructions to hold any Mortgage Note or
Mortgage for the benefit of any person other than the Trustee and the
Certificateholders and undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as
are specifically set forth in this Agreement. Except upon compliance with the
provisions of Section 2.5 of this Agreement, no Mortgage Note, Mortgage or
Mortgage File shall be delivered by the Custodian to the Company, the Servicer
or the Master Servicer or otherwise released from the possession of the
Custodian.

          Reserved.

          Custodian May Own Certificates. The Custodian in its individual or any
other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates with the same
rights it would have if it were not Custodian.

          Master Servicer to Pay Custodian's Fees and Expenses. The Master
Servicer covenants and agrees to pay to the Custodian from time to time, and the
Custodian shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation for all services
rendered by it in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties
hereunder of the Custodian, and the Master Servicer will pay or reimburse the
Custodian upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Custodian in accordance with any of the
provisions of this Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the
expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not regularly in
its employ), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from
its negligence or bad faith or to the extent that such cost or expense is
indemnified by the Company pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

          Custodian May Resign; Trustee May Remove Custodian. The Custodian may
resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed upon it as such
obligations and duties relate to its acting as Custodian of the Mortgage Loans.
Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Trustee shall either take custody
of the Mortgage Files itself and give prompt notice thereof to the Company, the
Master Servicer and the Custodian, or promptly appoint a successor Custodian by
written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be
delivered to the resigning Custodian and one copy to the successor Custodian. If
the Trustee shall not have taken custody of the Mortgage Files and no successor
Custodian shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30
days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Custodian may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Custodian.

          The Trustee may remove the Custodian at any time with the consent of
the Master Servicer. In such event, the Trustee shall appoint, or petition a
court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, a successor Custodian hereunder. Any
successor Custodian shall be a depository institution subject to supervision or
examination by federal or state authority, shall be able to satisfy the other
requirements contained in Section 3.7 and shall be unaffiliated with the
Servicer or the Company.

          Any resignation or removal of the Custodian and appointment of a
successor Custodian pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 3.5 shall
become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor Custodian. The
Trustee shall give prompt notice to the Company and the

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Master Servicer of the appointment of any successor Custodian. No successor
Custodian shall be appointed by the Trustee without the prior approval of the
Company and the Master Servicer.

          Merger or Consolidation of Custodian. Any Person into which the
Custodian may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or
any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the
Custodian shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the
Custodian, shall be the successor of the Custodian 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.

          Representations of the Custodian. The Custodian hereby represents that
it is a depository institution subject to supervision or examination by a
federal or state authority, has a combined capital and surplus of at least
$15,000,000 and is qualified to do business in the jurisdictions in which it
will hold any Mortgage File.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

          Notices. All notices, requests, consents, demands and other
communications required under this Agreement or pursuant to any other instrument
or document delivered hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specifically provided, may be delivered personally, by telegram or telex, or by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, at the
addresses specified on the signature page hereof (unless changed by the
particular party whose address is stated herein by similar notice in writing),
in which case the notice will be deemed delivered when received.

          Amendments. No modification or amendment of or supplement to this
Agreement shall be valid or effective unless the same is in writing and signed
by all parties hereto, and neither the Company, the Master Servicer nor the
Trustee shall enter into any amendment hereof except as permitted by the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee shall give prompt notice to the Custodian
of any amendment or supplement to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and
furnish the Custodian with written copies thereof.

          GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED A CONTRACT MADE UNDER
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

          Recordation of Agreement. To the extent permitted by applicable law,
this Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate public offices for
real property records in all the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in
which any or all of the properties subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in
any other appropriate public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to
be effected by the Company and at the Trust's expense on direction by the
Trustee, but only upon direction accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Company to the effect that the failure to effect such
recordation is likely to materially and adversely affect the interests of the
Certificateholders.

          For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as
herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed
simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each

                                       G-5

<PAGE>

of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts
shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

          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.

                                       G-6

<PAGE>

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

Address:                                WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
401 South Tryon Street, 12th Floor      as Trustee
Charlotte, NC 28288-1179

Attention:                              By:
           --------------------------       ------------------------------------
Telecopy:                               Name:
          ---------------------------         ----------------------------------
Confirmation:                           Title:
              -----------------------          ---------------------------------

Address:                                MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.
4 World Financial Center
New York, NY 10281
                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------

Address:                                WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
9062 Old Annapolis Road                 as Master Servicer
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951

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

Address:                                WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
1015 10th Avenue Southeast, MS 0031     as Custodian
Minneapolis, MN  55414

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

                                       G-7

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT ONE

                     FORM OF CUSTODIAN INITIAL CERTIFICATION

                                                               November __, 2005

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10281

Wachovia Bank, National Association
401 South Tryon Street, 12th Floor
Charlotte, NC 28288-1179

     Re:  Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2005, among
          Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo
          Bank, N.A., as master servicer and securities administrator, and
          Wachovia Bank, National Association, as trustee,
          Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-A8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Attached is the Custodian's preliminary exception report delivered in
accordance with Section 2.02 of the referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement
(the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"). Capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.

     The Custodian has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Custodian makes no representations as to
(i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any of
the documents contained in the Mortgage File pertaining to the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, (ii) the collectability, insurability,
effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan or (iii) the existence of
any assumption, modification, written assurance, or substitution agreement, with
respect to any Mortgage File if no such documents appear in the Mortgage File
delivered to the Custodian.

                                       G-8

<PAGE>

                                        WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
                                        as Custodian

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

                                       G-9

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT TWO

                      FORM OF CUSTODIAN FINAL CERTIFICATION

                                                              ____________, 2005

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10281
Attention: ____________________

Wachovia Bank, National Association
401 South Tryon Street, 12th Floor
Charlotte, NC 28288-1179

     Re:  Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2005, among
          Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo
          Bank, N.A., as master servicer and securities administrator and
          Wachovia Bank, National Association, as trustee,
          Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-A8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the undersigned, hereby certifies that, except as noted on
the Schedule of Exceptions attached hereto, for each Mortgage Loan listed on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or listed on
the attachment hereto), it has received a complete Mortgage File which includes
the documents required to be included in the Mortgage File as set forth in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

     The undersigned has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
above-referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The undersigned makes no
representation as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability or
genuineness of any documents contained in any Mortgage File for any of the
Mortgage Loans listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, (ii) the collectability, insurability, effectiveness or suitability
of any such Mortgage Loan or (iii) whether any Mortgage File should include any
flood insurance policy, any rider, addends, surety or guaranty agreement, power
of attorney, buy down agreement, assumption agreement, modification agreement,
written assurance or substitution agreement.

                                      G-10

<PAGE>

     Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.

                                        WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
                                        as Custodian

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

                                      G-11

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT H-1

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                        GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC.

                               See Exhibit 99.6

                                      H-1-1

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT H-2

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                            PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION

                               See Exhibit 99.7

                                      H-2-1

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT I

                        MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                               See Exhibit 99.1

                                       I-1

<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT J

                            ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENTS

                            See Exhibit 99.2-99.5

                                     J-1

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT K

            FORM CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED BY THE MASTER SERVICER
                                 WITH FORM 10-K

     Re:  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through
          Certificates, Series 2005-A8

          I, [identify the certifying individual], certify that:

          l. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K, and all reports on
Form 8-K containing distribution or servicing reports filed in respect of
periods included in the year covered by this annual report, of Merrill Lynch
Mortgage Investors, Inc. (the "Registrant");

          2. Based on my knowledge, the information in these reports, taken as a
whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading as of the
last day of the period covered by this annual report;

          3. Based on my knowledge, the servicing information required to be
provided to the Trustee by the Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement for inclusion in these reports is included in these reports;

          4. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the
Servicer under the Servicing Agreement and based upon my knowledge and the
annual compliance review required under the Servicing Agreement, and except as
disclosed in the reports, the Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the
Servicing Agreement; and

          5. The reports disclose all significant deficiencies relating to the
Servicer's compliance with the minimum servicing standards based upon the report
provided by an independent public accountant, after conducting a review in
compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or
similar standard as set forth in the Servicing Agreement that is included in
these reports.

          In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on
information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties:

          ____________________________

          ____________________________

          ____________________________

                                       K-1

<PAGE>

          Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings
ascribed to them in Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated October 1, 2005,
among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A., as master servicer and securities administrator and Wachovia Bank,
National Association, as trustee.

                                        WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

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

                                       K-2

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT L-1

                         FORM OF CLASS A-2 CAP CONTRACT

                             (PROVIDED UPON REQUEST)

                                      L-1-1

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT L-2

                         FORM OF CLASS A-3 CAP CONTRACT

                             (PROVIDED UPON REQUEST)

                                      L-2-1

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT L-3

                  FORM OF SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATE CAP CONTRACT

                             (PROVIDED UPON REQUEST)

                                      L-3-1

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT M-1

                       CLASS A-2 ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE

                                      M-1-1

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
From and including   To but excluding   Notional Amount (USD)   Cap Rate (%)
------------------   ----------------   ---------------------   ------------
<S>                  <C>                <C>                     <C>
11/15/2005           11/25/2005             365,191,000.00          9.740
11/25/2005           12/25/2005             353,476,771.81          5.910
12/25/2005           01/25/2006             342,106,282.69          5.711
01/25/2006           02/25/2006             331,070,793.11          5.919
02/25/2006           03/25/2006             320,360,443.50          6.581
03/25/2006           04/25/2006             309,965,664.23          5.919
04/25/2006           05/25/2006             299,877,167.03          6.125
05/25/2006           06/25/2006             290,085,936.86          5.920
06/25/2006           07/25/2006             280,583,223.72          6.126
07/25/2006           08/25/2006             271,360,534.98          5.946
08/25/2006           09/25/2006             262,409,627.78          5.946
09/25/2006           10/25/2006             253,722,501.67          6.153
10/25/2006           11/25/2006             245,291,391.52          5.946
11/25/2006           12/25/2006             237,108,760.53          6.153
12/25/2006           01/25/2007             229,167,293.65          5.947
01/25/2007           02/25/2007             221,459,890.94          5.947
02/25/2007           03/25/2007             213,979,661.30          6.612
03/25/2007           04/25/2007             206,719,916.36          5.947
04/25/2007           05/25/2007             199,674,164.42          6.154
05/25/2007           06/25/2007             192,836,104.80          5.948
06/25/2007           07/25/2007             186,199,622.15          6.157
07/25/2007           08/25/2007             179,758,723.87          6.101
</TABLE>

                                      L-2-2

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
From and including   To but excluding   Notional Amount (USD)   Cap Rate (%)
------------------   ----------------   ---------------------   ------------
<S>                  <C>                <C>                     <C>
08/25/2007           09/25/2007             173,508,761.52          6.196
09/25/2007           10/25/2007             167,443,560.75          6.412
10/25/2007           11/25/2007             161,557,137.41          6.197
11/25/2007           12/25/2007             155,844,227.89          6.412
12/25/2007           01/25/2008             150,299,723.42          6.198
01/25/2008           02/25/2008             144,918,674.13          6.247
02/25/2008           03/25/2008             139,696,501.25          6.730
03/25/2008           04/25/2008             134,628,385.57          6.283
04/25/2008           05/25/2008             129,709,679.94          6.514
05/25/2008           06/25/2008             124,936,432.27          6.296
06/25/2008           07/25/2008             120,303,898.71          6.515
07/25/2008           08/25/2008             115,807,935.94          8.453
08/25/2008           09/25/2008             111,451,336.60          8.523
09/25/2008           10/25/2008             107,223,146.91          8.817
10/25/2008           11/25/2008             103,119,438.07          8.525
11/25/2008           12/25/2008             103,119,438.07          8.818
12/25/2008           01/25/2009             103,119,438.07          8.526
01/25/2009           02/25/2009             101,679,457.49          9.315
02/25/2009           03/25/2009              98,627,078.99          9.740
03/25/2009           04/25/2009              95,664,561.20          9.355
04/25/2009           05/25/2009              92,789,207.63          9.695
05/25/2009           06/25/2009              89,998,730.02          9.374
</TABLE>

                                      L-2-3

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
From and including   To but excluding   Notional Amount (USD)   Cap Rate (%)
------------------   ----------------   ---------------------   ------------
<S>                  <C>                <C>                     <C>
06/25/2009           07/25/2009              87,290,352.32          9.696
07/25/2009           08/25/2009              84,661,661.48          9.730
08/25/2009           09/25/2009              82,111,699.79          9.731
09/25/2009           10/25/2009              79,636,733.09          9.740
10/25/2009           11/25/2009              77,234,541.47          9.733
11/25/2009           12/25/2009              74,903,003.34          9.740
12/25/2009           01/25/2010              72,640,042.66          9.734
01/25/10             02/25/2010              70,443,644.36          9.740
02/25/10             03/25/2010              68,312,329.52          9.740
03/25/10             04/25/2010              66,243,696.98          9.740
04/25/10             05/25/2010              64,235,905.08          9.740
05/25/10             06/25/2010              62,287,216.58          9.740
06/25/10             07/25/2010              60,396,075.96          9.740
07/25/10             08/25/2010              58,560,552.65          9.740
08/25/10             09/25/2010              56,771,132.46          9.740
09/25/10             10/25/2010              55,034,934.34          9.740
10/25/10             11/25/2010              53,349,949.99          9.740
11/25/10             12/25/2010              51,714,671.64          9.740
12/25/10             01/25/2011              50,127,635.78          9.740
01/25/11             02/25/2011              48,587,422.02          9.740
02/25/11             03/25/2011              47,096,548.94          9.740
03/25/11             04/25/2011              45,649,563.26          9.740
</TABLE>

                                      L-2-4

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
From and including   To but excluding   Notional Amount (USD)   Cap Rate (%)
------------------   ----------------   ---------------------   ------------
<S>                  <C>                <C>                     <C>
04/25/11             05/25/2011              44,245,175.20          9.740
05/25/11             06/25/2011              42,882,132.93          9.740
06/25/11             07/25/2011              41,559,376.78          9.740
07/25/11             08/25/2011              40,275,562.99          9.740
08/25/11             09/25/2011              39,029,547.14          9.740
09/25/11             10/25/2011              37,820,218.34          9.740
10/25/11             11/25/2011              36,646,498.34          9.740
11/25/11             12/25/2011              35,507,340.55          9.740
12/25/11             01/25/2012              34,401,729.08          9.740
01/25/12             02/25/2012              33,328,677.89          9.740
02/25/12             03/25/2012              32,287,229.86          9.740
03/25/12             04/25/2012              31,276,456.00          9.740
04/25/12             05/25/2012              30,295,454.57          9.740
05/25/12             06/25/2012              29,343,350.31          9.740
06/25/12             07/25/2012              28,419,293.66          9.740
07/25/12             08/25/2012              27,522,460.02          9.740
</TABLE>

                                      L-2-5

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT M-2

                       CLASS A-3 ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE

                                      M-2-1

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
From and including   To but excluding   Notional Amount (USD)   Cap Rate (%)
------------------   ----------------   ---------------------   ------------
<S>                  <C>                <C>                     <C>
11/15/2005           11/25/2005             284,000,000.00          9.740
11/25/2005           12/25/2005             275,492,641.45          6.162
12/25/2005           01/25/2006             267,161,979.71          6.171
01/25/2006           02/25/2006             259,002,403.65          6.306
02/25/2006           03/25/2006             251,007,896.90          7.008
03/25/2006           04/25/2006             243,173,071.05          6.304
04/25/2006           05/25/2006             235,493,164.86          6.522
05/25/2006           06/25/2006             227,964,039.32          6.303
06/25/2006           07/25/2006             220,652,915.41          6.521
07/25/2006           08/25/2006             213,553,472.10          6.319
08/25/2006           09/25/2006             206,659,571.89          6.319
09/25/2006           10/25/2006             199,965,255.48          6.538
10/25/2006           11/25/2006             193,464,736.59          6.318
11/25/2006           12/25/2006             187,152,396.96          6.537
12/25/2006           01/25/2007             181,022,781.40          6.317
01/25/2007           02/25/2007             175,070,593.12          6.317
02/25/2007           03/25/2007             169,290,689.06          7.021
03/25/2007           04/25/2007             163,678,075.50          6.316
04/25/2007           05/25/2007             158,227,903.62          6.535
05/25/2007           06/25/2007             152,935,465.38          6.315
06/25/2007           07/25/2007             147,796,189.39          6.537
07/25/2007           08/25/2007             142,805,636.90          6.409
</TABLE>

                                      L-2-2

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
From and including   To but excluding   Notional Amount (USD)   Cap Rate (%)
------------------   ----------------   ---------------------   ------------
<S>                  <C>                <C>                     <C>
08/25/2007           09/25/2007             137,960,402.01          6.560
09/25/2007           10/25/2007             133,255,448.43          6.787
10/25/2007           11/25/2007             128,686,605.38          6.559
11/25/2007           12/25/2007             124,249,929.73          6.785
12/25/2007           01/25/2008             119,941,592.74          6.558
01/25/2008           02/25/2008             115,757,876.75          6.589
02/25/2008           03/25/2008             111,695,356.57          7.122
03/25/2008           04/25/2008             107,750,353.42          6.645
04/25/2008           05/25/2008             103,919,442.08          6.874
05/25/2008           06/25/2008             100,199,318.31          6.644
06/25/2008           07/25/2008              96,586,773.69          6.874
07/25/2008           08/25/2008              93,078,692.85          8.357
08/25/2008           09/25/2008              89,674,561.85          8.450
09/25/2008           10/25/2008              86,369,269.24          8.739
10/25/2008           11/25/2008              83,159,464.19          8.447
11/25/2008           12/25/2008              83,159,464.19          8.735
12/25/2008           01/25/2009              83,159,464.19          8.445
01/25/2009           02/25/2009              82,031,215.94          8.955
02/25/2009           03/25/2009              79,636,772.89          9.740
03/25/2009           04/25/2009              77,311,520.83          9.010
04/25/2009           05/25/2009              75,053,408.45          9.317
05/25/2009           06/25/2009              72,860,494.30          9.006
</TABLE>

                                      L-2-3

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
From and including   To but excluding   Notional Amount (USD)   Cap Rate (%)
------------------   ----------------   ---------------------   ------------
<S>                  <C>                <C>                     <C>
06/25/2009           07/25/2009              70,730,893.15          9.313
07/25/2009           08/25/2009              68,662,774.37          9.164
08/25/2009           09/25/2009              66,654,603.05          9.162
09/25/2009           10/25/2009              64,704,397.00          9.474
10/25/2009           11/25/2009              62,810,480.62          9.158
11/25/2009           12/25/2009              60,971,226.84          9.470
12/25/2009           01/25/2010              59,185,055.68          9.154
01/25/2010           02/25/2010              57,450,432.90          9.233
02/25/2010           03/25/2010              55,765,950.93          9.740
03/25/2010           04/25/2010              54,130,076.42          9.229
04/25/2010           05/25/2010              52,541,404.73          9.543
05/25/2010           06/25/2010              50,998,571.89          9.230
06/25/2010           07/25/2010              49,500,308.27          9.554
07/25/2010           08/25/2010              48,045,269.59          9.740
08/25/2010           09/25/2010              46,626,561.82          9.740
09/25/2010           10/25/2010              45,248,886.64          9.740
10/25/2010           11/25/2010              43,911,056.72          9.740
11/25/2010           12/25/2010              42,611,919.12          9.740
12/25/2010           01/25/2011              41,350,354.27          9.740
01/25/2011           02/25/2011              40,125,275.07          9.740
02/25/2011           03/25/2011              38,937,768.62          9.740
03/25/2011           04/25/2011              37,784,547.48          9.740
</TABLE>

                                      L-2-4

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
From and including   To but excluding   Notional Amount (USD)   Cap Rate (%)
------------------   ----------------   ---------------------   ------------
<S>                  <C>                <C>                     <C>
04/25/2011           05/25/2011              36,664,621.25          9.740
05/25/2011           06/25/2011              35,577,028.14          9.740
06/25/2011           07/25/2011              34,520,877.07          9.740
07/25/2011           08/25/2011              33,495,215.78          9.740
08/25/2011           09/25/2011              32,499,163.67          9.740
09/25/2011           10/25/2011              31,531,865.57          9.740
10/25/2011           11/25/2011              30,592,491.06          9.740
11/25/2011           12/25/2011              29,680,233.73          9.740
12/25/2011           01/25/2012              28,794,310.46          9.740
01/25/2012           02/25/2012              27,933,960.80          9.740
02/25/2012           03/25/2012              27,098,446.27          9.740
03/25/2012           04/25/2012              26,287,049.73          9.740
04/25/2012           05/25/2012              25,499,074.79          9.740
05/25/2012           06/25/2012              24,733,845.17          9.740
06/25/2012           07/25/2012              23,990,704.14          9.740
07/25/2012           08/25/2012              23,269,013.97          9.740
</TABLE>

                                      L-2-5

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT M-3

                SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATE ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
From and including   To but excluding   Notional Amount (USD)   Cap Rate (%)
------------------   ----------------   ---------------------   ------------
<S>                  <C>                <C>                     <C>
11/15/05             11/25/2005             65,335,000.00           9.150
11/25/2005           12/25/2005             65,335,000.00           5.228
12/25/2005           01/25/2006             65,335,000.00           5.098
01/25/2006           02/25/2006             65,335,000.00           5.221
02/25/2006           03/25/2006             65,335,000.00           5.871
03/25/2006           04/25/2006             65,335,000.00           5.220
04/25/2006           05/25/2006             65,335,000.00           5.422
05/25/2006           06/25/2006             65,335,000.00           5.220
06/25/2006           07/25/2006             65,335,000.00           5.422
07/25/2006           08/25/2006             65,335,000.00           5.236
08/25/2006           09/25/2006             65,335,000.00           5.236
09/25/2006           10/25/2006             65,335,000.00           5.439
10/25/2006           11/25/2006             65,335,000.00           5.236
11/25/2006           12/25/2006             65,335,000.00           5.439
12/25/2006           01/25/2007             65,335,000.00           5.236
01/25/2007           02/25/2007             65,335,000.00           5.236
02/25/2007           03/25/2007             65,335,000.00           5.888
03/25/2007           04/25/2007             65,335,000.00           5.236
04/25/2007           05/25/2007             65,335,000.00           5.439
05/25/2007           06/25/2007             65,335,000.00           5.236
06/25/2007           07/25/2007             65,335,000.00           5.441
07/25/2007           08/25/2007             65,335,000.00           5.325
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
From and including   To but excluding   Notional Amount (USD)   Cap Rate (%)
------------------   ----------------   ---------------------   ------------
<S>                  <C>                <C>                     <C>
08/25/2007           09/25/2007             65,335,000.00           5.408
09/25/2007           10/25/2007             65,335,000.00           5.617
10/25/2007           11/25/2007             65,335,000.00           5.408
11/25/2007           12/25/2007             65,335,000.00           5.617
12/25/2007           01/25/2008             65,335,000.00           5.409
01/25/2008           02/25/2008             65,335,000.00           5.437
02/25/2008           03/25/2008             65,335,000.00           5.903
03/25/2008           04/25/2008             65,335,000.00           5.469
04/25/2008           05/25/2008             65,335,000.00           5.684
05/25/2008           06/25/2008             65,335,000.00           5.474
06/25/2008           07/25/2008             65,335,000.00           5.685
07/25/2008           08/25/2008             65,335,000.00           6.842
08/25/2008           09/25/2008             65,335,000.00           6.898
09/25/2008           10/25/2008             65,335,000.00           7.156
10/25/2008           11/25/2008             65,335,000.00           6.898
11/25/2008           12/25/2008             59,585,028.15           7.162
12/25/2008           01/25/2009             49,810,968.89           6.913
01/25/2009           02/25/2009             44,076,750.02           7.390
02/25/2009           03/25/2009             42,846,340.72           8.313
03/25/2009           04/25/2009             41,650,231.78           7.429
04/25/2009           05/25/2009             40,487,449.81           7.715
05/25/2009           06/25/2009             39,357,107.12           7.441
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
From and including   To but excluding   Notional Amount (USD)   Cap Rate (%)
------------------   ----------------   ---------------------   ------------
<S>                  <C>                <C>                     <C>
06/25/2009           07/25/2009             38,258,255.41           7.721
07/25/2009           08/25/2009             37,190,016.30           7.640
08/25/2009           09/25/2009             36,151,786.14           7.644
09/25/2009           10/25/2009             35,142,471.06           7.932
10/25/2009           11/25/2009             34,161,262.36           7.653
11/25/2009           12/25/2009             33,207,379.11           7.941
12/25/2009           01/25/2010             32,280,059.61           7.662
01/25/2010           02/25/2010             31,378,563.45           7.768
02/25/2010           03/25/2010             30,502,256.91           8.698
03/25/2010           04/25/2010             29,650,349.83           7.780
04/25/2010           05/25/2010             28,822,162.35           8.076
05/25/2010           06/25/2010             28,017,041.37           7.803
06/25/2010           07/25/2010             27,234,380.57           8.102
07/25/2010           08/25/2010             26,473,508.71           8.285
08/25/2010           09/25/2010             25,730,646.71           8.365
09/25/2010           10/25/2010             25,008,591.06           8.682
10/25/2010           11/25/2010             24,306,693.29           8.384
11/25/2010           12/25/2010             23,624,391.03           8.702
12/25/2010           01/25/2011             22,961,137.62           8.405
01/25/2011           02/25/2011             22,316,401.69           8.763
02/25/2011           03/25/2011             21,690,595.43           9.150
03/25/2011           04/25/2011             21,082,236.14           8.788
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
From and including   To but excluding   Notional Amount (USD)   Cap Rate (%)
------------------   ----------------   ---------------------   ------------
<S>                  <C>                <C>                     <C>
04/25/2011           05/25/2011             20,490,837.95           9.123
05/25/2011           06/25/2011             19,791,390.96           8.826
06/25/2011           07/25/2011             19,093,912.29           9.150
07/25/2011           08/25/2011             18,415,880.28           8.855
08/25/2011           09/25/2011             17,756,753.53           8.870
09/25/2011           10/25/2011             17,116,005.64           9.150
10/25/2011           11/25/2011             16,493,124.97           8.903
11/25/2011           12/25/2011             15,887,614.11           9.150
12/25/2011           01/25/2012             15,298,989.51           8.938
01/25/2012           02/25/2012             14,726,781.14           8.957
02/25/2012           03/25/2012             14,170,532.05           9.150
03/25/2012           04/25/2012             13,629,798.00           8.996
04/25/2012           05/25/2012             13,104,147.16           9.150
05/25/2012           06/25/2012             12,593,159.75           9.039
06/25/2012           07/25/2012             12,096,427.66           9.150
07/25/2012           08/25/2012             11,613,554.14           9.118
</TABLE>

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