Document:

Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2004

 Exhibit 4.1 
  
 EXECUTION VERSION 
  
 INDENTURE 
  
 dated as of May 1, 2004 
  
 by and between 
  
 ACCREDITED
MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2004-2, 
  
 as Issuer 
  
 and 
  
 LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 
  
 as Indenture Trustee 
  

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

					
	ARTICLE I
	
	DEFINITIONS
			
	 Section 1.01.
	  	 General Definitions
	  	4
	
	ARTICLE II
	
	THE NOTES
			
	 Section 2.01.
	  	 Forms Generally
	  	4
	 Section 2.02.
	  	 Form of Certificate of Authentication
	  	4
	 Section 2.03.
	  	 General Provisions with Respect to Principal and Interest Payment
	  	4
	 Section 2.04.
	  	 Denominations
	  	5
	 Section 2.05.
	  	 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
	  	5
	 Section 2.06.
	  	 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange
	  	5
	 Section 2.07.
	  	 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes
	  	7
	 Section 2.08.
	  	 Payments of Principal and Interest
	  	8
	 Section 2.09.
	  	 Persons Deemed Owner
	  	9
	 Section 2.10.
	  	 Cancellation
	  	10
	 Section 2.11.
	  	 Authentication and Delivery of Notes
	  	10
	 Section 2.12.
	  	 Book-Entry Note
	  	12
	 Section 2.13.
	  	 Termination of Book Entry System
	  	12
	
	ARTICLE III
	
	COVENANTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
			
	 Section 3.01.
	  	 Payment of Notes
	  	13
	 Section 3.02.
	  	 Maintenance of Office or Agency
	  	13
	 Section 3.03.
	  	 Money for Note Payments to Be Held in Trust
	  	13
	 Section 3.04.
	  	 Existence of Trust
	  	15
	 Section 3.05.
	  	 Protection of Trust Estate
	  	16
	 Section 3.06.
	  	 Opinions as to the Trust Estate
	  	16
	 Section 3.07.
	  	 Performance of Obligations
	  	17
	 Section 3.08.
	  	 Investment Company Act
	  	17
	 Section 3.09.
	  	 Negative Covenants
	  	17
	 Section 3.10.
	  	 Annual Statement as to Compliance
	  	18
	 Section 3.11.
	  	 Restricted Payments
	  	18
	 Section 3.12.
	  	 Treatment of Notes as Debt for Tax Purposes
	  	19
	 Section 3.13.
	  	 Notice of Events of Default
	  	19
	 Section 3.14.
	  	 Further Instruments and Acts
	  	19
	 Section 3.15.
	  	 Representation and Warranties of the Issuer
	  	19
	
	ARTICLE IV
	
	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
			
	 Section 4.01.
	  	 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

	  	20

  

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	 Section 4.02.
	  	 Application of Trust Money
	  	21
	 Section 4.03.
	  	 Subrogation and Cooperation
	  	22
	
	ARTICLE V
	
	DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
			
	 Section 5.01.
	  	 Event of Default
	  	22
	 Section 5.02.
	  	 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
	  	24
	 Section 5.03.
	  	 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee
	  	24
	 Section 5.04.
	  	 Remedies
	  	25
	 Section 5.05.
	  	 Indenture Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	  	25
	 Section 5.06.
	  	 Indenture Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes
	  	26
	 Section 5.07.
	  	 Application of Money Collected
	  	26
	 Section 5.08.
	  	 Limitation on Suits
	  	28
	 Section 5.09.
	  	 Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest
	  	28
	 Section 5.10.
	  	 Restoration of Rights and Remedies
	  	29
	 Section 5.11.
	  	 Rights and Remedies Cumulative
	  	29
	 Section 5.12.
	  	 Delay or Omission Not Waiver
	  	29
	 Section 5.13.
	  	 Control by Noteholders
	  	29
	 Section 5.14.
	  	 Waiver of Past Defaults
	  	30
	 Section 5.15.
	  	 Undertaking for Costs
	  	30
	 Section 5.16.
	  	 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
	  	30
	 Section 5.17.
	  	 Sale of Trust Estate
	  	31
	 Section 5.18.
	  	 Action on Notes
	  	32
	 Section 5.19.
	  	 No Recourse
	  	32
	 Section 5.20.
	  	 Application of the Trust Indenture Act
	  	32
	 Section 5.21.
	  	 Suspension and Termination of Note Insurer’s Rights
	  	32
	
	ARTICLE VI
	
	THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
			
	 Section 6.01.
	  	 Duties of Indenture Trustee
	  	33
	 Section 6.02.
	  	 Notice of Default
	  	35
	 Section 6.03.
	  	 Rights of Indenture Trustee
	  	35
	 Section 6.04.
	  	 Not Responsible for Recitals, Issuance of Notes or Mortgage Loans
	  	36
	 Section 6.05.
	  	 May Hold Notes
	  	37
	 Section 6.06.
	  	 Money Held in Trust
	  	37
	 Section 6.07.
	  	 Eligibility, Disqualification
	  	37
	 Section 6.08.
	  	 Indenture Trustee’s Capital and Surplus
	  	37
	 Section 6.09.
	  	 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
	  	38
	 Section 6.10.
	  	 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Indenture Trustee
	  	39
	 Section 6.11.
	  	 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of Indenture Trustee
	  	39
	 Section 6.12.
	  	 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Trust
	  	40
	 Section 6.13.
	  	 Co-Indenture Trustees and Separate Indenture Trustees
	  	40

  

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	 Section 6.14.
	  	 Authenticating Agents
	  	41
	 Section 6.15.
	  	 Review of Mortgage Files
	  	42
	 Section 6.16.
	  	 Indenture Trustee Fees and Expenses Indemnification
	  	43
	
	ARTICLE VII
	
	NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS
			
	 Section 7.01.
	  	 Note Registrar to Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders
	  	43
	 Section 7.02.
	  	 Preservation of Information: Communications to Noteholders
	  	44
	 Section 7.03.
	  	 Reports by Indenture Trustee
	  	44
	 Section 7.04.
	  	 Reports by Trust
	  	44
	
	ARTICLE VIII
	
	ACCOUNTS, PAYMENTS OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL, AND RELEASES
			
	 Section 8.01.
	  	 Accounts; Investment; Collection of Moneys
	  	45
	 Section 8.02.
	  	 Payments; Statements
	  	48
	 Section 8.03.
	  	 Claims against the Note Insurance Policy
	  	50
	 Section 8.04.
	  	 General Provisions Regarding the Payment Accounts and Mortgage Loans
	  	52
	 Section 8.05.
	  	 Releases of Deleted Mortgage Loans
	  	53
	 Section 8.06.
	  	 Reports by Indenture Trustee to Noteholders; Access to Certain Information
	  	53
	 Section 8.07.
	  	 Release of Trust Estate
	  	54
	 Section 8.08.
	  	 Amendment to Sale and Servicing Agreement
	  	54
	 Section 8.09.
	  	 Delivery of the Mortgage Files Pursuant to Sale and Servicing Agreement
	  	54
	 Section 8.10.
	  	 Master Servicer as Agent
	  	55
	 Section 8.11.
	  	 Termination of Master Servicer
	  	55
	 Section 8.12.
	  	 Opinion of Counsel
	  	55
	 Section 8.13.
	  	 Appointment of Collateral Agents
	  	55
	 Section 8.14.
	  	 Rights of the Note Insurer to Exercise Rights of Noteholders
	  	55
	 Section 8.15.
	  	 Trust Estate and Accounts Held for Benefit of the Note Insurer
	  	56
	
	ARTICLE IX
	
	SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
			
	 Section 9.01.
	  	 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders
	  	56
	 Section 9.02.
	  	 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders
	  	57
	 Section 9.03.
	  	 Execution of Supplemental Indentures
	  	59
	 Section 9.04.
	  	 Effect of Supplemental Indentures
	  	59
	 Section 9.05.
	  	 Conformity With Trust Indenture Act
	  	59
	 Section 9.06.
	  	 Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures
	  	59
	 Section 9.07.
	  	 Amendments to Governing Documents
	  	59

  

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	ARTICLE X
	
	REDEMPTION OF NOTES
			
	 Section 10.01.
	  	 Redemption of Notes
	  	60
	 Section 10.02.
	  	 Form of Redemption Notice
	  	61
	 Section 10.03.
	  	 Notes Payable on Optional Redemption
	  	61
	
	ARTICLE XI
	
	MISCELLANEOUS
			
	 Section 11.01.
	  	 Compliance Certificates and Opinions
	  	61
	 Section 11.02.
	  	 Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee
	  	62
	 Section 11.03.
	  	 Acts of Noteholders
	  	63
	 Section 11.04.
	  	 Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer and Trust
	  	63
	 Section 11.05.
	  	 Notices and Reports to Noteholders; Waiver of Notices
	  	65
	 Section 11.06.
	  	 Rules by Indenture Trustee
	  	65
	 Section 11.07.
	  	 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
	  	65
	 Section 11.08.
	  	 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
	  	65
	 Section 11.09.
	  	 Successors and Assigns
	  	66
	 Section 11.10.
	  	 Separability
	  	66
	 Section 11.11.
	  	 Benefits of Indenture
	  	66
	 Section 11.12.
	  	 Legal Holidays
	  	66
	 Section 11.13.
	  	 Governing Law
	  	66
	 Section 11.14.
	  	 Counterparts
	  	66
	 Section 11.15.
	  	 Recording of Indenture
	  	66
	 Section 11.16.
	  	 Trust Obligation
	  	66
	 Section 11.17.
	  	 No Petition
	  	67
	 Section 11.18.
	  	 Inspection
	  	68
	 Section 11.19.
	  	 Usury
	  	68
	 Section 11.20.
	  	 Note Insurer Default
	  	68
	 Section 11.21.
	  	 Third-Party Beneficiary
	  	68

  
 APPENDICES, SCHEDULES
AND EXHIBITS 
  

			
	Appendix 1	  	Defined Terms
		
	Schedule 1	  	Mortgage Loan Schedule
		
	Exhibit A	  	Form of Note

  

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 This INDENTURE, dated as of May 1, 2004 (as amended or supplemented from time to time as permitted
hereby, this “Indenture”), is between ACCREDITED MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2004-2, a Delaware statutory trust (together with its permitted successors and assigns, the “Trust” or the “Issuer”), and LASALLE
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as Indenture Trustee (together with its permitted successors in the trusts hereunder, the “Indenture Trustee”). 
  
 Preliminary Statement 
  
 The Trust has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for its Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2004-2 (the
“Notes”), issuable as provided in this Indenture. All covenants and agreements made by the Trust herein are for the benefit and security of the Holders of the Notes and the Note Insurer. The Trust is entering into this Indenture,
and the Indenture Trustee is accepting the trusts created hereby, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged. 
  
 All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Trust in accordance with its terms have been done.

  
 Granting Clause 
  
 Subject to the terms of this Indenture, the Trust hereby Grants to the
Indenture Trustee at the Closing Date, as Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Class A-1 Noteholders and the Note Insurer, all of the Trust’s right, title and interest in and to: (i) the Trust Estate relating to Loan Group 1; (ii) all
right, title and interest of the Trust in the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Group 1 Mortgage Loans (including the Trust’s right to cause the Sponsor to repurchase Group 1 Mortgage Loans from the Trust under certain
circumstances described therein); (iii) all present and future claims, demands, causes of action and choses in action in respect of any or all of the foregoing and all payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in
respect of any or all of the foregoing, including all proceeds of the conversion thereof, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper,
checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, rights to payment of any and every kind and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property which at any time constitute all or part of or are included in
the proceeds of any of the foregoing, each with respect to Loan Group 1; (iv) all funds on deposit from time to time in (a) the Collection Account relating to Loan Group 1 and (b) the Payment Account relating to Loan Group 1; (v) all other property
of the Trust relating to Loan Group 1 from time to time; and (vi) any and all proceeds of the foregoing (collectively with respect to Loan Group 1, the “Group 1 Collateral”). 
  
 The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure the payment of principal of
and interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Class A-1 Notes, equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction, and to secure compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, all as provided in this Indenture.

  
 Subject to the terms of this Indenture, the Trust hereby
Grants to the Indenture Trustee at the Closing Date, as Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Class A-2 Noteholders and the Note 

  

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Insurer, all of the Trust’s right, title and interests in and to: (i) the Trust Estate relating to Loan Group 2; (ii) all right, title and interest, of
the Trust in the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Group 2 Mortgage Loans (including the Trust’s right to cause the Sponsor to repurchase Group 2 Mortgage Loans from the Trust under certain circumstances described therein); (iii)
all present and future claims, demands, causes of action and choses in action in respect of any or all of the foregoing and all payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of the foregoing,
including all proceeds of the conversion thereof, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance
proceeds, condemnation awards, rights to payment of any and every kind and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property which at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the
foregoing, each with respect to Loan Group 2; (iv) all funds on deposit from time to time in (a) the Collection Account relating to Loan Group 2 and (b) the Payment Account relating to Loan Group 2; (v) all other property of the Trust relating to
Loan Group 2 from time to time; and (vi) any and all proceeds of the foregoing (collectively with respect to Loan Group 2, the “Group 2 Collateral”. 
  
 The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure the payment of principal of and interest on, and any), other amounts owing in
respect of, the Class A-2 Notes, equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction, and to secure compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, all as provided in this Indenture. 
  
 Subject to the terms of this Indenture, the Trust hereby Grants to the
Indenture Trustee at the Closing Date, as Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Class A-1 Noteholders, the Class A-2 Noteholders and the Note Insurer, all of the Trust’s right, title and interest in and to the Reserve Account;
provided, however, that with respect to the Available Funds Cap Carry Forward Amount related to a Class of Notes, only amounts on deposit in the related sub-account of the Reserve Account and the related Yield Maintenance Account are
available to pay the related Available Funds Cap Carry-Forward Amount. 
  
 The foregoing Grants shall inure to the benefit of the Note Insurer in respect of draws made on the Note Insurance Policy and amounts owing from time to time pursuant to the Insurance Agreement, and such Grants shall continue in full force
and effect for the benefit of the Note Insurer until all such amounts owing to it have been repaid in full. 
  
 The Indenture Trustee, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of the holders of each Group of Notes, acknowledges the foregoing Grants, accepts the trusts
hereunder in good faith and without notice of any adverse claim or liens and agrees to perform its duties required in this Indenture as specifically set forth herein to the end that the interests of the holders of the related Notes and the Note
Insurer may be adequately and effectively protected. The Indenture Trustee agrees and acknowledges that each item of Collateral that is physically delivered to the Indenture Trustee will be held by the Indenture Trustee in California. The Indenture
Trustee agrees that it will hold the Note Insurance Policy in trust and that it will hold any proceeds of any claim upon the Note Insurance Policy, solely for the use and benefit of the Noteholders in accordance with the terms hereof and the Note
Insurance Policy. 
  

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 ARTICLE I 
  

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

  
 Section 2.03. General Provisions with Respect to Principal
and Interest Payment. The Notes shall be designated generally as the “Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2, Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2004-2”. 
  

The Notes shall be issued in the form specified in Section 2.01 hereof. The Notes shall be issued in two Classes, the Class A-1 Notes, and Class A-2
Notes. The aggregate Original Note Principal Balance of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture is limited to $342,200,000 of Class A-1 Notes and $342,720,000 of Class A-2 Notes, except for the Notes authenticated and
delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Sections 2.06, 2.07, or 9.06 of this Indenture. 
  

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 Subject to the provisions of Sections 3.01, 5.07, 5.09 and 8.02 of this Indenture, the principal of each
Class of Notes shall be payable in installments ending no later than the related Final Stated Maturity Date, unless the unpaid principal of such Notes become due and payable at an earlier date by declaration of acceleration or call for redemption or
otherwise. 
  
 All payments made with respect to any Note shall be
applied first to the interest then due and payable on such Note and then to the principal thereof. All computations of interest accrued on any Note shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days and the actual number of days elapsed in the related
Accrual Period. 
  
 Notwithstanding any of the foregoing
provisions with respect to payments of principal of and interest on the Notes, if the Notes have become or been declared due and payable following an Event of Default and such acceleration of maturity and its consequences have not been rescinded and
annulled, then payments of principal of and interest on the Notes shall be made in accordance with Section 5.07 hereof. 
  
 Section 2.04. Denominations. The Notes shall be issuable only as registered Notes in the denominations equal to the Authorized Denominations.

  
 Section 2.05. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and
Dating. The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by an Authorized Officer of the Owner Trustee, acting at the direction of the Certificateholders. The signature of such Authorized Officer of the Owner Trustee on the Notes may be manual
or by facsimile. 
  
 Notes bearing the manual or facsimile
signature of an individual who was at any time an Authorized Officer of the Owner Trustee shall bind the Trust, notwithstanding that such individual has ceased to be an Authorized Officer of the Owner Trustee prior to the authentication and delivery
of such Notes or was not an Authorized Officer of the Owner Trustee at the date of such Notes. 
  
 At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Trust may deliver Notes executed on behalf of the Trust to the Authenticating Agent for authentication, and the Authenticating
Agent shall authenticate and deliver such Notes as provided in this Indenture and not otherwise. 
  
 Each Note authenticated on the Closing Date shall be dated the Closing Date. All other Notes that are authenticated after the Closing Date for any other
purpose hereunder shall be dated the date of their authentication. 
  
 No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for in Section 2.02 hereof,
executed by the Authenticating Agent by the manual signature of one of its Authorized Officers or employees, and such certificate of authentication upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder. 
  
 Section 2.06.
Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Trust shall cause to be kept a register (the “Note Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations 

  

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as it may prescribe, the Trust shall provide for the registration of Notes and the registration of transfers of Notes. The Indenture Trustee is hereby
initially appointed “Note Registrar” for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. The Indenture Trustee shall remain the Note Registrar throughout the term hereof. Upon any resignation of the
Indenture Trustee, the Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, shall promptly appoint a successor, with the approval of the Note Insurer, or, in the absence of such appointment, the Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, shall assume the duties
of Note Registrar. 
  
 If a Person other than the Indenture
Trustee is appointed by the Trust as Note Registrar, the Trust will give the Indenture Trustee prompt written notice of the appointment of such Note Registrar and of the location, and any change in the location, of the Note Register, and the
Indenture Trustee shall have the right to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times and to obtain copies thereof, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to rely upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by an
Authorized Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the Holders of the Notes and the principal amounts and number of such Notes. 
  
 Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Trust to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02 hereof, the
Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust, acting at the direction of the Certificateholders, shall execute, and the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees; one or more new Notes of
any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate initial Note Principal Balance. 
  
 At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denominations, and of a like aggregate Note Principal Balance, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or
agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Owner Trustee shall execute, and the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes that the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. 
  
 All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall
be the valid obligations of the Trust, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. 
  
 Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in the form included in Exhibit A attached hereto, duly executed by the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by
an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agent’s Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other
“signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange Act. 
  
 No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Note Registrar may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge as may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.07 or Section 9.06 hereof not involving any
transfer or any exchange made by the Note Insurer. 
  

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 The Note Registrar shall not register the transfer of a Note unless the Note Registrar has received a
representation letter from the transferee to the effect that either (i) the transferee is a Plan and is not, directly or indirectly, acquiring the Note or any interest therein on behalf of, as investment manager of, as named fiduciary of, as trustee
of, or with the assets of a Plan or (ii) the acquisition and holding of the Note by the transferee qualifies for exemptive relief under a United States Department of Labor prohibited transaction class exemption (or, if the transferee is a
Governmental Plan, will not result in a violation of applicable law). Each Beneficial Owner of a Note which is a Book-Entry Note shall be deemed to make one of the foregoing representations. 
  
 Section 2.07. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. If (1) any
mutilated Note is surrendered to the Note Registrar or the Note Registrar receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and (2) there is delivered to the Note Registrar such security or indemnity as may be
required by the Note Registrar to save each of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Note Insurer and the Note Registrar harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Note Registrar that such Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Owner
Trustee on behalf of the Trust, acting at the direction of the Certificateholders, shall execute and upon its delivery of a Trust Request the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a new Note or Notes of the same tenor and aggregate initial principal amount bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. If, after the delivery of such new Note, a bona fide purchaser of the original Note in
lieu of which such new Note was issued presents for payment such original Note, the note Registrar, shall be entitled to recover such new Note from the person to whom it was delivered or any person taking therefrom, except a bona fide purchaser, and
shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expenses incurred by the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Note Insurer or the Note Registrar in connection therewith. If any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Note shall have become or shall be about to become due and payable, or shall have become subject to redemption in full, instead of issuing a new Note, the Trust may pay such Note without surrender thereof,
except that any mutilated Note shall be surrendered. 
  
 Upon the
issuance of any new Note under this Section 2.07, the Note Registrar, may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the
fees and expenses of the Trust, the Indenture Trustee or the Note Registrar) connected therewith. 
  
 Every new Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.07 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original contractual obligation of
the Trust, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

  
 The provisions of this Section 2.07 are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes. 
  

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 Section 2.08. Payments of Principal and Interest. (a) Payments on Notes issued as Book-Entry Notes
will be made by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee to the Clearing Agency or its nominee. Any installment of interest or principal payable on any Definitive Notes that is punctually paid or duly provided for by the Trust on the applicable Payment
Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Class of Notes and such Payment Date by either (i) wire transfer of immediately available
funds to the account of a Noteholder, if such Noteholder has provided the Indenture Trustee with wiring instructions in writing by five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date or has provided the Indenture Trustee with such instructions
for any previous Payment Date or (ii) check mailed to such Person’s address as it appears in the Note Register on such Record Date, except for the final installment of principal payable with respect to such Note, which shall be payable as
provided in subsection (b) of this Section 2.08. A fee may be charged by the Indenture Trustee to a Holder of Definitive Notes for any payment made by wire transfer. Any installment of interest or principal not punctually paid or duly provided for
shall be payable as soon as funds are available to the Indenture Trustee for payment thereof, or if Section 5.07 applies, pursuant to Section 5.07. 
  
 Payments on Certificates will be made by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee to or at the direction of the Person in whose name such Certificate is
registered by either (i) wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account directed by a Certificateholder, if such Certificateholder (A) is Accredited Home Lenders, Inc. or its affiliate and (B) has provided the Indenture Trustee with
wiring instructions in writing by five (5) Business Days prior to the related payment Date or has provided the Indenture Trustee with such instructions for any previous Payment Date or (ii) check mailed to such Person’s address as it appears in
the Certificate Register on such Record Date. A fee may be charged by the Indenture Trustee to a Certificateholder for any payment made by wire transfer. The Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to rely on information provided by the Owner Trustee as
Certificate Registrar as to all matters related to the Certificate Registrar and the Certificates. 
  
 (b) All reductions in the Note Principal Balance of a Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) effected by payments of installments of
principal made on any Payment Date shall be binding upon all Holders of such Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, whether or not such payment is noted on such Note. The
final installment of principal of each Note shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender thereof on or after the Payment Date therefor at the designated office of the Indenture Trustee located within the United States of America pursuant to
Section 3.02. 
  
 Whenever the Indenture Trustee expects that the
entire unpaid Note Principal Balance of any Note will become due and payable on the next Payment Date, other than pursuant to a redemption pursuant to Article X, it shall, no later than two (2) Business Days prior to such Payment Date, mail to each
Person in whose name a Note to be so retired is registered at the close of business on such otherwise applicable Record Date a notice to the effect that: 
  
 (i) the Indenture Trustee expects that funds sufficient to pay such final installment will be available in the related Payment Account on
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 (ii) if such funds are available, (a) such final installment will be payable on such
Payment Date, but only upon presentation and surrender of such Note at the office or agency of the Note Registrar maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 3.02 (the address of which shall be set forth in such notice) and (b) no interest shall
accrue on such Note after such Payment Date. 
  
 A copy of such
form of notice shall be sent to the Note Insurer by the Indenture Trustee. 
  
 Notices in connection with redemptions of Notes shall be mailed to Noteholders in accordance with Section 10.02 hereof. 
  
 (c) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.08, each Note delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or
in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to unpaid principal and interest that were carried by such other Note. Any checks mailed pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 2.08 and returned undelivered shall be held in
accordance with Section 3.03 hereof. 
  
 (d) The
Indenture Trustee’s Remittance Report, shall be prepared by the Indenture Trustee based on the loan level data provided in the Servicer Remittance Report delivered to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The
Indenture Trustee shall not have any responsibility to recalculate, verify or recompute information contained in any tape, electronic data file or disk or Servicer Remittance Report delivered to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement except to the extent necessary to satisfy all obligations under this Section 2.08(d). 
  
 Within thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar year, the Indenture Trustee will be required to furnish to each Person who at any time during the
calendar year was a Noteholder, if requested in writing by such person, a statement containing the information set forth in subclauses (a), (b) and (c) in the definition of “Indenture Trustee’s Remittance Report,” aggregated for such
calendar year. Such obligation will be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information is provided pursuant to any requirements of the Code as are from time to time in force. 
  
 From time to time (but no more than once per calendar month), upon the
written request of the Seller, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, the Backup Servicer or the Note Insurer, the Indenture Trustee shall report to the Seller, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, the Backup Servicer and the Note Insurer the amount then
held in each Account (including investment earnings accrued) held by the Indenture Trustee and the identity of the investments included therein. From time to time, at the request of the Note Insurer, the Indenture Trustee shall report to the Note
Insurer with respect to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer, without independent investigation, of any breach of any of the representations or warranties relating to individual Mortgage Loans set forth in Section 4.01 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee shall also provide the Note Insurer such other information within its control as may be reasonably requested by the Note Insurer. 
  
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Trustee, or the Note Insurer, may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the owner of such Note (a) on the applicable Record Date for the
purpose of receiving payments of the principal of and interest on such Note and (b) on any other date for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Trust, the Indenture Trustee or any other agent of the Trust, or the Note Insurer shall be
affected by notice to the contrary. 
  
 Section 2.10.
Cancellation. All Notes surrendered for payment, registration of transfer, exchange or redemption shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Note Registrar, be delivered to the Note Registrar and shall be promptly canceled by it. The
Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall deliver to the Note Registrar for cancellation any Note previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all
Notes so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Note Registrar. No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes canceled as provided in this Section 2.10, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled
Notes held by the Note Registrar shall be held by the Note Registrar in accordance with its standard retention policy, unless the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust shall direct within 5 Business Days of receipt of the cancelled Note by a Trust
Order that they be destroyed or returned to it. 
  
 Section 2.11.
Authentication and Delivery of Notes. The Notes shall be executed by an Authorized Officer of the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust; and delivered to the Authenticating Agent for authentication, and thereupon the same shall be
authenticated and delivered by the Authenticating Agent, upon a Trust Request and upon receipt by the Authenticating Agent of all of the following: 
  
 (a) A Trust Order authorizing the execution, authentication and delivery of the Notes and specifying the Note Principal Balance and the
Percentage Interest of such Notes to be authenticated and delivered. 
  
 (b) If required, one or more Opinions of Counsel (which opinion shall not be at the expense of the Indenture Trustee or the Trust) addressed to the Authenticating Agent and the Note Insurer or upon which the
Authenticating Agent and the Note Insurer are expressly permitted to rely, complying with the requirements of Section 11.01, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Authenticating Agent and the Note Insurer. 
  
 In rendering the opinions set forth above, such counsel may rely upon
Officer’s Certificates of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Seller, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, the Backup Servicer and the Indenture Trustee, without independent confirmation or verification with respect to factual matters relevant to
such opinions. In rendering the opinions set forth above, such counsel need express no opinion as to (a) the existence of, or the priority of the security interest created by the Indenture against, any liens or other interests that arise by
operation of law and that do not require any filing or similar action in order to take priority over a perfected security interest or (b) the priority of the security interest created by this Indenture with respect to any claim or lien in favor of
tile United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (including federal tax liens and liens arising under Title IV of ERISA). 
  

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 The acceptability to the Note Insurer of the Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Authenticating Agent and
the Note Insurer at the Closing Date shall be conclusively evidenced by the delivery on the Closing Date of the Note Insurance Policy. 
  
 (c) An Officer’s Certificate of the Trust complying with the requirements of Section 11.01 and stating that: 
  
 (i) the Trust is not in Default under this Indenture and the
issuance of the Notes will not result in any breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, the Trust’s Certificate of Trust or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to
which the Trust is a party or by which it is bound, or any order of any court or administrative agency entered in any proceeding to which the Trust is a party or by which it may be bound or to which it may be subject, and that all conditions
precedent provided in this Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of the Notes have been complied with; 
  
 (ii) the Trust is the owner of each Mortgage Loan, free and clear of any lien, security interest or charge, has not assigned any interest
or participation in any such Mortgage Loan (or, if any such interest or participation has been assigned, it has been released), and has the right to Grant each such Mortgage Loan to the Indenture Trustee; 
  
 (iii) the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule attached as Schedule 1 to this Indenture is correct; 
  
 (iv) the Trust has Granted to the Indenture Trustee all of its right, title and interest in each Mortgage Loan; and 
  
 (v) as of the Closing Date, no lien in favor of the United States described in Section 6321 of the Code, or lien in favor of the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation described in Section 4068(a) of the ERISA, has been filed as described in subsections 6323(f) and 6323(g) of the Code upon any property belonging to the Trust. 
  
 (d) An executed counterpart of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. 
  
 (e) An executed counterpart of the
Cap Agreements. 
  
 (f) An executed counterpart
of the Trust Agreement. 
  
 (g) An executed copy
of the Insurance Agreement. 
  
 (h) An executed
copy of the Note Insurance Policy. 
  
 (i) A copy
of a letter from Moody’s that is has assigned a rating of “Aaa” to each Class of the Notes and a copy of a letter from S&P that it has assigned a rating of “AAA” to each Class of the Notes. 
  
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 Section 2.12. Book-Entry Note. The Notes will be issued initially as one or more certificates in
the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for the Clearing Agency maintaining book-entry records with respect to ownership and transfer of such Notes, and registration of the Notes may not be transferred by the Note Registrar except upon the
termination of the book-entry system as described in Section 2.13. In such case, the Note Registrar shall deal with the Clearing Agency as representative of the Beneficial Owners of such Notes for purposes of exercising the rights of Noteholders
hereunder. Each payment of principal of and interest on a Book-Entry Note shall be paid to the Clearing Agency, which shall credit the amount of such payments to the accounts of its Clearing Agency Participants in accordance with its normal
procedures. Each Clearing Agency Participant shall be responsible for disbursing such payments to the Beneficial Owners of the Book-Entry Notes that it represents and to each indirect participating brokerage firm (a “brokerage firm”
or “indirect participating firm”) for which it acts as agent. Each brokerage firm shall be responsible for disbursing funds to the Beneficial Owners of the Book-Entry Notes that it represents. All such credits and disbursements are
to be made by the Clearing Agency and the Clearing Agency Participants in accordance with the provisions of the Notes. None of the Indenture Trustee, the Note Registrar, if any, the Trust or the Note Insurer shall have any responsibility therefor
except as otherwise provided by applicable law. Requests and directions from, and votes of, such representatives shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Beneficial Owners. 
  
 Section 2.13. Termination of Book Entry System. (a) The book-entry
system through the Clearing Agency with respect to the Book-Entry Notes may be terminated upon the happening of any of the following: 
  
 (i) The Clearing Agency advises the Indenture Trustee that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its
responsibilities as nominee and depository with respect to the Notes and a qualified successor Clearing Agency satisfactory to the Master Servicer is not located, on behalf of the Trust; or 
  
 (ii) After the occurrence of an Event of Default (at which
time the Indenture Trustee shall promptly notify the Clearing Agency of such Event of Default and instruct the Clearing Agency to forward such notice to the Beneficial Owners), the Beneficial Owners representing in the aggregate more than 50% of the
Note Principal Balance of the Book-Entry Notes advise the Indenture Trustee in writing, through the related Clearing Agency Participants and the Clearing Agency, that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Clearing Agency to the
exclusion of any Definitive Notes being issued to any person other than the Clearing Agency or its nominee is no longer in the best interests of the Beneficial Owners. 
  
 (b) Upon the occurrence of any event described in subsection (a) of this Section 2.13, the Indenture Trustee
shall instruct the Clearing Agency to notify all Beneficial Owners, of the occurrence of such event and of the availability of Definitive Notes to Beneficial Owners requesting the same, in an aggregate outstanding Note Principal Balance representing
the interest of each, making such adjustments and allowances as it may find necessary or appropriate as to accrued interest and previous calls for redemption. Definitive Notes shall be issued only upon surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the
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Indenture Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such
instructions. Upon issuance of the Definitive Notes, all references herein to obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the Clearing Agency shall cease to be applicable and the provisions relating to Definitive Notes shall be applicable.

  
 ARTICLE III 
  
 COVENANTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 
  
 Section 3.01. Payment of Notes. The Trust will pay or cause to be duly
and punctually paid the principal of, and interest on, the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture. The Notes shall be non-recourse obligations of the Trust and shall be limited in right of payment to amounts available
from the Trust Estate as provided in this Indenture and the Trust shall not otherwise be liable for payments on the Notes. No person shall be personally liable for any amounts payable under the Notes. If any other provision of this Indenture
conflicts or is deemed to conflict with the provisions of this Section 3.01, the provisions of this Section 3.01 shall control. 
  
 Section 3.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Indenture Trustee will always maintain an office at a location in the United States of America
where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, which as of the Closing Date shall be located at the Corporate Trust Office. Notices and demands to or upon the Trust in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be
delivered at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee. 
  
 The Owner Trustee, at the direction of the Certificateholders, on behalf of the Trust may also from time to time, at the expense of the Certificateholders, designate one or more other offices or agencies within the United States of America
where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, any designation of an office or agency for payment of Notes shall be subject to Section 3.03 hereof.
The Owner Trustee, at the direction of the Certificateholders, on behalf of the Trust will give prompt written notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Note Insurer of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such
other office or agency. 
  
 Section 3.03. Money for Note
Payments to Be Held in Trust. All payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Notes that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the related Payment Account pursuant to Sections 5.07 or 8.02 hereof shall be made on behalf of the
Trust by the Indenture Trustee, and no amounts so withdrawn from the related Payment Account for payments on the Notes shall be paid over to the Trust under any circumstances except as provided in this Section 3.03 or in Sections 5.07 or 8.02
hereof. 
  
 With respect to Definitive Notes, if the Trust shall
have a Note Registrar that is not also the Indenture Trustee, such Note Registrar shall furnish, no later than the fifth (5th) calendar day after each Record Date, a list, in such form as such Indenture Trustee may reasonably require, of 

  

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the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes and of the number of Individual Notes held by each such Holder. 
  
 Whenever the Trust shall have a Paying Agent other than the Indenture
Trustee, the Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, will, on or before the Business Day next preceding each Payment Date, direct the Indenture Trustee to deposit with such Paying Agent an aggregate sum sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming
due (to the extent funds are then available for such purpose in the related Payment Account), such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto. Any moneys deposited with a Paying Agent in excess of an amount sufficient to
pay the amounts then becoming due on the Notes with respect to which such deposit was made shall, upon Trust Order, be paid over by such Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee for application in accordance with Article VIII hereof. 
  
 Subject to the prior written consent of the Note Insurer, any Paying Agent
other than the Indenture Trustee, may be appointed by Trust Order and at the expense of the Trust. The Trust shall not appoint any Paying Agent (other than the Indenture Trustee) that is not, at the time of such appointment, a depository institution
or trust company whose obligations would be Permitted Investments pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of the term “Permitted Investments”. The Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, will cause each Paying Agent other than the
Indenture Trustee to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture Trustee acts as Paying Agent, it
hereby so agrees), subject to the provisions of this Section 3.03, that such Paying Agent will: 
  
 (a) allocate all sums received for payment to the Holders of Notes on each Payment Date among such Holders in the proportion specified in
the applicable Indenture Trustee’s Remittance Report, in each case to the extent permitted by applicable law; 
  
 (b) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and pay such sums to such Persons as herein provided; 
  
 (c) if such Paying Agent is not the Indenture Trustee, immediately resign as a Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all
sums held by it in trust for the payment of the Notes if at any time the Paying Agent ceases to meet the standards set forth above required to be met by a Paying Agent at the time of its appointment; 
  
 (d) if such Paying Agent is not the Indenture Trustee, give
the Indenture Trustee notice of any Default by the Trust (or any other obligor upon the Notes) in the making of any payment required to be made with respect to any Notes for which it is acting as Paying Agent; 
  
 (e) if such Paying Agent is not the Indenture Trustee, at
any time during the continuance of any Default by the Trust (or any other obligor upon the Notes), upon the written request of the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent; and

  

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 (f) comply with all requirements of the Code, and all regulations thereunder, with
respect to withholding from any payments made by it on any Notes of any applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in connection therewith; provided, however, that with
respect to withholding and reporting requirements applicable to original issue discount (if any) on any of the Notes, the Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, has provided the calculations pertaining thereto to the Indenture Trustee and the
Paying Agent. 
  
 The Trust may at any time, for the purpose of
obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or any other purpose, by Trust Order direct any Paying Agent, if other than the Indenture Trustee, to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to
be held by the Indenture Trustee in the same trusts as such sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
money. 
  
 Any money held by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying
Agent in trust for the payment of any amount due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed for two and one-half years after such amount has become due and payable to the Holder of such Note (or if earlier, three months before the date on
which such amount would escheat to a governmental entity under applicable law) shall be discharged from such trust and paid to the Trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Trust for
payment thereof (but only to the extent of the amounts so paid to the Trust), and all liability of the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease. The Indenture Trustee may adopt and employ, at the
expense of the Trust, any reasonable means of notification of such repayment (including, but not limited to, mailing notice of such repayment to Holders whose Notes have been called but have not been surrendered for redemption or whose right to or
interest in moneys due and payable but not claimed is determinable from the records of the Indenture Trustee or an), Paying Agent, at the last address of record for each such Holder). 
  
 Section 3.04. Existence of Trust. (a) Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 3.04, the Trust will keep in
full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware or under the laws of any other state of the United States of America, and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes and the other Basic Documents. 
  
 (b) Subject to Section 3.09(g) hereof, and with the prior written consent of the Note Insurer, any entity
into which the Trust may be merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Trust shall be a party, shall be the successor issuer under this Indenture without the execution or filing
of any paper, instrument or further act to be done on the part of the parties hereto, anything in any agreement relating to such merger or consolidation, by which any such Trust may seek to retain certain powers, rights and privileges therefore
obtaining for any period of time following such merger or consolidation to the contrary notwithstanding (other than Section 3.09(g)). 
  
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merger (if other than the Trust) may exercise every right and power of, and shall have all of the obligations of, the Trust under this Indenture with the
same effect as if such Person had been named as the issuer herein. 
  
 Section 3.05. Protection of Trust Estate. (a) The Trust will, from time to time, execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto and all such financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further
assurance and other instruments, and will take such other action as may be necessary or advisable to: 
  
 (i) Grant more effectively all or any portion of the Trust Estate as made by this Indenture; 
  
 (ii) maintain or preserve the lien of this Indenture or
carry out more effectively the purposes hereof; 
  
 (iii) perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant made or to be made by this Indenture; 
  
 (iv) enforce any of the Mortgage Loans or the Sale and Servicing Agreement; or 
  
 (v) preserve and defend title to the Trust Estate and the
rights of the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Note Insurer in the Mortgage Loans and the other property held as part of the Trust Estate against the claims of all Persons and parties. 
  
 (b) The Indenture Trustee shall not remove any portion of
the Trust Estate that consists of money or is evidenced by an instrument, certificate or other writing from the jurisdiction in which it was held at the Closing Date (provided that the Indenture Trustee may allow for the release of the Indenture
Trustee’s Mortgage File as provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and may also move its files to the State of California) or cause or permit ownership or the pledge of any portion of the Trust Estate that consists of book-entry securities
to be recorded on the books of a Person located in a different jurisdiction from the jurisdiction in which such ownership or pledge was recorded at such time unless the Indenture Trustee shall have first received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that the lien and security interest created by this Indenture with respect to such property will continue to be maintained after giving effect to such action or actions. 
  
 Section 3.06. Opinions as to the Trust Estate. On or before March 15th in each calendar year, beginning in 2005, the
Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, shall furnish to the Backup Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Insurer an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Indenture Trustee and the Note Insurer either
stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken as is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by this Indenture and reciting the details of such action or stating that in the opinion of such counsel no
such action is necessary to maintain such lien and security interest. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe all such action, if any, that will, in the opinion of such counsel, be required to be taken to maintain the lien and security interest
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 Section 3.07. Performance of Obligations. (a) The Trust shall punctually perform and observe all
of its obligations under this Indenture and the other Basic Documents. 
  
 (b) The Trust shall not take any action and will use its Best Efforts not to permit any action to be taken by others that would release any Person from any of such Person’s covenants or obligations under any of
the Mortgage Files or under any instrument included in the Trust Estate, or that would result in the amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the validity or effectiveness of, any of the documents or
instruments contained in the Mortgage Files, except as expressly permitted in this Indenture, the other Basic Documents or such document included in the Mortgage File or other instrument or unless such action will not adversely affect the interests
of the Noteholders and the Note Insurer. 
  
 (c)
If the Master Servicer or the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall have actual knowledge of the occurrence of a Servicer Event of Default, the Master Servicer or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee,
the Note Insurer and the Rating Agencies thereof, and, in the case of the Master Servicer, shall specify in such notice the action, if any, the Master Servicer is taking with respect to such default. 
  
 (d) Upon any termination of the Master Servicer’s
rights and powers pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall promptly notify the Note Insurer and the Rating Agencies. As soon as any successor Master Servicer is appointed, the Indenture Trustee shall notify the Note
Insurer and the Rating Agencies, specifying in such notice the name and address of such successor Master Servicer. 
  
 Section 3.08. Investment Company Act. The Trust shall at all times conduct its operations so as not to be subject to, or shall comply with, the
requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (or any successor statute), and the rules and regulations thereunder. 
  
 Section 3.09. Negative Covenants. The Trust shall not: 
  
 (a) sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any portion of the Trust Estate, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture and
the other Basic Documents; 
  
 (b) claim any
credit on, or make any deduction from, the principal of, or interest on, any of the Notes (other than amounts properly withheld from such payments under the Code) or assert any claim against any present or former Noteholder by reason of the payment
of any taxes levied or assessed upon any portion of the Trust Estate; 
  
 (c) engage in any business or activity other than as permitted by the Trust Agreement or other than in connection with, or relating to, the issuance of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture, or amend the Trust
Agreement, as in effect on the Closing Date, other than in accordance with Section 12.01 of the Trust Agreement; 
  
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 (e) incur, assume, guaranty or agree to indemnify any Person with respect to any
indebtedness of any Person, except for such indebtedness as may be incurred by the Trust in connection with the issuance of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture; 
  
 (f) subject to Article X of the Trust Agreement, dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part (until the Notes
are paid in full); 
  
 (g) (i) permit the
validity or effectiveness of this Indenture or any Grant to be impaired, or permit the lien of this Indenture to be impaired, amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be released from any covenants or
obligations under this Indenture, except as may be expressly permitted hereby, (ii) permit any lien, charge, security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (other than the lien of this Indenture) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise
upon or burden the Trust Estate or any pall thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof; or (iii) permit the lien of this Indenture not to constitute a valid perfected first priority (other than with respect to any such tax,
mechanics’ or other lien) security interest in the Trust Estate; or 
  
 (h) take any other action that should reasonably be expected to, or fail to take any action if such failure should reasonably be expected to, cause the Trust to be taxable as (x) an association pursuant to Section
7701 of the Code and the corresponding regulations or (y) a taxable mortgage pool pursuant to Section 7701(i) of the Code and the corresponding regulations. 
  
 Section 3.10. Annual Statement as to Compliance. On or before March 15, 2005, and each March 1 thereafter, the Master Servicer, on behalf of the
Trust, shall deliver to the Backup Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer and the Sponsor a written statement, signed by an Authorized Officer of the Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, stating that: 
  
 (i) a review of the fulfillment by the Trust during such
year of its obligations under this Indenture has been made under such Authorized Officer’s supervision; and 
  
 (ii) to the best of such Authorized Officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Trust has complied with all conditions and
covenants under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a Default in the fulfillment of any such covenant or condition, specifying each such Default known to such Authorized Officer and the nature and status thereof. 

 
 Section 3.11. Restricted Payments. The Trust shall not, directly or
indirectly, (i) pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, to the Owner Trustee or any owner of a beneficial interest in the Trust or otherwise
with respect to any ownership or equity interest or security in or of the Trust or to the Master Servicer, (ii) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value any such ownership or equity interest or security or (iii) set aside or otherwise
segregate any amounts for any such purpose; provided, however, that the Trust may make, or cause to be made, distributions to the Master Servicer, the Backup Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Note Insurer, the Noteholders and
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Documents and the Trust will not, directly or indirectly, make or cause to be made payments to or distributions from any Payment Account except in accordance
with this Indenture. 
  
 Section 3.12. Treatment of Notes as
Debt for Tax Purposes. For purposes of federal, state and local income, franchise and any other income taxes, the Trust will treat the Notes as indebtedness, and hereby instructs the Indenture Trustee, Paying Agent, the Master Servicer and the
Backup Servicer, on behalf of the Trust to treat the Notes as indebtedness for all applicable tax reporting purposes. 
  
 Section 3.13. Notice of Events of Default. The Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, shall give the Backup Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the
Note Insurer, the Rating Agencies and the Sponsor prompt written notice of each Event of Default hereunder of which it has knowledge, each default on the part of the Master Servicer of its obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and each
default on the part of the Sponsor of its obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 Section 3.14. Further Instruments and Acts. Upon written request of the Indenture Trustee or the Note Insurer, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, will execute and deliver such further instruments and do
such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture. 
  
 Section 3.15. Representation and Warranties of the Issuer. 
  
 (a) The Issuer represents and warrants that the Issuer is duly authorized under applicable law and the Trust
Agreement to create and issue the Notes, to execute and deliver this Indenture, the other documents referred to herein to which it is a party and all instruments included in the Collateral which it has executed and delivered, and that all Trust
action and governmental consents, authorizations and approvals necessary or required therefor have been duly and effectively taken or obtained. The Notes, when issued, will be, and this Indenture and such other documents are, valid and legally
binding obligations of the Issuer enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights in general and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability shall be considered in a proceeding in equity or in law. 
  
 (b) The Issuer represents and warrants that, immediately prior to its Grant of the Collateral provided for
herein, it had good title to, and was the sole owner of, the Mortgage Loans, free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or security interest. 
  
 (c) The Issuer represents and warrants that the Indenture Trustee has a valid and enforceable first priority security interest in the
Collateral, subject only to exceptions permitted hereby. 
  
 (d) The Issuer represents and warrants it is not required to be registered as an “investment company” under the 1940 Act. 
  
 (e) This Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law and shall be deemed to create
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UCC) in the Collateral in favor of the Indenture Trustee, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such as against
creditors of and purchasers from the Issuer; 
  
 (f) Other than the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, the Issuer has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Collateral, has not authorized
the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the Collateral that includes a description of collateral covering the Collateral other than any financing statements relating to the security interest granted to the Indenture
Trustee hereunder or that has been terminated. The Issuer is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Issuer; 
  
 (g) The Issuer owns and has good and marketable title to the Collateral free and clear of any Lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person;

  
 (h) The Issuer has caused or will have
caused, within ten days, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the appropriate filing offices under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the Collateral granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder. All financing
statements filed or to be filed against the Issuer in favor of the Indenture Trustee (or any subsequent assignee, without limitation) in connection herewith describing the Collateral contain a statement to the following effect, “A purchase of,
or security interest in, any collateral described in this financing statement will violate the rights of the secured party;” and 
  
 (i) The Mortgage Loans constitute instruments within the meaning of the applicable UCC. 
  
 (j) The Issuer shall, to the extent consistent with this
Agreement, take such additional reasonable actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans and the other assets of the Collateral, such security interest would be a
perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the life of this Agreement. 
  
 ARTICLE IV 
  
 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE 
  
 Section 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. Whenever the following conditions shall have been satisfied: 
  
 (a) either; 
  
 (i) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (x) Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07 hereof, and (y) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Trust, as provided in Section 3.03 hereof) have been delivered to the Note Registrar for
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 (ii) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Note Registrar for cancellation, (a) have
become due and payable, or (b) will become due and payable at the Final Stated Maturity Date within one (1) year, or (c) are to be called for redemption pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof within one (1) year under irrevocable arrangements satisfactory
to the Indenture Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Indenture Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Sponsor, 
  
 and the Sponsor, in the case of clause ii(c), or Master Servicer, in the case of clauses (ii)(a) or (ii)(b) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited
with the Indenture Trustee, in trust for such purpose, an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire unpaid Note Principal Balance of such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest
to the Final Stated Maturity Date or to the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and in the case of Notes that were not paid at the Final Stated Maturity Date of their entire unpaid Note Principal Balance, for all overdue principal and
all interest payable on such Notes to the next succeeding Payment Date therefor; 
  
 (b) the Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Trust (including,
without limitation, amounts due the Note Insurer); 
  
 (c) the Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, has delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Note Insurer an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory in form and substance to the Indenture Trustee and the Note
Insurer each stating that all conditions precedent herein providing for the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with. 
  
 then, upon a Trust Request, this Indenture and the lien, rights and interests created hereby and thereby shall cease to be of further effect, and the Indenture Trustee
and each co-trustee and separate trustee, if any, then acting as such hereunder shall, at the expense of the Trust, execute and deliver all such instruments as may be necessary to acknowledge the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and
shall pay, or assign or transfer and deliver, to the Trust or upon Trust Order all cash, securities and other property held by it as part of the Trust Estate remaining after satisfaction of the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) above.

  
 Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, the obligations of the Indenture Trustee and any Paying Agent to the Trust and the Holders of Notes under Section 3.03 hereof, the obligations of the Indenture Trustee to the Holders of Notes under Section 4.02 hereof and the provisions
of Section 2.07 hereof with respect to lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Notes, registration of transfers of Notes and rights to receive payments of principal of and interest on the Notes shall survive. 
  
 Section 4.02. Application of Trust Money. All money deposited with the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to Sections 3.03 and 4.01 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent, as the Indenture
Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Indenture Trustee. 
  

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 Section 4.03. Subrogation and Cooperation. 
  
 (a) The Trust and the Indenture Trustee acknowledge that (i)
to the extent the Note Insurer makes payments under the Note Insurance Policy on account of principal of or interest on the Notes the Note Insurer will be fully subrogated to the rights of the Noteholders to receive such principal of and interest on
the Notes, and (ii) the Note Insurer shall be paid such principal and interest only from the sources and in the manner provided herein and in the Insurance Agreement for the payment of such principal and interest. 
  
 (b) The Indenture Trustee shall cooperate in all respects
with any reasonable written request or direction by the Note Insurer for action to preserve or enforce the Note Insurer’s rights or interest under this Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Insurance Agreement, consistent with this
Indenture and without limiting the rights of the Noteholders as otherwise set forth in the Indenture, including without limitation upon the occurrence and continuance of a Default, a request to take any one or more of the following actions:

  
 (i) institute proceedings for the collection
of all amounts then payable on the Notes or under this Indenture in respect to the Notes and all amounts payable under the Insurance Agreement and to enforce any judgment obtained and collect from the Trust monies adjudged due; 
  
 (ii) sell any Trust Estate or any portion thereof or rights
or interest therein, at one or more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by law; 
  
 (iii) cause the Sponsor to record all assignments that have not previously been recorded; 
  
 (iv) institute proceedings from time to time for the
complete or partial foreclosure of this Indenture; and 
  
 (v) exercise any remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code and take any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the Note Insurer hereunder. 
  
 (c) Following the payment in full of the Notes, the Note
Insurer shall continue to have all rights and privileges provided to it under this Section 4.03 and in all other provisions of this Indenture, until all amounts owing to the Note Insurer have been paid in full. 
  
 ARTICLE V 
  
 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES 
  
 Section 5.01. Event of Default. “Event of Default”, wherever used herein, means, with respect to Notes issued hereunder, any one
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law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body): 
  
 (a) if the Trust shall fail to distribute or cause to be
distributed to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, (x) on any Payment Date, any Interest Payment Amount due and payable on such Payment Date or (y) on the applicable Final Stated Maturity Date for each of the Class
A-1 Notes and Class A-2 Notes, any remaining Class A-1 Available Funds Cap Carry-Forward Amount or any remaining Class A-2 Available Funds Cap Carry-Forward Amount, as applicable; 
  
 (b) if the Trust shall fail to distribute or cause to be distributed to the Indenture Trustee, for the
benefit of the holders of the Notes, (x) on any Payment Date, (other than the Final Stated Maturity Date) an amount equal to the Base Principal Payment Amount due on the Notes on such Payment Date, to the extent that sufficient funds are on deposit
in the Collection Account or (y) on the Final Stated Maturity Date for either Class of Notes, the aggregate outstanding Note Principal Balance of such Class of Notes; 
  
 (c) if the Trust shall breach or default in the due observance of any one or more of the covenants hereof;

  
 (d) if the Trust shall consent to the
appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee or liquidator (or other similar official) of itself, or of a substantial part of its property, or shall admit in writing, its inability to pay its debts generally as they come due, or a court of
competent jurisdiction shall determine that the Trust is generally not paying its debts as they come due, or the Trust shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; 
  
 (e) if the Trust shall file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or a voluntary petition or an answer seeking
reorganization in a proceeding under any bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect) or an answer admitting the material allegation of a petition filed against the Trust in any, such proceeding, or the Trust shall, by voluntary petition, answer
or consent, seek relief under the provisions of any now existing or future bankruptcy or other similar law providing for the reorganization or winding-up of debtors, or providing for an agreement, composition, extension or adjustment with its
creditors; 
  
 (f) if an order, judgment or
decree shall be entered in any proceeding by any court of competent jurisdiction appointing, without the consent (express or legally implied) of the Trust, a custodian, receiver, trustee or liquidator (or other similar official) of the Trust or any
substantial part of its property, or sequestering any substantial part of its respective property, and any such order, judgment or decree or appointment or sequestration shall remain in force undismissed, unstayed or unvacated for a period of ninety
(90) days after the date of entry thereof; 
  
 (g) if a petition against the Trust in a proceeding under applicable bankruptcy laws or other insolvency laws, as now or hereafter in effect, shall be filed and shall not be stayed, withdrawn or dismissed within ninety (90) days thereafter,
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substantial part of its property, and such jurisdiction, custody or control shall remain in force unrelinquished, unstayed or unterminated for a period of
ninety (90) days; or 
  
 (h) an event of default
under the Insurance Agreement. 
  
 Section 5.02. Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case, but with the consent of the Note Insurer in the absence of a Note Insurer Default, the Indenture Trustee may, and at the written
direction of the Note Insurer, in the absence of a Note Insurer Default, or, with the prior written consent of the Note Insurer, at the direction of Holders of Notes representing at least 51% of the Note Principal Balance of the Outstanding Notes of
both Classes, shall, declare all the Notes to be immediately due and payable by a notice in writing to the Trust (and to the Indenture Trustee if given by Noteholders), and upon any such declaration such Notes, in an amount equal to the entire
unpaid Note Principal Balance of such Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of such acceleration, shall become immediately due and payable, all subject to the prior written consent of the Note Insurer in the absence of
a Note Insurer Default. 
  
 At any time after such a declaration
of acceleration of maturity of the Notes has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Indenture Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article V, the Note Insurer, in the absence of a Note
Insurer Default, or the Holders of Notes representing at least 51% of the Note Principal Balance of the Outstanding Notes of all both Classes, with the prior written consent of the Note Insurer in the absence of a Note Insurer Default, by written
notice to the Trust and the Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: 
  
 (a) the Trust has paid or deposited with the Indenture Trustee a sum sufficient to pay: 
  
 (i) all payments of principal of, and interest on, all
Outstanding Notes and all other amounts that would then be due hereunder or upon such Notes if the Event of Default giving rise to such acceleration had not occurred; and 
  
 (ii) all sums paid or advanced by the Indenture Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee, its agents and counsel; and 
  
 (b) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of Notes that have become due solely by such acceleration, have been
cured or waived as provided in Section 5.14 hereof. 
  
 No such
rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereon. 
  
 Section 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.01 hereof and the following sentence, if an Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, with the prior written consent of the Note Insurer, and shall at the written direction of the Note Insurer or of the Holders of Notes representing not less than 50% of the Note Principal Balance of the
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both Classes, with the consent of the Note Insurer, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders and the Note Insurer by any
Proceedings the Indenture Trustee deems appropriate to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or enforce any
other proper remedy. Any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee; on behalf of the Noteholders and the Note Insurer, or any Noteholder against the Trust shall be limited to the preservation, enforcement and foreclosure of the liens;
assignments, rights and security interests under the Indenture and no attachment, execution or other unit or process shall be sought, issued or levied upon any assets, properties or funds of the Trust, other than the Trust Estate relative to the
Notes in respect of which such Event of Default has occurred. If there is a foreclosure of any such liens, assignments, rights and security interests under this Indenture, by private power of sale or otherwise, no judgment for any deficiency upon
the indebtedness represented by the Notes may be sought or obtained by the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder against the Trust. The Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to recover the costs and expenses expended by it pursuant to this Article V
including reasonable compensation, expenses, or disbursements incurred of the Indenture Trustee, its agents and counsel from the Trust Estate. 
  
 Section 5.04. Remedies. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Notes been declared due and payable and such
declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled, the Indenture Trustee, at the direction of the Note Insurer (subject to Section 5.17 hereof, to the extent applicable) shall, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Note
Insurer, do one or more of the following: 
  
 (a)
institute Proceedings for the collection of all amounts then payable on the Notes, or under this Indenture, whether by declaration or otherwise, enforce any judgment obtained, and collect from the Trust moneys adjudged due, subject in all cases to
the provisions of Sections 3.01 and 5.03 hereof; 
  
 (b) in accordance with Section 5.17 hereof, sell the Trust Estate or any portion thereof or rights or interest therein, at one or more public or private Sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by law; 
  
 (c) institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete
or partial foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to the Trust Estate; 
  
 (d) exercise any remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code and take any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of the Notes
and the Note Insurer hereunder; and 
  
 (e)
refrain from selling the Trust Estate and apply all funds on deposit in each of the Accounts pursuant to Section 5.07 hereof. 
  
 Section 5.05. Indenture Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, composition or other judicial Proceeding relative to the Trust or any other obligor upon any of the Notes or the property of the Trust or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Indenture Trustee irrespective of
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declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee shall have made any demand on the Trust for the payment of any overdue principal
or interest shall, with the prior written consent of the Note Insurer be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such Proceeding or otherwise to: 
  
 (a) file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and file such other
papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee, its agents and counsel),
the Noteholders and the Note Insurer allowed in such Proceeding, and 
  
 (b) collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, or sequestrator (or other similar official)
in any such Proceeding is hereby authorized by each Noteholder and the Note Insurer to make such payments to the Indenture Trustee and, in the event that the Indenture Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Noteholders
and the Note Insurer, to pay to the Indenture Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee, its agents and counsel. 
  
 Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture Trustee
to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Noteholder or the Note Insurer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting any of the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof, or the Note Insurer, or
to authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Noteholder or the Note Insurer in any such Proceeding. 
  
 Section 5.06. Indenture Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of the
Notes may be prosecuted and enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any Proceeding relating thereto, and any such Proceeding instituted by the Indenture Trustee, at the written
direction of the Note Insurer, shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes and the Note Insurer in respect of which such judgment has been
recovered after payment of amounts required to be paid pursuant to paragraph (a) of Section 5.07 hereof. 
  
 Section 5.07. Application of Money Collected. If the Notes have been declared due and payable following an Event of Default and such declaration
and its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled, any money collected by the Indenture Trustee with respect to each Class of Notes pursuant to this Article V or otherwise and any other monies that may then be held or thereafter received by
the Indenture Trustee as security for such Class of Notes shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Indenture Trustee and, in case of the payment of the entire amount due on account of principal of, and interest on,
such Class of Notes, upon presentation and surrender thereof: 
  
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respect of indemnification or reimbursement of costs and expenses including costs or expenses incurred by it in connection with the enforcement of the
remedies provided for in this Article V (subject to Section 6.16 herein), to the Note Insurer, any unpaid Premium with respect to such Class then due, and to the Owner Trustee, any Owner Trustee Fees with respect to such Class then due; 

 
 (b) second, from amounts then on deposit in the
related Payment Account, to the Holders of the related Class of Notes, the Interest Payment Amount for such Class; 
  
 (c) third, from amounts then on deposit in the related Payment Account, to the Holders of the related Class of Notes, the Base
Principal Payment Amount for such Class; 
  
 (d)
fourth, from amounts then on deposit in the related Payment Account, the allocable portion of the Overcollateralization Deficit, if any, for the related Class of Notes; 
  
 (e) fifth, from amounts then on deposit in the related Payment Account, to the Holders of the other
Class of Notes, the Shortfall Amount for the other Class of Notes; 
  
 (f) sixth, from amounts then on deposit in the related Payment Account, to the Note Insurer, the Reimbursement Amount with respect to the related Class as of such Payment Date; 
  
 (g) seventh, from amounts then on deposit in the
related Payment Account, to the Note Insurer, the Reimbursement Amount with respect to the other Class of Notes as of such Payment Date to the extent not already paid pursuant to clause (f) above; 
  
 (h) eighth, from amounts then on deposit in the
related Payment Account, to the payment of the Note Principal Balance of the Outstanding Notes of such Class, up to the amount of their unpaid Note Principal Balance, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind; 
  
 (i) ninth, from amounts then on deposit in the
related Payment Account, to the related sub-account of the Reserve Account, such Loan Group’s pro rata share of the Reserve Payment Amount based on the amount of Net Monthly Excess Cashflow; 
  
 (j) tenth, from amounts then on deposit in the
related Payment Account, the related Yield Maintenance Account and amounts released from the related sub-account of the Reserve Account, to the Holders of the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap Carry-Forward
Amount or the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap Carry-Forward Amount, respectively; 
  
 (k) eleventh, from amounts then on deposit in the related Payment Account, to the Master Servicer, any amount due to it with
respect to the related Group of Mortgage Loans; 
  
 (l) twelfth, to the Indenture Trustee, any amounts in respect of indemnity or reimbursement due the Indenture Trustee under any of the Basic Documents to the extent not previously paid or reimbursed under paragraph (a) hereof;

  

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 (m) thirteenth, to the Owner Trustee, any amounts due and owing to the Owner
Trustee under Article IX of the Trust Agreement or the other Basic Documents, to the extent not already paid by the Servicer pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Trust Agreement; and 
  
 (n) fourteenth, following the making by the Indenture Trustee of all allocations, transfers and
disbursements described above, from amounts then on deposit in each Payment Account, the Indenture Trustee shall distribute to or at the direction of the Certificateholders (as identified in the Certificate Register maintained by the Owner Trustee),
the amount remaining on such Payment Date in each Payment Account, if any. 
  
 Section 5.08. Limitation on Suits. No Holder of a Note shall have any right to institute any Proceedings, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee,
or for any other remedy hereunder, unless: 
  
 (a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Note Insurer of a continuing Event of Default; 
  
 (b) the Holders of Notes representing not less than 25% of the Note Principal Balance of the Outstanding Notes of both Classes shall have
made written request to the Indenture Trustee to institute Proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Indenture Trustee hereunder; 
  
 (c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it in full against the costs, expenses and
liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; 
  
 (d) the Indenture Trustee, for sixty (60) days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, has failed to institute any such Proceeding; 
  
 (e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has
been given to the Indenture Trustee during such sixty (60) day period by the Holders of Notes representing more than 50% of the Note Principal Balance of the Outstanding Notes of both Classes; and 
  
 (f) the consent of the Note Insurer shall have been
obtained; it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Notes shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other
Holders of Notes or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the Holders of Notes.

  
 (g) In the event the Indenture Trustee shall
receive conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Notes, each representing less than 50% of the Note Principal Balance of the Outstanding Notes of both Classes, the Indenture Trustee shall take the
action prescribed by the group representing a greater percentage of the Note Principal Balance of the Outstanding Notes of both Classes. 
  
 Section 5.09. Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest. Subject to the provisions in this Indenture (including
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right to recover amounts due on a Note to recovery from amounts in the portion of the Trust Estate relating to such Note, the Holder of any Note shall have
the right, to the extent permitted by applicable law, which right is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of each installment of interest on such Note on the respective Payment Date for such installments of interest, to receive payment of
each installment of principal of such Note when due (or, in the case of any Note called for redemption, on the date fixed for such redemption) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired
without the consent of such Holder. 
  
 Section 5.10.
Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer or any Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such Proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any
reason, or has been determined to be adverse to the Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer or to such Noteholder, then and in every such case the Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer and the Noteholders shall, subject to any determination in such
Proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer and the Noteholders shall continue as though no such Proceeding had been
instituted. 
  
 Section 5.11. Rights and Remedies
Cumulative. No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer or to the Noteholders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted
by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of a, right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. 
  
 Section 5.12. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer or of any Holder of any Note to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall
impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article V or by law to the Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer or to the Noteholders may be
exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer or by the Noteholders with the prior consent of the Note Insurer, as the case may be. 
  
 Section 5.13. Control by Noteholders. The Holders of Notes
representing more than 50% of the Note Principal Balance of the Outstanding Notes of both Classes on the applicable Record Date shall, with the written consent of the Note Insurer (a copy of which shall be provided to the Indenture Trustee), have
the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Indenture Trustee; provided that: 
  
 (a) such written direction shall not be in conflict with any
rule of law or with this Indenture; 
  
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of the Outstanding Notes specified in Section 5.17(b)(i) hereof, unless Section 5.17(b)(ii) hereof is applicable; and 
  
 (c) the Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed
proper by the Indenture Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction; provided, however, that, subject to Section 6.01 hereof, the Indenture Trustee need not take any action that it determines might involve it in liability or be unjustly
prejudicial to the Noteholders not consenting. 
  
 Section 5.14.
Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of Notes representing more than 50% of the Note Principal Balance of the Outstanding Notes of both Classes on the applicable Record Date may on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, and with the written
consent of the Note Insurer, waive any past Default hereunder and its consequences, except a Default: 
  
 (a) in the payment of principal or any installment of interest on any Note; or 
  
 (b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof that under
Section 9.02 hereof cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected. 
  
 Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose
of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon. 
  
 Section 5.15. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to
have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Indenture
Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such
suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 5.15 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Indenture Trustee or the Note Insurer, to any suit
instituted by any Noteholder, or Group of Noteholders, holding in the aggregate Notes representing more than 10% of the Note Principal Balance of the Outstanding Notes of both Classes, or to any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement
of the payment of any Interest Payment Amount or Base Principal Payment Amount on any Note on or after the related Payment Date or for the enforcement of the payment of principal of any Note on or after the Final Stated Maturity Date (or, in the
case of any Note called for redemption, on or after the applicable Redemption Date). 
  
 Section 5.16. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Trust covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension of law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants in, or the performance of, this Indenture; and the Trust (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby
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delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Indenture Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no
such law had been enacted. 
  
 Section 5.17. Sale of Trust
Estate. (a) The power to effect any sale (a “Sale”) of any portion of the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.04 hereof shall not be exhausted by any one or more Sales as to any portion of the Trust Estate remaining unsold, but
shall continue unimpaired until the entire Trust Estate shall have been sold or all amounts payable on the Notes and under this Indenture with respect thereto shall have been paid. The Indenture Trustee may, with the consent of the Note Insurer,
from time to time postpone any public Sale by public announcement made at the time and place of such Sale. 
  
 (b) To the extent permitted by law, the Indenture Trustee shall not in any private Sale sell or otherwise dispose of the Trust Estate, or
any portion thereof, unless: 
  
 (i) the Holders
of Notes representing not less than 50% of the Note Principal Balance of the Notes of the Class or Classes then Outstanding and the Note Insurer consents to or directs the Indenture Trustee in writing to make such Sale; or 
  
 (ii) the proceeds of such Sale would be not less than the
entire amount that would be payable to the Holders of the Notes and the Note Insurer in respect of Reimbursement Amounts, in full payment thereof in accordance with Section 5.07 hereof, on the Payment Date next succeeding the date of such Sale.

  
 The purchase by the Indenture Trustee of all or any portion of
the Trust Estate at a private Sale shall not be deemed a Sale or disposition thereof for purposes of this Section 5.17(b). In the absence of a Note Insurer Default, no Sale hereunder shall be effective without the consent of the Note Insurer.

  
 (c) Unless the Holders of all Outstanding
Notes or the Note Insurer have otherwise consented or directed the Indenture Trustee, at any public Sale of all or any portion of the Trust Estate at which a minimum bid equal to or greater than the amount described in paragraph (b)(ii) of this
Section 5.17 has not been established by the Indenture Trustee and no Person bids an amount equal to or greater than such amount, the Indenture Trustee, acting in its capacity as Indenture Trustee (i) on behalf of the Noteholders and the Note
Insurer, shall prevent such Sale and bid an amount (which shall include the Indenture Trustee’s right, in its capacity as Indenture Trustee, to credit bid) at least $1.00 more than the highest other bid in order to preserve the Trust Estate on
behalf of the Noteholders and the Note Insurer. 
  
 (d) In connection with a Sale of all or any portion of the Trust Estate: 
  
 (i) any Holder or Holders of Notes may bid for and purchase the property offered for Sale, and upon compliance with the terms of sale may
hold, retain and possess and dispose of such property, without further accountability, and may, in paying the purchase money therefor, deliver any Outstanding Notes or claims for interest thereon in lieu of cash up to the amount that shall, upon
distribution of the net proceeds of such Sale, be payable thereon, and such Notes, in case the amounts so payable thereon shall be less than the amount due thereon, shall be returned to the Holders thereof after being appropriately stamped to show
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 (ii) the Indenture Trustee may bid for and acquire the property offered for Sale in
connection with any public Sale thereof, and, in lieu of paying cash therefor, may make settlement for the purchase price by crediting the gross Sale price against the sum of (a) the amount that would be payable to the Holders of the Notes as a
result of such Sale in accordance with Section 5.07 hereof on the Payment Date next succeeding the date of such Sale and (b) the expenses of the Sale and of any Proceedings in connection therewith which are reimbursable to it, without being required
to produce the Notes in order to complete any such Sale or in order for the net Sale price to be credited against such Notes, and any property so acquired by the Indenture Trustee shall be held and dealt with by it in accordance with the provisions
of this Indenture; 
  
 (iii) the Indenture
Trustee shall execute and deliver an appropriate instrument of conveyance transferring its interest in any portion of the Trust Estate in connection with a Sale thereof; 
  
 (iv) the Indenture Trustee is hereby irrevocably appointed the agent and attorney in-fact of the Trust to
transfer and convey its interest in any portion of the Trust Estate in connection with a Sale thereof, and to take all action necessary to effect such Sale; and 
  
 (v) no purchaser or transferee at such a Sale shall be bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustee’s
authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any moneys. 
  
 Section 5.18. Action on Notes. The Indenture Trustee’s right to seek and recover judgment under this Indenture shall not be affected by the
seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief under or with respect to this Indenture. Neither the lien of this Indenture nor any rights or remedies of the Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer or the Holders of Notes shall be impaired by the
recovery of any judgment by the Indenture Trustee against the Trust or by the levy of any execution under such judgment upon any portion of the Trust Estate. Any money or property collected by the Indenture Trustee shall be applied in accordance
with Section 5.07 hereof. 
  
 Section 5.19. No Recourse.
The Trust Estate Granted to the Indenture Trustee as security for the Notes serves as security only for the Notes. The Noteholders shall have no recourse against the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Note Registrar, the Authenticating Agent,
the Seller, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, the Backup Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates, or to the assets of any of the foregoing entities. 
  
 Section 5.20. Application of the Trust Indenture Act. Pursuant to Section 316(a) of the TIA, all provisions automatically provided for in Section
316(a) are hereby expressly excluded. 
  
 Section 5.21.
Suspension and Termination of Note Insurer’s Rights. During the continuation of a Note Insurer Default, rights granted or reserved to the Note Insurer hereunder shall vest instead in the Noteholders, and may be exercised at the direction
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as set forth in the Indenture and the Insurance Agreement and the Note Insurer shall retain those rights under Section 9.01 to consent to any amendment of
this Agreement. 
  
 At such time as either (i) the outstanding
Note Principal Balance of the Notes has been reduced to zero or (ii) the Note Insurance Policy has been terminated and in either case of (i) or (ii) the Note Insurer has been reimbursed for all amounts owed to it under the Note Insurance Policy and
the Insurance Agreement (and the Note Insurer no longer has any obligation under the Note Insurance Policy, except for breach thereof by the Note Insurer), then the rights and benefits granted or reserved to the Note Insurer hereunder (including the
rights to direct certain actions and receive certain notices) shall terminate and the Certificateholders shall be entitled to the exercise of such rights and to receive such benefits of the Note Insurer following such termination to the extent that
such rights and benefits are applicable to the Certificateholders. 
  
 ARTICLE VI 
  
 THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE

  
 Section 6.01. Duties of Indenture Trustee. (a) If
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing of which a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge, the Indenture Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same
degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs. 
  
 (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default: 
  
 (i) the Indenture Trustee need perform only those duties that are expressly set forth in this Indenture and
no others and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Indenture Trustee; and 
  
 (ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Indenture Trustee may request and conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements
and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates, opinions, resolutions, statements, reports, instruments or other documents furnished to the Indenture Trustee and conforming, on their faces, to the requirements of this
Indenture. The Indenture Trustee shall, however, examine such certificates and opinions to determine whether they conform on their face to the requirements of this Indenture. 
  
 (c) The Indenture Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent
failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that: 
  
 (i) The duties and obligations of the Indenture Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Indenture Trustee and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture
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statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates, opinions or other documents (including, but not limited to, any
reports or statements furnished by the Master Servicer or Backup Servicer) reasonably believed by the Indenture Trustee to be genuine and to have been furnished by the proper party to the Indenture Trustee and which on their face, do not contradict
the requirements of this Indenture; 
  
 (ii) this
paragraph (c) does not limit the effect of paragraph (a) of this Section 6.01; 
  
 (iii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved
that the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; 
  
 (iv) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction of the Noteholders or the Note Insurer (including directions pursuant to
Sections 5.13 or 5.17 hereof or in accordance with the direction of the Note Insurer) or exercising any trust or power or remedy conferred upon the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture; and 
  
 (v) The Indenture Trustee shall not be charged with
knowledge of any failure by the Master Servicer to comply with any of its obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or any breach of representations or warranties under the Sale and Servicing Agreement unless a Responsible Officer of the
Indenture Trustee obtains actual knowledge of such failure or breach or the Indenture Trustee receives written notice of such failure or breach from the Master Servicer, the Backup Servicer or the Note Insurer. 
  
 (d) Except with respect to duties of the Indenture Trustee
prescribed by the TIA, as to which this Section 6.01(d) shall not apply, for all purposes under this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any Event of Default described in Sections 5.01(c), 5.01(d),
5.01(e), 5.01(f), 5.01(g) or 5.01(h) hereof or any Default described in Sections 5.01(c) hereof or of any event described in Section 3.05 hereof unless a Responsible Officer assigned to and working in the Indenture Trustee’s corporate trust
department and having direct responsibility for this Indenture has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event that is in fact such an Event of Default or Default is received by the Indenture Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office,
and such notice references the Notes generally, the Trust, the Trust Estate or this Indenture. 
  
 (e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Indenture Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not reasonably assured to it under this Indenture or the other Basic Documents. 
  
 (f) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Indenture Trustee is subject to the provisions of this Section 6.01
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 (g) Notwithstanding any extinguishment of all right, title and interest of the Trust in
and to the Trust Estate following an Event of Default and a consequent declaration of acceleration of the maturity of the Notes, whether such extinguishment occurs through a Sale of the Trust Estate to another Person, the acquisition of the Trust
Estate by the Indenture Trustee or otherwise, the rights, powers and duties of the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Trust Estate (or the proceeds thereof), the Noteholders and the Note Insurer and the rights of Noteholders and the Note Insurer
shall continue to be governed by the terms of this Indenture. 
  
 (h) The Indenture Trustee shall at all times retain possession of the Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage Files in the State of Illinois or the State of California, except for those Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage
Files or portions thereof released to the Master Servicer or the Note Insurer pursuant to this Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 (i) Subject to the other provisions of this Indenture and without limiting the generality of this Section 6.01, the Indenture Trustee
shall have no duty (a) to see to any recording, filing, or depositing of this Indenture or any agreement referred to herein or any financing statement or continuation statement evidencing a security interest, or to see to the maintenance of any such
recording, filing or depositing or to any rerecording, refiling or redepositing of any thereof, (b) to see to any insurance, (c) to see to the payment or discharge of any tax, assessment, or other governmental charge or any lien or encumbrance of
any kind owing with respect to, assessed or levied against, any part of the Trust Estate from funds available in the Payment Accounts or (D) to confirm or verify the contents of any reports or certificates of the Master Servicer or the Backup
Servicer delivered to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture believed by the Indenture trustee to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. 
  
 Section 6.02. Notice of Default. Immediately after the occurrence of any Default known to a Responsible Officer of
the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall transmit by mail to the Note Insurer and the Sponsor notice of each such Default and, within ninety (90) days after the occurrence of any Default known to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Notes notice of each such Default, unless such Default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that in no event shall the Indenture Trustee provide
notice, or fail to provide notice of a Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge in a manner contrary to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act. Concurrently with the mailing of any such notice to the
Holders of the Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall transmit by mail a copy of such notice to the Rating Agencies. 
  
 Section 6.03. Rights of Indenture Trustee. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01 hereof, the Indenture Trustee may rely on, and be
protected in acting or refraining to act upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Indenture Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in any such document. 

 
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the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on any such
Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. 
  
 (c) With the consent of the Note Insurer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, the Indenture Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

  
 (d) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable
for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers. 
  
 (e) The Indenture Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Indenture or to
institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the Noteholders or the Note Insurer, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Noteholders or the Note Insurer
shall have offered to the Indenture Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Indenture Trustee of the
obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee shall have actual knowledge (which has not been cured), to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and to
use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs. 
  
 (f) The Indenture Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts of the matters stated
in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by the Noteholders or the Note Insurer and provided further that
payment within a reasonable time to the Indenture Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in tile making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Indenture Trustee, reasonably assured to the Indenture Trustee
by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture or such other security or indemnity as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require as a condition to taking any such action. 
  
 (g) The right of the Indenture Trustee to perform any
discretionary act enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty, and the Indenture Trustee shall not be answerable for anything other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of such act. 
  
 Section 6.04. Not Responsible for Recitals, Issuance of Notes or Mortgage
Loans. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except, with respect to the Indenture Trustee, the certificates of authentication on the Notes, shall be taken as the statements of the Trust, and the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee
and the Authenticating Agent assume no responsibility for their correctness. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee make no representations with respect to the Trust Estate or as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Notes.
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 The Indenture Trustee shall at no time have any responsibility or liability for or with respect to the
legality, validity and enforceability of any Mortgage or any Mortgage Loan, or the recordability, sufficiency, perfection and priority of any mortgage or the maintenance of any such perfection and priority or for or with respect to the sufficiency
of the Trust Estate or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to Noteholders under this Indenture, including, without limitation: the existence, condition and ownership of any Mortgaged Property; the existence and enforceability of
any hazard insurance or primary mortgage insurance thereon; the validity of the assignment of any Mortgage Loan to the Indenture Trustee or of any intervening assignment; the completeness of any Mortgage Loan; the performance or enforcement of any
Mortgage Loan; the compliance by the Seller, the Sponsor, Issuer, Master Servicer, Backup Servicer, Note Insurer with any warranty or representation made under this Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Insurance Agreement or in any
related document or the accuracy of any such warranty or representation; any investment of monies by or at the direction of the Sponsor or the Master Servicer or any loss resulting therefrom; the acts or omissions of any of the Sponsor, the Master
Servicer or any Mortgagor; any action of the Master Servicer taken in the name of the Indenture Trustee; the failure of the Master Servicer to act or perform any duties acquired of it as agent of the Indenture Trustee hereunder; or any action by the
Indenture Trustee taken at the instruction of the Master Servicer or the Note Insurer. The Indenture Trustee shall have no responsibility for filing any financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or otherwise to perfect or
maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien granted to it hereunder. 
  
 Section 6.05. May Hold Notes. The Indenture Trustee, any Agent, or any other agent of the Trust, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and, subject to Sections 6.07,
6.09 and 6.12 hereof, may otherwise deal with the Trust or any Affiliate of the Trust with the same rights it would have if it were not Indenture Trustee, Agent or such other agent. 
  
 Section 6.06. Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Indenture Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by this Indenture or by law. The Indenture Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Trust and except to the extent of income
or other gain on investments that are obligations of the Indenture Trustee, in its commercial capacity, and income or other gain actually received by the Indenture Trustee on investments, which are obligations of others. 
  
 Section 6.07. Eligibility, Disqualification. Irrespective of whether
this Indenture is qualified under the TIA, this Indenture shall always have an indenture trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA Sections 310(a)(1) and 310(a)(5). The Indenture Trustee shall always have a combined capital and surplus as stated
in Section 6.08 hereof. The Indenture Trustee shall be subject to TIA Section 310(b). 
  
 Section 6.08. Indenture Trustee’s Capital and Surplus. The Indenture Trustee shall at all times (a)(i) have a combined capital and surplus of at least $550,000,000, or (ii) be a member of a bank holding
company system, the aggregate combined capital and surplus of which is at least $100,000,000 and (b) be rated (or have long- term debt rated) “BBB” or better by S&P and “Baa2” by Moody’s; provided, however, that the
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shall at all times be at least the amount required by TIA Section 310(a)(2). If the Indenture Trustee publishes annual reports of condition of the type
described in TIA Section 310(a)(1), its combined capital and surplus for purposes of this Section 6.08 shall be as set forth in the latest such report. If at any time the Indenture Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions
of this Section 6.08 and TIA Section 310(a)(2), it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article VI. 
  
 Section 6.09. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. (a) No resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Article VI shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Indenture Trustee under Section 6.10 hereof. 
  
 (b) The Indenture Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trust, the Note
Insurer and each Rating Agency. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Indenture Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee within thirty (30) days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Indenture
Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee. 
  
 (c) The Indenture Trustee may be removed at any time by the Note Insurer or, with the consent of the Note Insurer, by Act of the Holders
representing more than 50% of the Note Principal Balance of the Outstanding Notes of both Classes, by written notice delivered to the Indenture Trustee and to the Trust. 
  
 (d) If at any time: 
  
 (i) the Indenture Trustee shall have a conflicting interest prohibited by Section 6.07 hereof and shall fail
to resign or eliminate such conflicting interest in accordance with Section 6.07 hereof after written request therefor by the Trust, the Note Insurer or by any Noteholder; or 
  
 (ii) the Indenture Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.08 hereof or shall become incapable of
acting or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Indenture Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Indenture Trustee or of its property or affairs for the
purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation; 
  
 then, in any such
case, (x) the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, by a Trust Order, with the written consent of, or at the written direction of the Note Insurer, may remove the Indenture Trustee, and the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, by a Trust Order,
shall join with the Indenture Trustee in the execution, delivery and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to appoint a successor Indenture Trustee acceptable to the Note Insurer and to vest in such successor Indenture
Trustee any property, title, right or power deemed necessary or desirable, subject to the other provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, if the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, and the Note Insurer do not join in such appointment
within thirty (30) days after the receipt by it of a request to do so, (either by reason of resignation or removal) or in case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may petition a court of competent jurisdiction
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Section 5.15 hereof, and, in the case of a conflicting interest as described in clause (i) above, unless the Indenture Trustee’s duty to resign has been
stayed as provided in TIA Section 310(b), the Note Insurer or any Noteholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six (6) months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, with the consent of the Note Insurer,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee. 
  
 (e) If the Indenture Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the
Indenture Trustee for any cause, the Note Insurer may, and if the Note Insurer fails to do so, the Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, by a Trust Order, shall promptly, appoint a successor Indenture Trustee acceptable to the Note Insurer and
reasonably acceptable to the Sponsor. 
  
 (f) The
Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Indenture Trustee and each appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee to the Backup Servicer, the Holders of Notes and the Note Insurer. Each
notice shall include the name of the successor Indenture Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office. 
  
 Section 6.10. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Indenture Trustee. Every successor Indenture Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Trust, the Note Insurer and the retiring Indenture Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee shall become effective and such successor
Indenture Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Indenture Trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon a Trust Request of the Owner Trustee or the
Note Insurer, on behalf of the Trust, or the successor Indenture Trustee, such retiring Indenture Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges and any fees, expenses or other amounts owing the Indenture trustee, execute and deliver an instrument
transferring to such successor Indenture Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Indenture Trustee, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Indenture Trustee all property and money held by such retiring
Indenture Trustee hereunder. Upon a written request of any such successor Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall, with the written consent of the Note Insurer, execute and deliver any and all instruments for more fully
and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Indenture Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts. 
  
 No successor Indenture Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Indenture Trustee shall be qualified and
eligible under this Article VI. 
  
 Section 6.11. Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of Indenture Trustee. Any corporation or banking association into which the Indenture Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or
banking association resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Indenture Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or banking association succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the
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paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Notes have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Indenture Trustee
then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Indenture Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Notes so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Indenture Trustee had
authenticated such Notes. 
  
 Section 6.12. Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Trust. The Indenture Trustee (and any co-trustee or separate trustee) shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b), and an Indenture Trustee (and any
co-trustee or separate trustee) who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated. 
  
 Section 6.13. Co-Indenture Trustees and Separate Indenture Trustees. At any time or times, for the purpose of meeting the legal requirements of the
TIA or of any jurisdiction in which any of the Trust Estate may at the time be located, the Indenture Trustee shall have power and shall execute and deliver all instruments necessary to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Indenture Trustee
either to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Indenture Trustee, of all or any part of the Trust Estate, or to act as separate trustee of any such property, in either case with such powers as may be provided in the instrument of appointment, and to
vest in such Person or Persons in the capacity aforesaid, any property, title, right or power deemed necessary or desirable, subject to the other provisions of this Section 6.13. All fees and expenses of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be
payable by the Trust. 
  
 Should any written instrument from the
Trust be required by any co-trustee or separate trustee so appointed for more fully confirming to such co-trustee or separate trustee such property, title, right or power, any and all such instruments shall, on written request, be executed,
acknowledged and delivered by the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, with the written consent of the Note Insurer. 
  
 Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following terms:

  
 (a) The Notes shall be authenticated and
delivered and all rights, powers, duties and obligations hereunder in respect of the custody of securities, cash and other personal property held by, or required to be deposited or pledged with, the Indenture Trustee hereunder, shall be exercised,
solely by the Indenture Trustee. 
  
 (b) The
rights, powers, duties and obligations hereby conferred or imposed upon the Indenture Trustee in respect of any property covered by such appointment shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Indenture Trustee or by the
Indenture Trustee and such co-trustee or separate trustee jointly, as shall be provided in the instrument appointing such co-trustee or separate trustee, except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act is to
be performed, the Indenture Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be exercised and performed by such co-trustee or separate trustee. 
  

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 (c) The Indenture Trustee at any time may accept the resignation of or remove any
co-trustee or separate trustee appointed under this Section 6.13. A successor to any co-trustee or separate trustee so resigned or removed may be appointed in the manner provided in this Section 6.13. 
  
 (d) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable by reason of
any act or omission of a co-trustee or separate trustee appointed by the Indenture Trustee with due care. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of the Indenture Trustee, or any other
such trustee hereunder. 
  
 (e) Any Act of
Noteholders delivered to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have been delivered to each such co-trustee and separate trustee. 
  
 (f) Any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed hereunder shall be afforded the same rights, protections and immunities as the Indenture
Trustee. 
  
 Section 6.14. Authenticating Agents. The Owner
Trustee, acting at the direction of the Certificateholders, shall appoint an Authenticating Agent with power to act on the Trust’s behalf, subject to the direction of the Certificateholders, in the authentication and delivery of the Notes
designated for such authentication and, containing provisions therein for such authentication (unless the Owner Trustee, acting at the direction of the Certificateholders, has made other arrangements, satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and such
Authenticating Agent, for notation on the Notes of the authority of an Authenticating Agent appointed after the initial authentication and delivery of such Notes) in connection with transfers and exchanges under Section 2.06 hereof, as fully to all
intents and purposes as though the Authenticating Agent had been expressly authorized by Section 2.06 hereof to authenticate and deliver Notes. For all purposes of this Indenture (other than in connection with the authentication and delivery of
Notes pursuant to Sections 2.05 and 2.11 hereof in connection with their initial issuance), the authentication and delivery of Notes by the Authenticating Agent pursuant to this Section 6.14 shall be deemed to be the authentication and delivery of
Notes “by the Indenture Trustee.” Such Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a Person that both meets the requirements of Section 6.07 hereof for the Indenture Trustee hereunder and has an office for presentation of Notes in the
United States of America. The Indenture Trustee, shall initially be the Authenticating Agent and shall be the Note Registrar as provided in Section 2.06 hereof. The office from which the Indenture Trustee shall perform its duties as Note Registrar
and Authenticating Agent shall be its Corporate Trust Office. Any Authenticating Agent appointed pursuant to the terms of this Section 6.14 or pursuant to the terms of any supplemental indenture shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee as a condition
precedent to the effectiveness of such appointment an instrument accepting the trusts, duties and responsibilities of Authenticating Agent and of Note Registrar or co-Note Registrar and indemnifying the Indenture Trustee for and holding the
Indenture Trustee harmless against, any loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance, administration of the trust or
exercise of authority by such Authenticating Agent, Note Registrar or co-Note Registrar. 
  
 Any corporation or banking association into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or banking association resulting from any merger,
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Agent shall be a party, or any corporation or banking association succeeding to the corporate trust business of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the
successor of the Authenticating Agent hereunder, if such successor corporation is otherwise eligible under this Section 6.14, without the execution or filing of any further act on the part of the parties hereto or the Authenticating Agent or such
successor corporation or banking association. 
  
 Any
Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trust. The Owner Trustee, acting at the direction of the Certificateholders, may at any time with the consent of the Note Insurer terminate the agency of any
Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and the Indenture Trustee. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease
to be eligible under this Section 6.14, the Owner Trustee, acting at the direction of the Certificateholders, shall promptly appoint a successor Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Note Insurer, shall give written notice of such appointment to
the Indenture Trustee, and shall mail notice of such appointment to all Holders of Notes. 
  
 The Indenture Trustee agrees, subject to Section 6.01(e) hereof to pay to any Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to be
reimbursed for such payments pursuant to Section 6.16 hereof. The provisions of Sections 2.09, 6.04 and 6.05 hereof shall be applicable to any Authenticating Agent. 
  
 Section 6.15. Review of Mortgage Files. (a) The Indenture Trustee shall, on or prior to the Closing Date, execute and
deliver the acknowledgement of receipt of the Note Insurance Policy required by Section 2.06(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 (b) The Indenture Trustee shall (i) on or prior to the Closing Date execute and deliver the acknowledgement of receipt of the Mortgage
Loans required by Section 2.06(b)(i) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, (ii) on or prior to sixty (60) days following the Closing Date execute and deliver the Initial Certification required by Section 2.06(b)(ii) of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, and (iii) on or prior to one hundred eighty (180) days following the Closing Date execute and deliver the Final Certification required by Section 2.06(b)(iii) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 (c) In giving each of the acknowledgements, the Initial
Certification and the Final Certification referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 6.15, the Indenture Trustee shall not be under any duty or obligation (i) to inspect, review or examine any such documents, instruments, securities or
other papers to determine that they or the signatures thereto are genuine, enforceable, or appropriate for the represented purpose or that they have actually been recorded or that they are other than what they purport to be on their face, (ii) to
determine whether any Mortgage File should include a flood insurance policy, any rider, addenda, surety or guaranty agreement, power of attorney, buy down agreement, assumption agreement, modification agreement, written assurance or substitution
agreement, or (iii) to determine the validity, sufficiency, recordability, perfection, or priority of any document in the Mortgage File. 
  

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 Section 6.16. Indenture Trustee Fees and Expenses Indemnification. The Indenture Trustee shall be
entitled to receive the Indenture Trustee Fee on each Payment Date as provided herein. The Indenture Trustee also shall be entitled to (i) payment of or reimbursement for expenses and disbursements incurred or made by the Indenture Trustee in
accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement (including, but not limited to, the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not regularly in its
employ), and (ii) indemnification against losses, liability costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred, arising out of or in connection with this Indenture, the Notes, the Certificates, the Sale and Servicing Agreement
or any other documents or agreements relating to the Trust or the Notes, other than any loss, liability, cost or expense incurred solely by reason of willful malfeasance, bad faith or negligence of the Indenture Trustee in the performance of its
duties under the Basic Documents or by reason of its failure to perform its obligations hereunder. The Indenture Trustee and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Indenture Trustee shall be indemnified by, first, the Trust Estate,
in an amount not to exceed $125,000 in any calendar year as a first-priority expense pursuant to the first sentence of Section 8.02 hereof and Section 5.07(a) hereof; provided, that the maximum amount of such cap may be increased with the
prior consent of the Note Insurer; second, the Trust Estate on any Payment Date, to the extent that the Indenture Trustee’s claims for indemnification exceed $125,000 in any calendar year, pursuant to Sections 8.02(xii) and 5.07(k)
hereof, and third, the Master Servicer, to the extent that the Indenture Trustee’s claims for indemnification exceed $125,000 in any calendar year and there are no funds available at priority second above available for such
purpose, and held harmless against any loss, liability costs or reasonable expense incurred in connection with this Indenture or the Notes, other than any loss, liability, cost or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or
negligence in the performance by the Indenture Trustee of its duties hereunder or by reason of its failure to perform its obligations hereunder. The obligations of the Master Servicer and the Trust under this Section 6.16 shall survive termination
of the Trust and payment of the Notes, and shall extend to any co-Indenture Trustee or separate-Indenture Trustee appointed pursuant to this Article VI. 
  
 The Indenture Trustee or its Affiliates are permitted to receive additional compensation that could be deemed to be in the Indenture Trustee’s
economic self-interest for (i) serving as investment adviser, administrator, shareholder, servicing agent, custodian or sub-custodian with respect to certain Permitted Investments, (ii) using Affiliates to effect transactions in certain Permitted
Investments and (iii) effecting transactions in certain Permitted Investments. Such compensation is not payable pursuant to this Indenture. 
  
 ARTICLE VII 
  
 NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS 
  
 Section 7.01. Note Registrar to Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders. (a) The Note Registrar shall furnish or cause to be
furnished to the Indenture Trustee (i) semiannually, not less than forty-five (45) days nor more than sixty (60) days after the Payment Date occurring closest to six (6) months after the Closing Date and each Payment Date occurring at six (6) month
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Note Registrar, in such form as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require, as to names and addresses of the Holders of Notes, and (ii) at such other
times, as the Indenture Trustee may request in writing, within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Note Registrar of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than ten (10) days prior to the time such list is
furnished; provided, however, that so long as the Indenture Trustee is the Note Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished. 
  
 (b) In addition to furnishing to the Indenture Trustee the Noteholder lists, if any, required under paragraph (a) of this Section 7.01,
the Note Registrar shall also furnish all Noteholder lists, if any, required under Section 3.03 hereof at the times required by such Section 3.03. 
  
 Section 7.02. Preservation of Information: Communications to Noteholders. (a) The Indenture Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes contained in the most recent list, if any, furnished to the Indenture Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 hereof and the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes received by
the Indenture Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar. The Indenture Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01 hereof upon receipt of a new list so furnished. 
  
 (b) Noteholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section
312(b) with other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes. 
  
 (c) The Trust, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c). 
  
 Section 7.03. Reports by Indenture Trustee. Within sixty (60) days
after December 31 of each year (the “reporting date”), commencing December 31, 2004, (i) the Indenture Trustee shall, if required by TIA Section 313(a), mail to all Noteholders a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies
with TIA Section 313(a); (ii) the Indenture Trustee shall, to the extent not set forth in the Indenture Trustee’s Remittance Report pursuant to Section 2.08(d) hereof, also mail to Holders of Notes and the Note Insurer with respect to which it
has made advances, any reports with respect to such advances that are required by TIA Section 313(b)(2); and, the Indenture Trustee shall also mail to Holders of Notes and the Note Insurer any reports required by TIA Section 313(b)(1). For purposes
of the information required to be included in any such reports pursuant to TIA Sections 313(a)(2), 313(b)(1) (if applicable), or 313(b)(2), the principal amount of indenture securities outstanding on the date as of which such information is provided
shall be the Note Principal Balance of the then Outstanding Notes covered by the report. 
  
 Section 7.04. Reports by Trust. The Trust shall cause the Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, (a) to deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Backup Servicer at least five days before the Trust is required
to file the same with the Commission copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Trust is
required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and (b) to also comply with the other provisions of TIA Section 314(a). 
  

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 A copy of each report required under this Section 7.03 shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders
of Notes and the Note Insurer be filed by the Sponsor with the Commission and with each securities exchange upon which the Notes are listed. The Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, will notify the Backup Servicer and the Indenture Trustee when
the Notes are listed on any securities exchange. 
  
 ARTICLE
VIII 
  
 ACCOUNTS, PAYMENTS OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL, AND
RELEASES 
  
 Section 8.01. Accounts; Investment; Collection
of Moneys. (a) The Trust hereby directs the Indenture Trustee to establish, on or before the Closing Date, two Eligible Accounts that shall be the “Payment Accounts” for the Notes. Each Payment Account shall relate to one of the two
Classes of Notes. The Indenture Trustee shall promptly deposit in the related Payment Account: 
  
 (i) the Servicer Remittance Amount for the related Group received by it from the Master Servicer on the Servicer Remittance Date pursuant
to the Sale and Servicing Agreement; 
  
 (ii) any
other funds from any deposits for such Group to be made by the Master Servicer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement; 
  
 (iii) any amount for such Group required to be deposited in such Payment Account pursuant to Section 8.01(c); 
  
 (iv) all amounts for such Group received pursuant to Section
8.03 hereof; 
  
 (v) the Termination Price
received by it from the Seller on the Clean-up Call Date pursuant to Section 10.01; 
  
 (vi) on each Payment Date, in accordance with the Indenture Trustee’s Remittance Report, (A) until the Shortfall Amount for the
related Class is paid in full, and (B) until the amount specified in clause (vi) of Section 8.02 for such group is paid in full, in each case, first, from the Payment Account relating to the other Class of Notes, to the extent of the Net
Monthly Excess Cashflow from the Group of Mortgage Loans relating to the other Class of Notes and second, from each sub-account of the Reserve Account, an amount equal to the product of (A) a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount on
deposit in the such sub-account of the Reserve Account and the denominator of which is the aggregate amount on deposit in the Reserve Account and (B) the Shortfall Amount after giving effect to this Section 8.01(a)(vi)(B) first; 

 
 (vii) on each Payment Date, from each sub-account of the
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the aggregate amount on deposit in the Reserve Account and (B) the Reserve Account Release Amount; and 
  
 (viii) all other amounts for such Group received for deposit
in such Payment Account, including the payment of any Loan Repurchase Price or Substitution Adjustment for a Mortgage Loan in such Group received by the Indenture Trustee. 
  
 All amounts that are deposited from time to time in a Payment Account are subject to withdrawal by the Indenture Trustee for
the purposes set forth in Section 8.02 hereof. All funds withdrawn from a Payment Account pursuant to Section 8.02 hereof for the purpose of making payments to the Holders of Notes shall be applied in accordance with Sections 3.03 and 8.02 hereof.

  
 (b) The Trust hereby directs the Indenture
Trustee to establish, on or before the Closing Date, an Eligible Account that shall be the “Reserve Account” for the Notes. The Reserve Account will consist of two sub-accounts, each of which shall relate to a Class of Notes and the
related Loan Group. The Indenture Trustee shall deposit and withdraw funds in the Reserve Account, and the sub-accounts thereof, in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.01(a) and Section 8.02 hereof. Amounts in the Reserve Account can be used
to (i) pay Shortfall Amounts in accordance with Section 8.01 and (ii) to pay Class A-1 Available Funds Cap Carry-forward Amounts and Class A-2 Available Funds Cap Carry-forward Amounts. Amounts on deposit in either sub-account of the Reserve Account
may be used to pay Shortfall Amounts for either Class of Notes, provided, that to the extent that funds are on deposit in both sub-accounts, funds will be withdrawn pursuant to Section 8.01(a)(vi). Available Funds Cap Carry-Forward Amounts can only
be paid from funds released from each related sub-account of the Reserve Account pursuant to Section 8.01(a)(vii). 
  
 (c) The Trust hereby directs the Indenture Trustee to establish, on or before the Closing Date, two Eligible Accounts that shall be the
“Yield Maintenance Accounts” for the Notes. Each Yield Maintenance Account shall relate to one of the two Classes of Notes and the related Loan Group. The Indenture Trustee shall deposit into each Yield Maintenance Account, on each Payment
Date, from the total amount, if any, received by it under the related Cap Agreement, an amount equal to the product of (x) the excess, if any, of (i) the lesser of one-month LIBOR and the maximum rate (as such terms are used in the related Cap
Agreement) over (ii) the strike rate with respect to such Payment Date and the related Note Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date. Any excess over the amount payable under the related Cap Agreement over the amount described in the prior
sentence will be distributed on such Payment Date to the Certificateholder. The Indenture Trustee shall withdraw funds in each Yield Maintenance Account in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.02 hereof. Amounts in each Yield Maintenance
Account can only be used on each Payment Date to pay the related Available Funds Cap Carry-forward Amounts: any remaining amounts will be released on each Payment Date to the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 8.02(xv) hereof. 
  
 (d) So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, amounts held in the Accounts, other than the Payment Account or the Note Insurance Payment Account, shall at the written direction of the Master Servicer be invested in Permitted Investments, which Permitted Investments
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the immediately following Payment Date. Absent written direction, all such amounts shall be held uninvested. Amounts in the Payment Account may be invested
in Permitted Investments at the direction of the Indenture Trustee or remain uninvested. 
  
 All income or other gains, if any, from investment of moneys deposited in the Collection Account and Payment Account shall be for the benefit of the Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee, respectively and on or
after each Payment Date, any such amounts may be released from such Accounts and paid to the Master Servicer or Indenture Trustee, as applicable, as part of its compensation hereunder. Any loss resulting from such investment of moneys deposited in
the Collection Account or the Payment Account shall be reimbursed immediately as incurred to the related Account by the Master Servicer or Indenture Trustee, respectively. Subject to Section 6.01 hereof and the preceding sentence, neither the
Indenture Trustee nor the Master Servicer shall in any way be held liable by reason of any insufficiency in the Accounts. 
  
 The Indenture Trustee shall not in any way be held liable by reason of any insufficiency in any Account (other than the Payment Account) held by the
Indenture Trustee resulting from any investment loss on any Permitted Investment included therein (except to the extent that the Indenture Trustee is the obligor and has defaulted thereon). 
  
 In order to comply with its duties under the U.S. Patriot Act, the Indenture
Trustee shall obtain and verify certain information and documentation from the owners of the accounts that the Indenture Trustee establishes pursuant to this Indenture including, but not limited to, each account owner’s name, address, and other
identifying information. 
  
 (e) Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee may demand payment or delivery of, and shall receive and collect, directly and without intervention or assistance of any fiscal agent or other intermediary, all money and other property
payable to or receivable by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee shall hold all such money and property received by it as part of the Trust Estate and shall apply it as provided in this Indenture. 
  
 If the Indenture Trustee shall not have received the Servicer Remittance
Amount by close of business on any related Servicer Remittance Date, the Indenture Trustee shall, unless the Master Servicer shall have made provisions satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee for delivery to the Indenture Trustee of an amount equal to
such Servicer Remittance Amount, deliver a notice, with a copy to the Backup Servicer and the Note Insurer, to the Master Servicer of the Master Servicer’s failure to remit such Servicer Remittance Amount and that such failure, if not remedied
by the close of business on the Business Day after the date upon which such notice is delivered to the Master Servicer, shall constitute a Servicer Event of Default under the Sale and Servicing Agreement. If the Indenture Trustee shall subsequently
receive any such Servicer Remittance Amount by the close of business on such Business Day (along with interest at the Prime Rate as set forth in the Wall Street Journal, accruing from the Servicer Remittance Date to the date such Servicer Remittance
Amount was actually received, and payable to the Indenture Trustee) such Servicer Event of Default shall not be deemed to have occurred. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Master Servicer, or its
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payment or provision for payment with respect to such Servicer Remittance Amount in accordance with this Section 8.01, and any such Servicer Remittance
Amount shall not be deemed part of the Trust Estate. 
  
 Except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement, if, following delivery by the Indenture Trustee of the notice described above, the Master Servicer shall fail to remit the Servicer Remittance Amount on any
Servicer Remittance Date, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver a second notice to the Master Servicer, the Backup Servicer, the Trust and the Note Insurer by the close of business on the Business Day immediately prior to the related Payment Date
indicating that a Servicer Event of Default occurred and is continuing under the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Thereupon, the Indenture Trustee shall take such actions as are required of the Indenture Trustee under Article VII of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement. In addition, if a default occurs in any other performance required under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee may, and upon the request of the Note Insurer or, with the consent of the Note Insurer, the Holders
of Notes representing more than 50% of the Note Principal Balance of the Outstanding Notes of both Classes shall, take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance including the institution and prosecution of appropriate
Proceedings. Any such action shall be without prejudice to any right to claim a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture and to proceed thereafter as provided in Article V hereof. 
  
 Section 8.02. Payments; Statements. On each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall withdraw from each Payment
Account such amounts on deposit therein relating to the Indenture Trustee’s expenses and other amounts then due to it, including any payments with respect to reimbursement or indemnification due to the Indenture Trustee (subject to Section
6.16), and shall pay such amounts to itself. On each Payment Date, unless the Notes have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof and moneys collected by the Indenture Trustee are being applied in accordance with Section 5.07
hereof, Available Funds on deposit in each Payment Account on any Payment Date or Redemption Date shall be withdrawn from such Payment Account, in the amounts required (based on the Indenture Trustee’s Remittance Report prepared by the
Indenture Trustee on or before such Payment Date in reliance on the related Servicer Remittance Report), for application on such Payment Date in respect of payments for the related Class of Notes as follows: 
  
 (i) from amounts then on deposit in the related Payment
Account, to the Note Insurer, the Premium; and to the Backup Servicer, the Backup Servicing Fee for that Payment Date, in each case with respect to the related Class of Notes; 
  
 (ii) from amounts then on deposit in the related Payment Account, to the Holders of the related Class of
Notes, the Interest Payment Amount for such Class; 
  
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 (iv) from amounts then on deposit in the related Payment Account, as a payment of
principal, an amount equal to the Overcollateralization Deficit, if any, for the related Class of Notes; 
  
 (v) with respect to the other Class of Notes, from amounts then on deposit in the related Payment Account, to the Holders of the other
Class of Notes, the Shortfall Amount for the other Class; 
  
 (vi) from amounts then on deposit in the related Payment Account, to the Note Insurer, the Reimbursement Amount with respect to the related Class as of such Payment Date; 
  
 (vii) from amounts then on deposit in the related Payment
Account, to the Note Insurer, the Reimbursement Amount with respect to the other Class of Notes as of such Payment Date to the extent not already reimbursed pursuant to clause (iv) above; 
  
 (viii) from amounts then on deposit in the related Payment
Account, as a payment of the principal, an amount equal to the Overcollateralization Increase Amount for the related Class of Notes; 
  
 (ix) from amounts then on deposit in the related Payment Account, to the related sub-account of the Reserve Account, the Reserve Payment
Amount; 
  
 (x) with respect to each class of
Notes, from amounts then on deposit in the related Payment Account, the related Yield Maintenance Account and amounts released from the related sub-account of the Reserve Account, to the Holders of such Class of Notes, the related Available Funds
Cap Carry-Forward Amount; 
  
 (xi) from amounts
then on deposit in the Payment Account related to a Class of Notes, to the Master Servicer, any amount due to it with respect to the related Group of Mortgage Loans; 
  
 (xii) pro rata, from aggregate amounts then on deposit in both Payment Accounts, any amounts in respect of
indemnity or reimbursement due the Indenture Trustee under any of the Basic Documents to the extent not previously paid or reimbursed hereunder; 
  
 (xiii) from aggregate amounts then on deposit in both Payment Accounts, to the Owner Trustee, its Expenses as defined in Section 9.02 of
the Trust Agreement, to the extent the Sponsor has not already paid to the Owner Trustee such Expenses; 
  
 (xiv) from the aggregate amounts then on deposit in the related Payment Account, to the Holders of the other Class of Notes, any amount
due to them as an Interest Reduction Carryforward Amount; and 
  
 (xv) following the making by the Indenture Trustee of all allocations, transfers and disbursements described above, from amounts then on deposit in each Payment Account and the Yield Maintenance Accounts, the
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the Certificateholders (as identified in the Certificate Register maintained by the Owner Trustee), the amount remaining on such Payment Date in each Payment
Account and the Yield Maintenance Accounts, if any. 
  
 Section
8.03. Claims against the Note Insurance Policy. (a) No later than two (2) Business Days prior to each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall determine with respect to the immediately following Payment Date, the amount required to be on
deposit in each Payment Account on such Payment Date as a result of the Master Servicer’s remittance of the Servicer Remittance Amount on the related Servicer Remittance Date. 
  
 (b) If the Servicer Remittance Report with respect to any Payment Date indicates that an Insured Amount
shall be payable for any Group, after giving effect to the distributions specified in Section 8.02 (calculating such distributions without giving effect to any Insured Amount to be paid by the Note Insurer on such Payment Date), the Indenture
Trustee shall complete a Notice in the form of Exhibit A to the Note Insurance Policy and submit such notice to the Note Insurer no later than 12:00 noon New York City time (9:00 Los Angeles time) on the second Business Day preceding such Payment
Date as a claim for an Insured Amount. 
  
 (c)
The Indenture Trustee shall establish an Eligible Account (which may be a subaccount of the Payment Account) for the benefit of Holders of the Notes and the Note Insurer referred to herein as the “Note Insurance Payment Account” over which
the Indenture Trustee shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal. The Indenture Trustee shall deposit upon receipt any amount paid under the Note Insurance Policy in the Note Insurance Payment Account and distribute such amount only
for purposes of payment to the Noteholders of the related Group of the Insured Amount for such Group for which a claim was made and such amount may not be applied to satisfy any costs, expenses or liabilities of the Master Servicer, the Indenture
Trustee or the Trust. Amounts paid under the Note Insurance Policy, to the extent needed to pay the Insured Amount shall be disbursed by the Indenture Trustee to the Noteholders in accordance with Section 8.02. It shall not be necessary for such
payments to be made by checks or wire transfers separate from the checks or wire transfers used to pay the Insured Amount with other funds available to make such payment. However, the amount of any payment of principal of or interest on the Notes to
be paid from funds transferred from the Note Insurance Payment Account shall be noted as provided in subsection (d) of this Section 8.03 in the Note Register and in the Indenture Trustee’s Remittance Report. Funds held in the Note Insurance
Payment Account shall not be invested. Any funds remaining in the Note Insurance Payment Account on the first Business Day following a Payment Date shall be returned to the Note Insurer pursuant to the written Instructions of the Note Insurer by the
end of such Business Day. 
  
 (d) The Indenture
Trustee shall keep a complete and accurate record of the amount of interest and principal paid in respect of any Note from moneys received under the Note Insurance Policy. The Note Insurer shall have the right to inspect such records at reasonable
times during normal business hours upon one (1) Business Day’s prior written notice to the Indenture Trustee. 
  
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preference payment under applicable bankruptcy law, the Indenture Trustee shall so notify the Note Insurer, shall comply with the provisions of the Note
Insurance Policy to obtain payment by the Note Insurer of such voided Insured Amount, and shall, at the time it provides notice to the Note Insurer, notify, by mail to the Noteholders of the affected Notes that, in the event any Noteholder’s
Insured Amount is so recovered, such Noteholder will be entitled to payment pursuant to the Note Insurance Policy, a copy of which shall be made available through the Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer or the Note Insurer’s fiscal agent, if
any, and the Indenture Trustee shall furnish to the Note Insurer or its fiscal agent, if any, its records evidencing the payments which have been made by the Indenture Trustee and subsequently recovered from the Noteholders, and dates on which such
payments were made. 
  
 (f) The Indenture Trustee
shall promptly notify the Note Insurer of any proceeding or the institution of any action, of which a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge, seeking the avoidance as a preferential transfer under applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or similar law (a “Preference Claim”) of any payment made with respect to the Notes. Each Noteholder, by its purchase of Notes, the Master Servicer, the Backup Servicer, and the Indenture Trustee agree that,
the Note Insurer (so long as no Note Insurer Default exists) may at any time during the continuation of any proceeding relating to a Preference Claim direct all matters relating to such Preference Claim, including, without limitation, (i) the
direction of any appeal of any order relating to such Preference Claim and (ii) the posting of any surety, supersede as or performance bond pending any such appeal. In addition and without limitation of the foregoing, the Note Insurer shall be
subrogated to, and each Noteholder, the Master Servicer, the Backup Servicer and the Indenture Trustee hereby delegate and assign to the Note Insurer, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the rights of the Master Servicer, the Backup Servicer,
the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder in the conduct of any such Preference Claim, including, without limitation, all rights of any party to any adversary proceeding or action with respect to any court order issued in connection with any such
Preference Claim. 
  
 (g) The Indenture Trustee
shall, upon retirement of the Notes, furnish to the Note Insurer a notice of such retirement, and, upon retirement of the Notes and the expiration of the term of the Note Insurance Policy, surrender the Note Insurance Policy to the Note Insurer for
cancellation. 
  
 (h) Unless a Note Insurer
Default exists and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee and the Trust shall cooperate in all respects with any reasonable request by the Note Insurer for action to preserve or enforce the Note Insurer’s rights or interests hereunder without
limiting the rights or affecting the interests of the Noteholders as otherwise set forth herein. 
  
 (i) Each Noteholder, by its purchase of Notes, and the Indenture Trustee hereby agrees that, unless a Note Insurer Default exists and is
continuing, the Note Insurer shall have the right to direct all matters relating to the Notes in any proceeding in a bankruptcy of the Trust, including without limitation any proceeding relating to a Preference Amount and the posting of any surety
or Note pending any such appeal. 
  
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the terms of the Note Insurance Policy shall not be considered payment of the Notes from the Trust. The Trust and the Indenture Trustee acknowledge, and each
Holder by its acceptance of a Note agrees, that without the need for any further action on the part of the Note Insurer, the Trust, the Indenture Trustee or the Note Registrar (x) to the extent the Note Insurer makes payments, directly or
indirectly, on account of principal of or interest on the Notes to the Holders of such Notes, the Note Insurer will be fully subrogated to, and each Noteholder, the Trust and the Indenture Trustee hereby delegate and assign to the Note Insurer, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, the rights of such Holders to receive such principal and interest from the Trust, including, without limitation, any amounts due to the Noteholders in respect of securities law violations arising from the offer
and sale of the Notes, and (y) the Note Insurer shall be paid such amounts from the sources and in the manner provided herein for the payment of such amounts. 
  

Section 8.04. General Provisions Regarding the Payment Accounts and Mortgage Loans. (a) Each Payment Account shall relate solely to the Notes of
the related Class and to the Mortgage Loans in the related Group, Permitted Investments and other property securing the related Notes. Funds and other property in each Payment Account shall not be commingled with the other Payment Account or any
other moneys or property of the Trust or any Affiliate thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indenture Trustee may hold any funds or other property received or held by it as part of a Payment Account in collective accounts maintained by it in
the normal course of its business and containing funds or property held by it for other Persons (which may include the Trust or an Affiliate); provided, that such accounts are under the sole control of the Indenture Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
maintains adequate records indicating the ownership of all such funds or property and the portions thereof held for credit to the related Payment Account. 
  
 (b) If any amounts are needed for payment from a Payment Account and sufficient uninvested funds are not available therein to make such
payment, the Indenture Trustee shall cause to be sold or otherwise converted to cash, to the extent available, a sufficient amount of the investments in such Payment Account. 
  
 (c) The Indenture Trustee shall, at all times while any Notes are Outstanding, maintain in its possession,
or in the possession of an agent whose actions with respect to such items are under the sole control of the Indenture Trustee, all certificates or other instruments, if any, evidencing any investment of funds in the Payment Accounts. The Indenture
Trustee shall relinquish possession of such items, or direct its agent to do so, only for purposes of collecting the final payment receivable on such investment or certificate or, in connection with the sale of any investment held in the Payment
Accounts, against delivery of the amount receivable in connection with any sale. 
  
 (d) The Master Servicer shall not direct the Indenture Trustee to invest any part of the Trust Estate in Permitted Investments that
constitute uncertificated securities (as defined in Section 8-102 of the Uniform Commercial Code, as enacted in the relevant jurisdiction) unless it has delivered an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Indenture Trustee and reasonably satisfactory
in form and substance to the Indenture Trustee setting forth, with respect to each type of security for which authority to invest is being sought, the procedures that must be followed to maintain the lien and security interest created by this
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 (e) With respect to any portion of the Trust Estate invested in Permitted Investments,
the Indenture Trustee acknowledges and agrees that: 
  
 (i) any Permitted Investment that is held in a deposit account shall be held solely in an Eligible Account; and each such Eligible Account shall be subject to the sole and exclusive dominion, custody and control of the Indenture Trustee;
and, without limitation on the foregoing, the Indenture Trustee shall have sole signature authority with respect thereto; 
  
 (ii) any Permitted Investment that constitutes Physical Property shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee in accordance with paragraph
(a) and/or (b) of the definition of “Delivery,” as applicable, and shall be held, pending maturity or disposition, solely by the Indenture Trustee or a securities intermediary (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the Uniform
Commercial Code) acting solely for the Indenture Trustee; and 
  
 (iii) any Permitted Investment that is a book-entry security held through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to federal book-entry regulations shall be delivered in accordance with paragraph (c) of the definition of
“Delivery” and shall be maintained by the Indenture Trustee, pending maturity or disposition, through continued book-entry registration of such Permitted Investment as described in such paragraph. 
  
 Section 8.05. Releases of Deleted Mortgage Loans. Upon notice or
discovery by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee that any of the representations or warranties of the Sponsor set forth in Section 4.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement was materially incorrect or otherwise misleading with respect to
any Mortgage Loan as of the time made, the Indenture Trustee shall direct the Sponsor to either cure, repurchase or substitute for such Mortgage Loan as provided in Section 4.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Upon any purchase of or
substitution for a Deleted Mortgage Loan by the Sponsor in accordance with Section 2.06 or Section 4.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver the Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage File relating to such Deleted
Mortgage Loan to the Sponsor, and the Trust and the Indenture Trustee shall execute such instruments of transfer as are necessary to convey title to such Deleted Mortgage Loan to the Sponsor from the lien of this Indenture. Nothing in this Section
8.05 should be construed to obligate the Indenture Trustee to actively monitor the correctness or accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Sponsor. 
  

Section 8.06. Reports by Indenture Trustee to Noteholders; Access to Certain Information. On each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee, shall
provide the written reports required by the first paragraph of Section 2.08(d) to Noteholders of record as of the related Record Date (including the Clearing Agency, if any) and the Note Insurer. The Indenture Trustee will make available the
Indenture Trustee’s Remittance Report (and, at its option, any additional files containing the same information in an alternative format) to any interested person via the Indenture Trustee’s internet website. The Indenture Trustee’s
internet website shall initially be located at www.etrustee.net. The Indenture Trustee shall have the right to alter the manner in which it provides its Indenture Trustee’s Remittance Reports to Noteholders upon notice to Noteholders in the
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 The Indenture Trustee shall make available at its Corporate Trust Office, during normal business hours,
for review by any Noteholder, designees of the Issuer, or the Note Insurer, originals or copies of the following items: (a) the Indenture and any amendments thereto, (b) all Indenture Trustee’s Remittance Reports and other reports delivered
since the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.08(d) hereof, (c) any Officers’ Certificates delivered to the Indenture Trustee since the Closing Date as described in the Indenture and (d) any Accountants’ reports delivered to the Indenture
Trustee since the Closing Date as required under the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Copies of any and all of the foregoing items will be available from the Indenture Trustee upon request; however, the Indenture Trustee will be permitted to require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover the reasonable costs and expenses of providing such copies and shall not be required to provide such copies without reasonable assurances that such sum will be paid. 
  
 Section 8.07. Release of Trust Estate. The Indenture Trustee shall, at
such time as there are no Notes Outstanding, release all of the Trust Estate to the Trust (other than any cash held for the payment of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.03 or 4.02 hereof and amounts due the Indenture Trustee hereunder). 
  
 Section 8.08. Amendment to Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture
Trustee may, without the consent of any Holder, enter into or consent to any amendment or supplement to the Sale and Servicing Agreement for the purpose of increasing the obligations or duties of any party other than the Indenture Trustee or the
Holders of the Notes. The Indenture Trustee shall not enter into or consent to any such supplement or amendment unless the Indenture Trustee receives (i) an Opinion of Counsel that the position of the Holders would not be materially adversely
affected or written confirmation of satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition has been delivered to it and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel experienced in federal income tax matters that such amendment or supplement will not prevent the Notes from being
characterized as debt for United States federal income tax purposes and will not cause the Issuer to be characterized as an association (or a publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for United States federal
income tax purposes. The Indenture Trustee may in its discretion decline to enter into any such supplement or amendment if its own rights, duties or immunities would be adversely affected. Prior to entering into any supplement or amendment an
Opinion of Counsel shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee (upon which it may conclusively rely) to the effect that such amendment or supplement is permitted and authorized by this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 Section 8.09. Delivery of the Mortgage Files Pursuant to Sale and
Servicing Agreement. As is appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Master Servicer (if directed in writing by the Master Servicer) the Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage Files
for such Mortgage Loan upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee on or prior to the date such release is to be made of: 
  
 (a) such Officer’s Certificates, if any, as are required by the Sale and Servicing Agreement; and 
  
 (b) a Request for Release, executed by the Master Servicer,
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Trustee’s Mortgage Files in trust for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer and the Holders of Notes. 
  
 Section 8.10. Master Servicer as Agent. In order to facilitate the
servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the Master Servicer of such Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer of the Mortgage Loans has been appointed by the Trust to retain, in accordance with the provisions of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and this
Indenture, all Servicer Remittance Amounts on such Mortgage Loans prior to their deposit into the related Payment Account on or prior to the related Servicer Remittance Date. 
  
 Section 8.11. Termination of Master Servicer. In the event of the occurrence of a Servicer Event of Default specified
in Section 7.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee may, with the consent of the Note Insurer or, with the prior written consent of the Note Insurer, the Holder of Notes representing not less than 50% of the Note Principal
Balance of the Outstanding Notes of both Classes, and shall, upon the written direction of the Note Insurer (or as otherwise provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement), terminate the Master Servicer as provided in Section 7.01 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement. If the Indenture Trustee terminates the Master Servicer, the Backup Servicer shall, pursuant to Section 7.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, assume the duties of the Master Servicer or appoint a successor master servicer
acceptable to the Rating Agencies in accordance with the directions of the Note Insurer and meeting the requirements set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 Section 8.12. Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive at least five (5) Business
Days’ notice of any action to be taken pursuant to Sections 8.08 and 8.09 hereof (other than in connection with releases of Mortgage Loans that were subject to a prepayment in full), accompanied by copies of any instruments involved, and the
Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, stating the legal effect of any such action, outlining the steps required to complete the same, and
concluding that all conditions precedent to the taking of such action have been complied with. Counsel rendering any such opinion may rely, without independent investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any certificate or other instrument
delivered to the Indenture Trustee in connection with any such action. 
  
 Section 8.13. Appointment of Collateral Agents. The Indenture Trustee may, at no additional cost to the Trust or to the Indenture Trustee, with the consent of the Note Insurer, appoint one or more Collateral Agents to hold all or a
portion of the Indenture Trustee Mortgage Files, as Agent for the Indenture Trustee. Such Collateral Agent shall meet the requirements of Article IX of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Matters concerning the Collateral Agents shall be governed by
said Article IX. 
  
 Section 8.14. Rights of the Note Insurer
to Exercise Rights of Noteholders. By accepting its Notes, each Noteholder agrees that unless a Note Insurer Default exists, the Note Insurer shall have the right to exercise all rights of the Noteholders under this Indenture, without any
further consent of the Noteholders, including, without limitation: 
  
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 (b) the right to require the Sponsor to repurchase or substitute for Deleted Mortgage
Loans pursuant to Section 8.05; 
  
 (c) the right
to direct the actions of the Indenture Trustee during the continuance of an Event of Default; and 
  
 (d) the right to vote on proposed amendments to this Indenture. 
  
 In addition, each Noteholder agrees that, unless a Note Insurer Default exists, the rights specifically set forth above may
be exercised by the Noteholders only with the prior written consent of the Note Insurer. 
  
 Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.03 hereof and notwithstanding any provision in this Indenture to the contrary, so long as a Note Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing, the Note Insurer shall have no
rights to exercise any voting rights of the Noteholders hereunder, nor shall the Indenture Trustee be required to obtain the consent of, or act at the direction of, the Note Insurer. 
  
 All notices, statements, reports, certificates or opinions required by this Indenture to be sent to any other party hereto
or to the Noteholders shall also be sent to the Note Insurer. 
  
 Section 8.15. Trust Estate and Accounts Held for Benefit of the Note Insurer. The Indenture Trustee shall hold the Trust Estate and the Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage Files, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Note Insurer,
and all references in this Indenture and in the Notes to the benefit of Holders of the Notes shall be deemed to include the Note Insurer (provided there does not exist a Note Insurer Default). 
  
 ARTICLE IX 
  
 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES 
  
 Section 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders.
With the consent of the Note Insurer and without the consent of the Holders of any Notes, the Trust and the Indenture Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indenture supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the
Indenture Trustee, for any of the following purposes: 
  
 (a) to correct or amplify the description of any property at any time subject to the lien of this Indenture, or better to assure, convey and confirm unto the Indenture Trustee any property subject or required to be subjected to the lien of
this Indenture, or to subject to the lien of this Indenture additional property; 
  
 (b) to add to the conditions, limitations and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms and purposes of the issuance, authentication
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 (c) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Trust to the extent permitted
herein, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Trust herein and in the Notes contained; 
  
 (d) to add to the covenants of the Trust, for the benefit of the Holders of all Notes and the Note Insurer, or to surrender any right or
power herein conferred upon the Trust; 
  
 (e) to
cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to amend any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, which shall
not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, provided that such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders of the Notes or the Certificateholders and will not prevent the Notes from being
characterized as debt for United States federal income tax purposes or cause the Issuer to be characterized as an association (or a publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for United States federal income tax
purposes; provided, that the amendment shall be deemed not to adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders of the Notes and the Note Insurer and will not prevent the Notes from being characterized as debt for United
States federal income tax purposes or cause the Issuer to be characterized as an association (or a publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for United States federal income tax purposes if the Person
requesting the amendment obtains either (i) an Opinion of Counsel delivered to, but not at the expense of, the Indenture Trustee or to the Note Insurer, to such effect or (ii) written confirmation of the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition;
or 
  
 (f) to modify, eliminate or add to the
provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to effect the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA or under any similar federal statute hereafter enacted, and to add to this Indenture such other provisions as may be
expressly required by the TIA. 
  
 Section 9.02. Supplemental
Indentures with Consent of Noteholders. With the consent of the Note Insurer and with the consent of Holders of Notes representing not less than a majority of the Note Principal Balance of all Outstanding Notes of the Classes affected thereby by
Act of said Holders delivered to the Trust and the Indenture Trustee, the Trust and the Indenture Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Note affected thereby: 
  
 (a) change
any Payment Date or the Final Stated Maturity Date of the Notes or, with respect to the Notes, reduce the Note Principal Balance thereof or the Note Rate thereon, change the earliest date on which any Note may be redeemed at the option of the
Sponsor, change payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Note or any interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of the payment of any installment of interest due on any Note on or after the
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after the Final Stated Maturity Date (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the applicable Redemption Date); 
  
 (b) reduce the percentage of the Note Principal Balance of
the Outstanding Notes, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of the Holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance with provisions of this Indenture or Defaults hereunder and
their consequences provided for in this Indenture; 
  
 (c) modify any of the provisions of this Section 9.02 or Sections 5.13 or 5.17(b) hereof, except to increase any percentage specified therein or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without
the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby; 
  
 (d) modify or alter the provisions of the proviso to the definition of the term “Outstanding;” 
  
 (e) permit the creation of any lien other than the lien of this Indenture with respect to any part of the Trust Estate or terminate the
lien of this Indenture on any property at any time subject hereto or deprive the Holder of any Note of the security afforded by the lien of this Indenture; 
  
 (f) modify any of the provisions of this Indenture in such manner as to affect the calculation of the Interest Payment Amount or Base
Principal Payment Amount for any Payment Date and either Class (including the calculation of any of the individual components of such amounts) or to affect rights of the Holders of the Notes to the benefits of any provisions for the redemption of
Notes contained herein; or 
  
 (g) incur any
indebtedness, other than the Notes, that would cause the Trust or the Trust Estate to be treated as a “taxable mortgage pool” within the meaning of Code Section 7701(i). 
  
 The Indenture Trustee may in its discretion determine whether or not any Notes would be affected by any supplemental
indenture and any such determination shall be conclusive upon the Holders of all Notes, whether theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any such determination made in good faith.

  
 It shall not be necessary for any Act of Noteholders under
this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof. 
  
 Promptly after the execution by the Trust and the Indenture Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section
9.02, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to the Holders of the Notes to which such supplemental indenture relates a notice setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Indenture Trustee to mail such
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 Section 9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or accepting the additional
trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article IX or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, (i) an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and such supplemental indenture does not adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders or the Note Insurer in any material
respect; (ii) an Opinion of Counsel experienced in federal income tax matters stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture will not prevent the Notes from being characterized as debt for United States federal income tax purposes or
cause the Issuer to be characterized as an association (or a publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for United States federal income tax purposes; or (iii) written confirmation of satisfaction of the Rating
Agency Condition. The Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Indenture Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. The Master Servicer,
on behalf of the Trust, shall cause executed copies of any supplemental indentures to be delivered to the Backup Servicer, the Note Insurer and the Rating Agencies. 
  
 Section 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article
IX, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Notes to which such supplemental indenture relates that have theretofore been or
thereafter are authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby. 
  
 Section 9.05. Conformity With Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article IX shall conform to the requirements of the TIA as then in effect so long as this Indenture
shall then be qualified under the TIA. 
  
 Section 9.06.
Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures. Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article IX may, and if required by the Indenture Trustee shall, bear a notation in form
approved by the Indenture Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Owner Trustee, acting at the direction of the Certificateholders, shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, acting at the direction of the Certificateholders, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Master Servicer and executed by the Owner Trustee, acting at the direction of the
Certificateholders, on behalf of the Trust, and authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Notes. 
  
 Section 9.07. Amendments to Governing Documents. The Indenture Trustee shall, upon a Trust Request, consent to any proposed amendment to the
Trust’s governing documents, or an amendment to or waiver of any provision of any other document relating to the Trust’s governing documents, such consent to be given without the necessity of obtaining the consent of the Holders of any
Notes upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee of: 
  
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waiver and that all conditions precedent to such consent specified in this Section 9.07 have been satisfied; 
  
 (b) written confirmation of the satisfaction of the Rating
Agency Condition with respect to such proposed amendment; and, 
  
 (c) written consent of the Note Insurer. 
  
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indenture Trustee may decline to consent to a proposed waiver or amendment that adversely affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. 

 
 Nothing in this Section 9.07 shall be construed to require that any Person
obtain the consent of the Indenture Trustee to any amendment or waiver or any provision of any document where the making of such amendment or the giving of such waiver without obtaining the consent of the Indenture Trustee is not prohibited by this
Indenture or by the terms of the document that is the subject of the proposed amendment or waiver. 
  
 ARTICLE X 
  
 REDEMPTION OF NOTES 
  
 Section 10.01.
Redemption of Notes. (a) The Seller may, at its sole cost and expense, terminate this Indenture and all the Notes may be redeemed in whole, but not in part, on any Redemption Date on and after the Clean-Up Call Date at the Termination Price.

  
 (b) Any such purchase or redemption shall be
accomplished by deposit by the Seller, into the related Payment Account of the Termination Price on the Servicer Remittance Date preceding the Redemption Date. The amounts on deposit therein shall be distributed by the Indenture Trustee on such
Redemption Date in accordance with the priority set forth in Section 8.02 hereof. No termination or redemption is permitted without the prior written consent of the Note Insurer if it would result in a draw on the Note Insurance Policy. 

 
 (c) [Reserved]. 
  
 (d) Upon the redemption of the Notes, the Mortgage Loans in
the Trust Estate shall be released and delivered to the Seller. 
  
 (e) Upon receipt of the written notice from the Seller of its election to redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 10.01 (a) hereof (which shall state that the Seller has determined that the conditions to redemption at
the option of the Seller have been satisfied and setting forth information as may be required to accomplish such redemption), the Indenture Trustee shall prepare and deliver to the Trust, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, the Backup Servicer and the
Note Insurer, no later than the related Redemption Date, an Indenture Trustee’s Remittance Report. 
  

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

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 Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the absence of the occurrence and continuation of a
Default or Event of Default is a condition precedent to the taking of any action by the Indenture Trustee at the request or direction of the Trust, then, notwithstanding that the satisfaction of such condition is a condition precedent to the
Trust’s right to make such request or direction, the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in acting in accordance with such request or direction if it does not have knowledge of the occurrence and continuation of such Default or Event of
Default as provided in Section 6.01 (d) hereof. 
  
 Section 11.03.
Acts of Noteholders. (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Noteholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Noteholders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to
the Indenture Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Trust. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Noteholders
signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01 hereof) conclusive in favor of the
Indenture Trustee and the Trust, if made in the manner provided in this Section 11.03. 
  
 (b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Whenever such
execution is by an officer of a corporation or a member of a partnership on behalf of such corporation or partnership, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. 
  
 (c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note
Register. 
  
 (d) Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Notes shall bind the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything
done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Indenture Trustee or the Trust in reliance thereon; whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Notes. 
  

Section 11.04. Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer and Trust. Any request, demands authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or Act of Noteholders or other documents provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with: 
  
 (a) the Indenture Trustee by any Noteholder or by the Trust shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and made, given,
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 (b) the Trust by the Indenture Trustee or by any Noteholder shall be sufficient for every
purpose hereunder (except as provided in Section 5.01 (c) and (d)) hereof if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Trust addressed to it at Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2, in care of Wilmington Trust Company, 1100 North
Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee by the Trust. 
  
 (c) the Note Insurer by the Indenture Trustee or by any Noteholder shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if in writing and faxed to (212) 312-3225 or mailed, first-class, postage prepaid, to Financial Guaranty Insurance Company addressed to it at 125 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017, Attention: Research and Risk Management (in each case
in which notice or other communication to the Note Insurer refers to an Event of Default, a claim on the Note Insurance Policy or with respect to which failure on the part of the Note Insurer to respond shall be deemed to constitute consent or
acceptance, then a copy of such notice or other communication should also be sent to the attention of the General Counsel and shall be marked to indicate “URGENT MATERIAL ENCLOSED”), or at any other address previously furnished in writing
to the Indenture Trustee by the Note Insurer; or 
  
 (d) the Sponsor by the Indenture Trustee or by any Noteholder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed, first-class, postage paid, to Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., 15090 Avenue of Science, San Diego,
California, 92128, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee by the Sponsor; or 
  
 (e) the Master Servicer by the Indenture Trustee or by any Noteholder shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if in writing and mailed, first-class, postage paid, to Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., 15090 Avenue of Science, San Diego, California 92128, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration or at any other address previously furnished in writing
to the Indenture Trustee by the Master Servicer; or 
  
 (f) the Seller by the Indenture Trustee or by any Noteholder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed, first-class, postage paid, to Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., 15090 Avenue of Science, San Diego,
California 92128, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee by the Seller; or 
  

(g) the Underwriter by any party or by any Noteholder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed,
first-class, postage prepaid, to Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10010-3629, Attention: Transaction Advisory Group, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee
by the Underwriter; or 
  
 (h) the Backup
Servicer by the Master Servicer or the Indenture Trustee shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and either faxed to (805) 578-6177 or mailed, first-class, postage prepaid, to Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, 450
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at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee by the Backup Servicer. 
  
 Notices required to be given to the Rating Agencies by the Trust or the
Indenture Trustee shall be in writing, personally delivered or mailed first-class postage pre-paid, to (i) in the case of Moody’s, at the following address: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., Residential Mortgage Monitoring Department, 99
Church Street, New York, New York 10004 and (ii) in the case of S&P, at the following address: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 55 Water Street, New York, New York, 10041, Attention:
Asset-Backed Surveillance Department; or as to each of the foregoing, at such other address as shall be designed by written notice to the other parties. 
  
 Section 11.05. Notices and Reports to Noteholders; Waiver of Notices. Where this Indenture provides for notice to Noteholders of any event or the
mailing of any report to Noteholders, such notice or report shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Noteholder affected by such event or to whole such report is
required to be mailed, at the address of such Noteholder as it appears on the Note Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice or the mailing of such report. In any case
where a notice or report to Noteholders is mailed in the manner provided above, neither the failure to mail such notice or report, nor any defect in any notice or report so mailed, to any particular Noteholder shall affect the sufficiency of such
notice or report with respect to other Noteholders, and any notice or report that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given or provided. 
  
 Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be
waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Noteholders shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee, but such filing
shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver. 
  
 In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a result of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical to mail
notice of any event to Noteholders when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient
giving of such notice. 
  
 Section 11.06. Rules by Indenture
Trustee. The Indenture Trustee may (but is not obligated to) make reasonable rules for any meeting of Noteholders. 
  
 Section 11.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof that is
required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the TIA, such required provision shall control. 
  
 Section 11.08. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only
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 Section 11.09. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Trust
shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. 
  
 Section 11.10. Separability. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby. 
  
 Section 11.11. Benefits of
Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the Note Insurer, the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any separate trustee or co-trustee appointed under Section 6.14
hereof and the Noteholders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture. 
  
 Section 11.12. Legal Holidays. In any case where the date of any Payment Date, Redemption Date or any other date on which principal of or interest
on any Note is proposed to be paid shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of the Notes or this Indenture) payment need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, with the same force
and effect as if made on the nominal date of any such Payment Date, Redemption Date or other date for the payment of principal of or interest on any Note and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after any such nominal date, provided such
payment is made in full on such next succeeding Business Day. 
  
 Section 11.13. Governing Law. IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT NOTEHOLDERS ARE EXPECTED TO RESIDE IN MANY STATES AND OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES AND THE DESIRE TO ESTABLISH WITH CERTAINTY THAT THIS INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF A STATE HAVING A WELL-DEVELOPED BODY OF COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL LAW RELEVANT TO TRANSACTIONS OF THE TYPE CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, THIS INDENTURE AND EACH NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND
GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED THEREIN, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS. 
  
 Section 11.14. Counterparts.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 
  
 Section 11.15. Recording of Indenture. This Indenture is subject to
recording in any appropriate public recording offices, such recording to be effected by the Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, and at its expense in compliance with any Opinion of Counsel delivered pursuant to Sections 2.11 (c) or 3.06 hereof.

  
 Section 11.16. Trust Obligation. (a) No recourse, may
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or therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee (except as expressly stated herein regarding performance of its own obligations) Owner Trustee in its
individual capacity, (ii) any manner of a beneficial interest in the Trust or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee or agent of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of
a beneficial interest in the Trust, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being
understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid
consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity. For all purposes of this Indenture, in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Trust hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall
be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of the Trust Agreement. 
  
 (b) It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (i) this Agreement is executed and delivered by Wilmington Trust
Company, not individually or personally but solely as Owner Trustee of the Issuer, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it under the Trust Agreement, (ii) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein
made on the part of the Issuer is made and intended not as personal representations, undertakings and agreements by Wilmington Trust Company but is made and intended for the purpose for binding only the Issuer, (iii) nothing herein contained shall
be construed as creating any liability on Wilmington Trust Company, individually or personally, to perform any covenant either expressed or implied contained herein, all such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and by any
Person claiming by, through or under the parties hereto and (iv) under no circumstances shall Wilmington Trust Company be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Issuer or be liable for the breach or failure of any
obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Issuer under this Agreement or any other related documents. 
  
 Section 11.17. No Petition. The Indenture Trustee, by entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder and Beneficial Owner, by accepting a Note,
hereby covenant and agree that they will not at any time institute against the Seller or the Trust, or join in any institution against the Seller or the Trust of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or
other proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Notes, this Indenture or any of the Basic Documents. In addition, the Indenture Trustee will, if directed in
writing by the Majority Noteholders and indemnity is provided as set forth herein, on behalf of the Holders of the Notes, (a) file a written objection to any motion or the Sponsor with the Seller or other proceeding seeking the substantive
consolidation of the Sponsor with the Trust, (b) file an appropriate memorandum of points and authorities or other brief in support of such objection, or (c) endeavor to establish at the hearing on such objection that the substantive consolidation
of such entities would be materially prejudicial to the Noteholders. 
  
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 Section 11.18. Inspection. The Trust agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it will permit any
representative of the Indenture Trustee and the Note Insurer, during the Trust’s normal business hours, to examine all of books of account, records, reports and other papers of the Trust, to make copies and extracts therefrom, to cause such
books to be audited by Independent Accountants selected by the Indenture Trustee or the Note Insurer, as the case may be, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its officers, employees and Independent Accountants (and by this
provision the Trust hereby authorizes its Accountants to discuss with such representatives such affairs, finances and accounts), all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested. Any expense incident to the exercise by the
Indenture Trustee of any right under this Section 11.18 shall be borne by the Trust. 
  
 Section 11.19. Usury. The amount of interest payable or paid on any Note under the terms of this Indenture shall be limited to an amount that shall not exceed the maximum nonusurious rate of interest allowed by
the applicable laws of the United States or the State of New York (whichever shall permit the higher rate), that could lawfully be contracted for, charged or received (the “Highest Lawful Rate”). In the event any payment of interest
on any Note exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, the Trust stipulates that such excess amount will be deemed to have been paid as a result of an error on the part of both the Indenture Trustee, acting on behalf of the Holder of such Note, and the Trust,
and the Holder receiving such excess payment shall promptly, upon discovery of such error or upon notice thereof from the Trust or the Indenture Trustee, refund the amount of such excess or, at the option of the Indenture Trustee, apply the excess
to the payment of principal of such Note, if any, remaining unpaid. In addition, all sums paid or agreed to be paid to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of Holders of Notes for the use, forbearance or detention of money shall, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the full term of such Notes. 
  
 Section 11.20. Note Insurer Default. Any right conferred to the Note Insurer shall be suspended during any period in which a Note Insurer Default
exists other than its right to receive Reimbursement Amounts and to consent to amendments. At such time as the Notes are no longer Outstanding under this Indenture, and no amounts owed to the Note Insurer under the Basic Documents remain unpaid, the
Note Insurer’s rights under this Indenture shall terminate. 
  
 Section 11.21. Third-Party Beneficiary. The Note Insurer is intended as a third-party beneficiary of this Indenture which shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Note Insurer; provided, that, notwithstanding the
foregoing, for so long as a Note Insurer Default is continuing with respect to its obligations under the Note Insurance Policy, the Noteholders, subject to Section 11.20, shall succeed to the Note Insurer’s rights hereunder. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, all covenants and agreements in this Indenture that expressly confer rights upon the Note Insurer shall be for the benefit of and run directly to the Note Insurer, and the Note Insurer shall be entitled to rely on
and enforce such covenants to the same extent as if it were a party to this Indenture. 
  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust and the Indenture Trustee have caused this Indenture to be duly executed by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written. 
  

					
	 ACCREDITED MORTGAGE LOAN
 TRUST 2004-2

		
	 By:
	 	 WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
 not in its individual capacity, but solely as
 Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement

			
	 	 	 By:
	 	 /s/ Patricia A. Evans

	 	 	 	 	 Name: Patricia A. Evans

	 	 	 	 	 Title: Assistant Vice President

  

			
	 LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Indenture Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Christopher Lewis

	 	 	 Name: Christopher Lewis

	 	 	 Title: Assistant Vice President

  
 [Signature page
to Indenture] 
  

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 APPENDIX I 
  
 DEFINED TERMS 
  
 “Accepted Servicing Practices”: The Master Servicer’s normal servicing practices, which in general will conform to the mortgage
servicing practices of prudent mortgage lending institutions which service, for their own account, mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans in the jurisdictions in which the related Mortgaged Properties are located. 
  
 “Account”: Any of the Collection Account, the Payment
Accounts, the Reserve Account, Yield Maintenance Accounts or the Note Insurance Payment Account. 
  
 “Accountant”: A Person engaged in the practice of accounting who (except when the Indenture provides that an Accountant must be
Independent) may be employed by or affiliated with the Trust or an Affiliate of the Trust. 
  
 “Accrual Period”: With respect to the Notes and any Payment Date, the period from and including the prior Payment Date (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, from and including the Closing Date)
to and including the day immediately preceding such Payment Date. 
  
 “Act”: With respect to any Noteholder, as defined in Section 11.03 of the Indenture. 
  
 “Administrative Fees”: With respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the Backup Servicer Fee with respect to such Payment Date.

  
 “Affiliate”: With respect to any Person, any
other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the
power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings
correlative to the foregoing. 
  
 “Agent”: Any
Note Registrar or Authenticating Agent. 
  
 “Aggregate
Principal Balance”: With respect to any Mortgage Loans and any date of determination, the aggregate of the Principal Balances of such Mortgage Loans as of such date of determination. 
  
 “Appraised Value”: As to any Mortgaged Property, the
appraised value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan and, in the case of a Mortgaged Property that was purchased with the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan or within twelve
months preceding the origination of the Mortgage Loan, the sales price of the Mortgaged Property, if such sales price is less than such appraised value. 
  
 “Assignment of Mortgage”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, an assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument
sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect of record the 

  

 
conveyance of the Mortgage to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Note Insurer. 
  
 “Authenticating Agent”: The Person, if any, appointed as
Authenticating Agent by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust, acting at the direction of the Certificateholders, pursuant to Section 6.14 of the Indenture, until any successor Authenticating Agent for the Notes is named, and thereafter
“Authenticating Agent” shall mean such successor. The initial Authenticating Agent shall be the Indenture Trustee. Any Authenticating Agent other than the Indenture Trustee shall sign an instrument under which it agrees to be bound by all
of the terms of this Indenture applicable to the Authenticating Agent. 
  
 “Authorized Denominations”: Each Class of Notes is issuable only in the minimum Percentage Interest corresponding to a minimum denomination of $25,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; provided,
however, that one Note of each Class is issuable in a denomination equal to any such multiple plus an additional amount such that the aggregate denomination of all Notes of such Class shall be equal to the Original Note Principal Balance of
such Class. 
  
 “Authorized Officer”: With
respect to (i) the Indenture Trustee, any Responsible Officer, (ii) the Owner Trustee, the president, any vice president, any assistant vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any trust
officer, any financial services officer or any other officer of the Owner Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the above officers and (iii) any other Person, the chairman, chief operating officer, president or any
vice president of such Person. 
  
 “Available
Funds”: With respect to any Payment Date and either Group, the amount to be on deposit in the related Payment Account on such Payment Date less any payments in respect of the indemnification and other expenses (subject to Section 6.16 of
the Indenture) due to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, in each case with respect to the related Group (excluding the amount of any Insured Amounts and prior to the application of such amounts as
described in Section 8.02 of the Indenture for such Payment Date) as a result of: 
  
 (i) the Servicer Remittance Amount for the related Group received by the Indenture Trustee from the Master Servicer on the Servicer
Remittance Date pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, 
  
 (ii) any other funds from any deposits for such Group to be made by the Master Servicer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, 
  
 (iii) the Termination Price received from the Seller on the Clean-up Call Date pursuant to Section 10.01 of
the Indenture, 
  
 (iv) on each Payment Date, in
accordance with the Indenture Trustee’s Remittance Report, (A) until the Shortfall Amount for the related Class is paid in full, and (B) until the amount specified in clause (vi) of Section 8.02 of the Indenture for such Class is paid in full,
in each case, first, from the Payment Account relating to the other Class of Notes, to the extent of the Net Monthly Excess Cashflow from the Loan Group 

  

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relating to the other Class of Notes and second, from each sub-account of the Reserve Account, an amount equal to the product of (A) a fraction, the
numerator of which is the amount on deposit in such sub-account of the Reserve Account and the denominator of which is the aggregate amount on deposit in the Reserve Account and (B) the Shortfall Amount after giving effect to Section 8.01(a)(vi)(B)
first of the Indenture; 
  
 (v) on each
Payment Date, from each sub-account of the Reserve Account, an amount equal to the product of (A) a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount on deposit in each such sub-account of the Reserve Account and the denominator of which is the
aggregate amount on deposit in the Reserve Account and (B) the Reserve Account Release Amount, and 
  
 (vi) all other amounts for such Group received for deposit in such Payment Account, including the payment of any Loan Repurchase Price or
Substitution Adjustment for a Mortgage Loan in such Group received by the Indenture Trustee. 
  
 For purposes of calculating the Available Funds, any Loan Repurchase Price or Substitution Adjustment that is paid shall be deemed
deposited in the Payment Account in the Due Period preceding such Servicer Remittance Date. 
  
 “Available Funds Cap Carry-Forward Amount” means, with respect to (i) the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap Carry-Forward Amount and (ii) the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-2 Available
Funds Cap Carry-Forward Amount. 
  
 “Backup
Servicer”: Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, a Texas limited partnership, or any successor appointed as provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Backup Servicing Fee”: As defined in Section 5.08 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Backup Servicing Fee Rate”: The product of (i) 0.015% per
annum and (ii) the stated principal balance of the Mortgage Loans at the beginning of the related Due Period. To the extent that the Backup Servicer becomes the Master Servicer, it shall be entitled to be compensated at the Servicing Fee Rate
instead of the Backup Servicing Fee Rate. 
  
 “Balloon
Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan that provides for the payment of the unamortized principal balance of such Mortgage Loan in a single payment at the maturity of such Mortgage Loan that is greater than the preceding Monthly Payment.

  
 “Balloon Payment”: A payment of the
unamortized principal balance of a Mortgage Loan in a single payment at the maturity of such Mortgage Loan that is greater than the preceding Monthly Payment. 
  

“Bankruptcy Code”: The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (Title 11 of the United States Code), as amended. 
  

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 “Base Principal Payment Amount”: For any Payment Date and either Class of Notes will be
the lesser of: 
  
 (a) the excess of (x) the sum, as of such
Payment Date, of (A) the Available Funds for the related Group of Mortgage Loans and (B) any Insured Amount with respect to the related Class of Notes over (y) the sum of the Interest Payment Amount for such Group; and 
  
 (b) the sum, without duplication, of: 
  

	 	(i)	all scheduled principal payments due and collected or advanced for the related Due Period, plus the principal portion of all prepayments in full received during the related
Prepayment Period, plus all partial prepayments and other unscheduled recoveries of principal (other than Net Liquidation Proceeds) received during the prior calendar month less any related reimbursements of Delinquency Advances or of Servicing
Advances to the Master Servicer, in each case, for the related Group of Mortgage Loans; 

  

	 	(ii)	the Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in such Group that was repurchased by the Sponsor or the Seller on the related Servicer Remittance Date from such Group to the extent
such Principal Balance is actually received by the Indenture Trustee and less any related reimbursements of Delinquency Advances or of Servicing Advances to the Master Servicer; 

  

	 	(iii)	any Substitution Adjustments delivered by the Sponsor or the Seller on the related Servicer Remittance Date in connection with a substitution of a Mortgage Loan in that Group, to
the extent such Substitution Adjustments are actually received by the Indenture Trustee; 

  

	 	(iv)	the Net Liquidation Proceeds actually collected by the Master Servicer on all Mortgage Loans in such Group during the preceding calendar month to the extent such Net Liquidation
Proceeds relate to principal; 

  

	 	(v)	the proceeds received by the Indenture Trustee upon the exercise by the Seller of its option to call the Notes to the extent such proceeds relate to principal;

  

	 	(vi)	the proceeds received by the Indenture Trustee on any termination of the trust to the extent such proceeds relate to principal allocable to such Group; 

  

	 	(vii)	any amount that the Note Insurer has elected to pay as principal including Liquidated Loan Losses prior to the occurrence of any Remaining Overcollateralization Deficit;

  
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	 	(viii)	the amount of any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for such Group for such Payment Date. 

  
 In no event will the Base Principal Payment Amount for a Group with respect to any Payment Date be (x) less than zero or (y)
greater than the then aggregate outstanding Note Principal Balance of the related Class of Notes. 
  
 “Basic Documents”: The Indenture, the Trust Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, the Contribution
Agreements and Assignments, the Cap Agreements and the Indemnification Agreement. 
  
 “Beneficial Owner”: With respect to a Book-Entry Note, the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Note as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency for the Notes or on the books of a Person
maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (as either a Direct Participant or an Indirect Participant, in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency). 
  
 “Best Efforts”: Efforts determined to be in good faith and reasonably diligent by the Person performing
such efforts, specifically the Trust or the Master Servicer or any other agent of the Trust, as the case may be, in its reasonable discretion. Such efforts do not require the Trust or the Master Servicer or any other agent of the Trust, as the case
may be, to enter into any litigation, arbitration or other legal or quasi-legal proceeding, nor do they require the Trust or the Master Servicer or any other agent of the Trust, as the case may be, to advance or expend fees or sums of money in
addition to those specifically set forth in this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Book-Entry Notes”: Any Notes registered in the name of the Clearing Agency or its nominee, ownership of which is reflected on the books
of the Clearing Agency or on the books of a person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (as either a Direct Participant or an Indirect Participant in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency). 
  
 “Business Day”: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday
or (ii) a day that is either a legal holiday or a day on which the Note Insurer or banking institutions in the State of New York, the State of Delaware, the State of California, or the state in which the Indenture Trustee’s office from which
payments will be made to Noteholders, are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to be closed. 
  
 “Cap Agreements”: Each of the interest rate cap agreements, dated as of May 26, 2004, between the Indenture Trustee, in its capacity as
indenture trustee, and the Cap Counterparty. 
  
 “Cap
Counterparty”: Credit Suisse First Boston International, an unlimited liability company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales. 
  
 “CERCLA”: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980. 
  
 “Certificates”: Each Trust Certificate issued pursuant to
the Trust Agreement and which represents ownership in the Trust. 
  

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 “Class”: Each class of Notes designated as the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes.

  
 “Class A-1 Available Funds Cap Carry-Forward
Amount”: With respect to the Class A-1 Notes and any Payment Date, the sum of 
  
 (a) the excess, if any, of (x) the Current Interest for the Class A-1 Notes calculated at the Class A-1 Formula Rate over (y) the Current Interest for the Class A-1 Notes calculated at the Class A-1 Available Funds
Cap Rate, in each case as of such Payment Date, and 
  
 (b) the
Class A-1 Available Funds Cap Carry-Forward Amount for the previous Payment Date not previously paid, together with interest thereon at the Class A-1 Formula Rate for the most recently ended Accrual Period. 
  
 “Class A-1 Available Funds Cap Rate”: For any Payment Date,
a per annum rate equal to the product of (1) the excess of (A) a fraction, expressed as a percentage, equal to (i) the product of (a) the mortgage interest due with respect to the Mortgage Loans in Group I for that Payment Date, less the Note
Insurer Premium, Master Servicing Fees and Backup Servicing Fees allocated to Group I and (b) 12, divided by (ii) the Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Notes as of the first day of the related Accrual Period, over (B) 0.25% and (2) a fraction,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the number of days in the related Accrual Period. 
  
 “Class A-1 Base Principal Payment Amount”: The Base Principal Payment Amount for the Class A-1 Notes. 
  
 “Class A-1 Carry-Forward Amount”: For any Payment Date, the
sum of (a) the amount, if any, by which (x) the Class A-1 Interest Payment Amount as of the immediately preceding Payment Date exceeded (y) the amount of interest actually paid to the holders of the Class A-1 Notes on such immediately preceding
Payment Date (including from amounts paid by the Note Insurer) and (b) interest for the actual number of days in the related Accrual Period on the amount described in clause (a), calculated at an interest rate equal to the Class A-1 Formula Rate
applicable to the related Accrual Period. 
  
 “Class A-1
Formula Rate”: A per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus 0.29% per annum; provided, that, on any Payment Date after the Clean-up Call Date, such rate will be equal to LIBOR plus 0.58% per annum and (ii) 13.0%.

  
 “Class A-1 Interest Payment Amount”: For any
Payment Date is an amount equal to the Current Interest for the Class A-1 Notes on such Payment Date, plus the Class A-1 Carry-Forward Amount as of such Payment Date. 
  
 “Class A-1 Interest Remittance Amount”: With respect to the Class A-1 Notes for any Payment Date, the
portion of the Interest Remittance Amount that was collected or advanced on Loan Group I. 
  
 “Class A-1 Net Interest Amount”: With respect to the Class A-1 Notes and for any Payment Date, the Class A-1 Interest Remittance Amount minus the Class A-1 Notes’ pro 

  

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rata share of the Administrative Fees and Premium (based on the Loan Group 1 share of the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans). 
  
 “Class A-1 Note”: Any Note designated as a “Class A-1
Note” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture. The Class A-1 Notes shall be issued with an initial aggregate Note Principal Balance equal to the Original Note Principal Balance therefor. 
  
 “Class A-1 Note Principal Balance”: As of any date of
determination, the Original Note Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Notes less any amounts actually paid with respect to principal thereon on all prior Payment Dates. 
  
 “Class A-1 Note Rate”: With respect to any Payment Date, the per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i) the
Class A-1 Formula Rate and (ii) the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap Rate for such Payment Date. 
  
 “Class A-2 Available Funds Cap Carry-Forward Amount”: With respect to the Class A-2 Notes and any Payment Date, the sum of 
  
 (a) the excess, if any, of (x) the Current Interest for the Class A-2 Notes calculated at the Class A-2 Formula Rate over
(y) the Current Interest for the Class A-2 Notes calculated at the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap Rate, in each case as of such Payment Date, and 
  
 (b) the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap Carry-Forward Amount for the previous Payment Date not previously paid, together with interest thereon at the Class
A-2 Formula Rate for the most recently ended Accrual Period. 
  
 “Class A-2 Available Funds Cap Rate”: For any Payment Date, a per annum rate equal to the product of (1) the excess of (A) a fraction, expressed as a percentage, equal to (i) the product of (a) the mortgage interest due
with respect to the Mortgage Loans in Group II for that Payment Date, less the Note Insurer Premium, Master Servicing Fees and Backup Servicing Fees allocated to Group II and (b) 12, divided by (ii) the Principal Balance of the Class A-2 Notes as of
the first day of the related Accrual Period, over (B) 0.25% and (2) a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the number of days in the related Accrual Period. 
  
 “Class A-2 Base Principal Payment Amount”: The Base
Principal Payment Amount for the Class A-2 Notes. 
  
 “Class A-2 Carry-Forward Amount”: For any Payment Date, the sum of (a) the amount, if any, by which (x) the Class A-2 Interest Payment Amount as of the immediately preceding Payment Date exceeded (y) the amount of interest
actually paid to the holders of the Class A-2 Notes on such immediately preceding Payment Date (including from amounts paid by the Note Insurer) and (b) interest for the actual number of days in the related Accrual Period on the amount described in
clause (a), calculated at an interest rate equal to the Class A-2 Formula Rate applicable to the related Accrual Period. 
  

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 “Class A-2 Formula Rate”: A per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus 0.30%
per annum; provided, that, on any Payment Date after the Clean-up Call Date, such rate will be equal to LIBOR plus 0.60% per annum and (ii) 13.0%. 
  
 “Class A-2 Interest Payment Amount”: With respect to the Class A-2 Notes for any Payment Date, an amount equal to (a) the Current
Interest for the Class A-2 Notes, plus (b) the Class A-2 Carry-Forward Amount remaining unpaid as of such Payment Date. 
  
 “Class A-2 Interest Remittance Amount”: With respect to the Class A-2 Notes for any Payment Date, the portion of the Interest Remittance
Amount that was collected or advanced on Loan Group II. 
  
 “Class A-2 Net Interest Amount”: With respect to the Class A-2 Notes and for any Payment Date, the Class A-2 Interest Remittance Amount minus the Class A-2 Notes’ pro rata share of the Administrative Fees and Premium
(based on the Loan Group 2 share of the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans). 
  
 “Class A-2 Available Funds Cap Carry-Forward Amount”: With respect to the Class A-2 Notes and any Payment Date, the sum of (a) the excess of (x) the Current Interest for the Class A-2 Notes calculated
at the Class A-2 Formula Rate over (y) the Current Interest for the Class A-2 Notes calculated at the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap Rate, in each case as of such Payment Date and (b) the amount of any Class A-2 Available Funds Cap Carry-Forward
Amount remaining unpaid from any previous Payment Date, with interest thereon at the Class A-2 Formula Rate. 
  
 “Class A-2 Note”: Any Note designated as a “Class A-2 Note” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture. The
Class A-2 Notes shall be issued with an initial aggregate Note Principal Balance equal to the Original Note Principal Balance therefor. 
  
 “Class A-2 Note Principal Balance”: As of any date of determination, the Original Note Principal Balance of the Class A-2 Notes
less any amounts actually paid with respect to principal thereon on all prior Payment Dates. 
  
 “Class A-2 Note Rate”: With respect to any Payment Date, the per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i) the Class A-2 Formula Rate and
(ii) the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap Rate for such Payment Date. 
  
 “Clean-Up Call Date”: The first Payment Date on which the aggregate outstanding Principal Balance of both Classes of Notes is equal to or less than 10% of the sum of (a) the original Aggregate Principal Balance of the Class
A-1 Notes and (b) the original Aggregate Principal Balance of the Class A-2 Notes. 
  
 “Clearing Agency”: An organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the regulations of the Commission
thereunder and shall initially be The Depository Trust Company of New York, the nominee for which is Cede & Co. 
  

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 “Clearing Agency Participants”: The entities for whom the Clearing Agency will maintain
book-entry records of ownership and transfer of Book-Entry Notes, which may include securities brokers and dealers, banks and trust companies and clearing corporations and certain other organizations. 
  
 “Closing Date”: May 26, 2004. 
  
 “Code”: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

  
 “Collection Account”: The Eligible Account
established and maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 5.02(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Collection Period”: With respect to each Payment Date, the calendar month preceding the related Payment Date. 
  
 “Commission”: The United States Securities and Exchange
Commission. 
  
 “Compensating Interest”: As
defined in Section 6.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Contribution Agreements and Assignments”: Shall mean collectively the Contribution Agreement and Assignment, dated as of May 10, 2004, between the Sponsor and the Seller, the Contribution Agreement and Assignment, dated as
of May 11, 2004, between the Sponsor and the Seller, and the Contribution Agreement and Assignment, dated as of May 12, 2004, between the Sponsor and the Seller. 
  
 “Corporate Trust Office”: With respect to (y) the Indenture Trustee, the principal office of the Indenture
Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date of the execution of the Basic Documents is located at: LaSalle Bank National Association, 135 South LaSalle Street,
Suite 1625, Chicago, Illinois 60603, Attention: Global Securitization Trust Services Group—Accredited 2004-2, where it conducts its trust administration services; and (z) the Owner Trustee, the office of the Owner Trustee at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of the execution of the Basic Documents is located at Wilmington Trust Company, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Corporate
Trust Administration. 
  
 “Credit Enhancement
Amount”: With respect to any Payment Date, the sum of (a) the aggregate Overcollateralization Amount of Group 1 and Group 2 for such Payment Date (after taking into account any Overcollateralization Increase Amount) and (b) the amount on
deposit in the Reserve Account after giving effect to any deposit to or withdrawal (not related to the Reserve Account Release Amount) of funds from the Reserve Account on such Payment Date. 
  
 “Cumulative Loan Loss Percentage”: As of any Payment Date, a
fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of all Liquidated Loan Losses which have occurred between the Cut-Off Date and the last day of the immediately preceding month and the denominator of which is the Cut-off Date Aggregate Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans. 
  

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 “Current Interest”: With respect to either Class of Notes and any Payment Date, the
interest accrued during the related Accrual Period at the related Note Rate on the related Note Principal Balance as of such Payment Date (and prior to making any payments on such Payment Date) reduced by the sum of Relief Act Interest Shortfalls
and Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, in each case, related to the Mortgage Loans in the related Group. 
  
 “Curtailment”: With respect to a Mortgage Loan, any payment of principal received in advance of its Monthly Payment and which is not
accompanied by an amount as to interest representing scheduled interest due on any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment. 
  

“Cut-Off Date”: The close of business as of April 30, 2004 after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due on or prior to
May 1, 2004. 
  
 “Cut-Off Date Aggregate Principal
Balance”: With respect to each Loan Group or both Loan Groups, the aggregate of the Cut-Off Date Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in such Loan Group or both Loan Groups, as required by the context. The Cut-Off Date Aggregate
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for the Trust is $707,199,991,10. The Cut-Off Date Aggregate Principal Balance for the Mortgage Loans in Loan Group 1 and Loan Group 2 is $353,332,277.77 and $353,867,713.33. 
  
 “Cut-Off Date Principal Balance”: Means as to any Mortgage
Loan, the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the related Cut-Off Date as specified in the amortization schedule at the time relating thereto (before any adjustment to such amortization schedule by reason of any moratorium or
similar waiver or grace period) (or, with respect to Mortgage Loans which were originated after the Cut-Off Date, as of the date of origination) and after giving effect to any previous Curtailments and Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal
(other than with respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan), irrespective of any delinquency in payment by the related Mortgagor. 
  
 “Debt Service Reduction”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a reduction by a court of competent jurisdiction of the Monthly Payment due
on such Mortgage Loan in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, except such a reduction that constitutes a Deficient Valuation or a permanent forgiveness of principal. 
  
 “Default”: Any occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of time or both would become, an Event of
Default. 
  
 “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 Notes”:
Notes other than Book-Entry Notes. 
  
 “Deleted Mortgage
Loan”: A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced by a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan. 
  

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 “Delinquency Advance”: The aggregate of the advances required to be made by the Master
Servicer on any Servicer Remittance Date pursuant to Section 5.18 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the amount of any such advances being equal to the sum of: 
  
 (i) with respect to each Mortgage Loan, other than an REO Mortgage Loan, that was Delinquent as of the close
of business on the last day of the Due Period preceding the related Servicer Remittance Date, the aggregate amount of Monthly Payments (with interest thereon calculated at the Mortgage Interest Rate (or at such lower rate as may be in effect for
such Mortgage Loan pursuant to application of the Relief Act, any Deficient Valuation and/or any Debt Service Reduction), net of the related Servicing Fee and Backup Servicing Fee) due during the related Due Period, and 
  
 (ii) with respect to each REO Property which was acquired
during or prior to the related Collection Period and as to which an REO Disposition did not occur during the related Collection Period, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) interest on the Principal Balance of the related REO Mortgage Loan
at the Mortgage Interest Rate (or at such lower rate as may be in effect for such Mortgage Loan pursuant to application of the Relief Act, any Deficient Valuation and/or any Debt Service Reduction) for such REO Mortgage Loan net of the related
Servicing Fee and Backup Servicing Fee, for the most recently ended Due Period over (ii) the Net REO Proceeds transferred to the Payment Account for such Payment Date; 
  
 provided, however, that in each such case such advance has not been determined by the Master Servicer to be a Nonrecoverable
Advance. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Monthly Payment on each Balloon Mortgage Loan with a delinquent Balloon Payment is equal to the assumed monthly payment that would have been due on the related Due Date based on the original
principal amortization schedule for such Balloon Mortgage Loan. 
  
 “Delinquency Ratio”: With respect to any Payment Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction (a) the numerator of which equals the Aggregate Principal Balances of all Mortgage Loans that are sixty (60) or more days
Delinquent (whether or not such Mortgage Loans are in bankruptcy), in foreclosure or converted to REO Property as of the last day of the related Collection Period and (b) the denominator of which is the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of the last day of such Collection Period. 
  
 “Delinquent”: A Mortgage Loan is “delinquent” if any payment due thereon is not made by the close of business on the day such payment is scheduled to be due. A Mortgage Loan is “30 days delinquent” if
such payment has not been received by the close of business on the corresponding day of the month immediately succeeding the month in which such payment was due, or, if there is no such corresponding day (e.g., as when a 30-day month follows
a 31-day month in which a payment was due on the 31st day of such month) then on the last day of such immediately succeeding month. Similarly for “60 days delinquent,” “90 days delinquent” and so on. 
  
 “Delivery”: When used with respect to Permitted Investments
means: 
  
 (a) with respect to bankers’ acceptances,
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Section 9-102(a)(47) of the Uniform Commercial Code and are susceptible of physical delivery (except with respect to Permitted Investments consisting of
certificated securities (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(4) of the Uniform Commercial Code)), physical delivery to the Indenture Trustee or its custodian endorsed to the Indenture Trustee or its custodian or endorsed in blank; 
  
 (b) with respect to a certificated security (as defined in Section
8-102(a)(4) of the Uniform Commercial Code) (i) delivery of such certificated security, not containing any evidence of a right or interest inconsistent with the Indenture Trustee’s interest therein, endorsed to, or registered in the name of,
the Indenture Trustee or endorsed in blank to a securities intermediary (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the Uniform Commercial Code) and the making by such securities intermediary of appropriate entries in its records identifying such
certificated securities as credited to the securities account (as defined in Section 8-501(a) of the Uniform Commercial Code) of the Indenture Trustee, or (ii) by delivery thereof to a “clearing corporation” (as defined in Section 8-102(5)
of the Uniform Commercial Code) and the making by such clearing corporation of appropriate entries in its records crediting the securities account of a securities intermediary by the amount of such certificated security and the making by such
securities intermediary of appropriate entries in its records identifying such certificated securities as credited to the securities account of the Indenture Trustee (all Permitted Investments described in subsections (a) and (b), and “Physical
Property”); and, in any event, any such Physical Property in registered form shall be registered in the name of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian; and such additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter become appropriate
to effect the complete transfer of ownership of any such Permitted Investments to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, consistent with then applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof; and 
  
 (c) with respect to any security issued by the U.S. Treasury, Fannie Mae or
Freddie Mac that is a book-entry security held through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to federal book-entry regulations, the following procedures, all in accordance with applicable law, including applicable federal regulations and Articles 8
and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code: the making by a Federal Reserve Bank of an appropriate entry crediting such Permitted Investment to an account of a securities intermediary that is also a “participant” pursuant to applicable federal
regulations; the making by such securities intermediary of appropriate entries in its records crediting such book-entry security held through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to federal book-entry regulations and Articles 8 and 9 of the Uniform
Commercial Code to the securities account of the Indenture Trustee; and such additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter become appropriate to effect complete transfer of ownership of any such Permitted Investments to the Indenture Trustee
or its nominee or custodian, consistent with then applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof. 
  
 “Direct Participant”: Any broker-dealer, bank or other financial institution for which the Clearing Agency holds Notes from time to time
as a securities depositary. 
  
 “Due Date”: With
respect to any Mortgage Loan and any Monthly Payment, the date on which such Monthly Payment is due from the related Mortgagor. 
  
 “Due for Payment”: With respect to (i) an Insured Amount, the Payment Date on which Insured Amounts are due and payable pursuant to the
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Preference Amount, the Business Day on which the documentation required by the Note Insurer has been received by the Note Insurer. 
  
 “Due Period”: With respect to any Payment Date, the period
commencing on the second day of the month preceding the month in which such Payment Date occurs and ending on the first day of the month in which such Payment Date occurs. 
  
 “Eligible Account”: Either (A) an account or accounts (including any sub-account or sub-accounts)
maintained with an institution (which may include the Indenture Trustee; provided, that the Indenture Trustee otherwise meets these requirements) whose deposits are insured by the FDIC, the unsecured and uncollateralized debt obligations of
which institution shall be rated “AA” or better by S&P and “Aa2” or better by Moody’s and in the highest short term rating by S&P and Moody’s, and which is (i) a federal savings and loan association duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the federal banking laws, (ii) an institution (including the Indenture Trustee) duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the applicable banking laws of any state, (iii) a
national banking association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the federal banking laws, (iv) a principal subsidiary of a bank holding company, or (v) approved in writing by the Note Insurer and the Rating Agencies or (B) a
trust account or accounts maintained with the trust department of a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company (which may include the Indenture Trustee; provided, that the Indenture Trustee otherwise meets these
requirements), having capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000, acting in its fiduciary capacity. 
  
 “ERISA”: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. 
  
 “Event of Default”: As defined in Section 5.01 of the Indenture. 
  
 “Excess Overcollateralization Amount”: With respect to each
Group of Mortgage Loans and any Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the Overcollateralization Amount that would apply to that Group on such Payment Date after giving effect to the payment of the Base Principal Payment Amount for such Group
calculated without reduction for any Overcollateralization Reduction Amounts, over (b) the Specified Overcollateralization Amount for such Group. 
  
 “Excess Spread”: With respect to any Payment Date and each Loan Group, an amount equal to the excess of (A) the sum of (x) the product of
(i) the aggregate Principal Balances of Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the immediately preceding Collection Period and (ii) one-twelfth of the weighted average Mortgage Interest Rate for the Mortgage Loans, as the case may be, as of the first
day of the related Collection Period to the extent that interest payments that are due during the related Collection Period are either received or advanced and (y) any Prepayment Charges collected during the related Prepayment Period over (B) the
sum of (i) the aggregate Interest Payment Amount for the related Class of Notes for such Payment Date and (ii) the sum of the Servicing Fee and the Premium in each case for the Mortgage Loans in such Loan Group with respect to such Payment Date.

  
 “Exchange Act”: Means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended. 
  

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 “Fannie Mae”: Fannie Mae, formerly known as, The Federal National Mortgage Association,
and any successor thereto. 
  
 “FDIC”: The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and any successor thereto. 
  
 “Final Certification”: A certification as to the completeness of each Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage File prepared by the Indenture Trustee, and provided by the Indenture Trustee within one hundred eighty (180) days of
the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(iii) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Final Stated Maturity Date”: The Payment Date occurring in July 2034. 
  
 “Foreclosure Profits”: As to any Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (i) Net Liquidation Proceeds in respect of each Mortgage Loan that
became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the Collection Period immediately preceding such Payment Date over (ii) the sum of the unpaid Principal Balance of each such Liquidated Mortgage Loan plus accrued and unpaid interest at the applicable
Mortgage Interest Rate on the unpaid Principal Balance thereof from the Due Date on which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor (or, in the case of a Liquidated Mortgage Loan that had been an REO Mortgage Loan, from the Due Date on which interest
was last deemed to have been paid pursuant to Section 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement) to the next succeeding Due Date following the date such Loan became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, plus any amounts required by applicable law to be paid to
the related Mortgagors. 
  
 “Formula Rate”: With
respect to the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-1 Formula Rate and with respect to the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-2 Formula Rate. 
  
 “Freddie Mac”: Freddie Mac, formerly known as The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and any successor thereto. 
  
 “GAAP”: Generally accepted accounting principles,
consistently applied. 
  
 “Governmental Plan”: A
governmental plan within the meaning of Section 3(32) of ERISA. 
  
 “Grant”: To assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, create and grant a security interest in, deposit, set-over and confirm. A Grant of a Mortgage Loan and the related Mortgage Files, a Permitted Investment, the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, or any other instrument shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the obligations) of the Granting party thereunder, including, without limitation, the immediate and continuing right to claim for, collect,
receive and give receipts for principal and interest payments thereunder, Insurance Proceeds, Loan Repurchase Prices and all other moneys payable thereunder and all proceeds thereof, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make
waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring Proceedings in the name of the Granting party or otherwise, and generally to do and receive anything that the Granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder
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 “Group”: With respect to the Notes, either Group 1 or Group 2, as the context requires.
With respect to the Mortgage Loans, either Loan Group 1 or Loan Group 2, as the context requires. 
  
 “Group 1”: With respect to the Notes, the Class A-1 Notes. The related Loan Group for Group 1 is Loan Group 1. 
  
 “Group 2”: With respect to the Notes, the Class A-2 Notes.
The related Loan Group for Group 2 is Loan Group 2. 
  
 “Highest Lawful Rate”: As defined in Section 11.19 of the Indenture. 
  
 “Indemnification Agreement”: The Indemnification Agreement dated as of May 14, 2004, among the Note Insurer and the Underwriters, as such agreement may be amended or supplemented in accordance with
the provisions thereof. 
  
 “Indenture”: The
Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2004, between the Trust and the Indenture Trustee, relating to the issuance of the Notes. 
  
 “Indenture Trustee”: LaSalle Bank National Association, a national banking association, or its successor-in-interest, or any successor
Indenture Trustee appointed as provided for in Section 6.09 of the Indenture. 
  
 “Indenture Trustee Fee”: As to any Payment Date, the fee payable to the Indenture Trustee in respect of its services as Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.16 of the Indenture as set forth in a
separate fee agreement. 
  
 “Indenture Trustee’s
Mortgage File”: The documents delivered to the Indenture Trustee, pursuant to Section 2.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Indenture Trustee’s Remittance Report”: The statement prepared pursuant to Section 2.08(d) of the Indenture, containing the
following information with respect to each Class: 
  
 (a) the
amount of the payment with respect to each Class of Notes and Certificates; 
  
 (b) the amount of such payments allocable to principal, separately identifying the aggregate amount of any Principal Prepayments or other unscheduled recoveries of principal included therein and separately identifying
any Overcollateralization Increase Amounts for each Group; 
  
 (c)
the amount of such payments allocable to interest and the calculation thereof; 
  
 (d) the Class A-1 Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-2 Carry Forward Amount and the Available Funds Cap Carry-Forward Amount (both covered and not covered from the Reserve Account for that Payment Date); 
  

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 (e) the Note Principal Balance of each Class of Notes as of such Payment Date, together with the Note
Principal Balance of each Class of Notes (based on a Note in an original Note Principal Balance of $1,000) then outstanding, in each case after giving effect to any payment of principal on such Payment Date; 
  
 (f) the amount of any Insured Amounts included in the amounts paid to the
Noteholders on such Payment Date; 
  
 (g) the total of any
Substitution Adjustments and any Loan Repurchase Price amounts included in such payment; 
  
 (h) the amounts, if any, of any Liquidated Loan Losses for the related Collection Period and cumulative Liquidated Loan Losses since the Closing Date; 
  
 (i) LIBOR for such Payment Date; 
  
 (j) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for the following Payment Date; 
  
 (k) the amount of the aggregate Servicing Fees paid to or retained by the
Servicer with respect to such Payment Date; 
  
 (l) for each of
the preceding 12 calendar months, or all calendar months since the related Cut-off Date, whichever is less, the aggregate dollar amount of the Scheduled Payments (A) due on all outstanding Mortgage Loans on each of the Due Dates in each such month
and (B) delinquent 60 days or more on each of the Due Dates in each such month; 
  
 (m) whether a Step-Up Test Event has occurred and is continuing (including the calculation of thereof and the aggregate outstanding balance of all 60+ Day Delinquent Mortgage Loans); 
  
 (n) the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account (after giving effect to
distributions on such Payment Date); 
  
 (o) the
Overcollateralization Amount and Specified Overcollateralization Amount; 
  
 (p) Prepayment Charges collected and paid by the Master Servicer; and 
  
 (q) the Interest Rate Cap Payments, if any, for such Payment Date. 
  
 Items (a), (b) and (c) above shall, with respect to each Class of Notes, be presented on the basis of a Note having a $1,000
denomination. 
  
 “Independent”: When used with
respect to any specified Person, means such a Person who (i) is in fact independent of the Trust and any other obligor upon the Notes, (ii) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Trust or in
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connected with the Trust or any such other obligor as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar
functions. Whenever it is herein provided that any Independent Person’s opinion or certificate shall be furnished to the Indenture Trustee, such Person shall be appointed by a Trust Order and such opinion or certificate shall state that the
signer has read this definition and that the signer is Independent within the meaning hereof. 
  
 “Indirect Participant”: Any financial institution for whom any Direct Participant holds an interest in a Note. 
  

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

“Insurance Agreement”: The Insurance and Indemnity Agreement dated as of May 26, 2004 among the Seller, the Indenture Trustee, the
Note Insurer, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer and the Trust as such agreement may be amended or supplemented in accordance with the provisions thereof. 
  
 “Insurance Proceeds”: Proceeds paid by any insurer pursuant to any insurance policy covering a Mortgage Loan to the extent such proceeds
are not applied to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or released to the related Mortgagor in accordance with the express requirements of law or in accordance with prudent and customary servicing practices. “Insurance
Proceeds” do not include “Insured Amounts.” 
  
 “Insured Amounts”: With respect to any Payment Date and the Notes, the sum of (i) any Insured Interest Payment for such Payment Date and (ii) any Insured Principal Payment for such Payment Date. 
  
 “Insured Interest Payment”: With respect to any Payment Date
and the Notes, the excess, if any, of Required Interest Distributions over the Available Funds then remaining in accordance with the priority of payments for the related Group for such Payment Date. 
  
 “Insured Payments”: The aggregate amount actually paid by
the Note Insurer to the Indenture Trustee in respect of (i) Insured Amounts for a Payment Date and (ii) Preference Amounts for any given Business Day. 
  
 “Insured Principal Payment”: (i) for any Payment Date prior to the Payment Date occurring in July 2034, the Remaining
Overcollateralization Deficit allocable to the Notes, if any, for such Payment Date and (ii) with respect to the Payment Date occurring in July 2034, the outstanding Note Principal Balance of such Class of Notes (after giving effect to all
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to be made thereon on such Payment Date other than any portion thereof consisting of an Insured Principal Payment). 
  
 “Interest Determination Date”: With respect to any Accrual
Period for the Class A-1 Notes or Class A-2 Notes, the second London Business Day prior to the immediately preceding Payment Date; provided, however, that with respect to the June 2004 Payment Date, the Interest Determination Date
shall be May 26, 2004. 
  
 “Interest Payment
Amount”: The Class A-1 Interest Payment Amount or Class A-2 Interest Payment Amount, as applicable. 
  
 “Interest Reduction Carryforward Amount”: For any Payment Date and with respect to a Class of Notes, the amount, if any, by which the
related Interest Payment Amount for such Payment Date was reduced by the sum of any Relief Act Interest Shortfalls and Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, in each case, related to the Mortgage Loans in the related Group. To the extent that an
Interest Reduction Carryforward Amount remains unpaid on a Payment Date, any such remaining amount will be carried forward and interest shall accrue thereon for the actual number of days in the related Accrual Period on such unpaid amount, and such
interest will be calculated at an interest rate equal to the related Formula Rate applicable to the related Accrual Period. 
  
 “Interest Remittance Amount”: As of any Payment Date and any Group, is an amount equal to (1) the product of (x) 1/12 of the Weighted
Average Mortgage Interest Rate of the related Group as of the beginning of the prior Collection Period and (y) the Principal Balance related to that Group as of the beginning of the prior Collection Period minus (2) the aggregate amount of Net
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and Relief Act Interest Shortfalls for such Group for the prior period. 
  
 “Late Payment Rate”: Has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Insurance Agreement. 
  
 “Letter Agreement”: The Letter of Representations to the
Clearing Agency from the Indenture Trustee and the Trust dated May 26, 2004. 
  
 “LIBOR”: With respect to any Accrual Period, the rate determined by the Indenture Trustee on the related Interest Determination Date on the basis of the posted rate U.S. dollar deposits for one month
which appears on Telerate Page 3750, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest Determination Date. If no such posted rate appears, LIBOR will be determined on the basis of the offered quotation of the Reference Banks for U.S. dollar deposits
for one month to prime banks in the London interbank market as of 11:00 a.m. London time, on such date. If fewer than two Reference Banks provide such offered quotations on that date, LIBOR will be calculated as the offered rate which one or more
leading banks in The City of New York selected by the Indenture Trustee (after consultation with the Master Servicer) are quoting as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date to leading European banks for U.S. dollar deposits for one month;
provided, however, that if such banks are not quoting as described above, LIBOR will be equal to the value calculated for the immediately preceding Accrual Period. 
  

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 In any event, LIBOR is calculated as the arithmetic mean (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest
1/100th of a percent (0.0001), with upwards rounding of amounts equal to or in excess of 5/1,000th of a percent (0.00005) of all such quotations. 
  
 “Liquidated Loan Loss”: With respect to any Payment Date, the aggregate of the amount of losses with
respect to each Mortgage Loan which became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan on or prior to the last day of the calendar month preceding such Payment Date, equal to the excess of (i) the unpaid Principal Balance of each such Liquidated Mortgage Loan, plus
accrued interest thereon in accordance with the amortization schedule at the time applicable thereto at the applicable Mortgage Interest Rate from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid with respect thereto through the next succeeding Due
Date following the date such Loan became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, over (ii) Net Liquidation Proceeds with respect to such Liquidated Mortgage Loan. 
  
 “Liquidated Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan with respect to which the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired, liquidated or
foreclosed and with respect to which the Master Servicer determines that all Liquidation Proceeds which it expects to recover have been recovered and for which the Master Servicer has so designated on its Servicer Remittance Report. 
  
 “Liquidation Expenses”: Expenses incurred by the Master
Servicer in connection with the liquidation of any defaulted Mortgage Loan or property acquired in respect thereof (including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, committee or referee fees, and, if applicable, brokerage commissions and
conveyance taxes), any unreimbursed amount expended by the Master Servicer pursuant to Sections 5.04 and 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement respecting the related Mortgage Loan and any unreimbursed expenditures for real property taxes or for
property restoration or preservation of the related Mortgaged Property. Liquidation Expenses shall not include any previously incurred expenses in respect of an REO Mortgage Loan which have been netted against related REO Proceeds. 
  
 “Liquidation Proceeds”: The amount received by the Master
Servicer in connection with (i) the taking of all or a part of a Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, (ii) the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage Loan through an Indenture Trustee’s sale, foreclosure
sale, REO Disposition or otherwise or (iii) the liquidation of any other security for such Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, pledged equipment, inventory and working capital and assignments of rights and interests made by the related
Mortgagor. 
  
 “Loan Group”: Any of Loan Group 1
or Loan Group 2. 
  
 “Loan Group 1”: The pool of
Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule for Sub-Trust 1. 
  
 “Loan Group 2”: The pool of Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule for Sub-Trust 2. 
  
 “Loan Repurchase Price”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the date of repurchase,
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and unpaid interest thereon and (y) thirty (30) days’ interest thereon, computed, as of the next succeeding Due Date for such repurchased Mortgage Loan,
at the Mortgage Interest Rate, plus the amount of any unreimbursed Delinquency Advances and Servicing Advances made by the Master Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loan, plus any costs and damages incurred by the Trust in connection with any
violation by such mortgage loan of any predatory or abusive lending law, which purchase price shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Servicer Remittance Date, after deducting therefrom any amounts received in respect of
such repurchased Mortgage Loan or Loans and being held in the Collection Account for future payment to the extent such amounts have not yet been applied to principal or interest on such Mortgage Loan. 
  
 “Loan-to-Value Ratio” or “LTV”: With
respect to any Mortgage Loan as of its date of origination, the ratio on such date borne by the original Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan to the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property. 
  
 “London Business Day”: A day on which banking institutions
in the City of London, England, are not required or authorized to be closed. 
  
 “Majority Noteholders”: With respect to the Notes, the Holder or Holders of Notes evidencing Percentage Interests in excess of 51% in the aggregate. With respect to the Class A-1 Notes or Class A-2
Notes, the Holder or Holders of Class A-1 Notes or Class A-2 Notes, as applicable, evidencing Percentage Interests in excess of 51% in the aggregate. 
  
 “Master Servicer”: Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., a California corporation, or any successor appointed as provided in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Master Servicer Prepayment
Charge Amount”: The amounts payable by the Master Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Maximum Collateral Amount”: With respect to each Loan Group or both Loan Groups, the Cut-Off Date
Aggregate Principal Balance for the related Loan Group or both Loan Groups, as required by the context. 
  
 “MERS”: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or
any successor thereto. 
  
 “MERS System”: The
system of recording transfers of Mortgages electronically maintained by MERS. 
  
 “MIN: The Mortgage Identification Number for Mortgage Loans registered with MERS on the MERS System. 
  
 “MOM Loan”: A Mortgage Loan for which MERS is acting as the mortgagee of such Mortgage Loan, solely as nominee for the originator of such
Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns, at the origination thereof. 
  

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 “Monthly Payment”: As to any Mortgage Loan (including any REO Mortgage Loan) and any Due
Date, the payment of principal and interest due thereon as specified for such Due Date in the related amortization schedule at the time applicable thereto (after adjustment for any Curtailments and Deficient Valuations occurring prior to such Due
Date but before any adjustment to such amortization schedule by reason of any bankruptcy, other than Deficient Valuations, or similar proceeding or any moratorium or similar waiver or grace period). 
  
 “Moody’s”: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a
corporation organized and existing under Delaware law, or any successor thereto and if such corporation no longer for any reason performs the services of a securities rating agency, “Moody’s” shall be deemed to refer to any other
nationally recognized rating agency designated by the Note Insurer. 
  
 “Mortgage”: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a first or second lien on the Mortgaged Property. 
  
 “Mortgage File”: As described in Exhibit A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Mortgage Interest Rate”: As to any Mortgage Loan, the per
annum rate at which interest accrues on the unpaid Principal Balance thereof. 
  
 “Mortgage Loan Schedule”: The schedule of Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off Date attached as Schedule I to the Indenture, which will be deemed to be modified automatically to reflect any replacement,
sale, substitution, liquidation, transfer or addition of any Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Loan Schedule sets forth as to each Mortgage Loan: (i) its identifying number and the name of the related Mortgagor; (ii) the billing address, mailing address
and property address for the related Mortgaged Property including the state and zip code; (iii) its date of origination; (iv) the original number of months to stated maturity; (v) a designation indicating whether or not such Mortgage Loan is a
Balloon Loan; (vi) the original Principal Balance; (vii) its Principal Balance as of the applicable Cut-Off Date and its Cut-Off Date Principal Balance; (viii) the Mortgage Interest Rate and margin as of the Cut-Off Date; (ix) the scheduled monthly
payment of principal and interest; (x) a Group designation; (xi) the LTV at origination; (xii) if the Mortgage Loan is registered with MERS on the MERS System, the MIN; (xiii) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is owner-occupied, a
second home or investment property; (xiv) the number and type of residential units constituting the Mortgaged Property (i.e., a single family residence, a 2-4 family residence, a unit in a condominium project or a unit in a planned unit development,
manufactured housing); (xv) the original months to maturity or the remaining months to maturity from the Cut-off Date, in any case based on the original amortization schedule and, if different, the maturity expressed in the same manner but based on
the actual amortization schedule; (xvi) the date on which the Monthly Payment was due on the Mortgage Loan and, if such date is not consistent with the Due Date currently in effect, such Due Date; (xvii) the stated maturity date; (xviii) the last
payment date on which a Monthly Payment was actually applied to pay interest and the outstanding principal balance; (xix) with respect to adjustable rate mortgage loans, the lifetime rate cap under the terms of the Mortgage Note; (xx) with respect
to adjustable rate mortgage loans, the periodic mortgage interest rate cap under the terms of the Mortgage Note; (xxi) the type of Mortgage Loan (i.e., fixed rate, adjustable rate, first lien); (xxii) a code indicating the purpose of the loan (i.e.,
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documentation, limited documentation or stated income); (xxiv) the loan credit classification (as described in the Underwriting Guidelines); (xxv) whether
such Mortgage Loan provides for a Prepayment Charge; (xxvi) the Prepayment Charge Period of such Mortgage Loan, if applicable; (xxvii) a description of the Prepayment Charge, if applicable; (xxviii) the Mortgage Interest Rate as of origination;
(xxix) the credit risk score (FICO score) at origination; (xxx) the date of origination; (xxxi) the Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment period; (xxxii) the Mortgage Interest Rate floor; (xxxiii) the Mortgage Interest Rate calculation method (i.e.,
30/360, simple interest, other); (xxxiv) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a High Cost Mortgage Loan; (xxxv) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan has been modified; (xxxvi) the current Loan to Value Ratio; (xxxvii) the one year
payment history; (xxxviii) the Due Date for the first Monthly Payment; (xxxix) the original Monthly Payment due; (xl) with respect to the related Mortgagor, the debt-to-income ratio; (xli) the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property; (xlii) the
sales price of the Mortgaged Property if the Mortgage Loan was originated in connection with the purchase of the Mortgaged Property; and (xliii) a code indicating if a Mortgage Loan is or has been 30 Day Delinquent. With respect to the Mortgage
Loans in the aggregate: (i) the number of Mortgage Loans; (ii) the current aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loans; (iii) the weighted average Mortgage Interest Rate of the Mortgage Loans; and (iv) the weighted average maturity
of the Mortgage Loans. 
  
 “Mortgage Loans”: The
Mortgage Loans (together with any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans substituted therefor in accordance with the Basic Documents, as from time to time are held as a part of the Trust), so being identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule on the
Closing Date. When used in respect of any Payment Date, the term Mortgage Loans shall mean all Mortgage Loans (including those in respect of which the Indenture Trustee has acquired the related Mortgaged Property) which have not been repaid in full
prior to the related Due Period, did not become Liquidated Mortgage Loans prior to such related Due Period or were not repurchased or replaced by the Sponsor prior to such related Due Period. 
  
 “Mortgage Note”: The original, executed note or other
evidence of any indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan. 
  
 “Mortgaged Property”: The underlying property or properties securing a Mortgage Loan, consisting of a fee simple or leasehold interest in one or more parcels of land. 
  
 “Mortgagor”: The obligor on a Mortgage Note. 
  
 “Net Foreclosure Profits”: As to any Payment Date, the
excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Foreclosure Profits with respect to such Payment Date over (ii) Liquidated Loan Losses with respect to such Payment Date. 
  

“Net Liquidation Proceeds”: As to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, Liquidation Proceeds net of Liquidation Expenses and net of any
unreimbursed Delinquency Advances and Servicing Advances made by the Master Servicer with respect to such Liquidated Mortgage Loan. For all purposes of the Basic Documents, Net Liquidation Proceeds shall be allocated first to accrued and unpaid
interest on the related Mortgage Loan and then to the unpaid Principal Balance thereof. 
  

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 “Net Monthly Excess Cashflow”: With respect to any Payment Date and any Group, the
excess of (x) the Available Funds for such Group then on deposit in the related Payment Account over (y) the sum (without duplication) of (i) the Interest Payment Amount for such Group and such Payment Date and, (ii) the Base Principal Payment
Amount and the Overcollateralization Deficit, in each case, for such Group and such Payment Date. 
  
 “Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls”: For any Payment Date and either Group of Mortgage Loans, the amount by which the aggregate
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for such Group during the related Prepayment Period exceeds available Compensating Interest for such Group. 
  
 “Net REO Proceeds”: As to any REO Mortgage Loan, REO Proceeds net of any related expenses of the Master Servicer. 
  
 “Nonpayment”: Means, with respect to any Payment Date, an
Insured Amount is Due for Payment but has not been paid pursuant to the Indenture. 
  
 “Nonrecoverable Advances”: Means, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, (a) any Delinquency Advance or Servicing Advance previously made and not reimbursed pursuant to Section 5.03 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, or (b) a Delinquency Advance proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property either of which, in the good faith business judgment of the Master Servicer, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered
to the Note Insurer and the Indenture Trustee no later than the Business Day following such determination, would not ultimately be recoverable pursuant to Section 5.03 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Note”: Any Class A-1 Note or Class A-2 Note executed by the
Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee. 
  
 “Noteholder” or “Holder”: Each Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Note Register, except that, solely for the purposes of giving any consent, waiver, request or demand
pursuant to the Indenture, any Note registered in the name of the Master Servicer, the Backup Servicer or the Sponsor, or any Affiliate of any of them, shall be deemed not to be outstanding and the undivided Percentage Interest evidenced thereby
shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite percentage of Notes necessary to effect any such consent, waiver, request or demand has been obtained. For purposes of any consent, waiver, request or demand of Noteholders
pursuant to the Indenture, upon the Indenture Trustee’s request, the Master Servicer, the Backup Servicer and the Sponsor shall provide to the Indenture Trustee a notice identifying any of their respective Affiliates that is a Noteholder as of
the date(s) specified by the Indenture Trustee in such request. Any Notes on which payments are made under the Note Insurance Policy shall be deemed to be Outstanding and held by the Note Insurer to the extent of such payment. 
  
 “Note Insurance Payment Account”: The Note Insurance Payment
Account established in accordance with Section 8.03(c) of the Indenture and maintained by the Indenture Trustee. 
  

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 “Note Insurance Policy”: The financial guarantee insurance policy, number 04030011, and
all endorsements thereto dated the Closing Date, issued by the Note Insurer for the benefit of the Noteholders. 
  
 “Note Insurer”: Financial Guaranty Insurance Company, a New York stock insurance corporation, and any successors thereto. 
  
 “Note Insurer Default”: The existence and continuance of any
of the following: 
  
 (i) the Note Insurer shall
have failed to make a required payment when due under the Note Insurance Policy; 
  
 (ii) the Note Insurer shall have (i) filed a petition or commenced any case or proceeding under any provision or chapter of the Bankruptcy
Code, the New York State Insurance Law or any other similar federal or state law relating to insolvency, bankruptcy, rehabilitation, liquidation, or reorganization, (ii) made a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (iii) had an
order for relief entered against it under the Bankruptcy Code, the New York State Insurance Law or any other similar federal or state law relating to insolvency, bankruptcy, rehabilitation, liquidation, or reorganization that is final and
nonappealable; or 
  
 (iii) a court of competent
jurisdiction, the New York Department of Insurance or any other competent regulatory authority shall have entered a final and nonappealable order, judgment or decree (i) appointing a custodian, indenture trustee, agent, or receiver for the Note
Insurer or for all or any material portion of its property or (ii) authorizing the taking of possession by a custodian, indenture trustee, agent, or receiver of the Note Insurer or of all or any material portion of its property. 
  
 “Note Principal Balance”: With respect to a Class of Notes
on any date of determination, the Class A-1 Note Principal Balance or the Class A-2 Note Principal Balance. As to any particular Note and date of determination, the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby and the aggregate principal
balance of all Notes of the same Class as of such date of determination. The Certificates do not have a “Note Principal Balance.” 
  
 “Note Rate”: The Class A-1 Note Rate or Class A-2 Note Rate, as applicable. 
  
 “Note Register”: As defined in Section 2.06 of the Indenture. 
  
 “Note Registrar”: As defined in Section 2.06 of the
Indenture. 
  
 “Notice”: The telephonic or
telegraphic notice, promptly confirmed in writing by telecopy substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Note Insurance Policy, the original of which is subsequently delivered by registered or certified mail, from the Indenture Trustee specifying
the Insured Amount or Preference Amount which shall be due and owing on the applicable Payment Date. 
  
 “Officer’s Certificate”: A certificate signed by the chairman of the board, the president or a vice president and the treasurer, the
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to the Trust, a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee, at the direction of the Certificateholders as required by any Basic
Document. 
  
 “Opinion of Counsel”: A written
opinion of counsel, who may, without limitation, be counsel for the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, a Noteholder or a Noteholder’s prospective transferee or the Note Insurer (including except as otherwise
provided herein, in-house counsel) reasonably acceptable to each addressee of such opinion and experienced in matters relating to the subject of such opinion. 
  

“Original Note Principal Balance”: As of the Closing Date and as to the Class A-1 Notes, $342,200,000 and as to the Class A-2 Notes,
$342,720,000. The Certificates do not have an “Original Note Principal Balance.” 
  
 “Outstanding”: As of the date of determination, all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under the Indenture except: 
  
 (i) Definitive Notes theretofore canceled by the Note Registrar or delivered to the Note Registrar for
cancellation; 
  
 (ii) Notes or portions thereof
for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Indenture Trustee in trust for the Holders of such Notes; provided, however, that if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such
redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor, satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, has been made; 
  
 (iii) Notes in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture unless proof
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser (as defined by the Uniform Commercial Code of the applicable jurisdiction); and 
  
 (iv) Notes alleged to have been destroyed, lost or stolen that have been paid as provided for in Section
2.07 of the Indenture; 
  
 provided, however, that Notes which have
been paid with proceeds of the Policy shall continue to remain Outstanding for purposes of this Indenture until the Note Insurer has been paid as subrogee hereunder or reimbursed pursuant to the Insurance Agreement as evidenced by a written notice
from the Note Insurer delivered to the Indenture Trustee, and the Note Insurer shall be deemed to be the Holder thereof to the extent of any payments thereon made by the Note Insurer which have not been reimbursed; provided, further,
however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite percentage of the Note Principal Balance of the Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Notes owned by
the Trust, any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Trust, the Master Servicer or the Sponsor or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Indenture Trustee
shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so
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right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Trust, any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Trust, the Master
Servicer or the Sponsor or such other obligor. 
  
 “Overcollateralization Amount”: As of any Payment Date and either Group, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in such Group as of the close of business on the last day of
the related Due Period over (b) the Note Principal Balance of the related Class as of such Payment Date (after taking into account the payment of all principal payments for such Group on such Payment Date, except for any portion thereof related to
any Overcollateralization Increase Amount for such Payment Date); provided, however, that such amount shall not be less than zero. 
  
 “Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount”: With respect to any Payment Date and either Group, the difference, if greater than zero,
between (a) the Specified Overcollateralization Amount for such Group applicable to such Payment Date and (b) the Overcollateralization Amount for such Group applicable to such Payment Date prior to taking into account the payment of any related
Overcollateralization Increase Amount for such Group on such Payment Date. 
  
 “Overcollateralization Deficit”: As of any Payment Date, the amount, if any, by which (a) the aggregate Note Principal Balance of the Notes, after taking into account the payment of the Base Principal
Payment Amount for each Group on such date, but before taking into account any principal payment funded from Net Monthly Excess Cashflow, the Reserve Account or any Insured Principal Payment exceeds (b) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans determined as of the end of the immediately preceding Prepayment Period. For purposes of determining the amount to be paid on account of the Overcollateralization Deficit to the Noteholders of each Class of Notes on the Payment Date,
the Overcollateralization Deficit will be allocated to each Class pro rata based on the amount by which the Note Principal Balance of each class on such payment date, after payment of the Base Principal Payment Amount but before taking
into account any principal payment funded from Net Monthly Excess Cashflow, any amounts released from the Reserve Account or any Insured Principal Payment, exceeds the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related group as
of the end of the immediately preceding Payment Date. 
  
 “Overcollateralization Increase Amount”: With respect to any Payment Date and either Group, the lesser of: 
  
 (i) the Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount for such Group as of such Payment Date (after taking into account the payment of the Base
Principal Payment Amount for such Group on such Payment Date); and 
  
 (ii) 100% of the amount of Net Monthly Excess Cashflow on such Payment Date. 
  
 “Overcollateralization Reduction Amount”: With respect to any Payment Date and either Group, the lesser of (a) the Excess
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Payment Date and (b) the Base Principal Payment Amount for such group and Payment Date, calculated without reduction for any Overcollateralization Reduction
Amounts. 
  
 “Overcollateralized Percentage”: As
to any Payment Date, and with respect to either Loan Group, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the Overcollateralization Amount for such Loan Group as of such Payment Date and the denominator of which is the Aggregate
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in such Loan Group as of the end of the related Collection Period; as to both Loan Groups, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, numerator of which is the Overcollateralization Amounts for both Loan Groups
and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in both Loan Groups as of the end of the related Collection Period. 
  
 “Owner-Occupied Mortgaged Property”: A Residential Dwelling as to which (a) the related Mortgagor represented an intent to occupy as such
Mortgagor’s primary residence at the origination of the Mortgage Loan, and (b) the Sponsor has no actual knowledge that such Residential Dwelling is not so occupied. 
  
 “Ownership Interest”: As to any Note, any ownership or security interest in such Note, including any
interest in such Note as the Holder thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or beneficial, as owner or as pledgee. 
  
 “Owner Trustee”: Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware trust company, not in its individual capacity, but solely as owner trustee under
the Trust Agreement, and any successor owner trustee thereunder. 
  
 “Owner Trustee Fee”: As defined in Section 9.01 of the Trust Agreement. 
  
 “Paying Agent”: The Indenture Trustee or any other depository institution or trust company that is authorized by the Trust pursuant to
Section 3.03 of the Indenture to pay the principal of, or interest on, any Notes on behalf of the Trust, which agent, if not the Indenture Trustee, shall have signed an instrument agreeing to be bound by the terms of the Indenture applicable to such
Paying Agent. 
  
 “Payment Account”: With respect
to each Class of Notes, the segregated trust account, which shall be an Eligible Account, established and maintained pursuant to Section 8.01(a) of the Indenture and entitled “LaSalle Bank National Association”, as Indenture Trustee for
Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2 Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2004-2, Class A-[1][2], Payment Account,” as the case may be, on behalf of the related Noteholders and the Note Insurer. 
  
 “Payment Amount”: The Class A-1 Payment Amount or the Class
A-2 Payment Amount, as applicable. 
  
 “Payment
Date”: The 25th day of any month or if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day immediately following, commencing on June 25, 2004. 
  

“Percentage Interest”: With respect to a Note of either Class, the portion evidenced by such Note, expressed as a percentage rounded
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fraction the numerator of which is the denomination represented by original principal balance of such Note and the denominator of which is the Original Note
Principal Balance of such Class. With respect to the Certificates, the portion evidenced thereby as stated on the face of such Certificate. 
  
 “Permitted Investments”: As used herein, Permitted Investments shall include the following: 
  
 (i) obligations of, or guaranteed as to timely payments of
principal and interest by, the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof when such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States; 
  
 (ii) repurchase agreements on obligations specified in clause (i) maturing not more than three months from
the date of acquisition thereof, provided that the unsecured obligations of the party agreeing to repurchase such obligations are at the time rated at least A-l+ by S&P and in one of the two highest ratings by Moody’s; 
  
 (iii) certificates of deposit, time deposits and
bankers’ acceptances (which, in the case of bankers’ acceptances, shall in no event have an original maturity of more than 365 days) of any U.S. depository institution or trust company, incorporated under the laws of the United States or
any state; provided, that the debt obligations of such depository institution or trust company at the date of acquisition thereof have been rated in one of the two highest ratings by Moody’s and S&P. 
  
 (iv) commercial paper (having original maturities of not
more than 270 days) of any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof which on the date of acquisition has been rated in the highest short-term rating by each of the Rating Agencies; and 
  
 (v) units of money market funds registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, investing in any of the foregoing, including any funds managed or advised by the Indenture Trustee or any affiliate of the Indenture Trustee; provided, such money market funds are at the time rated at least
“AAAm” or “AAAm-G” by S&P, and in one of the two highest short-term ratings by Moody’s; 
  
 provided, that no instrument described hereunder shall evidence either the right to receive (x) only interest with respect to the obligations underlying such
instrument or (y) both principal and interest payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument and the interest and principal payments with respect to such instrument provided a yield to maturity at par greater than 120% of the yield to
maturity at par of the underlying obligations; and provided, further, that no instrument described hereunder may be purchased at a price greater than par if such instrument may be prepaid or called at a price less than its purchase
price prior to stated maturity. 
  
 “Person”: Any
individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, national banking association, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

  
 “Physical Property”: As defined in clause (b)
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 “Plan”: Either (i) an employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of
ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan (within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (iii) a Governmental Plan that is subject to any federal, state or local law that is, to a
material extent, similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. 
  
 “Predecessor Notes”: With respect to any particular Note, every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purpose of this
definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.07 of the Indenture in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Note. 
  
 “Preference Amount”: Any payment of principal or interest on
a Note, which would have been covered under the Note Insurance Policy as any Insured Amount, which is made to an owner of a Note by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee and which has been deemed a preferential transfer and was previously recovered
from its owner pursuant to the United States Bankruptcy Code in accordance with a final, non appealable order from a court of competent jurisdiction. 
  
 “Preference Claim”: As defined in Section 8.03(f) of the Indenture. 
  
 “Premium”: The product of the Premium Percentage and the aggregate outstanding Note Principal Balance for
the related Class on the related Payment Date, but after giving effect to any payments on such Payment Date. 
  
 “Premium Percentage”: The rate at which the “Premium” is determined (including any “premium supplement”), as defined
in the Insurance Agreement. 
  
 “Prepayment
Charge”: As to a Mortgage Loan, any charge paid by a Mortgagor in connection with Principal Prepayment made within the related Prepayment Charge Period, the Prepayment Charges with respect to each applicable Mortgage Loan so held by the
Trust being identified in a Prepayment Charge Schedule (other than any Master Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount). 
  
 “Prepayment Charge Period”: As of any Mortgage Loan, the period of time, if any, during which a Prepayment Charge may be imposed.

  
 “Prepayment Charge Schedule”: As of any date,
the list of Prepayment Charges on the Mortgage Loans included in the Trust on such date, attached as Exhibit H to the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Prepayment Charge Schedule shall set forth the following information with respect to each
Prepayment Charge: 
  
 (i) the Mortgage Loan
identifying number; 
  
 (ii) a code indicating
the term of the Prepayment Charge; 
  
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 (iv) the date on which the first Monthly Payment was due on the related Mortgage Loan;

  
 (v) the term of the related Mortgage Loan;
and 
  
 (vi) the Cut-Off Date Principal Balance
of the related Mortgage Loan. 
  
 “Prepayment Interest
Shortfall”: With respect to any Payment Date, for each Mortgage Loan that was the subject during the related Prepayment Period of a Principal Prepayment in full, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) 30 days’ interest on the
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan at a per annum rate equal to (i) the Mortgage Interest Rate (or at such lower rate as may be in effect for such Mortgage Loan pursuant to application of the Relief Act, any Deficient Valuation and/or any Debt
Service Reduction) minus (ii) the Servicing Fee Rate and the Backup Servicing Fee Rate, over (b) the amount of interest actually remitted by the related Mortgagor in connection with such Principal Prepayment in full, less the Servicing Fee
and the Backup Servicing Fee for such Mortgage Loan in such month. 
  
 “Prepayment Period”: With respect to any Payment Date and Principal Prepayments in full, the period commencing on the 16th day of the month preceding the month in which such Payment Date occurs (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, the day following the Cut-Off Date) and ending on the 15th day of the month in which such Payment Date occurs. 
  
 “Principal Balance”: As to any Mortgage Loan and any date of determination, the outstanding principal
balance of such Mortgage Loan as of such date of determination. 
  
 “Principal Prepayment”: Any payment of principal made by the Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date. 
  
 “Proceeding”: Any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding. 

 
 “Prospectus Supplement”: The Prospectus Supplement dated
May 14, 2004 relating to the Notes filed with the Commission in connection with the Registration Statement heretofore filed or to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5). 
  
 “Qualified Appraiser”: An appraiser, duly appointed by the Sponsor, who had no interest, direct or
indirect, in the Mortgaged Property or in any loan made on the security thereof, and whose compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan, and such appraiser and the appraisal made by such appraiser both satisfy the
requirements of Title XI of the Federal Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 and the regulations promulgated thereunder, all as in effect on the date the Mortgage Loan was originated. 
  
 “Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan”: A mortgage loan or
mortgage loans substituted for a Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.06 or 4.02(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, which (a) has or have an interest rate greater than or equal to those applicable to the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (b)
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or have the same occupancy status as the Deleted Mortgage Loan or is or are Owner-Occupied Mortgaged Property(ies), (c) matures or mature no later than (and
not more than one year earlier than) the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (d) has or have a Loan-to-Value Ratio or Loan-to-Value Ratios at the time of such substitution no higher than the Loan-to-Value Ratio of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (e) has or have a
Stated Principal Balance or Stated Principal Balances, after deduction of the principal portion of the Monthly Payment due in the month of substitution (or, in the case of a substitution of more than one mortgage loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, an
aggregate principal balance) not more than the Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan as of such date, (f) complies or comply as of the date of substitution with each representation and warranty set forth in Section 4.01 of the Sale
and Servicing Agreement, and (g) is otherwise acceptable to the Note Insurer. 
  
 “Rating Agency”: S&P or Moody’s. 
  
 “Rating Agency Condition”: Means, with respect to any action to which a Rating Agency Condition applies, that each Rating Agency shall have been given ten (10) days (or such shorter period as is
acceptable to each Rating Agency) prior notice thereof and that each of the Rating Agencies shall have notified the Indenture Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Backup Servicer, the Sponsor, the Seller, the Note Insurer and the Trust in writing that
such action will not result in a reduction, qualification or withdrawal of the then current “implied” rating of the Notes that it maintains without taking into account the Note Insurance Policy. 
  
 “Record Date”: With respect to the Notes, the Business Day
immediately preceding the related Payment Date. 
  
 “Redemption Date”: The Payment Date, if any, on which all of the Notes are redeemed, in each case, pursuant to Article X of the Indenture, which date may occur on or after the Clean-Up Call Date. 
  
 “Reference Banks”: Citibank, Barclay’s Bank PLC, The
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and National Westminster Bank PLC; provided, that if any of the foregoing banks are not suitable to serve as a Reference Bank, then any leading banks selected by the Indenture Trustee (after consultation with the
Master Servicer) which are engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the international Eurocurrency market (i) with an established place of business in London, (ii) not controlling, under the control of or under common control with the
Master Servicer or the Indenture Trustee or any affiliate thereof and (iii) whose quotations appear on the Telerate Page 3750 on the relevant Interest Determination Date. 
  
 “Reimbursement Amount”: Means, as to any Payment Date, the sum of (x) (i) all Insured Payments paid by the
Note Insurer, but for which the Note Insurer has not been reimbursed prior to such Payment Date pursuant to Section 8.02(v) and (vi) of the Indenture or 5.07(e) and (f) of the Indenture, plus (ii) interest accrued on such Insured Payments not
previously repaid calculated at the Late Payment Rate from the date the Indenture Trustee received the related Insured Payments or the date such Insured Payments were made, and (y) without duplication (i) any amounts then due and owing to the Note
Insurer under the Insurance Agreement, as certified to the Indenture Trustee by the Note Insurer plus (ii) interest on such amounts at the Late Payment Rate. In the event any amounts due under the Insurance 

  

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Agreement are not clearly allocable to a particular Group, those amounts shall be allocated between the Groups pro rata based on the aggregate unpaid
Principal Balance of the related Notes. 
  
 “Relief
Act”: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. 
  
 “Relief Act Interest Shortfall”: With respect to any Payment Date, for any Mortgage Loan as to which there has been a reduction in the amount of interest collectible thereon for the most recently ended Due Period as a
result of the application of the Relief Act or similar state law, the amount, if any, by which (a) interest collectible on such Mortgage Loan during the most recently ended calendar month is less than (b) one month’s interest on the Principal
Balance of such Mortgage Loan, calculated at a rate equal to the related Mortgage Interest Rate. 
  
 “Remaining Overcollateralization Deficit”: With respect to any Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate Note Principal
Balances of both Classes of Notes, after payment of the Base Principal Payment Amount for both Groups and after taking into account any principal payment funded from Net Monthly Excess Cashflow and from amounts released from the Reserve Account, but
before taking into account the principal portion of any Insured Principal Payment, over (b) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the close of business on the last day of the prior Prepayment Period. For purposes of
determining the amount to be paid on account of the Remaining Overcollateralization Deficit to the Noteholders of each Class of Notes on the Payment Date, the Remaining Overcollateralization Deficit will be allocated to each Class pro
rata based on the amount by which the Note Principal Balance of each Class on such Payment Date, after payment of the Base Principal Payment Amount but after taking into account any principal payment funded from Net Monthly Excess Cashflow
and from amounts released from the Reserve Account, but before taking into account any Insured Principal Payment, exceeds the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans in the related Group as of the end of the immediately preceding
Payment Date. 
  
 “REO Disposition”: The final
sale by the Master Servicer of a REO Property acquired by the Master Servicer in foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure. 
  
 “REO Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan which is not a Liquidated Mortgage Loan and as to which the indebtedness evidenced by the related
Mortgage Note is discharged and the related Mortgaged Property is held as part of the Trust. 
  
 “REO Proceeds”: Proceeds received in respect of any REO Mortgage Loan (including, without limitation, proceeds from the rental of the related Mortgaged Property). 
  
 “REO Property”: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Master
Servicer in the name of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure. 
  
 “Required Interest Distributions”: (i) with respect to the Class A-1 Notes and any Payment Date, the Class A-1 Interest Payment Amount
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respect to the Class A-2 Notes and any Payment Date, the Class A-2 Interest Payment Amount for such Payment Date. 
  
 “Request for Release”: A request for release in
substantially the form attached as Exhibit F of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Reserve Account”: The trust account consisting of two segregated trust sub-accounts relating to the two Loan Groups, which shall be an Eligible Account (or subaccount of the Payment Account),
established and maintained pursuant to Section 8.01(b) of the Indenture and entitled “LaSalle Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee for Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2, Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2004-2, Cross-collateralization
Reserve Account, Class A-1 and Class A-2” on behalf of the Noteholders and the Note Insurer. 
  
 “Reserve Account Release Amount”: With respect to any Payment Date, the lesser of (a) the aggregate amounts on deposit in the Reserve
Account and (b) and the amount by which the Credit Enhancement Amount exceeds the Specified Credit Enhancement Amount. 
  
 “Reserve Payment Amount”: With respect to any Payment Date and either Loan Group, the amount necessary for the aggregate funds on deposit
in the Reserve Account to equal the Specified Reserve Amount. 
  
 “Residential Dwelling”: A one- to four-family dwelling, a unit in a planned unit development, a unit in a condominium development or a townhouse. 
  
 “Responsible Officer”: When used with respect to the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, any officer
assigned to the Corporate Trust Office (or any successor thereto), including any Vice President, Second or Assistant Vice President, Senior Trust Officer, Trust Officer, Assistant Trust Officer, any Assistant Secretary, associate, any trust officer
or any other officer of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and to whom, with respect to a particular matter, such matter is referred because
of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. When used with respect to the Sponsor or the Master Servicer, the chief executive officer, the president or any vice president, assistant vice president, or any
secretary or assistant secretary. 
  
 “Rolling Six Month
Delinquency Rate”: For any Payment Date, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, equal to the average of the Delinquency Ratio for each of the six immediately preceding Collection Periods (or for each Payment Date starting in June 2004
through July 2004, the corresponding number of preceding Collection Periods). 
  
 “Sale”: The meaning specified in Section 5.17 of the Indenture. 
  
 “Sale and Servicing Agreement”: The Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2004, among the Trust, the Master Servicer, the
Backup Servicer, the Sponsor, the Seller, and the Indenture Trustee, providing for, among other things, the sale of the Mortgage Loans from the Seller to the Trust and the servicing of the Mortgage Loans. 
  
 “Securities Act”: Means the Securities Act of 1933, as
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 “Seller”: Accredited Mortgage Loan REIT Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust.

  
 “Servicer Event of Default”: As defined in
Section 7.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Servicer Remittance Amount”: With respect to any Servicer Remittance Date, an amount equal to the sum of (i) all Monthly Payments on the Mortgage Loans collected by the Master Servicer during the related Due Period, (ii)
all Curtailments and other amounts collected on account of principal (including Net REO Proceeds, Net Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds, if any) by the Master Servicer during the related Collection Period, (iii) all Principal Prepayments
in full (including Prepayment Charges) collected by the Master Servicer during the related Prepayment Period, (iv) all Delinquency Advances made by the Master Servicer with respect to Monthly Payments due to be received on the Mortgage Loans during
the related Due Period and (v) any other amounts required to be placed in the Collection Account by the Master Servicer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement but excluding the following: 
  
 (a) amounts received on a Mortgage Loan, other than timely
Monthly Payments, and including late payments, Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds, to the extent the Master Servicer has previously made an unreimbursed Delinquency Advance or an unreimbursed Servicing Advance with regard to such Mortgage
Loan, to the extent of such unreimbursed Delinquency Advance or unreimbursed Servicing Advance as applicable; 
  
 (b) those portions of each payment of interest on a particular Mortgage Loan which represent the Servicing Fee and the Backup Servicing
Fee; 
  
 (c) that portion of Liquidation Proceeds
and REO Proceeds to the extent of any unpaid Servicing Fee and Backup Servicing Fee; 
  
 (d) all income from Permitted Investments that is held in the Collection Account for the account of the Master Servicer; 
  
 (e) all amounts actually recovered by the Master Servicer in
respect of late fees, assumption fees and similar fees; 
  
 (f) certain other amounts which are reimbursable to the Master Servicer, as provided in this Sale and Servicing Agreement; 
  
 (g) all amounts previously advanced by the Master Servicer as Delinquency Advances or Servicing Advances that are determined in good faith
by the Master Servicer to be unrecoverable from the proceeds of the particular Mortgage Loan to which they relate; and 
  
 (h) Net Foreclosure Profits. 
  
 “Servicer Remittance Date”: With respect to any Payment Date, the second Business Day preceding the Payment Date. 
  

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 “Servicer Remittance Report”: The monthly report prepared by the Master Servicer and
delivered to the parties specified in Section 5.16(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Servicer Reporting Date”: As defined in Section 5.16(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Servicing Advances”: All reasonable and customary “out-of-pocket” costs and expenses incurred in the performance by the Master
Servicer of its servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost of (a) the preservation, restoration and protection of the Mortgaged Property, including, without limitation, real estate taxes and insurance premiums, (b) any
enforcement, collection and judicial proceedings, including foreclosures and liquidations, (c) the management and liquidation of the REO Property, including reasonable fees paid to any independent contractor in connection therewith, (d) compliance
with the obligations under Sections 5.04 and 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, all of which reasonable and customary out-of-pocket costs and expenses are reimbursable to the Master Servicer to the extent provided in Sections 5.03 and 5.06 of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement and (e) expenses incurred in connection with any Mortgage Loan being registered on the MERS System. 
  
 “Servicing Compensation”: The Servicing Fee and other amounts to which the Master Servicer is entitled pursuant to Section 5.08 of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Servicing
Fee”: As defined in Section 5.08 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Servicing Fee Rate”: The product of (i) 0.485% per annum (or 0.50% per annum, to the extent that servicing has been transferred to the Backup Servicer, and to the extent that servicing is transferred
and in the event that 30+ day Delinquencies on the Mortgage Loans are greater than 25% and less than or equal to 35% of the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans, a supplemental fee of 0.15% per annum will apply and in the event that 30+
day Delinquencies on the Mortgage Loans are greater than 35% of the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans then a supplemental fee of 0.20% per annum will apply) and (ii) the stated principal balance of the Mortgage Loans at the beginning
of the related Due Period. 
  
 “Servicing
Officer”: Any officer of the Master Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose name and specimen signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished to the Indenture Trustee
and the Note Insurer by the Master Servicer, as such list may from time to time be amended. 
  
 “Shortfall Amount”: With respect to any Payment Date and either Class of Notes, an amount, not less than zero, equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (i) the Interest Payment Amount and the
Base Principal Payment Amount, in each case, for such Group and such Payment Date and (ii) the amount of any Overcollateralization Deficit allocable to such Class and such Payment Date over (B) the Available Funds (without taking into account the
portion thereof referred to in clause (iv) of the definition “Available Funds”) remaining in accordance with the priority of payments for such Class and such Payment Date. 
  

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 “Specified Credit Enhancement Amount”: With respect to any Payment Date, the sum of the
Specified Overcollateralization Amounts for both Groups. 
  
 “Specified Overcollateralization Amount”: The greatest of (i) (a) with respect to each of Loan Group 1 and Loan Group 2 and any Payment Date on which the Step Down Requirement has not been satisfied, an amount equal to
3.15% of the Maximum Collateral Amount for each such Group, respectively, (b) with respect to any Payment Date on which the Step Down Requirement has been satisfied, the related Stepped Down Required Over-collaterized Percentage, or (c) with respect
to any Payment Date on which a Step-up Test Event has occurred, the related Stepped Up Required Overcollateralization Percentage, (ii) the sum of the three largest Mortgage Loans by outstanding Aggregate Principal Balance in the related Loan Group,
(iii) the product of two and the excess of (x) 50% of the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans (including Mortgage Loans in foreclosure) and any REO Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group that are 90 days or more delinquent over (y)
three times the related Excess Spread, and (iv) 0.50% of the aggregate Maximum Collateral Amount for each Loan Group. 
  
 “Specified Reserve Amount”: Means, with respect to any Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (x) the sum of Specified
Overcollateralization Amounts for both Groups on such Payment Date, over (y) the sum of Overcollateralization Amounts for both Groups and such Payment Date. 
  
 “Sponsor”: Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., a California corporation. 
  
 “Standard & Poor’s” or “S&P”: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a
division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. or any successor thereto and if such corporation no longer for any reason performs the services of a securities rating agency, “S&P” shall be deemed to refer to any other nationally
recognized statistical rating organization designated by the Note Insurer. 
  
 “Stated Principal Balance”: As to any Mortgage Loan and Payment Date, the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the related Collection Period as specified in the
amortization schedule at the time relating thereto (before any adjustment to such amortization schedule by reason of any moratorium or similar waiver or grace period) after giving effect to (i) any previous Principal Prepayments in full received
during the related Prepayment Period, (ii) any previous Curtailments and Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal received during the prior calendar month (other than with respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan) and (iii) the payment of
principal due on the Due Date in the related Collection Period and irrespective of any delinquency in payment by the related Mortgagor. 
  
 “Statutory Trust Statute”: Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code § 3801 et seq., as the same may be amended from
time to time. 
  
 “Step Down Requirement”: The
Step Down Requirement is satisfied on or after the later of (a) the 37th Payment Date or (b) the Payment Date upon which the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans is equal to or less than 50% of the initial aggregate Maximum Collateral
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 “Stepped Down Required Overcollateralized Percentage”: For any Payment Date for which
the Step Down Requirement is satisfied, (A) with respect to Loan Group 1, 6.30% of the Aggregate Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loans and (B) with respect to Loan Group 2, 6.30% of the Aggregate Principal Balance of the related Mortgage
Loans. 
  
 “Step-Up Test Event”: On any Payment
Date, if either of the following events occur: (i) the Rolling Six Month Delinquency Rate exceeds 12.50% or (ii) the Cumulative Loan Loss Percentage exceeds the following percentages on any Payment Date during the following periods: 
  

				
	 Payment Date Occurring During

	  	Percentage

	 
	 June 2004 - May 2006
	  	1.40	%
	 June 2006 - May 2007
	  	2.20	%
	 June 2007 - May 2008
	  	2.90	%
	 June 2008 and thereafter
	  	4.00	%

  
 “Stepped Up
Required Overcollateralized Percentage”: On any Payment Date on which a Step-Up Test Event exists, the Overcollateralization target will increase (x) with respect to Loan Group 1, from 3.15% to 5.25% of the initial Maximum Collateral Amount
of Loan Group 1 (or from 6.30% to 10.50% of the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the related Payment Date if the Step Down Requirement has been met) and (y) with respect to Loan Group 2, from 3.15% to 5.25% of the initial Maximum
Collateral Amount of Loan Group 2 of the related Mortgage Loans (or from 6.30% to 10.50% of the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the related Payment Date of the Step Down Requirement has been met). 
  
 “Substitution Adjustment”: As to any date on which a
substitution occurs pursuant to Sections 2.06 or 4.02(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal balances (after application of principal payments received on or before the date of substitution) of
any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution, are less than the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the related Deleted Mortgage Loans (after application of the scheduled principal portion of the Monthly Payments due in
the month of substitution) together with 30-days’ interest thereon at the Mortgage Interest Rate. 
  
 “Sub-Trust”: Shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.01 of the Trust Agreement and include either Sub-Trust 1 or Sub-Trust 2, each
of which constitute a separate interest in the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 3806(b)(2) of the Statutory Trust Statute. 
  
 “Sub-Trust 1”: The portion of the Trust Estate assigned to Loan Group 1. 
  
 “Sub-Trust 2”: The portion of the Trust Estate assigned to Loan Group 2. 
  
 “Telerate Page 3750”: The display designated as Telerate
Page 3750 on the Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace the Telerate page on that service for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates of major banks). 
  
 “Termination Price”: The greater of (A) the sum of (i) 100% of the Note Principal Balance of the related
Class of Notes, (ii) the aggregate amount of accrued and unpaid 

  

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interest on the related Class of Notes through the related Due Period (including with respect to the Class A-1 Notes, any Class A-1 Available Funds Cap
Carry-Forward Amount and with respect to the Class A-2 Notes, any Class A-2 Available Funds Cap Carry-Forward Amount), (iii) any Indenture Trustee’s fees and expenses, (iv) any Owner Trustee Fees or Expenses that have not been paid by the
Sponsor, (v) any unreimbursed advances due and owing to the Master Servicer, (vi) any Reimbursement Amount due the Note Insurer, as applicable and (vii) any costs and damages incurred by the Trust in connection with any violation by such mortgage
loan of any predatory or abusive lending law and (B) the fair market value of the Mortgage Loans in the related Group. 
  
 “Trust”: Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2, a Delaware statutory trust. 
  
 “Trust Agreement”: The Trust Agreement, dated as of May 10, 2004, as amended and restated as of May 26,
2004, between the Sponsor, the Seller and the Owner Trustee, relating to the establishment of the Trust. 
  
 “Trust Certificate”: A certificate evidencing the beneficial interest of a Trust Certificateholder in the Trust consisting of the
Mortgage Loans in Loan Group 1 and the Mortgage Loans in Loan Group 2, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Trust Agreement. 
  
 “Trust Certificateholder,” “Certificateholder” or “Holder”: A Person in whose name a Trust Certificate
is registered. 
  
 “Trust Estate”: All money,
instruments and other property subject or intended to be subject to the lien of the Indenture, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Note Insurer, as of any particular time, including, without limitation, all property and interests, including
all proceeds thereof, granted to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Note Insurer, pursuant to the Granting Clauses of the Indenture. The Trust Estate shall consist of two separate Sub-Trusts comprised of Sub-Trust 1
and Sub-Trust 2. 
  
 “Trust Indenture Act” or
“TIA”: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as it may be amended from time to time. 
  
 “Trust Order” and “Trust Request”: A written order or request of the Trust signed on behalf of the Trust by an
Authorized Officer of the Owner Trustee, at the direction of the Certificateholders and delivered to the Indenture Trustee or the Authenticating Agent, as applicable. 
  
 “Underwriters”: Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated. 
  
 “Underwriting Guidelines”: The underwriting guidelines of the Sponsor as approved by the Note Insurer. 
  
 “United States Person”: A citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, a partnership or other entity treated as a corporation
or a partnership organized in or under the laws of, the United States or any state thereof including the District of Columbia, or an estate or trust whose income from sources without the United States is includible in gross income for 

  

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United States federal income tax purposes regardless of its connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States or a trust if a court
within the United States can exercise primary jurisdiction over its administration and at least one United States Person has the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust. Notwithstanding the last clause of the preceding sentence,
to the extent provided in Treasury Regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 and treated as United States Persons prior to such date, may elect to continue to be United States Persons. 
  
 “Weighted Average Mortgage Interest Rate”: With respect to
any Due Period, the weighted average Mortgage Interest Rates (weighted by Principal Balances) of the Mortgage Loans in Loan Group 1 and Loan Group 2, as applicable, calculated at the opening of business on the first day of such Due Period.

  
 “Yield Maintenance Accounts”: Each of the
Yield Maintenance Accounts established in accordance with Section 8.01(b) of the Indenture and maintained by the Indenture Trustee. 
  

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

 EXHIBIT A 
  
 FORM OF NOTE 
  
 ACCREDITED MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2004-2 
  
 CLASS A-[1][2] NOTE 
  
 UNLESS
THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE TRUST OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE
NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR
OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 
  
 THE NOTE IS A NON-RECOURSE OBLIGATION OF THE TRUST, AND IS LIMITED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FROM THE TRUST ESTATE AND THE NOTE INSURANCE
POLICY AS PROVIDED IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO BELOW. THE TRUST IS NOT OTHERWISE PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR PAYMENTS ON THIS NOTE. 
  
 THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE
LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF. 
  

  

					
	 Note No.: A-[1][2]
	  	CUSIP No.:	  	 
	
	 Class A-[1][2] Original Note Principal Balance: $________
                            Percentage Interest: 100%

			
	 Date of Indenture: As of May 1, 2004
	  	First Payment Date: June 25, 2004	  	 

  

  

 ACCREDITED MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2004-2 
 ASSET-BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2004-2, CLASS A-[1][2] 
  
 Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2, a statutory trust organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the
“Trust”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of
$                    
(                     Thousand Dollars) payable on each Payment Date in an amount equal to the result obtained by multiplying (x) the
Percentage Interest of this Note set forth on the cover page hereof, by (y) the aggregate amount, if any, payable from the related Payment Account in respect of principal on the Class A-[1][2] Notes, pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of May 1,
2004, between the Trust and LaSalle Bank National Association, a national trust company, as Indenture Trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”); provided, however, that the entire unpaid Note Principal Balance of this Note shall be
due and payable on the earlier of (i) the Payment Date occurring in July 2034 (the “Final Stated Maturity Date”), (ii) the Redemption Date, if any, applicable to this Notes pursuant to Article X of the Indenture or (iii) the date on
which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if the Notes have been declared to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section 5.02 of the Indenture. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein are defined in
Appendix I to the Indenture. 
  
 Pursuant to the terms of the
Indenture, payments will be made on the 25th day of each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the Business Day immediately following such 25th day (each a “Payment Date”), commencing on the first Payment Date specified on
the cover page hereof, to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the applicable Record Date, in an amount equal to the product of (a) the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Note and (b) the sum of the amounts
to be paid on the Class A-[1][2] Notes with respect to such Payment Date, all as more specifically set forth in the Indenture. 
  
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of Definitive Notes, upon written request at least five (5) days prior to the related Record Date with
appropriate instructions by the Holder of this Note (holding an aggregate initial Note Principal Balance of at least $1,000,000), any payment of principal or interest, other than the final installment of principal or interest, shall be made by wire
transfer to an account in the United States of America designated by such Holder reasonably satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee. 
  
 On each Payment Date, Noteholders will be entitled to receive interest payments in an aggregate amount equal to the Interest Payment Amount for such Class
for such Payment Date, together with principal payments in an aggregate amount equal to the Base Principal Payment Amount for such Class for such Payment Date, plus, until the Overcollateralization Amount for the related Group and such Payment Date
is equal to the Specified Overcollateralization Amount for such Group and such Payment Date, the Net Monthly Excess Cashflow, if any, for such Group and such Payment Date. The “Note Principal Balance” of a Note as of any date of
determination is equal to the initial Note Principal Balance thereof as of the Closing Date, reduced by the aggregate of all amounts previously paid with respect to such Note on account of principal. 
  

 The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by the Trust with respect to this Note shall be applied first to interest due and payable on this Note as provided above and then to the
unpaid principal of this Note. 
  
 This Note is one of a duly
authorized issue of Notes of the Trust, designated as the “Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2, Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2004-2, Class A-[1][2],” issued under the Indenture, to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Notes. Also issued under the Indenture are the “Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2,
Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2004-2, Class A[l][2].” To the extent that any provision of this Note contradicts or is inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control and supersede such contradictory
or inconsistent provision herein. The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture. 
  
 The Class A-[1][2] Notes are and will be equally and ratably secured by the Mortgage Loans in Loan Group [1][2], the other collateral related thereto pledged as security therefor as provided in the Indenture, and, to
the extent provided in the Indenture, by the Mortgage Loans in Loan Group [1][2]. 
  
 As described above, the entire unpaid Note Principal Balance of this Note shall be due and payable on the earlier of the Final Stated Maturity Date and any Redemption Date applicable to such Class, pursuant to Article
X of the Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid Note Principal Balance of the Notes shall be due and payable on the date on which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing if the Indenture Trustee, at the
direction or upon the prior written consent of Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (the “Note Insurer”) in the absence of a Note Insurer Default, or the Holders of the Notes representing not less than 50% of the Note Principal
Balance of the Outstanding Notes (with the prior written consent of the Note Insurer in the absence of a Note Insurer Default) of both Classes, shall have declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section 5.02 of
the Indenture. All principal payments on the Notes shall be made pro rata to the Noteholders entitled thereto. 
  
 The Note Insurer, in consideration of the payment of the premium and subject to the terms of the Note Guaranty Insurance Policy (the “Note
Insurance Policy”) thereby has unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed the payment of the Insured Amounts. 
  
 Pursuant to the Indenture, unless a Note Insurer Default exists (i) the Note Insurer shall be deemed to be the holder of the Notes for certain purposes
specified in the Indenture and will be entitled to exercise all rights of the Noteholders thereunder, including the rights of Noteholders relating to the occurrence of, and the remedies with respect to, an Event of Default, without the consent of
such Noteholders, and (ii) the Indenture Trustee may take actions which would otherwise be at its option or within its discretion, including actions relating to the occurrence of, and the remedies with respect to, an Event of Default, only at the
direction of the Note Insurer. In addition, on each Payment Date, after the Noteholders have been paid all amounts to which they are entitled, the Note Insurer will be entitled to be reimbursed for any 

  

 
unreimbursed Insured Payments (with interest thereon at the “Late Payment Rate” specified in the Insurance Agreement), Reimbursement Amounts
and any other amounts owed under the Note Insurance Policy. 
  
 The Trust shall not be liable upon the indebtedness evidenced by the Notes except to the extent of amounts available from the Trust Estate which constitutes security for the payment of the Notes. The assets included in the Trust Estate and
payments under the Note Insurance Policy will be sole source of payments on the Notes, and each Holder hereof, by its acceptance of this Note, agrees that (i) such Note will be limited in right of payment to amounts available from the Trust Estate
and the Note Insurance Policy as provided in the Indenture and (ii) such Holder shall have no recourse to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, the Backup Servicer or any of their respective
affiliates, or to the assets of any of the foregoing entities, except the assets of the Trust pledged to secure the Notes pursuant to the Indenture. 
  
 Payments of interest on this Note due and payable on each Payment Date, together with the installment of principal, if any, to the extent not in full
payment of this Note, shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee, or if no instructions for wire transfers have been provided to the Indenture Trustee as provided in the Indenture, then by
check mailed to the Person whose name appears as the Holder of this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) on the Note Register as of the close of business on each Record Date. Such checks shall be mailed to the Person entitled thereto at the
address of such Person as it appears on the Note Register as of the applicable Record Date without requiring that this Note be submitted for notation of payment. Any reduction in the principal amount of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor
Notes) effected by any payments made on any Payment Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted hereon. If
funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Payment Date, then the Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Trust, will notify
the Person who was the Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Payment Date by notice mailed or transmitted by facsimile prior to such Payment Date, and the amount then due and payable shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender
of this Note at the Indenture Trustee’s designated office or at the office of the Indenture Trustee’s agent designated for such purposes. 
  
 As provided in the Indenture, both Classes of Notes may be redeemed in whole, but not in part, at the option of the Seller on any Payment Date on and
after the date on which the sum of the Class A-1 Note Principal Balance and the Class A-2 Note Principal Balance is less than or equal to 10% of the sum of the original Class A-1 Note Principal Balance and Class A-2 Note Principal Balance.

  
 As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations set forth therein, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Note Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the Trust pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible
guarantor institution” meeting the 

  

 
requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agent’s Medallion Program
(“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and thereupon
one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be charged for any registration of transfer or exchange of this Note, but
the transferor may be required to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such registration of transfer or exchange. 
  
 In the case of a transfer of a Class A-[1][2] Note, the Note Registrar shall not register the transfer of this Note unless
the Note Registrar has received a representation letter from the transferee to the effect that either (i) the transferee is not a Plan and is not, directly or indirectly, acquiring this Note or any interest herein on behalf of, as investment manager
of, as named fiduciary of, as trustee of, or with the assets of a Plan or (ii) the acquisition and holding of this Note by the transferee qualifies for exemptive relief under a United States Department of Labor prohibited transaction class exemption
(or, if the transferee is a Governmental Plan, will not result in a violation of applicable law). Each Beneficial Owner, by acceptance of a beneficial interest herein, shall be deemed to make one of the foregoing representations. 
  
 Each Noteholder or Beneficial Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case
of a Beneficial Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, covenants and agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Trust, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under the
Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (ii) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Trust or (iii) any partner, owner,
beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial interest in the Trust, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of
the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for
any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity. 
  
 Each Noteholder or Beneficial Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a Beneficial Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, covenants and agrees
by accepting the benefits of the Indenture that such Noteholder or Beneficial Owner will not at any time institute against the Trust, or join in any institution against the Trust of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or
liquidation proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Notes; the Indenture, the Trust Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Insurance Agreement
(the “Basic Documents”). 
  
 The Trust has
entered into the Indenture and this Note is issued with the intention that, for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes, the Notes will qualify as indebtedness of the Trust secured by the Trust Estate. Each
Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note (and each Beneficial Owner by acceptance of a beneficial interest in a Note), agrees to 

  

 
treat the Notes for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness of the Trust. 
  
 Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the
Trust, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Trust or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other date as may be specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and none of the Trust, the Indenture Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
  
 The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights
and obligations of the Trust and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Trust with the consent of the Note Insurer and the Holders of Notes representing a majority of the Note Principal Balance of the
Outstanding Notes affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the (i) Note Insurer or (ii) if a Note Insurer Default exists, the Holders of Notes representing specified percentages of the Note Principal Balance of Outstanding
Notes, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Trust with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Note Insurer or by
the Holder of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu
hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. The Indenture also permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, or the waiver of certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, without
the consent of Holders of the Notes issued thereunder. 
  
 The
term “Trust” as used in this Note includes any successor to the Trust under the Indenture. 
  
 Initially, each Class of Notes will be represented by one Note registered in the name of Cede & Co. as nominees of the Clearing Agency. The Notes will
be delivered in denominations as provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth. The Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate initial Note Principal Balance of Notes of different authorized denominations, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same. 
  
 THIS NOTE AND
THE INDENTURE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS. 
  
 No reference herein to the
Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Trust, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or
currency herein prescribed. 
  

 Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent whose name
appears below by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to herein, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 
  

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

  

			
	 ACCREDITED MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST
 2004-2

		
	 By:
	 	 WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
 not in its individual capacity
but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 	 	 Authorized Signatory

  
 CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION 
  
 This is one of the Class A-[1][2] Notes
designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 
  
 Dated: 
  

			
	 LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
 as Authenticating Agent

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory

  

 ASSIGNMENT 
  
 Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee: 
  
 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto: 
  

	
	 
	 (name and address of assignee)

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

					
			
	 Dated:
	 	 	 	 */

		
	 Signature Guaranteed:
	 	 
			
	 	 	 	 	 */

  

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

 Exhibit 4.2 
  

EXECUTION VERSION 
  
 AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT 
  
 dated as of May 26, 2004 
  
 by and among 
  
 ACCREDITED HOME LENDERS, INC., 
 as Sponsor, 
  
 ACCREDITED HOME MORTGAGE LOAN REIT TRUST 
 as Seller, 
  
 and 
  
 WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, 
 as Owner Trustee 
  

ACCREDITED MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2004-2 
 Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2004-2 
  

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

					
	 ARTICLE I
 DEFINITIONS

			
	 Section 1.01.
	  	 Capitalized Terms
	  	1
	 Section 1.02.
	  	 Other Definitional Provisions
	  	5
	
	 ARTICLE II
 ORGANIZATION

			
	 Section 2.01.
	  	 Name
	  	6
	 Section 2.02.
	  	 Office
	  	6
	 Section 2.03.
	  	 Purposes and Powers
	  	6
	 Section 2.04.
	  	 Appointment of Owner Trustee
	  	7
	 Section 2.05.
	  	 Initial Capital Contribution of Owner Trust Estate
	  	7
	 Section 2.06.
	  	 Declaration of Trust
	  	7
	 Section 2.07.
	  	 Liability of the Certificateholders
	  	8
	 Section 2.08.
	  	 Title to Trust Property
	  	8
	 Section 2.09.
	  	 Situs of Trust
	  	8
	 Section 2.10.
	  	 Representations and Warranties of the Sponsor
	  	8
	 Section 2.11.
	  	 Federal Income Tax Treatment of the Trust
	  	9
	 Section 2.12.
	  	 Covenants of the Sponsor
	  	10
	 Section 2.13.
	  	 Covenants of the Certificateholders
	  	10
	 Section 2.14.
	  	 Representations and Warranties of the Seller
	  	11
	 Section 2.15.
	  	 Covenants of the Seller
	  	12
	
	 ARTICLE III
 SUB-TRUSTS

			
	 Section 3.01.
	  	 Series Trust
	  	12
	 Section 3.02.
	  	 Establishment of Sub-Trust
	  	13
	 Section 3.03.
	  	 Assets of Sub-Trust
	  	13
	 Section 3.04.
	  	 Liabilities of Sub-Trust
	  	13
	
	 ARTICLE IV
 CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS

			
	 Section 4.01.
	  	 Initial Ownership
	  	14
	 Section 4.02.
	  	 The Certificates
	  	14
	 Section 4.03.
	  	 Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Certificates
	  	15
	 Section 4.04.
	  	 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates
	  	15
	 Section 4.05.
	  	 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates
	  	16
	 Section 4.06.
	  	 Persons Deemed Owners
	  	16
	 Section 4.07.
	  	 Access to List of Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses
	  	16
	 Section 4.08.
	  	 Maintenance of Office or Agency
	  	17
	 Section 4.09.
	  	 Restrictions on Transfers of Certificates
	  	17

  

 ii 

					
	 ARTICLE V
 ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE

			
	 Section 5.01.
	  	 Prior Notice to the Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters
	  	19
	 Section 5.02.
	  	 Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Bankruptcy
	  	21
	 Section 5.03.
	  	 Restrictions on Certificateholders’ Power
	  	21
	 Section 5.04.
	  	 Majority Control
	  	21
	
	 ARTICLE VI
 TAX PROVISIONS; CERTAIN DUTIES

			
	 Section 6.01.
	  	 Federal Income Tax Provisions
	  	22
	 Section 6.02.
	  	 Withholding Taxes
	  	22
	 Section 6.03.
	  	 Accounting and Reports to the Certificateholders, the Internal Revenue Service and Others
	  	23
	
	 ARTICLE VII
 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE

			
	 Section 7.01.
	  	 General Authority
	  	24
	 Section 7.02.
	  	 General Duties
	  	24
	 Section 7.03.
	  	 Action upon Instruction
	  	24
	 Section 7.04.
	  	 No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement, the Basic Documents or any Instructions
	  	25
	 Section 7.05.
	  	 No Action Except under Specified Documents or Instructions
	  	26
	 Section 7.06.
	  	 Restrictions
	  	26
	
	 ARTICLE VIII
 CONCERNING THE OWNER TRUSTEE

			
	 Section 8.01.
	  	 Acceptance of Trusts and Duties
	  	26
	 Section 8.02.
	  	 Furnishing of Documents
	  	28
	 Section 8.03.
	  	 Representations and Warranties of the Owner Trustee
	  	28
	 Section 8.04.
	  	 Reliance; Advice of Counsel
	  	29
	 Section 8.05.
	  	 Not Acting in Individual Capacity
	  	29
	 Section 8.06.
	  	 Owner Trustee Not Liable for the Certificates or Mortgage Loans
	  	30
	 Section 8.07.
	  	 Owner Trustee May Own Certificates and Notes
	  	30
	 Section 8.08.
	  	 Licenses
	  	30
	
	 ARTICLE IX
 COMPENSATION OF OWNER TRUSTEE

			
	 Section 9.01.
	  	 Owner Trustee’s Fees and Expenses
	  	30
	 Section 9.02.
	  	 Indemnification
	  	31
	 Section 9.03.
	  	 Payments to the Owner Trustee
	  	31

  

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	 ARTICLE X
 TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT

			
	 Section 10.01.
	  	 Termination of Trust Agreement
	  	32
	
	 ARTICLE XI
 SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES

			
	 Section 11.01.
	  	 Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee
	  	33
	 Section 11.02.
	  	 Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee
	  	33
	 Section 11.03.
	  	 Successor Owner Trustee
	  	34
	 Section 11.04.
	  	 Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee
	  	34
	 Section 11.05.
	  	 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee
	  	35
	
	 ARTICLE XII
 MISCELLANEOUS

			
	 Section 12.01.
	  	 Supplements and Amendments
	  	36
	 Section 12.02.
	  	 No Legal Title to Owner Trust Estate in Certificateholders
	  	37
	 Section 12.03.
	  	 Limitations on Rights of Others
	  	37
	 Section 12.04.
	  	 Notices
	  	37
	 Section 12.05.
	  	 Severability
	  	38
	 Section 12.06.
	  	 Separate Counterparts
	  	38
	 Section 12.07.
	  	 Successors and Assigns
	  	38
	 Section 12.08.
	  	 No Petition
	  	38
	 Section 12.09.
	  	 No Recourse
	  	38
	 Section 12.10.
	  	 Headings
	  	39
	 Section 12.11.
	  	 GOVERNING LAW
	  	39
	 Section 12.12.
	  	 Grant of Certificateholder Rights to Note Insurer
	  	39
	 Section 12.13.
	  	 Third-Party Beneficiaries
	  	39
	 Section 12.14.
	  	 Suspension and Termination of Note Insurer’s Rights
	  	39
	 Section 12.15.
	  	 Master Servicer
	  	40

  

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 This AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of May 26, 2004, is among ACCREDITED HOME LENDERS,
INC., as sponsor (the “Sponsor”), ACCREDITED MORTGAGE LOAN REIT TRUST, a Maryland real estate investment trust, as seller (the “Seller”) and WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation, as owner trustee
(the “Owner Trustee”). 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
  
 ARTICLE I 
  
 DEFINITIONS 
  
 Section 1.01. Capitalized Terms. For all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below: 
  
 “Agreement” shall mean this Trust
Agreement, as may be amended and supplemented from time to time. 
  
 “Authorized Officer” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Appendix I to the Indenture. 
  
 “Backup Servicer” shall mean Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, or any successor backup servicer appointed pursuant to
the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Basic Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, the Cap Agreements, the Insurance Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement. 
  
 “Business Day” shall mean any day other
than (i) a Saturday or Sunday or (ii) a day that is either a legal holiday or a day on which the Note Insurer or banking institutions in the State of New York, the State of Delaware, the State of California, or the state in which the Indenture
Trustee’s office from which payments will be made to the Certificateholder, are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to be closed. 
  
 “Cap Agreements”: Each of the interest rate cap agreements, dated as of May 26, 2004,
between the Owner Trustee, in its capacity as owner trustee, and the Cap Counterparty. 
  
 “Cap Counterparty”: Credit Suisse First Boston International, an unlimited liability company incorporated under the laws
of England and Wales. 
  
 “Capital
Account” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 6.01(c)(i). 
  
 “Certificate” shall mean each Trust Certificate. 
  
 “Certificateholder” shall mean each Person in whose name a Trust Certificate is registered.

  

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 “Certificate of Trust” shall mean the Certificate of Trust, in the form
of Exhibit B, to be filed for the Trust pursuant to Section 3810(a) of the Statutory Trust Statute. 
  
 “Certificate Register” and “Certificate Registrar” shall mean the register mentioned and the registrar
appointed pursuant to Section 4.04. 
  
 “Class” shall mean either the Class A-1 Notes or the Class A-2 Notes. 
  
 “Class A-1 Notes” shall mean the Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2, Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2004-2, Class A-1.

  
 “Class A-2 Notes” shall mean
the Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2, Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2004-2, Class A-2. 
  
 “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and, where appropriate in context, Treasury Regulations
promulgated thereunder. 
  
 “Corporate
Trust Office” shall mean, with respect to the Owner Trustee, an office of the Owner Trustee which for purposes of the Agreement is located at 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration;
or at such other address as the Owner Trustee may designate by notice to the Certificateholders and the Sponsor, or an office of any successor Owner Trustee (the address of which the successor Owner Trustee will notify the Certificateholders and the
Sponsor). 
  
 “ERISA” shall mean
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. 
  
 “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
  
 “Expenses” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02. 
  
 “Group I Mortgage Loans” shall mean a pool
of fixed- and adjustable-rate mortgage loans, as identified in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule. 
  
 “Group II Mortgage Loans” shall mean a pool of fixed- and adjustable-rate mortgage loans, as identified in the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule. 
  
 “Indemnification Agreement” shall mean the Indemnification Agreement, dated as of May 14, 2004, between the Note Insurer and the Underwriters. 
  
 “Indenture” shall mean the Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2004, by and between the Trust and
the Indenture Trustee. 
  
 “Indenture
Trustee” means LaSalle Bank N.A., as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture. 
  

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 “Insurance Agreement” shall mean the Insurance and Indemnity Agreement
dated as of May 26, 2004, among the Note Insurer, the Trust, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Sponsor and the Indenture Trustee, including any amendments and supplements thereto. 
  
 “Investment Letter” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.04.

  
 “Loan Group” shall mean
either Loan Group I or Loan Group II. 
  
 “Loan Group I” shall mean the pool of Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule as having been assigned to Loan Group I. 
  
 “Loan Group II” shall mean the pool of Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule as having been assigned to Loan Group II. 
  
 “Master Servicer” shall mean Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., a California corporation, or any successor master servicer appointed pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 “Mortgage Loans” shall mean the Group I
Mortgage Loans and the Group II Mortgage Loans. 
  
 “Non-U.S. Person” shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership or other person other than a United States Person. 
  
 “Noteholder” shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Indenture. 
  
 “Note Insurance Policy” shall mean the
financial guaranty insurance policy issued by the Note Insurer for the benefit of the Noteholders. 
  
 “Note Insurer” shall mean Financial Guaranty Insurance Company, a New York stock insurance corporation. 
  
 “Note Insurer Default” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture. 
  
 “Note Principal Balance” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture. 
  
 “Notes” shall mean the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes. 
  
 “Outstanding” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in the Indenture. 
  
 “Ownership Interest” means, with respect to any Certificate, any ownership or security interest in such Certificate, including any interest in such Certificate as the Certificateholder thereof and any other interest
therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or beneficial, as owner or as pledgee. 
  
 “Owner Trust Estate” shall mean the Trust Estate, including the contribution of $1,000 referred to in Section 2.05
hereof. 
  

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 “Owner Trustee” shall mean Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking
corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee under this Agreement, and any successor owner trustee hereunder. 
  
 “Payment Date” shall mean the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
next succeeding Business Day, commencing June 25, 2004. 
  
 “Percentage Interest” shall mean with respect to any Certificate, the percentage portion of the Certificates evidenced thereby as stated on the face of such Certificate. 
  
 “Plan” shall mean (i) an employee benefit
plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan (within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (iii) a governmental plan (within the meaning
of Section 3(32) of ERISA) that is subject to any federal, state or local law that is, to a material extent, similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. 
  
 “Prospective Holder” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.09(a). 
  
 “Rating Agency Condition” means, with
respect to any action to which a Rating Agency Condition applies, that each Rating Agency shall have been given ten (10) days (or such shorter period as is acceptable to each Rating Agency) prior notice thereof and that each of the Rating Agencies
shall have notified the Indenture Trustee, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, the Note Insurer, the Owner Trustee and the Trust in writing that such action will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating of the Notes that it
maintains without taking into account the Note Insurance Policy. 
  
 “Record Date” shall mean, with respect to the Certificates and any Payment Date, the Business Day immediately before each Payment Date. 
  
 “Sale and Servicing Agreement” shall mean the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May
1, 2004, among the Sponsor, the Trust, the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer and the Master Servicer. 
  
 “Secretary of State” shall mean the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. 
  
 “Seller” shall mean Accredited Mortgage
Loan REIT Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust. 
  
 “Sponsor” shall mean Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., a California corporation. 
  
 “Statutory Trust Statute” shall mean Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code § 3801 et seq., as
the same may be amended from time to time. 
  
 “Sub-Trust” shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.01 and includes either Sub-Trust I or Sub-Trust II, each of which constitute a separate series of interests in the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 3806(b)(2) of the
Statutory Trust Statute. 
  
 “Sub-Trust
I” shall mean the portion of the Trust Estate assigned to Sub-Trust I. 
  

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 “Sub-Trust II” shall mean the portion of the Trust Estate assigned to
Sub-Trust II. 
  
 “Transfer”
means any direct or indirect transfer, sale, pledge, hypothecation or other form of assignment of any Ownership Interest in a Certificate. 
  
 “Treasury Regulations” shall mean regulations, including proposed or temporary regulations, promulgated under the Code.
References herein to specific provisions of proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury Regulations. 
  
 “Trust” shall mean the Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2, the Delaware statutory trust
created pursuant to this Agreement. 
  
 “Trust Certificate” shall mean a certificate evidencing the beneficial interest of a Certificateholder in the Trust consisting of Sub-Trust I and Sub-Trust II, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

  
 “Underwriters” shall mean
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated. 
  
 Section 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions. (a) Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them
in Appendix I to the Indenture. 
  
 (b) All terms defined in this
Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. 
  
 (c) As used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in this
Agreement or in any such certificate or other document, and accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under generally
accepted accounting principles. To the extent that the definitions of accounting terns in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under generally accepted accounting principles,
the definitions contained in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document shall control. 
  
 (d) The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; Section and Exhibit references contained in this Agreement are references to Sections and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; and the term
“including” shall mean “including without limitation.” 
  
 (e) The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terns and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms. 
  

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 (f) Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any instrument or
certificate delivered in connection herewith means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented and includes (in the case of agreements or instruments) references to all attachments thereto and
instruments incorporated therein; references to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns. 
  
 ARTICLE II 
  
 ORGANIZATION 
  
 Section 2.01. Name. The
Trust governed hereby shall be known as “Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2,” in which name the Owner Trustee may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Trust and sue and be
sued on behalf of the Trust. 
  
 Section 2.02. Office. The
office of the Trust shall be in care of the Owner Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office or at such other address in the State of Delaware as the Owner Trustee may designate by written notice to the Certificateholders, Indenture Trustee, the Note
Insurer and the Sponsor. 
  
 Section 2.03. Purposes and
Powers. The purpose of the Trust is to engage in the following activities: 
  
 (a) to issue the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and to sell such Notes; 
  
 (b) with the proceeds of the sale of the Notes and Certificates, to pay the organizational, startup and
transactional expenses of the Trust and to purchase the Mortgage Loans to be included in the Owner Trust Estate from the Seller with the balance of such funds pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement; 
  
 (c) to assign, grant, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey
the Owner Trust Estate pursuant to the Indenture and to hold, manage and distribute to the Certificateholders any portion of the Owner Trust Estate released from the lien of, and remitted to the Trust pursuant to, the Indenture; 
  
 (d) to enter into and perform its obligations under the
Basic Documents to which it is or is to be a party; 
  
 (e) to engage in those activities, including entering into agreements, that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are incidental thereto or connected therewith; 
  
 (f) subject to compliance with the Basic Documents, to
engage in such other activities as may be required in connection with conservation of the Owner Trust Estate and the making of distributions and payments to the Noteholders and the Certificateholders; and 
  
 (g) to issue the Certificates pursuant to this Agreement.

  

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 The Trust is hereby authorized by the initial beneficiary and the Certificateholders to engage in the
foregoing activities. The Trust shall not engage in any activity other than in connection with the foregoing or other than as required or authorized by the terms of this Agreement or the other Basic Documents. 
  
 Section 2.04. Appointment of Owner Trustee. The Sponsor hereby
appoints the Owner Trustee as trustee of the Trust effective as of the date hereof, to have all the rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in the Statutory Trust Statute, and the Owner Trustee hereby accepts such appointment. 
  
 The Owner Trustee may engage, in the name of the Trust or in its own name on behalf of the
Trust, in the activities of the Trust, make and execute contracts on behalf of the Trust and sue on behalf of the Trust. 
  
 Section 2.05. Initial Capital Contribution of Owner Trust Estate. The Seller hereby sells, assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the Owner
Trustee, as of the date hereof, the sum of $1,000. The Owner Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt in trust from the Seller, as of the date hereof, of the foregoing contribution, which shall constitute the initial Owner Trust Estate and shall be
deposited in the Payment Account. The Seller shall pay organizational expenses of the Trust as they may arise or shall, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, promptly reimburse the Owner Trustee for any such expenses paid by the Owner Trustee.
Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Trust will enter into the Sale and Servicing Agreement pursuant to which it will purchase the Mortgage Loans, to be designated to the related Sub-Trust, which comprise the remainder of the Owner
Trust Estate. Upon the transfer of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Owner Trustee shall transfer the initial capital contribution, in the sum of $1,000, to the Seller. 
  
 Section 2.06. Declaration of Trust. The Owner Trustee hereby declares
that it will hold the Owner Trust Estate in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the use and benefit of the Noteholders, the Note Insurer and the Certificateholders, subject to the obligations of the Trust Under the Basic
Documents. 
  
 It is the intention of the parties hereto that,
solely for income and franchise tax purposes, the Trust constitutes a statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Statute and that this Agreement constitutes the governing instrument of such statutory trust. It is the intention of the parties hereto
that, solely for income and franchise tax purposes, the Trust shall be treated as a security arrangement, with the assets of the Trust being the Sub-Trusts consisting of each Loan Group. The parties agree that, unless otherwise required by
appropriate tax authorities, the Trust will file or cause to be filed annual or other necessary returns, reports and other forms, if any, consistent with the characterization of the Trust, the Sub-Trusts and each Loan Group as provided in the
preceding sentence for such tax purposes. Effective as of the date hereof, the Owner Trustee shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in the Statutory Trust Statute with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust. The
Owner Trustee shall file the Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State. 
  

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 Section 2.07. Liability of the Certificateholders. Subject to Section 2.05, no Certificateholder
shall have any personal liability for any liability or obligation of the Trust. The Certificates shall be fully paid and nonassessable. 
  
 Section 2.08. Title to Trust Property. 
  
 (a) Subject to the Indenture, legal title to all of the Owner Trust Estate shall be vested at all times in the Trust as a separate legal entity except
where applicable law in any jurisdiction requires title to any part of the Owner Trust Estate to be vested in a trustee or trustees, in which case title shall be deemed to be vested in the Owner Trustee and/or a separate trustee, as the case may be.

  
 (b) The Certificateholders shall not have legal title to any
part of the Owner Trust Estate. No transfer by operation of law or otherwise of any interest of the Certificateholders shall operate to terminate this Agreement or the trusts hereunder or entitle any transferee to an accounting or to the transfer to
it of any part of the Owner Trust Estate. 
  
 Section 2.09.
Situs of Trust. The Trust will be located in the State of Delaware and administered by the Owner Trustee in the States of Delaware and Illinois. The Trust shall not have any employees; provided, however, that nothing herein
shall restrict or prohibit the Owner Trustee from having employees within or without the State of Delaware. 
  
 Section 2.10. Representations and Warranties of the Sponsor. The Sponsor hereby represents and warrants to the Owner Trustee and the Note Insurer
that: 
  
 (a) The Sponsor is duly organized and validly existing
as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of California, with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted. 
  
 (b) The Sponsor has the power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and to carry out its terms; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized by the Sponsor by all necessary corporate action. 
  
 (c) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not
conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Sponsor, or any indenture, agreement or other
instrument to which the Sponsor is a party or by which it is bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terns of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than pursuant to
the Basic Documents); nor violate any law or, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Sponsor of any court or of any Federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the
Sponsor or its properties. 
  
 (d) There are no proceedings or
investigations pending or notice of which has been received in writing before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Sponsor or its properties: (x) asserting 

  

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the invalidity of this Agreement, (y) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (z) seeking any
determination or ruling that should reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the performance by the Sponsor of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement. 
  
 (e) The representations and warranties of the Sponsor in Article III of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement are true and correct. 
  
 (f) The
Sponsor has duly executed and delivered this Agreement, and this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Sponsor, enforceable against the Sponsor, in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by the application of equitable principles. 
  
 (g) The Sponsor is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any
federal, state, municipal or other governmental agency, which default might have consequences that would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the Sponsor or its properties or might have consequences
that would materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder. 
  
 (h) The Sponsor will hold itself out to the public under its own name as a separate and distinct entity from the Trust and conduct its business so as not to mislead others as to the identity of the Trust. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, to the extent that the Sponsor makes on behalf of the Trust, as administrator of the Trust, oral and written communications, including without limitation, all letters, invoices, contracts, statements and applications such oral and
written communications will be made solely by the Sponsor, as administrator of the Trust, in the name of the Trust if they are made on behalf of the Trust. 
  
 Section 2.11. Federal Income Tax Treatment of the Trust. 
  

(a) The Trust will be wholly owned by the Certificateholder, which as of the Closing Date is the Seller. The Seller intends to make an election to be
treated as a “real estate investment trust” (a “REIT”) under Section 856 of the Code. As such, the Seller, as the sole Certificateholder, will be regarded as (i) owning all assets owned by the Trust and (ii) having incurred all
liabilities incurred by the Trust, and all transactions between the Trust and the Seller will be disregarded. 
  
 (b) In the event that the Seller does not make an election to be treated as a REIT under Section 856 of the Code,. the Trust will, pursuant to Treasury
Regulations promulgated under Section 7701 of the Code, be disregarded as an entity distinct from the Seller for all federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, for federal income tax purposes, the Seller, as the sole Certificateholder, will be
treated as (i) owning all assets owned by the Trust and (ii) having incurred all liabilities incurred by the Trust, and all transactions between the Trust and the Seller will be disregarded. 
  

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 Section 2.12. Covenants of the Sponsor. The Sponsor agrees and covenants for the benefit of each
Certificateholder, the Note Insurer and the Owner Trustee, during the term of this Agreement, and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, that: 
  
 (a) it shall not, for any reason, institute proceedings for the Trust to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, or consent to or join in the institution of
bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against the Trust, or file a petition seeking or consenting to reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law relating to the bankruptcy of the Trust, or consent to the appointment of a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Trust or a substantial part of the property of the Trust or cause or permit the Trust to make any assignment for the benefit of creditors, or admit in writing
the inability of the Trust to pay its debts generally as they become due, or declare or effect a moratorium on the debt of the Trust or take any action in furtherance of any such action; 
  
 (b) it shall obtain from each counterparty to each Basic Document to which it or the Trust is a party and each other
agreement entered into on or after the date hereof to which it or the Trust is a party, an agreement by each such counterparty that prior to the occurrence of certain events specified in such agreement, such counterparty shall not institute against,
or join any other Person in instituting against, it or the Trust, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other similar proceedings under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States;
and 
  
 (c) it shall not, for any reason, withdraw or attempt to
withdraw from this Agreement or any other Basic Document to which it is a party. 
  
 Section 2.13. Covenants of the Certificateholders. Each Certificateholder by becoming a beneficial owner of the Certificate or by its acceptance of a Certificate agrees: 
  
 (a) to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Certificates of which such
Certificateholder is the beneficial owner and of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents, including any supplements or amendments hereto and thereto and to perform the obligations of a Certificateholder as set forth therein or herein, in all
respects as if it were a signatory hereto. This undertaking is made for the benefit of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Note Insurer and all other Certificateholders, present and future; 
  
 (b) to the appointment of the Owner Trustee as such Certificateholder’s agent and attorney-in-fact to sign any federal
income tax information return filed on behalf of the Trust and, if requested by the Trust, to sign such federal income tax information return in its capacity as holder of an interest in the Trust; 
  
 (c) not to take any position in such Certificateholder’s tax returns
inconsistent with those taken in any tax returns filed by the Trust; and 
  
 (d) if such Certificateholder is other than an individual or other entity holding its Certificate through a broker who reports securities sales on Form 1099-B, to notify the Owner Trustee in writing of any transfer by
it of a Certificate in a taxable sale or exchange, within 30 days of the date of the transfer. 
  

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 Section 2.14. Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller hereby represents and
warrants to the Owner Trustee and the Note Insurer that: 
  
 (a)
The Seller is duly organized and validly existing as a Maryland real estate investment trust in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are
currently owned and such business is presently conducted. 
  
 (b)
The Seller has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; the Seller has full power and authority to transfer and assign the property to be transferred and assigned to and deposited with the Trust and
the Seller has duly authorized such transfer and assignment and deposit to the Trust by all necessary trust action; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized by the Seller by all necessary trust action.

  
 (c) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the declaration of trust or by-laws of the
Seller, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it is bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terns of any such indenture, agreement or
other instrument (other than pursuant to the Basic Documents); nor violate any law or, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Seller of any court or of any Federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties. 
  
 (d) There are no proceedings or investigations pending or notice of which has been received in writing before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or its
properties: (x) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, (y) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (z) seeking any determination or ruling that should reasonably be expected to materially
and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement. 
  
 (e) The representations and warranties of the Seller in Article III of the Sale and Servicing Agreement are true and correct. 
  
 (f) The Seller has duly executed and delivered this Agreement, and this
Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable against the Seller, in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by the application of equitable principles. 
  
 (g) The Seller is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or
other governmental agency, which default might have consequences that would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the Seller or its properties or might have consequences that would materially and
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 (h) The Seller will hold itself out to the public under its own name as a separate and distinct entity
from the Trust and conduct its business so as not to mislead others as to the identity of the Trust. 
  
 Section 2.15. Covenants of the Seller. The Seller agrees and covenants for the benefit of each Certificateholder, the Note Insurer and the Owner
Trustee, during the term of this Agreement, and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, that: 
  
 (a) it shall not, for any reason, institute proceedings for the Trust to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, or consent to or join in the institution of
bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against the Trust, or file a petition seeking or consenting to reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law relating to the bankruptcy of the Trust, or consent to the appointment of a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Trust or a substantial part of the property of the Trust or cause or permit the Trust to make any assignment for the benefit of creditors, or admit in writing
the inability of the Trust to pay its debts generally as they become due, or declare or effect a moratorium on the debt of the Trust or take any action in furtherance of any such action; 
  
 (b) it shall obtain from each counterparty to each Basic Document to which it or the Trust is a party and each other
agreement entered into on or after the date hereof to which it or the Trust is a party, an agreement by each such counterparty that prior to the occurrence of certain events specified in such agreement, such counterparty shall not institute against,
or join any other Person in instituting against, it or the Trust, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other similar proceedings under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States;
and 
  
 (c) it shall not, for any reason, withdraw or attempt to
withdraw from this Agreement or any other Basic Document to which it is a party, dissolve, institute proceedings for it to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or consent to the institution of bankruptcy or relief under any applicable federal or
state law relating to bankruptcy, or consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of it or a substantial part of its property, or make any assignment for the benefit of creditors,
or admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or declare or effect a moratorium on its debt or take any action in furtherance of any such action. 
  
 ARTICLE III 
  
 SUB-TRUSTS 
  
 Section 3.01. Series Trust. The beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust shall be divided into designated series as provided in Section
3806(b)(2) of the Statutory Trust Statute (the segregated pool of assets belonging to each series, a “Sub-Trust”). Accordingly, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Articles II, IV and X of this Agreement shall apply also
with respect to each such Sub-Trust as if each such Sub-Trust were a separate series of a statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Statute, and each reference to the term “Trust” in such Articles shall be deemed to be a reference to each
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alter the intent of the parties hereto that the Trust receive the full benefit of the limitation on interseries liability as set forth in Section 3804 of the
Statutory Trust Statute. 
  
 Section 3.02. Establishment of
Sub-Trust. 
  
 The Owner Trustee hereby establishes and
designates two initial Sub-Trusts, as follows: 
  
 Sub-Trust I and
Sub-Trust II 
  
 The provisions of this Article III shall be
applicable to the above designated Sub-Trusts. 
  
 Section 3.03.
Assets of Sub-Trust. All consideration received by the Owner Trust Estate for the issuance or sale of the Notes relating to a particular Loan Group and Sub-Trust, together with the entire Owner Trust Estate in which such consideration is
invested or reinvested, all income, earnings, profits, and proceeds thereof, including any proceeds derived from the sale, exchange or liquidation of such assets, and any funds or payments derived from any reinvestment of such proceeds in whatever
form the same may be, shall irrevocably belong solely to that Sub-Trust for all purposes, subject only to the rights of creditors of such Sub-Trust and except as may otherwise be provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or required by applicable
tax laws, and shall be so recorded upon the books of account of the Trust. Separate and distinct records shall be maintained for each Sub-Trust and the assets associated with a Sub-Trust shall be held and accounted for separately from the other
assets of the Owner Trust Estate, and any other Sub-Trust. In the event that there is any Owner Trust Estate, or any income, earnings, profits, and proceeds thereof, or funds or payments which are not readily identifiable as belonging to any
particular Sub-Trust, the Owner Trustee shall allocate them to the Certificates generally. Each such allocation by the Owner Trustee shall be conclusive and binding upon all Noteholders and Certificateholders for all purposes. 
  
 Section 3.04. Liabilities of Sub-Trust. 
  
 The Owner Trust Estate belonging to each particular Sub-Trust shall be
charged with the liabilities of the Trust in respect of that Sub-Trust and only that Sub-Trust and all expenses, costs, charges and reserves attributable to that Sub-Trust, and any general liabilities, expenses, costs, charges or reserves of the
Trust which are not readily identifiable as belonging to any particular Sub-Trust shall be allocated and charged by the Owner Trustee to the Certificateholders generally, based on their Ownership Interest. Each allocation of liabilities, expenses,
costs, charges and reserves by the Owner Trustee shall be conclusive and binding upon all Noteholders and Certificateholders for all purposes. The Owner Trustee shall have full discretion, to the extent not inconsistent with applicable law, to
determine which items shall be treated as income and which items as capital, and each such determination and allocation shall be conclusive and binding upon the Noteholders and the Certificateholders. Every written agreement, instrument or other
undertaking made or issued by or on behalf of a particular Sub-Trust shall include a recitation limiting the obligation or claim represented thereby to that Sub-Trust and its assets. 
  

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 Without limitation of the foregoing provisions of this Article, but subject to the right of the Owner
Trustee in its discretion to allocate general liabilities, expenses, costs, charges or reserves as herein provided, the debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to a particular
Sub-Trust shall be enforceable against the assets of such Sub-Trust only, and not against the assets (i) of the Trust generally or (ii) of the other Sub-Trust. Notice of this limitation on interseries liabilities shall be set forth in the
Certificate of Trust of the Trust (whether originally or by amendment) as filed or to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State pursuant to the Statutory Trust Statute, and upon the giving of such notice in the Certificate of Trust, the
statutory provisions of Section 3804 of the Statutory Trust Statute relating to limitations on interseries liabilities (and the statutory effect under Section 3804 of setting forth such notice in the Certificate of Trust) shall become applicable to
the Trust and each Sub-Trust. Every note, bond, contract, instrument, certificate or other undertaking made or issued by or on behalf of a particular Sub-Trust shall include a recitation limiting the obligation represented thereby to that Sub-Trust
and its assets in accordance with Section 3804(a) of the Statutory Trust Statute. 
  
 ARTICLE IV 
  
 CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS 
  
 Section
4.01. Initial Ownership. Upon the formation of the Trust by the contribution by the Sponsor pursuant to Section 2.05 and the filing of the Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State and until the issuance of the Certificates, the
Sponsor shall be the sole owner of the Trust. 
  
 Section 4.02.
The Certificates. The Certificates shall be issued as a single certificate which shall represent each separate series of beneficial interests in each Sub-Trust, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, upon the order of the Owner
Trustee, at the direction of the Sponsor, to the Seller concurrently with the sale and assignment to the Trust of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller, at the direction of the Sponsor, to the Owner Trustee. The Certificates shall represent the entire
beneficial interest in the assets of each Sub-Trust subject to the debt represented by the Notes relating to each Sub-Trust. The Certificates shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is reasonably
acceptable to the Owner Trustee, as evidenced by its execution thereof. The Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature of an Authorized Officer of the Owner Trustee. Certificates bearing the manual or
facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trust, shall be valid, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall 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 authentication and delivery of such Certificates. 
  
 A transferee of a Certificate shall become a Certificateholder, and shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the
obligations of a Certificateholder hereunder upon such transferee’s acceptance of a Certificate duly registered in such transferee’s name pursuant to Section 4.04. 
  

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 The beneficial interest in each Sub-Trust shall be treated as a single class of securities represented by
the Certificates for purposes of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware. 
  
 Section 4.03. Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Certificates. Concurrently with the initial transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Trust
pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Owner Trustee shall cause the Certificates, representing 100% of the Percentage Interests of the Trust, to be executed on behalf of the Trust, authenticated and delivered, at the written direction of
the Sponsor, to the Seller as initial Certificateholder. No Certificate shall entitle its holder to any benefit under this Agreement, or shall be valid for any purpose, unless there shall appear on such Certificate a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A, executed by the Owner Trustee or the Owner Trustee’s authenticating agent, by manual or facsimile signature; such authentication shall constitute conclusive evidence that such Certificate
shall have been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication. 
  
 Section 4.04. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or
agency maintained pursuant to Section 4.08, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of
Certificates as herein provided. The Owner Trustee shall be the initial “Certificate Registrar.” 
  
 Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 4.08, the Owner Trustee, upon the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.09(c), shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new
Certificates of a like Percentage Interest dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of a like Percentage Interest
upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 4.08. 
  
 Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in the form
of Transferor Certificate set forth as Exhibit D hereto, attached to the form of Certificate attached hereto as Exhibit A, or such other form satisfactory to the Note Insurer, or, upon the occurrence and continuation of a Note Insurer
Default, satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition, duly executed by the Certificateholder or his attorney duly authorized in writing. 
  
 No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. 
  

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 The preceding provisions of this Section 4.04 notwithstanding, the Certificate Registrar shall not
register transfers or exchanges of Certificates for a period of fifteen (15) days preceding the Payment Date with respect to the Certificates. 
  
 Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Certificate Registrar nor the Owner Trustee shall be responsible for ascertaining
whether any transfer complies with the registration provisions or exemptions from the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, applicable state securities law or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
provided, however, that if an Investment Letter is specifically required to be delivered to the Owner Trustee by a purchaser or transferee of a Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine
whether it conforms to the form of Investment Letter set forth as Exhibit C hereto and shall promptly notify the party delivering the same if such Investment Letter does not so conform. 
  
 Section 4.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If
(a) any mutilated Certificate shall be surrendered to the Certificate Registrar, or if the Certificate Registrar shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate and (b) there shall be delivered to the
Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then in the absence of notice that such Certificate shall have been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Owner Trustee
on behalf of the Trust shall execute and the Owner Trustee, or the Owner Trustee’s authenticating agent, shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate
of like Percentage Interest. In connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 4.05, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
that may be imposed in connection therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of ownership in the Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate
shall be found at any time. 
  
 Section 4.06. Persons Deemed
Owners. Each person by virtue of becoming a Certificateholder in accordance with this Agreement shall be deemed to be bound by the terns of this Agreement. Prior to due presentation of a Certificate for registration of transfer, the Owner
Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate shall be registered in the Certificate Register as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to Section 6.02 and for all
other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Owner Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall be bound by any notice to the contrary. 
  
 Section 4.07. Access to List of Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses. The Certificate Registrar shall furnish or cause to be furnished to
the Owner Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Sponsor and the Indenture Trustee immediately prior to each Payment Date, a list of the names and addresses of the Certificateholders as of the most recent Record Date. The Certificate Registrar shall
notify the Indenture Trustee of any change in the initial Holders of the Certificates. If one or more Certificateholder, together evidencing Percentage Interests totaling not less than 25%, apply in writing to the Certificate Registrar, and such
application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to their rights under this Agreement or under the Certificates and such application is accompanied by a copy of the communication that such
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within five (5) Business Days after the receipt of such application, afford such applicants access during normal business hours to the current list of
Certificateholders. Each Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a Certificate, shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold any of the Sponsor, the Certificate Registrar or the Owner Trustee accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and
address, regardless of the source from which such information was derived. 
  
 Section 4.08. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Owner Trustee shall maintain an office or offices or agency or agencies where notices and demands to or upon the Owner Trustee in respect of the Basic
Documents may be served, and so long as the Owner Trustee is the Certificate Registrar, where Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and notices and demands to or upon the Certificate Registrar in respect of the
Certificates, may be served. The Owner Trustee initially designates the Corporate Trust Office as its principal corporate trust office for such purposes. The Owner Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the Note Insurer, the Indenture Trustee,
the Sponsor and the Certificateholders of any change in the location of the Certificate Register or any such office or agency. 
  
 Section 4.09. Restrictions on Transfers of Certificates. (a) Each prospective purchaser and any subsequent transferee of a Certificate (each, a
“Prospective Holder”), other than the Sponsor, shall execute and deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar and any of their respective successors an Investment Letter in the form of Exhibit C hereto to the effect
that: 
  
 (i) Such Person is (A) a
“qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and is aware that the seller of the Certificate may be relying on the exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A and is acquiring such Certificate for its own account or for the account of one or more qualified institutional buyers for whom it is authorized to act, or (B) a Person involved
in the organization or operation of the Trust or an affiliate of such Person within the meaning of Rule 3a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (including, but not limited to, the Sponsor). 
  
 (ii) Such Person understands that the Certificates have not
been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred only to a person whom the seller reasonably believes is (A) a qualified institutional buyer or (B) a Person involved in the
organization or operation of the Trust or an affiliate of such Person, in a transaction pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or exempt from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act and any such state securities laws. 
  
 (iii) Such Person understands that the Certificates bear a legend to the following effect: 
  
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ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OFFERED OR SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF (INCLUDING PLEDGED) BY THE HOLDER HEREOF
ONLY TO (I) A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE ACT, IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND
SUCH STATE LAWS OR (II) A PERSON INVOLVED IN THE ORGANIZATION OR OPERATION OF THE TRUST OR AN AFFILIATE OF SUCH A PERSON WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 3a-7 OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ACCREDITED
HOME LENDERS, INC.) IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND SUCH LAWS. NO PERSON IS OBLIGATED TO REGISTER THIS CERTIFICATE UNDER THE
ACT OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS.” 
  
 (b) By its acceptance
of a Certificate, each Prospective Holder agrees and acknowledges that no legal or beneficial interest in all or any portion of any Certificate may be transferred directly or indirectly to an entity that holds residual securities as nominee to
facilitate the clearance and settlement of such securities through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of participating organizations (a “Book-Entry Nominee”) and any such purported transfer shall be void and have no effect.

  
 The Certificates shall bear an additional legend referring to
the restrictions contained in preceding paragraph to the following effect: 
  
 THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS, PRIOR TO SUCH DISPOSITION, THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE OWNER TRUSTEE AND THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR A CERTIFICATE STATING THAT
SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN ENTITY THAT WILL HOLD THIS CERTIFICATE AS NOMINEE TO FACILITATE THE CLEARANCE AND SETTLEMENT OF SUCH SECURITY THROUGH ELECTRONIC BOOK-ENTRY CHANGES IN 

  

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ACCOUNTS OF PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS. 
  
 (c) No transfer of a Certificate or any beneficial interest therein shall be made to any person unless the Owner Trustee has received a representation
letter from the Prospective Holder to the effect that such Prospective Holder is not a Plan and is not, directly or indirectly, purchasing such Certificate or interest therein on behalf of, as investment manager of, as named fiduciary of, as trustee
of, or with the assets of a Plan. 
  
 (d) The Owner Trustee shall
not execute, and shall not countersign and deliver, a Certificate in connection with any transfer thereof unless the transferor shall have provided to the Owner Trustee an Investment Letter, signed by the transferee, which certificate shall contain
the consent of the transferee to any amendments of this Agreement as may be required to effectuate further the foregoing restrictions on transfer of the Certificates to Book-Entry Nominees, and an agreement by the transferee that it will not
transfer a Certificate without providing to the Owner Trustee an Investment Letter. 
  
 (e) [Reserved]. 
  
 (f) Unless the
Prospective Holder delivers a certificate to the Owner Trustee to the effect that it is a United States Person, the Prospective Holder, other than Accredited Home Lenders, Inc. or an affiliate of the Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., shall obtain and
deliver to the Note Insurer and the Owner Trustee an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Note Insurer to the effect that, as a matter of federal income tax law, the transfer of the Certificate to such Prospective Holder will not result in the
imposition of any U.S. withholding tax on payments in respect of the Mortgage Loans or the Certificate. 
  
 (g) No pledge or transfer of the Certificates shall be effective unless such pledge or transfer is (i) to a single beneficial owner and (ii) accompanied
by an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Owner Trustee and the Note Insurer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not, unless otherwise agreed, be an expense of the Trust, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Backup Servicer, the Note
Insurer or the Sponsor, to the effect such pledge or transfer will not cause the Trust to be treated for federal income tax purposes as a taxable mortgage pool, association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation. 
  
 ARTICLE V 
  
 ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE 
  
 Section 5.01. Prior Notice to the Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters. With respect to the following matters, the Owner Trustee
shall not take action (and the Certificateholders shall not direct the Owner Trustee to take any action) unless at least thirty (30) days before the taking of such action, the Owner Trustee shall have notified the Certificateholders (unless the
Certificateholders have directed the Owner Trustee to take action) and the Note Insurer in writing of the proposed action and neither the Certificateholders nor the Note Insurer shall have notified the Owner Trustee in writing prior to the
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provided alternative written direction (any direction by the Certificateholders shall require the prior written consent of the Note Insurer): 
  
 (a) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Trust
(except claims or lawsuits brought in connection with the collection of the Mortgage Loans) and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Trust (except with respect to the aforementioned claims or lawsuits for
collection of the Mortgage Loans); 
  
 (b) the
election by the Trust to file an amendment to the Certificate of Trust (unless such amendment is required to be filed under the Statutory Trust Statute); 
  
 (c) the amendment or other change to this Agreement or any Basic Document in circumstances where the consent of any Certificateholder is
required; provided, that notwithstanding this Section 5.01, the prior written consent of the Note Insurer must be obtained for any amendment or change to this Agreement or any other Basic Document; 
  
 (d) the amendment or other change to this Agreement or any
other Basic Document in circumstances where the consent of any Certificateholder is not required and such amendment materially adversely affects the interest of the Certificateholders; 
  
 (e) the appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Note Registrar, or Indenture Trustee or
pursuant to this Agreement of a successor Certificate Registrar or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar or Indenture Trustee or Certificate Registrar of their respective obligations under the Indenture or this Agreement, as
applicable; 
  
 (f) the consent to the waiver of
any default of any Basic Document; 
  
 (g) the
consent to the assignment by the Indenture Trustee or Master Servicer of their respective obligations under any Basic Document; 
  
 (h) except as provided in Article X hereof, dissolve, terminate or liquidate the Trust in whole or in part; 
  
 (i) merge or consolidate the Trust with or into any other
entity, or convey or transfer all or substantially all of the Trust’s assets to any other entity; 
  
 (j) cause the Trust to incur, assume or guaranty any indebtedness other than as set forth in this Agreement or the other Basic Documents;

  
 (k) do any act which would make it impossible
to carry on the ordinary business of the Trust as described in Section 2.03 hereof; 
  
 (l) confess a judgment against the Trust; 
  
 (m) possess Trust assets, or assign the Trust’s right to property, for other than a Trust purpose; 
  

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 (n) cause the Trust to lend any funds to any entity; or 
  
 (o) change the Trust’s purpose and powers from those
set forth in this Agreement. 
  
 In addition the Trust shall not
commingle its assets with those of any other entity. The Trust shall maintain its financial and accounting books and records separate from those of any other entity. Except as expressly set forth herein, the Trust shall pay its indebtedness,
operating expenses and liabilities from its own funds, and the Trust shall not pay the indebtedness, operating expenses and liabilities of any other entity. The Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, shall maintain appropriate minutes or other
records of all appropriate action. The Trust shall maintain its office separate from the offices of the Sponsor, the Seller and the Master Servicer. 
  
 Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 5.01, the Owner Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the written direction of the
Certificateholders with the prior written consent of the Note Insurer, and to the extent otherwise consistent with the Basic Documents, to remove or replace the Master Servicer or the Indenture Trustee. 
  
 Section 5.02. Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Bankruptcy.
The Owner Trustee shall not have the power to (i) institute proceedings to have the Trust declared or adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, (ii) consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against the Trust, (iii) file a petition
or consent to a petition seeking reorganization or relief on behalf of the Trust under any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, (iv) consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or any
similar official) of the Trust or a substantial portion of the property of the Trust, (v) make any assignment for the benefit of the Trust’s creditors, (vi) cause the Trust to admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they
become due, or (vii) take any action, or cause the Trust to take any action, in furtherance of any of the foregoing (any of the above, a “Bankruptcy Action”) without the unanimous prior written consent and approval of all
Certificateholders and the prior written consent and approval of the Note Insurer and the delivery to the Owner Trustee by each such Certificateholder of a certification that such Certificateholder reasonably believes that the Trust is insolvent. So
long as the Indenture and the Insurance Agreement remain in effect and no Note Insurer Default exists, no Certificateholder shall have the power to take, and shall not take, any Bankruptcy Action with respect to the Trust or direct the Owner Trustee
to take any Bankruptcy Action with respect to the Trust. The terms of this Section 5.02 shall survive for one year and one day following the termination of this Agreement. 
  
 Section 5.03. Restrictions on Certificateholders’ Power. The Certificateholders shall not direct the Owner
Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action if such action or inaction would be contrary to any obligation of the Trust or the Owner Trustee under this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents or would be contrary to Section 2.03, nor
shall the Owner Trustee be obligated to follow any such direction, if given. 
  
 Section 5.04. Majority Control. Except as expressly provided herein, any action that may be taken by the Certificateholders under this Agreement may be taken by the holders of Certificates evidencing more than
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shall be binding upon all Certificateholders. Except as expressly provided herein, any written notice of the Certificateholders delivered pursuant to this
Agreement shall be effective if signed by holders of Certificates evidencing more than 50% of the Percentage Interest in the Trust at the time of the delivery of such notice and such action shall be binding upon all Certificateholders. 

 
 ARTICLE VI 
  
 TAX PROVISIONS; CERTAIN DUTIES 
  
 Section 6.01. Federal Income Tax Provisions. 
  
 (a) The Trust will be wholly owned by the Certificateholder, which as of the
Closing Date is the Seller. The Seller intends to make an election to be treated as a “real estate investment trust” (a “REIT”) under Section 856 of the Code. As such, the Seller, as the sole Certificateholder, will be regarded
as (i) owning all assets owned by the Trust and (ii) having incurred all liabilities incurred by the Trust, and all transactions between the Trust and the Seller will be disregarded. 
  
 (b) The Seller covenants that for so long as it is a REIT, it will not Transfer the Ownership Interest in the Trust.

  
 (c) If the Trust is treated as a partnership for federal
income tax purposes, this Agreement may need to be amended, in accordance with Section 12.01 herein, and appropriate provisions may need to be added so as to provide for treatment of the Trust as a Partnership. 
  
 Section 6.02. Withholding Taxes. In the event that any withholding tax
is imposed under federal, state, or local law on the Trust’s payment (or allocations of income) to a Certificateholder, such tax shall reduce the amount otherwise distributable to such Certificateholder in accordance with this Section 6.02. The
Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Owner Trustee, is hereby authorized and directed to retain in the Payment Account from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificateholders sufficient funds for the payment of any tax that is legally owed by
the Trust (but such authorization shall not prevent the Indenture Trustee from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings, and withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings). The Sponsor will
provide the Indenture Trustee with a statement indicating the amount of any such withholding tax. The amount of any withholding tax imposed with respect to a Certificateholder shall be treated as cash distributed to such Certificateholder at the
time it is withheld by the Indenture Trustee and remitted to the appropriate taxing authority from the Payment Account at the direction of the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Owner Trustee. If there is a possibility that withholding tax is
payable with respect to a distribution (such as a distribution to a Certificateholder who is a Non-U.S. Person), the Indenture Trustee may in its sole discretion withhold such amounts in accordance with this paragraph. In the event that a
Certificateholder wishes to apply for a refund of any such withholding tax, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall reasonably cooperate with such Certificateholder in making such claim so long as such Certificateholder agrees in writing
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 Any Certificateholder which is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States
shall, on or prior to the date such Certificateholder becomes a Certificateholder, (a) so notify the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, (b) (i) provide the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the
Trust, with Internal Revenue Service form W-8, or (ii) notify the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, that it is not entitled to an exemption from United States withholding tax or a reduction in the rate thereof on
payments of interest. Any such Certificateholder agrees by its acceptance of a Certificate, on an ongoing basis, to provide like certification for each taxable year and to notify the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Trust,
should subsequent circumstances arise affecting the information provided. The Trust, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon, and each Certificateholder by its acceptance of a Certificate hereunder agrees
to indemnify and hold the Trust, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee harmless against all claims or liability of any kind arising in connection with or related to their reliance upon any documents, forms or information provided by any
Certificateholder. In addition, if the Indenture Trustee has not withheld taxes on any payment made to any Certificateholder, and the Indenture Trustee is subsequently required to remit to any taxing authority any such amount not withheld, such
Certificateholder shall return such amount to the Indenture Trustee upon written demand by the Indenture Trustee. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Indenture Trustee shall be liable for damages to any Certificateholder due to a violation of the Code
unless and only to the extent such liability is caused by the Owner Trustee’s or the Indenture Trustee’s failure to act in accordance with its standard of care under this Agreement. 
  
 Section 6.03. Accounting and Reports to the Certificateholders, the
Internal Revenue Service and Others. The Sponsor shall (a) maintain (or cause to be maintained) the books of the Trust on a calendar year basis on the accrual method of accounting, including, without limitation, the allocations of net income
under Section 6.01, and (b) deliver (or cause to be delivered) to each Certificateholder such information, reports or statements as may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations and as may be required to enable each
Certificateholder to prepare its respective federal and state income tax returns. Consistent with the Trust’s (and each Loan Groups’ and Sub-Trusts’) characterization for tax purposes as a security arrangement for the issuance of
non-recourse debt, no federal income tax return shall be filed on behalf of the Trust unless either (y) the Trust, the Sub-Trusts, the Owner Trustee or the Certificateholders receive an Opinion of Counsel based on a change in applicable law
occurring after the date hereof that the Code requires such a filing or (z) the Internal Revenue Service shall determine that the Trust (or a related Loan Group or Sub-Trust) is required to file such a return. In the event that the Trust (or a
related Loan Group or Sub-Trust) is required to file tax returns, the Owner Trustee shall elect under Section 1278 of the Code to include in income currently any market discount that accrues with respect to the Mortgage Loans. The Owner Trustee
shall prepare or shall cause to be prepared any tax returns required to be filed by the Trust or the Sub-Trusts and shall remit such returns to the Sponsor at least five days before such returns are due to be filed. The Sponsor, or any other such
party required by law, shall promptly sign such returns and deliver such returns after signature to the Owner Trustee and such returns shall be filed by, or at the direction of, the Owner Trustee with the appropriate tax authorities. In no event
shall the Sponsor or the Owner Trustee be liable for any liabilities, costs or expenses of the Trust or the Sub-Trusts arising out of the application of any tax law, including federal, state, foreign or local income or excise taxes or any other tax
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penalty or addition with respect thereto or arising from a failure to comply therewith), except, in the case of the Sponsor only, for any such liability,
cost or expense attributable to the Sponsor’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement. 
  
 ARTICLE VII 
  
 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE 
  
 Section
7.01. General Authority. The Owner Trustee is authorized and directed to execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered the Notes, the Certificates and the Basic Documents to which the Trust is to be a party and each certificate or
other document attached as an exhibit to or contemplated by the Basic Documents to which the Trust is to be a party and any amendment or other agreement or instrument described in Article IV, in each case, as the Sponsor shall approve, as evidenced
conclusively by the Owner Trustee’s execution thereof. In addition, the Owner Trustee is authorized and directed, on behalf of the Trust, to execute and deliver to the Authenticating Agent the Trust Request and the Trust Orders referred to in
Section 2.11 of the Indenture, directly to the Authenticating Agent to authenticate and deliver Class A-1 Notes in the Original Note Principal Balance of $342,200,000 and the Class A-2 Notes in the Original Note Principal Balance of $342,720,000. In
addition to the foregoing, the Owner Trustee is authorized, but shall not be obligated, to take all actions required of the Trust, pursuant to the Basic Documents. 
  
 Section 7.02. General Duties. (a) It shall be the duty of the Owner Trustee: 
  
 (i) to discharge (or cause to be discharged) all of its
responsibilities pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Basic Documents to which the Trust is a party and to administer the Trust in the interest of the Certificateholders, subject to the Basic Documents and in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement; and 
  
 (ii) to
maintain the Trust’s existence as a statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware. 
  
 (b) The Owner Trustee shall not be responsible for taking any action on behalf of the Trust under any Basic Document unless specifically directed in
writing to do so in accordance with Section 7.03 of this Agreement. 
  
 (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be responsible for any matter regarding the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the rules or regulations thereunder. 
  
 Section 7.03. Action upon Instruction. (a) Subject to Article V
hereof, and in accordance with the terms of the Basic Documents, the Certificateholders may by written instruction direct the Owner Trustee in the management of the Trust but only to the extent consistent with the limited purpose of the Trust. Such
direction may be exercised at anytime by written instruction of the Certificateholders pursuant to Article V hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall act as directed in writing by the Certificateholders in
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accordance with Section 4.01 and Article X of the Indenture in order to effect any redemption requested by the Certificateholders. 
  
 (b) The Owner Trustee shall not be required to take any action hereunder or
under any other Basic Document if the Owner Trustee shall have reasonably determined, or shall have been advised by counsel, that such action is likely to result in liability on the part of the Owner Trust or is contrary to the terms hereof or of
any other Basic Document or is otherwise contrary to law. 
  
 (c)
Subject to Article V hereof, whenever the Owner Trustee is unable to decide between alternative courses of action permitted or required by the terms of this Agreement or under any other Basic Document, the Owner Trustee shall promptly give notice
(in such form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the Certificateholders and the Note Insurer requesting instruction from the Certificateholders as to the course of action to be adopted, and to the extent the Owner Trustee acts in
good faith in accordance with any written instruction of the Certificateholders received, the Owner Trustee shall not be liable on account of such action to any Person. If the Owner Trustee shall not have received appropriate instruction within ten
(10) days of such notice (or within such shorter period of time as reasonably may be specified in such notice or may be necessary under the circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action, not
inconsistent with this Agreement or the Basic Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the Certificateholders, and shall have no liability to any Person for such action or inaction. 
  
 (d) Subject to Article V hereof, in the event that the Owner Trustee is
unsure as to the application of any provision of this Agreement or any other Basic Document or any such provision is ambiguous as to its application, or is, or appears to be, in conflict with any other applicable provision, or in the event that this
Agreement permits any determination by the Owner Trustee or is silent or is incomplete as to the course of action that the Owner Trustee is required to take with respect to a particular set of facts, the Owner Trustee may give notice (in such form
as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the Certificateholders requesting instruction and, to the extent that the Owner Trustee acts or refrains from acting in good faith in accordance with any such instruction received, the Owner
Trustee shall not be liable, on account of such action or inaction, to any Person. If the Owner Trustee shall not have received appropriate instruction within ten (10) days of such notice (or within such shorter period of time as reasonably may be
specified in such notice or may be necessary under the circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action, not inconsistent with this Agreement or the other Basic Documents, as it shall deem to be in the
best interests of the Certificateholders, and shall have no liability to any Person for such action or inaction. 
  
 Section 7.04. No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement, the Basic Documents or any Instructions. 
  
 (a) The Owner Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation to manage, make
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Agreement or any document contemplated hereby to which the Trust is a party, except as expressly provided by the terms of this Agreement, any other Basic
Document or in any document or written instruction received by the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 7.03; and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or any other Basic Document against the Owner Trustee. The Owner
Trustee shall have no responsibility for filing any tax document, 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
prepare or file any Securities and Exchange Commission filing for the Trust or to record this Agreement or any other Basic Document. The Owner Trustee nevertheless agrees that it will, at its own cost and expense, promptly take all action as may be
necessary to discharge any liens on any part of the Owner Trust Estate that result from actions by, or claims against, the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity that are not related to the ownership or the administration of the Owner Trust
Estate. 
  
 (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or
in any other document, the Owner Trustee shall not be required to execute, deliver or certify on behalf of the Trust or any other Person any filings, certificates, affidavits or other instruments required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Notwithstanding any Person’s right to instruct the Owner Trustee, neither the Owner Trustee nor any agent, employee, director or officer of the Owner Trustee shall have any obligation to execute any certificates or other documents required
pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the refusal to comply with any such instructions shall not constitute a default or breach under any Basic Document. 
  
 Section 7.05. No Action Except under Specified Documents or
Instructions. The Owner Trustee shall not manage, control, use, sell, dispose of or otherwise deal with any part of the Owner Trust Estate except (i) in accordance with the powers granted to and the authority conferred upon the Owner Trustee
pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) in accordance with the other Basic Documents and (iii) in accordance with any document or written instruction delivered to the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 7.03. 
  
 Section 7.06. Restrictions. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Sponsor
shall take any action (a) that violates or results in a breach of or is inconsistent with the purposes of the Trust set forth in Section 2.03; (b) that causes or effectuates a Transfer of the Seller’s Ownership Interest in the Trust for so long
as the Seller is a REIT or (c) that, to the actual knowledge of the Sponsor and the Owner Trustee, would result in the Trust’s becoming taxable as a corporation for Federal income tax purposes. The Certificateholders shall not direct the Owner
Trustee to take action that would violate the provisions of this Section 7.06. 
  
 ARTICLE VIII 
  
 CONCERNING THE OWNER TRUSTEE 
  
 Section 8.01.
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only upon the terms of this Agreement subject to the other Basic Documents. The Owner Trustee also agrees to disburse all moneys actually received by it
constituting part of the Owner Trust Estate upon the terms of the other Basic Documents and this Agreement. The Owner Trustee shall not be answerable or accountable hereunder or under any other Basic Document under any circumstances, except (i) for
its own willful breach or misconduct or gross negligence or (ii) in the case of the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty contained in Section 8.03 expressly made by the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity. In particular, but not by way
of limitation (and subject to the exceptions set forth in the preceding sentence): 
  
 (a) The Owner Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made by a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee; 
  
 (b) The Owner Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the instructions of the
Certificateholders or the Note Insurer given in accordance with this Agreement; 
  
 (c) No provision of this Agreement or any other Basic Document shall require the Owner Trustee to expend or risk funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its rights or powers
hereunder or under any other Basic Document if the Owner Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured or provided to it; 

 
 (d) Under no circumstances shall the Owner Trustee be liable for
indebtedness evidenced by or arising under any of the Basic Documents, including the principal of and interest on the Notes; 
  
 (e) The Owner Trustee shall not be responsible for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or for the due execution hereof by the
Sponsor or for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or validity of any of the Owner Trust Estate or for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of the Basic Documents, other than the certificate of authentication on the
Certificates, and the Owner Trustee shall in no event assume or incur any liability, duty, or obligation to any Noteholder or to any Certificateholders, other than as expressly provided for herein and in the other Basic Documents; 
  
 (f) The Owner Trustee shall not be liable for the default or misconduct of
the Indenture Trustee or the Master Servicer under any of the Basic Documents or otherwise and the Owner Trustee shall have no obligation or liability to perform the obligations of the Trust under this Agreement or the other Basic Documents that are
required to be performed by the Sponsor, the Indenture Trustee or the Master Servicer; 
  
 (g) The Owner Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement, or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this Agreement or otherwise or in
relation to this Agreement or any Basic Document, at the request, order or direction of the Sponsor, any of the Certificateholders or the Note Insurer, unless such Certificateholders, the Sponsor or the Note Insurer have offered to the Owner Trustee
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any discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement or in any other Basic Document shall not be construed as a duty, and the Owner Trustee shall not be
answerable for other than its gross negligence or willful breach or misconduct in the performance of any such act; and 
  
 (h) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither Wilmington Trust Company in its individual capacity nor as Owner Trustee shall be
required to take any action in any jurisdiction other than in the State of Delaware if the taking of such action will (i) require the consent or approval or authorization or order of or the giving of notice to, or the registration with or the taking
of any other action in respect of, any state or other governmental authority or agency of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware; (ii) result in any fee, tax or other governmental charge under the laws of any jurisdiction or any political
subdivisions thereof in existence on the date hereof other than the State of Delaware becoming payable by Wilmington Trust Company; or (iii) subject Wilmington Trust Company to personal jurisdiction in any jurisdiction other than the State of
Delaware for causes of action arising from acts unrelated to the consummation of the transactions by Wilmington Trust Company in its individual capacity or as Owner Trustee, as the case may be, contemplated hereby. The Owner Trustee shall be
entitled to obtain advice of counsel (which advice shall be an expense of the Sponsor to determine whether any action required to be taken pursuant to this Agreement or the other Basic Documents results in the consequences described in clauses (i),
(ii) and (iii) of the preceding sentence. In the event that said counsel advises the Owner Trustee that such action will result in such consequences, the Owner Trustee will appoint an additional trustee pursuant to Section 11.05 hereof to proceed
with such action. 
  
 Section 8.02. Furnishing of
Documents. Subject to Section 4.07, the Owner Trustee shall furnish to the Certificateholders promptly upon receipt of a written request therefor, duplicates or copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates, financial
statements and any other instruments furnished to the Owner Trustee under the Basic Documents. On behalf of the Owner Trustee, the Sponsor shall furnish to Noteholders promptly upon written request therefor, copies of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement and the Indenture. 
  
 Section 8.03. Representations
and Warranties of the Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Sponsor, the Note Insurer and the Certificateholders, that: 
  
 (a) It is a Delaware banking corporation duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the United States of America. It has all
requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. 
  
 (b) It has taken all action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement, and this Agreement will be executed and delivered
by one of its officers who is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on its behalf. 
  
 (c) Neither the execution nor the delivery by it of this Agreement nor the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby nor compliance by it
with any of the terns or provisions hereof will contravene any Delaware or Federal law, governmental rule or regulation governing the banking or trust powers of the Owner Trustee or any judgment or order binding on it, or constitute any default
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 (d) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Owner Trustee and constitutes
a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Owner Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. 
  

(e) The Owner Trustee is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state,
municipal or governmental agency, which default might have consequences that would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or other) or operations of the Owner Trustee or its properties or might have consequences that would
materially adversely affect its performance hereunder. 
  
 (f) No
litigation is pending or, to the best of the Owner Trustee’s knowledge, threatened against the Owner Trustee which would prohibit its entering into this Agreement or performing its obligations under this Agreement. 
  
 Section 8.04. Reliance; Advice of Counsel. (a) The Owner Trustee shall
incur no liability to anyone in acting upon any signature, instrument, notice, resolution, request, consent, order, certificate, report, opinion, Note, or other document or paper believed by it in good faith to be genuine and believed by it in good
faith to be signed by the proper party or parties. The Owner Trustee may accept a certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of any corporate party as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly
adopted by such body and that the same is in full force and effect. As to any fact or matter the method of the determination of which is not specifically prescribed herein, the Owner Trustee may for all purposes hereof rely on a certificate, signed
by the president or any vice president or by the treasurer or other authorized officers of the relevant party, as to such fact or matter and such certificate shall constitute full protection to the Owner Trustee for any action taken or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon. 
  
 (b) In the
exercise or administration of the trusts hereunder and in the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement or the other Basic Documents, the Owner Trustee (i) may, at the expense of the Trust, act directly or through its agents or
attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them, and the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for the conduct or misconduct of such agents or attorneys if such agents or attorneys shall have been selected by the Owner Trustee with
reasonable care, and (ii) may, at the expense of the Trust, consult with counsel, Accountants and other skilled persons to be selected with reasonable care and employed by it. The Owner Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring the performance
of such agents or attorneys or for the failure of others to perform their duties, even if delegated by the Owner Trustee, if such agents or attorneys shall have been selected by the Owner Trustee with reasonable care. The Owner Trustee shall not be
liable for anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the written opinion or advice of any such counsel, Accountants or other such persons and not contrary to this Agreement or any other Basic Document. 
  
 Section 8.05. Not Acting in Individual Capacity. Except as provided in
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Trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity, and all Persons having any claim against the Owner Trustee by reason of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or any other Basic Document shall look only to the Owner Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof. 
  
 Section 8.06. Owner Trustee Not Liable for the Certificates or Mortgage Loans. The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other than
the signature and countersignature of the Owner Trustee on the Certificates) shall be taken as the statements of the Trust, and the Owner Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Owner Trustee makes no representations as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, of any other Basic Document or of the Certificates (other than the signature and countersignature of the Owner Trustee on the Certificates and as specified in Section 8.03 hereof) or the Notes, or of
any Mortgage Loans or related documents. The Owner Trustee shall at no time have any responsibility or liability for or with respect to the legality, validity and enforceability of any Mortgage Loan, or the perfection and priority of any security
interest created by any Mortgage Loan or the maintenance of any such perfection and priority, or for or with respect to the sufficiency of the Owner Trust Estate or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to the Certificateholders
under this Agreement or the Noteholders under the Indenture, including, without limitation, the existence, condition and ownership of any Mortgaged Property, the existence and enforceability of any insurance thereon, the existence and contents of
any Mortgage Loan on any computer or other record thereof, the validity of the assignment of any Mortgage Loan to the Trust or of any intervening assignment, the completeness of any Mortgage Loan, the performance or enforcement of any Mortgage Loan,
the compliance by the Sponsor or the Master Servicer with any warranty or representation made under any Basic Document or in any related document or the accuracy of any such warranty or representation or any action of the Indenture Trustee or the
Master Servicer or any subservicer taken in the name of the Owner Trustee. 
  
 Section 8.07. Owner Trustee May Own Certificates and Notes. The Owner Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of the Certificates or the Notes and may deal with the
Sponsor, the Indenture Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Backup Servicer in banking transactions with the same rights as it would have if it were not Owner Trustee. 
  
 Section 8.08. Licenses. The Sponsor shall cause the Trust to use its best efforts to obtain and maintain the
effectiveness of any licenses required in connection with this Agreement and the other Basic Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby until such time as the Trust shall terminate in accordance with the terms hereof. 

 
 ARTICLE IX 
  
 COMPENSATION OF OWNER TRUSTEE 
  
 Section 9.01. Owner Trustee’s Fees and Expenses. The Owner
Trustee shall receive as compensation for its services hereunder such fees as have been separately agreed upon before the date hereof between the Master Servicer and the Owner Trustee, and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the
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 Section 9.02. Indemnification. The Sponsor shall be liable as obligor for, and shall indemnify the
Owner Trustee (in its individual and trust capacities) and its successors, assigns, agents and servants (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, taxes,
claims, actions and suits, and any and all reasonable costs, expenses and disbursements (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of any kind and nature whatsoever (collectively, “Expenses”) which may at any time be imposed on,
incurred by, or asserted against any Indemnified Party in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement, the other Basic Documents, the Owner Trust Estate, the administration of the Owner Trust Estate or the action or inaction of the Owner
Trustee hereunder, except only that the Sponsor shall not be liable for or required to indemnify an Indemnified Party from and against Expenses arising or resulting from any of the matters described in the third sentence of Section 8.01. The
indemnities contained in this Section 9.02 shall survive the resignation or termination of the Owner Trustee or the termination of this Agreement. In any event of any claim, action or proceeding for which indemnity will be sought pursuant to this
Section, the Sponsor will be entitled to participate therein, with counsel selected by the Sponsor and reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Parties, but after notice from an Indemnified Party to the Sponsor of its election to assume the
defense thereof, the Sponsor shall not be liable to the Indemnified Party under this Section 9.02 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with the defense of such action; provided,
however, that this sentence shall not be in effect if (1) the Sponsor shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party to represent the Indemnified Party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of
the action, (2) the Sponsor shall have authorized the employment of counsel for the Indemnified Party at the expense of the Sponsor or (3) in the event any such claim involves a possible imposition of criminal liability or penalty or a material
civil penalty on such Indemnified Party, a conflict of interest between such Indemnified Party and the Sponsor or another indemnitee or the granting of material injunctive relief against such Indemnified Party, and such Indemnified Party informs the
Sponsor that such Indemnified Party desires to be represented by separate counsel, in which case, the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be borne by the Sponsor. If the Sponsor assumes the defense of any such proceeding, the
Sponsor shall be entitled to settle such proceeding without any liability being assessed against any Indemnified Party or, if such settlement provides for release of any such Indemnified Party without any liability being assessed against any
Indemnified Party in connection with all matters relating to the proceeding which have been asserted against such Indemnified Party in such proceeding by the other parties to such settlement, without the prior written consent of such Indemnified
Party, but otherwise only with the prior written consent of such Indemnified Party. 
  
 Section 9.03. Payments to the Owner Trustee. Any amounts paid to the Owner Trustee pursuant to this Article IX shall be deemed not to be a part of the Owner Trust Estate immediately after such payment.

  

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 ARTICLE X 
  

TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT 
  
 Section 10.01. Termination of Trust Agreement. (a) This Agreement (other than Article IX) shall terminate and the Trust shall dissolve and be of no
further force or effect on the earlier of: (i) the final payment or other liquidation of the Mortgage Loans and the disposition of all REO Properties and the remittance of all funds due hereunder with respect to such Mortgage Loans and REP
Properties after the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture pursuant to Section 4.01 of the Indenture; and (ii) the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy (the late ambassador of the
United States to the Court of St. James). The bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, death or incapacity of the any Certificateholder or the Sponsor shall not (x) operate to terminate this Agreement or the Trust, nor (y) entitle
Certificateholders’ or the Sponsor’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 all or any part of the Trust or Owner Trust Estate nor (z)
otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto. 
  
 (b) Except as provided in Section 10.01(a) above, none of the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, the Backup Servicer, the Note Insurer nor the Certificateholders shall be entitled to revoke or terminate the Trust.

  
 (c) Notice of any termination of the Trust, specifying the
Payment Date upon which the Certificateholders shall surrender their Certificates to the Indenture Trustee for payment of the final distributions and cancellation, shall be given by the Owner Trustee to the Certificateholders, the Note Insurer, the
Rating Agencies and the Indenture Trustee mailed within five (5) Business Days of receipt by the Owner Trustee from the Master Servicer of notice of such termination, which notice given by the Owner Trustee shall state (i) the Payment Date upon or
with respect to which final payment of the Certificates shall be made upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office of the Indenture Trustee therein designated, (ii) the amount of any such final payment and (iii) that the Record
Date otherwise applicable to such Payment Date is not applicable, payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office of the Indenture Trustee therein specified. The Owner Trustee shall give such notice to the
Certificate Registrar (if other than the Owner Trustee) and the Indenture Trustee at the time such notice is given to Certificateholders. Upon presentation and surrender of Certificates, subject to Section 3808 of the Statutory Trust Statute,
amounts distributable on such Payment Date pursuant to the terms of the Indenture. 
  
 (d) In the event that Certificateholders shall not surrender their Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date specified in the above mentioned written notice, the Owner Trustee shall give a second
written notice to Certificateholders to surrender the Certificates for cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice the Ownership Interest shall not have been surrendered for
cancellation, the Owner Trustee may take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of the Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds
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subject to this Agreement. Any funds remaining in the Trust after exhaustion of such remedies shall be distributed by the Indenture Trustee to the
Certificateholders. 
  
 (e) Upon the winding up of the Trust in
accordance with Section 3808 of the Statutory Trust Statute and its termination, the Owner Trustee shall cause the Certificate of Trust to be canceled by filing a certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3810 of the Statutory Trust Statute. 
  
 ARTICLE XI 
  
 SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND
ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES 
  
 Section 11.01. Eligibility
Requirements for Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee shall at all times be a corporation or banking association satisfying the provisions of Section 3807(a) of the Statutory Trust Statute; authorized to exercise trust powers; having a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authorities; and having (or having a parent that has) a rating of at least “Baa3” by Moody’s and “A-1” by S&P (or
otherwise acceptable to the Rating Agencies) and being acceptable to the Note Insurer. If such entity shall publish reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority,
then for the purpose of this Section 11.01, the combined capital and surplus of such entity shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the Owner
Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11.01, the Owner Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 11.02. 
  
 Section 11.02. Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee. The Owner
Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving written notice thereof to the Trust, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, the Backup Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Insurer. Upon receiving such
notice of resignation, the Note Insurer may (and, if the Note Insurer fails to do so, the Sponsor shall promptly) appoint a successor Owner Trustee (acceptable to the Note Insurer) by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument
shall be delivered to the resigning Owner Trustee and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee. If no successor Owner Trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within thirty (30) days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the resigning Owner Trustee or the Note Insurer may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Owner Trustee. 
  

If at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.01 and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Certificateholders or the Sponsor, or if at any time the Owner Trustee shall be legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Owner Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or
any public officer shall take charge or control of the Owner Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the Note Insurer, or the Certificateholders or the Sponsor with the written
consent of the Note Insurer, may remove the Owner Trustee. If the Certificateholders or the Sponsor or the Note Insurer shall remove the Owner Trustee under the authority of the immediately preceding 

  

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sentence, the Note Insurer, or the Sponsor with the written consent of the Note Insurer, shall promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee by written
instrument in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the outgoing Owner Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee and payment of all fees owed to the outgoing Owner Trustee. 
  
 Any resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee and appointment of a
successor Owner Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 11.02 shall not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 11.03, written approval by the Note Insurer and payment of
all fees and expenses owed to the outgoing Owner Trustee. The Master Servicer shall provide notice of such resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee to each of the Rating Agencies, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Insurer. 
  
 Section 11.03. Successor Owner Trustee. Any successor Owner Trustee
appointed pursuant to Section 11.02 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Trust, the Sponsor, the Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer and to its predecessor Owner Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment under this Agreement, and
thereupon, subject to the payment of all fees and expenses owed to the outgoing Owner Trustee, the resignation or removal of the predecessor Owner Trustee shall become effective and such successor Owner Trustee (if acceptable to the Note Insurer),
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties, and obligations of its predecessor under this Agreement, with like effect as if originally named as Owner Trustee. The predecessor Owner
Trustee shall upon payment of its fees and expenses deliver to the successor Owner Trustee all documents and statements and moneys held by it under this Agreement; and the Sponsor and the predecessor Owner Trustee shall execute and deliver such
instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required for fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor Owner Trustee all such rights, powers, duties, and obligations. 
  
 No successor Owner Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Owner Trustee shall be eligible pursuant to Section 11.01. 
  
 Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to this Section 11.03, the Sponsor shall mail notice of the successor of such Owner
Trustee to the Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders, the Note Insurer and the Rating Agencies. If the Sponsor fails to mail such notice within ten (10) days after acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner Trustee, the
successor Owner Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Sponsor. 
  
 Any successor Owner Trustee appointed pursuant to this Section 11.03 shall file an amendment to the Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State identifying the name and principal place of business of such
successor Owner Trustee in the State of Delaware. 
  
 Section
11.04. Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee. Any corporation or banking association into which the Owner Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any corporation or banking association resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Owner Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or banking association succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the 

  

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Owner Trustee, shall be the successor of the Owner Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation or banking association shall be eligible pursuant to Section
11.01, without the execution or filing of any instrument or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, except the filing of an amendment to the Certificate of Trust, if appropriate, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding;
provided, further, that the Owner Trustee shall mail notice of such merger, conversion or consolidation to the Rating Agencies and; provided, further, that the Owner Trustee shall file an amendment to the Certificate of
Trust as required under Section 11.03 above. 
  
 Section 11.05.
Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee. 
  
 (a)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Owner Trust Estate or any Mortgaged Property may at the time be located, and for the
purpose of performing certain duties and obligations of the Owner Trustee with respect to the Trust and the Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by
the Owner Trustee and acceptable to the Note Insurer to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Owner Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Owner Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person, in such capacity, such
title to the Trust, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 11.05, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Note Insurer and the Owner Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or
separate trustee under this Agreement shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee pursuant to Section 11.01 and no notice of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required pursuant to Section
11.03. 
  
 (b) Each separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the
extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provision and conditions: 
  
 (i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Owner Trustee shall be conferred upon and exercised or
performed by the Owner Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Owner Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent
that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed, the Owner 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 singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Owner Trustee; 
  
 (ii) no trustee under this Agreement shall be personally
liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee under this Agreement; and 
  
 (iii) the Owner Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee. 
  
 (c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Owner Trustee shall be
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instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee, other than this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement and to the conditions of this Article XI.
Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of appointment, shall be vested with the estates specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Owner 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 Owner Trustee. Each such instrument shall be filed with the Owner
Trustee. 
  
 (d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any
time appoint the Owner Trustee as its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or
co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Owner Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new
or successor trustee. 
  
 ARTICLE XII 
  
 MISCELLANEOUS 
  
 Section 12.01. Supplements and Amendments. This Agreement may be
amended by the Sponsor, the Seller and the Owner Trustee, with the prior written consent of the Note Insurer, and with prior written notice to the Rating Agencies, but without the consent of any of the Noteholders, the Certificateholders or the
Indenture Trustee, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions in this Agreement or for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions in this Agreement or of modifying in
any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders; provided, however, such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Noteholder or Certificateholder. An amendment described above
shall be deemed not to adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Noteholder if the party requesting the amendment satisfies the Rating Agency Condition with respect to such amendment. 
  
 This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Sponsor, the
Seller and the Owner Trustee, with the prior written consent of the Rating Agencies and with the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer, the Noteholders evidencing more than 50% of the Note Principal Balance of the
Outstanding Notes of all of the Classes and the Certificateholders evidencing more than 50% of the Percentage Interests of the Trust, 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 Noteholders or the Certificateholders; provided, however, no such amendment shall (a) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of,
collections of payments on the Mortgage Loans or distributions that shall be required to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders, the Certificateholders or the Note Insurer, (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Outstanding Principal Balance
of the Notes or the Percentage Interests required to consent to any such amendment, in either case of clause (a) or (b) without the consent of the holders of all the outstanding Notes, the Note Insurer and the Certificateholders of all the
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 Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Sponsor shall furnish written
notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to the Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer and each of the Rating Agencies. 
  

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Certificateholders, the Noteholders or the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section to approve the
particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Certificateholders provided for in this Agreement
or in any other Basic Document) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Owner Trustee may prescribe. 
  
 Promptly after the execution of any amendment to the Certificate of Trust,
the Owner Trustee shall cause the filing of such amendment with the Secretary of State. 
  
 Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement or the Certificate of Trust, the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is
authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent have been met. The Owner Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects the Owner Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities
under this Agreement or otherwise. 
  
 Section 12.02. No Legal
Title to Owner Trust Estate in Certificateholders. The Certificateholders shall not have legal title to any part of the Owner Trust Estate. The Certificateholders shall be entitled to receive distributions with respect to their undivided
beneficial ownership interest therein only in accordance with Articles VI and X. No transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, of any right, title, or interest of the Certificateholders to and in their ownership interest in the Owner Trust Estate
shall operate to terminate this Agreement or the trusts hereunder or entitle any transferee to an accounting or to the transfer to it of legal title to any part of the Owner Trust Estate. 
  
 Section 12.03. Limitations on Rights of Others. The provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the
Owner Trustee, the Sponsor, the Seller, the Certificateholders, the Note Insurer and, to the extent expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, and nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed
to give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the Owner Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein. 
  
 Section 12.04. Notices. (a) Unless otherwise expressly specified or
permitted by the terms hereof, all communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given if (1) personally delivered, (2) upon receipt by the intended recipient or three Business Days after
mailing if mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid (except that notice to the Owner Trustee shall be deemed given only upon actual receipt by the Owner Trustee), (3) sent by express courier delivery service and received by the intended recipient
or (4) except with respect to notices sent to the Owner Trustee, transmitted by telex or facsimile transmission (or any other type of electronic transmission agreed upon by the parties and confirmed by a writing delivered by any of the means
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addresses: (i) if to the Owner Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office; (ii) if to the Sponsor, Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., 15090 Avenue of Science, San
Diego, California 92128, Attention: General Counsel, telecopy: (858) 676-2170; and (iii) if to the Note Insurer, Financial Guaranty Insurance Company, 125 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017, Attention: Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2,
telecopy: (212) 312-3225; or, as to each such party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party. 
  
 (b) Any notice required or permitted to be given to a Certificateholder 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, whether or not the Certificateholder receives such notice. 

 
 Section 12.05. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that
is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 
  
 Section 12.06. Separate Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed
and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 
  
 Section 12.07. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements contained herein shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the
Sponsor, the Note Insurer, the Owner Trustee and its successors and each Certificateholder and its successors and permitted assigns, all as herein provided. Any request, notice, direction, consent, waiver or other instrument or action by a
Certificateholder shall bind the successors and assigns of such Certificateholder. 
  
 Section 12.08. No Petition. The Owner Trustee, by entering into this Agreement, each Certificateholder, by accepting a Certificate, and the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder by accepting the benefits of
this Agreement, hereby covenant and agree that they will not at any time institute against the Seller or the Trust, or join in any institution against the Seller or the Trust of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States Federal or state bankruptcy law in connection with any obligations relating to the Certificates, the Notes, this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents. 
  
 This Section 12.08 will survive for one year and one day following the
termination of this Agreement. 
  
 Section 12.09. No
Recourse. Each Certificateholder by accepting a Certificate acknowledges that such Certificateholder’s Certificate represents a beneficial interest in the Trust only and does not represent an interest in or an obligation of the Master
Servicer, the Backup Servicer, the Sponsor, the Owner Trustee or any Affiliate thereof and no recourse may be had against such parties or their assets, except as may be expressly set forth or contemplated in this Agreement, the Certificates or the
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 Section 12.10. Headings. The headings of the various Articles and Sections herein are for
convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof. 
  
 Section 12.11. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS. 
  
 Section 12.12. Grant of Certificateholder Rights to Note Insurer. (a) In consideration for the issuance of the Certificates and for the guarantee
of the Notes by the Note Insurer pursuant to the Note Insurance Policy, the Certificateholders hereby grant to the Note Insurer the right to act as the holder of 100% of the outstanding Certificates for the purpose of exercising the rights hereunder
of the Certificateholders under this Agreement without the consent of the Certificateholders, including the voting rights of such Certificateholders hereunder, but excluding those rights requiring the consent of all such Certificateholders, and any
rights of such Certificateholders to distributions under the Indenture and the other Basic Documents; provided, that the preceding grant of rights to the Note Insurer by the Certificateholders shall be subject to Section 12.14. 
  
 (b) [Reserved]. 
  
 (c) The duties and responsibilities of the Owner Trustee shall be limited to those expressly provided for in this Agreement.
The parties hereto agree that except for purposes of the foregoing sentence, the Owner Trustee shall have no management responsibilities or owe any fiduciary duties to the Note Insurer (or the Noteholders in the event they succeed to the Note
Insurer’s rights). 
  
 (d) Whenever in connection with its
performance under this Agreement the Owner Trustee receives inconsistent notices or advice from the Note Insurer and the Certificateholders, the Owner Trustee shall, in the absence of a Note Insurer Default, take the action required by the notices
or advice received from the Note Insurer. 
  
 Section 12.13.
Third-Party Beneficiaries. The Indenture Trustee and the Note Insurer are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Indenture Trustee and the Note Insurer;
provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as a Note Insurer Default is continuing with respect to its obligations under the Note Insurance Policy, the Certificateholders shall succeed to the Note Insurer’s rights
hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all covenants and agreements in this Agreement that expressly confer rights upon the Note Insurer shall be for the benefit of and run directly to the Note Insurer, and the Note Insurer
shall be entitled to rely on and enforce such covenants to the same extent as if it were a party to this Agreement. 
  
 Section 12.14. Suspension and Termination of Note Insurer’s Rights. During the continuation of a Note Insurer Default, rights granted or
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distributions of reimbursements to the Note insurer as set forth in the Indenture and the Insurance Agreement and the Note Insurer shall retain those rights
under Section 12.01 to consent to any amendment of this Agreement. 
  
 At such time as either (i) the outstanding Note Principal Balance of the Notes has been reduced to zero or (ii) the Note Insurance Policy has been terminated and in either case of (i) or (ii) the Note Insurer has been reimbursed for all
amounts owed under the Note Insurance Policy and the Insurance Agreement (and the Note Insurer no longer has any obligation under the Note Insurance Policy), then the rights and benefits granted or reserved to the Note Insurer hereunder (including
the rights to direct certain actions and receive certain notices) shall terminate and the Certificateholders shall be entitled to the exercise of such rights and to receive such benefits of the Note Insurer following such termination to the extent
that such rights and benefits are applicable to the Certificateholders. 
  
 Section 12.15. Master Servicer. The Master Servicer is authorized to prepare, or cause to be prepared, execute and deliver on behalf of the Trust all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it
shall be the duty of the Trust, the Sponsor or Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Basic Documents. Upon written request, the Owner Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Master Servicer a limited power of attorney appointing
the Master Servicer the Trust’s agent and attorney-in-fact to prepare, or cause to be prepared, execute and deliver all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions. 
  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective
officers hereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	 ACCREDITED HOME LENDERS, INC.,
 as Sponsor

		
	By:	 	 /s/ David E. Hertzel

	Name:	 	David E. Hertzel
	Title:	 	GC, AVP & Ass’t Sec’y
	
	 ACCREDITED MORTGAGE LOAN REIT TRUST,
 as Seller

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Charles O. Ryan

	 	 	Name: Charles O. Ryan
	 	 	 Title: Securitization Coordinator,
 AVP & Ass’t Sec’y

	
	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Patricia A. Evans

	 	 	Name: Patricia A. Evans
	 	 	Title: Assistant Vice President

  

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 EXHIBIT A 
  
 FORM OF TRUST CERTIFICATE 
  
 THE EQUITY INTEREST IN THE TRUST REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS EQUITY INTEREST MAY BE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OFFERED OR SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF (INCLUDING PLEDGED) BY THE HOLDER HEREOF ONLY TO (I) A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS
DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE ACT, IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND OF SUCH STATE LAWS OR (II) A PERSON INVOLVED IN THE
ORGANIZATION OR OPERATION OF THE TRUST OR AN AFFILIATE OF SUCH A PERSON WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 3A-7 OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ACCREDITED HOME LENDERS, INC.) IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS
REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND SUCH LAWS. NO PERSON IS OBLIGATED TO REGISTER THIS EQUITY INTEREST UNDER THE ACT OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

  
 NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN SHALL BE
MADE TO ANY PERSON UNLESS THE OWNER TRUSTEE HAS RECEIVED A REPRESENTATION LETTER FROM THE TRANSFEREE TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT (I) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME
SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE OF ERISA, (II) A PLAN (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 4975(E)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975
OF THE CODE OR (III) A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA) THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW THAT IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (EACH OF THE FOREGOING,
A “PLAN”) AND IS NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN ON BEHALF OR, AS INVESTMENT MANAGER OF, AS TRUSTEE OF, OR WITH THE ASSETS OF A PLAN. 
  
 THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS, PRIOR TO SUCH
DISPOSITION, THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE OWNER TRUSTEE AND THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR A CERTIFICATE STATING THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE (A) AGREES TO BE BOUND BY AND TO ABIDE BY THE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE; (B) IS
NOT AN ENTITY THAT WILL HOLD THIS CERTIFICATE AS NOMINEE TO FACILITATE THE CLEARANCE AND SETTLEMENT OF SUCH SECURITY THROUGH ELECTRONIC BOOK-ENTRY CHANGES IN ACCOUNTS OF PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS; AND (C) UNDERSTANDS THAT IT MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
ITS PERCENTAGE INTEREST OF THE TAXABLE INCOME RELATING TO THIS CERTIFICATE. 
  

			
	 Certificate No. 1
	 	Percentage Interest: 100%

  
 THIS CERTIFIES THAT
Accredited Mortgage Loan REIT Trust (the “Certificateholder”) is the registered owner of a 100% Percentage Interest in Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2 (the “Trust”) existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware and created pursuant to that certain Trust Agreement, dated as of May 10, 2004, as amended and restated on May 26, 2004 (as amended and restated, the “Trust Agreement”), by and among Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., as
sponsor, Accredited Mortgage Loan REIT Trust, as seller, and Wilmington Trust Company, not its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee under the Trust Agreement (the “Owner Trustee”). This also certifies that the
Certificateholder is the owner of a 100% Percentage Interest in Sub-Trust 1 and Sub-Trust 2. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Trust Agreement. The Owner Trustee, on behalf of the
Trust and not in its individual capacity, has executed this Certificate by one of its duly authorized signatories as set forth below. This Certificate is one of the Certificates referred to in the Trust Agreement and is issued under and is subject
to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Trust Agreement to which the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof agrees and by which the Certificateholder hereof is bound. Reference is hereby made to the Trust Agreement for the
rights of the Certificateholder, as well as for the terms and conditions of the Trust created by the Trust Agreement. 
  
 The recitals contained herein (other than the signature and countersignature of the Owner Trustee) shall be taken as the statements of the Sponsor, and
the Owner Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. 
  
 The Certificateholder, by its acceptance hereof, agrees not to transfer this Certificate except in accordance with terms and provisions of the Trust Agreement. 
  
 The Certificateholder, by its acceptance hereof, acknowledges that such
Certificateholder’s Certificate represents a beneficial interest in the Trust only and does not represent an interest in or an obligation of the Master Servicer, the Backup Servicer, the Seller, the Sponsor, the Owner Trustee or any Affiliate
thereof and no recourse may be had against such parties or their assets, except as may be expressly set forth or contemplated herein, in the Trust Agreement or the other Basic Documents. 
  
 THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT
OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and not in its individual capacity, has
caused this Certificate to be duly executed. 
  

			
	 ACCREDITED MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2004-2

	
	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement
		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	

	 	 	Authorized Signatory

  
 Dated: May 26, 2004 

 
 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 
  
 This is one of the Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Trust
Agreement. 
  

			
	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement
		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	

	 	 	Authorized Signatory

  
 Dated: May 26, 2004 

 

 A-3 

 ASSIGNMENT 
  

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfer unto 
  
 PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY 
 OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER 
 OF ASSIGNEE 
  

 (Please print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of assignee) 
  

 the within instrument, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing                     , Attorney, to transfer said Instrument on the books of the Certificate Registrar, with full power of
substitution in the premises. 
  
 Dated: 
  

					
			
	By:	 	 	 	 */

	 	 	
	 	 
	 	 	 Signature Guaranteed:
	 	 
			
	By:	 	 	 	 */

	 	 	
	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 

	*/	NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Instrument in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or
any change whatever. Such signature must be guaranteed by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or a commercial bank or trust company. 

  

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 EXHIBIT B 
  
 FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRUST 
  
 CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF 
 ACCREDITED MORTGAGE
LOAN TRUST 2004-2 
  
 THIS CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF ACCREDITED
MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2004-2 (the “Trust”), is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as trustee, to form a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12 Del. Code, § 3801 et seq.)(the “Act”).

  
 1. Name. The name of the statutory
trust formed hereby is Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2. 
  
 2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the Trust in the State of Delaware are Wilmington Trust Company, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Corporate
Trust Administration. 
  
 3. Series.
Pursuant to Section 3806(b)(2) of the Act, the Trust shall issue one or more series of beneficial interests having the rights and preferences set forth in the Governing instrument of the Trust, as the same may be amended from time to time (each, a
“Series” or “Sub-Trust”). 
  
 4. Notice of Limitation of Liabilities of each Series. Pursuant to Section 3804(a) of the Act, there shall be a limitation on liabilities of each Series such that (a) the debts, liabilities, obligations and
expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to a particular Series shall be enforceable against the assets of such Series only, and not against the assets of the Trust generally or the assets of any other Series thereof and
(b) none of the debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to the Trust generally or any other Series thereof shall be enforceable against the assets of such Series. 
  
 5. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be
effective upon filing. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, has duly executed this Certificate of Trust in accordance with
Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act. 
  

			
	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee
		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	

	 	 	 Name:

	 	 	 Title:

  

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 EXHIBIT C 
  
 FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER 
                     ,          
  
 Accredited Home Lenders, Inc. 
 15030 Avenue of Science 
 San Diego, California 92128 
  
 Wilmington Trust Company 
 1100 North Market
Street 
 Wilmington, Delaware 19890 
 Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration 
  

	 	Re:	Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2 (the “Trust”) Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2004-2 

  
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
  
                                       
       (the “Certificateholder”) has purchased or acquired, or intends to purchase or acquire from
                    , the current Certificateholder (the “Current Certificateholder”), a Trust Certificate representing a
100% Percentage Interest (the “Certificate”) in the Trust, which represents an interest in the Trust created pursuant to that certain Trust Agreement, dated as of May 10, 2004, as amended and restated on May 26, 2004 (the
“Trust Agreement”), by and among Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., as Sponsor, Accredited Mortgage Loan REIT Trust, as Seller and Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner Trustee. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have
the meanings assigned to such terms in the Trust Agreement. 
  
 CERTIFICATION 
  
 The undersigned, as an authorized
officer or agent of the Certificateholder, hereby certifies, represents, warrants and agrees on behalf of the Certificateholder as follows: 
  
 1. The Certificateholder is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it was formed and is
authorized to invest in the Certificate. The person executing this letter on behalf of the Certificateholder is duly authorized to do so on behalf of the Certificateholder. 
  
 2. The Certificateholder hereby acknowledges that no transfer of the Certificate may be made unless such transfer is exempt
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”); and applicable state securities laws, or is made in accordance with the Securities Act and such laws. 
  
 3. The Certificateholder understands that the Certificate has not been and
will not be registered under the Securities Act and may be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred to a person whom the transferor reasonably believes is (A) a qualified institutional 

  

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buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or (B) a Person involved in the organization or operation of the Trust or an affiliate of such
Person, in a transaction pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any such state securities laws. The
Certifcateholder understands that the Certificate bears a legend to the foregoing effect. 
  
 4. The Certificateholder is acquiring the Certificate for its own account or for accounts for which it exercises sole investment discretion, and not with a view to or for sale or other transfer in connection with any
distribution of the Certificate in any manner that would violate Section 5 of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws, subject nevertheless to any requirement of law that the disposition of the Certificateholder’s property
shall at all times be and remain within its control. 
  
 5. The
Certificateholder is (A) a “qualified institutional buyer” (a “QIB”) as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and is aware that the transferor of the Certificate may be relying on an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and is acquiring such Certificate for its own account or for the account of one or more qualified institutional buyers for whom it is authorized to act, or (B) a Person involved in the organization or
operation of the Trust or an affiliate of such Person within the meaning of Rule 3a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (including, but not limited to, the Sponsor). The Certificateholder is able to bear the economic risks of such an
investment. The Certificateholder is a QIB because [STATE FACTUAL BASIS FOR QIB STATUS]. 
  
 6. If the Certificateholder sells or otherwise transfers the registered ownership of such Certificate, the Certificateholder will comply with the restrictions and requirements with respect to the transfer of the
ownership of the Certificate under the Trust Agreement, and the Certificateholder will obtain from any subsequent purchaser or transferee substantially the same certifications, representations, warranties and covenants as required under the Trust
Agreement in connection with such subsequent sale or transfer thereof. 
  
 7. The Certificateholder is not an entity that will hold a Certificate as nominee (a “Book Entry Nominee”) to facilitate the clearance and settlement of such security through electronic book-entry changes in Accounts or
participating organizations. 
  
 8. The Certificateholder is not a
Plan and is not, directly or indirectly, purchasing such Certificate on behalf of, as investment manager of, as named fiduciary of, as trustee of, or with assets of a Plan. 
  
 9. The Certificateholder hereby agrees to indemnify each of the Trust, the Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer, and the
Owner Trustee against any liability that may result if the Certificateholder’s transfer of a Certificate (or any portion thereof) is not exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or
is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. Such indemnification of the Trust, the Indenture Trustee, and the Owner Trustee shall survive the termination of the related Trust Agreement. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificateholder has caused this instrument to be executed on its behalf
pursuant to the authority of its Board of Directors, by its duly authorized signatory this              day of
                    ,         . 
  

			
	 [NAME OF CERTIFICATEHOLDER]

		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	

	 	 	 Name:

	 	 	 Title:

  

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 EXHIBIT D 
  
 FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE 
                     ,          
  
 Accredited Home Lenders, Inc. 
 15030 Avenue of Science 
 San Diego, California 92128 
  
 Wilmington Trust Company 
 1100 North Market
Street 
 Wilmington, Delaware 19890 
 Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration 
  
 Re: Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2 (the
“Trust”) Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2004-2 
  
 Ladies and
Gentlemen: 
  
 In connection with our disposition of the
above-referenced Asset-Backed Certificates (the “Certificates”) we certify that (i) we understand that the Certificates have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and are
being transferred by us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and (ii) 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 which would result in, a violation of Section 5 of the Act. 
  
 Dated: 
  

			
	 [NAME OF TRANSFEROR]

		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	

	 	 	 Authorized Officer

  

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