Document:

EX-10.10

 

Exhibit
10.10

BRIDGE FACILITY CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of

February 28, 2006

among

THE TDL GROUP CORP.

as Borrower

and

TIM HORTONS INC. and certain of its Canadian Subsidiaries

as Guarantors

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., TORONTO BRANCH

as Lender

and

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

as Lender

 

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	ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS
	 	 	1	 
	1.1 Defined Terms
	 	 	1	 
	1.2 Terms Generally
	 	 	18	 
	1.3 Accounting Terms; GAAP
	 	 	19	 
	1.4 Time
	 	 	19	 
	1.5 Permitted Liens
	 	 	19	 
	1.6 Limitation Regarding Subsidiaries
	 	 	19	 
	ARTICLE 2 THE CREDIT
	 	 	19	 
	2.1 Commitments
	 	 	19	 
	2.2 Loans and Borrowings
	 	 	20	 
	2.3 Requests for Borrowings
	 	 	20	 
	2.4 Funding of Borrowings
	 	 	21	 
	2.5 Interest and Acceptance Fees
	 	 	21	 
	2.6 Termination and Reduction of Commitments
	 	 	23	 
	2.7 Repayment of Loans
	 	 	23	 
	2.8 Evidence of Debt
	 	 	23	 
	2.9 Prepayments
	 	 	23	 
	2.10 Fees
	 	 	24	 
	2.11 Bankers’ Acceptances
	 	 	24	 
	2.12 Increased Costs; Illegality
	 	 	27	 
	2.13 Break Funding Payments
	 	 	28	 
	2.14 Taxes
	 	 	29	 
	2.15 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs
	 	 	30	 
	2.16 Currency Indemnity
	 	 	31	 
	2.17 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
	 	 	31	 
	ARTICLE 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	32	 
	3.1 Organization; Powers
	 	 	32	 
	3.2 Authorization; Enforceability
	 	 	32	 
	3.3 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts
	 	 	32	 
	3.4 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect
	 	 	33	 
	3.5 Litigation and Contingent Obligations
	 	 	33	 

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	3.6 Compliance with Laws
	 	 	34	 
	3.7 ERISA
	 	 	34	 
	3.8 Taxes
	 	 	34	 
	3.9 Titles to Real Property
	 	 	34	 
	3.10 Titles to Personal Property
	 	 	34	 
	3.11 Canadian Pension Plans
	 	 	34	 
	3.12 Disclosure
	 	 	35	 
	3.13 Defaults
	 	 	35	 
	3.14 Investment Company Act
	 	 	35	 
	3.15 Subsidiaries
	 	 	35	 
	3.16 Insurance
	 	 	35	 
	3.17 Solvency
	 	 	35	 
	3.18 Public Utility Holding Company Act
	 	 	36	 
	3.19 Environmental Matters
	 	 	36	 
	3.20 Intellectual Property Rights
	 	 	36	 
	3.21 Regulation U
	 	 	36	 
	3.22 Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions
	 	 	36	 
	ARTICLE 4 CONDITIONS
	 	 	36	 
	4.1 Effective Date
	 	 	36	 
	4.2 Other Conditions
	 	 	39	 
	ARTICLE 5 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	40	 
	5.1 Financial Statements and Other Information
	 	 	40	 
	5.2 Existence; Conduct of Business
	 	 	42	 
	5.3 Payment of Tax Obligations
	 	 	42	 
	5.4 Maintenance of Properties
	 	 	42	 
	5.5 Books and Records; Inspection Rights
	 	 	42	 
	5.6 Compliance with Laws
	 	 	42	 
	5.7 Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit
	 	 	42	 
	5.8 Further Assurances
	 	 	42	 
	5.9 Insurance
	 	 	43	 
	5.10 Additional Subsidiary Guarantees
	 	 	43	 

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	5.11 Financial Covenants
	 	 	43	 
	5.12 Ownership of Guarantors
	 	 	44	 
	ARTICLE 6 NEGATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	44	 
	6.1 Indebtedness
	 	 	44	 
	6.2 Liens
	 	 	45	 
	6.3 Merger; Dissolution
	 	 	48	 
	6.4 Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions
	 	 	48	 
	6.5 Sale of Assets
	 	 	49	 
	6.6 Restricted Payments
	 	 	50	 
	6.7 Transactions with Affiliates
	 	 	51	 
	6.8 Restrictive Agreements
	 	 	51	 
	6.9 Fiscal Periods
	 	 	51	 
	ARTICLE 7 EVENTS OF DEFAULT
	 	 	51	 
	7.1 Events of Default
	 	 	51	 
	ARTICLE 8 THE LENDERS
	 	 	55	 
	8.1 Agreement of Lenders
	 	 	55	 
	ARTICLE 9 MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	56	 
	9.1 Notices
	 	 	56	 
	9.2 Waivers; Amendments
	 	 	57	 
	9.3 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
	 	 	57	 
	9.4 Successors and Assigns
	 	 	60	 
	9.5 Survival
	 	 	62	 
	9.6 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
	 	 	62	 
	9.7 Severability
	 	 	62	 
	9.8 Right of Set Off
	 	 	62	 
	9.9 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
	 	 	63	 
	9.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
	 	 	63	 
	9.11 Headings
	 	 	64	 
	9.12 Confidentiality
	 	 	64	 

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Exhibits:

Exhibit B  —  Form of Borrowing Request

Exhibit C  —  Form of Assignment and Assumption

Annex 1 — Standard Terms & Conditions

Exhibit D  —  Form of Compliance Certificate

Schedules:

Schedule A  —  Commitments

Schedule B  —  Disclosed Matters

Schedule C  —  Existing Permitted Liens

Schedule D  —  Guarantors

Schedule E  —  Excluded Swap Transactions

Schedule 3.3  —  Exceptions to Representation 3.3 — Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts

Schedule 3.5  —  Exceptions to Representation 3.5 — Litigation

Schedule 3.15  —  Subsidiaries

Schedule 6.1  —  Existing Indebtedness

Schedule 6.2  —  Permitted Liens

Schedule 6.4  —  Other Investments

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BRIDGE FACILITY CREDIT AGREEMENT

          THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT is dated as of February 28, 2006 and is entered into among THE TDL GROUP
CORP., as Borrower, TIM HORTONS INC. and certain of its Subsidiaries as Guarantors, JPMORGAN CHASE
BANK, N.A., TORONTO BRANCH, as Lender, and ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Lender.

RECITALS

A. The Lenders have agreed to provide the Credit to the Borrower.

B. THI and certain Canadian Subsidiaries of THI have agreed to guarantee the obligations of the
Borrower in connection herewith.

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

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

     “Acceptance Fee” means a fee payable by the Borrower to the Lenders in Canadian
Dollars with respect to the acceptance of a B/A or the making of a B/A Equivalent Loan, calculated
on the face amount of the B/A or the B/A Equivalent Loan at a rate per annum equal to the
Applicable Margin from time to time in effect on the basis of the actual number of days in the
applicable Contract Period (including the date of acceptance and excluding the date of maturity)
and a year of 365 days, (it being agreed that the Applicable Margin in respect of a B/A Equivalent
Loan is equivalent to the Applicable Margin otherwise applicable to the B/A Borrowing which has
been replaced by the making of such B/A Equivalent Loan pursuant to Section 2.11 (h)).

     “Acquisition” means any transaction, or any series of related transactions,
consummated after the Closing Date, by which any Credit Party directly or indirectly, by means of a
take-over bid, tender offer, amalgamation, merger, purchase of assets or otherwise (a) acquires
any business or all or substantially all of the assets of any Person engaged in any business, (b)
acquires control of securities of a Person engaged in an business representing more than 50% of the
ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing position if the business
affairs of such Person are managed by a board of directors or other governing body, (c) acquires
control of more than 50% of the ownership interest in any Person engaged in any business that is
not managed by a board of directors or other governing body, or (d) otherwise acquires Control of a
Person engaged in a business.

     “Adjusted Consolidated Total Debt” means, without duplication, all Indebtedness of THI
and its Subsidiaries, including current maturities of such Indebtedness, determined on a
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     “Advertising Entity” means (i) Tims National Advertising Program, Inc. and Tim Hortons
Advertising and Promotion Fund (Canada) Inc., or any successor thereto which performs substantially
the same function, and (ii) any other Person acceptable to the Lenders which performs substantially
the same function (and only that function) as the Persons listed in paragraph (i).

     “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common
Control with, such Person.

     “Agreement” means this credit agreement.

     “Applicable Margin” means, on any date during the period from the Closing Date until
the date that is one day prior to the date that is six (6) months following the Closing Date, 0.75%
per annum; and (ii) for the period commencing on the date that is six months following the Closing
Date until all Loans and other amounts outstanding hereunder have been fully repaid, 1.00% per
annum.

     “Applicable Percentage” means with respect to each Lender, the percentage of the total
Commitment represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If any Commitment has terminated or expired,
the Applicable Percentage in respect of the terminated or expired Commitment shall be determined
based upon the amount of Loans outstanding, giving effect to any assignments.

     “Approved Fund” means (a) a CLO, and (b) with respect to any Lender that is a fund
which invests in bank loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in bank
loans or similar extensions of credit and is advised or managed by the same investment advisor as
such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.

     “Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a
Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.4),
and accepted by the other Lenders, in the form of Exhibit C or any other form approved by the
Lenders.

     “Authorization” means, with respect to any Person, any authorization, order, permit,
approval, grant, licence, consent, right, franchise, privilege, certificate, judgment, writ,
injunction, award, determination, direction, decree, by-law, rule or regulation of any Governmental
Authority having jurisdiction over such Person, whether or not having the force of Law.

     “B/A Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of one or more Bankers’ Acceptances or, as
applicable, B/A Equivalent Loans. For greater certainty, unless the context requires otherwise,
all provisions of this Agreement which are applicable to Bankers’ Acceptances are also applicable,
mutatis mutandis, to B/A Equivalent Loans.

     “B/A Equivalent Loan” has the meaning set out in Section 2.11(h).

 

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     “B/A Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of the aggregate outstanding amounts of all
outstanding B/As. The B/A Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of
the total B/A Exposure under the Credit at such time.

     “Bankers’ Acceptance” and “B/A” mean an instrument denominated in Canadian
Dollars, drawn by the Borrower and accepted by a Lender in accordance with this Agreement, and
includes a “depository note” within the meaning of the Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada) and
a bill of exchange within the meaning of the Bills of Exchange Act (Canada).

     “Benefit Plans” means any benefit plan, other than a Pension Plan, in respect of which
any Credit Party makes or has made payments in respect of, on behalf of, or for the benefit of its
employees.

     “BIA” means the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada).

     “Borrower” means The TDL Group Corp., a Nova Scotia corporation.

     “Borrowing” means any availment of the Credit, and includes any Loan, and a rollover
or conversion of any outstanding Loan.

     “Borrowing Request” means, in respect of the Credit, a request by the Borrower for a
Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.3 substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

     “Business Day” means any day that is not (i) a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in Toronto, Ontario are authorized or required by applicable Law to remain closed.

     “Canadian Dollars” and “Cdn.$” refer to lawful money of Canada.

     “Canadian Prime Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of one or more Canadian Prime
Loans.

     “Canadian Prime Loan” means a Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars which bears
interest at a rate based upon the Canadian Prime Rate.

     “Canadian Prime Rate” means, on any day, the annual rate of interest (rounded upwards,
if not in an increment of 1/16th of 1%, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greater of (i) the
annual rate of interest announced by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Toronto Branch and in effect as its
prime rate at its principal office in Toronto, Ontario on such day for determining interest rates
on Canadian Dollar-denominated commercial loans in Canada, and (ii) the annual rate of interest
equal to the sum of (A) the one-month CDOR Rate in effect on such day, plus (B) 0.75%.

     “Canadian Resident Lender” means, in respect of a particular Loan, (i) a Lender which
holds such Loan and which is resident in Canada for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada),
and (ii) a Lender which is an “authorized foreign bank”, as defined in section 2 of the

 

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Bank Act (Canada) and in section 248(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), and which holds the Loan as
part of its “Canadian banking business”, as defined in subsection 248(1) of the Income Tax Act
(Canada).

     “Canadian Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Borrower that is incorporated or
organized in Canada.

     “Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay
rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or
personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of
such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.

     “CDOR Rate” means, on any day and for any period, an annual rate of interest equal to
the average rate applicable to Canadian Dollar bankers’ acceptances for the applicable period
appearing on the “Reuters Screen CDOR Page” (as defined in the International Swaps and Derivatives
Association, Inc. 2000 definitions, as modified and amended from time to time), rounded to the
nearest 1/100th of 1% (with .005% being rounded up), at approximately 10:00 a.m., on
such day, or if such day is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day,
provided that if such rate does not appear on the Reuters Screen CDOR Page on such day as
contemplated, then the CDOR Rate on such day shall be calculated as the average of the rates for
such period applicable to Canadian Dollar bankers’ acceptances quoted by the banks listed in
Schedule I of the Bank Act (Canada) as of 10:00 a.m., on such day or, if such day is not a Business
Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day.

     “Change of Control” means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly,
beneficially or of record, by any Person or group of Persons acting jointly or otherwise in
concert, other than Wendy’s, of Equity Securities representing more than 30% of the aggregate
ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Securities of THI; (b)
during any period of twelve (12) consecutive calendar months, the occupation of a majority of the
seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of THI by Persons who were neither (i)
nominated by the board of directors of THI nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated; nor (iii)
nominated or appointed by Wendy’s or any of its Affiliates; or (c) the acquisition of direct or
indirect Control of THI by any Person or group of Persons acting jointly or otherwise in concert,
other than Wendy’s, provided that (i) a reconfiguration of the board of directors of THI in
connection with an IPO or in connection with any subsequent spin-off of the balance of the Equity
Securities of THI shall not constitute a Change of Control, and (ii) the completion of any
subsequent spin-off of the balance of the Equity Securities of THI held by Wendy’s shall not
constitute a Change of Control.

     “Change in Law” means (i) the adoption of any new Law after the date of this
Agreement, (ii) any change in any existing Law or in the interpretation or application thereof by
any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement, or (iii) compliance by any Lender (or,
for purposes of Section 2.12(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s

 

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holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force
of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement.

     “CLO” means any Person (whether a corporation, partnership, trust or otherwise) that
is engaged in making, purchasing , holding or otherwise investing in bank loans and similar
extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and is administered or managed by a
Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender.

     “Closing Date” means the date on which this Agreement is executed and delivered by the
parties hereto.

     “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (a federal statute of the United States
of America), as amended, reformed or otherwise modified from time to time, and any rule or
regulation issued thereunder.

     “Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make
Loans, hereunder. The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set out in Schedule A, or in
the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as
applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Commitments is Cdn.$200,000,000.

     “Commitment Letter” means that certain Bridge Credit Facilities commitment letter
dated as of February 13, 2006 among the Borrower, THI, as a guarantor, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Toronto Branch, as Lender, and Royal Bank of Canada, as Lender, with respect to the Credit.

     “Consolidated EBITDA” means Consolidated Net Income for the previous four Fiscal
Quarters: plus (to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income) (i) provisions for
federal, state, provincial and local income taxes accrued; (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense;
(iii) depreciation and amortization; (iv) extraordinary or non-recurring non-cash losses incurred
other than in the ordinary course of business; and minus (to the extent added in calculating
Consolidated Net Income) (v) extraordinary or non-recurring non-cash gains realized other than in
the normal course of business, all in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis.

     “Consolidated EBITDAR” means, for any period, Consolidated EBITDA plus Consolidated
Rent Expense all as calculated for THI and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP on a
consolidated basis.

     “Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, with reference to any period, the sum of (i)
Consolidated Interest Expense (which includes capitalized interest and the interest component of
capitalized leases); plus (ii) Consolidated Rent Expense; plus (iii) cash dividends paid by THI
during the period from the Closing Date until the date of an IPO; plus (iv) principal payments made
under the Wendy’s Note after the date of the Initial Payment; less (v) the net proceeds received by
THI after the Closing Date in connection with the completion of an IPO if (and to the extent that)
the proceeds thereof are used to repay the Wendy’s Note; and less (vi) the net proceeds received by
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any other public equity or Permitted Subordinated Debt if (and to the extent that) the proceeds
thereof are used to repay the Wendy’s Note.

     “Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with reference to any period, the interest
expense (including capitalized interest and the interest component of Capital Lease Obligations) of
THI and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis for such period in accordance with
GAAP.

     “Consolidated Net Income” means with reference to any period, the consolidated net
income (or loss) of THI and its Subsidiaries for such period, as determined in accordance with
GAAP.

     “Consolidated Rent Expense” means, with reference to any period, all payments under
operating leases and synthetic leases of THI and its Subsidiaries to the extent deducted in
computing Consolidated Net Income, all calculated on a consolidated basis for such period in
accordance with GAAP.

     “Consolidated Tangible Net Worth” means, for THI and its Subsidiaries, the
consolidated stockholders equity of THI, less all goodwill and all items which are defined as
intangibles under GAAP; provided that prior to completion of an IPO, “Consolidated Tangible
Net Worth” shall be increased by an amount equal to the unpaid principal balance of the Wendy’s
Note.

     “Consolidated Total Debt” means, without duplication, all Indebtedness of THI and its
Subsidiaries, including current maturities of such obligations, determined on a consolidated basis
in accordance with GAAP (including, for greater certainty, the indebtedness under the Wendy’s
Note).

     “Contract Period” means the term of a B/A Borrowing selected by the Borrower in
accordance with Section 2.3 (a) (iv) commencing on the date of such B/A Borrowing and expiring on a
Business Day which shall be either one month, two months, three months or, if available, as
determined by the Lenders in good faith, six months thereafter (or such other terms as may be
requested by the Borrower and approved unanimously by the Lenders); provided that (i)
subject to subparagraph (ii) below, each such period which ends on a day that is not a Business Day
shall automatically be extended until the next following Business Day, unless such extension
results in the Contract Period expiring in a later month than the month in which it would otherwise
expire, in which case such period shall be shortened so that it expires on the Business Day
immediately preceding the day on which it would otherwise expire, and (ii) no Contract Period shall
extend beyond the Maturity Date.

     “Control” means, in respect of a particular Person, the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such
Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
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     “Controlled Group” means all members of a controlled group of corporations or other
business entities and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control
which, together with THI or any of its Subsidiaries, are treated as a single employer under Section
414 of the Code.

     “Cover”, when required by this Agreement for Bankers’ Acceptances, shall be effected
by paying to the applicable Lender in immediately available funds, to be held by the applicable
Lender in a collateral account maintained by such Lender at its Payment Office and collaterally
assigned as security, an amount equal to the face amount of all Bankers’ Acceptances outstanding at
such time. Such amount shall be retained by the applicable Lender in such collateral account until
such time as the applicable Bankers’ Acceptances shall have matured.

     “Credit Party” means the Borrower and each Guarantor. For greater certainty,
“Credit Party” shall not include (i) any Immaterial Subsidiary which has not been
designated as a Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.10; (ii) any Advertising Entity; or (iii) any
FIN-46 Entity.

     “Credit” means the Cdn.$200,000,000 term credit established pursuant to the
Commitments of the Lenders.

     “Currency Due” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16.

     “DBRS” shall mean Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited, or its successor.

     “Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which,
upon notice, lapse of time or both, would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

     “Disclosed Matters” means the actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental
matters disclosed in Schedule B.

     “Discount Proceeds” means, for any B/A (or, as applicable, any B/A Equivalent Loan),
an amount (rounded to the nearest whole cent, and with one-half of one cent being rounded up)
calculated on the applicable date of Borrowing by multiplying:

	 	(i)	 	the face amount of the B/A (or, as applicable, the undiscounted amount of the
B/A Equivalent Loan); by
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the quotient of one divided by the sum of one plus the product of:

	 	(A)	 	the Discount Rate (expressed as a decimal) applicable to such
B/A (or as applicable, such B/A Equivalent Loan), multiplied by
	 
	 	(B)	 	a fraction, the numerator of which is the Contract Period of
the B/A (or, as applicable, the B/A Equivalent Loan) and the denominator of
which is 365,

 

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	 	 	 	with such quotient being rounded up or down to the nearest fifth decimal place, and
with .000005 being rounded up.

     “Discount Rate” means, with respect to either a B/A for a particular Contract Period
being purchased by a Lender on any day or a B/A Equivalent Loan being made by a Lender on any day,
(i) for any Lender which is a Schedule I chartered bank under the Bank Act (Canada), the CDOR Rate
on such day for such Contract Period; and (ii) for any other Lender, the lesser of (a) the CDOR
Rate on such day for such Contract Period, plus 0.10%, and (b) the percentage discount rate (which
will be expressed in terms of the CDOR Rate or a spread over the CDOR Rate) quoted by such Lender
as the percentage discount rate at which such Lender would, in accordance with its normal
practices, at or about 10:00 a.m. on such date, be prepared to purchase bankers’ acceptances or
make B/A Equivalent Loans having a face amount and term comparable to the face amount and term of
such B/A or a B/A Equivalent Loan.

     “Effective Date” means the date on which all of the conditions specified in Section
4.1 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 9.2.

     “Environmental Laws” means all federal, provincial, local or foreign laws, rules,
regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgements, injunctions, notices or binding
agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way
to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the generation, use,
handling, collection, treatment, storage, transportation, recovery, recycling, release, threatened
release or disposal of any Hazardous Material, or to health and safety matters.

     “Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any
liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of any
Credit Party directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental
Laws, (b) the generation, use, handling, collection, treatment, storage, transportation, recovery,
recycling or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the
Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment, or (e) any contract,
agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with
respect to any of the foregoing.

     “Equity Securities” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights in, or other equivalents (however designated and whether voting and
non-voting) of, such Person’s capital, whether outstanding on the date hereof or issued after the
date hereof, including any interest in a partnership, limited partnership or other similar Person
and any beneficial interest in a trust, and any and all rights, warrants, debt securities, options
or other rights exchangeable for or convertible into any of the foregoing.

     “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (a federal statute
of the United States of America), as amended from time to time.

     “Event of Default” has the meaning set out in Section 7.1.

 

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     “Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to any Lender, any Lender or any other recipient
of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income
or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its taxable income or net income or capital taxes
(including the large corporations tax imposed under Part I.3 of the Income Tax Act) imposed on (or
measured by) its taxable capital and any substantially similar taxes imposed, in each case by
Canada, the United States or by any other jurisdiction under the Laws of which such recipient is
organized or in which its principal office is located or in which its applicable lending office is
located (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar taxes
imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located; (c) any taxes for which no
payment is required from the Borrower pursuant to Section 9.4(f); and (d) any income or withholding
taxes imposed on a Lender for its failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change of Law)
to comply with Section 2.15(e) and (e) any income or withholding taxes imposed on payments to, or
for the benefit of, any Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under
Section 2.17) on the date such Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new lending office);
provided, however, that clauses (d) and (e) shall not apply to (i) Taxes imposed on
payments to a Lender for a portion of a Loan that such Lender acquired by assignment to the extent
that, immediately prior to the assignment, the party that assigned such portion of the Loan was
entitled to additional payments under Section 2.15(a) for such Taxes (or indemnity under Section
2.15(c) for such Taxes); (ii) Taxes imposed on payments to a Lender for any portion of a Loan that
such Lender acquired by assignment after or during a continuation of a Default; or (iii) Taxes
imposed on a Lender that designates a new lending office to the extent that, immediately prior to
such designation, such Lender was entitled to additional payments under Section 2.15(a) with
respect to such withholding Taxes (or indemnity under Section 2.15(c) for such income Taxes).

     “Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding
principal amount of the Loans advanced by such Lender, plus all unpaid accrued interest, fees and
other amounts owing to such Lender at such time.

     “Fee Letter” means the letter dated on or about the date of the Commitment Letter
among the Lenders, the Borrower and THI relating to the payment of certain fees.

     “FIN-46 Entity” means any franchisee of the Borrower or THI, any franchisee of any
Subsidiary, and any other Person, in each case if such franchisee or other Person is required to be
consolidated by THI in accordance with FIN-46 accounting principles under GAAP, but would not
otherwise be consolidated by THI in accordance with GAAP.

     “Fiscal Quarter” means any fiscal quarter of THI, and “Fiscal Year” means any fiscal
year of THI. The Fiscal Year of THI ends on the Sunday which is closest to December 31 in each
year. The first Fiscal Quarter of THI ends on the date which is 13 weeks after the end of the most
recently completed Fiscal Year; the second Fiscal Quarter of THI ends on the date which is 13 weeks
after the end of the most recently completed first Fiscal Quarter; and the third Fiscal Quarter of
THI ends on the date which is 13 weeks after the end of the most recently completed second Fiscal
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     “Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is not a Canadian Resident Lender.

     “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America
as in effect from time to time.

     “Governmental Authority” means the Government of Canada, the United States of America,
any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether provincial, state, territorial or
local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank, fiscal or
monetary authority or other authority regulating financial institutions, and any other entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or
functions of or pertaining to government, including the Bank Committee on Banking Regulation and
Supervisory Practices of the Bank of International Settlements.

     “Guarantee” of or by any Person (in this definition, the “guarantor”) means
any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic
effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (in this
definition, the “primary credit party”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and
including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance
or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to
purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof
(whether in the form of a loan, advance, stock purchase, capital contribution or otherwise), (b) to
purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such
Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity
capital solvency, or any other balance sheet, income statement or other financial statement
condition or liquidity of the primary credit party so as to enable the primary credit party to pay
such Indebtedness or other obligation, (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit
or letter of guarantee issued to support such Indebtedness or other obligation, and
“Guarantees” shall mean each Guarantee provided by a Guarantor under this Agreement.

     “Guarantor” means (a) each of the entities listed on Schedule D; (b) each future
Material Subsidiary of THI or the Borrower required to provide a guarantee pursuant to Section
5.10; and (c) at any given time, each Immaterial Subsidiary of THI or the Borrower designated at
such time by the Borrower to provide a Guarantee pursuant to Section 5.10, unless the Borrower
shall have revoked the designation of such Person as a Guarantor in accordance with Section 5.10.

     “Hazardous Materials” means any substance, product, liquid, waste, pollutant,
chemical, contaminant, insecticide, pesticide, gaseous or solid matter, organic or inorganic
matter, fuel, micro-organism, ray, odour, radiation, energy, vector, plasma, constituent or
material which (a) is or becomes listed, regulated or addressed under any Environmental Laws, or
(b) is, or is deemed to be, alone or in any combination, hazardous, hazardous waste, toxic, a
pollutant, a deleterious substance, a contaminant or a source of pollution or contamination under
any Environmental Laws, including asbestos, petroleum and polychlorinated biphenyls, including
petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated
biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature
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     “Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of THI which represents less than 5% of
the consolidated gross revenues of THI, and which, together with all other Immaterial Subsidiaries,
represents less than 10% of the consolidated gross revenues of THI, and which has not been
designated as a Guarantor by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.10, unless the Borrower shall have
revoked the designation of such Person as a Guarantor in accordance with Section 5.10.

     “Income Tax Act” means the Income Tax Act (Canada), as amended from time to time.

     “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication: (a) its
liabilities for borrowed money, including bankers’ acceptances, and its redemption obligations in
respect of mandatorily redeemable preferred stock; (b) its liabilities for the deferred purchase
price of property acquired by such Person (excluding accounts payable arising in the ordinary
course of business but including all liabilities created or arising under any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement with respect to any such property); (c) all liabilities appearing
on its balance sheet in accordance with GAAP in respect of capital leases; (d) all liabilities for
borrowed money secured by any Lien with respect to any property owned by such Person (whether or
not it has assumed or otherwise become liable for such liabilities); (e) all its liabilities in
respect of letters of credit or instruments serving a similar function issued or accepted for its
account by banks and other financial institutions (whether or not representing obligations for
borrowed money); (f) the net marked-to-market liability of such Persons under Swap Agreements,
other than certain existing Swap Agreements listed in Schedule E; and (g) any Receivables Facility
Attributed Indebtedness, and (h) any Guarantee by such Person with respect to liabilities of
another Person of a type described in any of clauses (a) through (f) hereof.

     “Indemnified Taxes” means all Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

     “Indemnitee” has the meaning specified in Section 9.3(b).

     “Initial Payment” means the repayment of up to Cdn.$500,000,000 (or U.S.$ Equivalent
thereof) of principal on the Wendy’s Note using, directly or indirectly, proceeds of the Loan,
along with the proceeds of the term loan made under the Senior Facilities.

     “Interest Payment Date” means each Quarterly Date in each calendar year.

     “Investment” means, as applied to any Person (the “investor”), any direct or
indirect purchase or other acquisition by the investor of, or a beneficial interest in, Equity
Securities of any other Person, including any exchange of Equity Securities for Indebtedness, or
any direct or indirect loan, advance (other than advances to employees for moving, travel, tax
equalization for expatriate employees, and other similar type expenses, drawing accounts and
similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business) or capital contribution by the investor to
any other Person, including all Indebtedness and accounts receivable owing to the investor from
such other Person that did not arise from sales or services rendered to such other Person in the
ordinary course of the investor’s business, or any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition
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Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additions
thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or
write-offs with respect to such Investment minus any amounts (a) realized upon the
disposition of assets comprising an Investment (including the value of any liabilities assumed by
any Person other than a Credit Party in connection with such disposition), (b) constituting
repayments of Investments that are loans or advances or (c) constituting cash returns of principal
or capital thereon (including any dividend, redemption or repurchase of equity that is accounted
for, in accordance with GAAP, as a return of principal or capital).

     “IPO” means an initial public offering of Equity Securities by THI.

     “Judgement Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16.

     “Laws” means all federal, provincial, state, municipal, foreign and international
statutes, acts, codes, ordinances, decrees, treaties, rules, regulations, municipal by-laws,
judicial or arbitral or administrative or ministerial or departmental or regulatory judgments,
orders, decisions, rulings or awards or any provisions of the foregoing, including general
principles of common and civil law and equity, and all policies, practices and guidelines of any
Governmental Authority binding on or affecting the Person referred to in the context in which such
word is used (including, in the case of tax matters, any accepted practice or application or
official interpretation of any relevant taxation authority); and “Law” means any one or
more of the foregoing.

     “Lender Affiliate” means, (a) with respect to any Lender, (i) an Affiliate of such
Lender, or (ii)a CLO, and (b) with respect to any Lender that is a fund which invests in bank loans
and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in bank loans and similar extensions
of credit and is managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such
investment advisor.

     “Lenders” means the Persons listed as lenders on Schedule A and any other Person that
shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such
Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.

     “Lien” means, (a) with respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, lien,
pledge, hypothec, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge, security interest, royalty interest, adverse
claim, defect of title or right of set off in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or
a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease, title retention agreement or
consignment agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any
of the foregoing) relating to any asset, (c) any purchase option, call or similar right of a third
party with respect to such assets, (d) any netting arrangement, defeasance arrangement or
reciprocal fee arrangement (other than customary netting arrangements pursuant to any Swap
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     “Loan” means any loan made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement,
and includes any B/A accepted (and any B/A Equivalent Loan purchased) by any Lender hereunder.

     “Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Parent Guarantee, the Subsidiary Guarantee,
the Wendy’s Subordination Agreement, the Borrowing Requests and the Fee Letter, together with any
other document, instrument or agreement (other than participation, agency or similar agreements
among the Lenders or between any Lender and any other bank or creditor with respect to any
indebtedness or obligations of any Credit Party (as applicable) hereunder or thereunder) now or
hereafter entered into in connection with this Agreement, as such documents, instruments or
agreements may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

     “Margin Stock” has the meaning provided in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America as from time to time in effect and any
successor to all or a portion thereof.

     “Material Adverse Change” means any event, development or circumstance that has had or
could have a Material Adverse Effect.

     “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets,
property or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower, THI and their Subsidiaries taken as
a whole, or (b) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the rights and
remedies of the Lenders thereunder (other than any termination thereof in accordance with its
terms).

     “Material Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) of any one or
more Credit Parties in an aggregate principal amount exceeding Cdn.$25,000,000 or the equivalent
thereof in any other currency.

     “Material Subsidiary” means (a) a Subsidiary which is not an Immaterial Subsidiary,
and (b) any Subsidiary not included in paragraph (a) of this definition which the Borrower
designates, by written notice to the Lenders, to be a Material Subsidiary. The Borrower may revoke
any Material Subsidiary designation made by the Borrower pursuant to paragraph (b) of this
definition, by written notice to the Lenders, provided that no Default or Event of Default (i) has
occurred and is continuing at the time of such revocation of such designation, other than a Default
or Event of Default that would cease to exist as a result of such revocation, or (ii) would result
from such revocation of such designation.

     “Maturity Date” means April 28, 2007.

     “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or its successor.

     “Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA, which is covered by Title IV of ERISA and to which THI or any member of the Controlled Group
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     “Operating Property” means any retail restaurant, warehouse, distribution center,
office, land or other facility or real property owned or used by the Borrower, THI or any
Subsidiary; provided that any parcel of land (including all facilities and improvements
thereon) which is owned by the Borrower, THI or any Subsidiary and no part of which is used by the
Borrower, THI or any Subsidiary and no part of which is under construction or development for use
by the Borrower, THI or any Subsidiary shall not constitute Operating Property until such time as
any such use, construction or development begins.

     “Participant” has the meaning set out in Section 9.4.

     “Parent Guarantee” means the guarantee by THI of the obligations of the Borrower under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

     “Payment Office” means, with respect to any Lender, such Lenders’ office located at
the address and to the attention of the individual set out on Schedule A hereto (or such other
office or individual as such Lender may hereafter designate in writing to the other parties
hereto).

     “Pension Plan” means any pension plan in respect of which any Credit Party makes or
has made contributions in respect of its employees.

     “Permitted Acquisition” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(i).

     “Permitted Investments” means (i) short-term obligations of, or fully guaranteed by,
the United States of America, the Government of Canada or any province or territory thereof, and
treasury futures issued by the United States of America, the Government of Canada or any agency or
instrumentality thereof, (ii) commercial paper rated A-1 or better by S&P, or P-1 or better by
Moody’s, or R-1 low or better by DBRS, (iii) demand deposit accounts maintained in the ordinary
course of business, (iv) certificates of deposit issued by and time deposits with commercial banks
(whether domestic or foreign) having capital and surplus in excess of U.S.$100,000,000 (or the
equivalent thereof in any other currency), (v) bankers acceptances, (vi) variable rate demand
notes, (vii) repurchase agreements entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified
in clause (iv) above which are secured by securities of the type described in clause (i) above,
(viii) short-term municipal put option bonds, and (ix) money-market funds, provided that
substantially all of the assets of such funds are comprised of securities otherwise described in
this definition; provided in each case that the same provides for payment of both principal and
interest (and not principal alone or interest alone) and is not subject to any contingency
regarding the payment of principal or interest.

     “Permitted Liens” means Liens permitted under Section 6.2.

     “Permitted Receivables Financing” means any financing by any Credit Party of
Receivables in any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by any Credit
Party pursuant to which the applicable Credit Party sells, conveys or otherwise transfers to
another Person (other than a Credit Party), any Receivables (whether now existing or hereafter
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that (i) the board of directors of THI shall have determined in good faith that such Permitted
Receivables Financing is economically fair and reasonable to the Credit Parties, (ii) all sales of
Receivables and Related Property to the Receivables purchaser are made at fair market value (as
determined in good faith by the board of directors of THI); and (iii) such Permitted Receivables
Financing does not provide for recourse by the purchaser or any other party against any Credit
Party, other than customary indemnification obligations arising as a result of any
misrepresentation relating to eligibility of Receivables sold, conveyed or otherwise transferred
under such Permitted Receivables Financing.

     “Permitted Subordinated Debt” means any Indebtedness incurred by a Credit Party which
is subordinated in right of payment to the prior indefeasible payment in cash of all amounts in
respect of the Credit, matures on a date which is at least six months after the maturity date for
the Credit and is otherwise incurred on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Lenders.

     “Person” includes any natural person, corporation, company, limited liability company,
trust, joint venture, association, unincorporated organization, partnership, Governmental Authority
or other entity.

     “PPSA” means the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario), as amended from time to
time.

     “Purchase Money Lien” means a Lien taken or reserved in personal property to secure
payment of all or part of its purchase price, provided that such Lien (i) secures an amount not
exceeding the lesser of the purchase price of such personal property and the fair market value of
such personal property at the time such Lien is taken or reserved, (ii) extends only to such
personal property and its proceeds, and (iii) is granted prior to or within 30 days after the
purchase of such personal property.

     “Quarterly Date” means the first Business Day of each of the months of January, April,
July and October.

     “Receivable” means the indebtedness and payment obligations of any Person to any
Credit Party or acquired by any Credit Party (including obligations constituting an account or
general intangible or evidenced by a note, instrument, contract, security agreement, chattel paper
or other evidence of indebtedness or security) arising from a sale of merchandise or the provision
of services by such Credit Party or the Person from which such indebtedness and payment obligation
were acquired by such Credit Party, including (a) any right to payment for goods sold or for
services rendered and (b) the right to payment of any interest, sales taxes, finance charges,
returned check or late charges and other obligations of such Person with respect thereto.

     “Receivable Facility Attributed Indebtedness” means the amount of obligations
outstanding under any Permitted Receivables Financing on any date of determination that would be
characterized as principal if such Permitted Receivables Financing were structured as a secured
lending transaction rather than as a purchase, excluding any obligations outstanding that arise in
connection with transfers of loan obligations owing to THI and its Subsidiaries by

 

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franchisees and other related assets that are treated as true sales of financial assets under FASB
Statement No. 140, as in effect from time to time.

     “Registers” has the meaning set out in Section 9.4(c).

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

     “Related Property” shall mean, with respect to each Receivable, (a) all of the
interest of the applicable Credit Party in the goods, if any, sold and delivered to an account
debtor relating to the sale which gave rise to such Receivable, (b) all other security interests or
Liens, and the interest of the applicable Credit Party in the property subject thereto, from time
to time purporting to secure payment of such Receivable, together with all financing statements
describing any collateral securing such Receivable, (c) all guarantees, insurance, letters of
credit and other agreements or arrangements of whatever character from time to time supporting or
securing payment of such Receivable, in the case of clauses (b) and (c), whether pursuant to the
contract related to such Receivable or otherwise or pursuant to any obligations evidenced by a
note, instrument, contract, security agreement, chattel paper or other evidence of indebtedness or
security and the proceeds thereof, and (d) all other assets that are customarily transferred or in
respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization
transactions involving Receivables.

     “Release” is to be broadly interpreted and shall include an actual or potential
discharge, deposit, spill, leak, pumping, pouring, emission, emptying, injection, escape, leaching,
seepage or disposal of a Hazardous Materials which is or may be in breach of any Environmental
Laws.

     “Responsible Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the chairman, the president,
any vice president, the chief executive officer or the chief operating officer, and, in respect of
financial or accounting matters, any chief financial officer, principal accounting officer,
treasurer or controller of such Person.

     “Restricted Payment” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any payment by such
Person (i) of any dividends on any of its Equity Securities, or (ii) on account of, or for the
purpose of setting apart any property for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase,
redemption, retirement or other acquisition of any of its Equity Securities or any Equity
Securities of any other Credit Party, Immaterial Subsidiary, Advertising Entity or FIN-46 Entity,
or any warrants, options or rights to acquire any such Equity Securities, or the making by such
Person of any other distribution in respect of any of such Equity Securities, or (iii) of any
principal of or interest or premium on or of any amount in respect of a sinking or analogous fund
or defeasance fund for any Indebtedness of any Credit Party, ranking in right of payment
subordinate to any liability of such Credit Party under the Loan Documents; or (iv) of any
management, affiliation, consulting or similar fee or payment to Wendy’s or to any Affiliate,
director or officer thereof, so long as Wendy’s owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the
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otherwise have been incurred in the ordinary course of business, so long as Wendy’s owns, directly
or indirectly, more than 50% of the Equity Securities of THI , provided, however, that
notwithstanding anything set forth above to the contrary, any payment (including repayments and
reimbursements) made by, to be made by, or which is contemplated or required to be made by the
Borrower, THI or any Subsidiary to Wendy’s or any Affiliate of Wendy’s under any of the following
agreements (drafts of which have been provided to the Lenders prior to the date hereof) shall not
be considered “Restricted Payments:” Tax Sharing Agreement by and between Wendy’s and THI,
Registration Rights Agreement by and between Wendy’s and THI, Master Separation Agreement by and
between Wendy’s and THI, and Shared Services Agreement by and between Wendy’s and THI (collectively
referred to hereinafter as the “Separation Agreements”), in each case as executed by the parties
thereto in connection with the IPO with such non-material amendments to the drafts thereof provided
to the Lenders prior to the date hereof as may be agreed to by the parties thereto.

     “Rolling Period” means, commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ending January 1, 2006,
each Fiscal Quarter taken together with the three immediately preceding Fiscal Quarters.

     “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of the McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., and its successors.

     “Sale/Leaseback Transaction” means any arrangement with any Person (other than a
Credit Party) providing for the leasing by a Credit Party of property (except a lease for a
temporary period not to exceed three years by the end of which it is intended that the use of such
property by the lessee will be discontinued), which has been or is to be sold or transferred by
such Credit Party to such Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be
advanced by such Person on the security of such property.

     “Senior Facilities” means the credit facilities made available to the Borrower and THI
pursuant to that certain Senior Facilities Credit Agreement dated on or about the date hereof among
the Borrower and THI, as Borrowers, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. as U.S. Administrative Agent, J.P.
Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Toronto Branch and Bank of Nova Scotia, as Co-Canadian Administrative
Agents, and the other Lenders party thereto from time to time.

     “Single Employer Plan” means a U.S. Pension Plan maintained by THI or any member of
the Controlled Group for employees of THI or any member of the Controlled Group.

     “subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any other
Person the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s
consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with
GAAP as of such date, as well as any other Person (a) of which securities or other ownership
interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power
or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of
such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise controlled by the
parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more Subsidiaries of
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     “Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of THI or the Borrower, as applicable; provided that
no Advertising Entity and no FIN 46 Entity shall be a Subsidiary.

     “Subsidiary Guarantee” means the guarantee by the Canadian Subsidiaries in support of
the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

     “Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or
derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or
more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic,
financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any
similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom
stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or
former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Credit Parties shall be a Swap
Agreement.

     “Taxes” means all taxes, charges, fees, levies, imposts and other assessments,
including all income, sales, use, goods and services, value added, capital, capital gains,
alternative, net worth, transfer, profits, withholding, payroll, employer health, excise, real
property and personal property taxes, and any other taxes, customs duties, fees, assessments, or
similar charges in the nature of a tax, including Canada Pension Plan and provincial pension plan
contributions, unemployment insurance payments and workers’ compensation premiums, together with
any instalments with respect thereto, and any interest, fines and penalties with respect thereto,
imposed by any Governmental Authority (including federal, state, provincial, municipal and foreign
Governmental Authorities), and whether disputed or not.

     “THI” means Tim Hortons Inc., a Delaware corporation.

     “Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Credit Parties of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds
thereof.

     “U.S. Pension Plan” means an employee pension benefit plan, which is covered by Title
IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code as to which
THI or any member of the Controlled Group may have any liability.

     “U.S. Subsidiary” means a subsidiary of THI that is incorporated or organized in the
United States of America.

     “Unfunded Liabilities” means the amount (if any) by which the present value of all
vested accrued benefits under all Single Employer Plans exceeds the fair market value of all such
Single Employer Plan assets allocable to such benefits, all determined as of the then most recent
valuation date for such Single Employer Plans using the actuarial assumptions used for ongoing
Single Employer Plan funding purposes.

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     “Wendy’s Note” shall mean the demand promissory note in the principal amount (as of
the Closing Date) of U.S. $960,000,000 evidencing indebtedness owing by THI to Wendy’s.

     “Wendy’s Subordination Agreement” means a subordination agreement dated on or about
the date hereof pursuant to which Wendy’s is prevented from demanding or accepting any payment of
the balance of the Wendy’s Note during the 31-day period following the date of the Initial Payment
and which, in a bankruptcy, subordinates Wendy’s rights to payment of the balance of the Wendy’s
Note (until repaid in full) to the interests of the Lenders hereunder.

     “wholly-owned subsidiary” of a Person means any subsidiary of such Person of which
securities (except for directors’ qualifying shares) or other ownership interests representing 100%
of the equity or 100% of the ordinary voting power or 100% of the general partnership or membership
interests are, at the time any determination is being made, owned, controlled or held by such
Person or one or more subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more subsidiaries of
such Person.

1.2 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and
plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include
the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will”
shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. The word “or” is
disjunctive; the word “and” is conjunctive. The word “shall” is mandatory; the word “may” is
permissive. The words “to the knowledge of” means, when modifying a representation, warranty or
other statement of any Person, that the fact or situation described therein is known by the Person
(or, in the case or a Person other than a natural Person, known by the Responsible Officer of that
Person) making the representation, warranty or other statement, or with the exercise of reasonable
due diligence under the circumstances (in accordance with the standard of what a reasonable Person
in similar circumstances would have done) would have been known by the Person (or, in the case of
a Person other than a natural Person, would have been known by such Responsible Officer of that
Person). Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any
agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement,
instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
(subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set out herein), (b)
any reference herein to any statute or any section thereof shall, unless otherwise expressly
stated, be deemed to be a reference to such statute or section as amended, restated or re-enacted
from time to time, (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such
Person’s successors and permitted assigns, (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and
words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to
any particular provision hereof, (e) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and
Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to,
this Agreement, and (f) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same
meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties,
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action, document or other matter or thing being “satisfactory to the Lenders”, “to the Lenders’
satisfaction” or similar phrases, shall mean that such action, document, matter or thing must be
satisfactory to all Lenders.

1.3 Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an
accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time
to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Lenders that the Borrower requests an
amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date
hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Lenders
notify the Borrower that they request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose),
regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the
application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect
and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall
have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. For the purposes of
calculating Adjusted Consolidated Total Debt and Consolidated Tangible Net Worth, and
notwithstanding any provision of GAAP to the contrary, the assets, liabilities, revenues and
expenses of the Advertising Entities and the FIN 46 Entities shall be disregarded provided that
any Indebtedness of the Advertising Entities or the FIN 46 Entities is non-recourse to the
Borrower, THI and their Subsidiaries.

1.4 Time. All time references herein shall, unless otherwise specified, be references to local
time in Toronto, Ontario. Time is of the essence of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

1.5 Permitted Liens. Any reference in any of the Loan Documents to a Permitted Lien is not
intended to subordinate or postpone, and shall not be interpreted as subordinating or postponing,
or as any agreement to subordinate or postpone, any Lien created by any of the Loan Documents to
any Permitted Lien.

1.6 Limitation Regarding Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, nothing in this Agreement shall require a Borrower or any Subsidiary to cause any Person
who is not a Subsidiary of such Person to do anything or to refrain from doing anything hereunder.

ARTICLE 2

THE CREDIT

2.1 Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender commits to
make Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars (each such Loan made under this Section 2.1, a
“Loan”) to the Borrower in one drawdown to be made on the Effective Date (each such
commitment, as it may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Sections 2.6 and/or 2.9, and as it
may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender
pursuant to Section 9.4, a “Commitment”) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
amount set forth beside such Lender’s name in Schedule A under the heading “Commitment,” or as it
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revolving credit commitments, and any amount repaid on account of the Loans may not be reborrowed.
The Borrower may borrow the Loans in the manner provided in Section 2.2.(b) by giving notice in
the manner required by Section 2.3. Any portion of the Commitments not borrowed on the Effective
Date shall be cancelled.

2.2 Loans and Borrowings.

     (a) Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans made by the Lenders
ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan
required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided
that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other
Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.

     (b) Subject to Section 2.15, the Loans shall be available to the Borrower in a single advance
on the Closing Date to be comprised entirely of Canadian Prime Loans, as the Borrower may request
in accordance herewith, and, where permitted or required by this Agreement, the Borrowing shall be
converted to Bankers’ Acceptances or B/A Equivalent Loans or back to Canadian Prime Loans.

2.3 Requests for Borrowings.

     (a) To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Lenders of such request by written
Borrowing Request (A) in the case of a B/A Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m. two Business Days
before the date of the proposed Borrowing, or (B) in the case of a Canadian Prime Borrowing, not
later than 11:00 a.m., one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing. The Lenders are
entitled to rely and act upon any borrowing request or written Borrowing Request given or
purportedly given by the Borrower, and the Borrower hereby waives the right to dispute the
authenticity and validity of any such request or resulting transaction once the Lenders or any
Lender has advanced funds, accepted a B/A or made a B/A Equivalent Loan based on such borrowing
request or written Borrowing Request. Each such written Borrowing Request shall specify the
following information:

	 	(i)	 	the aggregate amount of each requested Borrowing.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the initial Contract Period to be applicable thereto,
which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term
“Contract Period”; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the location and number of the Borrower’s account to
which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply herewith.

     (b) If no Contract Period is specified with respect to any requested B/A Borrowing, then the
Borrower shall be deemed to have selected a Contract Period of 30 days’ duration.

     (c) Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing
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provided in this Section 2.3(c). The Borrower may elect different Contract Periods with
respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be
allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans
comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. To make an election
pursuant to this Section 2.3(c), the Borrower shall notify the Lenders of such election by the time
that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.3(a) if the Borrower were requesting a
Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such
election. Each such request shall be irrevocable. In addition to the information specified in
Section 2.3(b), each written Borrowing Request shall specify the Borrowing to which such request
applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the
portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing.

     (d) In the absence of a timely and proper election, the Borrower shall be deemed to have
elected a new Contract Period for Borrowings of 30 days’ duration, except where the date of such an
election is less than 30 days prior to the Contract Date, in which case, the Borrower shall be
deemed to have elected to convert such B/A Borrowings to Canadian Prime Borrowings on the last day
of the Contract Period of the relevant B/A Borrowings.

     (e) In the case of a Canadian Prime Loan made on the Effective Date, the Borrower shall, by
written notice to the Lenders within seven (7) days of the Effective Date, convert such Canadian
Prime Loan to one or more Bankers Acceptances or B/A Equivalent Loans.

2.4 Funding of Borrowings. The Lenders will make each Loan to be made by it hereunder by crediting
the appropriate amounts to an account of the Borrower maintained with such Lender and designated
by such Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request, or to such other account with another
financial institution as may be designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request.

2.5 Interest and Acceptance Fees.

     (a) The Loans comprising each B/A Borrowing shall be subject to the Acceptance Fee which shall
be payable as set out in Section 2.11.

     (b) The Loans comprising each Canadian Prime Borrowing shall bear interest (computed on the
basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 365 days or 366 days, as the case may be)
at a rate per annum equal to the Canadian Prime Rate from time to time in effect.

     (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any amount of principal, interest, fees or other amounts
payable by the Borrower hereunder shall not be paid when due, such overdue amount shall bear
interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue
principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan, or (ii) in the case of
any amount not constituting principal of a Loan, at a rate equal to 2% plus the rate otherwise
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     (d) Accrued interest on each Loan (other than B/A Borrowings) shall be payable in arrears on
each applicable Interest Payment Date, provided that interest accrued under paragraph (c)
above shall be payable on demand. In addition, in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any
Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of
such repayment or prepayment.

     (e) All interest hereunder shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including
the first day but excluding the last day). Any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is
made shall bear interest for one day. The applicable CDOR Rate or Canadian Prime Rate shall be
determined by the Lenders, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

     (f) For the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada) and disclosure thereunder, whenever any
interest or any fee to be paid hereunder or in connection herewith is to be calculated on the basis
of a 360-day or 365-day year, the yearly rate of interest to which the rate used in such
calculation is equivalent is the rate so used multiplied by the actual number of days in the
calendar year in which the same is to be ascertained and divided by 360 or 365, as applicable. The
rates of interest under this Agreement are nominal rates, and not effective rates or yields. The
principle of deemed reinvestment of interest does not apply to any interest calculation under this
Agreement.

     (g) If any provision of this Agreement would oblige the Borrower to make any payment of
interest or other amount payable to any Lender in an amount or calculated at a rate which would be
prohibited by law or would result in a receipt by that Lender of “interest” at a “criminal rate”
(as such terms are construed under the Criminal Code (Canada)), then, notwithstanding such
provision, such amount or rate shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the
maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by Law or so
result in a receipt by that Lender of “interest” at a “criminal rate”, such adjustment to be
effected, to the extent necessary (but only to the extent necessary), as follows:

	 	(i)	 	first, by reducing the amount or rate of interest or the amount
or rate of any Acceptance Fee required to be paid to the affected Lender under
Section 2.5; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	thereafter, by reducing any fees, commissions, costs, expenses,
premiums and other amounts required to be paid to the affected Lender which
would constitute interest for purposes of section 347 of the Criminal Code
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2.6 Termination and Reduction of Commitments . Unless previously terminated, the Commitments
shall terminate on the Maturity Date. Any Commitments not drawn on the Effective Date shall be
permanently cancelled.

2.7 Repayment of Loans. The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Lenders the
then unpaid principal amount of each Loan on the Maturity Date.

2.8 Evidence of Debt.

     (a) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts
evidencing the Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each extension of credit
made by such Lender hereunder, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to
such Lender from time to time hereunder.

     (b) Each Lender shall maintain, with respect to the Borrower, accounts in which it shall
record (i) the amount of each Borrowing made hereunder, the type thereof and, in the cases of
Bankers’ Acceptances, the relevant Contract Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any
principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender
hereunder, and (iii) the amount of any sum received by such Lender hereunder and each Lender’s
share thereof.

     (c) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to Sections 2.8(a) and (b) shall be
conclusive evidence (absent manifest error) of the existence and amounts of the obligations
recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or any Lender to maintain such
accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to
repay the Borrowings in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. In the event of a conflict
between the records maintained by an Lender and any Lender, the records maintained by the Lenders
shall govern.

     (d) Any Lender may request that Loans (other than B/As) made by it be evidenced by a
promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a
promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such
Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Lenders. Thereafter, the Loans
evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after
assignment pursuant to Section 9.4) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form
payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note,
to such payee and its registered assigns).

2.9 Prepayments.

     (a) Mandatory Prepayments.

	 	(i)	 	The Borrower shall, within five Business Days of the
Borrower, THI, or any of the Subsidiaries incurring any bank Indebtedness
(other than a borrowing under the Senior Credit Facilities) following the
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	 	 	 	Date, prepay (by payment to the Lenders, ratably in accordance with their
Applicable Percentages) an aggregate principal amount of Loans equal to
100% of the net cash proceeds of any such bank Indebtedness.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	The Borrower shall, within five Business Days of any
sale or issuance of debt securities by any of the Borrower, THI, or any of
the Subsidiaries following the Closing Date, prepay (by payment to the
Lenders, ratably in accordance with their Applicable Percentages) an
aggregate principal amount of Loans equal to 100% of the net cash proceeds
of any such sale or issuance of debt securities.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	Prepayments of the Loans pursuant to this Section
2.9(a) shall be applied to the permanent prepayment of the outstanding
principal of the Loans. The amount being prepaid pursuant to this Section
2.9(a) shall be due and payable on the date required by this Section
2.9(a), together with accrued interest to such date on the amount so
prepaid (it being agreed that the full amount of any mandatory prepayment
to be made in respect of a B/A Borrowing will be deposited in a cash
collateral account maintained by the applicable Lender and will be applied
against the amount of such B/A Borrowing on the maturity of the relevant
B/A Borrowing, or upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, as
applicable). No prepayment of any Loan may be reborrowed.

     (b) Voluntary Prepayments. The Borrower may, at its option, at any time and from time
to time, prepay the Loans, without penalty or premium, (but subject to payment of any amounts
payable under Section 2.13) in whole or in part, upon giving three Business Days’ prior written
notice to the Lenders; provided, however, that the Borrower may not prepay any B/A
Borrowing but may defease any B/A Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.11(l). Such notice shall
specify the date and amount of prepayment and whether the prepayment is of Canadian Prime Loans,
Bankers’ Acceptances, or B/A Equivalent Loans, or any combination thereof, and, in each case if a
combination thereof, the principal amount allocable to each. If any such notice is given, the
amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together
with accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid in accordance with Section 2.5(d). Each
voluntary prepayment of any Loan, other than a repayment of all of the amounts outstanding
hereunder, shall be in a minimum principal amount of Cdn.$5,000,000 and in an integral multiple of
Cdn. $1,000,000.

     (c) Notice by Borrower. Each notice provided by the Borrower hereunder in respect of
any prepayment hereunder shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the
principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid. Each partial voluntary
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2.10 Fees. [Intentionally deleted]

2.11 Bankers’ Acceptances.

     (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Borrower may request a
Borrowing by presenting drafts for acceptance and purchase as B/As by the Lenders.

     (b) No Contract Period with respect to a B/A to be accepted and purchased under the Credit
shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.

     (c) To facilitate availment of B/A Borrowings, the Borrower hereby appoints each Lender as its
attorney to sign and endorse on its behalf (in accordance with a Borrowing Request relating to a
B/A Borrowing), in handwriting or by facsimile or mechanical signature as and when deemed necessary
by such Lender, blank forms of B/As in the form requested by such Lender. In this respect, it is
each Lender’s responsibility to maintain an adequate supply of blank forms of B/As for acceptance
under this Agreement. The Borrower recognizes and agrees that all B/As signed and/or endorsed by a
Lender on behalf of the Borrower shall bind the Borrower as fully and effectually as if signed in
the handwriting of and duly issued by the proper signing officers of the Borrower. Each Lender is
hereby authorized (in accordance with a Borrowing Request relating to a B/A Borrowing) to issue
such B/As endorsed in blank in such face amounts as may be determined by such Lender;
provided that the aggregate amount thereof is equal to the aggregate amount of B/As
required to be accepted and purchased by such Lender. No Lender shall be liable for any damage,
loss or other claim arising by reason of any loss or improper use of any such instrument except the
gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the Lender or its officers, employees, agents or
representatives. Each Lender shall maintain a record with respect to B/As (i) received by it in
blank hereunder, (ii) voided by it for any reason, (iii) accepted and purchased by it hereunder,
and (iv) cancelled at their respective maturities. On request by or on behalf of the Borrower, a
Lender shall cancel all forms of B/A which have been pre-signed or pre-endorsed on behalf of the
Borrower and which are held by such Lender and are not required to be issued in accordance with the
Borrower’s irrevocable notice. Alternatively, the Borrower agrees that, at the request of a
Lender, the Borrower shall deliver to such Lender a “depository note” which complies with the
requirements of the Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada), and consents to the deposit of any
such depository note in the book-based debt clearance system maintained by the Canadian Depository
for Securities.

     (d) Drafts of the Borrower to be accepted as B/As hereunder shall be signed as set out in this
Section 2.11. Notwithstanding that any person whose signature appears on any B/A may no longer be
an authorized signatory for any Lender or the Borrower at the date of issuance of a B/A, such
signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes as if such authority had
remained in force at the time of such issuance and any such B/A so signed shall be binding on the
Borrower.

     (e) In the case of B/A Borrowings, the aggregate face amount of the B/As to be accepted by the
Lenders shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of Cdn.$5,000,000 and shall be a whole multiple of
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portions of such Borrowing, provided that the Lenders may, in their sole discretion,
increase or reduce any Lender’s portion of such B/A Borrowing to the nearest Cdn.$100,000 without
reducing the overall Commitments.

     (f) Upon acceptance of a B/A by a Lender, such Lender shall purchase, or arrange for the
purchase of, each B/A from the Borrower at the Discount Rate for such Lender applicable to such B/A
accepted by it and provide to the Lenders the Discount Proceeds for the account of the Borrower.
The Acceptance Fee payable by the Borrower to a Lender under Section 2.5 in respect of each B/A
accepted by such Lender shall be set off against the Discount Proceeds payable by such Lender under
this Section 2.11.

     (g) Each Lender may at any time and from time to time hold, sell, rediscount or otherwise
dispose of any or all B/As accepted and purchased by it.

     (h) If a Lender is not a chartered bank under the Bank Act (Canada) or if a Lender notifies
the Borrower in writing that it is otherwise unable to accept Bankers’ Acceptances, such Lender
will, instead of accepting and purchasing Bankers’ Acceptances, make a Loan (a “B/A Equivalent
Loan”) to the Borrower in the amount and for the same term as the draft which such Lender would
otherwise have been required to accept and purchase hereunder. Each such B/A Equivalent Loan will
bear interest at the same rate which would result if such Lender had accepted (and been paid an
Acceptance Fee) and purchased (on a discounted basis) a Bankers’ Acceptance for the relevant
Contract Period (it being the intention of the parties that each such B/A Equivalent Loan shall
have the same economic consequences for the Lenders and the Borrower as the Bankers’ Acceptance
which such B/A Equivalent Loan replaces). All such interest shall be paid in advance on the date
such B/A Loan is made, and will be deducted from the principal amount of such B/A Equivalent Loan
in the same manner in which the Discount Proceeds of a Bankers’ Acceptance would be deducted from
the face amount of the Bankers’ Acceptance. Subject to repayment requirements, on the last day of
the relevant Contract Period for such B/A Equivalent Loan, the Borrower shall be entitled to
convert each such B/A Equivalent Loan into another type of Loan, or to roll over each such B/A
Equivalent Loan into another B/A Equivalent Loan, all in accordance with the applicable provisions
of this Agreement.

     (i) With respect to each B/A Borrowing, at or before 11:00 a.m. two Business Days before the
last day of the Contract Period of such B/A Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Lenders if the
Borrower intends to issue B/As on such last day of the Contract Period to provide for the payment
of such maturing B/A Borrowing. If the Borrower fails to notify the Lenders of its intention to
issue B/As on such last day of the Contract Period, the Borrower shall provide payment to the
Lenders on behalf of the Lenders of an amount equal to the aggregate face amount of such B/A
Borrowing on the last day of the Contract Period of thereof. If the Borrower fails to make such
payment, such maturing B/As shall be deemed to have been continued on the last day of the Contract
Period with a Contract Period of 30 days, or, if there are fewer than 30 days between the last day
of the Contract Period and the Maturity Date, converted on the last day of the Contract Period into
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     (j) The Borrower waives presentment for payment and any other defence to payment of any
amounts due to a Lender in respect of a B/A accepted and purchased by it pursuant to this Agreement
which might exist solely by reason of such B/A being held, at the maturity thereof, by such Lender
in its own right, and the Borrower agrees not to claim any days of grace if such Lender, as holder,
sues the Borrower on the B/A for payment of the amount payable by the Borrower thereunder. On the
last day of the Contract Period of a B/A, or such earlier date as may be required or permitted
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, the Borrower shall pay any Lender that has accepted
and purchased such B/A the full face amount of such B/A and, after such payment, the Borrower shall
have no further liability in respect of such B/A and such Lender shall be entitled to all benefits
of, and be responsible for all payments due to third parties under, such B/A.

     (k) If a Lender grants a participation in a portion of its rights under this Agreement to a
Participant under Section 9.4(e), then, in respect of any B/A Borrowing, a portion thereof may, at
the option of such Lender, be by way of Bankers’ Acceptance accepted by such Participant. In such
event, the Borrower shall upon request of the applicable Lender granting the participation execute
and deliver a form of Bankers’ Acceptance undertaking in favour of such Participant for delivery to
such participant.

     (l) Except as required by any Lender upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, no B/A
Borrowing may be repaid by the Borrower prior to the expiry date of the Contract Period applicable
to such B/A Borrowing; provided, however, that the Borrower may defease any B/A Borrowing by
depositing with the Lenders an amount that is sufficient to repay the full face amount such B/A
Borrowing on the expiry date of the Contract Period applicable to such B/A Borrowing.

     (m) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on
the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the Lenders (or, if the maturity of the
Loans has been accelerated, Lenders with B/A Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total
applicable B/A/ Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this Section
2.11(m), the Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Lenders, an amount in cash equal to the
applicable B/A Exposure as of such date; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash
collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and
payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default
described in Section 7.1 (h), (i) or (j). Such deposit shall be held by the Lenders as collateral
for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. The
Lenders shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal,
over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which
investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Lenders and at the Borrower’s
risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such
investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be be held for the
satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the B/A Exposure at such time or,
if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with B/A
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be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. If the Borrower
is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an
Event of Default, and all Events of Default shall have been subsequently cured or waived, such
amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three
Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.

2.12 Increased Costs; Illegality.

     (a) If any Change in Law shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit
or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended
by, any Lender and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender
of making or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), then
the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such
Lender, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

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

     (c) A certificate of a Lender setting forth amount or amounts necessary to compensate such
Lender as specified in Sections 2.12 (a) or (b), together with a brief description of the Change of
Law, shall be delivered to the Borrower, and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. In
preparing any such certificate, a Lender shall be entitled to use averages and to make reasonable
estimates, and shall not be required to “match contracts” or to isolate particular transactions.
The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days
after receipt thereof.

     (d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section
2.12 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided
that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate any Lender pursuant to this Section 2.12 for
any increased costs or reduction incurred more than 90 days prior to the date such Lender, notifies
the Borrower in writing of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reduction and
of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further, that if such adoption
or such change giving rise to such increased costs or reduction is retroactive, such 90-day period
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2.13 Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the failure by the Borrower to borrow, convert,
continue or prepay any Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant
hereto, or (b) the payment or conversion of any B/A Borrowing other than on the last day of a
Contract Period (including as a result of an Event of Default), or (c) the assignment of any Loan
other than on the last day of the Contract Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by
the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.20, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each
Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. A certificate of any Lender
setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this
Section 2.13 shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days
after receipt thereof.

2.14 Taxes.

     (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder shall be
made free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for any Indemnified Taxes; provided
that if the Borrower shall be required to deduct or withhold any Indemnified Taxes from such
payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that, after making all
required deductions or withholdings (including deductions or withholdings applicable to additional
sums payable under this Section 2.14), the applicable Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it
would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make
such deduction or withholding, and (iii) the Borrower shall pay to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable Law the full amount deducted or withheld.

     (b) In addition to the payments by the Borrower required by Section 2.14(a), the Borrower
shall pay any and all present or future stamp or documentary Taxes or any other excise or property
Taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution,
delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law.

     (c) The Borrower shall indemnify each Lender within 30 days after written demand therefor, for
the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes paid by such Lender on or with respect to any payment by
or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or
asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.14) and any penalties, interest
and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto (other than penalties, interest
and expenses caused by the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Lender), whether or not
such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally or asserted by the relevant Governmental
Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability, delivered to the Borrower
by a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

     (d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes by the Borrower to a
Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Lenders the original or a certified copy
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return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to
such Lender.

     (e) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction or withholding tax under the
Law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction
is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a
copy to the other Lenders), at the time or times prescribed by applicable Law, such properly
completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable Law or otherwise as reasonably
requested by the Borrower as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a
reduced rate.

     (f) If a Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any
Taxes, as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which a Borrower has
paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.14, it shall pay over such refund to the
Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amount paid, by the
Borrower under this Section 2.14 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all
out-of-pocket expenses of such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the
relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund): provided, that the Borrower, upon the
request of such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties,
interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to such Lender in the
event that such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This
Section 2.14(f) shall not be construed to require any Lender to make available its tax returns (or
any other information relating to its taxes which is deems confidential) to the Borrower or any
other Person. Nothing herein contained shall interfere with the right of any Lender to arrange its
affairs in whatsoever manner it thinks fit and, in particular, no Lender shall be under any
obligation to claim relief for tax purposes on its corporate profits or otherwise, or to claim such
relief in priority to any other claims, reliefs, credits or deductions available to it or to
disclose details of its affairs.

2.15 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.

     (a) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of
principal, interest, fees, amounts payable under any indemnity contained herein, or otherwise
hereunder) prior to 12:00 noon, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without
set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion
of the Lenders, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of
calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to such Lender at the applicable
Payment Office. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date
for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment
accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All
payments under this Section 2.15 shall be made in Canadian Dollars.

     (b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Lenders to pay
fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied
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parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such
parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal then due hereunder, ratably among the
parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such parties.

     (c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise,
obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans resulting in such
Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued
interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such
greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans of other
Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the
Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on
their respective Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all
or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be
rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and
(ii) this Section 2.15(c) shall not apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in
accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as
consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee
or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the
provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to
the extent it may effectively do so under applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation
pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and
counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor
of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

     2.16 Currency Indemnity. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court in any
jurisdiction with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, it becomes necessary to
convert into a particular currency (the “Judgment Currency”) any amount due under this
Agreement or under any other Loan Document in any currency other than the Judgment Currency (the
“Currency Due”), then conversion shall be made at the rate of exchange prevailing on the
Business Day before the day on which judgment is given. For this purpose, “rate of exchange” means
the rate at which the applicable Lender is able, on the relevant date, to purchase the Currency Due
with the Judgment Currency in accordance with its normal practice at its head office in Toronto,
Ontario. In the event that there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the
Business Day before the day on which the judgment is given and the date of receipt by the Lenders
of the amount due, the Borrower will, on the date of receipt by such Lender, pay such additional
amounts, if any, or be entitled to receive reimbursement of such amount, if any, as may be
necessary to ensure that the amount received by such Lender on such date is the amount in the
Judgment Currency which when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of receipt by
such Lender is the amount then due under this Agreement or such other Loan Document in the Currency
Due. If the amount of the Currency Due which the applicable Lender is so able to purchase is less
than the amount of the Currency Due originally due to it, the Borrower shall indemnify and save
such the Lenders harmless from and against all loss or damage arising as a result of such
deficiency. This indemnity shall constitute an obligation separate and independent from the other
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the other Loan Documents, shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, shall
apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by a Lender from time to time and shall continue in
full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order for a liquidated sum in respect of an
amount due under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or under any judgment or order.

2.17 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.

     (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.12, or if Borrower is required to pay
any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender
pursuant to Section 2.14, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different
lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations
hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender,
such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section
2.12 or 2.14, as the case may be, in the future, and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any
unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The
Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in
connection with any such designation or assignment.

     (b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.12, or if the Borrower is required to
pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender
pursuant to Section 2.14, or if any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder, then
the Borrower may, at its sole expense (including the processing and recording fee contemplated by
Section 9.4(b)) and effort, upon notice to such Lender, require such Lender to assign and delegate,
without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.4), all
its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such
obligations (which assignee may be, another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment);
provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the
Lenders, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received
payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon,
accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder from the assignee (to the extent of such
outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other
amounts), and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation
under Section 2.12 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.14, such assignment will
result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any
such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or
otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease
to apply.

ARTICLE 3

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

          In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make any Loans hereunder,
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that each statement set forth in this Article 3 is true and correct on the date hereof, and,
subject to the last sentence of Section 4.2, will be true and correct on the date each Borrowing is
requested and made hereunder; provided that the representation set forth in Section 3.4(b) shall
only be made as of the Closing Date:

3.1 Organization; Powers. Each Credit Party is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and
authority to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such
qualification is required.

3.2 Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions are within the corporate powers of each
Credit Party and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and, if required,
shareholder action. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents have been duly executed and
delivered by each Credit Party (as applicable) and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations
of each Credit Party (as applicable), enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws affecting creditors’
rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law.

3.3 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or
approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority,
except as disclosed in Schedule 3.3, (b) will not violate any applicable Law or the charter,
by-laws or other organizational documents of any Credit Party or any order of any Governmental
Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any material indenture, material
agreement or other material instrument binding upon any Credit Party or their respective assets,
or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Credit Party, and (d)
will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of any Credit Party, except
for any Lien arising in favour of a Lender, for the benefit of the Lenders, under the Loan
Documents.

3.4 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect.

     (a) THI has furnished to the Lenders the consolidated balance sheets and statements of income,
retained earnings and changes in financial position of THI (i) as of and for the Fiscal Years ended
December 28, 2003 and January 2, 2005 reported on by its auditors and (ii) the unaudited financial
statements in respect of THI as of and for the Fiscal Year ended January 1, 2006. Such financial
statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position and
results of operations and cash flows of THI as of such dates and for such periods in accordance
with GAAP, subject to year end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of the
statements referred to in clause (ii) above.

     (b) As of the Closing Date, since the date of the most recent audited consolidated financial
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event, development or circumstance that, taken as a whole, has had or could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (c) All written information (including that disclosed in all financial statements) pertaining
to the Credit Parties (other than projections) (in this Section 3.4(c), the “Information”)
that has been or will be made available to any Lender by the Borrower and THI, taken as a whole, is
or will be, as of the date furnished, complete and correct in all material respects and does not or
will not, as of the date furnished, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not materially
misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements are made. The projections
that have been or will be made available to the Lenders or any Lender by the Borrower or THI in
connection with the Transactions have been or will be prepared in good faith based upon reasonable
assumptions.

3.5 Litigation and Contingent Obligations. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.5, and except for
environmental-related matters (which are dealt with in Section 3.19), there are no actions, suits
or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the
knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting any of the Credit Parties (i) as to
which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely
determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a
Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Matters), or (ii) that involve this Agreement,
any other Loan Document, or the Transactions. Other than any contingent obligation which could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower and THI have no
contingent obligations not provided for or disclosed in the financial statements and notes thereto
referred to in Section 5.1.

3.6 Compliance with Laws. Each Credit Party is in compliance with all Laws applicable to it or
its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property,
except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Credit Party has violated or failed to obtain
any Authorization necessary to the ownership of any of its property or assets or the conduct of
its business, which violation or failure could reasonably be expected to have (in the event that
such a violation or failure were asserted by any Person through appropriate action) a Material
Adverse Effect.

3.7 ERISA. The Unfunded Liabilities of all Single Employer Plans do not in the aggregate exceed
an amount which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the
Borrower, THI nor any other member of the Controlled Group has incurred, or is reasonably expected
to incur, any withdrawal liability to Multiemployer Plans in excess of an amount which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Single Employer Plan complies in
all material respects with all applicable requirements of law and regulations, except to the
extent that any failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. No Reportable Event specified in Section 4043(c) of ERISA has occurred with respect to
any Single Employer Plan, neither Borrower nor any other member of the Controlled Group has
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steps to do so, and no steps have been taken to reorganize or terminate any Single Employer Plan,
except, in each case, to the extent that such action could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

3.8 Taxes. Each Credit Party has filed or caused to be filed all material Tax returns and reports
required to have been filed and has paid, caused to be paid or made provisions or disclosures in
accordance with GAAP for all material Taxes required to have been paid by it (including all
instalments with respect to the current period) and has made adequate provision and disclosures in
accordance with GAAP for Taxes for the current period.

3.9 Titles to Real Property. The owned and leased real property of the Credit Parties are free
and clear of all Liens except Permitted Liens.

3.10 Titles to Personal Property. The personal property of the Credit Parties is free and clear
of all Liens except Permitted Liens.

3.11 Canadian Pension Plans. The Canadian Pension Plans are duly registered under the Income Tax
Act (if required to be so registered) and any other applicable Laws which require registration,
have been administered in accordance with the Income Tax Act and such other applicable Laws and no
event has occurred which could reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such registered status,
except to the extent that any failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. All material obligations of each of the Credit Parties (including fiduciary,
funding, investment and administration obligations) required to be performed in connection with
the Pension Plans and the funding agreements therefor have been performed on a timely basis,
except to the extent that any failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. There are no outstanding disputes concerning the assets of the Pension Plans or
the Benefit Plans. All contributions or premiums required to be made or paid by each of the
Credit Parties to the Pension Plans or the Benefit Plans have been made on a timely basis in
accordance with the terms of such plans and all applicable Laws except to the extent that any
failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There have
been no improper withdrawals or applications of the assets of the Pension Plans or the Benefit
Plans.

3.12 Disclosure. THI has disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or
other restrictions to which any of the Credit Parties is subject, and all other matters known to
it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect; provided that this Section 3.12 shall cease to apply if an IPO is completed.

3.13 Defaults. No Credit Party is in default nor has any event or circumstance occurred which,
but for the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default (in any
respect that would have a Material Adverse Effect) under any material loan or credit agreement,
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement or other instrument or agreement evidencing
or pertaining to any Indebtedness of any Credit Party, or under any material agreement or
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3.14 Investment Company Act. No Credit Party is an “investment company” or a company “controlled”
by an “investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (a federal
statute of the United States of America), as amended.

3.15 Subsidiaries. As of the Closing Date, Schedule 3.15 correctly sets forth, for each
Subsidiary, the (i) names, (ii) form of legal entity, (iii) percentage of Equity Securities owned
by the Credit Parties (and specifying such owner), (iv) jurisdictions of organization; and (v)
whether such Subsidiary is an Immaterial Subsidiary. All such Equity Securities so owned are duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and were issued in compliance with all
applicable federal, provincial or foreign securities and other Laws, and are free and clear of all
Liens, except for Permitted Liens.

3.16 Insurance. The Credit Parties maintain, or there is maintained by Wendy’s on behalf of the
Credit Parties, insurance policies and coverage in compliance with Section 5.9.

3.17 Solvency. No Credit Party is an “insolvent person” within the meaning of the BIA.
Immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Effective date and
immediately following the making of each Loan made on the Effective Date and after giving effect
to the application of the proceeds of such Loans and to all rights of reimbursement, contribution
and subrogation, (a) the fair value of the assets of each Credit Party, at a fair valuation, will
exceed its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (b) the present fair
saleable value of the property of each Credit Party will be greater than the amount that will be
required to pay the probable liability of its debts and other liabilities become absolute and
matured; (c) each Credit Party will be able to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated,
contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (d) each
Credit Party will not have reasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it
is engaged as such business is now conducted and it proposed to be conducted following the
Effective Date.

3.18 Public Utility Holding Company Act. No Credit Party is a “holding company” or a “subsidiary
company” of a “holding company”, or an “affiliate” of a “holding company” or of a “subsidiary
company” of a “holding company”, within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935 (a federal statute of the United States), as amended.

3.19 Environmental Matters. No Credit Party has received any written notice to the effect that
its operations are not in material compliance with any of the requirements of applicable
Environmental Laws or are the subject of any federal or state investigation evaluating whether any
remedial action is needed to respond to a release of any toxic or hazardous waste or substance
into the environment, which non-compliance or remedial action could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.

3.20 Intellectual Property Rights. The Borrower, THI and each Subsidiary owns, licenses or has
the right to use the trademarks and trade names which are reasonably necessary for the conduct of
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3.21 Regulation U. None of the Borrower, THI nor any Subsidiaries of the Borrower or THI is
engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit
for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate of buying or carrying Margin Stock, and
Margin Stock constitutes less than 25% of the value of those assets of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries which are subject to any limitation on sale, pledge, or other restriction hereunder.

3.22 Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions. Neither the Borrower nor THI is an entity deemed to
hold “plan assets” within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101 of an employee benefit plan (as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) which is subject to Title I of ERISA or any plan (within the
meaning of Section 4975 of the Code), and neither the execution of this Agreement nor the making
of Loans hereunder gives rise to a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 of
ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

3.23 Material Guarantors. As at the Closing Date, each Material Subsidiary has executed and
delivered a Subsidiary Guarantee to Lenders.

ARTICLE 4

CONDITIONS

4.1 Effective Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall not become
effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in
accordance with Section 9.2):

     (a) Credit Agreement. The Lenders (or their counsel) shall have received from each
party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of each party hereto, or
(ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Lenders (which may include facsimile transmission of a
signed signature page of this Agreement) that each such party has signed a counterpart of this
Agreement.

     (b) Legal Opinions. The Lenders shall have received a favourable written opinion
(addressed to the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) from each of (i) in-house counsel for THI
with respect to corporate existence and good standing of THI; due authorization, execution and
delivery of the Loan Documents by THI; and “no conflict” opinions with respect to charter documents
and by-laws of THI, and (ii) Winston and Strawn LLP, U.S. counsel to the Credit Parties, and Lang
Michener LLP and and Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt LLP, Canadian counsel to the Credit Parties,
covering such other matters relating to the Credit Parties, this Agreement, the other Loan
Documents, or the Transactions as the Lenders shall reasonably request (together with copies of all
factual certificates and legal opinions delivered to such counsel in connection with such opinion
upon which counsel has relied). The Borrower hereby requests each such counsel to deliver such
opinions and supporting materials. All opinions and certificates referred to in this Section
4.1(b) shall be addressed to the Lenders and dated the Effective Date.

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	 	(i)	 	certified copies of the resolutions of the board of
directors, shareholders or other similar action of each Credit Party, dated
as of the Effective Date, and approving, as appropriate, the Loans, this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and all other documents, if any, to
which such Credit Party is a party and evidencing corporate authorization
with respect to such documents; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of each Credit Party, dated as of the Effective Date, and
certifying (A) the name, title and true signature of each officer of such
Person authorized to execute this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to
which it is a party, (B) the name, title and true signature of each officer
of such Person authorized to provide the certifications required pursuant
to this Agreement, including certifications required pursuant to Section
5.1 and Borrowing Requests, and (C) that attached thereto is a true and
complete copy of the articles of incorporation and bylaws of each Credit
Party, as amended to date, and a recent certificate of status, certificate
of compliance, good standing certificate or analogous certificate.

     (d) Closing Conditions Certificate . The Lenders shall have received a certificate,
dated the Effective Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of each of the Borrower and THI,
confirming compliance with the financial covenants set out in Section 5.11 and with the conditions
set out in Section 4.2(a) and (b).

     (e) Fees. The Lenders shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable
on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of
all legal fees and other out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower
hereunder or under any other Loan Document.

     (f) No Cessation of Financing Market. There shall have not been occurred and be
continuing on the Effective Date any general banking moratorium or any practical cessation in the
bank or private debt financing markets, and there shall not have been introduced any material
governmental restrictions imposed on lending institutions, which materially affect the type of
lending transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

     (g) Execution and Delivery of Documentation. Each Credit Party shall have duly
authorized, executed and delivered all documents required hereunder, all in form and substance
satisfactory to the Lenders, acting reasonably. The Lenders shall have received and be satisfied
with the results of all personal property and bankruptcy searches conducted by the Borrower and
their counsel with respect to the Credit Parties in all jurisdictions selected by the Lenders and
its counsel.

     (h) Guarantees. The Lenders shall have received executed copies of (a) the Parent
Guarantee, and the Subsidiary Guarantee, and (b) the Wendy’s Subordination Agreement, all in form
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     (i) Regulatory Approval; Consents; Waivers. The Lenders shall be satisfied, acting
reasonably, that all material Authorizations required in connection with the Transactions
contemplated hereby have been obtained and are in full force and effect, and that all consents and
waivers required to consummate the Transactions have been obtained, to the extent that consummation
of the Transactions would otherwise be restricted or prohibited under the terms of any material
contract, in each case without the imposition of any burdensome provisions.

     (j) Delivery of Financial Statements. The Lenders shall have received (i) the audited
consolidated balance sheets, statements of income and retained earnings and statements of changes
in financial position of THI for the Fiscal Years ended December 28, 2003 and January 2, 2005, and
(ii) the unaudited financial statements in respect of THI for the Fiscal Year ended January 1,
2006.

     (k) No Material Adverse Change. The Lenders shall be satisfied that, since the date
of the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of THI delivered to the Lenders prior
to the Closing Date, there has not been a Material Adverse Change.

     (l) Indebtedness. The Transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents shall not have caused any event or condition to occur which has resulted, or which will
result, in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that permits
(with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both) the holder or holders of any
Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material
Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance
thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity, or which will result in the creation of any Liens under
any Indebtedness.

     (m) Cancellation of Existing Credit Lines. The Borrower and THI shall have repaid all
amounts outstanding under its existing credit lines (including its commercial paper back-up lines),
and all such demand operating lines (including such commercial paper back-up lines) shall have been
cancelled permanently, other than letter of credit facilities.

     (n) Capitalization Arrangement. The Lenders shall be satisfied with the capital
structure of the Borrower and THI. Without limiting the foregoing, the Lenders shall be satisfied
that, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, the Borrower, THI and their
Subsidiaries shall have outstanding no consolidated Indebtedness or preferred stock, other than (A)
indebtedness under the Credit, (B) Indebtedness under the Senior Facilities, (C) such other
Indebtedness as disclosed on THI’s most recently available unaudited consolidated balance sheet as
may be satisfactory to the Lenders, and (D) up to an additional Cdn.$10,000,000 (or U.S.$
equivalent) debt basket to cover additional debt which may be incurred after the date of THI’s
most recently available consolidated balance sheet; provided that (i) any Indebtedness
incurred by any Advertising Entity which is non-recourse to the Borrower and their Subsidiaries is
satisfactory to the Lenders, (ii) any Indebtedness incurred by any FIN 46 Entity is satisfactory to
the Lenders provided that such Indebtedness is non-recourse to the Borrower and their Subsidiaries,
and (iii) any “comfort letter” which is non-recourse to the Borrower and their Subsidiaries is
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concurrent
effectiveness of, and satisfaction of all conditions precedent in respect of, the Senior
Facilities.

     (o) Other Documentation. The Lenders shall have received such other documents and
instruments as are customary for transactions of this type or as they may reasonably request,
including those required under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and
regulations, including the USA Patriot Act.

The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall not become effective unless each of
the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 9.2) at or prior to 3:00 p.m.
on March 15, 2006 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived by such time,
the Commitments shall terminate at such time).

4.2 Other Conditions. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the Effective Date is also
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

     (a) the representations and warranties of the Borrower and THI set out in this Agreement,
other than the representation and warranty in Section 3.4(b), shall be true and correct on and as
of the date of the Effective Date as if made on such date except to the extent that (i) any change
to the representations and warranties has been disclosed to and accepted by the Lenders, or (ii)
any representation and warranty is stated to be made as of a particular time;

     (b) at the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing, no Default shall
have occurred and be continuing; and

     (c) the Lenders shall have received a Borrowing Request in the manner and within the time
period required by Section 2.3.

The Borrowing shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the
date thereof as to the accuracy of the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) above. This
requirement does not apply on the conversion or rollover of an existing Borrowing provided that the
aggregate outstanding Borrowings will not be increased as a consequence thereof.

ARTICLE 5

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

          From (and including) the Effective Date until the Commitments have expired or been terminated
and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid
in full, the Borrower and THI covenant and agree with the Lenders that:

5.1 Financial Statements and Other Information. THI will furnish to the Lenders:

     (a) as soon as available and in any event within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year,
(i) the audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of income, retained earnings and
statements of cash flow of THI as of the end of and for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each
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PriceWaterhouseCoopers or other independent auditors of recognized national standing (without a
“going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to
the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly
in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of THI on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, and (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance
sheet and related statements of income, retained earnings and statements of cash flow of THI as of
the end of and for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for
the previous Fiscal Year, on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied,
except that the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of the Advertising Entities and the FIN
46 Entities shall be disregarded provided that any Indebtedness of the Advertising Entities or the
FIN 46 Entities is non-recourse to THI, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries;

     (b) as soon as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first
three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year, (i) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related
statements of income, retained earnings and statements of cash flow position of THI as of the end
of and for such Fiscal Quarter and the then elapsed portion of the Fiscal Year which includes such
Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding
period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous Fiscal
Year, all certified by a Responsible Officer of THI as presenting fairly in all material respects
the financial condition and results of operations of THI on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments; and (ii) the unaudited
consolidated balance sheet and related statements of income, retained earnings and statements of
cash flow of THI as of the end of and for such Fiscal Quarter and the then elapsed portion of the
Fiscal Year which includes such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the
figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the
end of) the previous Fiscal Year, all certified by a Responsible Officer of THI as presenting
fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of THI on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit
adjustments, except that the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of the Advertising Entities
and the FIN 46 Entities shall be disregarded provided that any Indebtedness of the Advertising
Entities or the FIN 46 Entities is non-recourse to THI, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries;

     (c) concurrently with the financial statements required pursuant to Sections 5.1(a) and (b)
above, a certificate of THI, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, signed by a Responsible
Officer of THI (i) stating that a review of such financial statements during the period covered
thereby and of the activities of the Credit Parties has been made under such Responsible Officer’s
supervision with a view to determining whether the Credit Parties have fulfilled all of their
obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) stating that no Default or
Event of Default exists as of such date of certification ; or, if there shall be a Default or Event
of Default, specifying the nature and status thereof and the Borrower’s proposed response thereto,
(iii) demonstrating in reasonable detail compliance (including showing all financial covenant and
other material calculations) as at the end of the most recently completed Fiscal Year or the most
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covenants in Section 5.11 and the baskets in
the last sentence of Section 6.1 and in Sections 6.2(v), 6.4 (c) and 6.5(i), (iv) listing the
Credit Parties as at the end of the most recently completed Fiscal Year, and (v) containing or
accompanied by such financial or other details, information and material as the Lenders may
reasonably request to evidence such compliance;

     (d) promptly after the filing of any registration statement or annual, quarterly, monthly or
other regular report or any special report on Form 8-K which THI or any of its Subsidiaries files
with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America, including any
certification or other filing required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
and all rules and regulations related thereto, a written notice that such materials have been filed
electronically, and information as to where they may be found in electronic format;

     (e) promptly after the filing thereof, copies of all other material reports, proxy statements
and other material documents filed by any Credit Party with any securities commission, stock
exchange or similar entity, and all other written materials distributed out of the ordinary course
by THI to its shareholders, in each case which relate to matters in which any Lender can reasonably
be expected to have an interest, which copies and materials may be furnished either by (i)
delivering to the Lenders such copies or materials, or (ii) providing to the Lenders a written
notice that such materials have been filed electronically, and information as to where they may be
found in electronic format;

     (f) promptly after any Credit Party learns of the receipt or occurrence of any of the
following, a certificate of THI, signed by a Responsible Officer of THI, specifying (i) any
official notice of any violation, possible violation, non-compliance or possible non-compliance, or
claim made by any Governmental Authority pertaining to all or any part of the properties of any
Credit Party which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) any
event which constitutes a Default or Event of Default, together with a detailed statement
specifying the nature thereof and the steps being taken to cure such Default or Event of Default;
and

     (g) promptly after the occurrence thereof, notice of the institution of or any material
adverse development in any action, suit or proceeding or any governmental investigation or any
arbitration before any court or arbitrator or any Governmental Authority or official against any
Credit Party or any material property thereof which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

5.2 Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower and THI will, and will cause each other Credit
Party to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force
and effect its legal existence (except as permitted in Section 6.3), and except to the extent that
the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
obtain, preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect any and all rights, licenses, permits,
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5.3 Payment of Tax Obligations. The Borrower and THI will, and will cause each of their
Subsidiaries to, pay when due its Tax liabilities, that, if not paid, could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect before the same shall become delinquent or in default,
except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings, (b) the Borrower, THI or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves
with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP, and (c) the failure to make payment pending such
contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

5.4 Maintenance of Properties. The Borrower and THI will, and will cause each other Credit Party
to, keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order
and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except (i) to the extent that the failure to do so
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) as otherwise permitted
by Section 6.3 or Section 6.5.

5.5 Books and Records; Inspection Rights. The Borrower and THI will, and will cause each other of
their Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which entries in accordance with
GAAP are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The
Borrower and THI will, and will cause each other Credit Party to, permit any representatives
designated by any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to
examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and
condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times during
normal business hours as the applicable Lender may reasonably request and having due regard for,
and with minimal disruption of, the ongoing business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
provided that unless a Default shall have occurred and be continuing, neither the Borrower nor any
other Subsidiary shall be responsible for the costs and expenses incurred by, any Lender or their
representatives in connection with such inspection or visit.

5.6 Compliance with Laws . The Borrower and THI will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
comply with all Laws of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, except where
the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.

5.7 Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit. The proceeds of the Loans and the term loans made
under the Senior Facilities will be used, directly or indirectly, solely to enable THI to make a
principal payment of up to Cdn. $500,000,000 (or the U.S.$ Equivalent thereof) on account of the
Indebtedness evidenced by the Wendy’s Note.

5.8 Further Assurances. The Borrower and THI will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
cure promptly any defects in the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, including this
Agreement. Upon request, each of Borrower and THI will, at its expense, as promptly as practical,
execute and deliver to the Lenders, all such other and further documents, agreements and
instruments (and cause each other Credit Party to take such action) as reasonably requested by
such Lender in compliance with or performance of the covenants and agreements of the Borrower and
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5.9 Insurance. The Borrower and THI will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain or
cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to
their respective properties and business against such liabilities, casualties, risks and
contingencies and in such types (including business interruption insurance) and amounts as is
customary in the case of Persons engaged in the same or similar businesses and similarly situated
and in accordance with any requirement of any Governmental Authority.

5.10 Additional Subsidiary Guarantees. If, as at the end of the most recently completed Fiscal
Quarter, (a) the aggregate consolidated revenues of all Immaterial Subsidiaries exceeds 10% of the
consolidated revenues of THI, the Borrower shall within 30 days after the end of the Fiscal
Quarter designate, by written notice to the Lenders, one or more Immaterial Subsidiaries to become
Guarantors, to the extent necessary to ensure that the aggregate consolidated revenues of all
Immaterial Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors represents less than 10% of the consolidated
revenues of THI. or (b) a Subsidiary which was previously an Immaterial Subsidiary has become a
Material Subsidiary, the Borrower shall, within 30 days of the end of such Fiscal Quarter,
designate by written notice to the Administrative Agents such Subsidiary to become a Guarantor.
The Borrower may, at any time prior to the Maturity Date, designate different Immaterial
Subsidiaries to be Guarantors and revoke any designation of an Immaterial Subsidiary as a
Guarantor, provided that no Default or Event of Default exists at the time of revocation and at
all times the aggregate consolidated revenues of all Immaterial Subsidiaries that are not
Guarantors shall represent less than 10% of the consolidated revenues of THI. Subject to the
preceding sentence, nothing in this Section 5.10 shall prevent the Borrower from revoking the
designation of an Immaterial Subsidiary as a Guarantor, even if such Immaterial Subsidiary was
previously a Material Subsidiary. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents, the Advertising Entities and the FIN 46 Entities shall not be
required to provide a guarantee. The Borrower will not designate any Immaterial Subsidiary as a
new guarantor under the Senior Facilities unless the same Immaterial Subsidiary is designated as a
new Guarantor under this Section 5.10. The Borrower shall designate any newly acquired Material
Subsidiary as a Guarantor hereunder, and may revoke any designation of an Immaterial Subsidiary as
a
Guarantor in order to dispose of such Immaterial Subsidiary, provided that such acquisition or
disposition is otherwise in compliance herewith. No Subsidiary of THI other than a U.S. Subsidiary
is required to provide directly or indirectly within the meaning of Section 956 of the Code, a
Guarantee in respect of the obligations of THI hereunder. No U.S. Subsidiary (other than a U.S.
Subsidiary of the Borrower) is required to provide a Guarantee in respect of the obligations of
the Borrower hereunder. Any Canadian Subsidiary which is designated as a Guarantor at any time
after the Effective Date shall enter into and deliver to the Lenders a Subsidiary Guarantee
substantially in the form entered into by the Canadian Subsidiaries on the Effective Date.

5.11 Financial Covenants. THI will comply with the following financial covenants:

     (a) Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA: THI and its Subsidiaries will not
permit, as at the end of each Fiscal Quarter, the ratio of Consolidated Total Debt as at the end of
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3.50:1.00
in respect of any Fiscal Quarter ending after the Closing Date and prior to the completion of an
IPO, or to exceed 2.50:1.00 in respect of any Fiscal Quarter ending after an IPO.

     (b) Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. THI and its Subsidiaries will not permit, as at the
end of each Fiscal Quarter, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDAR to Consolidated Fixed Charges for the
Rolling Period then ended, to be less than 2.25:1.00 in respect of any Fiscal Quarter ending after
the Closing Date and prior to the completion of an IPO, or to be less than 2.75:1.00 in respect of
any Fiscal Quarter ending after an IPO.

     (c) For the purpose of determining compliance with this Section 5.11, (i) Consolidated EBITDA
        , Consolidated EBITDAR and Consolidated Fixed Charges shall include the historical financial
results of any acquired Person which becomes a Subsidiary or acquired business as if the
acquisition occurred at the beginning of the testing period and shall give effect, on a pro forma
basis, to the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness in connection with the acquisition, (ii)
Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated EBITDAR and Consolidated Fixed Charges shall exclude the
historical financial results of any disposed Person which ceases to be a Subsidiary or disposed
business as if the disposition occurred at the beginning of the testing period, (iii) if the
Wendy’s Note is repaid (other than in connection with the Initial Payment), Consolidated EBITDA,
Consolidated EBITDAR and Consolidated Fixed Charges shall exclude, on a pro forma basis, interest
paid under the Wendy’s Note during the previous Rolling Period and shall include, on a pro forma
basis, interest payable under any Indebtedness incurred to repay the Wendy’s Note, and (iv)
notwithstanding any provisions of GAAP to the contrary, the assets, liabilities, revenues and
expenses of the Advertising Entities and the FIN 46 Entities shall be disregarded, provided
that any Indebtedness of the Advertising Entities or the FIN 46 Entities is non-recourse to the
Borrower, THI and their Subsidiaries.

5.12 Ownership of Guarantors . The Borrower and THI will ensure that the Borrower and each
Guarantor is at all times a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of THI.

ARTICLE 6

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

          From (and including) the Effective Date until the Commitments have expired or been terminated
and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid
in full, the Borrower and THI covenant and agree with the Lenders that:

6.1 Indebtedness. Each of THI and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:

     (a) any Indebtedness created hereunder;

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     (c) any other unsecured Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set out in Schedule 6.1,
and any extensions, renewals or replacements of any such Indebtedness on substantially on the same
terms and conditions or otherwise on the terms and conditions satisfactory to the Lenders, acting
reasonably;

     (d) any Indebtedness of the Borrower, THI or a Subsidiary to the Borrower, THI or Subsidiary;

     (e) any Guarantee by the Borrower, THI or a Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Borrower, THI or
a Subsidiary which is otherwise permitted hereunder;

     (f) Indebtedness secured by Purchase Money Liens, provided that the aggregate principal amount
of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (e) shall not exceed the amount permitted under Section
6.2(k) at any time;

     (g) Capital Lease Obligations;

     (h) subject to the last sentence of this Section 6.1, any other unsecured Indebtedness of the
Borrower, THI or any Subsidiary ranking pari passu with the Indebtedness hereunder,
provided that the THI is in compliance with the financial covenants in Section 5.11 both
before and immediately after the incurrence of any such Indebtedness and no other Default shall
have occurred and be continuing;

     (i) subject to the last sentence of this Section 6.1, any other secured Indebtedness of either
Borrower or any Subsidiary, provided that the aggregate amount of such Indebtedness permitted by
this clause (i) shall not exceed the amount permitted by Section 6.2(v); and provided further that
THI is in compliance with the financial covenants in Section 5.11 both before and immediately after
the incurrence of any such Indebtedness and no other Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

In addition, the Borrower and THI will not permit any Immaterial Subsidiary which is not a
Guarantor to incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except (a) any Indebtedness of an
Immaterial Subsidiary to any other Immaterial Subsidiary or to a Credit Party, and (b) Indebtedness
in an aggregate amount, for all Immaterial Subsidiaries which are not Guarantors, not exceeding
Cdn. $25,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency), provided that THI shall
be in compliance with the financial covenants in Section 5.11 both before and immediately after the
incurrence of any such Indebtedness and no other Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

6.2 Liens. The Borrower and THI will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to,
create, incur, or suffer to exist any Lien in, of or on the property of the Borrower, THI or any
of its Subsidiaries except:

     (a) the interest of a lessor under a capital lease or otherwise securing Capital Lease
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     (b) Liens existing on the Closing Date and described in Schedule 6.2;

     (c) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies on its property if the same
shall not at the time be delinquent or thereafter can be paid without penalty, or are being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in
accordance with GAAP shall have been set aside on its books;

     (d) Liens imposed by law, such as landlords’ carriers’, materialmen’s, processors’,
warehousemen’s and mechanics’ liens and other similar liens arising in the ordinary course of
business which secure payment of obligations not more than sixty (60) days past due or which are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in
accordance with GAAP shall have been set aside on its books;

     (e) Liens arising out of pledges or deposits under worker’s compensation laws, unemployment
insurance, old age pensions, or other social security or retirement benefits, or similar
legislation;

     (f) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed
money), leases, statutory obligations, surety, indemnity and appeal and release bonds, performance
bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

     (g) easements, reservations, rights-of-way, restrictions, survey exceptions, encroachments,
covenants, minor defects, irregularities and other similar encumbrances as to real property of the
Borrower, THI or any of their Subsidiaries which customarily exist on properties of corporations
engaged in similar activities and similarly situated and which do not materially detract from the
value of the property subject thereto or interfere with the conduct of the business of the
Borrower, THI or any of their Subsidiaries conducted at the property subject thereto;

     (h) Liens existing on property or assets at the time of acquisition thereof after the
Effective Date by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, provided that (i) such Liens existed at
the time of such acquisition and were not created in anticipation thereof, and (ii) any such Lien
does not encumber any other property or assets (other than additions thereto and property in
replacement or substitution thereof);

     (i) Liens existing on property or assets of a Person which becomes a Subsidiary after the
Effective Date; provided that (i) such Liens existed at the time such Person became a
Subsidiary and were not created in anticipation thereof, and (ii) any such Lien does not encumber
any other property or assets (other than additions thereto and property in replacement or
substitution thereof);

     (j) Liens arising by reason of any judgment, decree or order of any court or other
Governmental Authority or in connection with arbitration proceedings, if appropriate legal
proceedings are being diligently prosecuted and shall not have been finally terminated or the
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amount not to exceed, when taken together with all Liens securing bonds to stay judgments or in
connection with appeals as permitted by Section 6.2(f), Cdn.$25,000,000 at any time outstanding;

     (k) Purchase Money Liens (including Liens to which any property is subject at the time of
acquisition thereof) securing purchase money Indebtedness (other than Capital Leases) incurred by
the Borrower, THI or any Subsidiary after the Closing Date to finance the acquisition or
construction of assets used in its business, if (i) at the time of such incurrence, no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such incurrence, (ii) such
Indebtedness has a scheduled maturity and is not due on demand, (iii) such Indebtedness does not
exceed the lower of the fair market value or the cost of the applicable fixed assets on the date
acquired and (iv) such Indebtedness does not exceed Cdn.$50,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at
any time; provided that such Liens shall not apply to any property of the Borrower, THI or any
Subsidiary other than that financed (including improvements thereto);

     (l) the title of a lessor in or to property subject to an operating lease or subject to a
Sale/Leaseback Transaction);

     (m) Liens (if any) from time to time securing the obligations hereunder;

     (n) municipal and zoning ordinances, which are not violated in any material respect by the
existing improvements and the present use made by either Borrower or any Subsidiary of real
property;

     (o) customary rights of set off, revocation, refund or chargeback under deposit agreements or
under applicable law of banks or other financial institutions where the Borrower, THI or any
Subsidiary maintains deposits in the ordinary course of business permitted by this Agreement;

     (p) Liens arising from the granting of a license to any person in the ordinary course of
business of the Borrower, THI or any Subsidiary;

     (q) Liens attaching solely to cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower, THI or any
Subsidiary in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement entered into by it in
connection with a Permitted Acquisition;

     (r) Liens deemed to exist in connection with repurchase agreements and other similar
Investments to the extent such Investments are permitted under Section 6.4;

     (s) Liens arising by operation of law on insurance policies and proceeds thereof to secure
premiums thereunder;

     (t) Liens arising in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing;

     (u) Any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements)
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the
principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of
Indebtedness so secured prior to such extension, renewal or replacement and that such extension,
renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited to all or a part of the assets which secured the Lien
so extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements and construction on such real property); and

     (v) other Liens securing Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed 10% of Consolidated
Tangible Net Worth, as determined as of the last day of the most recently completed Fiscal Quarter
(but without regard to the proviso in the definition of “Consolidated Tangible Net Worth”) at any
time.

     In addition to the foregoing, (i) none of the Borrower, THI nor any Subsidiary shall become a
party to any agreement, note, indenture or other instrument, or take any other action, which would
prohibit the creation of a Lien on any of its properties or other assets in favor of the Lenders as
collateral for the obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided that any
agreement, note, indenture or other instrument may prohibit the creation of a Lien in favor of the
Lenders to the extent that and for so long as such Lien is not required to be shared with the
Lenders on an equal and ratable basis pursuant to the immediately succeeding clause (ii);
and (ii) none of the Borrower, THI nor any Subsidiary shall create, assume or suffer to exist any
Lien securing Indebtedness for borrowed money aggregating in excess of Cdn.$25,000,000 (other than
any Liens permitted by the provisions of 6.2(a) through (u) above) upon any of its property,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, unless the obligations of the Borrower under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents are secured by such Lien equally and ratably with any and
all other such Indebtedness secured thereby for so long as any such other Indebtedness shall be so
secured.

6.3 Merger; Dissolution.

     (a) The Borrower and THI will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or
amalgamate or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or
amalgamate or consolidate with it, or except to the extent not restricted by Section 6.4 or 6.5,
sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions)
all or substantially all of its assets, or all or substantially all of the Equity Securities of any
Subsidiary (in each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve,
unless (i) the resulting, successor or acquiring corporation or the Person which otherwise acquires
all of the Borrower’s, THI’s or such Subsidiary’s consolidated business or property shall assume,
by a writing satisfactory in form and substance to the Lenders, all of the obligations of the
Borrower, THI or such Subsidiary under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including all
covenants herein and therein contained, in which case such resulting, successor or acquiring
corporation (or other Person) shall succeed to and be substituted for the Borrower, THI or such
Subsidiary; and (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any
Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Borrower, THI or such Subsidiary as a result of
such transaction as having been incurred by the Borrower, THI or such Subsidiary at the time of
such transaction, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; provided that any Subsidiary
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liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Credit Parties and the Lenders determine
that such liquidation or dissolution is not disadvantageous to the Lenders.

     (b) The Borrower and THI will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, engage to
any material extent in any material business other than businesses of the type conducted by THI or
its Subsidiaries on the date of execution of this Agreement and businesses reasonably related
thereto.

6.4 Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions. The Borrower and THI will not, nor
will it permit any of their Subsidiaries to, make or suffer to exist any Investment or to become
or remain a partner in any partnership or joint venture, or to make any Acquisition of any Person,
except:

     (a) Permitted Investments;

     (b) Investments by the Borrower, THI or any Subsidiary in the Borrower, THI or any Subsidiary;

     (c) Investments in Advertising Entities, provided that the aggregate amount of
Investments in Advertising Entities made during the period from the Closing Date to the Maturity
Date shall not exceed Cdn.$50,000,000;

     (d) other Investments in existence on the Closing Date and described on Schedule 6.4;

     (e) Investments consisting of (a) intercompany asset dispositions to the extent permitted by
Section 6.5(b) and (b) intercompany loans and advances permitted by Section 6.1;

     (f) Investments in trade receivables or received in connection with the bankruptcy or
reorganization of suppliers and customers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other
disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business;

     (g) Investments consisting of deposit accounts maintained by the Borrower, THI or any
Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

     (h) Investments consisting of partnership or other equity interests in any partnership, joint
venture or other Person so long as such partnership, joint venture or Person is in a line of
business that does not violate the terms or provisions of Section 6.3(b);

     (i) Acquisitions meeting the following requirements or otherwise approved by the Lenders (each
such Acquisition constituting a “Permitted Acquisition”):

(A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such
Acquisition or the incurrence of any Indebtedness in connection therewith and, both before and
immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition, all of the representations and warranties
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representation
and warranty in Section 3.4(b)), unless such representation and warranty is made as of a specific
date, in which case, such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material
respects as of such date; and

(B) the Acquisition is consummated pursuant to a negotiated acquisition agreement on a non-hostile
basis and approved by the target company’s board of directors (and shareholders, if necessary)
prior to the consummation of the Acquisition; and

(C) the business being acquired shall be in a line of business permitted under Section 6.3(b).

6.5 Sale of Assets. The Borrower and THI will not, nor will it permit any other Subsidiary to,
lease, sell or otherwise dispose of its Operating Property to any other Person, except:

     (a) sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business;

     (b) a disposition of assets by the Borrower, THI or a Subsidiary to any Credit Party or a
disposition of assets by a Subsidiary which is not a Credit Party to another Subsidiary which is
not a Credit Party;

     (c) a disposition, in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower, THI or Subsidiary, of
obsolete property or property no longer used in the business of the Credit Parties;

     (d) a disposition of assets by the Borrower, THI or any other Credit Party to a Subsidiary
which is not a Credit Party, provided that the assets so disposed do not constitute all
or substantially all of the assets of the disposing Borrower, THI or other Credit Party or,
when the net sale proceeds are aggregated with the net sale proceeds of all other such dispositions
(other than dispositions permitted by Section 6.5(h)) during the twelve month period ending with
the month in which any such disposition occurs, more than 15% of Consolidated Tangible Net Worth as
determined as at the last day of the most recently completed Fiscal Quarter;

     (e) a lease, sale or other disposition of restaurants (including the lease, sale or other
disposition of real property) to franchisees of a Borrower or a Subsidiary or to a joint venture or
partnership of which the Borrower, THI or a Subsidiary holds an equity or partnership interest;

     (f) a disposition of assets pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of any Permitted
Receivables Financing, provided that the aggregate amount of Receivables sold pursuant to Permitted
Receivables Financings in any Fiscal Year shall not exceed Cdn.$50,000,000 or the U.S. $ Equivalent
thereof;

     (g) sales of loans made by the Borrower, THI or a Subsidiary to franchisees to the extent such
loans are permitted by Section 6.4;

     (h) leases, sales or other dispositions of its property prior to January 1, 2006; and

     (i) leases, sales or other dispositions of its property (including Sale/Leaseback
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Borrower, THI and the Subsidiaries previously leased, sold or disposed of (other than dispositions
otherwise permitted by this Section 6.5) as permitted by this Section 6.5(i) during the
twelve-month period ending with the month in which any such lease, sale or other disposition
occurs, do not constitute more than 15% of Consolidated Tangible Net Worth as determined as at the
last day of the most recently completed Fiscal Quarter.

In addition, THI will ensure that the book value of all tangible assets of the Credit Parties which
are not Operating Property and which are leased, sold or otherwise disposed of in any Fiscal Year
will not exceed an amount equal to 5% of Consolidated Tangible Net Worth determined as at the last
day of the most recently completed Fiscal Quarter.

6.6 Restricted Payments. The Borrower and THI will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to,
declare, pay or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment,
except (a) THI may declare and pay dividends with respect to its Equity Securities payable solely
in additional Equity Securities of THI, (b) any Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the
Borrower, THI or any other Subsidiary, (c) THI may make Restricted Payments that are required to
pay federal and state income or franchise Taxes due and payable with respect to the income of THI
and (d) THI may make Restricted Payments if, at the time of and immediately after giving effect to
any such Restricted Payment, THI is in compliance with the financial covenants in Section 5.11 and
no other Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

6.7 Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower and THI will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or
otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with,
any of their Affiliates, except (a) in the ordinary course of business at prices and on terms and
conditions not less favourable to the Borrower, THI or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on
an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, (b) transactions between the Borrower, THI and
any Subsidiary, or between Subsidiaries, and in any such case not involving any of their other
Affiliates, (c) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.6 or any transaction contemplated by
the Separation Agreements, and (d) any asset disposition permitted by Section 6.5(d).

6.8 Restrictive Agreements. The Borrower and THI will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to,
create or otherwise cause to become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any
kind on its ability (a) to pay dividends or make any other distribution on its stock or other
ownership interests; provided that this clause (a) shall not prevent THI or its Subsidiaries from
agreeing to any such encumbrance or restriction of their ability to pay dividends or make any
other distribution on their stock or other ownership interests to any Person which is not a Credit
Party, (b) to pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to any of the Borrower, THI or any
Subsidiary, (c) to make loans or advances or other Investments in any of the Borrower, THI or any
Subsidiary or (d) to sell, transfer or otherwise convey any of its property to any of the
Borrower, THI or any Subsidiary, in each case, other than (i) restrictions imposed by this
Agreement or in respect of the Senior Facilities, (ii) customary restrictions and conditions
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or other equity interests
pending such sale, provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to the, assets,
capital stock or other equity interests that is to be sold and such sale shall be permitted
hereunder, (iii) restrictions imposed by applicable law, (iv) restrictions imposed by the holder
of a Lien permitted by Section 6.2 solely on the transfer of assets subject thereto, (v) any
encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Subsidiary of the Borrower pursuant to an agreement
relating to any Indebtedness issued or incurred by such Subsidiary on or prior to the date on
which such Subsidiary became a Subsidiary of the Borrower or was acquired by the Borrower and
outstanding on such date, or (vi) any such encumbrance or restriction consisting of customary
non-assignment provisions in leases or licenses, to the extent such provisions restrict the
transfer of the lease or license, as applicable.

6.9 Fiscal Periods. THI will not change the manner in which it determines the end of its Fiscal
Quarters or its Fiscal Year (as set forth in the definitions of such terms in Section 1.1).

ARTICLE 7

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

7.1 Events of Default. If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:

     (a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan when and as the same shall become
due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or
otherwise;

     (b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount
(other than an amount referred to in clause (a) above) payable under this Agreement, when and as
the same shall become due and payable and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of
five (5) days after the same shall have become due and payable;

     (c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Credit Party in
or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver
thereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant
to or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver
thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect when made or deemed to be made, and if the
circumstances giving rise to such incorrect representation and warranty are capable of
rectification, such circumstances are not rectified in a manner which renders such representation
no longer incorrect within 10 days after the applicable Credit Party becomes aware of the incorrect
representation and warranty;

     (d) the Borrower or THI shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement
contained in Section 5.1(f)(ii) (notice of Default or Event of Default), 5.2 (Borrower’s
existence), 5.7 (use of proceeds), 5.11 (financial covenants) or in Article 6;

     (e) any Credit Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement
contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in clauses (a), (b) or (d) above) or any
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thirty (30) days
after written notice thereof from any Lender to the Borrower (which notice will be given at the
request of any Lender);

     (f) any Credit Party shall fail to make any payment whether of principal or interest, and
regardless of amount, in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become
due and payable and, in the case of any failure to pay any amount other than principal, such
failure continues after the applicable grace period if any, specified in the agreement relating to
such Material Indebtedness;

     (g) any event or condition occurs (including any “amortization event”, “termination event” or
other similar event under any Receivables Purchase Facility) that results in any Material
Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or
without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material
Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to
become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to
its scheduled maturity; provided that this Section 7.1(g) shall not apply to secured
Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or
assets securing such Indebtedness so long as the proceeds of such sale or transfer are sufficient
to, and are applied to, reduce such secured Indebtedness;

     (h) any Credit Party:

	 	(i)	 	becomes insolvent, or generally does not or becomes
unable to pay its debts or meet its liabilities as the same become due, or
admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally, or declares any
general moratorium on its indebtedness, or proposes a compromise or
arrangement between it and any class of its creditors;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	commits an act of bankruptcy or makes an assignment of
its property for the general benefit of its creditors or makes a proposal
(or files a notice of its intention to do so);
	 
	 	(iii)	 	institutes any proceeding seeking to adjudicate it an
insolvent, or seeking liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, reorganization,
compromise, arrangement, adjustment, protection, moratorium, relief, stay
of proceedings of creditors generally (or any class of creditors), or
composition of it or its debts or any other relief, under any federal,
provincial or foreign Law now or hereafter in effect relating to
bankruptcy, winding-up, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, plans of
arrangement or relief or protection of debtors (including the BIA, the
Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) and any applicable
corporations legislation) or at common law or in equity, or files an answer
admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any
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	 	(iv)	 	applies for the appointment of, or the taking of
possession by, a receiver, interim receiver, receiver/manager,
sequestrator, conservator, custodian, administrator, trustee, liquidator or
other similar official for it or any substantial part of its property; or
	 
	 	(v)	 	takes any action, corporate or otherwise, to approve,
effect, consent to or authorize any of the actions described in this
Section 7.1(h) or in Section 7.1(i), or otherwise acts in furtherance
thereof or fails to act in a timely and appropriate manner in defense
thereof,

     (i) any petition is filed, application made or other proceeding instituted against or in
respect of any Credit Party:

	 	(i)	 	seeking to adjudicate it an insolvent;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	seeking a receiving order against it;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	seeking liquidation, dissolution, winding-up,
reorganization, compromise, arrangement, adjustment, protection,
moratorium, relief, stay of proceedings of creditors generally (or any
class of creditors), or composition of it or its debts or any other relief
under any federal, provincial or foreign Law now or hereafter in effect
relating to
bankruptcy, winding-up, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, plans of
arrangement or relief or protection of debtors (including the BIA, the
Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) and any applicable
corporations legislation) or at common law or in equity; or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	seeking the entry of an order for relief or the
appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, interim
receiver, receiver/manager, sequestrator, conservator, custodian,
administrator, trustee, liquidator or other similar official for it or any
substantial part of its property;

and such petition, application or proceeding continues undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for
a period of sixty (60) days after the institution thereof, provided that if an order,
decree or judgment is granted or entered (whether or not entered or subject to appeal) against such
Credit Party thereunder in the interim, such grace period will cease to apply, and provided
further that if such Credit Party files an answer admitting the material allegations of a
petition filed against it in any such proceeding, such grace period will cease to apply;

     (j) any other event occurs which, under the Laws of any applicable jurisdiction, has an effect
equivalent to any of the events referred to in either of Sections 7.1(h) or (i);

     (k) one or more judgments for the payment of money in a cumulative amount in excess of
Cdn.$25,000,000 (or its then equivalent in any other currency) in the aggregate is rendered against
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discharge in
accordance with its terms within 30 days from the date of entry thereof, or (ii) procured a stay of
execution thereof within 30 days from the date of entry thereof and within such period, or such
longer period during which execution of such judgment has not been stayed, appealed such judgment
and caused the execution thereof to be stayed during such appeal, provided that if
enforcement and/or realization proceedings are lawfully commenced in respect thereof in the
interim, such grace period will cease to apply;

     (l) any property of any Credit Party having a fair market value in excess of Cdn.$25,000,000
(or its then equivalent in any other currency) in the aggregate is seized (including by way of
execution, attachment, garnishment, levy or distraint), or any Lien thereon securing Indebtedness
in excess of Cdn.$25,000,000 (or its then equivalent in any other currency) is enforced, or such
property has become subject to any charging order or equitable execution of a Governmental
Authority, or any writ of execution or distress warrant exists in respect of any Credit Party or
the property of any of them, or any sheriff or other Person becomes lawfully entitled by operation
of law or otherwise to seize or distrain upon such property and in any case such seizure,
enforcement, execution, attachment, garnishment, distraint, charging order or equitable execution,
or other seizure or right, continues in effect and is not released or discharged for more than 30
days or such longer period during which entitlement to the use of such property continues with the
such Credit Party, and such Credit Party is contesting the same in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings, provided that if the property is removed from the use of such Credit Party, or
is sold, in the interim, such grace period will cease to apply;

     (m) this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any material obligation or other provision
hereof or thereof at any time for any reason is declared to be void or voidable or is repudiated,
or the validity, binding effect, legality or enforceability hereof or thereof is at any time
contested by any Credit Party;

     (n) a Change of Control shall occur;

     (o) the Unfunded Liabilities of all Single Employer Plans shall exceed in the aggregate an
amount which, if required to be paid, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect or any Reportable Event shall occur in connection with any Single Employer Plan which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (p) THI or any other member of the Controlled Group shall have been notified by the sponsor of
a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred withdrawal liability to such Multiemployer Plan in an
amount which, when aggregated with all other amounts required to be paid to Multiemployer Plans by
THI or any other member of the Controlled Group as withdrawal liability (determined as of the date
of such notification), could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

     (q) THI or any other member of the Controlled Group shall have been notified by the sponsor of
a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or is being terminated,
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termination the
aggregate annual contributions of THI and the other members of the Controlled Group (taken as a
whole) to all Multiemployer Plans which are then in reorganization or being terminated have been or
will be increased, in the aggregate, over the amounts contributed to such Multiemployer Plans for
the respective plan years of such Multiemployer Plans immediately preceding the plan year in which
the reorganization or termination occurs by an amount which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect;

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower or THI described in
clause (h), (i) or (j) above), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, any
Lender may, by notice to the Borrower and any other Lender, take either or both of the following
actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the
Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and
payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may
thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared
to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of
the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment,
demand, protest or other notice of any kind except as set out earlier in this paragraph, all of
which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and in the case of any event with respect to the Borrower
or THI described in clause (h), (i) or (j) above, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and
the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees
and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, and Cover for any outstanding Bankers
Acceptances, shall automatically become due and payable, without
presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the
Borrower.

ARTICLE 8

THE LENDERS

8.1 Agreement of Lenders. Where the consent of the Lenders is a requirement hereunder the consent
of all Lenders shall be required.

ARTICLE 9

MISCELLANEOUS

9.1 Notices. (a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be
given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications
provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier
service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile in each case to the
addressee, as follows:

     (i) if to the Borrower, THI or any other Credit Party:

Tim
Hortons Inc.

4288 West Dublin Grainville Road

Dublin, OH 43017

Attention: Corporate Secretary

Facsimile: (614) 764-3243

The TDL Group Corp.

874 Sinclair Road

 

 

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Oakville, Ontario

L6K 2Y1

Attention: General Counsel

Facsimile: 905-845-2931

     (ii) if to the Lenders:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Toronto Branch

200 Bay Street, Suite 1800

Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower

Toronto, Ontario M5J 2J2

Attention: Christine Chan

Facsimile: (416) 981-9138

Royal Bank of Canada

Address: 20 King Street West, 7th Floor

Toronto, Ontario, M5H 1C4

Attention: Loan Funding Officer

Facsimile: (416) 974-8119

     (b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by
electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Lenders; provided that the
foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Lenders.
Any Lender or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communication
to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it;
provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or
communications.

     (c) Any party hereto may change its address or facsimile number for notices and other
communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and other
communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall
be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.

9.2 Waivers; Amendments.

     (a) No failure or delay by any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate
as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any
abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of
each Lender hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they
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consent to any departure by
the Borrower or THI therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by
Section 9.2(b), and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance
and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making
of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether any Lender may
have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

     (b) Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document (or any provision hereof or thereof)
may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered
into by the Borrower and the Lenders (and for greater certainty, any such waiver, amendment or
modification shall not require any consent or other agreement of any Credit Party other than the
Borrower, notwithstanding that any such Credit Party may be a party to this Agreement or any other
Loan Document).

9.3 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

     (a) The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by each Lender
and its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one set of Canadian
counsel and one set of U.S. counsel for the Lenders and all applicable Taxes, in connection with
the preparation and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and in
connection with any replacement agreement requested by the Borrowers in accordance with Section
9.4(f), (ii) all reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by each Lender and its Affiliates,
including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for each Lender and applicable
Taxes, in connection with any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or of
any of the other Loan Documents, (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
shall be consummated), and (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Lender, including the
fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Lender and all applicable Taxes, in
connection with the enforcement or protection of their rights in connection with this Agreement,
including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including
all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in
respect of such Loans.

     (b) The Borrower shall indemnify each Lender, as well as each Related Party and each assignee
of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person and each such assignee being called an
“Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all obligations,
penalties, judgments, suits, cost, losses, claims, actions, damages, expenses and liabilities of
whatsoever nature or kind and all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and all applicable Taxes to
which any Indemnitee may become subject arising out of or in connection with (i) the execution or
delivery of the Loan Documents or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the performance
by the parties thereto of their respective obligations thereunder, and the consummation of the
Transactions or any other transactions thereunder, (ii) any Loan or any actual or proposed use of
the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on
or from any property owned or operated by THI, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any Environmental
Liability related in any way to THI ,the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iv) any actual or prospective
claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on
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and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, (v)
any other aspect of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or (vi) the enforcement of any
Indemnitee’s rights hereunder and any related investigation, defence, preparation of defence,
litigation and enquiries, in each case regardless of whether or not the Acquisition is consummated;
provided that the foregoing indemnity will not, as to any Indemnitee, apply to losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses to the extent they are found by a non-appealable
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to arise from (i) the willful misconduct, bad faith
or gross negligence of such Indemnitee, (ii) an Indemnitee’s willful breach of express duties or
obligations under this Agreement or the Loan Documents, or (iii) any dispute, claim or other matter
between or among the Lenders. If any action shall be brought against any Indemnitee with respect
to which indemnification may be sought against the Borrower under this Agreement, the Indemnitee
shall promptly notify the Borrower in writing and the Borrower shall, if requested by the
Indemnitee or if the Borrower desire to do so, assume the defense thereof, including the employment
of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee and payment of all reasonable fees and
expenses. The failure to so notify the Borrower shall not affect any obligations the Borrower may
have to the Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise unless (and then only to the extent that)
the Borrower is materially adversely affected by such failure. The Indemnitee shall have the right
to employ separate counsel in such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnitee, unless (i) the Borrower has
failed to assume the defense and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee, or (ii)
the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include the Indemnitee and
the Borrower, and the Indemnitee shall have been advised by counsel that there may be one or more
legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the
Borrower, in which case, if such Indemnitee notifies the Borrower in writing that it elects to
employ separate counsel at the Borrower’s expense, the Borrower shall not have the right to assume
the defense of such action or proceeding on behalf of such Indemnitee; provided, however,
that the Borrower shall not, in connection with any one such action or proceeding or separate but
substantially similar or related actions or proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the
same general allegations or circumstances, be responsible hereunder for the reasonable fees and
expenses of more than one such firm of separate counsel, in addition to any local counsel, which
counsel shall be designated by the Lenders. The Borrower shall not be liable for any settlement of
any such action effected without the Borrower’s written consent (which shall not be unreasonably
withheld) and the Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnitees from and against
any loss or liability by reason of settlement of any action effected with the Borrower’s consent.
In addition, the Borrower will not, without the prior written consent of the applicable Indemnitee,
settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in or otherwise seek to terminate any
pending or threatened action, claim, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or
contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not any indemnified applicable person is a party
thereto) unless such settlement, compromise, consent or termination includes an express
unconditional release of the Indemnitees and/or their respective affiliates, satisfactory in form
and substance to the Indemnitees and/or their respective affiliates, from all liability arising out
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     (c) The Borrower, THI and each Indemnitee shall not assert, and hereby waives (to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable Law), any claim against any Indemnitee or any Credit Party,
respectively, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages
(as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, any
Loan Document, or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or
the use of the proceeds thereof.

     (d) Any inspection of any property of any Credit Party made by or through any Lender or any
Lender is for purposes of administration of the Credit only, and no Credit Party is entitled to
rely upon the same (whether or not such inspections are at the expense of the Borrower).

     (e) By accepting or approving anything required to be observed, performed, fulfilled or given
to any Lender pursuant to the Loan Documents, the Lenders shall not be deemed to have warranted or
represented the sufficiency, legality, effectiveness or legal effect of the same, or of any term,
provision or condition thereof, and such acceptance or approval thereof shall not constitute a
warranty or representation to anyone with respect thereto by any Lender.

     (f) The relationship between the Borrower and the Lenders is, and shall at all times remain,
solely that of borrower and lenders. The Lenders shall not under any circumstance be construed to
be partners or joint venturers of the Borrower, THI or their Affiliates. The Lenders shall not
under any circumstance be deemed to be in a relationship of confidence or trust or a fiduciary
relationship with the Borrower, THI or their Affiliates, or to owe any fiduciary duty to any of the
Borrower, THI or their Affiliates. The Lenders do not undertake or assume any responsibility or
duty to the Borrower, THI or their Affiliates to select, review, inspect, supervise, pass judgment
upon or inform the Borrower, THI or their Affiliates of any matter in connection with their
property or the operations of the Borrower, THI or their Affiliates. The Borrower, THI and their
Affiliates shall rely entirely upon their own judgment with respect to such matters, and any
review, inspection, supervision, exercise of judgment or supply of information undertaken or
assumed by any Lenders or the Lenders in connection with such matters is solely for the protection
of the Lenders, and neither the Borrower nor any other Person is entitled to rely thereon.

     (g) The Lenders shall not be responsible or liable to any Person for any loss, damage,
liability or claim of any kind relating to injury or death to Persons or damage to property caused
by the actions, inaction or negligence of any Credit Party and/or its Affiliates and the Borrower
hereby indemnifies and holds the Lenders harmless on the terms set out in Section 9.3(b) from any
such loss, damage, liability or claim.

     (h) This Agreement is made for the purpose of defining and setting forth certain obligations,
rights and duties of the Borrower, THI and the Lenders in connection with the Loans, and is made
for the sole benefit of the Borrower, THI, the Lenders and each Lender’s successors and assigns.
Except as provided in Sections 9.3(b) and 9.4, no other Person shall have any rights of any nature
hereunder or by reason hereof.

 

 

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     (i) All amounts due under this Section 9.3 shall be payable not later than five (5) Business
Days after written demand therefor.

9.4 Successors and Assigns.

     (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) the
Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without
the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by either
Borrower without such consent shall be null and void), and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise
transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. Nothing in
this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the
parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent
expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Lenders) any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

     (b) Any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (treating any fund that invests in bank
loans and any other fund that invests in bank loans and is managed by the same investment advisor
of such fund or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor as a single assignee) all or a portion
of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including all or a
portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that (i) except
in the case of an assignment to a Lender or a Lender Affiliate or an Approved Fund of any Lender,
the Borrower must give its prior written consent to such assignment (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed); and provided further that the Borrower’s consent
shall not be required with respect to any assignment made at any time after the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, (ii) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender
or a Lender Affiliate or an Approved Fund of any Lender or an assignment of the entire remaining
amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment, the amount of the Commitment of the assigning Lender
subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date on which the Assignment and Assumption
relating to such assignment is delivered to the Lenders) shall not be less than Cdn.$5,000,000,
unless the Borrower and the Lenders otherwise consent in writing and the amount held by each Lender
after each such assignment shall not be less than Cdn.$5,000,000, unless the Borrower and the
Lenders otherwise consent in writing, (iii) the parties to each assignment shall execute and
deliver an Assignment and Assumption; (iv) provided that no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, in the case of an assignment of a Commitment or a Loan by a Canadian
Resident Lender to a Foreign Lender, such Foreign Lender shall not be entitled to require any
payment under Section 2.14(a)(i) or Section 2.14(c) as a result of any Canadian withholding tax
which may be exigible in respect of any payment of interest by the Borrower to such Foreign Lender
hereunder. From and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the
assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Assumption, shall have all of the rights and obligations of a Lender under this
Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by
such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the
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Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations
under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be
entitled to the benefits of Sections2.12, 2.13, 2.14 and 9.3). Any assignment or transfer by a
Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.4
shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such
rights and obligations in accordance with Section 9.4(e).

     (c) Any Lender may, without notice to the Borrower or the consent of the Borrower, or the
other Lenders sell participations to one or more Persons (a “Participant”) in all or a
portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
(including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (i)
such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall
remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, and
(iii) the Borrower and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such
Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement
or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender
shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or
waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may
provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment,
modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.2(b) that affects such
Participant. Subject to Section 9.4(f), the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be
entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.12, 2.13 and 2.14 to the same extent as if it were a Lender
and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to this Section 9.4(b). To the extent
permitted by Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.8 as though
it were a Lender, provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.16(c) as
though it were a Lender.

     (d) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.12 or
2.13 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the
participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is
made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it
were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.14 unless the Borrower is notified
of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the
Borrower, to comply with Section 2.14(e) as though it were a Lender.

     (e) Any assignment or grant of a participation pursuant to Section 9.4 shall constitute
neither a repayment by the Borrower to the assigning or granting Lender of any Loan included
therein, nor a new advance of any such Loan to the Borrower by such Lender or by the Assignee or
Participant, as the case may be. The parties acknowledge that the Borrower’s obligations hereunder
with respect to any such Loans will continue and will not constitute new obligations as a result of
such assignment or participation.

     (f) Without limiting the assignment rights contemplated by this Section 9.4, if any Lender has
assigned a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, the Borrower shall have the
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enter into an
agreement which would amend and restate this Agreement upon substantially the same terms as this
Agreement, except that such agreement shall contemplate a syndicated lending structure, as set
forth in the credit agreement governing the Senior Facilities (with J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
Toronto Branch, as administrative agent), rather than the “club deal” structure contemplated by
this Agreement.

9.5 Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower
herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to
this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of any Loans and issuance of
any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its
behalf and notwithstanding that any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or
incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall
continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan
or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid and so long
as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. All indemnities contained in Sections 2.12,
2.13, and 2.14 shall survive and remain in full force and effect, regardless of the consummation
of the Transactions, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Commitments
or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

9.6 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and
by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an
original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This
Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees
payable to the Lenders, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject
matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written,
relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.1, this Agreement shall
become effective when it shall have been executed by the Lenders and when the Lenders shall have
received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other
parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed original counterpart
of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile shall be as effective as delivery of a manually
executed original counterpart of this Agreement.

9.7 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions hereof, and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular
jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

9.8 Right of Set Off. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender
and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest
extent permitted by Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or
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by such
Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any of and all of
the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such
Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement
and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are
in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set off) which such Lender may
have and such Lender agrees to promptly notify the Borrower and the other Lenders after any such
set off; provided that any failure or delay in providing any such notice shall not affect the
validity of any such action. Nothing in this Section 9.8 shall allow for a set-off of deposits of
the Borrower against obligations of THI.

9.9 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.

     (a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the Laws of the
Province of Ontario.

     (b) The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property,
to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of the Province of Ontario, and any appellate court
thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or any other
Loan Document or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or
proceeding may be heard and determined in Ontario. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final
judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law. Nothing in this
Agreement shall affect any right that any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or their
properties in the courts of any other jurisdiction.

     (c) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it
may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying
of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any
court referred to in this Section 9.9(b). Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to
the fullest extent permitted by Law, any forum non conveniens defence to the maintenance of such
action or proceeding in any such court.

     (d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section 9.1. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party
to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by Law.

9.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).
EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR

 

 

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ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS
REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION,
SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO
HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND
CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

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

9.12 Confidentiality. Each Lender agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as
defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to each of their Affiliates,
directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors, including accountants, legal counsel and other
advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of
the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential),
(b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority or other Governmental Authority, (c) to the
extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d)
to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under any
Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to any Loan Document or the enforcement of
rights thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as
those of this Section, to (i) any actual or prospective assignee of or Participant in any of its
rights or obligations under this Agreement, or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its
advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g)
with the consent of either Borrower, or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly
available other than as a result of a breach of this Section, or (ii) becomes available to any
Lender on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. For the purposes of this
Section, “Information” means all non-public information received from the Borrower or THI
relating to the Borrower, THI any of their Subsidiaries, or their respective business, other than
any such information that is available to any Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to
disclosure by the Borrower or THI. With respect to the disclosures made under clauses (b) and (c)
above (other than in connection with customary examinations by bank regulators), each Lender agrees
to give the Borrower written notice as soon as practicable after learning that disclosure must be
made, describing the Information that will be disclosed and the approximate date of disclosure.
Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act
(Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), such Lender may be required to
obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the
names and addresses of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify
the Borrower in accordance with such Act.

 

 

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address: 	 	THE TDL GROUP CORP., as Borrower	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Attention: 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile No.:

	 	By:	 	/s/ Donald B. Schroeder	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	Donald B. Schroeder	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	Executive Vice President	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 
	Address: 	 	TIM HORTONS., as Guarantor	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Attention: 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile No.:

	 	By:	 	/s/ Jonathan F. Catherwood	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	Jonathan F. Catherwood	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	Vice President	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 

 

 

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	Address:	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,	 	 
	 	 	TORONTO BRANCH, as Lender	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Attention:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile No.:
	 	By:	 	/s/ Christine Chan	 	 
	

	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	Christine Chan	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	Vice President	 	 
	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 

 

 

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Lender	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Sandra S. Leokoff	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	Sandra S. Leokoff	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	Attorney-in-fact	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:<PAGE>
                                                                      Execution
                                                                           Copy

                                                                     Exhibit 4.1

                     MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.,
                                    Depositor

                          WILSHIRE CREDIT CORPORATION,
                                    Servicer

                                       and

                             WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
                                     Trustee

                                   ----------

                         POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
                           Dated as of January 1, 2006

                                   ----------

                     MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS TRUST,
            MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-WMC1

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I.    DEFINITIONS................................................      1

ARTICLE II.   CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; REPRESENTATIONS
              AND WARRANTIES.............................................     52
   2.01.      Conveyance of Mortgage Loans...............................     52
   2.02.      Acceptance by the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans............     54
   2.03.      Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
              Depositor..................................................     56
   2.04.      Representations and Warranties of the Servicer.............     60
   2.05.      Substitutions and Repurchases of Mortgage Loans that are
              not "Qualified Mortgages"..................................     61
   2.06.      Authentication and Delivery of Certificates................     61
   2.07.      REMIC Elections............................................     61
   2.08.      [RESERVED].................................................     65
   2.09.      Covenants of the Servicer..................................     65
   2.10.      [RESERVED].................................................     66
   2.11.      Permitted Activities of the Trust..........................     66
   2.12.      Qualifying Special Purpose Entity..........................     66
   2.13.      Depositor Notification of NIM Notes........................     66

ARTICLE III.  ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS.............     66
   3.01.      Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans.........................     66
   3.02.      Servicing and Subservicing; Enforcement of the
              Obligations of Servicer....................................     67
   3.03.      Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect
              of the Servicer............................................     68
   3.04.      Trustee to Act as Servicer.................................     68
   3.05.      Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Collection Account;
              Certificate Account........................................     69
   3.06.      Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items;
              Escrow Accounts............................................     72
   3.07.      Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding
              the Mortgage Loans.........................................     73
   3.08.      Permitted Withdrawals from the Collection Account and
              Certificate Account........................................     73
   3.09.      [RESERVED].................................................     75
   3.10.      Maintenance of Hazard Insurance............................     75
   3.11.      Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements..     76
   3.12.      Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination
              of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation................     76
   3.13.      Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files............     80
   3.14.      Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of Servicer to
              be Held for the Trustee....................................     81
   3.15.      Servicing Compensation.....................................     82
   3.16.      Access to Certain Documentation............................     82
   3.17.      Annual Statement as to Compliance..........................     82
   3.18.      Assessment of Compliance; Accountant's Attestation;
              Financial Statements.......................................     83
   3.19.      [RESERVED].................................................     84
   3.20.      Periodic Filings...........................................     84
   3.21.      Indemnification by Trustee.................................     89
   3.22.      Indemnification by Servicer................................     89
   3.23.      Prepayment Charge Reporting Requirements...................     90
   3.24.      Information to the Trustee.................................     90
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                                   (continued)

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   3.25.      Indemnification............................................     90
   3.26.      Nonsolicitation............................................     91
   3.27.      High Cost Mortgage Loans...................................     91

ARTICLE IV.   DISTRIBUTIONS..............................................     91
   4.01.      Advances...................................................     91
   4.02.      Reduction of Servicing Compensation in Connection with
              Prepayment Interest Shortfalls.............................     92
   4.03.      Distributions on the REMIC Interests.......................     93
   4.04.      Distributions..............................................     93
   4.05.      Monthly Statements to Certificateholders...................     99
   4.06.      Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy Matters............    103
   4.07.      Effect of Payments by the Class A-1B Insurer...............    107

ARTICLE V.    THE CERTIFICATES...........................................    108
   5.01.      The Certificates...........................................    108
   5.02.      Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and
              Exchange of Certificates...................................    109
   5.03.      Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates..........    113
   5.04.      Persons Deemed Owners......................................    113
   5.05.      Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses..    113
   5.06.      Book-Entry Certificates....................................    113
   5.07.      Notices to Depository......................................    114
   5.08.      Definitive Certificates....................................    114
   5.09.      Maintenance of Office or Agency............................    115

ARTICLE VI.   THE DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICER.............................    115
   6.01.      Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Servicer...    115
   6.02.      Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Servicer...    115
   6.03.      Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the
              Servicer and Others........................................    116
   6.04.      Limitation on Resignation of Servicer......................    116
   6.05.      Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds.............    117
   6.06.      Special Servicing Agreements...............................    117

ARTICLE VII.  DEFAULT; TERMINATION OF SERVICER...........................    117
   7.01.      Events of Default..........................................    117
   7.02.      Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor...................    119
   7.03.      Notification to Certificateholders.........................    119

ARTICLE VIII. CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE.....................................    120
   8.01.      Duties of the Trustee......................................    120
   8.02.      Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee......................    121
   8.03.      Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans......    122
   8.04.      Trustee May Own Certificates...............................    123
   8.05.      Trustee's Fees and Expenses................................    123
   8.06.      Indemnification and Expenses of Trustee....................    123
   8.07.      Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.......................    124
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   8.08.      Resignation and Removal of Trustee.........................    124
   8.09.      Successor Trustee..........................................    125
   8.10.      Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.........................    125
   8.11.      Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee..............    125
   8.12.      Tax Matters................................................    127

ARTICLE IX.   TERMINATION................................................    129
   9.01.      Termination upon Liquidation or Repurchase of all
              Mortgage Loans.............................................    129
   9.02.      Final Distribution on the Certificates.....................    130
   9.03.      Additional Termination Requirements........................    131

ARTICLE X.    MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS...................................    132
   10.01.     Amendment..................................................    132
   10.02.     Counterparts...............................................    134
   10.03.     Governing Law..............................................    134
   10.04.     Intention of Parties.......................................    134
   10.05.     Notices....................................................    134
   10.06.     Severability of Provisions.................................    135
   10.07.     Assignment.................................................    136
   10.08.     Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.................    137
   10.09.     Inspection and Audit Rights................................    138
   10.10.     Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid..................    138
   10.11.     Compliance with Regulation AB..............................    138
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EXHIBIT A     FORMS OF CERTIFICATES
EXHIBIT B     MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT C     [RESERVED]
EXHIBIT D     FORM OF TRUSTEE CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT E-1   FORM OF CLASS R TRANSFEREE'S LETTER AND AFFIDAVIT
EXHIBIT E-2   FORM OF CLASS R TRANSFEROR'S AFFIDAVIT
EXHIBIT F     FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT G     FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER (ACCREDITED INVESTOR)
EXHIBIT H     FORM OF RULE 144A LETTER (QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER)
EXHIBIT I     FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE
EXHIBIT J     [RESERVED]
EXHIBIT K     FORM OF BACK-UP CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
EXHIBIT L     FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICER
EXHIBIT M-1   [RESERVED]
EXHIBIT M-2   FORM OF MONTHLY REMITTANCE ADVICE
EXHIBIT N-1   FORM OF CLASS A-1 CAP CONTRACT
EXHIBIT N-2   FORM OF CLASS A-2 CAP CONTRACT
EXHIBIT N-3   FORM OF FLOATING RATE SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATE CAP CONTRACT
EXHIBIT O-1   ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE - CLASS A-1 CAP CONTRACT
EXHIBIT O-2   ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE - CLASS A-2 CAP CONTRACT
EXHIBIT O-3   ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE - FLOATING RATE SUBORDINATE
              CERTIFICATE CAP CONTRACT
EXHIBIT P     FORM OF ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
EXHIBIT Q     FORM OF ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE (CUSTODIAN)
EXHIBIT R     FORM OF SARBANES-OXLEY CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT S     FORM OF ITEM 1123 CERTIFICATION OF [SERVICER][TRUSTEE]
EXHIBIT T     FORM OF ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE NOTIFICATION
EXHIBIT U     FORM OF CLASS A-1B CERTIFICATE INSURANCE POLICY
EXHIBIT V     FORM OF CLASS A-1B CERTIFICATE INSURANCE AGREEMENT
SCHEDULE X    ITEMS FOR FORM 8-K
SCHEDULE Y    ITEMS FOR FORM 10-D
SCHEDULE Z    ITEMS FOR FORM 10-K
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     POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of January 1, 2006 (the
"Agreement"), among MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC., a Delaware
corporation, as depositor (the "Depositor"), WILSHIRE CREDIT CORPORATION, a
Nevada corporation, as servicer (the "Servicer"), and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., a
national banking association, as trustee (the "Trustee").

     The Depositor is the owner of the Trust Fund that is hereby conveyed to the
Trustee in return for the Certificates. The Trust Fund for federal income tax
purposes will consist of (i) two real estate mortgage investment conduits, (ii)
the right to receive payments distributable to the Class P Certificates pursuant
to Section 4.04(b)(i) hereof, (iii) the Cap Contracts and the Cap Contract
Account, and (iv) the grantor trusts described in Section 2.07 hereof. The Lower
Tier REMIC will consist of all of the assets constituting the Trust Fund (other
than the assets described in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, other than the
Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests and other than the Class A-1B Insurance
Policy and Certificate Insurer Account) and will be evidenced by the Lower Tier
REMIC Regular Interests (which will be uncertificated and will represent the
"regular interests" in the Lower Tier REMIC) and the Class LTR Interest as the
single "residual interest" in the Lower Tier REMIC. The Trustee will hold the
Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests. The Upper Tier REMIC will consist of the
Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests and the Class A-1B Insurance Policy and
Certificate Insurer Account and will be evidenced by the REMIC Regular Interests
(which will represent the "regular interests" in the Upper Tier REMIC) and the
Residual Interest as the single "residual interest" in the Upper Tier REMIC. The
Class R Certificate will represent beneficial ownership of the Class LTR
Interest and the Residual Interest. The "latest possible maturity date" for
federal income tax purposes of all interests created hereby will be the Latest
Possible Maturity Date.

     All covenants and agreements made by the Transferor in the Transfer
Agreement, the Sponsor in the Sale Agreement and by the Depositor and the
Trustee herein with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the other property
constituting the Trust Fund are for the benefit of the Holders from time to time
of the Certificates.

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

                                   ARTICLE I.

                                   DEFINITIONS

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

     10-K Filing Deadline: As defined in Section 3.20.

     Accepted Servicing Practices: The Servicer's normal servicing practices,
which 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.

     Accountant's Attestation: As defined in Section 3.18.

     Accrual Period: With respect to each Class of Class A, Class M and Class B
Certificates (other than the Class B-1B and Class B-2B Certificates) and the
Lower Tier REMIC Interests and any Distribution Date, the period commencing on
the immediately preceding Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date, the Closing Date) and ending on the day immediately preceding
such

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Distribution Date, and with respect to the Class B-1B and Class B-2B
Certificates and any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding
the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. All calculations of interest
on each Class of Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates (other than the Class
B-1B and Class B-2B Certificates) and the Lower Tier REMIC Interests will be
made on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in the related Accrual
Period and a 360 day year and all calculations of interest on the Class B-1B and
Class B-2B Certificates will be made on a the basis of a 360 day year consisting
of twelve 30-day months.

     Additional Disclosure Notification: As defined in Section 3.20.

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

     Additional Form 10-K Disclosure Information: As defined in Section 3.20.

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

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

     Advance: The aggregate of the advances required to be made by the Servicer
with respect to any Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01, the amount of
any such advances being equal to the sum of the aggregate of payments of
principal and interest (net of the Servicing Fee Rate) on the Mortgage Loans
that were due during the applicable Due Period and not received as of the close
of business on the related Determination Date, less the aggregate amount of any
such Delinquent payments that the Servicer has determined would constitute a
Non-Recoverable Advance were an advance to be made with respect thereto;
provided, however, that with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is 150 days
delinquent or more (whether or not the Mortgage Loan has been converted to an
REO Property), there will be no obligation to make advances and, provided
further, however, that with respect to any Mortgage Loan that has been converted
to an REO Property which is less than 150 days delinquent, the obligation to
make Advances shall be limited to payments of interest.

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

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

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

     Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance: For any date of determination, the
sum of the Class A Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-1 Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-3
Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance, the
Class M-5 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-6 Certificate Principal
Balance, the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class B-2 Certificate
Principal Balance, and the Class B-3 Certificate Principal Balance, in each case
as of such date of determination.

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

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

     Appraised Value: With respect to a Mortgage Loan the proceeds of which were
used to purchase the related Mortgaged Property, the "Appraised Value" of a
Mortgaged Property is the lesser of (1) the appraised value based on an
appraisal made for the Sponsor by an independent fee appraiser at the time of
the origination of the related Mortgage Loan, and (2) the sales price of such
Mortgaged Property at such time of origination. With respect to a Mortgage Loan
the proceeds of which were used to refinance an existing mortgage loan, the
"Appraised Value" is the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property based upon
the appraisal obtained at the time of refinancing.

     Assessment of Compliance: As defined in Section 3.18.

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

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

     Auction Date: The date on which the Auction occurs.

     Available Funds Cap: Any of the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap, the Class
A-2 Available Funds Cap, the Floating Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap or
the Fixed Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap.

     Back-Up Certification: As defined in Section 3.20.

     Balloon Loan: A Mortgage Loan having an original term to stated maturity of
approximately 15 years and that provides for level monthly payments of principal
and interest generally based on a 30-year amortization schedule, with a balloon
payment of the remaining outstanding principal balance due on such Mortgage Loan
at its stated maturity.

     Book-Entry Certificates: Any of the Certificates that shall be registered
in the name of the Depository or its nominee, the ownership of which is
reflected on the books of the Depository or on the books of a Person maintaining
an account with the Depository (directly, as a "Depository Participant," or
indirectly, as an indirect participant in accordance with the rules of the
Depository and as described in Section 5.06). As of the Closing Date, each of
the Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates constitutes a Class of Book-Entry
Certificates.

     Bring Down Letter: That certain letter agreement, dated as of February 14,
2006, between MLML and the Transferor.

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     Business Day: Any day other than (1) a Saturday or a Sunday, or (2) a day
on which banking institutions in the State of California, State of Maryland,
State of Minnesota, State of Oregon and in the City of New York, New York are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.

     Cap Contract: Any of the Class A-1 Cap Contract, the Class A-2 Cap Contract
or the Floating Rate Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract.

     Cap Contract Account: The separate Eligible Account created and maintained
by the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.04(k) in the name of the Trustee for the
benefit of the Issuing Entity and designated "Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as
Trustee, in trust for registered holders of Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors
Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-WMC1." Funds in the
Cap Contract Account shall be held in trust for the Issuing Entity for the uses
and purposes set forth in this Agreement.

     Cap Contract Counterparty: The Royal Bank of Scotland plc., and any
successor thereto.

     Cap Contract Notional Balance: Any of the Class A-1 Cap Contract Notional
Balance, the Class A-2 Cap Contract Notional Balance or the Floating Rate
Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract Notional Balance.

     Cap Contract Termination Date: Any of the Class A-1 Cap Contract
Termination Date, the Class A-2 Cap Contract Termination Date or the Floating
Rate Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract Termination Date.

     Certificate: Any one of the certificates of any Class executed by the
Trustee and authenticated by the Trustee, as authenticating agent, in
substantially the forms attached hereto as Exhibit A.

     Certificate Account: The separate Eligible Account created and maintained
by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05(e) in the name of the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as
Trustee, in trust for registered holders of Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors
Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-WMC1." Funds in the
Certificate Account shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the
uses and purposes set forth in this Agreement.

     Certificate Group: Either of Certificate Group One or Certificate Group
Two.

     Certificate Group One: The Class A-1A, Class A-1B and Class R Certificates.
For purposes of Section 2.07 hereof, Certificate Group One shall be related to
Group One.

     Certificate Group Two: The Class A-2A, Class A-2B, Class A-2C and Class
A-2D Certificates. For purposes of Section 2.07 hereof, Certificate Group Two
shall be related to Group Two.

     Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person
that is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Certificate.

     Certificate Principal Balance: As to any Certificate and as of any
Distribution Date, the Initial Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate
less the sum of (1) all amounts distributed with respect to such Certificate in
reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance thereof on previous Distribution
Dates

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pursuant to Section 4.04, and (2) any Applied Realized Loss Amounts allocated to
such Certificate on previous Distribution Dates pursuant to Section 4.04(i). On
each Distribution Date, after all distributions of principal on such
Distribution Date, a portion of the Class C Interest Carry Forward Amount in an
amount equal to the excess of the Overcollateralization Amount on such
Distribution Date over the Overcollateralization Amount as of the preceding
Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, the initial
Overcollateralization Amount (based on the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date)) will be added to the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class C Certificates (on a pro rata basis).
Notwithstanding the foregoing on any Distribution Date relating to a Due Period
in which a Subsequent Recovery has been received by the Servicer, the
Certificate Principal Balance of any Class of Certificates then outstanding for
which any Applied Realized Loss Amount has been allocated will be increased, in
order of seniority, by an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Unpaid Realized
Loss Amount for such Class of Certificates and (ii) the total of any Subsequent
Recovery distributed on such date to the Certificateholders (reduced by the
amount of the increase in the Certificate Principal Balance of any more senior
Class of Certificates pursuant to this sentence on such Distribution Date); this
sentence shall be applied by, first, computing any amounts under this sentence
by treating each of the Class B-1 Certificates as a single Class of Certificates
and each of the Class B-2 Certificates as a single Class of Certificates, and
second, allocating any such amounts computed with respect to the Class B-1
Certificates pro rata between the Class B-1A and Class B-1B Certificates based
on their respective Certificate Principal Balances and allocating any such
amounts computed with respect to the Class B-2 Certificates pro rata between the
Class B-2A and Class B-2B Certificates based on their respective Certificate
Principal Balances. Exclusively for the purpose of determining any subrogation
rights of the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer arising under Section 4.06 hereof,
the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1B Certificates shall not be
reduced by the amount of any payments made by the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer
in respect of principal on such certificates under the Class A-1B Certificate
Insurance Policy, except to the extent such payment shall have been reimbursed
to the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement.

     Certificate Register: The register maintained pursuant to Section 5.02
hereof.

     Certificateholder or Holder: The Person in whose name a Certificate is
registered in the Certificate Register (initially, Cede & Co., as nominee for
the Depository) in the case of any Class of Regular Certificates or the Class R
Certificate, except that solely for the purpose of giving any consent pursuant
to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in the name of the Depositor or
any Affiliate of the Depositor shall be deemed not to be Outstanding and the
Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall not be taken into account in
determining whether the requisite amount of Percentage Interests necessary to
effect such consent has been obtained; provided, however, that if any such
Person (including the Depositor) owns 100% of the Percentage Interests evidenced
by a Class of Certificates, such Certificates shall be deemed to be Outstanding
for purposes of any provision hereof that requires the consent of the Holders of
Certificates of a particular Class as a condition to the taking of any action
hereunder. The Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on a certification of
the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor in determining which
Certificates are registered in the name of an Affiliate of the Depositor.

     Class: All Certificates bearing the same Class designation as set forth in
Section 5.01 hereof.

     Class A Certificate Principal Balance: For any date of determination, the
sum of the Class A-1A Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-1B Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class A-2A Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-2B
Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-2C Certificate Principal Balance, the
Class A-2D Certificate Principal Balance and the Class R Certificate Principal
Balance.

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     Class A Certificates: Any of the Class A-1A Certificates, the Class A-1B
Certificates, the Class A-2A Certificates, the Class A-2B Certificates, the
Class A-2C Certificates, the Class A-2D Certificates and the Class R
Certificates.

     Class A Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date (1) prior to the Stepdown Date or any Distribution Date on which a Stepdown
Trigger Event exists, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount for such
Distribution Date and (2) on or after the Stepdown Date where a Stepdown Trigger
Event does not exist, the excess of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal
Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (B) the lesser of (i)
54.50% of the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such
Distribution Date and (ii) the excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date over the Minimum Required
Overcollateralization Amount; provided, however, that in no event will the Class
A Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any Distribution Date exceed the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates.

     Class A-1 Available Funds Cap: With respect to a Distribution Date, the per
annum rate equal to the product of (i) 12, (ii) the quotient of (x) the total
scheduled interest on the Group One Mortgage Loans based on the Net Mortgage
Rates in effect on the related Due Date, divided by (y) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Group One Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the
related Accrual Period (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of
the Cut-off Date) and (iii) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30, and the
denominator of which is the actual number of days in the related Accrual Period,
and with respect to the Class A-1B Certificates and the REMIC Regular Interest
represented thereby, reduced by the product of (x) the Class A-1B Certificate
Insurance Premium Rate and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the
denominator of which is the actual number of days in the related Accrual Period.

     Class A-1 Cap Contract: The confirmation and agreement, between the Trustee
on behalf of the Issuing Entity and the Cap Contract Counterparty (in the form
of Exhibit N-1 hereto).

     Class A-1 Cap Contract Notional Balance: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the lesser of (x) the Class A-1 Cap Contract Notional Balance set forth
for such Distribution Date in the Class A-1 One-Month LIBOR Cap Table attached
hereto as Exhibit O-1 and (y) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class A-1 Certificates.

     Class A-1 Cap Contract Termination Date: The Distribution Date in June
2009.

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

     Class A-1 Certificates: Each of the Class A-1A Certificates and the Class
A-1B Certificates.

     Class A-1 Maximum Rate Cap: With respect to any Distribution Date, the per
annum rate equal to the product of (i) 12, (ii) the quotient of (x) the total
scheduled interest that would have been due on the Mortgage Loans in Group One
during the related Due Period had the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans in Group
One provided for interest at their maximum lifetime Net Mortgage Rates and the
Fixed Rate Mortgage Loans in Group One provided for interest at their Net
Mortgage Rates divided by (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Group One Mortgage Loans as of the preceding Distribution Date (or in the case
of the first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date), and (iii) a fraction,
the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the actual number
of days in the related Accrual Period, such product reduced, in the case of the
Class A-1B Certificates, by the product of (i) Class A-1B Certificate Insurance
Premium Rate and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the

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denominator of which is the actual number of days in the related Accrual Period.
The Class A-1 Maximum Rate Cap shall relate to the Class A-1 and Class R
Certificates.

     Class A-1 Trigger Event: The situation that exists with respect to any
Distribution Date (a) during the period from the Closing Date through the
Distribution Date in January 2008, if the aggregate amount of Realized Losses
incurred from the Cut-off Date through the last day of the related Due Period
(after giving effect to scheduled payments received or advanced on or before the
related Determination Date and Principal Prepayments received during the related
Prepayment Period) divided by the sum of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date exceeds 1.50%, or (b) on any
Distribution Date on or after February 2008, if a Stepdown Trigger Event is in
effect.

     Class A-1 Upper Collar: With respect to a Distribution Date with respect to
which payments are received on the Class A-1 Cap Contract, a rate equal to the
lesser of One-Month LIBOR and 10.22% per annum.

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

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

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

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

     Class A-1A Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 0.270% per annum and, as
of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.540% per
annum.

     Class A-1A Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.84% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-1A Margin, (2) the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap and (3) the
Class A-1 Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date

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

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

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     Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Agreement: The Insurance and Indemnity
Agreement dated as of February 14, 2006 among the Class A-1B Certificate
Insurer, MLML and the Depositor, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit
V.

     Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Premium: With respect to a Distribution
Date, an amount equal to 1/12th of (a) the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Rate
and (b) the Class A-1B Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such
Distribution Date.

     Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy: The Financial Guarantee Insurance
Policy No. CIFG NA-787, together with all endorsements thereto, issued by the
Class A-1B Certificate Insurer in favor of the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Class A-1B Certificateholders, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit U.

     Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Rate: As specified in the Class A-1B
Certificate Insurance Agreement.

     Class A-1B Certificate Insurer: CIFG Assurance North America, Inc., or any
successor thereto.

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

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

     Class A-1B Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 0.260% per annum and, as
of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.520% per
annum.

     Class A-1B Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.83% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-1B Margin, (2) the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap and (3) the
Class A-1 Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class A-2 Available Funds Cap: With respect to a Distribution Date, the per
annum rate equal to the product of (i) 12, (ii) the quotient of (x) the total
scheduled interest on the Group Two Mortgage Loans based on the Net Mortgage
Rates in effect on the related Due Date divided by (y) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Group Two Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the
related Accrual Period (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of
the Cut-off Date) and (iii) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30, and the
denominator of which is the actual number of days in the related Accrual Period.

     Class A-2 Cap Contract: The confirmation and agreement, between Trustee on
behalf of the Issuing Entity and the Cap Contract Counterparty (in the form of
Exhibit N-2 hereto).

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     Class A-2 Cap Contract Notional Balance: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the lesser of (x) Class A-2 Cap Contract Notional Balance set forth for
such Distribution Date in the Class A-2 One-Month LIBOR Cap Table attached
hereto as Exhibit O-2 and (y) the outstanding Certificate Principal balance of
the Class A-2 Certificates.

     Class A-2 Cap Contract Termination Date: The Distribution Date in June
2008.

     Class A-2 Certificates: Each of the Class A-2A Certificates, the Class A-2B
Certificates, the Class A-2C Certificates and the Class A-2D Certificates.

     Class A-2 Maximum Rate Cap: With respect to any Distribution Date, the per
annum rate equal to 12 times the quotient of (x) the total scheduled interest
that would have been due on the Group Two Mortgage Loans during the related Due
Period had the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans in Group Two provided for interest
at their maximum lifetime Net Mortgage Rates and the Fixed Rate Mortgage Loans
in Group Two provided for interest at their Net Mortgage Rates over divided by
(y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Group Two Mortgage Loans in as
of the preceding Distribution Date (or in the case of the first Distribution
Date, as of the Cut-off Date), multiplied by 30 and divided by the actual number
of days in the related Accrual Period. The Class A-2 Maximum Rate Cap shall
relate to the Class A-2 Certificates.

     Class A-2 Upper Collar: With respect to each Distribution Date with respect
to which payments are received on the Class A-2 Cap Contract, a rate equal to
the lesser of One-Month LIBOR and 9.30% per annum.

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

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

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

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

     Class A-2A Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 0.080% per annum and, as
of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.160% per
annum.

     Class A-2A Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.65% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-2A Margin, (2) the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap and (3) the
Class A-2 Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date.

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

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

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

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

     Class A-2B Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 0.140% per annum and, as
of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.280% per
annum.

     Class A-2B Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.71% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-2B Margin, (2) the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap and (3) the
Class A-2 Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date.

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

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

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

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

     Class A-2C Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 0.200% per annum and, as
of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.400% per
annum.

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     Class A-2C Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.77% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-2C Margin, (2) the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap and (3) the
Class A-2 Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date.

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

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

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

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

     Class A-2D Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 0.300% per annum and, as
of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.600% per
annum.

     Class A-2D Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.87% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-2D Margin, (2) the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap and (3) the
Class A-2 Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class B Certificates: The Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates,
and the Class B-3 Certificates.

     Class B-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class B-1 Certificates.

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

     Class B-1 Certificates: Each of the Class B-1A Certificates and the Class
B-1B Certificates.

     Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance, the
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-2 Certificate Principal
Balance, the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-4 Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class M-5 Certificate Principal Balance and the Class M-6
Certificate Principal Balance have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown Trigger
Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the excess
of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after taking
into account distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (B) the

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Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (C)
the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (D) the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (E) the Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (F) the Class M-5 Certificate Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-5 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (G) the Class M-6 Certificate
Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-6
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (H) the Class B-1
Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over
(2) the lesser of (A) 85.70% of the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of such Distribution Date and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date over the Minimum
Required Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any
Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal
Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates and Class M Certificates has been
reduced to zero, the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the
lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-1
Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after
any distributions on such Class A and Class M Certificates and (II) in no event
will the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any
Distribution Date exceed the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class B-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class B-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class B-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class B-1 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

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

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

     Class B-1A Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-1A Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-1A Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the Current Interest and Interest Carry Forward Amount portions of any previous
distributions on such Class that are recovered as a voidable preference by a
trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest Shortfall allocated on
such Distribution Date to the Class B-1A Certificates.

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

     Class B-1A Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 1.250% per annum and as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 1.875% per annum.

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     Class B-1A Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 5.82% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class B-1A Margin, (2) the Floating Rate Subordinate Available Funds
Cap and (3) the Floating Rate Subordinate Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution
Date.

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

     Class B-1B Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-1B Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-1B Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the Current Interest and Interest Carry Forward Amount portions of any previous
distributions on such Class that are recovered as a voidable preference by a
trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest Shortfall allocated on
such Distribution Date to the Class B-1B Certificates.

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

     Class B-1B Pass-Through Rate: As of any Distribution Date up to and
including the Initial Optional Termination Date, the least of (1) 5.90%, (2) the
Fixed Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap and (3) the Fixed Rate Subordinate
Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date. As of any Distribution Date after
the Initial Optional Termination Date, the least of (1) 6.40%, (2) the Fixed
Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap and (3) the Fixed Rate Subordinate Maximum
Rate Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class B-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class B-2 Certificates.

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

     Class B-2 Certificates: Each of the Class B-2A Certificates and the Class
B-2B Certificates.

     Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance, the
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-2 Certificate Principal
Balance, the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-4 Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class M-5 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-6
Certificate Principal Balance and the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance
have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or as long as a
Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum of (A) the
Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (B) the
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (C)
the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (D) the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (E) the Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance
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M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (F) the Class M-5
Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (G) the
Class M-6 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (H)
the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date) and (I) the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance
immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 88.30% of
the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date
and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
such Distribution Date over the Minimum Required Overcollateralization Amount.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any Distribution Date prior to the
Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Class
A Certificates, Class M Certificates and Class B-1 Certificate has been reduced
to zero, the Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the lesser of
(x) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates
and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after any
distributions on such Class A and Class M Certificates and (II) in no event will
the Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any Distribution
Date exceed the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class B-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class B-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class B-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class B-2 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

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

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

     Class B-2A Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-2A Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-2A Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the Current Interest and Interest Carry Forward Amount portions of any previous
distributions on such Class that are recovered as a voidable preference by a
trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest Shortfall allocated on
such Distribution Date to the Class B-2A Certificates.

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

     Class B-2A Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 1.500% per annum and as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 2.250% per annum.

     Class B-2A Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 6.07% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class B-2A Margin, (2) the Floating Rate Subordinate Available Funds
Cap and (3) the Floating Rate Subordinate Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution
Date.

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

     Class B-2B Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-2B Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-2B Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the Current Interest and Interest Carry Forward Amount portions of any previous
distributions on such Class that are recovered as a voidable preference by a
trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest Shortfall allocated on
such Distribution Date to the Class B-2B Certificates.

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

     Class B-2B Pass-Through Rate: As of any Distribution Date up to and
including the Initial Optional Termination Date, the least of (1) 6.00%, (2) the
Fixed Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap and (3) the Fixed Rate Subordinate
Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date. As of any Distribution Date after
the Initial Optional Termination Date, the least of (1) 6.500%, (2) the Fixed
Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap and (3) the Fixed Rate Subordinate Maximum
Rate Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class B-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class B-3 Certificates.

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

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

     Class B-3 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-3 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-3 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the Current Interest and Interest Carry Forward Amount portions of any previous
distributions on such Class that are recovered as a voidable preference by a
trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest Shortfall allocated on
such Distribution Date to the Class B-3 Certificates.

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

     Class B-3 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 2.250% per annum and as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 3.375% per annum.

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     Class B-3 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 6.82% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class B-3 Margin, (2) the Floating Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap
and (3) the Floating Rate Subordinate Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution
Date.

     Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance, the
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-2 Certificate Principal
Balance, the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-4 Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class M-5 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-6
Certificate Principal Balance, the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance, the
Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown
Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the
excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (B) the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class M-2 Certificate Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class M-3 Certificate
Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-3
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (E) the Class M-4
Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (F) the
Class M-5 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (G)
the Class M-6 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (H) the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (I) the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class B-2 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date) and (J) the Class B-3 Certificate Principal
Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A)
90.40% of the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such
Distribution Date and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date over the Minimum Required
Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any
Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal
Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates, Class B-1
Certificate and Class B-2 Certificate has been reduced to zero, the Class B-3
Principal Distribution Amount will equal the lesser of (x) the outstanding
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates and (y) 100% of the
Principal Distribution Amount remaining after any distributions on such Class A
and Class M Certificates and (II) in no event will the Class B-3 Principal
Distribution Amount with respect to any Distribution Date exceed the Class B-3
Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class B-3 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class B-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class B-3 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class B-3 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

     Class C Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the sum
of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans which
have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class C Certificates.

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

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     Class C Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination, the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class C Certificates.

     Class C Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest accrued
during the related Accrual Period at the Class C Distributable Interest Rate on
a notional amount equal to the aggregate principal balance of the Lower Tier
REMIC Regular Interests immediately prior to such Distribution Date, plus the
interest portion of any previous distributions on such Class that is recovered
as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported
Interest Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class C
Certificates.

     Class C Distributable Interest Rate: The excess, if any, of (a) the
weighted average of the interest rates on the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests
over (b) two times the weighted average of the interest rates on the Lower Tier
REMIC I Marker Interests and the Class LTIX Interest (treating for purposes of
this clause (b) the interest rate on each of the Lower Tier REMIC I Marker
Interests as being subject to a cap and a floor equal to the interest rate of
the Corresponding Certificates (as adjusted for the length of the Accrual
Period) and treating the Class LTIX Interest as being capped at zero). The
averages described in the preceding sentence shall be weighted on the basis of
the respective principal balances of the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests
immediately prior to any date of determination. For purposes of the second
preceding sentence, the interest rate of the Class A-1B Certificates shall be
increased by the product of (i) the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer Rate and (ii)
a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the
actual number of days in the related Accrual Period.

     Class C Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (A) the Class C Current Interest with respect to prior Distribution
Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class C Certificates with
respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates or added to the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class C Certificates.

     Class C Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class C Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class C Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class C Certificates pursuant to the last sentence of
the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

     Class LTA-1A Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificates and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTA-1B Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTA-2A Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTA-2B Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

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     Class LTA-2C Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTA-2D Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTB-1A Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTB-1B Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTB-2A Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTB-2B Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTB-3 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTIX Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to the excess of (i) 50% of the
aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans over (ii) the
initial principal balance of the Lower Tier REMIC I Marker Interests, and with
an interest rate equal to the Net Rate.

     Class LTIIX Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to the excess of (i) 50% of the
aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans over (ii) the
initial principal balance of the Lower Tier REMIC II Marker Interests, and with
an interest rate equal to the Net Rate.

     Class LTII1A Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 0.05% of the excess of (i) the
aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Group One Mortgage Loans over
(ii) the aggregate of the initial Certificate Principal Balances of Certificate
Group One, and with an interest rate equal to the Net Rate.

     Class LTII1B Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 0.05% of the aggregate Cut-off
Date Principal Balance of the Group One Mortgage Loans, and with an interest
rate equal to the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap.

     Class LTII2A Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 0.05% of the excess of (i) the
aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Group Two Mortgage Loans over
(ii) the aggregate of the initial Certificate Principal Balances of Certificate
Group Two, and with an interest rate equal to the Net Rate.

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     Class LTII2B Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 0.05% of the aggregate Cut-off
Date Principal Balance of the Group Two Mortgage Loans and with an interest rate
equal to the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap.

     Class LTM-1 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTM-2 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTM-3 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTM-4 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTM-5 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTM-6 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

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

     Class M Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination, the
sum of the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-2 Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-4
Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-5 Certificate Principal Balance, and
the Class M-6 Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class M Certificates: The Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-2
Certificates, the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-4 Certificates, the Class
M-5 Certificates and the Class M-6 Certificates.

     Class M-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans that
have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-1 Certificates.

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

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

     Class M-1 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Current

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Interest or Class M-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class M-1 Certificates.

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

     Class M-1 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.390% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.585% per annum.

     Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.96% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-1 Margin, (2) the Floating Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap
and (3) the Floating Rate Subordinate Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution
Date.

     Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance has been
reduced to zero and a Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown
Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A
Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (B) the
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution
Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 61.70% of the Stated Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date and (B) the excess of the Stated
Principal Balances for the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date over the
Minimum Required Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(I) on any Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate
Principal Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates has been reduced to
zero, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the lesser of (x)
the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates and
(y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after any distributions
on such Class A Certificates and (II) in no event will the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount with respect to any Distribution Date exceed the Class M-1
Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class M-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class M-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class M-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class M-1 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

     Class M-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans that
have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates.

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

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

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

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

     Class M-2 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.410% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.615% per annum.

     Class M-2 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.98% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-2 Margin, (2) the Floating Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap
and (3) the Floating Rate Subordinate Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution
Date.

     Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance and the
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown
Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the
excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (B) the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date) and (C) the Class M-2 Certificate Principal
Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A)
68.40% of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of such
Distribution Date and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date over the Minimum Required
Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any
Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal
Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates and the Class M-1 Certificates has
been reduced to zero, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the
lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2
Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after
any distributions on such Class A and Class M-1 Certificates and (II) in no
event will the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any
Distribution Date exceed the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class M-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class M-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class M-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class M-2 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

     Class M-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans that
have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-3 Certificates.

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

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

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

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

     Class M-3 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.440% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.660% per annum.

     Class M-3 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 5.01% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-3 Margin, (2) the Floating Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap
and (3) the Floating Rate Subordinate Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution
Date.

     Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance, Class
M-1 Certificate Principal Balance and Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance
have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or as long as a
Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum of (A) the
Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (B) the
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (C)
the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date) and (D) the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance
immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 72.40% of
the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date
and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal Balances for the Mortgage Loans as of
such Distribution Date over the Minimum Required Overcollateralization Amount.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any Distribution Date prior to the
Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Class
A Certificates, the Class M-1 Certificates and the Class M-2 Certificates has
been reduced to zero, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the
lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3
Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after
any distributions on such Class A, Class M-1 and Class M-2 Certificates and (II)
in no event will the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any
Distribution Date exceed the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class M-3 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class M-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the

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Class M-3 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on all previous Distribution Dates and
(y) all increases in the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class M-3
Certificates pursuant to the last sentence of the definition of "Certificate
Principal Balance."

     Class M-4 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans that
have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-4 Certificates.

     Class M-4 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-4
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates.

     Class M-4 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-4 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Current
Interest or Class M-4 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class M-4 Certificates.

     Class M-4 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class M-4 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
M-4 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class M-4 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class M-4 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.560% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.840% per annum.

     Class M-4 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 5.13% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-4 Margin, (2) the Floating Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap
and (3) the Floating Rate Subordinate Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution
Date.

     Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance, Class
M-1 Certificate Principal Balance and Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance
and the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance have been reduced to zero and a
Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown Trigger Event does not
exist, the excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (B) the Class M-1 Certificate
Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-1
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class M-2
Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the
Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date and (E)
the Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such
Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 76.10% of the Stated Principal
Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date and (B) the excess
of the Stated Principal Balances for the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution
Date over the Minimum Required Overcollateralization Amount.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any Distribution Date prior to the
Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Class
A Certificates, the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-2 Certificates, and the
Class M-3 Certificates have been reduced to zero, the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount will equal the lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount remaining after any distributions on such Class A, Class
M-1, Class M-2, and Class M-3 Certificates and (II) in no event will the Class
M-4 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any Distribution Date exceed
the Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class M-4 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class M-4 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class M-4 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class M-4 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

     Class M-5 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans that
have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-5 Certificates.

     Class M-5 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-5
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class M-5 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates.

     Class M-5 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-5 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class M-5 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Current
Interest or Class M-5 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class M-5 Certificates.

     Class M-5 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class M-5 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
M-5 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class M-5 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class M-5 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.590% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.885% per annum.

     Class M-5 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 5.16% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-5 Margin, (2) the Floating Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap
and (3) the Floating Rate Subordinate Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution
Date.

     Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance, Class
M-1 Certificate Principal Balance and Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance,
the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance and the Class M-4 Certificate
Principal Balance

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have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or as long as a
Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum of (A) the
Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (B) the
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (C)
the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (D) the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date, (E) the Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date) and (F) the Class M-5 Certificate Principal
Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A)
79.60% of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of such
Distribution Date and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal Balances for the
Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date over the Minimum Required
Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any
Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal
Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates, the Class M-1 Certificates, the
Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-3 Certificates and the Class M-4
Certificates have been reduced to zero, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution
Amount will equal the lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution
Amount remaining after any distributions on such Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2,
Class M-3 and Class M-4 Certificates and (II) in no event will the Class M-5
Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any Distribution Date exceed the
Class M-5 Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class M-5 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class M-5 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class M-5 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class M-5 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

     Class M-6 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans that
have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-6 Certificates.

     Class M-6 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-6
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class M-6 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates.

     Class M-6 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-6 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class M-6 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Current
Interest or Class M-6 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class M-6 Certificates.

     Class M-6 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class M-6 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
M-6 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class M-6 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

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     Class M-6 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.700% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 1.050% per annum.

     Class M-6 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 5.27% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-6 Margin, (2) the Floating Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap
and (3) the Floating Rate Subordinate Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution
Date.

     Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance, Class
M-1 Certificate Principal Balance and Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance,
the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-4 Certificate Principal
Balance and the Class M-5 Certificate Principal Balance have been reduced to
zero and a Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown Trigger Event
does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate
Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (B) the Class M-1
Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the
Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D)
the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date, (E) the Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking
into account distributions of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on
such Distribution Date), (F) the Class M-5 Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date) and (G) the Class M-6 Certificate Principal Balance
immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 82.70% of
the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date
and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal Balances for the Mortgage Loans as of
such Distribution Date over the Minimum Required Overcollateralization Amount.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any Distribution Date prior to the
Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Class
A Certificates, the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-2 Certificates, the
Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-4 Certificates and the Class M-5
Certificates have been reduced to zero, the Class M-6 Principal Distribution
Amount will equal the lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution
Amount remaining after any distributions on such Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2,
Class M-3, Class M-4 and Class M-5 Certificates and (II) in no event will the
Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any Distribution Date
exceed the Class M-6 Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class M-6 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class M-6 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class M-6 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class M-6 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

     Class P Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a Class P Certificate on
the face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated by the Trustee in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A, representing the right to
distributions as set forth herein.

     Class R Certificate: The Class R Certificate executed by the Trustee and
authenticated by the Trustee in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A.

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     Class R Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination, the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class R Certificate.

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

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

     Class R Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the Initial
Optional Termination Date, 0.270% per annum and, as of any Distribution Date
after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.540% per annum.

     Class R Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.84% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class R Margin, (2) the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap and (3) the Class
A-1 Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Closing Date: February 14, 2006.

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

     Collection Account: The separate Eligible Account created and initially
maintained by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05(d) in the name of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated, "Wilshire
Credit Corporation, as servicer, for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee, in
trust for registered holders of Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage
Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-WMC1." Funds in the Collection
Account shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and
purposes set forth in this Agreement.

     Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio: For any Mortgage Loan in a second lien
position, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the
sum of (1) the original principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan and (2)
any outstanding principal balances of Mortgage Loans the liens on which are
senior to the lien on such related Mortgage Loan (such sum calculated at the
date of origination of such related Mortgage Loan) and the denominator of which
is the lesser of (A) the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property and
(B) the sales price of the related Mortgaged Property at time of origination.

     Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

     Compensating Interest: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the portion of any Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls required to be deposited in the Collection Account by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof.

     Condemnation Proceeds: All awards or settlements in respect of a Mortgaged
Property, whether permanent or temporary, partial or entire, by exercise of the
power of eminent domain or condemnation,

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to the extent not required to be released either to a Mortgagor in accordance
with the terms of the related mortgage loan documents or to the holder of a
senior lien on the Mortgaged Property.

     Corresponding Certificates: With respect to the Class LTA-1A Interest, the
Class A-1A and Class R Certificates. With respect to the Class LTA-1B Interest,
the Class A-1B Certificates. With respect to the Class LTA-2A Interest, the
Class A-2A Certificates. With respect to the Class LTA-2B Interest, the Class
A-2B Certificates. With respect to the Class LTA-2C Interest, the Class A-2C
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTA-2D Interest, the Class A-2D
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTM-1 Interest, the Class M-1
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTM-2 Interest, the Class M-2
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTM-3 Interest, the Class M-3
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTM-4 Interest, the Class M-4
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTM-5 Interest, the Class M-5
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTM-6 Interest, the Class M-6
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTB-1A Interest, the Class B-1A
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTB-1B Interest, the Class B-1B
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTB-2A Interest, the Class B-2A
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTB-2B Interest, the Class B-2B
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTB-3 Interest, the Class B-3
Certificates.

     Current Interest: Any of the Class A-1A Current Interest, the Class R
Current Interest, the Class A-1B Current Interest, the Class A-2A Current
Interest, the Class A-2B Current Interest, the Class A-2C Current Interest, the
Class A-2D Current Interest, the Class M-1 Current Interest, the Class M-2
Current Interest, the Class M-3 Current Interest, the Class M-4 Current
Interest, the Class M-5 Current Interest, the Class M-6 Current Interest, the
Class B-1A Current Interest, the Class B-1B Current Interest, the Class B-2A
Current Interest, the Class B-2B Current Interest and the Class B-3 Current
Interest.

     Cut-off Date: January 1, 2006.

     Cut-off Date Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan, the unpaid
principal balance thereof as of the close of business on the calendar day
immediately preceding the Cut-off Date after application of all payments of
principal due on or prior to the Cut-off Date, whether or not received, and all
Principal Prepayments received prior to the Cut-off Date, but without giving
effect to any installments of principal received in respect of Due Dates after
the Cut-off Date.

     Definitive Certificates: As defined in Section 5.06.

     Deleted Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced by a
Replacement Mortgage Loan.

     Delinquent: A Mortgage Loan is "delinquent" if any payment due thereon is
not made pursuant to the terms of such Mortgage Loan by the close of business on
the day such payment is scheduled to be due. A Mortgage Loan is "30 days
delinquent" if such payment has not been received by the close of business on
the corresponding day of the month immediately succeeding the month in which
such payment was due, or, if there is no such corresponding day (e.g., as when a
30-day month follows a 31-day month in which a payment was due on the 31st day
of such month), then on the last day of such immediately succeeding month. With
respect to any Mortgage Loan due on any day other than the first day of the
month, such Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to be due on the first day of the
immediately succeeding month. Similarly for "60 days delinquent," "90 days
delinquent" and so on.

     Denomination: With respect to each Certificate, the amount set forth on the
face thereof as the "Initial Principal Balance of this Certificate."

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     Depositor: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
or any successor in interest.

     Depository: The initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust Company
("DTC"), the nominee of which is Cede & Co., or any other organization
registered as a "clearing agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Depository shall initially be the
registered Holder of the Book-Entry Certificates. The Depository shall at all
times be a "clearing corporation" as defined in Section 8-102(3) of the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State of New York.

     Depository Agreement: With respect to Classes of Book-Entry Certificates,
the agreement between the Trustee and the initial Depository.

     Depository Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Depository effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depository.

     Designated Transaction: A transaction in which the assets underlying the
Certificates consist of single-family residential, multi-family residential,
home equity, manufactured housing and/or commercial mortgage obligations that
are secured by single-family residential, multi-family residential, commercial
real property or leasehold interests therein.

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

     Disqualified Organization: (1) the United States, any state or political
subdivision thereof, any foreign government, any international organization, or
any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (2) any organization
(other than a cooperative described in Section 521 of the Code) which is exempt
from tax under Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Code unless such organization is
subject to the tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code and (3) any organization
described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code.

     Distribution Date: The 25th day of each calendar month after the initial
issuance of the Certificates, or if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
next succeeding Business Day, commencing in February 2006.

     Due Date: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan, the
day during the related Due Period on which a Scheduled Payment is due.

     Due Period: With respect to any Distribution Date, the period beginning on
the second day of the calendar month preceding the calendar month in which such
Distribution Date occurs and ending on the first day of the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs.

     Eligible Account: An account that is (i) maintained with a depository
institution the long-term unsecured debt obligations of which are rated by each
Rating Agency in one of its two highest rating categories, or (ii) maintained
with the corporate trust department of a bank which (A) has a rating of at least
Baa3 or P-3 by Moody's and (B) is either the Depositor or the corporate trust
department of a national bank or banking corporation which has a rating of at
least A-1 by S&P or F1 by Fitch, or (iii) an account or accounts the deposits in
which are fully insured by the FDIC, or (iv) an account or accounts, acceptable
to each Rating Agency without reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any Class
of Certificates, as evidenced in writing, by a depository institution in which
such accounts are insured by the FDIC (to the limit established by the FDIC),
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secured such that, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to and
acceptable to the Trustee, the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer and each Rating
Agency, the Certificateholders have a claim with respect to the funds in such
account and a perfected first security interest against any collateral (which
shall be limited to Permitted Investments) securing such funds that is superior
to claims of any other depositors or creditors of the depository institution
with which such account is maintained, or (v) maintained at an eligible
institution whose commercial paper, short-term debt or other short-term deposits
are rated at least A-1+ by S&P and F-1+ by Fitch, or (vi) maintained with a
federal or state chartered depository institution the deposits in which are
insured by the FDIC to the applicable limits and the short-term unsecured debt
obligations of which (or, in the case of a depository institution that is a
subsidiary of a holding company, the short-term unsecured debt obligations of
such holding company) are rated A-1 by S&P, F-1 by Fitch or Prime-1 by Moody's
at the time any deposits are held on deposit therein, (vii) a trust account or
accounts maintained with the corporate trust department of a federal or state
chartered depository institution or trust company having capital and surplus of
not less than $50,000,000 or (viii) otherwise acceptable to each Rating Agency,
as evidenced by a letter from each Rating Agency to the Trustee.

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

     ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting: A best efforts or firm commitment
underwriting or private placement that would satisfy the requirements of
Prohibited Transaction Exemption 90-29, Exemption Application No. D-8012, 55
Fed. Reg. 21459 (1990), as amended, granted to the Underwriter by the United
States Department of Labor (or any other applicable underwriter's exemption
granted by the United States Department of Labor), except, in relevant part, for
the requirement that the certificates have received a rating at the time of
acquisition that is in one of the three (or four, in the case of a "designated
transaction") highest generic rating categories by at least one of the Rating
Agencies.

     ERISA Restricted Certificates: The Class C Certificates and the Class P
Certificates and any other Certificate, as long as the acquisition and holding
of such other Certificate is not covered by and exempt under any applicable
underwriter's exemption granted by the United States Department of Labor.

     Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.01 hereof.

     Excess Interest: On any Distribution Date, for the Class A Certificates,
Class M Certificates, and the Class B Certificates, the excess, if any, of (1)
the amount of interest such Class of Certificates is entitled to receive on such
Distribution Date over (2) the amount of interest such Class of Certificates
would have been entitled to receive on such Distribution Date at an interest
rate equal to the REMIC Pass-Through Rate.

     Excess Proceeds: With respect to any Liquidated Loan, any Liquidation
Proceeds that are in excess of the sum of (1) the unpaid principal balance of
such Liquidated Loan as of the date of such liquidation plus (2) interest at the
Mortgage Rate from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid or advanced
to Certificateholders (and not reimbursed to the Servicer) up to the Due Date in
the month in which such Liquidation Proceeds are required to be distributed on
the unpaid principal balance of such Liquidated Loan outstanding during each Due
Period as to which such interest was not paid or advanced.

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

     Extra Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date,
(1) prior to the Stepdown Date, the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (i) the
Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance immediately preceding such Distribution
Date reduced by the Principal Funds with respect to such Distribution Date and
(ii) $60,750,680 over (B) the Pool Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans

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as of such Distribution Date and (2) on and after the Stepdown Date, the excess,
if any, of (A) the sum of (x) the Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance
immediately preceding such Distribution Date, reduced by the Principal Funds
with respect to such Distribution Date and (y) the greater of (a) 9.60% of the
Pool Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and (b) the Minimum Required
Overcollateralization Amount over (B) the Pool Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date; provided, however, that if on any
Distribution Date a Stepdown Trigger Event is in effect, the Extra Principal
Distribution Amount will not be reduced to the applicable percentage of the
then-current Pool Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans (and will
remain fixed at the applicable percentage of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Due Date immediately prior to the
Stepdown Trigger Event) until the next Distribution Date on which the Stepdown
Trigger Event is not in effect.

     Fannie Mae: A federally chartered and privately owned corporation organized
and existing under the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, or any
successor thereto.

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

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

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

     Fixed Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap: With respect to a Distribution
Date, the per annum rate equal to the weighted average (weighted in proportion
to the results of subtracting the current Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A-1 and Class R Certificates, in the case of Group One, or the Class A-2
Certificates, in the case of Group Two, from the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans in each Mortgage Group as of the immediately
preceding Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, as
of the Cut-off Date)) of the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap and the Class A-2
Available Funds Cap each multiplied by the actual number of days in the related
accrual period and divided by 30.

     Fixed Rate Subordinate Certificates: The Class B-1B and the Class B-2B
Certificates.

     Fixed Rate Subordinate Maximum Rate Cap: With respect to a Distribution
Date, the per annum rate equal to the weighted average (weighted in proportion
to the results of subtracting from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans in each Mortgage Group as of the immediately preceding
Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of the
Cut-off Date) the current Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 and
Class R Certificates, in the case of Group One, or the Class A-2 Certificates,
in the case of Group Two) of the Class A-1 Maximum Rate Cap and the Class A-2
Maximum Rate Cap each multiplied by the actual number of days in the related
accrual period and divided by 30.

     Floating Rate Certificate Carryover: With respect to a Distribution Date,
in the event that the Pass-Through Rate for a class of the Class A, Class M and
Class B Certificates is based upon the related Available Funds Cap, the excess
of (1) the amount of interest that such class would have been entitled to
receive on such Distribution Date had the Pass-Through Rate for that class not
been calculated based on the related Available Funds Cap, up to but not
exceeding the greater of (a) the related Maximum Rate Cap or (b) the sum of (i)
the related Available Funds Cap and (ii) the product of (A) a fraction, the
numerator of which is 360 and the denominator of which is the actual number of
days in the related Accrual Period and (B) the quotient obtained by dividing (I)
an amount equal to the proceeds, if any, payable under the related Cap Contract
with respect to such Distribution Date by (II) the aggregate Certificate
Principal

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Balance of each of the Classes of Certificates to which the Cap Contract relates
for such Distribution Date over (2) the amount of interest such class was
entitled to receive on such Distribution Date based on the related Available
Funds Cap together with (A) the unpaid portion of any such excess from prior
Distribution Dates (and interest accrued thereon at the then applicable
Pass-Through Rate for such class, without giving effect to the applicable
Available Funds Cap) and (B) any amount previously distributed with respect to
Floating Rate Certificate Carryover for such class that is recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy.

     Floating Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap: With respect to a
Distribution Date, the per annum rate equal to the weighted average (weighted in
proportion to the results of subtracting the current Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates, in the case of Group One, or
the Class A-2 Certificates, in the case of Group Two, from the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in each Mortgage Group as of the
immediately preceding Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date)) of the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap
and the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap.

     Floating Rate Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract: The confirmation and
agreement, between the Issuing Entity or Trustee and the Cap Contract
Counterparty (in the form of Exhibit N-3 hereto).

     Floating Rate Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract Notional Balance: With
respect to any Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the Floating Rate
Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract Notional Balance set forth for such
Distribution Date in the Floating Rate Subordinate Certificate One-Month LIBOR
Cap Table attached hereto as Exhibit O-3 and (y) the outstanding Certificate
Principal Balance of the Floating Rate Subordinate Certificates.

     Floating Rate Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract Termination Date: The
Distribution Date in June 2008.

     Floating Rate Subordinate Certificate Upper Collar: With respect to each
Distribution Date with respect to which payments are received on the Floating
Rate Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract, a rate equal to the lesser of
One-Month LIBOR and 8.850% per annum.

     Floating Rate Subordinate Certificates: The Class M, the Class B-1A, the
Class B-2A and the Class B-3 Certificates.

     Floating Rate Subordinate Maximum Rate Cap: With respect to a Distribution
Date, the per annum rate equal to the weighted average (weighted in proportion
to the results of subtracting from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans in each Mortgage Group as of the immediately preceding
Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of the
Cut-off Date) the current Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 and
Class R Certificates, in the case of Group One, or the Class A-2 Certificates,
in the case of Group Two) of the Class A-1 Maximum Rate Cap and the Class A-2
Maximum Rate Cap.

     Form 8-K Disclosure Information: As defined in Section 3.20.

     Freddie Mac: A corporate instrumentality of the United States created and
existing under Title III of the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended,
or any successor thereto.

     Grantor Trusts: The grantor trusts described in Section 2.07 hereof.

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     Gross Margin: The percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note for
each of the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans which is to be added to the
applicable index for use in determining the Mortgage Rate on each Adjustment
Date and which is set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule for each Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loan.

     Group One: The portion of the Mortgage Pool identified as "Group One" in
the Prospectus Supplement.

     Group One Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan identified in the Group One
Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit B-2.

     Group One Principal Distribution Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
amount equal to the lesser of (1) the sum of the respective Certificate
Principal Balances of the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates and (2) the product
of (x) the Group One Principal Distribution Percentage and (y) the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount; provided, however, that (A) with respect to the
Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of
the Class A-2 Certificates is initially reduced to zero (so long as the Class
A-1 and Class R Certificates are outstanding), the excess of (i) the Group Two
Principal Distribution Percentage of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount
over (ii) the amount necessary to reduce the Certificate Principal Balance of
each of the Class A-2 Certificates to zero will be added to the Group One
Principal Distribution Amount and (B) with respect to any Distribution Date
thereafter, the Group One Principal Distribution Amount shall equal the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount.

     Group One Principal Distribution Percentage: With respect to any
Distribution Date, a fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which
is the amount of Principal Funds with respect to such Distribution Date received
with respect to Group One Mortgage Loans, and the denominator of which is the
amount of all Principal Funds with respect to such Distribution Date received on
all the Mortgage Loans.

     Group Two: The portion of the Mortgage Pool identified as "Group Two" in
the Prospectus Supplement.

     Group Two Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan identified in the Group Two
Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit B-3.

     Group Two Principal Distribution Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
amount equal to the lesser of (1) the sum of the Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class A-2 Certificates and (2) the product of (x) the Group Two Principal
Distribution Percentage and (y) the Class A Principal Distribution Amount;
provided, however, that (A) with respect to the Distribution Date on which the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates is
initially reduced to zero (so long as any of the Class A-2 Certificates is
outstanding), the excess of (i) the Group One Principal Distribution Percentage
of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount necessary to
reduce the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A-1 Certificates to zero
will be added to the Group Two Principal Distribution Amount and (B) with
respect to any Distribution Date thereafter, the Group Two Principal
Distribution Amount shall equal the Class A Principal Distribution Amount.

     Group Two Principal Distribution Percentage: With respect to any
Distribution Date, a fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which
is the amount of Principal Funds with respect to such Distribution Date received
with respect to Group Two Mortgage Loans, and the denominator of which is the
amount of all Principal Funds with respect to such Distribution Date received on
all the Mortgage Loans.

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     Indenture: An indenture relating to the issuance of NIM Notes.

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

     Initial Certificate Principal Balance: With respect to any Class A, Class
M, Class B or Class C Certificate, the Certificate Principal Balance of such
Certificate or any predecessor Certificate on the Closing Date as set forth in
Section 5.01 hereof.

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

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

     Institutional Accredited Investors: Institutions which are "accredited
investors" within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) promulgated
pursuant to Regulation D.

     Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust
Fund, any insurance policy, including all riders and endorsements thereto in
effect with respect to such Mortgage Loan, including any replacement policy or
policies for any insurance policies.

     Insurance Proceeds: Proceeds paid in respect of the Mortgage Loans pursuant
to any Insurance Policy or any other insurance policy covering a Mortgage Loan,
to the extent such proceeds are payable to the mortgagee under the Mortgage, the
Servicer or the Trustee under the deed of trust and are not applied to the
restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in
accordance with the procedures that the Servicer would follow in servicing
mortgage loans held for its own account, in each case other than any amount
included in such Insurance Proceeds in respect of Insured Expenses.

     Insured Expenses: Expenses covered by an Insurance Policy or any other
insurance policy with respect to the Mortgage Loans.

     Interest Carry Forward Amount: Any of the Class A-1A Interest Carry Forward
Amount, the Class A-1B Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-2A Interest
Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-2B Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class
A-2C Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-2D Interest Carry Forward
Amount, the Class R Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class M-1 Interest Carry
Forward Amount, the Class M-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class M-3
Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class M-4 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the
Class M-5 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class M-6 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, the Class B-1A Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class B-1B Interest
Carry Forward Amount, the Class B-2A Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class
B-2B Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class B-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount
or the Class C Interest Carry Forward Amount, as the case may be.

     Interest Determination Date: With respect to the Class A, Class M and Class
B Certificates (other than the Class B-1B and Class B-2B Certificates), (i) for
any Accrual Period other than the first Accrual Period, the second LIBOR
Business Day preceding the commencement of such Accrual Period and (ii) for the
first Accrual Period, February 10, 2006.

     Interest Funds: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum, without
duplication, of (1) all scheduled interest due during the related Due Period and
received before the related Servicer Remittance

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Date or advanced on or before the related Servicer Remittance Date less the
Servicing Fee, (2) all Advances relating to interest with respect to the
Mortgage Loans, (3) all Compensating Interest with respect to the Mortgage
Loans, (4) Liquidation Proceeds with respect to the Mortgage Loans (to the
extent such Liquidation Proceeds relate to interest) collected during the
related Prepayment Period, (5) all proceeds of any purchase pursuant to Section
2.02 or 2.03 during the related Prepayment Period or pursuant to Section 9.01
not later than the related Determination Date (to the extent that such proceeds
relate to interest) less the Servicing Fee and (6) all Prepayment Charges
received with respect to the Mortgage Loans during the related Prepayment
Period, less (A) all Non-Recoverable Advances relating to interest and (B) other
amounts reimbursable to the Servicer, the Trustee and a custodian pursuant to
this Agreement.

     Issuing Entity: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2006-WMC1.

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

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

     Liquidated Loan: With respect to any Distribution Date, a defaulted
Mortgage Loan that either (a) has been liquidated through deed-in-lieu of
foreclosure, foreclosure sale, trustee's sale or other realization as provided
by applicable law governing the real property subject to the related Mortgage
and any security agreements and as to which the Servicer has certified (in
accordance with Section 3.12) in the related Prepayment Period that it has
received all amounts it expects to receive in connection with such liquidation
or (b) is not a first lien Mortgage Loan and is delinquent 180 days or longer,
as to which the Servicer has certified in a certificate of an officer of the
Servicer delivered to the Depositor and to the Trustee that it does not believe
that there is a reasonable likelihood that any further net proceeds will be
received or recovered with respect to such Mortgage Loan.

     Liquidation Proceeds: Amounts, including Condemnation Proceeds and
Insurance Proceeds, received in connection with the partial or complete
liquidation of Mortgage Loans, whether through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale,
sale by the Servicer pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise or amounts received
in connection with any condemnation or partial release of a Mortgaged Property
and any other proceeds received in connection with an REO Property, less the sum
of related unreimbursed Advances, Servicing Fees, Servicing Advances and any
other expenses related to such Mortgage Loan.

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

     Lower Tier REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement and Section
2.07.

     Lower Tier REMIC Interests: Each of the Class LTA-1A Interest, the Class
LTA-1B Interest, the Class LTA-2A Interest, the Class LTA-2B Interest, the Class
LTA-2C Interest, the Class LTA-2D Interest, the Class LTM-1 Interest, the Class
LTM-2 Interest, the Class LTM-3 Interest, the Class LTM-4 Interest, the Class
LTM-5 Interest, the Class LTM-6 Interest, the Class LTB-1A Interest, the Class
LTB-1B Interest, the Class LTB-2A Interest, the Class LTB-2B Interest, the Class
LTB-3 Interest, the Class LTIX Interest, the Class LTIIX Interest, the Class
LTII1A Interest, the Class LTII1B Interest, the Class LTII2A Interest, the Class
LTII2B Interest and the Class LTR Interest.

     Lower Tier REMIC I Marker Interests: Each of the classes of Lower Tier
REMIC Regular Interests other than the Class LTIX Interest, the Class LTIIX
Interest, the Class LTII1A Interest, the Class LTII1B Interest, the Class LTII2A
Interest and the Class LTII2B Interest.

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

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

     Lower Tier REMIC Subordinated Balance Ratio: The ratio of (i) the principal
balance of the Class LTII1A Interest to (ii) the principal balance of the Class
LTII2A Interest that is equal to the ratio of (i) the excess of (A) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of Group One over (B) the current Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates to (ii) the excess
of (A) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of Group Two over (B) the current
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates.

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

     Maximum Rate Cap: Any of the Class A-1 Maximum Rate Cap, the Class A-2
Maximum Rate Cap, the Floating Rate Subordinate Maximum Rate Cap and the Fixed
Rate Subordinate Maximum Rate Cap.

     MERS: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor
thereto.

     MERS Loan: Any Mortgage Loan registered with MERS on the MERS System.

     MERS System: The system of recording transfers of mortgage electronically
maintained by MERS.

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

     Minimum Required Overcollateralization Amount: An amount equal to the
product of (x) 0.50% and (y) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the Cut-off Date.

     MIN: The loan number for any MERS Loan.

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

     MOM Loan: Any Mortgage Loan as to which MERS is acting as mortgagee, solely
as nominee for the originator of such Mortgage Loan and its successors and
assigns.

     Monthly Statement: The statement delivered to the Certificateholders and
the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer pursuant to Section 4.05.

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

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     Mortgage: With respect to a Mortgage Loan, the mortgage, deed of trust or
other instrument creating a second lien or a second priority ownership interest
in an estate in fee simple in real property securing a Mortgage Note.

     Mortgage File: The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01 hereof
pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents delivered
to the Trustee to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.

     Mortgage Group: Either of Group One or Group Two.

     Mortgage Loan Schedule: The lists of Mortgage Loans (as from time to time
amended by the Trustee to reflect the deletion of Deleted Mortgage Loans and the
addition of Replacement Mortgage Loans pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement) transferred to the Trustee as part of the Trust Fund (for
clarification purposes, the Trustee has physical possession of the Mortgage
Files) and from time to time subject to this Agreement, attached hereto as
Exhibit B-1, Exhibit B-2 and Exhibit B-3, setting forth the following
information with respect to each Mortgage Loan:

          (i)  the loan number;

          (ii) borrower name and address;

          (iii) the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loans;

          (iv) the Initial Mortgage Rate;

          (v)  the original maturity date and the months remaining before
               maturity date;

          (vi) the original principal balance;

          (vii) the Cut-off Date Principal Balance;

          (viii) the first payment due date of the Mortgage Loan;

          (ix) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination with respect to a first
               lien Mortgage Loan, or the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio with
               respect to a second lien Mortgage Loan;

          (x)  a code indicating whether the residential dwelling at the time of
               origination was represented to be owner-occupied;

          (xi) a code indicating the property type;

          (xii) with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan;

               (A)  the frequency of each Adjustment Date;

               (B)  the next Adjustment Date;

               (C)  the Maximum Mortgage Rate;

               (D)  the Minimum Mortgage Rate;

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               (E)  the Mortgage Rate as of the Cut-off Date;

               (F)  the related Periodic Rate Cap;

               (G)  the Gross Margin;

          (xiii) location of the related Mortgaged Property;

          (xiv) a code indicating whether a Prepayment Charge is applicable and,
               if so,

               (A)  the period during which such Prepayment Charge is in effect;

               (B)  the amount of such Prepayment Charge;

               (C)  any limitations or other conditions on the enforceability of
                    such Prepayment Charge; and

               (D)  any other information pertaining to the Prepayment Charge
                    specified in the related Mortgage Note; and

          (xv) the Credit Score and date obtained.

     Mortgage Loans: Such of the mortgage loans transferred and assigned to the
Trustee pursuant to the provisions hereof as from time to time are held as a
part of the Trust Fund (including any REO Property), the mortgage loans so held
being identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, notwithstanding foreclosure or
other acquisition of title of the related Mortgaged Property. Any mortgage loan
that was intended by the parties hereto to be transferred to the Trust Fund as
indicated by such Mortgage Loan Schedule which is in fact not so transferred for
any reason shall continue to be a Mortgage Loan hereunder until the Purchase
Price with respect thereto has been paid to the Issuing Entity.

     Mortgage Note: The original executed note or other evidence of indebtedness
evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan and all
amendments, modifications and attachments thereto.

     Mortgage Pool: The aggregate of the Mortgage Loans identified in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule set out on Exhibit B-1.

     Mortgaged Property: The underlying property securing a Mortgage Loan.

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

     Mortgagor: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.

     Net Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at any time, the per annum
rate equal to the then current Mortgage Rate less the Servicing Fee Rate.

     Net Rate: With respect to any interest in any REMIC and any Distribution
Date, the product of (x) the weighted average Net Mortgage Rate for the Mortgage
Loans calculated based on the respective Net Mortgage Rates and the Stated
Principal Balances of such Mortgage Loans as of the preceding Distribution Date
(or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date) and (y)
a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the
actual number of days in the related Accrual Period for such interest.

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

     Non-Recoverable Advance: Any portion of an Advance previously made or
proposed to be made by the Servicer that, in the good faith judgment of the
Servicer, will not or, in the case of a current delinquency, would not, be
ultimately recoverable by the Servicer from the related Mortgagor, related
Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise related to the Mortgage Loans.

     Non-Recoverable Servicing Advance: Any portion of a Servicing Advance
previously made or proposed to be made by the Servicer that, in the good faith
judgment of the Servicer, will not or, in the case of a current Servicing
Advance, would not, be ultimately recoverable by the Servicer from the related
Mortgagor, related Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise related to the Mortgage
Loans.

     Non-Supported Interest Shortfall: As defined in Section 4.02.

     Offered Certificates: The Class A, Class M, Class B and Class R
Certificates.

     Officer's Certificate: A certificate (1) signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, a vice president (however
denominated), an Assistant Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, or one
of the assistant treasurers or assistant secretaries of the Depositor, the
Servicer or the Trustee (or any other officer customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also to
whom, with respect to a particular matter, such matter is referred because of
such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with a particular subject) or (2),
if provided for in this Agreement, signed by a Servicing Officer, as the case
may be, and delivered to the Depositor, the Servicer, the Class A-1B Certificate
Insurer or the Trustee, as the case may be, as required by this Agreement.

     One-Month LIBOR: With respect to any Accrual Period, the rate determined by
the Trustee on the related Interest Determination Date on the basis of (a) the
offered rates for one-month United States dollar deposits, as such rates appear
on Telerate page 3750, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest
Determination Date or (b) if such rate does not appear on Telerate Page 3750 as
of 11:00 a.m. (London time), the offered rates of the Reference Banks for
one-month United States dollar deposits, as such rates appear on the Reuters
Screen LIBO Page, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest Determination
Date. If One-Month LIBOR is determined pursuant to clause (b) above, on each
Interest Determination Date, One-Month LIBOR for the related Accrual Period will
be established by the Trustee as follows:

          (i)  If on such Interest Determination Date two or more Reference
               Banks provide such offered quotations, One-Month LIBOR for the
               related Accrual Period shall be the arithmetic mean of such
               offered quotations (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest
               whole multiple of 0.03125%).

          (ii) If on such Interest Determination Date fewer than two Reference
               Banks provide such offered quotations, One-Month LIBOR for the
               related Accrual Period shall be the higher of (i) One-Month LIBOR
               as determined on the previous Interest Determination Date and
               (ii) the Reserve Interest Rate.

     Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for
the Depositor or the Servicer reasonably acceptable to each addressee of such
opinion; provided, however, that with respect to Section 6.04 or 10.01, or the
interpretation or application of the REMIC Provisions, such counsel must (1) in
fact be independent of the Depositor or the Servicer, (2) not have any direct
financial interest in the Depositor or the Servicer or in any Affiliate of
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Depositor or the Servicer as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter,
trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions.

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

     Optional Termination Amount: The repurchase price received by the Trustee
in connection with any repurchase of all of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to
Section 9.01.

     Optional Termination Price: On any date after the Initial Optional
Termination Date, an amount equal to the sum of (A) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan (other than any Mortgage Loan that has
become an REO Property) as of the Distribution Date on which the proceeds of the
Optional Termination are distributed to the Certificateholders, plus accrued
interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage Rate as of the Due Date preceding
the Distribution Date on which the proceeds of the Optional Termination are
distributed to Certificateholders and the fair market value of any REO Property,
plus accrued interest thereon as of the Distribution Date on which the proceeds
of the Optional Termination are distributed to Certificateholders, (B) any
unreimbursed out-of-pocket costs and expenses owed to the Trustee (including any
amounts incurred by the Trustee in connection with conducting the Auction) or
the Servicer and any unpaid or unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances and
Servicing Advances, (C) any unreimbursed costs, penalties and/or damages
incurred by the Issuing Entity in connection with any violation relating to any
of the Mortgage Loans of any predatory or abusive lending law and (D) unless the
Class A-1B Certificate Insurer consents to the Optional Termination, an amount
sufficient to prevent any additional draws under the Class A-1B Certificate
Insurance Policy and equal to all Reimbursement Amounts payable to the Class
A-1B Certificate Insurer pursuant to this Agreement and the Insurance Agreement
(including with respect to any draws resulting from such Optional Termination).

     OTS: The Office of Thrift Supervision.

     Outstanding: With respect to the Certificates as of any date of
determination, all Certificates theretofore executed and authenticated under
this Agreement except: (1) Certificates theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; and (2) Certificates in exchange for
which or in lieu of which other Certificates have been executed by the Trustee
and delivered by the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement.

     Outstanding Mortgage Loan: As of any Distribution Date, a Mortgage Loan
with a Stated Principal Balance greater than zero that was not the subject of a
Principal Prepayment in full, and that did not become a Liquidated Loan, prior
to the end of the related Due Period.

     Overcollateralization Amount: As of any date of determination, the excess
of (1) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans over (2) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates (other than the Class P
Certificates and the Class C Certificates).

     Ownership Interest: As to any Certificate, any ownership interest in such
Certificate including any interest in such Certificate as the Holder thereof and
any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or beneficial.

     Pass-Through Rate: With respect to the Class A-1A Certificates, the Class
A-1A Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class A-1B Certificates, the Class
A-1B Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class A-2A Certificates, the Class
A-2A Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class A-2B Certificates, the Class
A-2B Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class A-2C Certificates, the Class
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Through Rate; with respect to the Class A-2D Certificates, the Class A-2D
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-1
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-2
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-3
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class M-4 Certificates, the Class M-4
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class M-5 Certificates, the Class M-5
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class M-6 Certificates, the Class M-6
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class B-1A Certificates, the Class B-1A
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class B-1B Certificates, the Class B-1B
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class B-2A Certificates, the Class B-2A
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class B-2B Certificates, the Class B-2B
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class B-3 Certificates, the Class B-3
Pass-Through Rate; and with respect to the Class R Certificate, the Class R
Pass-Through Rate.

     PCAOB: The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

     Percentage Interest: With respect to:

          (i)  any Class, the percentage interest in the undivided beneficial
               ownership interest evidenced by such Class which shall be equal
               to the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class divided by the
               aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of all Classes; and

          (ii) any Certificate, the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby of the
               related Class shall equal the percentage obtained by dividing the
               Denomination of such Certificate by the aggregate of the
               Denominations of all Certificates of such Class; except that in
               the case of any Class P Certificates, the Percentage Interest
               with respect to such Certificate shown on the face of such
               Certificate.

     Periodic Rate Cap: As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan and the related
Mortgage Note, the provision therein that limits permissible increases and
decreases in the Mortgage Rate on any Adjustment Date.

     Permitted Activities: The primary activities of the trust created pursuant
to this Agreement which shall be:

          (i)  holding the Mortgage Loans transferred from the Depositor and
               other assets of the Issuing Entity, including the Cap Contracts,
               the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy and any credit
               enhancement and passive derivative financial instruments that
               pertain to beneficial interests issued or sold to parties other
               than the Depositor, its Affiliates, or its agents;

          (ii) issuing Certificates and other interests in the assets of the
               Trust Fund;

          (iii) receiving collections on the Mortgage Loans and making payments
               on such Certificates and interests in accordance with the terms
               of this Agreement; and

          (iv) engaging in other activities that are necessary or incidental to
               accomplish these limited purposes, which activities cannot be
               contrary to the status of the Issuing Entity as a qualified
               special purpose entity under existing accounting literature.

     Permitted Investments: At any time, any one or more of the following
obligations and securities:

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          (i)  obligations of the United States or any agency thereof, provided
               the timely payment of such obligations is backed by the full
               faith and credit of the United States;

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

          (iii) commercial or finance company paper, other than commercial or
               finance company paper issued by the Depositor, the Trustee or any
               of their Affiliates, which is then receiving the highest
               commercial or finance company paper rating of each such Rating
               Agency;

          (iv) certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits, or bankers'
               acceptances (other than banker's acceptances issued by the
               Trustee or any of its Affiliates) issued by any depository
               institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the
               United States or of any state thereof and subject to supervision
               and examination by federal and/or state banking authorities,
               provided that the commercial paper and/or long term unsecured
               debt obligations of such depository institution or trust company
               are then rated one of the two highest long-term and the highest
               short-term ratings of each such Rating Agency for such
               securities;

          (v)  demand or time deposits or certificates of deposit issued by any
               bank or trust company or savings institution to the extent that
               such deposits are fully insured by the FDIC;

          (vi) guaranteed reinvestment agreements issued by any bank, insurance
               company or other corporation rated in the two highest long-term
               or the highest short-term ratings of each Rating Agency
               containing, at the time of the issuance of such agreements, such
               terms and conditions as will not result in the downgrading or
               withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the Certificates by any
               such Rating Agency as evidenced by a letter from each Rating
               Agency;

          (vii) repurchase obligations with respect to any security described in
               clauses (i) and (ii) above, in either case entered into with a
               depository institution or trust company (acting as principal)
               described in clause (v) above;

          (viii) securities (other than stripped bonds, stripped coupons or
               instruments sold at a purchase price in excess of 115% of the
               face amount thereof) bearing interest or sold at a discount
               issued by any corporation, other than the Trustee or any of its
               Affiliates, incorporated under the laws of the United States or
               any state thereof which, at the time of such investment, have one
               of the two highest long term ratings of each Rating Agency;

          (ix) interests in any money market fund (including those managed or
               advised by the Trustee or its Affiliates), which at the date of
               acquisition of the interests in such fund and throughout the time
               such interests are held in such fund has the highest applicable
               long term rating by each Rating Agency rating such fund; and

          (x)  short term investment funds sponsored by any trust company or
               national banking association incorporated under the laws of the
               United States or any state thereof,

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               other than the Trustee or any of its Affiliates, which on the
               date of acquisition has been rated by each such Rating Agency in
               their respective highest applicable rating category;

provided, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if such
instrument (i) evidences the right to receive interest only payments with
respect to the obligations underlying such instrument, (ii) is purchased at a
premium or above par or (iii) is purchased at a deep discount; provided,
further, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment (A) if such
instrument evidences principal and interest payments derived from obligations
underlying such instrument and the interest payments with respect to such
instrument provide a yield to maturity of greater than 120% of the yield to
maturity at par of such underlying obligations, or (B) if it may be redeemed at
a price below the purchase price (the foregoing clause (B) not to apply to
investments in units of money market funds pursuant to clause (ix) above); and
provided, further, (I) that no amount beneficially owned by any REMIC
(including, without limitation, any amounts collected by the Servicer but not
yet deposited in the Collection Account) may be invested in investments (other
than money market funds) treated as equity interests for Federal income tax
purposes, unless the Servicer shall receive an Opinion of Counsel, at the
expense of the party requesting that such investment be made, to the effect that
such investment will not adversely affect the status of the any REMIC provided
for herein as a REMIC under the Code or result in imposition of a tax on the
Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein and (II) each such investment
must be a "permitted investment" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(5) of the
Code. Permitted Investments that are subject to prepayment or call may not be
purchased at a price in excess of par.

     Permitted Transferee: Any Person other than (i) the United States, any
State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of any
of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, International Organization or any
agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an organization
(except certain farmers' cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code) that
is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed
by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on any excess
inclusions (as defined in Section 860E(c)(1) of the Code) with respect to a
Class R Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in
Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, and (v) a Person that is not a citizen or
resident of the United States, a corporation or partnership (or other entity
treated as a corporation or partnership for United States federal income tax
purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any
State thereof or the District of Columbia or an estate whose income from sources
without the United States is includable in gross income for United States
federal income tax purposes regardless of its connection with the conduct of a
trade or business within the United States, or a trust if a court within the
United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of
the trust and one or more United States persons have authority to control all
substantial decisions of the trust, unless, in the case of this clause (v), such
Person has furnished the transferor and the Trustee with a duly completed
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or applicable successor form. The terms
"United States," "State" and "International Organization" shall have the
meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code. A corporation will not be
treated as an instrumentality of the United States or of any State thereof for
these purposes if all of its activities are subject to tax and, with the
exception of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a majority of its board
of directors is not selected by such government unit.

     Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

     Pool Stated Principal Balance: As to any Distribution Date, the aggregate
of the Stated Principal Balances, as of such Distribution Date, of the Mortgage
Loans that were Outstanding Mortgage Loans as of such date.

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

     Prepayment Charges: Any prepayment premium or charge payable by a Mortgagor
in connection with any Principal Prepayment on a Mortgage Loan pursuant to the
terms of the related Mortgage Note or Mortgage, as applicable.

     Prepayment Interest Excess: With respect to any Servicer Remittance Date,
for each Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a Principal Prepayment in full
during the portion of the related Prepayment Period occurring between the first
day of the calendar month in which such Servicer Remittance Date occurs and the
last day of the related Prepayment Period, an amount equal to interest (to the
extent received) at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the amount of such
Principal Prepayment for the number of days commencing on the first day of the
calendar month in which such Servicer Remittance Date occurs and ending on the
date on which such Principal Prepayment is so applied.

     Prepayment Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date, for
each Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a Principal Prepayment in full (other
than a Principal Prepayment in full resulting from the purchase of a Mortgage
Loan pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03 or 9.01 hereof and other than a Principal
Prepayment in full on a Mortgage Loan received during the period from and
including the first day to and including the 14th day of the month of such
Distribution Date), the amount, if any, by which (i) one month's interest at the
applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage
Loan as of the preceding Distribution Date exceeds (ii) the amount of interest
paid or collected in connection with such Principal Prepayment.

     Prepayment Period: As to any Distribution Date, the period beginning with
the 15th day of the calendar month preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs (or in the case of the first Distribution Date,
beginning with the Cut-off Date) and ending on the 14th day of the month in
which such Distribution Date occurs.

     Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to each Distribution Date, the
sum of (i) the Principal Funds for such Distribution Date and (ii) any Extra
Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date.

     Principal Funds: With respect to the Mortgage Loans and any Distribution
Date, the sum, without duplication, of (1) the scheduled principal due during
the related Due Period and received before the related Servicer Remittance Date
or required to be advanced by the Servicer on or before the related Servicer
Remittance Date, (2) prepayments of principal in full collected in the related
Prepayment Period, (3) the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan that
was purchased by the Depositor or the Servicer during the related Prepayment
Period or, in the case of a purchase pursuant to Section 9.01, on the Business
Day prior to such Distribution Date, (4) the amount, if any, by which the
aggregate unpaid principal balance of any Replacement Mortgage Loan is less than
the aggregate unpaid principal of the related Deleted Mortgage Loans delivered
by the Sponsor in connection with a substitution of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to
Section 2.03(c), (5) all Liquidation Proceeds collected during the related
Prepayment Period (to the extent such Liquidation Proceeds relate to principal
and represent payment in full), (6) all Subsequent Recoveries received during
the related Due Period and (7) all other collections and recoveries in respect
of principal during the related Due Period, less (A) all Non-Recoverable
Advances relating to principal with respect to the Mortgage Loans and (B) other
amounts reimbursable to the Servicer, the Trustee and the custodian pursuant to
this Agreement and allocable to principal.

     Principal Prepayment: Any Mortgagor payment or other recovery of (or
proceeds with respect to) principal on a Mortgage Loan (including Mortgage Loans
purchased or repurchased under Sections 2.02,

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2.03, 3.12 and 9.01 hereof) that is received or recovered in advance of its
scheduled Due Date and is not accompanied by an amount as to interest
representing scheduled interest due on any date or dates in any month or months
subsequent to the month of prepayment. Partial Principal Prepayments shall be
applied by the Servicer in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage
Note.

     Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement, dated February 10, 2006,
relating to the public offering of the Offered Certificates.

     PUD: A Planned Unit Development.

     Purchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan required to be
repurchased by the Sponsor or the applicable Transferor pursuant to Section 2.02
or 2.03 hereof or purchased by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12(c) hereof,
an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the unpaid principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan as of the date of such purchase together with any unreimbursed
Servicing Advances, (ii) accrued interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage
Rate from (a) the date through which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor to
(b) the Due Date in the month in which the Purchase Price is to be distributed
to Certificateholders and (iii) any unreimbursed costs, penalties and/or damages
incurred by the Issuing Entity in connection with any violation relating to such
Mortgage Loan of any predatory or abusive lending law.

     Rating Agency: Either of S&P or Moody's. If any such organization or its
successor is no longer in existence, "Rating Agency" shall be a nationally
recognized statistical rating organization, or other comparable Person,
designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the
Trustee. References herein to a given rating category of a Rating Agency shall
mean such rating category without giving effect to any modifiers.

     Realized Loss: With respect to (1) a Liquidated Loan, the amount, if any,
by which the Stated Principal Balance and accrued interest thereon at the Net
Mortgage Rate exceeds the amount actually recovered by the Servicer with respect
thereto (net of reimbursement of Advances and Servicing Advances) at the time
such Mortgage Loan became a Liquidated Loan or (2) with respect to a Mortgage
Loan that is not a Liquidated Loan, any amount of principal that the Mortgagor
is no longer legally required to pay (except for the extinguishment of debt that
results from the exercise of remedies due to default by the Mortgagor).

     Record Date: With respect to the first Distribution Date, the Closing Date.
With respect to any other Distribution Date, the close of business on the last
Business Day of the month preceding the month in which the applicable
Distribution Date occurs.

     Reference Banks: Barclays Bank PLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank,
N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and NatWest, N.A.; provided that if any of the
foregoing banks are not suitable to serve as a Reference Bank, then any leading
banks selected by the Trustee which are engaged in transactions in Eurodollar
deposits in the international Eurocurrency market (i) with an established place
of business in London, England, and (ii) whose quotations appear on the Reuters
Screen LIBO Page on the relevant Interest Determination Date.

     Regular Certificate: Any one of the Class A, Class M and Class B
Certificates.

     Regular Payments: As defined in the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance
Agreement.

     Regulation AB: Subpart 229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB),
17 C.F.R. Sections 229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time,
and subject to such clarification and

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interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the adopting release
(Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed Reg. 1,506,
1.531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided
by the Commission or its staff from time to time.

     Regulation S: Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act or any
successor provision thereto, in each case as the same may be amended from time
to time; and all references to any rule, section or subsection of, or definition
or term contained in, Regulation S means such rule, section, subsection,
definition or term, as the case may be, or any successor thereto, in each case
as the same may be amended from time to time.

     Regulation S Global Securities: The Book-Entry Regulation S Global
Securities and the Definitive Regulation S Global Securities.

     Reimbursement Amount: The sum of (a) the aggregate unreimbursed amount of
any payments made by the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer under the Class A-1B
Certificate Insurance Policy, together with interest on such amount from the
date of payment by the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer until paid in full at the
Accrual Rate (as defined in the Insurance Agreement) and (b) any other amounts
owed to the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer under the Insurance Agreement or this
Agreement.

     Relevant Servicing Criteria: The Servicing Criteria applicable to the
various parties, as set forth on Exhibit Q attached hereto. For clarification
purposes, multiple parties can have responsibility for the same Relevant
Servicing Criteria. With respect to a Sub-Contractor engaged by the Trustee or
the Servicer, the term "Relevant Servicing Criteria" may refer to one or more
discrete functions specified in the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to
the Servicer or the Trustee.

     Relief Act: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state or
local law.

     Relief Act Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date and any
Mortgage Loan, any reduction in the amount of interest or principal collectible
on such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended calendar month as a result of
the application of the Relief Act.

     REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the meaning of
section 860D of the Code. References herein to "the REMICs" or "a REMIC" shall
mean either of (or, as the context requires, both of) the Lower Tier REMIC and
the Upper Tier REMIC.

     REMIC Pass-Through Rate: The Class A-1 Available Funds Cap (in the case of
a Class included in Certificate Group One), the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap
(in the case of a Class included in Certificate Group Two), the Floating Rate
Subordinate Available Funds Cap (in the case of the Floating Rate Subordinate
Certificates) and the Fixed Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap (in the case of
the Fixed Rate Subordinate Certificates).

     REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real
estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at sections 860A through 860G
of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and proposed,
temporary and final regulations and published rulings, notices and announcements
promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time as
well as provisions of applicable state laws.

     REMIC Regular Interests: (i) any of the rights under any of the
Certificates (other than the Class P Certificates, the Class R Certificate and
the Class C Certificates) other than the rights in interest rate cap contracts
described in Section 2.07 and (ii) the Uncertificated Class C Interest.

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     Remittance Report: As defined in Section 4.04(j) hereof.

     REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Servicer through
foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a defaulted
Mortgage Loan.

     Replacement Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan substituted by a Sponsor for a
Deleted Mortgage Loan, which must, on the date of such substitution, as
confirmed in a Request for Release, substantially in the form of Exhibit I (1)
have a Stated Principal Balance, after deduction of the principal portion of the
Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution, not in excess of, and not
less than 90% of the Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (2)
with respect to any Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan, have a Mortgage Rate not less than
or no more than 1% per annum higher than the Mortgage Rate of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan and, with respect to any Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan: (A) have a
Maximum Mortgage Rate no more than 1% per annum higher or lower than the Maximum
Mortgage Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (B) have a Minimum Mortgage Rate no
more than 1% per annum higher or lower than the Minimum Mortgage Rate of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (C) have the same index and Periodic Rate Cap as that of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan and a Gross Margin not more than 1% per annum higher
or lower than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (D) not permit conversion of
the related Mortgage Rate to a fixed Mortgage Rate and (F) currently be accruing
interest at a rate not more than 1% per annum higher or lower than that of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (3) have a similar or higher FICO score or credit grade
than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (4) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio (or
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio, in the case of the Mortgage Loans in a second lien
position) no higher than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (5) have a remaining
term to maturity no greater than (and not more than one year less than) that of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (6) provide for a Prepayment Charge on terms
substantially similar to those of the Prepayment Charge, if any, of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (7) have the same lien priority as the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (8)
constitute the same occupancy type as the Deleted Mortgage Loan; and (9) comply
with each representation and warranty set forth in Section 2.03 hereof.

     Reportable Event: As defined in Section 3.20.

     Request for Release: The Request for Release of Documents submitted by the
Servicer to the Trustee (or its custodian), substantially in the form of Exhibit
I hereto.

     Required Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any insurance
policy that is required to be maintained from time to time under this Agreement.

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

     Reserve Interest Rate: With respect to any Interest Determination Date, the
rate per annum that the Trustee determines to be (1) the arithmetic mean
(rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest whole multiple of 0.03125%) of the
one-month United States dollar lending rates which New York City banks selected
by the Trustee are quoting on the relevant Interest Determination Date to the
principal London offices of leading banks in the London interbank market or (2)
in the event that the Trustee can determine no such arithmetic mean, the lowest
one-month United States dollar lending rate which New York City banks selected
by the Trustee are quoting on such Interest Determination Date to leading
European banks.

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     Residual Interest: An interest in the Upper Tier REMIC that is entitled to
all distributions of principal and interest on the Class R Certificate other
than (i) distributions in respect of the Class LTR Interest and (ii)
distributions on the Class R Certificate in respect of Excess Interest.

     Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee or the Servicer,
any officer of the Trustee or the Servicer with direct responsibility for the
administration of this Agreement and also means any other officer to whom, with
respect to a particular matter, such matter is referred because of such
officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

     Reuters Screen LIBO Page: The display designated as page "LIBO" on the
Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other page as may replace such LIBO
page on that service for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered
rates of major banks.

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

     Sale Agreement: The Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement, dated as
of January 1, 2006, between the Depositor and MLML.

     Sarbanes-Oxley Certification: As defined in Section 3.20.

     Scheduled Payment: The scheduled monthly payment on a Mortgage Loan due on
any Due Date allocable to principal and/or interest on such Mortgage Loan.

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

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

     Servicer: Wilshire Credit Corporation, a Nevada corporation, or its
successor in interest.

     Servicer Advance Date: As to any Distribution Date, the related Servicer
Remittance Date.

     Servicer Remittance Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the later
of (x) the date that is two Business Days after the 15th day of the month in
which the related Distribution Date occurs and (y) the 18th day (or if such day
is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) of the month in
which such Distribution Date occurs.

     Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary "out of pocket"
costs and expenses incurred in the performance by the Servicer of its servicing
obligations hereunder, including, but not limited to, the cost of (1) the
preservation, inspection, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property,
including without limitation advances in respect of real estate taxes and
assessments; (2) any collection, enforcement or judicial proceedings, including
without limitation foreclosures, collections and liquidations; (3) the
conservation, management, sale and liquidation of any REO Property; (4)
executing and recording instruments of satisfaction, deeds of reconveyance,
substitutions of trustees on deeds of trust or Assignments of Mortgage to the
extent not otherwise recovered from the related Mortgagors or payable under this
Agreement; (5) correcting errors of prior servicers, tax tracking, title
research, flood certifications, and lender paid mortgage insurance; (6)
obtaining or correcting any legal documentation required to be included in the
Mortgage Files and reasonably necessary for the Servicer to perform its
obligations under this Agreement; and (7) compliance with the obligations under
Sections 3.01 and 3.10.

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     Servicing Criteria: The "servicing criteria" set forth in Item 1122(d) of
Regulation AB, as such may be amended from time to time.

     Servicing Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the product of (x) the Servicing Fee Rate and (y) the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the preceding Distribution Date
or, in the event of any payment of interest that accompanies a Principal
Prepayment in full made by the Mortgagor, interest at the Servicing Fee Rate on
the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the preceding
Distribution Date for the period covered by such payment of interest.

     Servicing Fee Rate: 0.50% per annum.

     Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Servicer involved in, or responsible
for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose name and
facsimile signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished to the
Trustee and the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer by the Servicer on the Closing
Date pursuant to this Agreement, as such lists may from time to time be amended.

     Servicing Transfer Costs: In the event that the Servicer does not reimburse
the Trustee under this Agreement, all costs associated with the transfer of
servicing from the predecessor Servicer, including, without limitation, any
costs or expenses associated with the termination of the predecessor Servicer,
the appointment of a successor servicer, the complete transfer of all servicing
data and the completion, correction or manipulation of such servicing data as
may be required by the Trustee or any successor servicer to correct any errors
or insufficiencies in the servicing data or otherwise to enable the Trustee or
successor servicer to service the Mortgage Loans properly and effectively.

     SFAS 140: Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 140, Accounting
for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of
Liabilities dated September 2000, published by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board of the Financial Accounting Foundation.

     Sponsor: MLML, or its successors in interest.

     Startup Day: As defined in Section 2.07 hereof.

     Stated Principal Balance: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or related REO
Property (1) as of the Cut-off Date, the Cut-off Date Principal Balance thereof,
and (2) as of any Distribution Date, such Cut-off Date Principal Balance, minus
the sum of (A) the principal portion of the Scheduled Payments (x) due with
respect to such Mortgage Loan during each Due Period ending prior to such
Distribution Date and (y) that were received by the Servicer as of the close of
business on the Determination Date related to such Distribution Date or with
respect to which Advances were made on the Servicer Advance Date prior to such
Distribution Date and (B) all Principal Prepayments with respect to such
Mortgage Loan received on or prior to the last day of the related Prepayment
Period, and all Liquidation Proceeds to the extent applied by the Servicer as
recoveries of principal in accordance with Section 3.12 with respect to such
Mortgage Loan, that were received by the Servicer as of the close of business on
the last day of the related Due Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Stated Principal Balance of a Liquidated Loan shall be deemed to be zero.

     Stepdown Date: The later to occur of (1) the Distribution Date in February
2009 or (2) the first Distribution Date on which (A) the Class A Certificate
Principal Balance (reduced by the Principal Funds with respect to such
Distribution Date) is less than or equal to (B) 54.50% of the Stated Principal
Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date.

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     Stepdown Required Loss Percentage: For any Distribution Date, the
applicable percentage for such Distribution Date set forth in the following
table:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DISTRIBUTION DATE OCCURRING IN   REQUIRED LOSS PERCENTAGE
------------------------------   ------------------------
<S>                              <C>
February 2008 - January 2009     1.50% with respect to February 2008, plus an
                                 additional 1/12th of 1.85% for each month
                                 thereafter
February 2009 - January 2010     3.35% with respect to February 2009, plus an
                                 additional 1/12th of 1.85% for each month
                                 thereafter
February 2010 - January 2011     5.20% with respect to February 2010, plus an
                                 additional 1/12th of 1.50% for each month
                                 thereafter
February 2011 - January 2012     6.70% with respect to February 2011, plus an
                                 additional 1/12th of 0.75% for each month
                                 thereafter
February 2012 and thereafter     7.45%
</TABLE>

     Stepdown Trigger Event: With respect to the Certificates on or after the
Stepdown Date, a Distribution Date on which (1) the quotient of (A) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans which are 60 or more
days Delinquent measured on a rolling three month basis (including, for the
purposes of this calculation, Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and REO Properties)
and (B) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of
the preceding calendar month, equals or exceeds the product of (i) 35.16% and
(ii) the Required Percentage or (2) the quotient (expressed as a percentage) of
(A) the aggregate Realized Losses incurred from the Cut-off Date through the
last day of the calendar month preceding such Distribution Date and (B) the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date exceeds
the Stepdown Required Loss Percentage.

     Subcontractor: Any outsourcer that performs one or more discrete functions
identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to 5% or more of the
Mortgage Loans under the direction or authority of a Servicer (measured by
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans, annually at the
commencement of the calendar year prior to the year in which an Assessment of
Compliance is required to be delivered, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator
of which is the number of months during which such Subcontractor performs such
discrete functions and the denominator of which is 12, or, in the case of the
year in which the Closing Date occurs, the number of months elapsed in such
calendar year).

     Subordinate Certificates: The Class M and Class B Certificates.

     Subsequent Recovery: Any amount received on a Mortgage Loan (net of amounts
reimbursed to the Servicer related to Liquidated Mortgage Loans) subsequent to
such Mortgage Loan being determined to be a Liquidated Mortgage Loan.

     Sub-Servicer: Any Person that services Mortgage Loans on behalf of the
Servicer pursuant to a subservicing agreement and is responsible for the
performance of the material servicing functions required to be performed by the
Servicer under this Agreement that are identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation
AB with respect to 10% or more of the Mortgage Loans under the direction or
authority of the Servicer (measured by aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans, annually at the commencement of the calendar year prior to the
year in which an Assessment of Compliance is required to be delivered,
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months during
which such Sub-Servicer services the related Mortgage Loans and the denominator
of which is 12, or, in the case

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of the year in which the Closing Date occurs, the number of months elapsed in
such calendar year). Any Sub-Servicer shall meet the qualifications set forth in
Section 3.02.

     Subservicing Agreement: As defined in Section 3.02(a).

     Substitution Adjustment Amount: The meaning ascribed to such term pursuant
to Section 2.03(c).

     Tax Matters Person: The Person designated as "tax matters person" in the
manner provided under Treasury regulation Section 1.860F-4(d) and Treasury
regulation Section 301.6231(a)(7)-1.

     Transaction Documents: This Agreement, the Sale Agreement, the Insurance
Agreement and the Cap Contracts.

     Transfer: Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership Interest
in a Certificate.

     Transfer Agreement: The Master Mortgage Loan Purchase and Interim Servicing
Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2005 between MLML and WMC Mortgage Corp.

     Transferor: WMC Mortgage Corp.

     Trust Fund: The corpus of the Issuing Entity created hereunder consisting
of (i) the Mortgage Loans and all interest and principal received on or with
respect thereto on and after the Cut-off Date to the extent not applied in
computing the Cut-off Date Principal Balance thereof, exclusive of interest not
required to be deposited in the Collection Account; (ii) the Collection Account
and the Certificate Account and all amounts deposited therein pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Agreement; (iii) property that secured a Mortgage
Loan and has been acquired by foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure or
otherwise; (iv) the mortgagee's rights under the Insurance Policies with respect
to the Mortgage Loans; (v) The Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy; (vi) the
Cap Contracts and Cap Contract Account; and (vii) all proceeds of the
conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the foregoing into cash or other
liquid property.

     Trustee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. a national banking association, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as trustee for the benefit of
the Certificateholders under this Agreement, and any successor thereto, and any
corporation or national banking association resulting from or surviving any
consolidation or merger to which it or its successors may be a party and any
successor trustee as may from time to time be serving as successor trustee
hereunder.

     Uncertificated Class C Interest: An uncertificated interest with an initial
principal amount equal to the initial Overcollateralization Amount and having
(i) the same rights to payments as the Class C Certificates, other than the
rights to payments of amounts with respect to the Cap Contracts, and (ii) the
rights to the payments treated as distributed to the Class C Certificates under
Section 2.07(d), provided, however, that such interest shall have no obligation
to make any payments treated as paid by the Class C Certificates pursuant to
interest rate cap agreements under Section 2.07(d).

     United States Person: (i) A citizen or resident of the United States, (ii)
a corporation, partnership or other entity treated as a corporation or
partnership for federal income tax purposes organized in or under the laws of
the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia (unless, in
the case of a partnership, Treasury regulations provide otherwise), (iii) an
estate the income of which is includible in gross income for United States tax
purposes regardless of its source or (iv) a trust if a court within the United
States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the
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United States persons have authority to control all substantial decisions of the
trust. Notwithstanding 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, that elect to continue to
be treated as United States persons will also be United States Persons.

     Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: The Class M-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount,
Class M-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount, Class M-3 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount,
Class M-4 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount, Class M-5 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount,
Class M-6 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount, Class B-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount,
Class B-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount, Class B-3 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount and
Class C Unpaid Realized Loss Amount, collectively.

     Upper Tier REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement and Section
2.07.

     Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all the Certificates
that is allocated to any of the Certificates for purposes of the voting
provisions hereunder. Voting Rights allocated to each Class of Certificates
shall be allocated as follows: (1) 98% to the Class A, Class M, and Class B
Certificates, with the allocation among such Certificates to be in proportion to
the Class Certificate Principal Balance of each Class relative to the Class
Certificate Principal Balance of all other Classes and (2) each Class of the
Class C and Class P will be allocated 1% of the Voting Rights Certificates.
Voting Rights will be allocated among the Certificates of each such Class in
accordance with their respective Percentage Interests.

                                   ARTICLE II.

          CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.

     The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does
hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey to the Trustee without
recourse all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the assets
of the Trust Fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal received
on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans on or after the Cut-off Date (other
than Scheduled Payments due on the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off
Date).

     It is agreed and understood by the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee
that it is not intended that any Mortgage Loan be included in the Trust that is,
without limitation, a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined by the Home Ownership and
Equity Protection Act of 1994 or any other applicable anti-predatory lending
laws, including but not limited to (i) a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined in the
New Jersey Home Ownership Act effective November 27, 2003; (ii) a "High-Cost
Home Loan" as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective
January 1, 2004; (iii) a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined in the Massachusetts
Predatory Home Loan Practices Act effective November 7, 2004; or (iv) a
"High-Cost Home Loan" as defined by the Indiana High Cost Home Loan Law
effective January 1, 2005.

     In connection with such assignment, the Depositor does hereby deliver to,
and deposit with, the Trustee (or its custodian), the following documents or
instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan:

          (A) The original Mortgage Note endorsed in blank or, "Pay to the order
of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, without recourse" together with all
riders thereto. The Mortgage Note shall include all intervening endorsements
showing a complete chain of the title from the originator to [___________] or
"Pay to the order of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, without recourse."

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          (B) Except as provided below and for each Mortgage Loan that is not a
MERS Loan, the original recorded Mortgage together with all riders thereto, with
evidence of recording thereon, or, if the original Mortgage has not yet been
returned from the recording office, a copy of the original Mortgage together
with all riders thereto certified to be a true copy of the original of the
Mortgage that has been delivered for recording in the appropriate recording
office of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located and in the
case of each MERS Loan, the original Mortgage together with all riders thereto,
noting the presence of the MIN of the Loan and either language indicating that
the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan or if the Mortgage Loan was not a MOM Loan at
origination, the original Mortgage and the assignment thereof to MERS, with
evidence of recording indicated thereon, or a copy of the Mortgage certified by
the public recording office in which such Mortgage has been recorded.

          (C) In the case of each Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Loan, the
original Assignment of each Mortgage endorsed either in blank or, to "Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee."

          (D) The original policy of title insurance (or a preliminary title
report, commitment or binder if the original title insurance policy has not been
received from the title insurance company).

          (E) Originals of any intervening assignments of the Mortgage, with
evidence of recording thereon or, if the original intervening assignment has not
yet been returned from the recording office, a copy of such assignment certified
to be a true copy of the original of the assignment which has been sent for
recording in the appropriate jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is
located.

          (F) Originals of all assumption and modification agreements, if any.

          (G) If in connection with any Mortgage Loan, the Depositor cannot
deliver the Mortgage, Assignments of Mortgage or assumption, consolidation or
modification, as the case may be, with evidence of recording thereon, if
applicable, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement
solely because of a delay caused by the public recording office where such
Mortgage, Assignments of Mortgage or assumption, consolidation or modification,
as the case may be, has been delivered for recordation, the Depositor shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee (or its custodian, if
applicable) written notice stating that such Mortgage or assumption,
consolidation or modification, as the case may be, has been delivered to the
appropriate public recording office for recordation. Thereafter, the Depositor
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee (or its custodian, if
applicable) such Mortgage, Assignments of Mortgage or assumption, consolidation
or modification, as the case may be, with evidence of recording indicated
thereon, if applicable, upon receipt thereof from the public recording office.
To the extent any required endorsement is not contained on a Mortgage Note or an
Assignment of Mortgage, the Depositor shall make or cause such endorsement to be
made.

          (H) With respect to any Mortgage Loan, none of the Depositor, the
Servicer or the Trustee (or its custodian) shall be obligated to cause to be
recorded the Assignment of Mortgage referred to in this Section 2.01. In the
event an Assignment of Mortgage is not recorded, the Servicer shall have no
liability for its failure to receive and act on notices related to such
Assignment of Mortgage.

     The ownership of each Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and the contents of the
related Mortgage File is vested in the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders. Neither the Depositor nor the Servicer shall take any action
inconsistent with such ownership and shall not claim any ownership interest
therein. The Depositor and the Servicer shall respond to any third party
inquiries with respect to ownership of the Mortgage Loans by stating that such
ownership is held by the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders. Mortgage
documents relating to the Mortgage Loans not delivered to the Trustee (or its
custodian) are and shall be held in trust by the Servicer, for the benefit of
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possession of the contents of each Mortgage File so retained is for the sole
purpose of servicing the related Mortgage Loan, and such retention and
possession by the Servicer, is in a custodial capacity only. The Depositor
agrees to take no action inconsistent with the Trustee's ownership of the
Mortgage Loans, to promptly indicate to all inquiring parties that the Mortgage
Loans have been sold and to claim no ownership interest in the Mortgage Loans.

     It is the intention of this Agreement that the conveyance of the
Depositor's right, title and interest in and to the Trust Fund pursuant to this
Agreement shall constitute a purchase and sale and not a loan. If a conveyance
of Mortgage Loans from the Sponsor to the Depositor is characterized as a pledge
and not a sale, then the Depositor shall be deemed to have transferred to the
Trustee all of the Depositor's right, title and interest in, to and under the
obligations of the Sponsor deemed to be secured by said pledge; and it is the
intention of this Agreement that the Depositor shall also be deemed to have
granted to the Trustee a first priority security interest in all of the
Depositor's right, title, and interest in, to and under the obligations of the
Sponsor to the Depositor deemed to be secured by said pledge and that the
Trustee shall be deemed to be an independent custodian for purposes of
perfection of the security interest granted to the Depositor. If the conveyance
of the Mortgage Loans from the Depositor to the Trustee is characterized as a
pledge, it is the intention of this Agreement that this Agreement shall
constitute a security agreement under applicable law, and that the Depositor
shall be deemed to have granted to the Trustee a first priority security
interest in all of the Depositor's right, title and interest in, to and under
the Mortgage Loans, all payments of principal of or interest on such Mortgage
Loans, all other rights relating to and payments made in respect of the Trust
Fund, and all proceeds of any thereof. If the trust created by this Agreement
terminates prior to the satisfaction of the claims of any Person in any
Certificates, the security interest created hereby shall continue in full force
and effect and the Trustee shall be deemed to be the collateral agent for the
benefit of such Person.

     In addition to the conveyance made in the first paragraph of this Section
2.01, the Depositor does hereby convey, assign and set over to the Trustee for
the benefit of the Certificateholders its rights and interests under the Sale
Agreement, including the Depositor's right, title and interest in the
representations and warranties contained in the Sale Agreement, the rights in
the Transfer Agreement described therein, and the benefit of the repurchase
obligations and the obligation of the Sponsor contained in the Sale Agreement to
take, at the request of the Depositor or the Trustee, all action on its part
which is reasonably necessary to ensure the enforceability of a Mortgage Loan.
The Trustee hereby accepts such assignment, and shall be entitled to exercise
all rights of the Depositor under the Sale Agreement as if, for such purpose, it
were the Depositor. The foregoing sale, transfer, assignment, set-over, deposit
and conveyance does not and is not intended to result in creation or assumption
by the Trustee of any obligation of the Depositor, the Sponsor, or any other
Person in connection with the Mortgage Loans or any other agreement or
instrument relating thereto.

     2.02. Acceptance by the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans.

     Except as set forth in the exception report delivered contemporaneously
herewith (the "Exception Report"), the Trustee acknowledges receipt of the
Mortgage Note for each Mortgage Loan and delivery of a Mortgage File (but does
not acknowledge receipt of all documents required to be included in such
Mortgage File) with respect to each Mortgage Loan and declares that it (or its
custodian, on its behalf) holds and will hold such documents and any other
documents constituting a part of the Mortgage Files delivered to it in trust for
the use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders and the Class
A-1B Certificate Insurer. The Depositor will cause the Sponsor to repurchase any
Mortgage Loan to which a material exception was taken in the Exception Report
unless such exception is cured to the satisfaction of the Trustee within 45
Business Days of the Closing Date.

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     The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the Cap Contracts (the form of each of
which is attached hereto), the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy, the
Transfer Agreement, the Bring Down Letter and the Sale Agreement.

     The Trustee agrees, for the benefit of Certificateholders and the Class
A-1B Certificate Insurer, to review (or cause to be reviewed by its custodian,
on its behalf pursuant to a custodial agreement) each Mortgage File delivered to
it within 60 days after the Closing Date. The Trustee (or its custodian, as
applicable) will ascertain and certify, within 70 days of the Closing Date, to
the Depositor and the Servicer that all documents required by Section 2.01 have
been executed and received, and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans
identified in Exhibit B-1 that have been conveyed to it. If the Trustee (or its
custodian) finds any document or documents constituting a part of a Mortgage
File to be missing or defective (that is, mutilated, damaged, defaced or
unexecuted) in any material respect, the Trustee (or its custodian, as
applicable) shall promptly (and in any event within no more than five Business
Days) after such finding so notify the other (as applicable) and the Servicer,
the Sponsor and the Depositor. In addition, the Trustee (or its custodian, as
applicable) shall also notify the other (as applicable) and the Servicer, the
Sponsor and the Depositor if the original Mortgage with evidence of recording
thereon with respect to a Mortgage Loan is not received within 70 days of the
Closing Date; if it has not been received because of a delay caused by the
public recording office where such Mortgage has been delivered for recordation,
the Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee written
notice stating that such Mortgage has been delivered to the appropriate public
recording office for recordation and thereafter the Depositor shall deliver or
cause to be delivered such Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon upon
receipt thereof from the public recording office. The Trustee shall request that
the Sponsor correct or cure such omission, defect or other irregularity, or
substitute a Mortgage Loan pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.03(c), within
90 days from the date the Sponsor was notified of such omission or defect and,
if the Sponsor does not correct or cure such omission or defect within such
period, that the Sponsor purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Issuing Entity
within 90 days from the date the Trustee (or its custodian, as applicable)
notified the Sponsor of such omission, defect or other irregularity at the
Purchase Price of such Mortgage Loan. The Purchase Price for any Mortgage Loan
purchased pursuant to this Section 2.02 shall be paid to the Servicer and
deposited by the Servicer in the Certificate Account or Collection Account, as
appropriate, promptly upon receipt, and, upon receipt by the Trustee of written
notification of such deposit signed by a Servicing Officer or the Trustee (or
its custodian), upon receipt of a Request for Release, shall promptly release to
the Sponsor the related Mortgage File and the Trustee shall execute and deliver
such instruments of transfer or assignment, without recourse, as shall be
requested by the Sponsor and necessary to vest in the Sponsor or its designee,
as the case may be, any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto, and the Trustee
shall have no further responsibility with regard to such Mortgage Loan. It is
understood and agreed that the obligation of the Sponsor to purchase, cure or
substitute any Mortgage Loan as to which a material defect in or omission of a
constituent document exists shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such
defect or omission available to the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders and
the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer. The preceding sentence shall not, however,
limit any remedies available to the Certificateholders, the Class A-1B
Certificate Insurer, the Depositor or the Trustee pursuant to the Sale
Agreement, the Transfer Agreement and the Bring Down Letter. The Trustee shall
be under no duty or obligation to inspect, review and examine such documents,
instruments, certificates or other papers to determine that they are genuine,
enforceable, recordable or appropriate to the represented purpose, or that they
have actually been recorded, or that they are other than what they purport to be
on their face. The Servicer and the Trustee shall keep confidential the name of
each Mortgagor except as required by this Agreement and the Servicer and the
Trustee shall not solicit any such Mortgagor for the purpose of refinancing the
related Mortgage Loan; notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
foregoing shall not be construed to prohibit (i) disclosure of any and all
information that is or becomes publicly known, or information obtained by the
Trustee from sources other than the other parties hereto, (ii) disclosure of any
and all information (A) if required to do so by any applicable law, rule or
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body having or claiming authority to regulate or oversee any aspects of the
Trustee's (or its custodian's) business or that of any Affiliate, (C) pursuant
to any subpoena, civil investigation demand or similar demand or request of any
court, regulatory authority, arbitrator or arbitration to which the Trustee (or
its custodian) or any Affiliate or an officer, director, employer or shareholder
thereof is a party or (D) to any Affiliate, independent or internal auditor,
agent, employee or attorney of the Trustee (or its custodian) having a need to
know the same, provided that the Trustee (or its custodian, as applicable)
advises such recipient of the confidential nature of the information being
disclosed, or (iii) any other disclosure authorized by the Depositor.

     Within 70 days of the Closing Date, the Trustee (or its custodian) shall
deliver to the Depositor and the Servicer the Final Certification, substantially
in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto, evidencing the completeness of the
Mortgage Files, with any exceptions noted thereto.

     2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Depositor.

          (a) The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Servicer, the
Trustee and the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer as follows, as of the date
hereof:

               (i) The Depositor is duly organized and is validly existing as a
     corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and
     has full power and authority (corporate and other) necessary to own or hold
     its properties and to conduct its business as now conducted by it and to
     enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Sale
     Agreement.

               (ii) The Depositor has the full corporate power and authority to
     execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate the
     transactions contemplated by, this Agreement and the Sale Agreement and has
     duly authorized, by all necessary corporate action on its part, the
     execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Sale
     Agreement; and this Agreement and the Sale Agreement, assuming the due
     authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other parties hereto,
     constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Depositor,
     enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with its terms, subject, as
     to enforceability, to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
     moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and
     (ii) general principles of equity, regardless of whether enforcement is
     sought in a proceeding in equity or at law.

               (iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Sale
     Agreement by the Depositor, the consummation of the transactions
     contemplated by this Agreement and the Sale Agreement, and the fulfillment
     of or compliance with the terms hereof are in the ordinary course of
     business of the Depositor and will not (A) result in a material breach of
     any term or provision of the charter or by-laws of the Depositor or (B)
     materially conflict with, result in a violation or acceleration of, or
     result in a material default under, the terms of any other material
     agreement or instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which it
     may be bound or (C) constitute a material violation of any statute, order
     or regulation applicable to the Depositor of any court, regulatory body,
     administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over the
     Depositor; and the Depositor is not in breach or violation of any material
     indenture or other material agreement or instrument, or in violation of any
     statute, order or regulation of any court, regulatory body, administrative
     agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it which breach or
     violation may materially impair the Depositor's ability to perform or meet
     any of its obligations under this Agreement.

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               (iv) No litigation is pending, or, to the best of the Depositor's
     knowledge, threatened, against the Depositor that would materially and
     adversely affect the execution, delivery or enforceability of this
     Agreement and the Sale Agreement or the ability of the Depositor to perform
     its obligations under this Agreement and the Sale Agreement in accordance
     with the terms hereof.

               (v) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
     governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
     performance by the Depositor of, or compliance by the Depositor with, this
     Agreement and the Sale Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
     contemplated hereby, or if any such consent, approval, authorization or
     order is required, the Depositor has obtained the same. The Depositor
     hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee and the Class A-1B
     Certificate Insurer with respect to each Mortgage Loan as of the Closing
     Date, and following the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to it by the
     Sponsor, the Depositor had good title to the Mortgage Loans and the
     Mortgage Notes were subject to no offsets, claims, liens, mortgage, pledge,
     charge, security interest, defenses or counterclaims.

          (b) The representations and warranties of the Transferor with respect
to the related Mortgage Loans in the Transfer Agreement, which have been
assigned to the Trustee hereunder, were made as of the date specified in the
Transfer Agreement and certain of those representations and warranties have been
brought forward to the Closing Date pursuant to the Bring Down Letter. The
representations and warranties of the Transferor with respect to the Mortgage
Loans contained in the Bring Down Letter were made as of the Closing Date. The
representations and warranties of the Sponsor with respect to the Mortgage Loans
contained in the Sale Agreement were made as of the Closing Date. To the extent
that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Mortgage Loan constitutes a
breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of the Transferor under the
Transfer Agreement or Bring Down Letter and (ii) a representation or warranty of
the Sponsor under the Sale Agreement, the obligations of the Sponsor under the
Sale Agreement shall be enforced against the Transferor or the Sponsor, as
applicable, as set forth in the Sale Agreement. The Trustee acknowledges that
the Sponsor shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of
a representation or warranty made by it with respect to any related Mortgage
Loans, if the fact, condition or event constituting such breach also constitutes
a breach of a representation or warranty made by the Transferor in the Transfer
Agreement or Bring Down Letter, without regard to whether the Transferor
fulfills its contractual obligations in respect of such representation or
warranty. The Trustee also acknowledges that the Sponsor shall have no
obligation or liability with respect to any breach of a representation or
warranty made solely by the Transferor with respect to the Mortgage Loans,
without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its contractual
obligations in respect of such representation or warranty. The Trustee further
acknowledges that the Depositor shall have no obligation or liability with
respect to any breach of any representation or warranty with respect to the
Mortgage Loans (except as set forth in Section 2.03(a)(v)) under any
circumstances.

     In addition to the representations and warranties of the Transferor in the
Transfer Agreement that were brought forward to the Closing Date pursuant to the
related Bring Down Letter, with respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Transferor
made certain additional covenants regarding such Mortgage Loan, as set forth in
the related Transfer Agreement. With respect to any breach of such additional
covenants that materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders in such Mortgage Loan, the Sponsor shall (1) use reasonable
efforts to enforce such covenant against the Transferor and (2) if the Sponsor
successfully enforces any obligation of the Transferor to repurchase such
Mortgage Loan, the Sponsor shall repurchase such Mortgage Loan in accordance
with this Section 2.03. If the Sponsor does not successfully enforce the
obligation, if any, of the Transferor to repurchase a Mortgage Loan with respect
to any breach of any such additional covenants, the Sponsor shall have no
obligation or right to repurchase or cure such Mortgage Loan.

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          (c) Upon discovery by any of the Depositor, the Servicer or the
Trustee (or its custodian) of a breach of any of such representations and
warranties that adversely and materially affects the value of the related
Mortgage Loan, Prepayment Charges or the interests of the Certificateholders or
the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer, the party discovering such breach shall give
prompt written notice to the other parties. Within 90 days of the discovery of
such breach of any representation or warranty, the Transferor or the Sponsor, as
applicable, shall either (a) cure such breach in all material respects, (b)
repurchase such Mortgage Loan or any property acquired in respect thereof from
the Trustee at the Purchase Price or (c) within the two year period following
the Closing Date, substitute a Replacement Mortgage Loan for the affected
Mortgage Loan. In the event of discovery of a breach of any representation and
warranty of the Transferor or the Sponsor, the Trustee's rights shall be
enforced under the Transfer Agreement and the Sale Agreement for the benefit of
Certificateholders and the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer. If a breach of the
representations and warranties set forth in the Transfer Agreement hereof exists
solely due to the unenforceability of a Prepayment Charge, the Trustee or the
other party having notice thereof shall notify the Servicer thereof and not seek
to enforce the repurchase remedy provided for herein unless such Mortgage Loan
is not current. In the event of a breach of the representations and warranties
with respect to the Mortgage Loans set forth in the Transfer Agreement, the
Trustee shall enforce the right of the Issuing Entity to be indemnified for such
breach of representation and warranty. In the event that such breach relates
solely to the unenforceability of a Prepayment Charge, amounts received in
respect of such indemnity up to the amount of such Prepayment Charge shall be
distributed pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(i). As provided in the Sale Agreement,
if the Sponsor substitutes for a Mortgage Loan for which there is a breach of
any representations and warranties in the Transfer Agreement which adversely and
materially affects the value of such Mortgage Loan and such substitute mortgage
loan is not a Replacement Mortgage Loan, under the terms of the Sale Agreement,
the Sponsor will, in exchange for such substitute Mortgage Loan, (i) provide the
applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (ii) within two
years of the Closing Date, substitute such affected Mortgage Loan with a
Replacement Mortgage Loan. Any such substitution shall not be effected prior to
the additional delivery to the Trustee of a Request for Release substantially in
the form of Exhibit I and shall not be effected unless it is within two years of
the Startup Day. The Sponsor shall indemnify and hold harmless the Issuing
Entity, the Trustee (or its custodian, as applicable), the Depositor, the
Servicer and each Certificateholder against any and all taxes, claims, losses,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs,
judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that the Issuing Entity, the
Trustee (or its custodian, as applicable), the Depositor, the Servicer and any
Certificateholder may sustain in connection with any actions of the Sponsor
relating to a repurchase of a Mortgage Loan other than in compliance with the
terms of this Section 2.03 and the Sale Agreement, to the extent that any such
action causes (i) any federal or state tax to be imposed on the Issuing Entity
or any REMIC provided for herein, including without limitation, any federal tax
imposed on "prohibited transactions" under Section 860F(a)(1) of the Code or on
"contributions after the startup day" under Section 860G(d)(1) of the Code, or
(ii) any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that
any Certificate is outstanding. In furtherance of the foregoing, if the
Transferor or the Sponsor, as applicable, is not a member of MERS and
repurchases a Mortgage Loan which is registered on the MERS System, the
Transferor or the Sponsor, as applicable, at its own expense and without any
right of reimbursement, shall cause MERS to execute and deliver an assignment of
the Mortgage in recordable form to transfer the Mortgage from MERS to the
Transferor or the Sponsor, as applicable, and shall cause such Mortgage to be
removed from registration on the MERS System in accordance with MERS' rules and
regulations.

     With respect to any Mortgage Loan repurchased by the Sponsor pursuant to
the Sale Agreement or by the Transferor pursuant to the Transfer Agreement, the
principal portion of the funds received by the Servicer in respect of such
repurchase of a Mortgage Loan will be considered a Principal Prepayment and
shall be deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05. Upon
receipt by the Trustee of notice from the Servicer of receipt by the Servicer of
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Mortgage Loan, and upon receipt by the Trustee (or its custodian, on behalf of
the Trustee) of the Mortgage File for a Replacement Mortgage Loan substituted
for a Deleted Mortgage Loan and a Request for Release, the Trustee shall release
and reassign to the Sponsor or the Transferor, as applicable, the related
Mortgage File for the Deleted Mortgage Loan and shall execute and deliver such
instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse,
representation or warranty, as shall be necessary to vest in such party or its
designee or assignee title to any Deleted Mortgage Loan released pursuant
hereto, free and clear of all security interests, liens and other encumbrances
created by this Agreement, which instruments shall be prepared by the Depositor,
the Sponsor or the Transferor, and the Trustee (and its custodian) shall have no
further responsibility with respect to the Mortgage File relating to such
Deleted Mortgage Loan.

     With respect to each Replacement Mortgage Loan to be delivered to the
Trustee pursuant to the terms of this Article II in exchange for a Deleted
Mortgage Loan: (i) the applicable Transferor or the Sponsor, as applicable, must
deliver to the Trustee (or its custodian) the Mortgage File for the Replacement
Mortgage Loan containing the documents set forth in Section 2.01 along with a
written certification certifying as to the Mortgage Loan satisfying all
requirements under the definition of Replacement Mortgage Loan and the delivery
of such Mortgage File and containing the granting language set forth in Section
2.01; and (ii) the Depositor will be deemed to have made, with respect to such
Replacement Mortgage Loan, each of the representations and warranties made by it
with respect to the related Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Trustee (or its
custodian, on its behalf) shall review the Mortgage File with respect to each
Replacement Mortgage Loan and certify to the Depositor that all documents
required by Section 2.01(A)-(B), (C) (if applicable), and (D)-(E) have been
executed and received.

     For any month in which the Sponsor substitutes one or more Replacement
Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Sponsor will
determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal balance of all
such Replacement Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution and the aggregate
Prepayment Charges with respect to such Replacement Mortgage Loans is less than
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance (after application of the principal
portion of the Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution) and aggregate
Prepayment Charges of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans. An amount equal to the
aggregate of the deficiencies described in the preceding sentence (such amount,
the "Substitution Adjustment Amount") plus an amount equal to any unreimbursed
costs, penalties and/or damages incurred by the Issuing Entity in connection
with any violation relating to such Deleted Mortgage Loan of any predatory or
abusive lending law shall be remitted by the Sponsor to the Trustee for deposit
into the Certificate Account by the Sponsor on the Determination Date for the
Distribution Date relating to the Prepayment Period during which the related
Mortgage Loan became required to be purchased or replaced hereunder.

     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the right to
substitute Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Article II shall be subject to the
additional limitations that no substitution of a Replacement Mortgage Loan for a
Deleted Mortgage Loan shall be made unless the Trustee shall have received an
Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking to make the
substitution) that, under current law, such substitution will not (A) affect
adversely the status of any REMIC established hereunder as a REMIC, or of the
related "regular interests" as "regular interests" in any such REMIC, or (B)
cause any such REMIC to engage in a "prohibited transaction" or prohibited
contribution pursuant to the REMIC Provisions.

     The Trustee shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the removal
of such Deleted Mortgage Loan from the terms of this Agreement and the
substitution of the Replacement Mortgage Loan or Replacement Mortgage Loans.
Upon such substitution by the Sponsor, such Replacement Mortgage Loan or
Replacement Mortgage Loans shall constitute part of the Mortgage Pool and shall
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all respects to the terms of this Agreement and the Sale Agreement, including
all applicable representations and warranties thereof included in the Sale
Agreement as of the date of substitution.

          (d) It is understood and agreed that the representations, warranties
and indemnification (i) set forth in this Section 2.03, (ii) of the Sponsor and
the Depositor set forth in the Sale Agreement and assigned to the Trustee by the
Depositor hereunder and (iii) of each Transferor, assigned by the Sponsor to the
Depositor pursuant to the Sale Agreement and assigned to the Trustee by the
Depositor hereunder shall each survive delivery of the Mortgage Files and the
Assignment of Mortgage of each Mortgage Loan to the Trustee and shall continue
throughout the term of this Agreement.

          (e) The Depositor shall deliver a copy of the Mortgage Loan Schedule
to the Servicer on the Closing Date.

          (f) The Depositor shall notify the Servicer and the Trustee when any
NIM Notes are issued and when such NIM Notes are no longer outstanding.

     2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Servicer.

     The Servicer hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, the Trustee
and the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer as follows, as of the date hereof:

          (a) The Servicer is duly organized and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada and is duly
authorized and qualified to transact any and all business contemplated by this
Agreement to be conducted by the Servicer in any state in which a Mortgaged
Property is located or is otherwise not required under applicable law to effect
such qualification and, in any event, is in compliance with the doing business
laws of any such state, to the extent necessary to ensure its ability to enforce
each Mortgage Loan, to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement and to perform any of its other obligations under this
Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof.

          (b) The Servicer has the corporate power and authority to service each
Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and has duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Servicer the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement; and this Agreement,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other
parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Servicer, enforceable against the Servicer in accordance with its terms, except
that (a) the enforceability hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors' rights
generally and (b) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other
forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the
discretion of the court before which any proceeding hereunder may be brought.

          (c) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Servicer, the
servicing of the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement, the consummation of any
other of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the fulfillment of
or compliance with the terms hereof are in the ordinary course of business of
the Servicer and will not (A) result in a material breach of any term or
provision of the charter or by-laws of the Servicer or (B) materially conflict
with, result in a material breach, violation or acceleration of, or result in a
material default under, the terms of any other material agreement or instrument
to which the Servicer is a party or by which it may be bound, or (C) constitute
a material violation of any statute, order or regulation applicable to the
Servicer of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental
body having jurisdiction over the Servicer; and the Servicer is not in breach or
violation of any material indenture or other material agreement or instrument,
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violation of any statute, order or regulation of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it which
breach or violation may materially impair the Servicer's ability to perform or
meet any of its obligations under this Agreement.

          (d) The Servicer is an approved servicer of mortgage loans for Fannie
Mae and is an approved servicer of mortgage loans for Freddie Mac.

          (e) No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Servicer's
knowledge, threatened, against the Servicer that would materially and adversely
affect the execution, delivery or enforceability of this Agreement or the
ability of the Servicer to service the Mortgage Loans or to perform any of its
other obligations under this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof.

          (f) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by the Servicer of, or compliance by the Servicer with, this
Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or if any
such consent, approval, authorization or order is required, the Servicer has
obtained the same.

          (g) The Servicer has fully furnished and will fully furnish (for the
period it serviced the Mortgage Loans), in accordance with the Fair Credit
Reporting Act and its implementing regulations, accurate and complete
information (e.g., favorable and unfavorable) on its borrower credit files to
Equifax, Experian and Trans Union Credit Information Company on a monthly basis.

     2.05. Substitutions and Repurchases of Mortgage Loans that are not
"Qualified Mortgages".

     Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee that any
Mortgage Loan does not constitute a "qualified mortgage" within the meaning of
section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering such fact shall promptly
(and in any event within five (5) Business Days of discovery) give written
notice thereof to the other parties. In connection therewith, the Depositor
shall, at the Depositor's option, either (i) substitute, if the conditions in
Section 2.03(c) with respect to substitutions are satisfied, a Replacement
Mortgage Loan for the affected Mortgage Loan, or (ii) repurchase the affected
Mortgage Loan within 90 days of such discovery in the same manner as it would a
Mortgage Loan for a breach of representation or warranty contained in Section
2.03. The Trustee, upon the written direction of the Depositor, shall reconvey
to the Depositor the Mortgage Loan to be released pursuant hereto in the same
manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as it would a Mortgage Loan
repurchased for breach of a representation or warranty contained in Section
2.03.

     2.06. Authentication and Delivery of Certificates.

     The Trustee acknowledges the transfer and assignment to it of the Trust
Fund and, concurrently with such transfer and assignment, the Trustee has caused
to be authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, in
exchange for the Mortgage Loans, Certificates duly authenticated by the Trustee,
as authenticating agent, in authorized denominations evidencing ownership of the
entire Trust Fund. The Trustee agrees to hold the Trust Fund and exercise the
rights referred to above for the benefit of all present and future Holders of
the Certificates and the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer and to perform its
duties set forth in this Agreement in accordance with the provisions hereof.

     2.07. REMIC Elections.

          (a) The Depositor hereby instructs and authorizes the Trustee to make
an appropriate election to treat each of the Upper Tier REMIC and the Lower Tier
REMIC as a REMIC. The Trustee shall sign the returns providing for such
elections and such other tax or information returns that are

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required to be signed by the Trustee under applicable law. This Agreement shall
be construed so as to carry out the intention of the parties that each of the
Upper Tier REMIC and the Lower Tier REMIC be treated as a REMIC at all times
prior to the date on which the Trust Fund is terminated.

          (b) The Preliminary Statement sets forth the designations and "latest
possible maturity date" for federal income tax purposes of all interests created
hereby. The "Startup Day" for purposes of the REMIC Provisions shall be the
Closing Date. Each REMIC's fiscal year shall be the calendar year.

     The Lower Tier REMIC shall consist of all of the assets of the Trust Fund,
other than (i) amounts distributable to the Class P Certificates pursuant to
Section 4.04(b)(i) hereof, (ii) the interests issued by the Lower Tier REMIC,
(iii) the grantor trusts described in this Section 2.07 hereof, (iv) the Class
A-1B Insurance Policy and Certificate Insurer Account and (v) each Cap Contract
and the Cap Contract Account. The Lower Tier REMIC shall issue the Lower Tier
REMIC Regular Interests which shall be designated as regular interests of such
REMIC and shall issue the Class LTR Interest that shall be designated as the
sole class of residual interest in the Lower Tier REMIC. Each of the Lower Tier
REMIC Regular Interests shall have the characteristics set forth in its
definition.

     The assets of the Upper Tier REMIC shall be the Lower Tier REMIC Regular
Interests and the Class A-1B Insurance Policy and Certificate Insurer Account.
The REMIC Regular Interests shall be designated as the regular interests in the
Upper Tier REMIC and the Residual Interest shall be designated as the sole class
of residual interest in the Upper Tier REMIC. For federal income tax purposes,
(i) the pass-through rate on the REMIC Regular Interests represented by the
Class A-1 Certificates and on the sole class of residual interest in the Upper
Tier REMIC shall be subject to a cap equal to the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap;
(ii) the pass-through rate on the REMIC Regular Interests represented by the
Class A-2 Certificates shall be subject to a cap equal to the Class A-2
Available Funds Cap; (iii) the pass-through rate on the REMIC Regular Interests
represented by the Floating Rate Subordinate Certificates shall be subject to a
cap equal to the Floating Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap; and (iv) the
pass-through rate on the REMIC Regular Interests represented by the Fixed Rate
Subordinate Certificates shall be subject to a cap equal to the Fixed Rate
Subordinate Available Funds Cap.

     The beneficial ownership of the Class LTR Interest and the Residual
Interest shall be represented by the Class R Certificate. The Class LTR Interest
shall not have a principal balance or bear interest.

          (c) The "tax matters person" with respect to the Lower Tier REMIC and
the Upper Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions shall be the
beneficial owner of the Class R Certificate; provided, however, that the Holder
of the Class R Certificate, by its acceptance thereof, irrevocably appoints the
Trustee as its agent and attorney-in-fact to act as "tax matters person" with
respect to each such REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions. If there is
more than one beneficial owner of the Class R Certificate, the "tax matters
person" shall be the Person with the greatest percentage interest in the Class R
Certificate and, if there is more than one such Person, shall be determined
under Treasury regulation Section 1.860F-4(d) and Treasury regulation Section
301.6231(a)(7)-1.

          (d) It is intended that the rights of each Class of the Class A, Class
M and Class B Certificates to receive payments in respect of Excess Interest
shall be treated as a right in interest rate cap contracts written by the Class
C Certificateholders in favor of the holders of each Class of the Class A, Class
M and Class B Certificates and such shall be accounted for as property held
separate and apart from the regular interests in the Upper Tier REMIC held by
the holders of the Class A (other than the Class R Certificate), Class M
Certificates, Class B Certificates and the residual interest in the Upper Tier
REMIC held by the holder of the Class R Certificate. For information reporting
requirements, the rights of the Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates to
receive payments in respect of Excess Interest shall be

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assumed to have zero or a de minimis value. This provision is intended to
satisfy the requirements of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(i) for the
treatment of property rights coupled with REMIC interests to be separately
respected and shall be interpreted consistently with such regulation. On each
Distribution Date, to the extent that any of the Class A, Class M and Class B
Certificates receive payments in respect of Excess Interest, such amounts, to
the extent not derived from payments on the Cap Contracts, will be treated as
distributed by the Upper Tier REMIC to the Class C Certificates pro rata in
payment of the amounts specified in Section 4.04(g) and then paid to the
relevant Class of Certificates pursuant to the related interest rate cap
agreement.

          (e) The parties intend that the portion of the Trust Fund consisting
of the Uncertificated Class C Interest, the Cap Contracts, the Cap Contract
Account, and the obligation of the holders of the Class C Certificates to pay
amounts in respect of Excess Interest to the holders of the Class A, Class M and
Class B Certificates shall be treated as a "grantor trust" under the Code, for
the benefit of the holders of the Class C Certificates, and the provisions
hereof shall be interpreted consistently with this intention. In furtherance of
such intention, the Trustee shall (i) furnish or cause to be furnished to the
holders of the Class C Certificates information regarding their allocable share,
if any, of the income with respect to such grantor trust, (ii) file or cause to
be filed with the Internal Revenue Service Form 1041 (together with any
necessary attachments) and such other forms as may be applicable and (iii)
comply with such information reporting obligations with respect to payments from
such grantor trust to the holders of Class A, Class M, Class B and Class C
Certificates as may be applicable under the Code.

          (f) The parties intend that the portion of the Trust Fund consisting
of the right to receive amounts distributable to the Class P Certificates
pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(i) hereof shall be treated as a "grantor trust"
under the Code, for the benefit of the holders of the Class P Certificates, and
the provisions hereof shall be interpreted consistently with this intention. In
furtherance of such intention, the Trustee shall (i) furnish or cause to be
furnished to the holders of the Class P Certificates information regarding their
allocable share of the income with respect to such grantor trust and (ii) file
or cause to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service Form 1041 (together with
any necessary attachments) and such other forms as may be applicable.

          (g) [RESERVED]

          (h) All payments of principal and interest at the Net Mortgage Rate on
each of the Mortgage Loans (other than amounts distributable to the Class P
Certificates pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(i) hereof) received from the Mortgage
Loans shall be paid to the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests until the
principal balance of all such interests have been reduced to zero and any losses
allocated to such interests have been reimbursed. Any excess amounts shall be
distributed to the Class LTR Interest. On each Distribution Date, payments and
losses shall be allocated among the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests so that
(i) each of the Lower Tier REMIC I Marker Interests shall have a principal
balance equal to 25% of the principal balance of the Corresponding Certificates,
(ii) the Class LTIX Interest has a principal balance equal to the excess of (x)
50% of the remaining principal balance of the Mortgage Loans over (y) the
aggregate principal balance of the Lower Tier REMIC I Marker Interests (if
necessary to reflect an increase in overcollateralization, accrued and unpaid
interest on the Class LTIX interest may be added to its principal amount to
achieve this result) and (iii) the aggregate principal amount of the Class
LTII1A Interest, Class LTII1B Interest, Class LTII2A Interest, Class LTII2B
Interest and the Class LTIIX Interest shall equal 50% of the remaining principal
balance of the Mortgage Loans. Distributions and losses allocated to the Lower
Tier REMIC Regular Interests described in clause (iii) of the preceding sentence
will be allocated among such Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests in the following
manner: (x) such distributions shall be deemed made to such Lower Tier REMIC
Regular Interests first, so as to keep the principal balance of the each such
Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interest with "B" at the end of its designation equal
to 0.05% of the aggregate scheduled principal balance of the

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Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Group and second, to such Lower Tier
REMIC Regular Interests with "A" at the end of its designation so that the
uncertificated principal balance of each such Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interest
is equal to 0.05% of the excess of (I) the aggregate scheduled principal balance
of the Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Group over (II) the aggregate
principal balance of Certificate Group One, in the case of the Class LTII1A
Interest, or Certificate Group Two, in the case of the Class LTII2A Interest
(except that if 0.05% of any such excess is greater than the principal amount of
the related Lower Tier REMIC II Marker Interest with "A" at the end of its
designation, the least amount of principal shall be distributed to each Lower
Tier REMIC II Marker Interest with "A" at the end of its designation such that
the Lower Tier REMIC Subordinated Balance Ratio is maintained) and finally, any
remaining distributions of principal to the Class LTIIX Interest and (y) such
losses shall be allocated among the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests described
in clause (iii) of the preceding sentence first, so as to keep the principal
balance of the each such Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interest with "B" at the end
of its designation equal to 0.05% of the aggregate scheduled principal balance
of the Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Group; second, to such Lower Tier
REMIC Regular Interests with "A" at the end of its designation so that the
uncertificated principal balance of each such Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interest
is equal to 0.05% of the excess of (I) the aggregate scheduled principal balance
of the Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Group over (II) the aggregate
principal balance of Certificate Group One, in the case of the Class LTII1A
Interest, or Certificate Group Two, in the case of the Class LTII2A Interest
(except that if 0.05% of any such excess is greater than the principal amount of
the related Lower Tier REMIC II Marker Interest with "A" at the end of its
designation, the least amount of losses shall be allocated to each Lower REMIC
II Marker Interest with "A" at the end of its designation such that the Lower
Tier REMIC Subordinated Balance Ratio is maintained) and finally, any remaining
losses to the Class LTIIX Interest. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences,
however, losses not allocated to any Class of Certificates will not be allocated
to any Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests. All computations with respect to the
Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests shall be taken out to ten decimal places.

     Any available funds remaining in the Lower Tier REMIC on a Distribution
Date after distributions to the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests shall be
distributed to the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class LTR Interest.

     If on any Distribution Date the Certificate Principal Balance of any Class
of Certificates is increased pursuant to the last sentence of the definition of
"Certificate Principal Balance," then there shall be an equivalent increase in
the principal amounts of the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests, with such
increase allocated (before the making of distributions and the allocation of
losses on the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests on such Distribution Date)
among the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests so that, to the greatest extent
possible, (i) each of the Lower Tier REMIC I Marker Interests has a principal
balance equal to 25% of the principal balance of the Corresponding Certificates,
(ii) the Class LTIX Interest has a principal balance equal to the excess of (x)
50% of the remaining principal balance of the Mortgage Loans over (y) the
aggregate principal balance of the Lower Tier REMIC I Marker Interests and (iii)
the aggregate principal amount of the Lower Tier REMIC II Marker Interests and
the Class LTIIX Interest shall equal 50% of the remaining principal balance of
the Mortgage Loans. Allocations in connection with clause (iii) shall be made so
that, to the greatest extent possible, (a) the principal balance of each Lower
Tier REMIC II Marker Interest with "B" at the end of its designation equals
0.05% of the aggregate scheduled principal balance of the Mortgage Loans in
related Mortgage Group, (b) the principal balance of each Lower Tier REMIC II
Marker Interest with "A" at the end of its designation equals 0.05% of the
excess of (x) the aggregate scheduled principal balance of the Mortgage Loans in
related Mortgage Group over (y) the aggregate principal balance of Certificate
Group One in the case of the Class LTII1A Interest, or Certificate Group Two in
the case of the Class LTII2A Interest and (c) any remaining allocations are made
to the Class LTIIX Interest.

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     For purposes of this Section 2.07, (i) the Class LTII1A Interest and Class
LTII1B Interest shall be related to Group One, and (ii) the Class LTII2A
Interest and Class LTII2B Interest shall be related to Group Two.

          (i) In the event that any REMIC provided for herein fails to qualify
as a REMIC, loses its status as a REMIC or incurs federal, state or local taxes
as a result of a prohibited transaction or prohibited contribution under the
REMIC Provisions due to the negligent performance by the Servicer of its duties
and obligations set forth herein, the Servicer shall indemnify the Trustee and
the Issuing Entity against any and all Losses resulting from such negligence;
provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be liable for any such Losses
attributable to the action or inaction of the Trustee, the Depositor or the
Holder of a Class R Certificate, as applicable, nor for any such Losses
resulting from misinformation provided by the Holder of such Class R Certificate
on which the Servicer has relied. The foregoing shall not be deemed to limit or
restrict the rights and remedies of the Holder of such Class R Certificate now
or hereafter existing at law or in equity. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
however, in no event shall the Servicer have any liability (1) for any action or
omission that is taken in accordance with and in compliance with the express
terms of, or which is expressly permitted by the terms of, this Agreement, (2)
for any Losses other than those arising out of a negligent performance by the
Servicer of its duties and obligations set forth herein, and (3) for any special
or consequential damages to Certificateholders (in addition to payment of
principal and interest on the Certificates).

          (j) In the event that any REMIC provided for herein fails to qualify
as a REMIC, loses its status as a REMIC or incurs federal, state or local taxes
as a result of a prohibited transaction or prohibited contribution under the
REMIC Provisions due to the negligent performance by the Trustee of its duties
and obligations set forth herein, the Trustee shall indemnify the Issuing Entity
against any and all Losses resulting from such negligence; provided, however,
that the Trustee shall not be liable for any such Losses attributable to the
action or inaction of the Servicer, the Depositor, or the Holder of a Class R
Certificate, as applicable, nor for any such Losses resulting from
misinformation provided by the Holder of such Class R Certificate on which the
Trustee has relied. The foregoing shall not be deemed to limit or restrict the
rights and remedies of the Holder of such Class R Certificate now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, in no
event shall the Trustee have any liability (1) for any action or omission that
is taken in accordance with and in compliance with the express terms of, or
which is expressly permitted by the terms of, this Agreement, (2) for any Losses
other than those arising out of a negligent performance by the Trustee of its
duties and obligations set forth herein, and (3) for any special or
consequential damages to Certificateholders (in addition to payment of principal
and interest on the Certificates).

     2.08. [RESERVED]

     2.09. Covenants of the Servicer.

     The Servicer hereby covenants to each of the other parties to this
Agreement as follows:

          (a) the Servicer shall comply in the performance of its obligations
under this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of the insurer
under each Required Insurance Policy;

          (b) no written information, certificate of an officer, statement
furnished in writing or written report delivered to the Depositor or the
Trustee, any Affiliate of the Depositor or the Trustee and prepared by the
Servicer pursuant to this Agreement will be inaccurate in any material respect,
provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be responsible for inaccurate
information provided to it by third parties.

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     2.10. [RESERVED]

     2.11. Permitted Activities of the Trust. The Trust is created for the
object and purpose of engaging in the Permitted Activities. In furtherance of
the foregoing, the Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to execute and
deliver on behalf of the Trust, and to perform the duties and obligations of the
Trustee under, the Cap Contracts and any other agreement or instrument related
thereto, in each case in such form as the Depositor shall direct or shall
approve, the execution and delivery of any such agreement by the Depositor to be
conclusive evidence of its approval thereof.

     2.12. Qualifying Special Purpose Entity. For purposes of SFAS 140, the
parties hereto intend that the Trust Fund shall be treated as a "qualifying
special purpose entity" as such term is used in SFAS 140 and any successor rule
thereto and its power and authority as stated in Section 2.11 of this Agreement
shall be limited in accordance with paragraph 35 or SFAS 140.

     2.13. Depositor Notification of NIM Notes. The Depositor shall notify the
Servicer in writing when NIM Notes are issued and when all previously issued NIM
Notes are no longer outstanding.

                                  ARTICLE III.

                 ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS

     3.01. Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans.

     For and on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Class A-1B Certificate
Insurer, the Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in
accordance with the Accepted Servicing Practices. In connection with such
servicing and administration, the Servicer shall have full power and authority,
acting alone and/or through Sub-Servicers, as provided in Section 3.02 hereof,
to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or
desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but
not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to
execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee,
customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to
consent to transfers of any Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage
Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided in this Agreement),
(iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds and (iv)
subject to Section 3.12(a), to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the
ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan; provided that,
subject to Section 6.03, the Servicer shall not take any action that is
inconsistent with or prejudices the interests of the Trust Fund or the
Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan serviced by it under this Agreement or
the rights and interests of the other parties to this Agreement except as
otherwise required by this Agreement or by law. Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer shall not make or permit any
modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would
cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC or
result in the imposition of any tax under Section 860G(a) or 860G(d) of the
Code. The Servicer shall represent and protect the interest of the Trust Fund in
the same manner as it currently protects its own interest in mortgage loans in
its own portfolio in any claim, proceeding or litigation regarding a Mortgage
Loan, but in any case not in any manner that is a lesser standard than that
provided in the first sentence of this Section 3.01. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, in its own name or in the name of the
Depositor and the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Depositor
and the Trustee, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable
judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the
Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, subordinations and all
other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and with
respect to the Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer.

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The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such
documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are
necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the
Mortgage Loans, to the extent that the Servicer is not permitted to execute and
deliver such documents pursuant to the preceding sentence. Upon receipt of such
documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and
deliver them to the Servicer. For purposes of this Section 3.01, the Trustee
hereby grants to the Servicer a limited power of attorney to execute and file
any and all documents necessary to fulfill the obligations of the Servicer under
this Section 3.01.

     The Servicer shall not be required to make any Servicing Advance with
respect to a Mortgage Loan that is 150 days or more delinquent.

     The Servicer shall deliver a list of Servicing Officers to the Trustee by
the Closing Date.

     The Servicer will transmit full-file credit reporting data for each
Mortgage Loan pursuant to Fannie Mae Guide Announcement 97-02, and for each
Mortgage Loan, the Servicer agrees that it shall report one of the following
statuses each month as follows: current, delinquent (30-, 60-, 90-days, etc.),
foreclosed or charged-off.

     The Servicer further is authorized and empowered by the Trustee, on behalf
of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own name or in the name of the
Sub-Servicer, when the Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be,
believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on
the MERS System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan
on the MERS System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and
other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of
a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Trustee and its
successors and assigns. Any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the
actions described in the preceding sentence or as a result of MERS discontinuing
or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS System,
shall be subject to withdrawal by the Servicer from the Collection Account.

     With respect to any second lien Mortgage Loan, the Servicer may consent to
the refinancing of the prior senior lien relating to such Mortgage Loan,
provided that the following requirements are met:

          (a) the resulting Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of such Mortgage Loan
is no higher than the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio prior to such refinancing;

          (b) the interest rate for the loan evidencing the refinanced senior
lien is no more than 2.0% higher than the interest rate on the loan evidencing
the existing senior lien immediately prior to the date of such refinancing; and

          (c) the loan evidencing the refinanced senior lien is not subject to
negative amortization.

     3.02. Servicing and Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations of
Servicer.

          (a) The Servicer may arrange for the subservicing of any Mortgage Loan
by a Sub-Servicer, which may be an Affiliate (each, a "Sub-Servicer") pursuant
to a subservicing agreement (each, a "Subservicing Agreement") including, at the
Servicer's option, if requested to do so by the Holder of the Class C
Certificate; provided, however, that (i) such subservicing arrangement and the
terms of the related subservicing agreement must provide for the servicing of
such Mortgage Loans in a manner

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consistent with the servicing arrangements contemplated hereunder and (ii) that
such agreement would not result in a withdrawal or downgrading by any Rating
Agency of the ratings of any Certificates evidenced by a letter to that effect
delivered by each Rating Agency to the Depositor. Notwithstanding the provisions
of any subservicing agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating
to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a Sub-Servicer or
reference to actions taken through a Sub-Servicer or otherwise, the Servicer
shall remain obligated and liable to the Depositor, the Trustee and the
Certificateholders for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such
obligation or liability by virtue of such subservicing agreements or
arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Sub-Servicer and to the
same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone
were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans. Every subservicing
agreement entered into by the Servicer shall contain a provision giving any
successor servicer the option to terminate such agreement in the event a
successor servicer is appointed. All actions of the each Sub-Servicer performed
pursuant to the related subservicing agreement shall be performed as an agent of
the Servicer with the same force and effect as if performed directly by the
Servicer. The Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee copies of all subservicing
agreements. The Trustee shall have no obligations, duties or liabilities with
respect to a Sub-Servicer, including without limitation, any obligation, duty or
liability to monitor such Sub-Servicer or to pay a Sub-Servicer's fees and
expenses.

          (b) For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to
have received any collections, recoveries or payments with respect to the
related Mortgage Loans that are received by a Sub-Servicer regardless of whether
such payments are remitted by the Sub-Servicer to the Servicer.

          (c) The Servicer shall not permit a Sub-Servicer to perform any
servicing responsibilities hereunder with respect to the Mortgage Loans unless
that Sub-Servicer first agrees in writing with the Servicer to deliver an Annual
Statement of Compliance, an Assessment of Compliance and an Accountant's
Attestation in such manner and at such times that permits that Servicer to
comply with Sections 3.17 and 3.18 of this Agreement.

     3.03. Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of the Servicer.

     Neither the Trustee nor the Depositor shall have any responsibility or
liability for any action or failure to act by the Servicer, and neither of them
is obligated to supervise the performance of the Servicer hereunder or
otherwise.

     3.04. Trustee to Act as Servicer.

     Subject to Sections 6.04 and 7.02, in the event that the Servicer shall for
any reason no longer be the Servicer hereunder (including by reason of an Event
of Default), the Trustee or its designee shall, within a period of time not to
exceed ninety (90) days from the date of notice of termination or resignation,
thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer hereunder
arising thereafter (except that the Trustee shall not be (i) liable for losses
of the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.10 hereof or any acts or omissions of such
predecessor Servicer hereunder, (ii) obligated to make Advances or Servicing
Advances if it is prohibited from doing so by applicable law, (iii) obligated to
effectuate repurchases or substitutions of Mortgage Loans hereunder, including
pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 hereof, (iv) responsible for any expenses of
the Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03 or (v) deemed to have made any
representations and warranties hereunder, including pursuant to Section 2.04 or
the first paragraph of Section 6.02 hereof; provided, however that the Trustee
(subject to clause (ii) above) or its designee, in its capacity as the successor
servicer, shall immediately assume the terminated or resigning Servicer's
obligation to make Advances and Servicing Advances). No such termination or
resignation shall affect any obligation of the Servicer to pay amounts owed
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duties under this Agreement until its successor assumes all of its rights and
obligations hereunder. If the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the
Servicer (including by reason of any Event of Default), the Trustee (or any
other successor servicer) may, at its option, succeed to any rights and
obligations of the Servicer under any subservicing agreement in accordance with
the terms thereof; provided, however, that the Trustee (or any other successor
servicer) shall not incur any liability or have any obligations in its capacity
as servicer under a subservicing agreement arising prior to the date of such
succession unless it expressly elects to succeed to the rights and obligations
of the Servicer thereunder; and the Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of
any liability or obligations under the subservicing agreement arising prior to
the date of such succession. To the extent any costs or expenses, including
without limitation, Servicing Transfer Costs incurred by the Trustee in
connection with this Section 3.04, are not paid by the Servicer pursuant to this
Agreement within 30 days of the date of the Trustee's invoice thereof, such
amounts shall be payable out of the Certificate Account; provided that if the
Servicer has been terminated by reason of an Event of Default, the terminated
Servicer shall reimburse the Issuing Entity for any such expense incurred by the
Issuing Entity upon receipt of a reasonably detailed invoice evidencing such
expenses. If the Trustee is unwilling or unable to act as servicer, the Trustee
shall seek to appoint a successor servicer that is eligible in accordance with
the criteria specified in this Agreement.

     The Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee, but at the expense of the
Servicer if the Servicer has been terminated by reason of an Event of Default,
deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to each
subservicing agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced and otherwise
use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the
subservicing agreement to the assuming party.

     3.05. Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Collection Account; Certificate
Account.

          (a) The Servicer shall make reasonable efforts in accordance with
Accepted Servicing Practices to collect all payments called for under the terms
and provisions of the Mortgage Loans to the extent such procedures shall be
consistent with this Agreement and the terms and provisions of any related
Required Insurance Policy. Consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer may in
its discretion (i) waive any late payment charge or, if applicable, any default
interest charge, or (ii) subject to Section 3.01, extend the due dates for
payments due on a Mortgage Note for a period not greater than 180 days;
provided, however, that any extension pursuant to clause (ii) above shall not
affect the amortization schedule of any Mortgage Loan for purposes of any
computation hereunder, except as provided below. In the event of any such
arrangement pursuant to clause (ii) above, subject to Section 4.01, the Servicer
shall make any Advances on the related Mortgage Loan during the scheduled period
in accordance with the amortization schedule of such Mortgage Loan without
modification thereof by reason of such arrangements. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event that any Mortgage Loan is in default or, in the judgment
of the Servicer, such default is reasonably foreseeable, the Servicer,
consistent with the standards set forth in Section 3.01, may also waive, modify
or vary any term of such Mortgage Loan (including modifications that would
change the Mortgage Rate, forgive the payment of principal or interest or extend
the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan), accept payment from the related
Mortgagor of an amount less than the Stated Principal Balance in final
satisfaction of such Mortgage Loan, or consent to the postponement of strict
compliance with any such term or otherwise grant indulgence to any Mortgagor
(any and all such waivers, modifications, variances, forgiveness of principal or
interest, postponements, or indulgences collectively referred to herein as
"forbearance"), provided, however, that in determining which course of action
permitted by this sentence it shall pursue, the Servicer shall adhere to the
standards of Section 3.01. The Servicer's analysis supporting any forbearance
and the conclusion that any forbearance meets the standards of Section 3.01
shall be reflected in writing in the Mortgage File.

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          (b) The Servicer will not waive any Prepayment Charge or portion
thereof unless, (i) the enforceability thereof shall have been limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership or other similar laws relating
to creditors' rights generally or is otherwise prohibited by law, or (ii) the
collectability thereof shall have been limited due to acceleration in connection
with a foreclosure or other involuntary payment, or (iii) the Servicer has not
been provided with information sufficient to enable it to collect the Prepayment
Charge, or (iv) in the Servicer's reasonable judgment as described in Section
3.01 hereof, (x) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable
default and (y) such waiver would maximize recovery of total proceeds taking
into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and related Mortgage Loan, or
(v) the collection of such Prepayment Charge or portion thereof, or of a similar
type of Prepayment Charge, would be considered "predatory" or "illegal" pursuant
to written guidance published by any applicable federal, state or local
regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such matters or has been
challenged by any such authority, or only to the extent that there are no NIM
Notes outstanding or to the extent that the Depositor has notified the Servicer
in writing that all previously issued NIM Notes are no longer outstanding, there
is a certificated class action in which a similar type of prepayment charge is
being challenged. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, in no event will
the Servicer waive a Prepayment Charge in connection with a refinancing of a
Mortgage Loan that is not related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable
default. If the Servicer waives or does not collect all or a portion of a
Prepayment Charge relating to a Principal Prepayment in full or in part due to
any action or omission of the Servicer, other than as provided above, the
Servicer shall deposit the amount of such Prepayment Charge (or such portion
thereof as had been waived for deposit) into the Collection Account for
distribution in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

          (c) The Servicer shall not be required to institute or join in
litigation with respect to collection of any payment (whether under a Mortgage,
Mortgage Note or otherwise or against any public or governmental authority with
respect to a taking or condemnation) if it reasonably believes that enforcing
the provision of the Mortgage or other instrument pursuant to which such payment
is required is prohibited by applicable law.

          (d) The Servicer shall establish and initially maintain, on behalf of
the Certificateholders, a Collection Account. The Servicer shall deposit into
such Collection Account daily, within two Business Days of receipt thereof, in
immediately available funds, the following payments and collections received or
made by it on and after the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans:

               (i) all payments on account of principal, including Principal
     Prepayments, on the Mortgage Loans, other than principal due on the
     Mortgage Loans on or prior to the Cut-off Date;

               (ii) all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans
     net of the related Servicing Fee permitted under Section 3.15, other than
     (x) interest due on the Mortgage Loans on or prior to the Cut-off Date and
     (y) Prepayment Interest Excess;

               (iii) all Liquidation Proceeds, other than proceeds to be applied
     to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the
     Mortgagor in accordance with the Servicer's normal servicing procedures;

               (iv) all Subsequent Recoveries;

               (v) all Compensating Interest;

               (vi) any amount required to be deposited by the Servicer pursuant
     to Section 3.05(g) in connection with any losses on Permitted Investments;

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               (vii) any amounts required to be deposited by the Servicer
     pursuant to Section 3.10 hereof;

               (viii) all Advances made by the Servicer pursuant to Section
     4.01;

               (ix) all Prepayment Charges; and

               (x) any other amounts required to be deposited hereunder.

     The foregoing requirements for remittance by the Servicer into the
Collection Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, late payment charges,
insufficient funds charges and payments in the nature of assumption fees (i.e.
fees related to the assumption of a Mortgage Loan upon the purchase of the
related Mortgaged Property and other similar ancillary fees (other than
Prepayment Charges)) if collected, and any Prepayment Interest Excess need not
be remitted by the Servicer. Rather, such fees and charges may be retained by
the Servicer as additional servicing compensation. In the event that the
Servicer shall remit any amount not required to be remitted and not otherwise
subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof, it may at any time
withdraw or direct the Trustee, or such other institution maintaining the
Collection Account, to withdraw such amount from the Collection Account, any
provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Servicer shall maintain
adequate records with respect to all withdrawals made pursuant to this Section.
All funds deposited in the Collection Account shall be held in trust for the
Certificateholders until withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.08. In no event
shall the Trustee incur liability for withdrawals from the Collection Account at
the direction of the Servicer.

     The Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee of the location of the
Collection Account maintained by it when established and prior to any change
thereof. Not later than twenty days after each Distribution Date, the Servicer
shall forward to the Trustee and the Depositor the most current available bank
statement for the Collection Account. Copies of such statement shall be provided
by the Trustee to any Certificateholder and to any Person identified to the
Trustee as a prospective transferee of a Certificate, upon request at the
expense of the requesting party, provided such statement is delivered by the
Servicer to the Trustee.

          (e) The Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of the
Certificateholders, the Certificate Account. The Trustee shall, promptly upon
receipt, deposit or cause to be deposited in the Certificate Account and retain
therein the following:

               (i) the aggregate amount withdrawn by the Servicer from the
     Collection Account and required to be deposited in the Certificate Account;

               (ii) the Purchase Price and any Substitution Adjustment Amount;

               (iii) any amount required to be deposited by the Trustee pursuant
     to Section 3.05(g) in connection with any losses on Permitted Investments;
     and

               (iv) the Optional Termination Amount paid by the winning bidder
     at the Auction or by the Servicer pursuant to Section 9.01.

     Any amounts received by the Trustee prior to 1:00 p.m. New York City time
(or such earlier deadline for investment in the Permitted Investments designated
by the Trustee) that are required to be deposited in the Certificate Account by
the Servicer shall be invested in Permitted Investments on the Business Day on
which they were received. The foregoing requirements for remittance by the
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and deposit by the Trustee into the Certificate Account shall be exclusive. If
the Servicer fails to remit any funds due by the time designated herein, the
Servicer shall pay to the Trustee, for its own account, interest accrued on such
funds at the then-current prime rate (as published by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.)
from and including the applicable due date, to but excluding the day such funds
are paid to the Trustee. In the event that the Servicer shall remit any amount
not required to be remitted and not otherwise subject to withdrawal pursuant to
Section 3.08 hereof, it may at any time cause the Trustee to withdraw such
amount from the Certificate Account, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding. All funds deposited in the Certificate Account shall be held by
the Trustee in trust for the Certificateholders until disbursed in accordance
with this Agreement or withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.08. In no event
shall the Trustee incur liability for withdrawals from the Certificate Account
at the direction of the Servicer. The Trustee shall give notice to the Servicer
of the location of the Certificate Account maintained by it when established and
prior to any change thereof.

          (f) Each institution that maintains the Collection Account or the
Certificate Account shall invest the funds in each such account, as directed by
the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, in writing, in Permitted
Investments, which shall mature not later than (i) in the case of the Collection
Account the Business Day preceding the related Servicer Remittance Date (except
that if such Permitted Investment is an obligation of the institution that
maintains such Collection Account or is otherwise immediately available, then
such Permitted Investment shall mature not later than the Servicer Remittance
Date) and (ii) in the case of the Certificate Account, the Business Day
immediately preceding the first Distribution Date that follows the date of such
investment (except that if such Permitted Investment is an obligation of the
institution that maintains such Certificate Account or is otherwise immediately
available, then such Permitted Investment shall mature not later than such
Distribution Date) and, in each case, shall not be sold or disposed of prior to
its maturity. All such Permitted Investments shall be made in the name of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders. All income and gain net of
any losses realized or other benefits received from amounts on deposit in the
Collection Account shall be for the benefit of the Servicer as servicing
compensation and shall be remitted to it monthly as provided herein. The amount
of any losses incurred in the Collection Account in respect of any such
investments shall be deposited by the Servicer in the Collection Account out of
the Servicer's own funds immediately as realized. All income and gain net of any
losses realized, together with other benefits received, from amounts on deposit
in the Certificate Account shall be for the benefit of the Trustee and shall be
remitted to or withdrawn by it monthly as provided herein. The amount of any
losses incurred in the Certificate Account in respect of any such investments
shall be deposited by the Trustee in the Certificate Account out of the
Trustee's own funds immediately as realized.

     3.06. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow Accounts.

     To the extent required by the related Mortgage Note, the Servicer shall
establish and maintain one or more accounts (each, an "Escrow Account") and
deposit and retain therein all collections from the Mortgagors (or advances by
the Servicer) for the payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums
or comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors. Nothing herein shall
require the Servicer to compel a Mortgagor to establish an Escrow Account in
violation of applicable law.

     Withdrawals of amounts so collected from the Escrow Accounts may be made
only to effect timely payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums,
condominium or PUD association dues, or comparable items, to reimburse the
Servicer out of related collections for any payments made pursuant to Sections
3.01 hereof (with respect to taxes and assessments and insurance premiums) and
3.10 hereof (with respect to hazard insurance), to refund to any Mortgagors any
sums as may be determined to be overages, to pay interest, if required by law or
the terms of the related Mortgage or Mortgage Note, to Mortgagors on balances in
the Escrow Account or to clear and terminate the Escrow Account at the

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termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01 hereof. The Escrow
Accounts shall not be a part of the Trust Fund.

     3.07. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the
Mortgage Loans.

     Upon reasonable advance notice in writing if required by federal
regulation, the Servicer will provide to each Certificateholder that is a
savings and loan association, bank or insurance company certain reports and
reasonable access to information and documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans
sufficient to permit such Certificateholder to comply with applicable
regulations of the OTS or other regulatory authorities with respect to
investment in the Certificates; provided, that the Servicer shall be entitled to
be reimbursed by each such Certificateholder for actual expenses incurred by the
Servicer in providing such reports and access.

     The Servicer may from time to time provide the Depositor, and any Person
designated by the Depositor, with reports and information regarding the Mortgage
Loans, including without limitation, information requested by the Depositor or
an originator of the Mortgage Loans for required institutional risk control.

     3.08. Permitted Withdrawals from the Collection Account and Certificate
Account.

          (a) The Servicer may from time to time, make withdrawals from the
Collection Account for the following purposes:

               (i) to pay to the Servicer (to the extent not previously paid to
     or withheld by the Servicer), as servicing compensation in accordance with
     Section 3.15, that portion of any payment of interest that equals the
     Servicing Fee for the period with respect to which such interest payment
     was made, and, as additional servicing compensation, those other amounts
     set forth in Section 3.15;

               (ii) to reimburse the Servicer for Advances made by it (or to
     reimburse the Advance Financing Person for Advances made by it) with
     respect to the Mortgage Loans, such right of reimbursement pursuant to this
     subclause (ii) being limited to amounts received on particular Mortgage
     Loan(s) (including, for this purpose, Liquidation Proceeds) that represent
     late recoveries of payments of principal and/or interest on such particular
     Mortgage Loan(s) in respect of which any such Advance was made;

               (iii) to reimburse the Servicer for any Non-Recoverable Advance
     previously made and any Non-Recoverable Servicing Advances previously made
     to the extent that, in the case of Non-Recoverable Servicing Advances,
     reimbursement therefor constitutes "unanticipated expenses" within the
     meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii);

               (iv) to pay to the Servicer earnings on or investment income with
     respect to funds in or credited to the Collection Account;

               (v) to reimburse the Servicer from Insurance Proceeds for Insured
     Expenses covered by the related Insurance Policy;

               (vi) [reserved];

               (vii) to pay to the Servicer any unpaid Servicing Fees and to
     reimburse it for any unreimbursed Servicing Advances (to the extent that
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     would constitute an "unanticipated expense" within the meaning of Treasury
     Regulation Section 1.860-1(b)(3)(ii)), the Servicer's right to
     reimbursement of Servicing Advances pursuant to this subclause (vi) with
     respect to any Mortgage Loan being limited to amounts received on
     particular Mortgage Loan(s)(including, for this purpose, Liquidation
     Proceeds and purchase and repurchase proceeds) that represent late
     recoveries of the payments for which such advances were made pursuant to
     Section 3.01 or Section 3.06;

               (viii) to pay the Servicer any unpaid Servicing Fees for any
     Mortgage Loan upon such Mortgage Loan being charged off and upon
     termination of the obligations of the Servicer;

               (ix) to pay to the Depositor or the Servicer, as applicable, with
     respect to each Mortgage Loan or property acquired in respect thereof that
     has been purchased pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03 or 3.12, all amounts
     received thereon and not taken into account in determining the related
     Stated Principal Balance of such repurchased Mortgage Loan;

               (x) to reimburse the Servicer, the Trustee or the Depositor for
     expenses incurred by any of them in connection with the Mortgage Loans or
     Certificates and reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.04, Section 3.25 or
     Section 6.03 hereof provided that reimbursement therefor would constitute
     "unanticipated" expenses within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section
     1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii);

               (xi) to reimburse the Trustee for enforcement expenses reasonably
     incurred in respect of a breach or defect giving rise to the purchase
     obligation in Section 2.03 that were incurred in the Purchase Price of the
     Mortgage Loans including any expenses arising out of the enforcement of the
     purchase obligation; provided that any such expenses will be reimbursable
     under this subclause (xi) only to the extent that such expenses would
     constitute "unanticipated expenses" within the meaning of Treasury
     Regulation Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii) if paid by one of the REMICs provided
     for herein;

               (xii) [reserved];

               (xiii) to withdraw pursuant to Section 3.05 any amount deposited
     in the Collection Account and not required to be deposited therein; and

               (xiv) to clear and terminate the Collection Account upon
     termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof.

     In addition, no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Servicer
Remittance Date, the Servicer shall cause to be withdrawn from the Collection
Account the Interest Funds and the Principal Funds, to the extent on deposit,
and such amount shall be deposited in the Certificate Account; provided,
however, if the Trustee does not receive such Interest Funds and Principal Funds
by 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, such Interest Funds and Principal Funds shall be
deposited in the Certificate Account on the next Business Day. In the event such
funds are not deposited by 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Servicer Remittance
Date, the Servicer shall pay, out of its own funds, interest on such amount at a
rate equal to the then current "prime rate" (as published by Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A.) for each date or part thereof until such amount is paid in full.

     The Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a Mortgage
Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal from
the Collection Account.

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     The Servicer shall provide written notification to the Trustee on or prior
to the next succeeding Servicer Remittance Date upon making any withdrawals from
the Collection Account pursuant to subclauses (iii) and (vii) above.

     Unless otherwise specified, any amounts reimbursable to the Servicer or the
Trustee from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or the Certificate
Accounts shall be deemed to come from first, Interest Funds, and thereafter,
Principal Funds for the related Distribution Date.

          (b) The Trustee shall withdraw funds from the Certificate Account for
distribution to the Certificateholders in the manner specified in this Agreement
(and shall withhold from the amounts so withdrawn, the amount of any taxes that
it is authorized to retain pursuant to this Agreement). In addition, prior to
making such distributions to the Certificateholders, the Trustee may from time
to time make withdrawals from the Certificate Account for the following
purposes:

               (i) to withdraw pursuant to Section 3.05 any amount deposited in
     the Certificate Account and not required to be deposited therein;

               (ii) to clear and terminate the Certificate Account upon
     termination of the Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof (after paying
     all amounts necessary to the Trustee or the Servicer in connection with any
     such termination);

               (iii) to pay to the Trustee (or any custodian) for any fees,
     expenses and indemnification reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement,
     including without limitation Sections 3.04, 6.03, 8.05 and 8.06 hereof; and

               (iv) to pay to the Trustee earnings on or investment income with
     respect to funds in or credited to the Certificate Account.

     3.09. [RESERVED]

     3.10. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance.

     The Servicer shall cause to be maintained, for each Mortgage Loan secured
by a first lien, fire and hazard insurance with extended coverage in an amount,
to the extent permitted by applicable law, that is at least equal to the lesser
of (i) the replacement value of the improvements that are part of such Mortgaged
Property and (ii) the greater of (a) the outstanding principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan and (b) an amount such that the proceeds of such policy shall be
sufficient to prevent the related Mortgagor and/or mortgagee from becoming a
co-insurer. Each such policy of standard hazard insurance shall contain, or have
an accompanying endorsement that contains, a standard mortgagee clause. The
Servicer shall also cause flood insurance to be maintained on property acquired
upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, to the
extent described below. Pursuant to Section 3.05 hereof, any amounts collected
by the Servicer under any such policies (other than the amounts to be applied to
the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property or property thus
acquired or amounts released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Servicer's
normal servicing procedures) shall be deposited in the Collection Account. Any
cost incurred by the Servicer in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for
the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders or
remittances to the Trustee for their benefit, be added to the principal balance
of the Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of the Mortgage Loan so
permit. Such costs shall be recoverable by the Servicer as a Servicing Advance
to the extent provided in Section 3.08(a)(vii) hereof. It is understood and
agreed that no earthquake or other additional insurance is to be required of any
Mortgagor or maintained on property acquired in respect of a Mortgage other than
pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time be in
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as shall require such additional insurance. If the Mortgaged Property with
respect to a Mortgage Loan secured by a first lien is located at the time of
origination of the Mortgage Loan in a federally designated special flood hazard
area and such area is participating in the national flood insurance program, the
Servicer shall cause flood insurance to be maintained with respect to such
Mortgage Loan. Such flood insurance shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of
(i) the original principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, (ii) the
replacement value of the improvements that are part of such Mortgaged Property,
or (iii) the maximum amount of such insurance available for the related
Mortgaged Property under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended.

     In the event that the Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket policy
insuring against hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans, it shall
conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth in the
first sentence of this Section 3.10, it being understood and agreed that such
policy may contain a deductible clause on terms substantially equivalent to
those commercially available and maintained by comparable servicers. If such
policy contains a deductible clause, the Servicer shall, in the event that there
shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property a policy
complying with the first sentence of this Section 3.10, and there shall have
been a loss that would have been covered by such policy, deposit in the
Collection Account the amount not otherwise payable under the blanket policy
because of such deductible clause. In connection with its activities as servicer
of the Mortgage Loans, the Servicer agrees to present, on behalf of itself, the
Depositor and the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, claims
under any such blanket policy

     3.11. Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements.

     When a Mortgaged Property has been or is about to be conveyed by the
Mortgagor, the Servicer shall, except as set forth below, to the extent it has
knowledge of such conveyance or prospective conveyance, exercise its rights to
accelerate the maturity of the related Mortgage Loan under any "due-on-sale"
clause contained in the related Mortgage or Mortgage Note; provided, however,
that the Servicer shall not exercise any such right if the "due-on-sale" clause,
in the reasonable belief of the Servicer, is not enforceable under applicable
law; provided, further, that the Servicer shall not take any action in relation
to the enforcement of any "due-on-sale" clause that would adversely affect or
jeopardize coverage under any Required Insurance Policy. An Opinion of Counsel
at the expense of the Servicer (which expense shall constitute a Servicing
Advance) delivered to the Trustee and the Depositor shall conclusively establish
the reasonableness of the Servicer's belief that any "due-on-sale" clause is not
enforceable under applicable law, but which shall not be required. In such
event, the Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to enter into an assumption
and modification agreement with the Person to whom such property has been or is
about to be conveyed, pursuant to which such Person becomes liable under the
Mortgage Note and, unless prohibited by applicable law or the Mortgage, the
Mortgagor remains liable thereon. If the foregoing is not permitted under
applicable law, the Servicer is authorized to enter into a substitution of
liability agreement with such Person, pursuant to which the original Mortgagor
is released from liability and such Person is substituted as Mortgagor and
becomes liable under the Note. In addition to the foregoing, the Servicer shall
not be required to enforce any "due-on-sale" clause if in the reasonable
judgment of the Servicer, entering into an assumption and modification agreement
with a Person to whom such property shall be conveyed and releasing the original
Mortgagor from liability would be in the best interests of the
Certificateholders. The Mortgage Loan, as assumed, shall conform in all respects
to the requirements, representations and warranties of this Agreement. The
Servicer shall notify the Trustee that any such assumption or substitution
agreement has been completed by forwarding to the Trustee the original copy of
such assumption or substitution agreement (indicating the Mortgage File to which
it relates), which copy shall be added by the Trustee to the related Mortgage
File and which shall, for all purposes, be considered a part of such Mortgage
File to the same extent as all other documents and instruments constituting a
part thereof. The Servicer shall be responsible for recording any such
assumption or substitution agreements. In connection with any such assumption or
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agreement, the Monthly Payment on the related Mortgage Loan shall not be changed
but shall remain as in effect immediately prior to the assumption or
substitution, the stated maturity or outstanding principal amount of such
Mortgage Loan shall not be changed nor shall any required monthly payments of
principal or interest be deferred or forgiven. Any fee collected by the Servicer
for consenting to any such conveyance or entering into an assumption or
substitution agreement shall be retained by or paid to the Servicer as
additional servicing compensation.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph or any other provision of this
Agreement, the Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default, breach or any
other violation of its obligations hereunder by reason of any assumption of a
Mortgage Loan by operation of law or any assumption which the Servicer may be
restricted by law from preventing, for any reason whatsoever.

     3.12. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess
Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation.

          (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the
servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise
comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage
Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory
arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection
with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such
practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be
normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the
requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided,
however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in
connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage
due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration
will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after
reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be
recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have
priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to
Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and
expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it
shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of
the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. Any
Mortgage Loan that is charged off may be sold to the majority Certificateholder
of the Class C Certificates, at its option, at its fair market value after the
time period specified in (e) below. If the Servicer has knowledge that a
Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by
deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with
environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will,
prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take
action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices.

     With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be
taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell
such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected
by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to
such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located
and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the
Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to
be in the best interest of itself and the Certificateholders for the period
prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may
receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in
connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall
prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented
showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in
connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such
times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting
requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any,
from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later
than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall
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related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as
specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing
such tax and information returns, as may be required.

     In the event that the Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as
aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a
Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to
the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the
Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Issuing Entity, obtain, in accordance
with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace
period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would
otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case
such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the
Trustee and the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer shall have been supplied with an
Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee and the Class A-1B Certificate
Insurer (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the
Class A-1B Certificate Insurer), to the effect that the holding by the Issuing
Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or
extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited
transactions" of the Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein as
defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for
herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are
outstanding, in which case the Issuing Entity may continue to hold such
Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of
Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged
Property acquired by the Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to
continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on
behalf of the Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that
would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure
property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject
the Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any
federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged
Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or
the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuing Entity with
respect to the imposition of any such taxes.

     The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan
shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such
foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding.
The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired
through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the
Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in
connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees,
Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with
respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the
payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans
(with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and
all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be
payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and
shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income
received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to
amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the
related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal
Prepayment for all purposes hereof.

     The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of
any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the
Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt
thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date.

     The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from
a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds will be applied as between the
parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for
any related Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section
3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any
unreimbursed Advances,

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pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to accrued and
unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the
Mortgage Loan, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month
in which such amounts are required to be distributed; fourth, as a recovery of
principal of the Mortgage Loan; and fifth, to any Prepayment Charges.

     The proceeds of any net income from an REO Property, will be applied as
between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the
Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees,
pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the
Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this
Section 3.12; third, as a recovery of principal; and fourth, to accrued and
unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the
related REO Property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date
occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed.

          (b) On each Determination Date, the Servicer shall determine the
respective aggregate amounts of Excess Proceeds, if any, that occurred in the
related Prepayment Period.

          (c) The Servicer, in its sole discretion, shall have the right to
elect (by written notice sent to the Trustee) to purchase for its own account
from the Issuing Entity any Mortgage Loan that is 91 days or more Delinquent at
a price equal to the Purchase Price. The Purchase Price for any Mortgage Loan
purchased hereunder shall be delivered to the Trustee for deposit to the
Certificate Account and the Trustee (or its custodian, as applicable) upon
receipt of such confirmation of deposit and a Request for Release from the
Servicer in the form of Exhibit I hereto, shall release to the Servicer the
related Mortgage File and shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer
or assignment prepared by the Servicer, in each case without recourse, as shall
be necessary to vest in the Servicer any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto
and the Servicer shall succeed to all the Trustee's right, title and interest in
and to such Mortgage Loan and all security and documents related thereto. Such
assignment shall be an assignment outright and not for security. The Servicer
shall thereupon own such Mortgage Loan, and all security and documents, free of
any further obligation to the Certificateholders with respect thereto.

          (d) With respect to such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and
continue in default, the Servicer will decide, in its reasonable business
judgment, whether to (i) foreclose upon the Mortgaged Properties securing those
Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 3.12(a), (ii) write off the unpaid principal
balance of the Mortgage Loans as bad debt (provided that the Servicer has
determined that no net recovery is possible through foreclosure proceedings or
other liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property), (iii) take a deed in lieu
of foreclosure, (iv) accept a short sale or short refinance; (v) arrange for a
repayment plan, or (vi) agree to a modification of such Mortgage Loan. As to any
Mortgage Loan that becomes 120 days delinquent, the Servicer will be required to
have obtained or to obtain a broker's price opinion, the cost of which will be
reimbursable as a Servicing Advance. After obtaining the broker's price opinion,
the Servicer will determine, in its reasonable business judgment, whether a net
recovery is possible through foreclosure proceedings or other liquidation of the
related Mortgage Property. If the Servicer determines that no such recovery is
possible, it must charge off the related Mortgage Loan at the time it becomes
180 days delinquent. Once a Mortgage Loan has been charged off, the Servicer
will discontinue making Advances, the Servicer will not be entitled to future
Servicing Fees with respect to such Mortgage Loan except as provided below, and
the Mortgage Loan will be treated as a Liquidated Mortgage Loan. If the Servicer
determines that such net recovery is possible through foreclosure proceedings or
other liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property on a Mortgage Loan that
becomes 180 days delinquent, the Servicer need not charge off the Mortgage Loan
and may continue making Advances, the Servicer will continue to be entitled to
Servicing Fees and the Servicer will be required to notify the Trustee of such
decision.

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          (e) Any Mortgage Loan that is charged off, pursuant to (d) above, may
continue to be serviced by the Servicer for the Certificateholders using
specialized collection procedures (including foreclosure, if appropriate). The
Servicer will be entitled to Servicing Fees and reimbursement of expenses in
connection with such Mortgage Loans after the date of charge off, only to the
extent of funds available from any recoveries on any such Mortgage Loans. Any
such Mortgage Loans serviced in accordance with the specialized collection
procedures shall be serviced for approximately six months. Any net recoveries
received on such Mortgage Loans during such six month period will be treated as
Subsequent Recoveries. On the date which is six months after the date on which
the Servicer begins servicing such Mortgage Loans using the specialized
collection procedures, unless specific net recoveries are anticipated by the
Servicer on a particular Mortgage Loan, such charged off loan will be released
to the majority holder of the Class C Certificates and thereafter, (i) the
majority holder of the Class C Certificates will be entitled to any amounts
subsequently received in respect of any such released loans, (ii) the majority
holder of the Class C Certificates may designate any servicer to service any
such released loan and (iii) the majority holder of the Class C Certificates may
sell any such released loan to a third party.

     3.13. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.

     Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the
Servicer of a notification that payment in full will be escrowed in a manner
customary for such purposes, the Servicer will promptly notify the Trustee or
its designee by delivering a Request for Release substantially in the form of
Exhibit I. Upon receipt of a copy of such request, the Trustee or its designee
shall promptly release the related Mortgage File to the Servicer, and the
Servicer is authorized to cause the removal from the registration on the MERS
System of any such Mortgage if applicable, and the Servicer, on behalf of the
Trustee shall execute and deliver the request for reconveyance, deed of
reconveyance or release or satisfaction of mortgage or such instrument releasing
the lien of the Mortgage together with the Mortgage Note with written evidence
of cancellation thereon. Expenses incurred in connection with any instrument of
satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the Mortgagor to the
extent permitted by law, and otherwise to the Issuing Entity to the extent such
expenses constitute "unanticipated expenses" within the meaning of Treasury
Regulations Section 1.860G-(1)(b)(3)(ii). From time to time and as shall be
appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, including for
such purpose, collection under any policy of flood insurance, any fidelity bond
or errors or omissions policy, or for the purposes of effecting a partial
release of any Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage or the making of
any corrections to the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or any of the other
documents included in the Mortgage File, the Trustee or its designee shall, upon
delivery to the Trustee or its designee of a Request for Release in the form of
Exhibit I signed by a Servicing Officer, release the Mortgage File to the
Servicer. Subject to the further limitations set forth below, the Servicer shall
cause the Mortgage File or documents so released to be returned to the Trustee
or its designee when the need therefor by the Servicer no longer exists, unless
the Mortgage Loan is liquidated and the proceeds thereof are deposited in the
Collection Account.

     Each Request for Release may be delivered to the Trustee or its designee
(i) via mail or courier, (ii) via facsimile or (iii) by such other means,
including, without limitation, electronic or computer readable medium, as the
Servicer and the Trustee or its designee shall mutually agree. The Trustee or
its designee shall promptly release the related Mortgage File(s) within four (4)
Business Days of receipt of a properly completed Request for Release pursuant to
clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above. Receipt of a properly completed Request for
Release shall be authorization to the Trustee or its designee to release such
Mortgage Files, provided the Trustee or its designee has determined that such
Request for Release has been executed, with respect to clauses (i) or (ii)
above, or approved, with respect to clause (iii) above, by an authorized
Servicing Officer of the Servicer, and so long as the Trustee or its designee
complies with its duties and obligations under the agreement. If the Trustee or
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Mortgage Files within the period previously specified, the Trustee or its
designee shall immediately notify the Servicer indicating the reason for such
delay. If the Servicer is required to pay penalties or damages due to the
Trustee or its designee's negligent failure to release the related Mortgage File
or the Trustee or its designee's negligent failure to execute and release
documents in a timely manner, the Trustee or its designee, shall be liable for
such penalties or damages respectively caused by it.

     On each day that the Servicer remits to the Trustee or its designee
Requests for Releases pursuant to clauses (ii) or (iii) above, the Servicer
shall also submit to the Trustee or its designee a summary of the total number
of such Requests for Releases requested on such day by the same method as
described in such clauses (ii) and (iii).

     If the Servicer at any time seeks to initiate a foreclosure proceeding in
respect of any Mortgaged Property as authorized by this Agreement, the Servicer
may deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee or its designee, for
signature, as appropriate or on behalf of the Trustee, execute any court
pleadings, requests for trustee's sale or other documents necessary to
effectuate such foreclosure or any legal action brought to obtain judgment
against the Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or to obtain a
deficiency judgment or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the
Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or otherwise available at law or in equity.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall cause possession of any
Mortgage File or of the documents therein that shall have been released by the
Trustee or its designee to be returned to the Trustee promptly after possession
thereof shall have been released by the Trustee or its designee unless (i) the
Mortgage Loan has been liquidated and the Liquidation Proceeds relating to the
Mortgage Loan have been deposited in the Collection Account, and the Servicer
shall have delivered to the Trustee or its designee a Request for Release in the
form of Exhibit I or (ii) the Mortgage File or document shall have been
delivered to an attorney or to a public trustee or other public official as
required by law for purposes of initiating or pursuing legal action or other
proceedings for the foreclosure of the Mortgaged Property and the Servicer shall
have delivered to the Trustee or its designee an Officer's Certificate of a
Servicing Officer certifying as to the name and address of the Person to which
the Mortgage File or the documents therein were delivered and the purpose or
purposes of such delivery.

     3.14. Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of Servicer to be Held for
the Trustee.

     All Mortgage Files and funds collected or held by, or under the control of,
the Servicer in respect of any Mortgage Loans, whether from the collection of
principal and interest payments or from Liquidation Proceeds, including but not
limited to, any funds on deposit in the Collection Account, shall be held by the
Servicer for and on behalf of the Trustee and the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer
and shall be and remain the sole and exclusive property of the Issuing Entity,
subject to the applicable provisions of this Agreement. The Servicer also agrees
that it shall not create, incur or subject any Mortgage File or any funds that
are deposited in the Collection Account, the Certificate Account or in any
Escrow Account, or any funds that otherwise are or may become due or payable to
the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, to any claim, lien,
security interest, judgment, levy, writ of attachment or other encumbrance, or
assert by legal action or otherwise any claim or right of set off against any
Mortgage File or any funds collected on, or in connection with, a Mortgage Loan,
except, however, that the Servicer shall be entitled to set off against and
deduct from any such funds any amounts that are properly due and payable to the
Servicer under this Agreement. The Servicer shall maintain with respect to each
Mortgage Loan and shall make available for inspection by the Trustee and the
Class A-1B Certificate Insurer the related servicing file during the time such
Mortgage Loan is subject to the Agreement and thereafter in accordance with
applicable law.

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     3.15. Servicing Compensation.

     As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Servicer shall be
entitled to retain or withdraw from the Collection Account out of each payment
of interest on a Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund an amount equal to
interest at the applicable Servicing Fee Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of
the related Mortgage Loan as of the immediately preceding Distribution Date.

     Additional servicing compensation in the form of any Excess Proceeds, late
payment fees, assumption fees (i.e. fees related to the assumption of a Mortgage
Loan upon the purchase of the related Mortgaged Property) and similar fees
payable by the Mortgagor, Prepayment Interest Excess, and all income and gain
net of any losses realized from Permitted Investments, together with other
benefits received from amounts in the Collection Account, shall be retained by
the Servicer to the extent not required to be deposited in the Collection
Account pursuant to Sections 3.05, or 3.12(a) hereof. The Servicer shall be
required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing
activities hereunder and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except
as specifically provided in this Agreement. In no event shall the Trustee be
liable for any Servicing Fee or for any differential between the Servicing Fee
and the amount necessary to induce a successor servicer to act as successor
servicer under this Agreement.

     3.16. Access to Certain Documentation.

     The Servicer shall provide to the OTS and the FDIC and to comparable
regulatory authorities supervising Holders of the Certificates and the examiners
and supervisory agents of the OTS, the FDIC and such other authorities, as
applicable, access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans required by
applicable regulations of the OTS and the FDIC. Such access shall be afforded
without charge, but only upon reasonable and prior written request and during
normal business hours at the offices of the Servicer designated by it provided,
that the Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed by each such
Certificateholder for actual expenses incurred by the Servicer in providing such
reports and access. Nothing in this Section shall limit the obligation of the
Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information
regarding the Mortgagors and the failure of the Servicer to provide access as
provided in this Section as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a
breach of this Section.

     3.17. Annual Statement as to Compliance.

     Not later than (a) four (4) Business Days before March 15 of each calendar
year (other than the calendar year during which the Closing Date occurs), or (b)
with respect to any calendar year during which an annual report on Form 10-K is
not required to be filed pursuant to Section 3.20 on behalf of the Issuing
Entity, by April 15 of each calendar year (or if such day is not a Business Day,
the immediately preceding Business Day) the Servicer and the Trustee shall
deliver to the Trustee, the Servicer and the Depositor, an Officer's Certificate
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit S stating, as to each signatory thereof,
that (i) a review of the activities of such signatory during the preceding
calendar year, or portion thereof, and of the performance of such signatory
under this Agreement has been made under such officer's supervision, and (ii) to
the best of such officer's knowledge, based on such review, such signatory has
fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement in all material respects
throughout such year or portion thereof, or, if there has been a failure to
fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifying each such
failure known to such officer and the nature and status thereof. With respect to
any Sub-Servicer, the signatory shall deliver, on behalf of that Sub-Servicer,
the Officer's Certificate set forth in this Section 3.17. Promptly after receipt
of each such Officer's Certificate, the Depositor may review such Officer's
Certificate and, if applicable, consult with the Servicer, any Sub-Servicer, and
the Trustee, as applicable, as to the nature of any failures by such party, in
the fulfillment of any of such party's obligations hereunder or, in the case of
any Sub-Servicer, under such other applicable agreement.

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     3.18. Assessment of Compliance; Accountant's Attestation; Financial
Statements.

          (a) (i) Not later than four (4) Business Days before March 15 of each
calendar year (other than the calendar year during which the Closing Date
occurs) with respect to any calendar year during which the Issuing Entity's
annual report on Form 10-K is required to be filed in accordance with the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission, the Servicer and
the Trustee each at its own expense, shall furnish, and each of the preceding
parties, as applicable, shall cause any Sub-Servicer or Sub-Contractor engaged
by it to furnish (unless in the case of a Sub-Contractor, the Depositor has
notified the Servicer and the Trustee in writing that such compliance statement
is not required for the Sub-Contractor) and (ii) not later than April 15 of each
calendar year with respect to any calendar year during which the Issuing
Entity's annual report on Form 10-K is not required to be filed in accordance
with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission, the
Servicer and the Trustee each at its own expense, shall furnish, and each of the
preceding parties, as applicable, shall cause any Sub-Servicer engaged by it to
furnish, to the Trustee, the Servicer and the Depositor an officer's assessment
of its compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria during the preceding
calendar year as required by Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and
Item 1122 of Regulation AB (the "Assessment of Compliance"), which assessment
shall contain (A) a statement by such party of its responsibility for assessing
compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, (B) a statement that such party
used the Relevant Servicing Criteria to assess compliance with the Relevant
Servicing Criteria, (C) such party's assessment of compliance with the Relevant
Servicing Criteria as of and for the fiscal year covered by the Form 10-K
required to be filed pursuant to Section 3.20, including, if there has been any
material instance of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, a
discussion of each such failure and the nature and status thereof, and (D) a
statement that a registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation
report on such party's assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing
Criteria as of and for such period.

     Promptly after receipt of each report on assessment of compliance, (i) the
Depositor may review each such report and, if applicable, consult with the
Servicer, and the Trustee, and any Sub-Servicer or Sub-Contractor engaged by
such parties as to the nature of any material instance of noncompliance with the
Relevant Servicing Criteria by the Servicer, the Trustee, and any Sub-Servicer
or Sub-Contractor engaged by such parties, and (ii) the Trustee shall confirm
that the assessments individually address the Relevant Servicing Criteria for
each party as set forth on Exhibit Q and notify the Depositor of any exceptions.

          (b) (i) Not later than four (4) Business Days before March 15 of each
calendar year (other than the calendar year during which the Closing Date
occurs) with respect to any calendar year during which the Issuing Entity's
annual report on Form 10-K is required to be filed in accordance with the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission, the Servicer and
the Trustee each at its own expense, shall cause, and each of the preceding
parties, as applicable, shall cause any Sub-Servicer or Sub-Contractor engaged
by it to cause (unless in the case of a Sub-Contractor, the Depositor has
notified the Servicer and the Trustee in writing that such report is not
required for the Sub-Contractor) and (ii) not later than April 15 of each
calendar year with respect to any calendar year during which the Issuing
Entity's annual report on Form 10-K is not required to be filed in accordance
with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission, the
Servicer and the Trustee each at its own expense, shall cause, and each of the
preceding parties, as applicable, shall cause any Sub-Servicer engaged by it to
cause, a nationally or regionally recognized firm of independent registered
public accountants (who may also render other services to the Servicer, the
Trustee, the Sponsor or any affiliate thereof) which is a member of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a report (the "Accountant's
Attestation") to the Trustee, the Servicer and the Depositor to the effect that
(i) it has obtained a representation regarding certain matters from the
management of such party, which includes an assertion that such party has
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examination conducted by such firm in accordance with standards for attestation
engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB, it is expressing an opinion as to
whether such party's compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria was fairly
stated in all material respects, or it cannot express an overall opinion
regarding such party's assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing
Criteria. In the event that an overall opinion cannot be expressed, such
registered public accounting firm shall state in such report why it was unable
to express such an opinion. Such report must be available for general use and
not contain restricted use language. Such Accountant's Attestation shall be in
accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

          (c) Promptly after receipt of such report from the Servicer and the
Trustee, and any Sub-Servicer or Sub-Contractor engaged by such parties, (i) the
Depositor may review the report and, if applicable, consult with such parties as
to the nature of any defaults by any of such parties, as the case may be, in the
fulfillment of such party's obligations hereunder or under any other applicable
agreement, and (ii) the Trustee shall confirm that each assessment submitted
pursuant to Section 3.18(a) is coupled with an attestation meeting the
requirements of this Section 3.18(b) and notify the Depositor of any exceptions.

          (d) [Reserved].

          (e) [Reserved].

          (f) Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the
purpose of this Section 3.18 is to facilitate compliance by the Sponsor and the
Depositor with the provisions of Regulation AB, as such may be amended or
clarified from time to time. Therefore, each of the parties agrees that the
parties' obligations hereunder will be supplemented and modified as necessary to
be consistent with any such amendments, interpretive advice or guidance,
convention or consensus among active participants in the asset-backed securities
markets, advice of counsel, or otherwise in respect of the requirements of
Regulation AB and the parties shall comply with requests made by the Sponsor or
the Depositor for delivery of additional or different information as the Sponsor
or the Depositor may determine in good faith is necessary to comply with the
provisions of Regulation AB. Any such supplementation or modification shall be
made in accordance with Section 10.01 without the consent of the
Certificateholders, and may result in a change in the reports filed by the
Trustee on behalf of the Issuing Entity under the Exchange Act.

     3.19. [RESERVED]

     3.20. Periodic Filings.

     Within four (4) Business Days after the occurrence of an event requiring
disclosure on Form 8-K (each such event, a "Reportable Event"), and if requested
by the Depositor and to the extent it receives the Form 8-K Disclosure
Information described below, the Trustee shall prepare and file on behalf of the
Issuing Entity a Form 8-K, as required by the Exchange Act, provided that the
Depositor shall file the initial Form 8-K in connection with the issuance of the
Certificates. Any disclosure or information related to a Reportable Event or
that is otherwise required to be included on Form 8-K ("Form 8-K Disclosure
Information") shall, pursuant to the paragraph immediately below, be reported by
the parties set forth on Schedule X and directed and approved by the Depositor,
and the Trustee will have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to
determine or prepare any Form 8-K Disclosure Information absent such reporting,
direction and approval.

     For so long as the Issuing Entity is subject to the reporting requirements
of the Exchange Act, following the occurrence of a Reportable Event (i) each
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commercially reasonable best efforts to provide immediate notice to the
Trustee, the Depositor and the Servicer, by fax and by phone or by e-mail and by
phone (using the contact information set forth in Section 10.05 or, in the case
of the Trustee, set forth on Exhibit T) and the Trustee will forward by fax or
by email to the Servicer by the next Business Day the signature page for the
Form 8-K, AND (ii) each such party shall be required to provide to the Trustee,
the Servicer and the Depositor, to the extent known, in word format or such
other EDGAR-compatible format as agreed upon by the Trustee, the Depositor and
such party, the Form 8-K Disclosure Information described on Schedule X
applicable to such party, together with the form set forth on Exhibit T (the
"Additional Disclosure Notification") by Noon New York City time on the second
Business Day following the occurrence of such Reportable Event, and (iii) the
Depositor, by the end of business New York City time on the second day following
such Reportable Event, shall approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove,
as the case may be, the inclusion of the Form 8-K Disclosure Information on Form
8-K. The Trustee has no duty under this Agreement to monitor or enforce the
performance by the parties listed on Schedule X of their duties under this
paragraph or proactively solicit or procure from such parties any Form 8-K
Disclosure Information. The Depositor will be responsible for any reasonable
fees and expenses assessed or incurred by the Trustee in connection with
including any Form 8-K Disclosure Information on Form 8-K pursuant to this
paragraph.

     After preparing the Form 8-K, the Trustee shall forward electronically, no
later than Noon New York City time on the third Business Day after the
Reportable Event, a draft copy of the Form 8-K to the Depositor and the Servicer
for review. No later than Noon New York City time on the fourth Business Day
after the Reportable Event, a senior officer of the Servicer shall sign the Form
8-K (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail to the
Trustee). If a Form 8-K cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form
8-K needs to be amended, the Trustee will follow the procedures set forth in the
third to last paragraph of this Section 3.20. Promptly (but no later than one
(1) Business Day) after filing with the Commission, the Trustee will make
available on its internet website a final executed copy of each Form 8-K
prepared by the Trustee. The signing party at the Servicer can be contacted at
(503) 952-7351 or (503) 952-7958. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that
the performance by the Trustee or the Servicer of its respective duties under
this Section 3.20 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 8-K is
contingent upon the other parties hereto strictly observing all applicable
deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 3.20. Neither
the Trustee nor the Servicer shall have any liability for any loss, expense,
damage or claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly
prepare and/or timely file such Form 8-K, where such failure results from the
Trustee's or the Servicer's, as applicable, inability or failure to receive, on
a timely basis, any information from any other party hereto needed to prepare,
arrange for execution or file such Form 8-K.

     Within fifteen (15) days after each Distribution Date (subject to permitted
extensions under the Exchange Act), the Trustee shall, on behalf of the Issuing
Entity and in accordance with industry standards, prepare and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") via the Electronic Data
Gathering and Retrieval System (EDGAR), a Form 10-D with (1) a copy of the
report to the Certificateholders for such Distribution Date as an exhibit
thereto. Any necessary disclosure in addition to the Monthly Statement that is
required to be included on Form 10-D ("Additional Form 10-D Disclosure
Information") shall, pursuant to the paragraph immediately below, be reported by
the parties set forth on Exhibit T and directed and approved by the Depositor,
and the Trustee will have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to
determine or prepare any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure Information absent such
reporting, direction and approval.

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     As set forth in Schedule Y hereto, for so long as the Issuing Entity is
subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, within five (5)
calendar days after the related Distribution Date (i) each party hereto shall be
required to provide to the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee, to the
extent known, any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure Information (including any
breaches of pool asset representations and warranties or transaction covenants
of which the party has written notice and which has not been included on the
monthly distribution report for the period), applicable to such party, and (ii)
the Depositor will approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case
may be, the inclusion of the Additional Form 10-D Disclosure Information and
shall forward such Additional Form 10-D Disclosure Information to the Trustee in
word format or such other EDGAR-compatible format as agreed by the Trustee and
the Depositor, together with the Additional Disclosure Notification. The Trustee
and the Servicer have no duty under this Agreement to monitor or enforce the
performance by the parties listed on Schedule Y of their duties under this
paragraph or proactively solicit or procure from such parties any Additional
Form 10-D Disclosure Information. The Depositor will be responsible for any
reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with
including any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure Information on Form 10-D pursuant
to this paragraph.

     After preparing the Form 10-D at the direction of the Depositor, the
Trustee will forward electronically a draft copy of the Form 10-D to the
Depositor and the Servicer for review no later than four (4) Business Days prior
to the 15th calendar day after the related Distribution Date. No later than two
(2) Business Days prior to the 15th calendar day after the related Distribution
Date, a duly authorized representative of the Servicer shall sign the Form 10-D
and return an electronic or fax copy of such Form 10-D (with an original
executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Trustee and the Trustee
shall file such Form 10-D. If a Form 10-D cannot be filed on time or if a
previously filed Form 10-D needs to be amended, the Trustee will follow the
procedures set forth in the third to last paragraph of this Section. Promptly
(but not later than one Business Day) after filing with the Commission, the
Trustee will make available on its internet website a final executed copy of
each Form 10-D. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance
by the Trustee or the Servicer of its respective duties under this Section 3.20
related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 10-D is contingent upon the
other parties hereto strictly observing all applicable deadlines in the
performance of their duties under this Section 3.20. Neither the Trustee nor the
Servicer will have any liability for any loss, expense, damage or claim arising
out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare, and/or timely file
such Form 10-D resulting from the Trustee's or the Servicer's, as applicable,
inability or failure to receive any information needed to prepare, arrange for
execution or file such Form 10-D on a timely basis.

     On or prior to the 90th calendar day after the end of the fiscal year for
the Issuing Entity or such earlier date as may be required by the Exchange Act
(the "10-K Filing Deadline") (it being understood that the fiscal year for the
Issuing Entity ends on December 31st of each year) commencing in March 2007, the
Trustee shall, on behalf of the Issuing Entity and in accordance with industry
standards, prepare and file with the Commission via EDGAR a Form 10-K with
respect to the Issuing Entity. Such Form 10-K shall include the following items,
in each case, as applicable, to the extent they have been delivered to the
Trustee within the applicable time frames set forth in this Agreement, (i) an
annual compliance statement for the Trustee, the Servicer and each Sub-Servicer,
as described in Section 3.17 of the Agreement, (ii)(A) the annual reports on
assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for the Trustee, the Servicer
and each Sub-Servicer and Sub-Contractor (unless the Depositor has determined
that such compliance statement is not required by Regulation AB), as described
in Section 3.18 of the Agreement, and (B) if any such party's report on
assessment of compliance with servicing criteria described in Section 3.18
identifies any material instance of noncompliance, disclosure identifying such
instance of noncompliance, or if any report on assessment of compliance with
servicing criteria described in Section 3.18 of the Agreement is not included as
an exhibit to such Form 10-K, disclosure that such report is not included and an
explanation why such report is not included, (iii)(A) the registered public
accounting firm attestation report for the Trustee, the Servicer and each
Sub-Servicer and Sub-Contractor (if applicable),

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as described in Section 3.18 of this Agreement, and (B) if any registered public
accounting firm attestation report described under Section 3.18 of this
Agreement identifies any material instance of noncompliance, disclosure
identifying such instance of noncompliance, or if any such registered public
accounting firm attestation report is not included as an exhibit to such Form
10-K, disclosure that such report is not included and an explanation why such
report is not included, and (iv) a Sarbanes-Oxley Certification (defined below)
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit R, executed by the senior officer in
charge of securitizations of the Servicer. Any disclosure or information in
addition to (i) through (iv) above that is required to be included on Form 10-K
("Additional Form 10-K Disclosure Information") shall be reported by the parties
as set forth in Schedule Z and directed and approved by the Depositor pursuant
to the following paragraph and the Trustee will have no duty or liability for
any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Additional Form 10-K
Disclosure Information absent such reporting, direction or approval.

     As set forth in Schedule Z hereto, no later than four (4) Business Days
before March 15 of each year that the Issuing Entity is subject to the Exchange
Act reporting requirements, commencing in March 2007, (i) certain parties to the
transaction shall be required to provide to the Depositor, the Servicer and the
Trustee, to the extent known, any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure Information,
applicable to such party, and (ii) the Depositor will approve, as to form and
substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Additional
Form 10-K Disclosure Information and shall forward such Additional Form 10-K
Disclosure Information to the Trustee in word format or such other
EDGAR-compatible format as agreed by the Trustee and the Depositor, together
with the Additional Disclosure Notification. The Trustee and the Servicer have
no duty under this Agreement to monitor or enforce the performance by the
parties listed on Schedule Z of their duties under this paragraph or proactively
solicit or procure from such parties any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure
Information. The Depositor will be responsible for any reasonable fees and
expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with including any Additional
Form 10-K Disclosure Information on Form 10-K pursuant to this paragraph.

     After preparing the Form 10-K, the Trustee shall, no later than the seventh
Business Day prior to the 10-K Filing Deadline, forward electronically a draft
copy of the Form 10-K to the Depositor and the Servicer for review. No later
than 5:00 PM EST on the fourth Business Day prior to the 10-K Filing Deadline, a
senior officer of the Servicer shall sign the Form 10-K and return an electronic
or fax copy of such signed Form 10-K (with an original executed hard copy to
follow by overnight mail) to the Trustee and the Trustee shall file such Form
10-K. If a Form 10-K cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 10-K
needs to be amended, the Trustee will follow the procedures set forth in the
third to last paragraph of this Section. Promptly (but no later than one (1)
Business Day) after filing with the Commission, the Trustee will, pursuant to
the Agreement, make available on its internet website a final executed copy of
each Form 10-K. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance
by each of the Trustee and the Servicer of its respective duties under this
Section 3.20 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 10-K is
contingent upon such parties (and any Sub-Servicer or Sub-Contractor) strictly
observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this
Section 3.20, Section 3.17 and Section 3.18. The Trustee and the Servicer shall
have no liability for any loss, expense, damage or claim arising out of or with
respect to any failure to properly prepare and/or timely file such Form 10-K
resulting from the Trustee's or the Servicer's, as applicable, inability or
failure to receive any information needed to prepare, arrange for execution or
file such Form 10-K on a timely basis.

     Each Form 10-K shall include a certification (the "Sarbanes-Oxley
Certification") which shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit R. The
Servicer will cause its senior officer in charge of securitization to execute
the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification required pursuant to Rule 13a -14 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and to deliver the original
executed Certification to the Trustee by four (4) Business Days before March 15
of each year in which the Issuing Entity is subject to

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the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act. In connection therewith, each of
the Trustee, the Servicer and any Sub-Servicer, shall sign and provide, and each
such party shall cause any Sub-Servicer (to the extent required by the Exchange
Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission) engaged by it to sign and
provide, to the Servicer by March 12 of each year in which the Issuing Entity is
subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and otherwise within a
reasonable period of time upon request, a certification (a "Back-Up
Certification") (in the applicable forms attached hereto as Exhibit K and
Exhibit L, respectively) for the benefit of the Servicer and its officers,
directors and affiliates regarding certain aspects of the Form 10-K
Certification. In the event the Servicer, any Sub-Servicer, the Trustee or any
Sub-Contractor engaged by any such party is terminated or resigns pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement, or any other applicable agreement, as the case may
be, such party (to the extent the Servicer or Trustee, as applicable, can
reasonably obtain such) shall provide a Back-Up Certification to the Servicer
pursuant to this Section 3.20 with respect to the period of time it was subject
to this Agreement or any other applicable agreement, as the case may be.

     The Servicer agrees to furnish to the Trustee promptly, from time to time
upon request, such further information, reports, and financial statements within
its control related to this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans as the Depositor
reasonably deems appropriate to prepare and file all necessary reports with the
Commission. The Trustee shall have no responsibility to file any items with the
Commission other than those specified in this section and the Servicer shall
execute any and all Form 10-Ds, Form 8-Ks and Form 10-Ks required hereunder.

     On or prior to January 30 of the first year in which the Trustee is able to
do so under applicable law, the Trustee shall prepare and file a Form 15
Suspension Notification relating to the automatic suspension of reporting in
respect of the Issuing Entity under the Exchange Act, unless instructed
otherwise by the Depositor.

     In the event that the Trustee is unable to timely file with the Commission
all or any required portion of any Form 8-K, Form 10-D or Form 10-K required to
be filed by this Agreement because required disclosure information was either
not delivered to it or delivered to it after the delivery deadlines set forth in
this Agreement or for any other reason, the Trustee will promptly notify the
Depositor and the Servicer of such inability to make a timely filing with the
Commission. In the case of Form 10-D and Form 10-K, the Depositor, Servicer and
Trustee will cooperate to prepare and file a Form 12b-25 and a Form 10-D/A and
Form 10-K/A as applicable, pursuant to Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act. In the
case of Form 8-K, the Trustee will, upon receipt of all required Form 8-K
Disclosure Information and upon the approval and direction of the Depositor,
include such disclosure information on the next succeeding Form 10-D to be filed
for the Issuing Entity. In the event that any previously filed Form 8-K, Form
10-D or Form 10-K needs to be amended, the Trustee will notify the Depositor and
the Servicer and such parties agree to cooperate to prepare any necessary Form
8-K/A, Form 10-D/A or Form 10-K/A. Any Form 15, Form 12b-25 or any amendment to
Form 8-K, Form 10-D or Form 10-K shall be signed by a senior officer of the
Servicer. The performance by each of the Trustee and the Servicer of its
respective duties under this Section 3.20 related to the timely preparation and
filing of Form 15, a Form 12b-25 or any amendment to Form 8-K, Form 10-D or Form
10-K is contingent upon each other party performing its respective duties under
this Section. The Trustee and the Servicer shall have no liability for any loss,
expense, damage or claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to
properly prepare and/or timely file any such Form 15, Form 12b-25 or any
amendments to Forms 8-K, Form 10-D or Form 10-K, where such failure results from
the Trustee's or the Servicer's, as applicable, inability or failure to receive,
on a timely basis, any information from any other party hereto needed to
prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 15, Form 12b-25 or any
amendments to Forms 8-K, Form 10-D or Form 10-K.

     If the Commission issues additional interpretative guidance or promulgates
additional rules or regulations with respect to Regulation AB or otherwise, or
if other changes in applicable law occur, that

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would require the reporting arrangements, or the allocation of responsibilities
with respect thereto, described in this Section 3.20, to be conducted
differently than as described, the Depositor, the Servicer, and the Trustee will
reasonably cooperate to amend the provisions of this Section 3.20 in order to
comply with such amended reporting requirements and such amendment of this
Section 3.20. Any such amendment shall be made in accordance with Section 10.01
without the consent of the Certificateholders, and may result in a change in the
reports filed by the Trustee on behalf of the Issuing Entity under the Exchange
Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Depositor, the Servicer, and the Trustee
shall not be obligated to enter into any amendment pursuant to this Section 3.20
that adversely affects its obligations and immunities under this Agreement.

     The Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee agree to use their good faith
efforts to cooperate in complying with the requirements of this Section 3.20.

     3.21. Indemnification by Trustee.

     The Trustee shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, the Servicer
and their respective officers, directors, agents and Affiliates from and against
any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and
related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses arising out of or based
upon a breach by the Trustee or any of its officers, directors, agents or
Affiliates of its obligations under Sections 3.17, 3.18 and 3.20, any material
misstatement or omission in any documents prepared thereunder (to the extent the
Trustee is responsible for providing information or calculating amounts included
in such information), the failure of the Trustee to deliver when required any
Annual Statement of Compliance required pursuant to Section 3.17 or Assessment
of Compliance or Accountant's Attestation required of it pursuant to Section
3.18, as applicable, or any material misstatement or omission contained in any
Annual Statement of Compliance, Assessment of Compliance or Accountant's
Attestation provided on its behalf pursuant to Section 3.17 or 3.18, as
applicable, or the negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Trustee in
connection therewith. If the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable
or insufficient to hold harmless the indemnified parties, then the Trustee
agrees that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified
parties as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the
indemnified parties in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
fault of the Trustee on the one hand and of the indemnified parties on the
other.

     3.22. Indemnification by Servicer.

     The Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the
Depositor and their respective officers, directors, agents and Affiliates from
and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal
fees and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses arising out of or
based upon a breach by the Servicer or any of its officers, directors, agents or
Affiliates of its obligations under Sections 3.17, 3.18 and 3.20, any material
misstatement or omission in any documents prepared thereunder (to the extent the
Servicer is responsible for providing information or calculating amounts
included in such information), the failure of such Servicer or any related
Sub-Servicer or Subcontractor to deliver or cause to be delivered when required
any Assessment of Compliance or Accountant's Attestation required of it pursuant
to Section 3.18 or Annual Statement of Compliance required pursuant to Section
3.17, as applicable, or any material misstatement or omission contained in any
Annual Statement as to Compliance, Assessment of Compliance or Accountant's
Attestation provided on its behalf pursuant to Section 3.17 or 3.18, as
applicable, or the negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Servicer
in connection therewith. If the indemnification provided for herein is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless the indemnified parties, then the
Servicer agrees that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the
indemnified parties as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of
the indemnified parties in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative fault of the Servicer on the one hand and the indemnified parties on
the other.

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     3.23. Prepayment Charge Reporting Requirements.

     Promptly after each Distribution Date, the Servicer shall provide to the
Depositor and the Trustee the following information with regard to each Mortgage
Loan that has prepaid during the related Prepayment Period:

               (i)  loan number;

               (ii) current Mortgage Rate;

               (iii) current principal balance;

               (iv) original principal balance;

               (v)  Prepayment Charge amount due; and

               (vi) Prepayment Charge amount collected.

     3.24. Information to the Trustee.

     Two Business Days after the 15th day of each month, but not later than the
18th day of each month, the Servicer shall furnish to the Trustee a monthly
remittance advice in the form set forth in Exhibit M-2 (or such other form or
forms as the Trustee and the Servicer may from time to time agree) for the
period ending on the last Business Day of the preceding month (and with respect
to prepayments in full, for the period ending on the 14th day of the month in
which such report is to be furnished); provided, however, that in the event the
18th day is not a Business Day, the aforementioned reports shall be furnished by
the Servicer to the Trustee on the next Business Day; and provided, further,
that in the event there are three non-Business Days preceding the 18th day, the
Servicer will (a) furnish to the Trustee, on or before the 18th day of the
month, the aforementioned reports, which will not include information arising
from the related Prepayment Period, and (b) furnish to the Trustee, by 3:00
P.M., Eastern time, on the next succeeding Business Day after the 18th day, a
cumulative version of the aforementioned reports which includes such information
arising from the related Prepayment Period.

     3.25. Indemnification.

     The Servicer shall indemnify the Sponsor, the Issuing Entity, the Trustee,
the Depositor and their officers, directors, employees and agents and hold each
of them harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines,
forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments,
and any other costs, fees and expenses that any of such parties may sustain in
any way related to the negligence, willful misfeasance or bad faith of the
Servicer in the performance of its duties or by reason of reckless disregard of
its obligations and duties hereunder. The Servicer promptly shall notify the
Sponsor, the Trustee and the Depositor or any other relevant party if a claim is
made by a third party with respect to such party and this Agreement or the
Mortgage Loans and, if subject to this indemnification obligation, assume (with
the prior written consent of the indemnified party, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) the defense of any such claim and pay all
expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees, and promptly pay,
discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against it or
any of such parties in respect of such claim. The Servicer shall provide the
Depositor and the Trustee with a written report of all expenses and advances
incurred by the Servicer pursuant to this Section 3.25, and the Servicer shall
promptly reimburse itself from the assets of the Issuing Entity in the
Collection Account for all amounts advanced by it pursuant to the preceding
sentence except when and to the extent a determination has been made that the
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way relates to the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the
Servicer. The provisions of this paragraph shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the payment of the outstanding Certificates.

     3.26. Nonsolicitation.

     For as long as the Servicer services the Mortgage Loans, the Servicer
covenants that it will not, and that it will ensure that its Affiliates and
agents will not, directly solicit or provide information for any other party to
solicit for prepayment or refinancing of any of the Mortgage Loans by the
related Mortgagors. It is understood that the promotions undertaken by the
Servicer or its Affiliates or agents which are directed to the general public at
large, or certain segments thereof, shall not constitute solicitation as that
term is used in this Section 3.26.

     3.27. High Cost Mortgage Loans.

     In the event that the Servicer reasonably determines that a Mortgage Loan
may be a "high cost mortgage loan," "high cost home," "covered," "high cost,"
"high risk home," "predatory" or similarly classified loan under any applicable
state, federal or local law, the Servicer may notify the Depositor and the
Trustee thereof; the Servicer may terminate its servicing thereof; and such
determination shall be deemed to materially and adversely affect the interests
of the Certificateholders in such Mortgage Loan, and the related Transferor or
the Sponsor will repurchase the Mortgage Loan within a 30 day period from the
date of the notice in the manner described in Section 2.05.

                                   ARTICLE IV.

                                  DISTRIBUTIONS

     4.01. Advances.

          (a) Subject to the conditions of this Article IV, the Servicer, as
required below, shall make an Advance and deposit such Advance in the Collection
Account. Each such Advance shall be remitted to the Collection Account no later
than 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, on the Servicer Advance Date in immediately
available funds. The Servicer shall be obligated to make any such Advance only
to the extent that such advance would not be a Non-Recoverable Advance. If the
Servicer shall have determined that it has made a Non-Recoverable Advance or
that a proposed Advance or a lesser portion of such Advance would constitute a
Non-Recoverable Advance, the Servicer shall deliver (i) to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders and the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer, funds
constituting the remaining portion of such Advance, if applicable, and (ii) to
the Depositor, each Rating Agency, the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer and the
Trustee an Officer's Certificate setting forth the basis for such determination.
The Servicer may, in its sole discretion, make an Advance with respect to the
principal portion of the final Scheduled Payment on a Balloon Loan, but the
Servicer is under no obligation to do so; provided, however, that nothing in
this sentence shall affect the Servicer's obligation under this Section 4.01 to
Advance the interest portion of the final Scheduled Payment with respect to a
Balloon Loan as if such Balloon Loan were a fully amortizing Mortgage Loan. If a
Mortgagor does not pay its final Scheduled Payment on a Balloon Loan when due,
the Servicer shall Advance (unless it determines in its good faith judgment that
such amounts would constitute a Non-Recoverable Advance) a full month of
interest (net of the Servicing Fee) on the Stated Principal Balance thereof each
month until its Stated Principal Balance is reduced to zero.

     In lieu of making all or a portion of such Advance from its own funds, the
Servicer may (i) cause to be made an appropriate entry in its records relating
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future distribution has been used by the Servicer in discharge of its obligation
to make any such Advance and (ii) transfer such funds from the Collection
Account to the Certificate Account. In addition, the Servicer shall have the
right to reimburse itself for any such Advance from amounts held from time to
time in the Collection Account to the extent such amounts are not then required
to be distributed. Any funds so applied and transferred pursuant to the previous
two sentences shall be replaced by the Servicer by deposit in the Collection
Account no later than the close of business on the Servicer Advance Date on
which such funds are required to be distributed pursuant to this Agreement. The
Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed from the Collection Account for all
Advances of its own funds made pursuant to this Section as provided in Section
3.08. The obligation to make Advances with respect to any Mortgage Loan shall
continue until the earlier of (i) such Mortgage Loan is paid in full, (ii) the
related Mortgaged Property or related REO Property has been liquidated or until
the purchase or repurchase thereof (or substitution therefor) from the Issuing
Entity pursuant to any applicable provision of this Agreement, except as
otherwise provided in this Section 4.01, (iii) the Servicer determines in its
good faith judgment that such amounts would constitute a Non-Recoverable Advance
as provided in the preceding paragraph or (iv) the date on which such Mortgage
Loan becomes 150 days delinquent as set forth below.

          (b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary
(including, but not limited to, Sections 3.01 and 4.01(a) hereof), no Advance or
Servicing Advance shall be required to be made hereunder by the Servicer if such
Advance or Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Non-Recoverable
Advance or a Non-Recoverable Servicing Advance. The determination by the
Servicer that it has made a Non-Recoverable Advance or a Non-Recoverable
Servicing Advance or that any proposed Advance or Servicing Advance, if made,
would constitute a Non-Recoverable Advance or a Non-Recoverable Servicing
Advance, respectively, shall be evidenced by an Officer's Certificate of the
Servicer delivered to the Depositor and the Trustee. In addition, the Servicer
shall not be required to advance any Relief Act Shortfalls.

          (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall not be required
to make any Advances for any Mortgage Loan after such Mortgage Loan becomes 150
days delinquent. The Servicer shall identify such delinquent Mortgage Loans in
the Servicer Statement referenced in Section 3.24. In addition, the Servicer
shall provide the Trustee with an Officer's Certificate listing such delinquent
Mortgage Loans and certifying that such loans are 150 days or more delinquent.

     4.02. Reduction of Servicing Compensation in Connection with Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls.

     In the event that any Mortgage Loan is the subject of a Prepayment Interest
Shortfall, the Servicer shall, from amounts in respect of the Servicing Fee for
such Distribution Date, deposit into the Collection Account, as a reduction of
the Servicing Fee for such Distribution Date, no later than the Servicer Advance
Date immediately preceding such Distribution Date, an amount up to the
Prepayment Interest Shortfall; provided that the amount so deposited with
respect to any Distribution Date shall be limited to the product of (x) one
twelfth of 0.25% per annum and (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans. In case of such deposit, the Servicer shall not be entitled to
any recovery or reimbursement from the Depositor, the Trustee, the Issuing
Entity or the Certificateholders. With respect to any Distribution Date, to the
extent that the Prepayment Interest Shortfall exceeds Compensating Interest
(such excess, a "Non-Supported Interest Shortfall"), such Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall shall reduce the Current Interest with respect to each Class of
Certificates, pro rata based upon the amount of interest each such Class would
otherwise be entitled to receive on such Distribution Date. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, there shall be no reduction of the Servicing Fee in connection with
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls related to the Relief Act and the Servicer shall
not be obligated to pay Compensating Interest with respect to Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls related to the Relief Act.

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     4.03. Distributions on the REMIC Interests.

     On each Distribution Date, amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account
(other than proceeds of the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy) shall be
treated for federal income tax purposes as applied to distributions on the
interests in the Lower Tier REMIC in an amount (when added to any amounts
distributed in respect of the Class A-1B Certificates out of proceeds of the
Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy) sufficient to make the distributions on
the respective Certificates on such Distribution Date in accordance with the
provisions of Section 4.04.

     4.04. Distributions.

          (a) Reserved.

          (b) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall make the following
distributions from the Certificate Account of an amount equal to the Interest
Funds in the following order of priority:

               (i) to the Class P Certificates, an amount equal to any
     Prepayment Charges collected on the Mortgage Loans during the related
     Prepayment Period and all amounts paid by the Servicer, the Sponsor or the
     Transferors in respect of Prepayment Charges pursuant to this Agreement,
     the Sale Agreement or the Transfer Agreements, as applicable, and all
     amounts received in respect of any indemnification paid as a result of a
     Prepayment Charge being unenforceable in breach of the representations and
     warranties set forth in the Sale Agreement or the related Transfer
     Agreement, in each case for the related Prepayment Period;

               (ii) to the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer, the Class A-1B
     Certificate Insurance Premium.

               (iii) first, concurrently, to each class of the Class A
     Certificates, the Current Interest and any Interest Carry Forward Amount
     with respect to such Class; provided, however, if such amount is not
     sufficient to make a full distribution of the Current Interest and any
     Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to the Class A Certificates,
     such amount will be distributed pro rata among each class of the Class A
     Certificates based on the ratio of (x) the Current Interest and Interest
     Carry Forward Amount for each class of the Class A Certificates (calculated
     for purposes of the subrogation rights of the Class A-1B Certificate
     Insurer without regard to draws on the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance
     Policy) to (y) the total amount of Current Interest and any Interest Carry
     Forward Amount for the Class A Certificates in the aggregate; and second,
     to the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer any Reimbursement Amounts related to
     interest draws on the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy;

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

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

               (vi) to the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-3 Current
     Interest and any Class M-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount;

               (vii) to the Class M-4 Certificates, the Class M-4 Current
     Interest and any Class M-4 Interest Carry Forward Amount;

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               (viii) to the Class M-5 Certificates, the Class M-5 Current
     Interest and any Class M-5 Interest Carry Forward Amount;

               (ix) to the Class M-6 Certificates, the Class M-6 Current
     Interest and any Class M-6 Interest Carry Forward Amount;

               (x) to each class of the Class B-1 Certificates, the Current
     Interest and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to such Class;
     provided, however, if such amount is not sufficient to make a full
     distribution of the Current Interest and any Interest Carry Forward Amount
     with respect to the Class B-1 Certificates, such amount will be distributed
     pro rata among each class of the Class B-1 Certificates based on the ratio
     of (x) the Current Interest and Interest Carry Forward Amount for each
     class of the Class B-1 Certificates to (y) the total amount of Current
     Interest and any Interest Carry Forward Amount for the Class B-1
     Certificates in the aggregate;

               (xi) to each class of the Class B-2 Certificates, the Current
     Interest and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to such Class;
     provided, however, if such amount is not sufficient to make a full
     distribution of the Current Interest and any Interest Carry Forward Amount
     with respect to the Class B-2 Certificates, such amount will be distributed
     pro rata among each class of the Class B-2 Certificates based on the ratio
     of (x) the Current Interest and Interest Carry Forward Amount for each
     class of the Class B-2 Certificates to (y) the total amount of Current
     Interest and any Interest Carry Forward Amount for the Class B-2
     Certificates in the aggregate;

               (xii) to the Class B-3 Certificates, the Class B-3 Current
     Interest and any Class B-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount;

               (xiii) any remainder pursuant to Section 4.04(f) hereof.

     On each Distribution Date, subject to the proviso in (iii) above, Interest
Funds received on the Group One Mortgage Loans will be deemed to be distributed
to the Class R and Class A-1 Certificates and the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer
and Interest Funds received on the Group Two Mortgage Loans will be deemed to be
distributed to the Class A-2A, Class A-2B, Class A-2C and Class A-2D
Certificates, in each case, until the related Current Interest and Interest
Carry Forward Amount of each such class of Certificates for the Distribution
Date, and with respect to the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer such Reimbursement
Amounts, has been paid in full. Thereafter, Interest Funds not required for such
distributions are available to be applied if necessary, to the class or classes
of Certificates that are not related to such group of Mortgage Loans.

          (c) [Reserved]

          (d) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall, to the extent of
funds then available, make the following distributions from the Certificate
Account of an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount in the following
order of priority, and each such distribution shall be made only after all
distributions pursuant to Section 4.04(b) above shall have been made until such
amount shall have been fully distributed for such Distribution Date:

               (i) to the Class A Certificates, the Class A Principal
     Distribution Amount will be distributed as follows:

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               (A) the Group One Principal Distribution Amount will be
     distributed as follows: (i) if a Class A-1 Trigger Event has not occurred
     the Group One Principal Distribution Amount will be distributed as follows:
     first, to the Class R Certificate until its Certificate Principal Balance
     has been reduced to zero, and second, pro rata to the Class A-1A and Class
     A-1B Certificates, based on their respective Certificate Principal
     Balances, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such class has
     been reduced to zero; provided, however, that amounts distributable to the
     Class A-1B Certificates shall be paid first to the Class A-1B Certificate
     Insurer to the extent of any remaining Reimbursement Amounts and second to
     the Class A-1B Certificates; and (ii) if a Class A-1 Trigger Event has
     occurred the Group One Principal Distribution Amount will be distributed
     sequentially to the Class R Certificate until the Certificate Principal
     Balance of such class has been reduced to zero; to the Class A 1A
     Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance of such class has been
     reduced to zero; to the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer to the extent of any
     remaining Reimbursement Amounts; and to the Class A-1B Certificates, until
     the Certificate Principal Balance of each such class has been reduced to
     zero; and

               (B) the Group Two Principal Distribution Amount will be
     distributed sequentially to the Class A-2A, Class A-2B, Class A-2C and
     Class A-2D Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance of each
     such class has been reduced to zero; provided, however, that on and after
     the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance
     of the Class M, Class B and Class C Certificates has been reduced to zero,
     any principal distributions allocated to the Class A-2A, Class A-2B, Class
     A-2C and Class A-2D Certificates are required to be allocated pro rata
     among such classes of Certificates, based on their respective Certificate
     Principal Balances, until their Certificate Principal Balances have been
     reduced to zero;

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

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

          (iv) to the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-3 Principal
Distribution Amount;

          (v) to the Class M-4 Certificates, the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount;

          (vi) to the Class M-5 Certificates, the Class M-5 Principal
Distribution Amount;

          (vii) to the Class M-6 Certificates, the Class M-6 Principal
Distribution Amount;

          (viii) to the Class B-1 Certificates, the Class B-1 Principal
Distribution Amount will be distributed pro rata between the Class B-1A and
Class B-1B Certificates, based on their respective Certificate Principal
Balances;

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          (ix) to the Class B-2 Certificates, the Class B-2 Principal
Distribution Amount will be distributed pro rata between the Class B-2A and
Class B-2B Certificates, based on their respective Certificate Principal
Balances;

          (x) to the Class B-3 Certificates, the Class B-3 Principal
Distribution Amount; and

          (xi) any remainder pursuant to Section 4.04(f) hereof.

          (e) [Reserved]

          (f) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall, to the extent of
funds then available, make the following distributions up to the following
amounts from the Certificate Account of the remainders pursuant to Section
4.04(b)(xiii) and (d)(xi) hereof and each such distribution shall be made only
after all distributions pursuant to Sections 4.04(b) and (d) above shall have
been made until such remainders shall have been fully distributed for such
Distribution Date:

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

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

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

               (iv) to the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-3 Unpaid Realized
     Loss Amount;

               (v) to the Class M-4 Certificates, the Class M-4 Unpaid Realized
     Loss Amount;

               (vi) to the Class M-5 Certificates, the Class M-5 Unpaid Realized
     Loss Amount;

               (vii) to the Class M-6 Certificates, the Class M-6 Unpaid
     Realized Loss Amount;

               (viii) to the Class B-1 Certificates, the Class B-1 Unpaid
     Realized Loss Amount distributed pro rata between the Class B-1A and the
     Class B-1B Certificates based on their respective Certificate Principal
     Balances;

               (ix) to the Class B-2 Certificates, the Class B-2 Unpaid Realized
     Loss Amount distributed pro rata between the Class B-2A and the Class B-2B
     Certificates based on their respective Certificate Principal Balances;

               (x) to the Class B-3 Certificates, the Class B-3 Unpaid Realized
     Loss Amount for such class;

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               (xi) to the Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates, on a pro
     rata basis, based upon outstanding Floating Rate Certificate Carryover for
     each such Class, the Floating Rate Certificate Carryover for each Class;
     and

               (xii) the remainder pursuant to Section 4.04(g) hereof.

          (g) on each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall allocate the
remainders pursuant to Section 4.04(f)(xii) as follows:

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

               (ii) the remainder pursuant to Section 4.04(h) hereof.

          (h) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall allocate the
remainder pursuant to Section 4.04(g)(ii) hereof (i) to the Trustee (and its
custodian) to reimburse amounts or pay indemnification amounts owing to the
Trustee (and its custodian, as applicable) from the Issuing Entity pursuant to
Section 8.06 and (ii) to the Class R Certificate and such distributions shall be
made only after all preceding distributions shall have been made until such
remainder shall have been fully distributed.

          (i) On each Distribution Date, after giving effect to distributions on
such Distribution Date, the Trustee shall allocate the Applied Realized Loss
Amount for the Certificates to reduce the Certificate Principal Balances of the
Class C Certificates and the Subordinated Certificates in the following order of
priority:

               (i) to the Class C Certificates, until the Class C Certificate
     Principal Balance is reduced to zero;

               (ii) to the Class B-3 Certificates until the Class B-3
     Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero;

               (iii) to the Class B-2 Certificates (pro rata between the Class
     B-2A and the Class B-2B Certificates based on their respective Certificate
     Principal Balances) until the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance is
     reduced to zero;

               (iv) to the Class B-1 Certificates (pro rata between the Class
     B-1A and the Class B-1B Certificates based on their respective Certificate
     Principal Balances) until the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance is
     reduced to zero;

               (v) to the Class M-6 Certificates until the Class M-6 Principal
     Balance is reduced to zero;

               (vi) to the Class M-5 Certificates until the Class M-5 Principal
     Balance is reduced to zero;

               (vii) to the Class M-4 Certificates until the Class M-4
     Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero;

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               (viii) to the Class M-3 Certificates until the Class M-3
     Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero;

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

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

          (j) Subject to Section 9.02 hereof respecting the final distribution,
on each Distribution Date the Trustee shall make distributions to each
Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date either by wire transfer
in immediately available funds to the account of such holder at a bank or other
entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Holder has so notified
the Trustee at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date or,
if not, by check mailed by first class mail to such Certificateholder at the
address of such holder appearing in the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, but subject to Section 9.02 hereof respecting the final
distribution, distributions with respect to Certificates registered in the name
of a Depository shall be made to such Depository in immediately available funds.

     In accordance with this Agreement, the Servicer shall prepare and deliver a
report (the "Remittance Report") to the Trustee in the form of a computer
readable magnetic tape (or by such other electronic means as the Servicer and
the Trustee may agree from time to time) containing such data and information as
to permit the Trustee to prepare the Monthly Statement to Certificateholders and
make the required distributions for the related Distribution Date. The Trustee
will prepare the Monthly Report based solely upon the information received from
the Servicer.

          (k) The Trustee is hereby directed by the Depositor to execute the Cap
Contracts on behalf of the Issuing Entity in the form presented to it by the
Depositor and shall have no responsibility for the contents, adequacy or
sufficiency of the Cap Contracts, including, without limitation, the
representations and warranties contained therein. Any funds payable by the
Trustee under the Cap Contracts at closing shall be paid by the Depositor.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Cap
Contracts, the Trustee shall not be required to make any payments to the
counterparty under the Cap Contracts. Any payments received under the terms of
the related Cap Contract will be available to pay the holders of the Offered
Certificates (other than holders of the Fixed Rate Subordinate Certificates) up
to the amount of any Floating Rate Certificate Carryover remaining after the
application of Section 4.04(f)(xi) on such Distribution Date; provided, however,
that payments received on the Cap Contract will not be used to pay any Floating
Rate Certificate Carryover that results from a failure to allocate Applied
Realized Loss Amounts to the Class A Certificates. Any amounts in the Cap
Contract Account on any Distribution Date in excess of amounts required, subject
to the restrictions set forth in the preceding sentence, to pay outstanding
Floating Rate Certificate Carryovers (other than with respect to the Fixed Rate
Subordinate Certificates) on such Distribution Date will be distributed to the
holders of the Class C Certificates. Payments in respect of such Floating Rate
Certificate Carryovers from proceeds of a Cap Contract shall be paid to the
related Classes of Offered Certificates (other than the Fixed Rate Subordinate
Certificates), pro rata based upon such Floating Rate Certificate Carryovers for
each such class of Offered Certificates. Amounts received on the Class A-1 Cap
Contract will only be available to make payments on the Class A-1 and Class R
certificates, amounts received on the Class A-2 Cap Contract will only be
available to make payments on the Class A-2 certificates, amounts received on
the Floating Rate Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract will only be available to
make payments on the Floating Rate Subordinate Certificates.

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               (i) The Trustee shall establish and maintain, for the benefit of
     the Issuing Entity and the Certificateholders, the Cap Contract Account. On
     or prior to the related Cap Contract Termination Date, amounts, if any,
     received by the Trustee for the benefit of the Issuing Entity in respect of
     the related Cap Contract shall be deposited by the Trustee into the Cap
     Contract Account and will be used to pay Floating Rate Certificate
     Carryovers on the related Offered Certificates to the extent provided in
     the immediately preceding paragraph. With respect to any Distribution Date
     on or prior to the related Cap Contract Termination Date, the amount, if
     any, payable by the Cap Contract Counterparty under the related Cap
     Contract will equal the product of (i) the excess of (x) One-Month LIBOR
     (as determined by the Cap Contract Counterparty and subject to a cap equal
     to the rate with respect to such Distribution Date as shown under the
     heading "1ML Upper Collar" in the schedule to the related Cap Contract),
     over (y) the rate with respect to such Distribution Date as shown under the
     heading "1ML Strike Lower Collar" in the schedule to the related Cap
     Contract, (ii) an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the related Cap
     Contract Notional Balance for such Distribution Date and (y) the
     outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of (A) in the case of the Class
     A-1 Cap Contract, the Class A-1 Certificates, (B) in the case of the Class
     A-2 Cap Contract, the Class A-2 Certificates and (C) in the case of the
     Floating Rate Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract the Floating Rate
     Subordinate Certificates and (iii) the number of days in such Accrual
     Period, divided by 360. If a payment is made to the Issuing Entity under a
     Cap Contract and the Trustee is required to distribute excess amounts to
     the holders of the Class C Certificates as described above, information
     regarding such distribution will be included in the monthly statement made
     available on the Trustee's website pursuant to Section 4.05 hereof.

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

               (iii) Each Cap Contract is scheduled to remain in effect until
     the related Cap Contract Termination Date and will be subject to early
     termination only in limited circumstances. Such circumstances include
     certain insolvency or bankruptcy events in relation to the related Cap
     Contract Counterparty (after a grace period of three (3) Local Business
     Days, as defined in the related Cap Contract, after notice of such failure
     is received by the Cap Contract Counterparty) to make a payment due under
     the related Cap Contract, the failure by the Cap Contract Counterparty or
     the Trustee (after a cure period of 20 days after notice of such failure is
     received) to perform any other agreement made by it under the related Cap
     Contract, the termination of the Trust Fund and the Cap Contract becoming
     illegal or subject to certain kinds of taxation.

     4.05. Monthly Statements to Certificateholders.

          (a) Not later than each Distribution Date based on information
provided by the Servicer to the extent required by this Agreement, the Trustee
shall prepare and make available on its website located at www.ctslink.com to
each Holder of a Class of Certificates of the Issuing Entity, the Servicer, the
Trustee, the Rating Agencies, the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer and the
Depositor a statement setting forth for the Certificates the following
information; provided, however, that, with respect to any calendar year during
which an annual report on Form 10-K is not required to be filed with the
Commission on behalf of the Issuing Entity, the information set forth in items
(xxii) through (xxxi) below are not required to be included in such statement
during any such calendar year:

               (i) the amount of the related distribution to Holders of each
     Class allocable to principal, separately identifying (A) the aggregate
     amount of any Principal Prepayments included therein, (B) the aggregate of
     all scheduled payments of principal included therein, (C)

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     the Extra Principal Distribution Amount, if any, and (D) the aggregate
     amount of Prepayment Charges, if any;

               (ii) the amount of such distribution to Holders of each Class
     allocable to interest, together with any Non-Supported Interest Shortfalls
     allocated to each Class;

               (iii) any Interest Carryforward Amount for each Class of the
     Offered Certificates;

               (iv) the Class Certificate Principal Balance of each Class after
     giving effect (i) to all distributions allocable to principal on such
     Distribution Date and (ii) the allocation of any Applied Realized Loss
     Amounts for such Distribution Date;

               (v) the Pool Stated Principal Balance for such Distribution Date;

               (vi) the amount of the Servicing Fee paid to or retained by the
     Servicer and any amounts constituting reimbursement or indemnification of
     the Servicer;

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

               (viii) the amount of Advances included in the distribution on
     such Distribution Date;

               (ix) the cumulative amount of (A) Realized Losses and (B) Applied
     Realized Loss Amounts to date, in the aggregate and with respect to Group
     One Mortgage Loans and Group Two Mortgage Loans;

               (x) the amount of (A) Realized Losses and (B) Applied Realized
     Loss Amounts with respect to such Distribution Date, in the aggregate and
     with respect to Group One Mortgage Loans and Group Two Mortgage Loans;

               (xi) the number and aggregate principal amounts of Mortgage Loans
     (A) Delinquent (exclusive of Mortgage Loans in foreclosure) (1) 31 to 60
     days, (2) 61 to 90 days, (3) 91 to 120 days, (4) 121 to 150 days, (5) 151
     to 180 days and (6) 181 or more days, and (B) in foreclosure and Delinquent
     (1) 31 to 60 days, (2) 61 to 90 days, (3) 91 to 120 days, (4) 121 to 150
     days, (5) 151 to 180 days and (6) 181 or more days, in each case as of the
     close of business on the last day of the calendar month preceding such
     Distribution Date, in the aggregate and with respect to Group One Mortgage
     Loans and Group Two Mortgage Loans;

               (xii) the total number and principal balance of any REO
     Properties as of the close of business on the last day of the calendar
     month preceding such Distribution Date, in the aggregate and with respect
     to Group One Mortgage Loans and Group Two Mortgage Loans;

               (xiii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all Liquidated
     Loans as of the preceding Distribution Date, in the aggregate and with
     respect to Group One Mortgage Loans and Group Two Mortgage Loans;

               (xiv) whether a Stepdown Trigger Event or Class A-1 Trigger Event
     has occurred and is in effect;

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               (xv) with respect to each Class of Certificates, any Interest
     Carry Forward Amount with respect to such Distribution Date for each such
     Class, any Interest Carry Forward Amount paid for each such Class and any
     remaining Interest Carry Forward Amount for each such Class;

               (xvi) with respect to each Class of Certificates, any Floating
     Rate Certificate Carryover with respect to such Distribution Date for each
     such Class, any Floating Rate Certificate Carryover paid for each such
     Class and any remaining Floating Rate Certificate Carryover for each such
     Class;

               (xvii) the number and Stated Principal Balance (as of the
     preceding Distribution Date) of any Mortgage Loans which were purchased or
     repurchased during the preceding Due Period and since the Cut-off Date;

               (xviii) the number of Mortgage Loans for which Prepayment Charges
     were received during the related Prepayment Period and, for each such
     Mortgage Loan, the amount of Prepayment Charges received during the related
     Prepayment Period and in the aggregate of such amounts for all such
     Mortgage Loans since the Cut-off Date;

               (xix) as of each Distribution Date, the amount, if any, to be
     deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to the related Cap Contract
     as described in Section 4.04(k) and the amount thereof to be paid to the
     Offered Certificates described in Section 4.04(k) hereof;

               (xx) the amount and purpose of any withdrawal from the Collection
     Account pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(v);

               (xxi) the amount of any payments to each Class of Certificates
     that are treated as payments received in respect of a REMIC Regular
     Interest or REMIC "residual interest" and the amount of any payments to
     each Class of Certificates that are not treated as payments received in
     respect of a REMIC Regular Interest or REMIC "residual interest";

               (xxii) the aggregate amount of all Advances recovered during the
     related Due Period;

               (xxiii) the allocation to each Class of Certificate of any
     Realized Losses during the related Due Period;

               (xxiv) with respect to each Class of Certificates, the amount of
     any Non-Supported Interest Shortfalls on such Distribution Date;

               (xxv) the number and amount of pool assets at the beginning and
     ending of each period, and updated pool composition information;

               (xxvi) any material changes to methodology regarding calculations
     of delinquencies and charge-offs;

               (xxvii) information on the amount, terms and general purpose of
     any advances made or reimbursed during the period, including the general
     use of funds advanced and the general source of funds for reimbursements;

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               (xxviii) any material modifications, extensions or waivers to
     pool asset terms, fees, penalties or payments during the distribution
     period or that have cumulatively become material over time;

               (xxix) material breaches of pool asset representations or
     warranties or transaction covenants;

               (xxx) information on ratio, coverage or other tests used for
     determining any early amortization, liquidation or other performance
     trigger and whether the trigger was met; and

               (xxxi) information regarding any pool asset changes (other than
     in connection with a pool asset converting into cash in accordance with its
     terms), such as additions or removals in connection with a prefunding or
     revolving period and pool asset substitutions and repurchases (and purchase
     rates, if applicable), and cash flows available for future purchases, such
     as the balances of any prefunding or revolving accounts, if applicable.]

          (b) The Trustee will make the Monthly Statement (and, at its option,
any additional files containing the same information in an alternative format)
available each month to Certificateholders, other parties to this Agreement, the
Class A-1B Certificate Insurer and any other interested parties via the
Trustee's Internet website. The Trustee's Internet website shall initially be
located at "www.ctslink.com." Assistance in using the website can be obtained by
calling the Trustee's customer service desk at (301) 815-6600. Parties that are
unable to use the website are entitled to have a paper copy mailed to them via
first class mail by calling the customer service desk and indicating such. The
Trustee shall have the right to change the way the monthly statements to
Certificateholders are distributed in order to make such distribution more
convenient and/or more accessible to the above parties and the Trustee shall
provide timely and adequate notification to all above parties regarding any such
changes.

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

     As a condition to access the Trustee's internet website, the Trustee may
require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer. The Trustee will not be
liable for the dissemination of information in accordance with this Agreement.

          (c) [Reserved]

          (d) If so requested in writing within a reasonable period of time
after the end of each calendar year, the Trustee shall make available on its
website or cause to be furnished to each Person who at any time during the
calendar year was a Certificateholder of record, or the Class A-1B Certificate
Insurer a statement containing the information set forth in clauses (a)(i) and
(a)(ii) of this Section 4.05 aggregated for such calendar year or applicable
portion thereof during which such Person was a Certificateholder or the Class
A-1B Certificate Insurer. Such obligation of the Trustee shall be deemed to have
been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information shall be
provided by the Trustee pursuant to any requirements of the Code as are from
time to time in effect.

          (e) Upon filing with the Internal Revenue Service, the Trustee shall
furnish to the Holders of the Class R Certificate each Form 1066 and each Form
1066Q and shall respond promptly to written requests made not more frequently
than quarterly by any Holder of a Class R Certificate with respect to the
following matters:

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               (i) The original projected principal and interest cash flows on
     the Closing Date on each Class of regular and residual interests created
     hereunder and on the Mortgage Loans, based on the Prepayment Assumption;

               (ii) The projected remaining principal and interest cash flows as
     of the end of any calendar quarter with respect to each Class of regular
     and residual interests created hereunder and the Mortgage Loans, based on
     the Prepayment Assumption;

               (iii) The Prepayment Assumption and any interest rate assumptions
     used in determining the projected principal and interest cash flows
     described above;

               (iv) The original issue discount (or, in the case of the Mortgage
     Loans, market discount) or premium accrued or amortized through the end of
     such calendar quarter with respect to each Class of regular or residual
     interests created hereunder and to the Mortgage Loans, together with each
     constant yield to maturity used in computing the same;

               (v) The treatment of losses realized with respect to the Mortgage
     Loans or the regular interests created hereunder, including the timing and
     amount of any cancellation of indebtedness income of the REMICs with
     respect to such regular interests or bad debt deductions claimed with
     respect to the Mortgage Loans;

               (vi) The amount and timing of any non-interest expenses of the
     REMICs; and

               (vii) Any taxes (including penalties and interest) imposed on the
     REMICs, including, without limitation, taxes on "prohibited transactions,"
     "contributions" or "net income from foreclosure property" or state or local
     income or franchise taxes.

     The information pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above shall
be provided by the Depositor pursuant to Section 8.12.

     4.06. Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy Matters

          (a) As soon as possible, and in no event later than 11:00 a.m. New
York time, on the second Business Day immediately preceding each Distribution
Date, the Trustee shall determine the amount of funds available for such
Distribution Date minus the amount of any Class A-1B Certificate Insurer Premium
on such Distribution Date.

          (b) If for any Distribution Date, the Trustee determines that the
funds that will be available for such Distribution Date for distribution to the
Holders of the Class A-1B Certificates pursuant to Section 4.04 will be
insufficient to pay the related Regular Payments on such Distribution Date, the
Trustee shall determine the amount of any such deficiency and shall give notice
to the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer and the Fiscal Agent (as defined in the
Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy), if any, by telephone or telecopy of
the amount of such deficiency, confirmed in writing by notice substantially in
the form of Exhibit A to the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy by 12:00
noon, New York City time, on such second Business Day. The notice shall
constitute a claim for payment pursuant to the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance
Policy.

          (c) The Trustee shall receive as attorney-in-fact of each Holder of a
Class A-1B Certificate any Regular Payments from the Class A-1B Certificate
Insurer and disburse the same to each Holder of a Class A-1B Certificate as
applicable, in accordance with the provisions of this Article IV. Regular
Payments disbursed by the Trustee from proceeds of the Class A-1B Certificate
Insurance Policy

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shall not (other than for purposes of the REMIC Provisions) be considered
payment by the Issuing Entity nor shall such payments discharge the obligation
of the Issuing Entity with respect to such Class A-1B Certificate, and the Class
A-1B Certificate Insurer shall become the owner of such unpaid amounts due from
the Issuing Entity in respect of such Regular Payment(s) as the deemed assignee
of such Holder. In addition, the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer shall be
entitled to receive the Reimbursement Amount pursuant to Section 4.04. The
Trustee hereby agrees on behalf of each Holder of a Class A-1B Certificate for
the benefit of the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer that it recognizes that to the
extent that the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer makes a Regular Payment, either
directly or indirectly (as by paying through the Trustee), to the Class A-1B
Certificateholders, the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer will be entitled to
receive the Reimbursement Amount pursuant to Section 4.04.

          (d) It is understood and agreed that the intention of the parties is
that the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer shall not, other than as set out in
Section 4.04(d)(1)(A), be entitled to reimbursement on any Distribution Date for
amounts previously paid by it unless on such Distribution Date the Holders of
the Class A-1B Certificates, shall also have received the full amount of the
Regular Payment for such Distribution Date.

          (e) In the event the Trustee receives a certified copy of an order of
the appropriate court that any payment of principal or interest on a Class A-1B
Certificate has been voided in whole or in part as a preference payment under
applicable bankruptcy law, the Trustee shall (i) promptly notify the Class A-1B
Certificate Insurer and the Fiscal Agent, if any, and (ii) comply with the
provisions of the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy to obtain payment by
the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer of such voided payment. In addition, the
Trustee shall mail notice to all Holders of the Class A-1B Certificates so
affected that, in the event that any such Holder's scheduled payment is so
recovered, such Holder will be entitled to payment pursuant to the terms of the
Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy, a copy of which shall be made available
to such Holders by the Trustee. The Trustee shall furnish to the Class A-1B
Certificate Insurer and the Fiscal Agent, if any, its records listing the
payments on the affected Class A-1B Certificates, if any, that have been made by
the Trustee and subsequently recovered from the affected Holders, and the dates
on which such payments were made by the Trustee.

          (f) At the time of the execution hereof, and for the purposes hereof,
the Trustee shall establish a separate special purpose trust account in the name
of the Trustee for the benefit of Holders of the Class A-1B Certificates (the
"Certificate Insurer Account") over which the Trustee shall have exclusive
control and sole right of withdrawal. The Certificate Insurer Account shall be
an Eligible Account. The Trustee shall deposit any amount paid under the Class
A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy into the Certificate Insurer Account and
distribute such amount only for the purposes of making the payments to Holders
of the Class A-1B Certificates in respect of the Regular Payment for which the
related claim was made under the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy. The
Trustee shall transfer such amounts from the Certificate Insurer Account to the
Certificate Account prior to distribution to the Holders of the Class A-1B
Certificates. Such amounts shall be allocated by the Trustee to Holders of Class
A-1B Certificates affected by such shortfalls in the same manner as principal
and interest payments are to be allocated with respect to such Certificates
pursuant to Section 4.04. It shall not be necessary for such payments to be made
by checks or wire transfers separated from the checks or wire transfers used to
make Regular Payments hereunder with funds withdrawn from the Certificate
Account. However, any payments made on the Class A-1B Certificates from funds in
the Certificate Insurer Account shall be noted as provided in subsection (g)
below. Funds held in the Certificate Insurer Account shall not be invested by
the Trustee.

          (g) Any funds received from the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer for
deposit into the Certificate Insurer Account pursuant to the Class A-1B
Certificate Insurance Policy in respect of a Distribution Date or otherwise as a
result of any claim under the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy

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shall be applied by the Trustee, directly to the payment in full (i) of the
Regular Payments due on such Distribution Date on the Class A-1B Certificates,
or (ii) of other amounts payable under the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance
Policy. Funds received by the Trustee, as a result of any claim under the Class
A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy shall be used solely for payment to the
Holders of the Class A-1B Certificates and may not be applied for any other
purpose, including, without limitation, satisfaction of any costs, expenses or
liabilities of the Trustee, Servicer or the Issuing Entity. Any funds (other
than funds deposited therein in respect of a Preference Payment (as defined in
Endorsement No. 1 to the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy payable under
the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy) remaining in the Certificate
Insurer Account on the first Business Day after each Distribution Date shall be
remitted promptly to the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer pursuant to the written
instruction of the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer.

          (h) The Trustee, shall keep complete and accurate records in respect
of (i) all funds remitted to it by the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer and
deposited into the Certificate Insurer Account and (ii) the allocation of such
funds to payments of interest on and principal in respect of any Class A-1B
Certificates. The Class A-1B Certificate Insurer shall have the right to inspect
such records at reasonable times during normal business hours upon three
Business Days' prior notice to the Trustee.

          (i) The Trustee acknowledges, and each Holder of a Class A-1B
Certificate by its acceptance of the Class A Certificate agrees, that, without
the need for any further action on the part of the Class A-1B Certificate
Insurer, the Trustee, to the extent the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer makes
payments, directly or indirectly, on account of principal of or interest on any
Class A-1B Certificates, the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer will be fully
subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Class A-1B Certificates to
receive such principal and interest from the Issuing Entity. The Holders of the
Class A-1B Certificates, by acceptance of the Class A-1B Certificates, assign
their rights as Holders of the Class A-1B Certificates, as applicable, to the
extent of the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer's interest with respect to amounts
paid under the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy. Anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding, solely for purposes of determining the Class A-1B
Certificate Insurer's rights, as applicable, as subrogee for payments
distributable pursuant to Section 4.04, any payment with respect to
distributions to the Class A-1B Certificates that is made with funds received
pursuant to the terms of the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy, shall not
be considered payment of the Class A-1B Certificates, as applicable, from the
Issuing Entity and shall not result in the distribution or the provision for the
distribution in reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1B
Certificates, as applicable, except to the extent such payment has been
reimbursed to the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer pursuant to the terms hereof.

          (j) Upon a Responsible Officer of the Trustee becoming aware of the
occurrence of an Event of Default, the Trustee shall promptly notify the Class
A-1B Certificate Insurer of such Event of Default.

          (k) The Trustee shall promptly notify the Class A-1B Certificate
Insurer of either of the following as to which a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee has actual knowledge: (A) the commencement of any proceeding by or
against the Depositor commenced under the United States bankruptcy code or any
other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, rehabilitation or similar
law (an "Insolvency Proceeding") and (B) the making of any claim in connection
with any Insolvency Proceeding seeking the avoidance as a preferential transfer
(a "Preference Claim") of any distribution made with respect to a Class A-1B
Certificate as to which it has actual knowledge. Each Holder of a Class A-1B
Certificate, by its purchase of Class A-1B Certificates, and the Trustee hereby
agree that the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer (so long as no Class A-1B
Certificate Insurer Default exists) may at any time during the continuation of
any proceeding relating to a Preference Claim direct all matters relating to
such Preference Claim, including, without limitation, (i) the direction of any
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to any Preference Claim and (ii) the posting of any surety, supersedes or
performance bond pending any such appeal. In addition and without limitation of
the foregoing, the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer shall be subrogated to the
rights of the Trustee and each Holder of a Class A-1B Certificate, as
applicable, in the conduct of any Preference Claim, including, without
limitation, all rights of any party to an adversary proceeding action with
respect to any court order issued in connection with any such Preference Claim.

          (l) The Trustee shall provide reasonable access to information
regarding the Mortgage Loans to the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer upon the
reasonable request of the Class A-1B certificated Insurer.

          (m) The Trustee shall promptly surrender the Class A-1B Certificate
Insurance Policy to the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer for cancellation upon the
reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1B Certificates to
zero.

          (n) All notices, statements, reports, certificates or opinions
required by this Agreement to be sent to the Trustee, the Rating Agencies or the
Holders of the Class A-1B Certificates, including the statements prepared
pursuant to Section 4.05, shall also be sent, at the same time such reports are
otherwise sent, by overnight delivery, telecopy or email to the Class A-1B
Certificate Insurer.

          (o) With respect to this Section 4.06, (i) the terms "Receipt" and
"Received" shall mean actual delivery to the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer and
its Fiscal Agent, if any, prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on a Business
Day; delivery either on a day that is not a Business Day or after 12:00 noon,
New York City time, shall be deemed to be Receipt on the next succeeding
Business Day and (ii) "Business Day" means any day other than (A) a Saturday or
Sunday or (B) a day on which the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer or banking
institutions in the City of New York, New York,; Paris, France; or the city in
which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located, are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to be closed. If any notice or certificate
given under the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy by the Securities
Administrator, on behalf of the Trustee, is not in proper form or is not
properly completed, executed or delivered, it shall be deemed not to have been
Received. The Class A-1B Certificate Insurer or its Fiscal Agent, if any, shall
promptly so advise the Trustee and the Trustee may submit an amended notice.

          (p) The Class A-1B Certificate Insurer shall be an express third party
beneficiary of this Agreement for the purpose of enforcing the provisions hereof
to the extent of the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer's rights explicitly
specified herein as if a party hereto.

          (q) All references herein to the ratings assigned to the Certificates
and to the interests of any Certificateholders shall be without regard to the
Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy.

          (r) For so long as there is no continuing Class A-1B Certificate
Insurer Default, each Holder of a Class A-1B Certificate agrees that the Class
A-1B Certificate Insurer shall be treated by the Depositor, the Sponsor, the
Servicer and the Trustee as if the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer were the
Holder of all of the Class A-1B Certificates for the purpose (and solely for the
purpose) of the giving of any consent, the making of any direction or the
exercise of any voting or other control rights otherwise given to the Holders of
the Class A-1B Certificates hereunder and the holders of the Class A-1B
Certificates shall only exercise such rights with the prior written consent of
the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer.

          (s) Regular Payments shall not include, nor shall coverage be provided
under the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy in respect of, any Floating
Rate Certificate Carryovers, Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, shortfalls
resulting from the application of the Servicemember's Civil

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Relief Act, taxes, withholding or other charge imposed by any government
authority due in connection with any payment of any Regular Payment to a Class
A-1B Certificateholder.

          (t) All notices, statements, reports, certificates, lists or opinions
required by this Agreement to be sent to the parties hereto, the Rating Agencies
or the Class A-1B Certificateholders shall also be sent at such time to the
Class A-1B Certificate Insurer at the notice address set forth in Section 10.05;
provided, however, the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer shall only be entitled to
receive all such notices, statements, reports, certificates, lists or opinions
so long as the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy is in effect or any
amounts owed to the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer under this Agreement or the
Insurance Agreement are still outstanding..

          (u) The Trustee hereby agrees to provide to the Class A-1B Certificate
Insurer prompt written notice of any action, proceeding or investigation of
which it has actual knowledge that names the Issuing Entity or the Trustee as a
party or that could adversely affect the interests of the Class A-1B
Certificates.

          (v) Notwithstanding anything contained herein or in any of the other
Transaction Documents to the contrary, the Trustee shall not, without the Class
A-1B Certificate Insurer's prior written consent or unless directed in writing
by the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer, undertake or join any litigation or agree
to any settlement of any action, proceeding or investigation affecting the
Issuing Entity or the Trust Fund to the extent any such settlement, action,
proceeding or investigation could reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse affect on the rights or obligations of the Certificate Insurer hereunder
or under the Class A-1B Policy or the Transaction Documents.

          (w) Each Holder of a Certificate, by acceptance of its Certificate,
and the Trustee agree that the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer shall have such
rights as set forth in this Section, which are in addition to any rights of the
Class A-1B Certificate Insurer pursuant to the other provisions of the
Transaction Documents, that the rights set forth in this Section may be
exercised by the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer, in its sole discretion, without
the need for the consent or approval of any Certificateholder or the Trustee,
notwithstanding any other provision contained herein or in any of the other
Transaction Documents, and that nothing contained in this Section shall be
deemed to be an obligation of the Certificate Insurer to exercise any of the
rights provided for herein.

          4.07 Effect of Payments By the Class A-1B Insurer

     Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment with respect
to principal of or interest on the Class A-1B Certificates which is made with
moneys received pursuant to the terms of the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance
Policy shall not (other than for purposes of the REMIC Provisions) be considered
payment of the Class A-1B Certificates from the Issuing Entity. The Trustee
acknowledges, and each Holder by its acceptance of a Class A-1B Certificate
agrees, that without the need for any further action on the part of the Class
A-1B Certificate Insurer or the Trustee (a) to the extent the Class A-1B
Certificate Insurer makes payments, directly or indirectly, on account of
principal of or interest on the Class A-1B Certificates to the Holders of such
Class A-1B Certificates, the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer will be fully
subrogated to, and each Class A-1B Certificateholder and the Trustee hereby
delegate and assign to the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, the rights of such Holders to receive such principal and
interest from the Issuing Entity, including, without limitation, any amounts due
to the Class A-1B Certificateholders in respect of securities law violations
arising from the offer and sale of the Class A-1B Certificates, and (b) the
Class A-1B Certificate Insurer shall be paid such amounts from the sources and
in the manner provided herein for the payment of such amounts and as provided in
the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy and the Insurance Agreement. The
Trustee and the Servicer shall cooperate in all respects with any reasonable
request by the Class A-1B Certificate

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Insurer for action to preserve or enforce the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer's
rights or interests under this Agreement without limiting the rights or
affecting the interests of the Holders as otherwise set forth herein.

                                   ARTICLE V.

                                THE CERTIFICATES

     5.01. The Certificates.

     The Certificates shall be substantially in the forms attached hereto as
exhibits. The Certificates shall be issuable in registered form, in the minimum
dollar denominations, integral dollar multiples in excess thereof (except that
one Certificate of each Class may be issued in a different amount which must be
in excess of the applicable minimum dollar denomination) and aggregate dollar
denominations as set forth in the following table:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                 Integral Multiples in   Original Certificate
 Class    Minimum Denomination     Excess of Minimum       Principal Balance
-------   --------------------   ---------------------   --------------------
<S>       <C>                    <C>                     <C>
  A-1A         $25,000.00                $1.00               $419,318,000
  A-1B         $25,000.00                $1.00               $104,829,000
  A-2A         $25,000.00                $1.00               $222,997,000
  A-2B         $25,000.00                $1.00               $ 87,869,000
  A-2C         $25,000.00                $1.00               $ 79,842,000
  A-2D         $25,000.00                $1.00               $ 62,851,000
  M-1          $25,000.00                $1.00               $ 45,563,000
  M-2          $25,000.00                $1.00               $ 42,398,000
  M-3          $25,000.00                $1.00               $ 25,312,000
  M-4          $25,000.00                $1.00               $ 23,414,000
  M-5          $25,000.00                $1.00               $ 22,148,000
  M-6          $25,000.00                $1.00               $ 19,617,000
  B-1A         $25,000.00                $1.00               $ 16,484,000
  B-1B         $25,000.00                $1.00               $  2,500,000
  B-2A         $25,000.00                $1.00               $ 13,953,000
  B-2B         $25,000.00                $1.00               $  2,500,000
  B-3          $25,000.00                $1.00               $ 13,289,000
  C                    (1)                  (1)                       100%
  P                    (2)                  (2)                        (2)
  R            $   100.00                  N/A               $     100.00
</TABLE>

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     (1) The Class C Certificates shall not have minimum dollar denominations or
certificate notional amounts and shall be issued in a minimum percentage
interest of 25%.

     (2) The Class P Certificates shall not have minimum dollar denominations or
Certificate Principal Balances and shall be issued in a minimum percentage
interest of 25%.

     The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature on
behalf of the Trustee by an authorized officer. Certificates bearing the manual
or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such
signatures were affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trustee shall bind
the Issuing Entity, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have
ceased to be so authorized prior to the

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authentication and delivery of such Certificates or did not hold such offices at
the date of such authentication and delivery. No Certificate shall be entitled
to any benefit under this Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless there
appears on such Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the
form set forth as attached hereto executed by the Trustee, as authenticating
agent, by manual signature, and such certificate of authentication upon any
Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All
Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication. On the Closing
Date, the Trustee, as authenticating agent, shall authenticate the Certificates
to be issued at the written direction of the Depositor, or any Affiliate
thereof.

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

          (a) The Trustee shall maintain, or cause to be maintained in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5.09 hereof, a Certificate Register
for the Issuing Entity in which, subject to the provisions of subsections (b)
and (c) below and to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of Transfers and
exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. Upon surrender for registration of
Transfer of any Certificate, the Trustee, as authenticating agent, shall
authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same Class and of like
aggregate Percentage Interest.

     At the option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for
other Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations and evidencing
the same aggregate Percentage Interest upon surrender of the Certificates to be
exchanged at the office or agency of the Trustee. Whenever any Certificates are
so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and, in its capacity as
authenticating agent, shall authenticate and deliver the Certificates that the
Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate
presented or surrendered for registration of Transfer or exchange shall be
accompanied by a written instrument of Transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by the holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing.

     No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for any
registration of Transfer or exchange of Certificates, but payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any Transfer or exchange of Certificates may be required. All
Certificates surrendered for registration of Transfer or exchange shall be
canceled and subsequently destroyed by a Trustee in accordance with such
Trustee's customary procedures.

     No Transfer of a Class C or Class P Certificate shall be made unless such
Transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is exempt from the
registration requirements under the Securities Act and such state securities
laws. In the event that a Transfer is to be made in reliance upon an exemption
from the Securities Act and such laws, in order to assure compliance with the
Securities Act and such laws, the Certificateholder desiring to effect such
Transfer shall (except with respect to the initial transfer of a Class C or
Class P Certificate by Merrill Lynch & Co. or in connection with any transfers
of a Class C or a Class P Certificate to the indenture trustee under an
Indenture pursuant to which NIM Notes are issued) certify to the Trustee in
writing the facts surrounding the Transfer in substantially the form set forth
in Exhibit F (the "Transferor Certificate") and (i) such Certificateholder's
prospective transferee shall deliver a letter in substantially the form of
either Exhibit G (the "Investment Letter") or Exhibit H (the "Rule 144A Letter")
or (ii) there shall be delivered to the Trustee and the Class A-1B Certificate
Insurer an Opinion of Counsel that such Transfer may be made pursuant to an
exemption from the Securities Act, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Depositor or the Trustee. The Depositor shall provide to any
Holder of a Class C or Class P Certificate and any prospective transferee
designated by any such

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Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans
and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to
eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for Transfer of any such Certificate
without registration thereof under the Securities Act pursuant to the
registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Trustee shall cooperate with
the Depositor in providing the Rule 144A information referenced in the preceding
sentence, including providing to the Depositor such information in the
possession of the Trustee regarding the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans and
other matters regarding the Trust Fund as the Depositor shall reasonably request
to meet its obligation under the preceding sentence. Each Holder of a Class C or
Class P Certificate desiring to effect such Transfer shall, and does hereby
agree to, indemnify the Depositor and the Trustee against any liability that may
result if the Transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such
federal and state laws.

     By acceptance of a Regulation S Global Security, whether upon original
issuance or subsequent transfer, each Holder of such a Certificate acknowledges
the restrictions on the transfer of such Certificate set forth thereon and
agrees that it will only transfer such a Certificate as provided herein. In
addition, each Holder of a Regulation S Global Security shall be deemed to have
represented and warranted to the Depositor, the Trustee and any of their
respective successors that: (i) such Person is not a "U.S. person" within the
meaning of Regulation S and was, at the time the buy order was originated,
outside the United States and (ii) such Person understands that such
Certificates have not been registered under the Securities Act and that (x)
until the expiration of the 40-day distribution compliance period (within the
meaning of Regulation S), no offer, sale, pledge or other transfer of such
Certificates or any interest therein shall be made in the United States or to or
for the account or benefit of a U.S. person (each as defined in Regulation S),
(y) if in the future it decides to offer, resell, pledge or otherwise transfer
such Certificates, such Certificates may be offered, resold, pledged or
otherwise transferred only (A) to a person which the seller reasonably believes
is a "qualified institutional buyer" (a "QIB") as defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act, that is purchasing such Certificates for its own account or for
the account of a qualified institutional buyer to which notice is given that the
transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A or (B) in an offshore
transaction (as defined in Regulation S) in compliance with the provisions of
Regulation S, in each case in compliance with the requirements of this
Agreement; and it will notify such transferee of the transfer restrictions
specified in this Section.

     No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate or a Class R Certificate
will be registered unless the Trustee has received (I) a representation that the
transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, a plan
subject to Section 4975 of the Code or a plan subject to any state, local,
federal, non-U.S. or other law substantively similar to the foregoing provisions
of ERISA or the Code ("Similar Law") (collectively, a "Plan"), or any Person
directly or indirectly acquiring such Certificate for, on behalf of, or with any
assets of any such Plan or (II) solely in the case of an ERISA Restricted
Certificate, (A) if the Certificate has been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying
Underwriting, a representation that such transferee is an insurance company that
is acquiring the Certificate with assets of an "insurance company general
account," as defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption
("PTCE") 95-60, and the acquisition and holding of the Certificate are covered
and exempt under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 and the acquisition and
holding of the Certificate is covered and exempt under Sections I and III of
PTCE 95-60, or (B) solely in the case of any such Certificate that is a
Definitive Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee, and
upon which the Trustee shall be entitled to rely, to the effect that the
acquisition and holding of such Certificate will not constitute or result in a
nonexempt prohibited transaction under Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code, or a violation of Similar Law, and will not subject the Trustee, the
Servicer or the Depositor to any obligation in addition to those expressly
undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense
of the Trustee, the Servicer or the Depositor.

     Except in the case of a Definitive Certificate, the representations as set
forth in the immediately preceding paragraph of this Subsection 5.02(a), other
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paragraph, shall be deemed to have been made to the Trustee by the transferee's
acceptance of the Certificate (or the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of the
beneficial interest in any Certificate).

     Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, any purported
transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate or a Class R Certificate to or on
behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee of a representation or an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee as described above shall be void
and of no effect. The Trustee shall not be under any liability to any Person for
any registration or transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate or a Class R
Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 5.02(a), nor shall the
Trustee be under any liability for making any payments due on such Certificate
to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder
under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the transfer was registered by
the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. The Trustee shall be
entitled, but not obligated, to recover from any Holder of any ERISA Restricted
Certificate or a Class R Certificate that was in fact a Plan and that held such
Certificate in violation of this Section 5.02(a) all payments made on such ERISA
Restricted Certificate or a Class R Certificate at and after the time it
commenced such holding. Any such payments so recovered shall be paid and
delivered to the last preceding Holder of such Certificate that is not a Plan.

          (b) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a
Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such
Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and
the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R
Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:

               (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
     Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly
     notify the Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a
     Permitted Transferee.

               (ii) No Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate may be
     purchased, transferred or sold, directly or indirectly, except in
     accordance with the provisions hereof. No Ownership Interest in a Class R
     Certificate may be registered on the Closing Date or thereafter
     transferred, and the Trustee shall not register the Transfer of any Class R
     Certificate unless, in addition to the certificates required to be
     delivered to the Trustee under subparagraph (a) above (if applicable), the
     Trustee shall have been furnished with an affidavit (a "Transfer
     Affidavit") of the initial owner or the proposed transferee in the form
     attached hereto as Exhibit E-1 and an affidavit of the proposed transferor
     in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E-2. In the absence of a contrary
     instruction from the transferor of a Class R Certificate, declaration (11)
     in Appendix A of the Transfer Affidavit may be left blank. If the
     transferor requests by written notice to the Trustee prior to the date of
     the proposed transfer that one of the two other forms of declaration (11)
     in Appendix A of the Transfer Affidavit be used, then the requirements of
     this Section 5.02(b)(ii) shall not have been satisfied unless the Transfer
     Affidavit includes such other form of declaration.

               (iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in
     a Class R Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from
     any other Person to whom such Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership
     Interest in a Class R Certificate, (B) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from
     any Person for whom such Person is acting as nominee, trustee or agent in
     connection with any Transfer of a Class R Certificate and (C) not to
     Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate or to cause the
     Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to any other
     Person if it has actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted
     Transferee. Further, no transfer, sale or other disposition of any
     Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate may be made to a person who is
     not a U.S. Person (within the meaning of Section 7701 of the Code) unless
     such person furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with a duly

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     completed and effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or any
     successor thereto) and the Trustee consents to such transfer, sale or other
     disposition in writing.

               (iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership
     Interest in a Class R Certificate in violation of the provisions of this
     Section 5.02(b) shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights
     in the purported Transferee. If any purported transferee shall become a
     Holder of a Class R Certificate in violation of the provisions of this
     Section 5.02(b), then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be
     restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of
     registration of Transfer of such Class R Certificate. The Trustee shall be
     under no liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a
     Class R Certificate that is in fact not permitted by Section 5.02(a) and
     this Section 5.02(b) or for making any payments due on such Certificate to
     the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder
     under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the Transfer was
     registered after receipt of the related Transfer Affidavit. The Trustee
     shall be entitled but not obligated to recover from any Holder of a Class R
     Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time it
     became a Holder or, at such subsequent time as it became other than a
     Permitted Transferee, all payments made on such Class R Certificate at and
     after either such time. Any such payments so recovered by the Trustee shall
     be paid and delivered by the Trustee to the last preceding Permitted
     Transferee of such Certificate.

               (v) At the option of the Holder of the Class R Certificate, the
     Class LTR Interest and the residual interest in the Upper Tier REMIC may be
     severed and represented by separate certificates (with the separate
     certificate that represents the Residual Interest also representing all
     rights of the Class R Certificate to distributions attributable to an
     interest rate on the Class R Certificate in excess of the REMIC
     Pass-Through Rate); provided, however, that such separate certification may
     not occur until the Trustee receives an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
     that separate certification in the form and manner proposed would not
     result in the imposition of federal tax upon the Issuing Entity or any of
     the REMICs provided for herein or cause any of the REMICs provided for
     herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC; and provided further, that the
     provisions of Sections 5.02(a) and (b) will apply to each such separate
     certificate as if the separate certificate were a Class R Certificate. If,
     as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, it is necessary to preserve the
     REMIC status of any of the REMICs provided for herein, the Class LTR
     Interest and the Residual Interest in the Upper Tier REMIC shall be severed
     and represented by separate certificates (with the separate certificate
     that represents the Residual Interest also representing all rights of the
     Class R Certificate to distributions attributable to an interest rate on
     the Class R Certificate in excess of the REMIC Pass-Through Rate).

     The restrictions on Transfers of a Class R Certificate set forth in this
Section 5.02(b) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the legend
on a Class R Certificate may be deleted) with respect to Transfers occurring
after delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel
shall not be an expense of the Issuing Entity, the Trustee or the Depositor, to
the effect that the elimination of such restrictions will not cause any of the
REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the
Certificates are outstanding or result in the imposition of any tax on the
Issuing Entity, any REMIC provided for herein, a Certificateholder or another
Person. Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R
Certificate hereby consents to any amendment of this Agreement that, based on an
Opinion of Counsel furnished to the Trustee, is reasonably necessary (a) to
ensure that the record ownership of, or any beneficial interest in, a Class R
Certificate is not transferred, directly or indirectly, to a Person that is not
a Permitted Transferee and (b) to provide for a means to compel the Transfer of
a Class R Certificate that is held by a Person that is not a Permitted
Transferee to a Holder that is a Permitted Transferee.

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          (c) The transferor of the Class R Certificate shall notify the Trustee
in writing upon the transfer of the Class R Certificate.

          (d) The preparation and delivery of all certificates, opinions and
other writings referred to above in this Section 5.02 shall not be an expense of
the Issuing Entity, the Depositor or the Trustee.

     5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.

     If (a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trustee or the
Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft
of any Certificate and of the ownership thereof and (b) there is delivered to
the Trustee (and with respect to any Class A-1B Certificates, to the Class A-1B
Certificate Insurer) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Trustee that
such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Trustee shall
execute, authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like
Class, tenor and Percentage Interest. In connection with the issuance of any new
Certificate under this Section 5.03, the Trustee may require the payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of
the Trustee and its counsel) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate
issued pursuant to this Section 5.03 shall constitute complete and indefeasible
evidence of ownership in the Trust Fund, as if originally issued, whether or not
the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time. All
Certificates surrendered to the Trustee under the terms of this Section 5.03
shall be canceled and destroyed by the Trustee in accordance with its standard
procedures without liability on its part.

     5.04. Persons Deemed Owners.

     The Trustee and any agent of the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose
of receiving distributions as provided in this Agreement and for all other
purposes whatsoever, and neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall
be affected by any notice to the contrary.

     5.05. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses.

     If three or more Certificateholders (a) request such information in writing
from the Trustee, (b) state that such Certificateholders desire to communicate
with other Certificateholders with respect to their rights under this Agreement
or under the Certificates, and (c) provide a copy of the communication that such
Certificateholders propose to transmit or if the Depositor or the Class A-1B
Certificate Insurer shall request such information in writing from the Trustee,
then the Trustee shall, within ten Business Days after the receipt of such
request, provide the Depositor, the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer or such
Certificateholders at such recipients' expense the most recent list of the
Certificateholders of the Issuing Entity held by the Trustee, if any. The
Depositor and every Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a Certificate,
agree that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of the disclosure
of any such information as to the list of the Certificateholders hereunder,
regardless of the source from which such information was derived.

     5.06. Book-Entry Certificates.

     The Regular Certificates, upon original issuance, shall be issued in the
form of one or more typewritten Certificates representing the Book-Entry
Certificates, to be delivered to the Depository by or on behalf of the
Depositor. The Class C, Class P and Class R Certificates shall be Definitive
Certificates

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(as described below). The Book-Entry Certificates shall initially be registered
on the Certificate Register in the name of the Depository or its nominee, and no
Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate will receive a definitive
certificate representing such Certificate Owner's interest in such Certificates,
except as provided in Section 5.08. Unless and until definitive, fully
registered Certificates ("Definitive Certificates") have been issued to the
Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates pursuant to Section 5.08:

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

          (b) the Depositor and the Trustee may deal with the Depository and the
Depository Participants for all purposes (including the making of distributions)
as the authorized representative of the respective Certificate Owners of the
Book-Entry Certificates;

          (c) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred
by the Trustee except to another Depository;

          (d) the rights of the respective Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry
Certificates shall be exercised only through the Depository and the Depository
Participants and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements
between the Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates and the Depository and/or the
Depository Participants. Pursuant to the Depository Agreement, unless and until
Definitive Certificates are issued pursuant to Section 5.08, the Depository will
make book-entry transfers among the Depository Participants and receive and
transmit distributions of principal and interest on the related Certificates to
such Depository Participants;

          (e) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges
and expenses from its Depository Participants;

          (f) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon
information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository
Participants; and

          (g) to the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict with
any other provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section shall
control.

     For purposes of any provision of this Agreement requiring or permitting
actions with the consent of, or at the direction of, Certificateholders
evidencing a specified percentage of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
any Class of Certificates, such direction or consent may be given by Certificate
Owners (acting through the Depository and the Depository Participants) owning
Book-Entry Certificates evidencing the requisite percentage of principal amount
of such Class of Certificates.

     5.07. Notices to Depository.

     Whenever any notice or other communication is required to be given to
Certificateholders of the Class with respect to which Book-Entry Certificates
have been issued, unless and until Definitive Certificates shall have been
issued to the related Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall give all such
notices and communications to the Depository.

     5.08. Definitive Certificates.

     If, after Book-Entry Certificates have been issued with respect to any
Certificates, (a) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee that the
Depository is no longer willing, qualified or able to discharge properly its
responsibilities under the Depository Agreement with respect to such
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and the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (b)
the Depositor notifies the Trustee and the Depository of its intent to terminate
the book-entry system through the Depository and, upon receipt of notice of such
intent from the Depository, the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry
Certificates agree to initiate such termination or (c) after the occurrence and
continuation of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners of such Book-Entry
Certificates having not less than 51% of the Voting Rights evidenced by any
Class of Book-Entry Certificates advise the Trustee and the Depository in
writing through the Depository Participants that the continuation of a
book-entry system with respect to Certificates of such Class through the
Depository (or its successor) is no longer in the best interests of the
Certificate Owners of such Class, then the Trustee shall notify all Certificate
Owners of such Book-Entry Certificates, through the Depository, of the
occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive Certificates
to Certificate Owners of such Class requesting the same. The Depositor shall
provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the
issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon surrender to the Trustee
of any such Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by registration
instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee, as
authenticating agent, shall authenticate and the Trustee shall deliver such
Definitive Certificates. Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee shall be liable
for any delay in delivery of such instructions and each may conclusively rely
on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance
of such Definitive Certificates, all references herein to obligations imposed
upon or to be performed by the Depository shall be deemed to be imposed upon and
performed by the Trustee, to the extent applicable with respect to such
Definitive Certificates and the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of such
Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder.

     5.09. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

     The Trustee will maintain or cause to be maintained at its expense an
office or offices or agency or agencies where Certificates may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange. The Trustee initially designates its
offices at Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479,
Attention: Client Services Manager - Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
Series 2006-WMC1 as offices for such purposes. The Trustee will give prompt
written notice to the Certificateholders of any change in such location of any
such office or agency.

                                   ARTICLE VI.

                         THE DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICER

     6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Servicer.

     The Depositor and the Servicer shall each be liable in accordance herewith
only to the extent of the obligations specifically and respectively imposed upon
and undertaken by them herein.

     6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Servicer.

     Except as provided in the next paragraph, the Depositor and the Servicer
will each keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a
corporation or banking association under the laws of the United States or under
the laws of one of the States thereof and will each obtain and preserve its
qualification to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in
which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Agreement, or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform
its respective duties under this Agreement.

     Any Person into which the Depositor or the Servicer may be merged or
consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which
the Depositor or the Servicer shall be a party,

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or any Person succeeding to the business of the Depositor or the Servicer, shall
be the successor of the Depositor or the Servicer, as the case may be,
hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding (except for the execution of an assumption agreement where such
succession is not effected by operation of law); provided, however, that the
successor or surviving Person to the Servicer shall be qualified to sell
mortgage loans to, and to service mortgage loans on behalf of, Fannie Mae or
Freddie Mac.

     6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Servicer and Others.

     None of the Depositor, the Servicer nor any of the directors, officers,
employees or agents of the Depositor or the Servicer shall be under any
liability to the Issuing Entity or the Certificateholders for any action taken
or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this
Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision
shall not protect the Depositor, the Servicer or any such Person against any
breach of representations or warranties made by it herein or protect the
Depositor, the Servicer or any such Person from any liability that would
otherwise be imposed by reasons of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence
in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations
and duties hereunder. The Depositor or the Servicer and any director, officer,
employee or agent of the Depositor or the Servicer may rely in good faith on any
document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person
respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Depositor or the Servicer and any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor or the Servicer, together
with the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer shall be indemnified by the Issuing
Entity and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense (including
reasonable legal fees and disbursements of counsel), incurred on their part that
may be sustained in connection with, arising out of, or related to the
performance of their duties under this Agreement or incurred in connection with
any audit, controversy or judicial proceeding relating to a governmental taxing
authority or any legal action (including any pending or threatened claim or
legal action) relating to this Agreement or the Certificates, other than any
loss, liability or expense (i) incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad
faith or negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of
reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder or (ii) which does not
constitute an "unanticipated expense" within the meaning of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii). Neither the Depositor nor the Servicer shall be
under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is
not incidental to its respective duties hereunder and that in its opinion may
involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that either of the
Depositor or the Servicer in its discretion may undertake any such action that
it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and the rights
and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders hereunder. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of
such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be, expenses, costs and
liabilities of the Issuing Entity, and the Depositor and the Servicer shall be
entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the Collection Account as provided by
Section 3.08 hereof.

     6.04. Limitation on Resignation of Servicer.

     The Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby
imposed on it except upon determination that its duties hereunder are no longer
permissible under applicable law. Any such determination permitting the
resignation of the Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such
effect delivered to the Trustee. No such resignation shall become effective
until the Trustee or a successor servicer reasonably acceptable to the Trustee
is appointed and has assumed the Servicer's responsibilities, duties,
liabilities and obligations hereunder. Any such resignation shall not relieve
the Servicer of any of the obligations specified in Section 7.01 and 7.02 as
obligations that survive the resignation or termination of the Servicer.

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     6.05. Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds.

     The Servicer shall, for so long as it acts as servicer under this
Agreement, obtain and maintain in force (a) a policy or policies of insurance
covering errors and omissions in the performance of its obligations as servicer
hereunder, and (b) a fidelity bond in respect of its officers, employees and
agents. Each such policy or policies and bond shall, together, comply with the
requirements from time to time of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac for Persons
performing servicing for mortgage loans purchased by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.
The Servicer shall provide the Trustee, upon request, with copies of such
policies and fidelity bond or a certification from the insurance provider
evidencing such policies and fidelity bond. In the event that any such policy or
bond ceases to be in effect, the Servicer shall use its reasonable commercial
efforts to obtain a comparable replacement policy or bond from an insurer or
issuer meeting the requirements set forth above as of the date of such
replacement.

     6.06. Special Servicing Agreements.

     The Servicer may enter into a special servicing advisory agreement with an
unaffiliated holder of the Class R Certificate and/or one or more other classes
of subordinated certificates or an advisor thereto designated by such holder.
Pursuant to such agreement, the Servicer may provide such holder or advisor, in
its capacity as special servicing advisor, with loan-level information with
respect to the Mortgage Loans, and such holder or advisor may advise the
Servicer with respect to the commencement of foreclosure proceedings or other
actions to liquidate such Mortgage Loans and/or any other efforts to maximize
recoveries with respect to such Mortgage Loans.

                                  ARTICLE VII.

                        DEFAULT; TERMINATION OF SERVICER

     7.01. Events of Default.

          (a) "Event of Default," wherever used herein, means any one of the
following events:

               (i) any failure by the Servicer to deposit in the Collection
     Account or the Certificate Account or remit to the Trustee (a) any payment
     (excluding Advances) required to be made under the terms of this Agreement,
     which failure shall continue unremedied for three (3) Business Days or (b)
     Advances required to be made under Section 4.01 hereof, which failure shall
     continue unremedied as of 3:00 p.m. New York City Time on the Business Day
     immediately prior to the related Distribution Date; or

               (ii) any failure by the Servicer to observe or perform in any
     material respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of
     the Servicer contained in this Agreement or any representation or warranty
     shall prove to be untrue, which failure or breach shall continue unremedied
     for a period of 60 days after the date on which written notice of such
     failure shall have been given to the Servicer by the Trustee or the
     Depositor; or

               (iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory
     authority having jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver or
     liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets
     and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or
     liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Servicer
     and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or
     unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

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               (iv) consent by the Servicer to the appointment of a receiver or
     liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets
     and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Servicer or
     all or substantially all of the property of the Servicer; or

               (v) admission by the Servicer in writing of its inability to pay
     its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage
     of, or commence a voluntary case under, any applicable insolvency or
     reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its
     creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; or

               (vi) any failure by the Servicer to duly perform, within the
     required time period, its obligations under Sections 3.17, 3.18, 3.20 and
     3.22 of this Agreement, which failure continues unremedied 2 Business Days
     after receipt by the Servicer of telephonic and written notice thereof.

     If an Event of Default shall occur with respect to the Servicer pursuant to
subsection (i) of this Section 7.01, the Trustee shall by notice in writing to
the Servicer (with a copy to each Rating Agency), terminate all of the rights
and obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage
Loans and the proceeds thereof, other than its rights as a Certificateholder
hereunder. If an Event of Default shall occur with respect to the Servicer
pursuant to subsection (ii) - (vi) of this Section 7.01, then, and in each and
every such case, so long as such Event of Default shall not have been remedied
within the applicable grace period, the Trustee may, by notice in writing to the
Servicer (with a copy to each Rating Agency), terminate all of the rights and
obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage
Loans and the proceeds thereof, other than its rights as a Certificateholder
hereunder. On or after the receipt by the Servicer of any such written notice,
all authority and power of the Servicer hereunder, whether with respect to the
Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee. To the
extent the Event of Default resulted from the failure of the Servicer to make a
required Advance, the Trustee shall thereupon make any Advance described in
Section 4.01 hereof subject to Section 3.04 hereof. The Trustee is hereby
authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Servicer, as
attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and
to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect
the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and
endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or
otherwise. Unless expressly provided in such written notice, no such termination
shall affect any obligation of the Servicer to pay amounts owed pursuant to
Article VIII. The Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Trustee in effecting the
termination of the Servicer's responsibilities and rights hereunder, including,
without limitation, the transfer to the Trustee of all cash amounts which shall
at the time be credited to the Collection Account, or thereafter be received
with respect to the Mortgage Loans. The Servicer and the Trustee shall promptly
notify the Rating Agencies of the occurrence of an Event of Default or an event
that, with notice, passage of time, other action or any combination of the
foregoing would be an Event of Default, such notice to be provided in any event
within two Business Days of such occurrence.

     Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of the Servicer
hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive, out of any late collection
of a Scheduled Payment on a Mortgage Loan that was due prior to the notice
terminating the Servicer's rights and obligations as Servicer hereunder and
received after such notice, that portion thereof to which the Servicer would
have been entitled pursuant to Section 3.08(a), and any other amounts payable to
the Servicer hereunder the entitlement to which arose prior to the termination
of its activities hereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
upon termination of the Servicer hereunder, any liabilities of the Servicer
which accrued prior to such termination shall survive such termination.

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     7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.

     On and after the time the Servicer receives a notice of termination
pursuant to Section 7.01 hereof, the Trustee shall, to the extent provided in
Section 3.04, be the successor to the Servicer in its capacity as servicer under
this Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for herein and shall
be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto
placed on the Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof and applicable law
including the obligation to make advances pursuant to Section 4.01. As
compensation therefor, subject to the last paragraph of Section 7.01, the
Trustee shall be entitled to all fees, compensation and reimbursement for costs
and expenses that the Servicer would have been entitled to hereunder if the
Servicer had continued to act hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
Trustee has become the successor to the Servicer in accordance with Section 7.01
hereof, the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to so act, or shall, if it is
prohibited by applicable law from making Advances pursuant to Section 4.01
hereof or if it is otherwise unable to so act, appoint, or petition a court of
competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established mortgage loan servicing
institution the appointment of which does not adversely affect the then current
rating of the Certificates by each Rating Agency as the successor to the
Servicer hereunder in the assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities,
duties or liabilities of the Servicer hereunder. Any successor servicer shall be
an institution that is a Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac approved seller/servicer in
good standing, that has a net worth of at least $15,000,000, and that is willing
to service the Mortgage Loans and executes and delivers to the Depositor, the
Class A-1B Certificate Insurer and the Trustee an agreement accepting such
delegation and assignment, that contains an assumption by such Person of the
rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of the
Servicer (other than liabilities of the Servicer under Section 6.03 hereof
incurred prior to termination of the Servicer under Section 7.01), with like
effect as if originally named as a party to this Agreement; and provided further
that each Rating Agency acknowledges that its rating of the Certificates in
effect immediately prior to such assignment and delegation will not be qualified
or reduced as a result of such assignment and delegation. No appointment of a
successor to the Servicer hereunder shall be effective until the Trustee shall
have consented thereto and written notice of such proposed appointment shall
have been provided by the Trustee to each Certificateholder. The Trustee shall
not resign as servicer until a successor servicer has been appointed and has
accepted such appointment. Pending appointment of a successor to the Servicer
hereunder, the Trustee, unless the Trustee is prohibited by law from so acting,
shall, subject to Section 3.04 hereof, act in such capacity as hereinabove
provided. In connection with such appointment and assumption, the Trustee may
make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on
Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall agree; provided, however, that no
such compensation shall be in excess of that permitted the Servicer hereunder.
The Trustee and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this
Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. Neither the
Trustee nor any other successor servicer shall be deemed to be in default
hereunder by reason of any failure to make, or any delay in making, any
distribution hereunder or any portion thereof or any failure to perform, or any
delay in performing, any duties or responsibilities hereunder, in either case
caused by the failure of the Servicer to deliver or provide, or any delay in
delivering or providing, any cash, information, documents or records to it.

     Any successor to the Servicer as servicer shall give notice to the
Mortgagors of such change of servicer and shall, during the term of its service
as servicer maintain in force the policy or policies that the Servicer is
required to maintain pursuant to Section 6.05.

     7.03. Notification to Certificateholders.

          (a) Upon any termination of or appointment of a successor to the
Servicer, the Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to
Certificateholders, the Depositor, the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer and to
each Rating Agency.

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          (b) Within 60 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders and the Class A-1B
Certificate Insurer notice of each such Event of Default hereunder known to the
Trustee, unless such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived.

                                  ARTICLE VIII.

                             CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

     8.01. Duties of the Trustee.

     The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the
curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to
perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Agreement. In case an Event of Default has occurred and remains uncured, the
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Agreement and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such person's own affairs. In case an Event of Default or other default by the
Servicer or the Depositor hereunder shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee
shall, at the written direction of the majority of the Certificateholders, or
may, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Certificateholders under this Agreement by a suit, action or proceeding in
equity or at law or otherwise, whether for the specific performance of any
covenant or agreement contained in this agreement or in aid of the execution of
any power granted in this Agreement or for the enforcement of any other legal,
equitable or other remedy, as the Trustee, being advised by counsel and subject
to the foregoing, shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of the
rights of the Trustee and the Certificateholders.

     The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements,
opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the
Trustee that are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provision
of this Agreement, shall examine them to determine whether they conform on their
face to the requirements of this Agreement. If any such instrument is found not
to conform on its face to the requirements of this Agreement in a material
manner, the Trustee shall notify the person providing such Agreement of such
non-conformance, and if the instrument is not corrected to the Trustee's
satisfaction, the Trustee will provide notice thereof to the Certificateholders
and take such further action as directed by the Certificateholders.

     No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee
from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or
its own misconduct, its negligent failure to perform its obligations in
compliance with this Agreement, or any liability that would be imposed by reason
of its willful misfeasance or bad faith; provided, however, that:

          (a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, and after the
curing of all such Events of Default that may have occurred, the duties and
obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions
of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be liable, individually or as Trustee,
except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically
set forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read
into this Agreement against the Trustee and, the Trustee may conclusively rely,
as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and
conforming to the requirements of this Agreement that it reasonably believed in
good faith to be genuine and to have been duly executed by the proper
authorities respecting any matters arising hereunder;

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          (b) the Trustee shall not, individually or as Trustee, be liable for
an error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible
Officers of the Trustee unless the Trustee was negligent or acted in bad faith
or with willful misfeasance; and

          (c) the Trustee shall not be liable, individually or as Trustee, with
respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith
in accordance with the direction of the Holders in accordance with this
Agreement relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Trustee under this Agreement.

     8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.

          (a)  Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:

               (i) the Trustee may request and conclusively rely upon and shall
     be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
     Officer's Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other certificate,
     statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order,
     appraisal, bond or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and
     to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

               (ii) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its choice and any
     advice or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
     protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it
     hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such Opinion of Counsel;

               (iii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken,
     suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized
     or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this
     Agreement;

               (iv) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder and
     after the curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred, the
     Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
     matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
     opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other
     paper or document, unless requested in writing so to do by the Holders of
     each Class of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting
     Rights of such Class;

               (v) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder
     or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents,
     custodians, accountants, attorneys or independent contractors and the
     Trustee will not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the
     part of any agent, custodian, accountant, attorney or independent
     contractor appointed with due care by it hereunder;

               (vi) the Trustee shall not be required to expend its own funds or
     otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its
     duties hereunder if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
     repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such liability is not
     assured to it;

               (vii) the Trustee shall not be liable, individually or as
     Trustee, for any loss on any investment of funds pursuant to this Agreement
     (other than as issuer of the investment security);

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               (viii) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of an
     Event of Default until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have
     received written notice thereof;

               (ix) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
     the trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to make any
     investigation of matters arising hereunder or to institute, conduct or
     defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order
     or direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant to the provisions
     of this Agreement, unless the Certificateholders shall have offered to the
     Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs,
     expenses and liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby;

               (x) if requested by the Servicer, the Trustee may appoint the
     Servicer as the Trustee's attorney-in-fact in order to carry out and
     perform certain activities that are necessary or appropriate for the
     servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this
     Agreement. Such appointment shall be evidenced by a power of attorney in
     such form as may be agreed to by the Trustee and the Servicer. The Trustee
     shall have no liability for any action or inaction of the Servicer in
     connection with such power of attorney and the Trustee shall be indemnified
     by the Servicer for all liabilities, costs and expenses incurred by the
     Trustee in connection with the Servicer's use or misuse of such powers of
     attorney; and

               (xi) the Trustee may rely on the sole judgment of the Depositor
     in determining whether "Eligible Collateral" (as defined in the related Cap
     Contract) has been delivered in an amount equal to the "Exposure" (as
     defined in the related Cap Contract) as contemplated by Section 4(j) of the
     related Cap Contract. The Trustee shall not be liable, individually or as
     Trustee, for any action relating to the determination of whether collateral
     delivered pursuant to the sentence above constitutes "Eligible Collateral."

          (b) All rights of action under this Agreement or under any of the
Certificates, enforceable by the Trustee, may be enforced by the Trustee without
the possession of any of the Certificates, or the production thereof at the
trial or other proceeding relating thereto, and any such suit, action or
proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its name for the
benefit of all the Holders of the Certificates and the Class A-1B Certificate
Insurer, subject to the provisions of this Agreement. The Trustee shall have no
duty (A) to record, file or deposit this Agreement or any agreement referred to
herein or any financing statement or continuation statement evidencing a
security interest, or to undertake any rerecording, refiling or redepositing, as
applicable, thereof, (B) to establish or maintain any insurance or (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 Issuing Entity.

     8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.

     The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the
Depositor or the Servicer, as the case may be, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representation as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, of any Mortgage Loan, or of any
related document other than with respect to the execution and authentication of
the Certificates, if the Trustee executed or authorized the Certificates. The
Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor or
the Servicer of any funds paid to the Depositor or the Servicer in respect of
the Mortgage Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from the Collection Account or
the Certificate Account by the Depositor or the Servicer.

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     8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates.

     The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or
pledgee of Certificates with the same rights as it would have if it was not the
Trustee.

     8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses.

     The Trustee shall be entitled to compensation (which shall not be limited
by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust) for all services rendered by it in the execution of the trusts hereby
created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties
hereunder of the Trustee.

     8.06. Indemnification and Expenses of Trustee.

          (a) The Trustee and its respective directors, officers, employees and
agents shall be entitled to indemnification from the Issuing Entity for any
loss, liability or expense incurred in connection with (i) any audit,
controversy or judicial proceeding relating to a governmental authority or any
legal proceeding incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on their
part, arising out of, or in connection with the acceptance or administration of
the trusts created hereunder and (ii) the performance of their respective duties
hereunder, including any applicable fees and expenses payable hereunder, and the
costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim in connection with
the exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties hereunder, provided
that:

               (i) with respect to any such claim, the Trustee shall have given
     the Depositor written notice thereof promptly after the Trustee shall have
     knowledge thereof; provided that failure to so notify shall not relieve the
     Issuing Entity of the obligation to indemnify the Trustee; however, any
     reasonable delay by the Trustee to provide written notice to the Depositor
     and the Holders promptly after the Trustee shall have obtained knowledge of
     a claim shall not relieve the Issuing Entity of the obligation to indemnify
     the Trustee under this Section 8.06;

               (ii) while maintaining control over its own defense, the Trustee
     shall reasonably cooperate and consult with the Depositor in preparing such
     defense;

               (iii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section
     8.06, the Issuing Entity shall not be liable for settlement of any such
     claim by the Trustee entered into without the prior consent of the
     Depositor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; and

               (iv) indemnification therefor would constitute "unanticipated
     expenses" within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section
     1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii).

     The provisions of this Section 8.06 shall survive any termination of this
Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Trustee and shall be construed
to include, but not be limited to any loss, liability or expense under any
environmental law.

          (b) The Trustee shall be entitled to all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with
this Agreement (including fees and expenses of its counsel and all persons not
regularly in its employment), except any such expenses, disbursements and
advances that either (i) arise from its negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct or (ii) do not constitute "unanticipated expenses" within the meaning
of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii).

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          (c) The Trustee's right to indemnification and reimbursement shall be
subject to a cap of $300,000 in the aggregate in any calendar year, excluding
(i) any Servicing Transfer Costs and (ii) any costs, damages or expenses
incurred by the Trustee in connection with any "high cost" home loans or any
predatory or abusive lending laws, which amounts shall in no case be subject to
any such limitation; provided, however, that such cap shall apply only if NIM
Notes have been issued and shall cease to apply after the date on which any NIM
Notes are paid in full; provided further, however, that amounts incurred by the
Trustee in excess of such annual limit in any calendar year shall be payable to
the Trustee in succeeding calendar years, subject to such annual limit for each
applicable calendar year. Any amounts reimbursable hereunder not in excess of
this cap may be withdrawn by the Trustee from the Certificate Account at any
time.

          (d) The custodian shall be entitled to indemnification and
reimbursement of expenses to the same extent as the Trustee is entitled to such
amounts pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 8.06, without regard
to subsection (c) of this Section 8.06.

     8.07. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.

     The Trustee hereunder shall, at all times, be a corporation or association
organized and doing business under the laws of a state or the United States of
America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers having a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or
examination by federal or state authority and with a credit rating that would
not cause any of the Rating Agencies to reduce their respective ratings of any
Class of Certificates below the ratings issued on the Closing Date (or having
provided such security from time to time as is sufficient to avoid such
reduction). If such corporation or association publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 8.07
the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or association shall be
deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to
be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.07, the Trustee
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section
8.08 hereof. The corporation or national banking association serving as Trustee
may have normal banking and trust relationships with the Depositor and its
respective Affiliates; provided, however, that such corporation cannot be an
Affiliate of the Servicer other than the Trustee in its role as successor to the
Servicer.

     8.08. Resignation and Removal of Trustee.

     The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby
created by (1) giving written notice of resignation to the Depositor by mailing
notice of resignation by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the
Certificateholders at their addresses appearing on the Certificate Register and
each Rating Agency, not less than 60 days before the date specified in such
notice when, subject to Section 8.09, such resignation is to take effect, and
(2) acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee in accordance with Section
8.09 and meeting the qualifications set forth in Section 8.07. If no successor
trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30
days after the giving of such notice or resignation, the resigning Trustee may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
trustee.

     If at any time (i) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of Section 8.07 hereof and shall fail to resign after
written request thereto by the Depositor or (ii) the Trustee shall become
incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a
receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
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Depositor may remove the Trustee and shall promptly appoint a successor trustee
by written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be
delivered to the Trustee, one copy of which shall be delivered to the Servicer
and one copy of which shall be delivered to the successor trustee.

     The Holders evidencing at least 51% of the Voting Rights of all Classes of
Certificates, upon failure of the Trustee to perform its obligations hereunder,
may (with the prior written consent of the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) at any time remove the Trustee and
the Depositor shall appoint a successor trustee by written instrument or
instruments, in triplicate, signed by such Holders or their attorneys-in-fact
duly authorized, one complete set of which instruments shall be delivered by the
successor trustee to the Trustee so removed and one complete set to the
successor so appointed. Notice of any removal of the Trustee shall be given to
each Rating Agency and the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer by the successor
trustee.

     Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor
trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 8.08 shall become
effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in
Section 8.09 hereof.

     8.09. Successor Trustee.

     Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.08 hereof shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and to its predecessor
trustee, the Servicer and the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer an instrument
accepting such appointment hereunder and thereupon the resignation or removal of
the predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all
the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with
the like effect as if originally named as trustee herein.

     No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section
8.09 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be
eligible under the provisions of Section 8.07 hereof and its appointment shall
not adversely affect the then current rating of the Certificates.

     Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this
Section 8.09, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such trustee
hereunder to all Holders of Certificates and the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer.
If the Depositor fails to mail such notice within ten days after acceptance of
appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such
notice to be mailed at the expense of the Depositor.

     8.10. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.

     Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided that such corporation shall be eligible under the provisions of Section
8.07 hereof without the execution or filing of any paper or further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding (except for the execution of an assumption agreement where such
succession is not effected by operation of law).

     8.11. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.

     Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for
the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any
part of the Trust Fund or property securing any

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Mortgage Note may at the time be located, the Servicer and the Trustee acting
jointly shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to
appoint one or more Persons approved by the Trustee to act as co-trustee or
co-trustees jointly with the Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees,
of all or any part of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in
such capacity and for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Class A-1B
Certificate Insurer, such title to the Trust Fund or any part thereof, whichever
is applicable, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 8.11, such
powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Servicer and the Trustee
may consider necessary or desirable. Any such co-trustee or separate trustee
shall be compensated by the Issuing Entity and subject to the written approval
of the Servicer. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any
co-trustee appointed with due care; provided that the appointment of a
co-trustee shall not relieve the Trustee of its obligations hereunder. If the
Servicer shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the
receipt by it of a request to do so, or in the case an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make
such appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required
to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 8.07 and
no notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate
trustee shall be required under Section 8.09.

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

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

          (b) No trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable by reason of
any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and

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

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

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

     8.12. Tax Matters.

          (a) It is intended that each of the REMICs provided for herein shall
constitute, and that the affairs of the Issuing Entity shall be conducted so as
to allow each such REMIC to qualify as, a "real estate mortgage investment
conduit" as defined in and in accordance with the REMIC Provisions. In
furtherance of such intention, the Trustee covenants and agrees that it shall
act as agent (and the Trustee is hereby appointed to act as agent) on behalf of
each of the REMICs provided for herein and that in such capacity it shall: (a)
prepare and file, or cause to be prepared and filed, in a timely manner, a U.S.
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Income Tax Return (Form 1066 or any
successor form adopted by the Internal Revenue Service) and prepare and file or
cause to be prepared and filed with the Internal Revenue Service and applicable
state or local tax authorities income tax or information returns for each
taxable year with respect to each of the REMICs provided for herein, containing
such information and at the times and in the manner as may be required by the
Code or state or local tax laws, regulations, or rules, and furnish or cause to
be furnished to Certificateholders the schedules, statements or information at
such times and in such manner as may be required thereby; (b) within thirty days
of the Closing Date, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Internal Revenue
Service, on Forms 8811 or as otherwise may be required by the Code, the name,
title, address, and telephone number of the person that the holders of the
Certificates may contact for tax information relating thereto, together with
such additional information as may be required by such Form, and update such
information at the time or times in the manner required by the Code for each of
the REMICs provided for herein; (c) make or cause to be made elections, on
behalf of each of the REMICs provided for herein to be treated as a REMIC on the
federal tax return of such REMICs for their first taxable years (and, if
necessary, under applicable state law); (d) prepare and forward, or cause to be
prepared and forwarded, to the Certificateholders and to the Internal Revenue
Service and, if necessary, state tax authorities, all information returns and
reports as and when required to be provided to them in accordance with the REMIC
Provisions, including without limitation, the calculation of any original issue
discount using the Prepayment Assumption; (e) provide information necessary for
the computation of tax imposed on the transfer of a Class R Certificate to a
Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, or an agent (including a broker,
nominee or other middleman) of a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, or a
pass through entity in which a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee is the
record holder of an interest (the reasonable cost of computing and furnishing
such information may be charged to the Person liable for such tax); (f) to the
extent that they are under its control conduct the affairs of each of the REMICs
provided for herein at all times that any Certificates are outstanding so as to
maintain the status of each of the REMICs provided for herein as a REMIC under
the REMIC Provisions; (g) not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit
to take any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of any
of the REMICs provided for herein or result in the imposition of tax upon any
such REMIC; (h) pay, from the sources specified in the last paragraph of this
Section 8.12, the amount of any federal, state and local taxes, including
prohibited transaction taxes as described below, imposed on each of the REMICs
provided for herein prior to the termination of the Trust Fund when and as the
same shall be due and payable (but such obligation shall not prevent the Trustee
or any other appropriate Person from contesting any such tax in appropriate
proceedings and shall not prevent the Trustee from withholding payment of such
tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings); (i) sign or
cause to be signed federal, state or local income tax or information returns;
(j) maintain records relating to each of the REMICs provided for herein,
including but not limited to the income, expenses, assets and liabilities of
each of the REMICs provided for herein, and the fair market value and adjusted
basis of the Trust Fund property determined at such intervals as may be required
by the Code, as may be necessary to prepare the foregoing returns, schedules,
statements or information; and (k) as and when necessary and appropriate,
represent each of the REMICs provided for herein in any administrative or
judicial proceedings relating to an examination or audit by any governmental
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authority, request an administrative adjustment as to any taxable year of any of
the REMICs provided for herein, enter into settlement agreements with any
governmental taxing agency, extend any statute of limitations relating to any
tax item of any of the REMICs provided for herein, and otherwise act on behalf
of each of the REMICs provided for herein in relation to any tax matter
involving any of such REMICs or any controversy involving the Trust Fund.

     In order to enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set forth herein,
the Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the Trustee within 10
days after the Closing Date all information or data that the Trustee requests in
writing and determines to be relevant for tax purposes to the valuations and
offering prices of the Certificates, including, without limitation, the price,
yield, prepayment assumption and projected cash flows of the Certificates and
the Mortgage Loans. Thereafter, the Depositor shall provide to the Trustee
promptly upon written request therefor, any such additional information or data
that the Trustee may, from time to time, request in order to enable the Trustee
to perform its duties as set forth herein. The Depositor hereby agrees to
indemnify the Trustee for any losses, liabilities, damages, claims or expenses
of the Trustee arising from any errors or miscalculations of the Trustee that
result from any failure of the Depositor to provide, or to cause to be provided,
accurate information or data to the Trustee on a timely basis.

     In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited transactions" of any of
the REMICs provided for herein as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on
the "net income from foreclosure property" of any of such REMICs as defined in
Section 860G(c) of the Code, on any contribution to the Trust Fund after the
Startup Day pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any other tax is
imposed, if not paid as otherwise provided for herein, such tax shall be paid by
(i) the Trustee, if any such other tax arises out of or results from a breach by
the Trustee of any of its obligations under this Agreement or as a result of the
location of the Trustee, (ii) any party hereto (other than the Trustee) to the
extent any such other tax arises out of or results from a breach by such other
party of any of its obligations under this Agreement or as a result of the
location of such other party or (iii) in all other cases, or in the event that
any liable party here fails to honor its obligations under the preceding clauses
(i) or (ii), any such tax will be paid first with amounts (other than amounts
received by the Issuing Entity as a payment on any Cap Contract) otherwise to be
distributed to the Class R Certificateholders (pro rata) pursuant to Section
4.04, and second with amounts (other than amounts received by the Issuing Entity
as a payment on any Cap Contract) otherwise to be distributed to all other
Certificateholders in the following order of priority: first, to the Class C
Certificates (pro rata), second, to the Class B-3 Certificates (pro rata),
third, to the Class B-2 Certificates (pro rata), fourth, to the Class B-1
Certificates (pro rata), fifth, to the Class M-6 Certificates (pro rata), sixth,
to the Class M-5 Certificates (pro rata), seventh, to the Class M-4 Certificates
(pro rata), eighth, to the Class M-3 Certificates (pro rata), ninth, to the
Class M-2 Certificates (pro rata), tenth, to the Class M-1 Certificates (pro
rata), and eleventh, to the Class A Certificates (pro rata). Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, to the extent that such tax is
payable by the Class R Certificate, the Trustee is hereby authorized pursuant to
such instruction to retain on any Distribution Date, from the Holders of the
Class R Certificate (and, if necessary, from the Holders of all other
Certificates in the priority specified in the preceding sentence), funds
otherwise distributable to such Holders in an amount sufficient to pay such tax.
The Trustee agrees to promptly notify in writing the party liable for any such
tax of the amount thereof and the due date for the payment thereof.

          (b) Each of the Depositor and the Trustee agrees not to knowingly or
intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the
termination of the REMIC status of any of the REMICs provided for herein or
result in the imposition of a tax upon any of the REMICs provided for herein.

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                                   ARTICLE IX.

                                   TERMINATION

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

          (a) Subject to Section 9.03, the obligations and responsibilities of
the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee created hereby with respect to the
Trust Fund shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) an Optional Termination and
(b) the later of (i) the maturity or other liquidation (or any Advance with
respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and the
disposition of all REO Property and (ii) the distribution to Certificateholders
of all amounts required to be distributed to them pursuant to this Agreement, as
applicable. In no event shall the trusts created hereby continue beyond the
earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of
the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States
to the Court of St. James's, living on the date hereof and (ii) the Latest
Possible Maturity Date.

          (b) On or before the Determination Date following the Initial Optional
Termination Date, the Trustee shall attempt to terminate the Trust Fund by
conducting an auction of all of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties via a
solicitation of bids from at least three (3) bidders, each of which shall be a
nationally recognized participant in mortgage finance (the "Auction"). In
addition, the Trustee will also solicit a bid from each Holder of a Class C
Certificate. The Depositor and the Trustee agree to work in good faith to
develop bid procedures in advance of the Initial Optional Termination Date to
govern the operation of the Auction. The Trustee shall be entitled to retain an
investment banking firm and/or other agents in connection with the Auction, the
cost of which shall be included in the Optional Termination Price (unless an
Optional Termination does not occur in which case such costs shall be an expense
of the Issuing Entity). The Trustee shall accept the highest bid received at the
Auction; provided that the amount of such bid equals or exceeds the Optional
Termination Price. The Trustee shall determine the Optional Termination Price
based upon information provided by (i) the Servicer with respect to the amounts
described in clauses (A) and (B) of the definition of "Optional Termination
Price" (other than Trustee expenses), (ii) the Depositor with respect to the
information described in clause (C) of the definition of "Optional Termination
Price." The Trustee may conclusively rely upon the information provided to it in
accordance with the immediately preceding sentence and shall not have any
liability for the failure of any party to provide such information.

     If an Optional Termination does not occur as a result of the Auction's
failure to achieve the Optional Termination Price, the Servicer may, on any
Distribution Date following such Auction, at its option, terminate the Trust
Fund by purchasing all of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal
to the Optional Termination Price. In connection with such termination, the
Optional Termination Price shall be delivered to the Trustee no later than the
Business Day immediately preceding the related Distribution Date.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Optional Termination Amount
paid to the Trustee by the winning bidder at the Auction or by the Servicer
shall be deposited by the Trustee directly into the Certificate Account
immediately upon receipt. Upon any termination as a result of an Auction, the
Trustee shall, out of the Optional Termination Amount deposited into the
Certificate Account, (x) reimburse the Trustee for its costs and expenses
necessary to conduct the Auction and any other unreimbursed amounts owing to it
and (y) pay to the Servicer, the aggregate amount of any unreimbursed
out-of-pocket costs and expenses owed to the Servicer and any unpaid or
unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances and Servicing Advances.

          (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clause (b) above, in
the event that the Trustee receives the written opinion of a nationally
recognized participant in mortgage finance acceptable to the Sponsor that the
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saleable at a price sufficient to achieve the Optional Termination Price, the
Trustee need not conduct the Auction. In such event, the Servicer shall have the
option to purchase the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at the Optional
Termination Price as of the Initial Optional Termination Date.

     9.02. Final Distribution on the Certificates.

     If on any Determination Date, (i) the Trustee determines that there are no
Outstanding Mortgage Loans and no other funds or assets in the Trust Fund other
than the funds in the Collection Account, the Trustee shall send a final
distribution notice promptly to each Certificateholder and to the Class A-1B
Certificate Insurer or (ii) the Trustee determines that a Class of Certificates
shall be retired after a final distribution on such Class, the Trustee shall
notify the Certificateholders within seven (7) Business Days after such
Determination Date that the final distribution in retirement of such Class of
Certificates is scheduled to be made on the immediately following Distribution
Date. Any final distribution made pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence
will be made only upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the
office of the Trustee specified in such notice.

     Notice of any termination of the Trust Fund, specifying the Distribution
Date on which Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates for payment of
the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly by the Trustee
by letter to Certificateholders and to the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer mailed
no later than the last calendar day of the month immediately preceding the month
of such final distribution (or with respect to an Auction, mailed no later than
one Business Day following completion of such Auction). Any such notice shall
specify (a) the Distribution Date upon which final distribution on the
Certificates will be made upon presentation and surrender of Certificates at the
office therein designated, (b) the location of the office or agency at which
such presentation and surrender must be made, and (c) that the Record Date
otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable, distributions
being made only upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the
office therein specified. The Trustee will give such notice to each Rating
Agency at the time such notice is given to Certificateholders.

     In the event such notice is given, the Servicer shall cause all funds in
the Collection Account to be deposited in the Certificate Account on the
Business Day prior to the applicable Distribution Date in an amount equal to the
final distribution in respect of the Certificates and any Reimbursement Amounts
due to the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer. Upon such final deposit with respect
to the Trust Fund, certification to the Trustee that such required amount has
been deposited in the Trust Fund and the receipt by the Trustee of a Request for
Release therefor, the Trustee (or its custodian) shall promptly release the
Mortgage Files for the Mortgage Loans.

     Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee shall
cause to be distributed to Certificateholders of each Class and to the Class
A-1B Certificate Insurer the amounts allocable to such Certificates and to the
Class A-1B Certificate Insurer held in the Certificate Account in the order and
priority set forth in Section 4.04 hereof on the final Distribution Date and in
proportion to their respective Percentage Interests.

     In the event that any affected Certificateholders shall not surrender
Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date specified in the
above mentioned written notice, the Trustee shall give a second written notice
to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for
cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within
six months after the second notice all the applicable Certificates shall not
have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may take appropriate steps,
or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact the remaining
Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates, and the cost
thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other assets that remain a part of
the Trust Fund. If within one year after the second notice all Certificates
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not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Class R Certificateholders shall
be entitled to all unclaimed funds and other assets of the Trust Fund that
remain subject hereto. Upon payment to the Class R Certificateholders of such
funds and assets, the Trustee shall have no further duties or obligations with
respect thereto.

     9.03. Additional Termination Requirements.

          (a) In the event the Trustee or the Servicer completes an Optional
Termination as provided in Section 9.01, the Trust Fund shall be terminated in
accordance with the following additional requirements, unless the Trustee has
been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the Trustee or the
Servicer, as applicable, to the effect that the failure of the Trust Fund to
comply with the requirements of this Section 9.03 will not (i) result in the
imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of any of the REMICs provided
for herein as defined in Section 860F of the Code, or (ii) cause any of the
REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding:

               (i) The Depositor shall establish a 90-day liquidation period and
     notify the Trustee thereof, and the Trustee shall in turn specify the first
     day of such period in a statement attached to the final tax returns of each
     of the REMICs provided for herein pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section
     1.860F-1. The Depositor shall satisfy all the requirements of a qualified
     liquidation under Section 860F of the Code and any regulations thereunder,
     as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel obtained at the expense of the
     Servicer;

               (ii) During such 90-day liquidation period, and at or prior to
     the time of making the final payment on the Certificates, the Depositor as
     agent of the Trustee shall sell all of the assets of the Trust Fund for
     cash; and

               (iii) At the time of the making of the final payment on the
     Certificates, the Trustee shall distribute or credit, or cause to be
     distributed or credited, to the Class R Certificateholders all cash on hand
     (other than cash retained to meet outstanding claims), and the Trust Fund
     shall terminate at that time, whereupon the Trustee shall have no further
     duties or obligations with respect to sums distributed or credited to the
     Class R Certificateholders.

          (b) By their acceptance of the Certificates, the Holders thereof
hereby authorize the Depositor to specify the 90-day liquidation period for the
Trust Fund, which authorization shall be binding upon all successor
Certificateholders.

          (c) The Trustee as agent for each REMIC hereby agrees, upon the
written request of the Depositor and the receipt of the Opinion of Counsel
referred to in Section 9.03(a), to adopt and sign such a plan of complete
liquidation prepared and delivered to it by the Depositor and to take such other
action in connection therewith as may be reasonably requested by the Depositor.

          (d) Notwithstanding any other terms of this Agreement, prior to any
termination of the Trust Fund, the Servicer may prepare a reconciliation of all
Advances and Servicing Advances made by it for which it has not been reimbursed
and a reasonable estimate of all additional Servicing Advances and other costs
for which it would be entitled to be reimbursed if the Trust Fund were not being
terminated, including without limitation, any Servicing Advances and other costs
arising under Section 6.03 (Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the
Servicer and Others), and the Servicer may recover these Advances, Servicing
Advances and estimated Servicing Advances and other costs from the Collection
Account (to the extent that such recovery of Servicing Advances, estimated
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Advances and other costs constitutes "unanticipated expenses" within the meaning
of Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii)).

          (e) Notwithstanding any other terms of this Agreement, unless the
Servicer previously has notified the Trustee that it has entered into a
servicing agreement for the servicing after the termination date of the Trust
Fund assets, at least 20 days prior to any termination of the Trust Fund, the
Trustee or the Depositor shall notify the Servicer in writing to transfer the
assets of the Trust Fund as of the termination date to the person specified in
the notice, or if such person is not then known, to continue servicing the
assets until the date that is 20 days after the termination date and on the
termination date, the Trustee or the Depositor shall notify the Servicer of the
person to whom the assets should be transferred on that date. In the latter
event the Servicer shall be entitled to recover its servicing fee and any
advances made for the interim servicing period from the collections on the
assets which have been purchased from the Trust and the new owner of the assets,
and the agreements for the new owner to obtain ownership of the assets of the
Trust Fund shall so provide.

                                   ARTICLE X.

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     10.01. Amendment.

     This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer
but without the consent of any of the Certificateholders to,

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

               (ii) to correct, modify or supplement any provision herein which
may be inconsistent with the Prospectus Supplement or any other provision
herein,

               (iii) to add any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Agreement, or

               (iv) to modify, alter, amend, add to or rescind any of the terms
or provisions contained in this Agreement, provided, however, that, in the case
of clauses (iii) and (iv), such amendment will not, as evidenced by an Opinion
of Counsel to such effect, adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Holder; provided, further, however, that such amendment will be
deemed to not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any
Holder if the Person requesting such amendment obtains a letter from each Rating
Agency stating that such amendment will not result in a reduction or withdrawal
of its rating of any Class of the Certificates, it being understood and agreed
that any such letter in and of itself will not represent a determination as to
the materiality of any such amendment and will represent a determination only as
to the credit issues affecting any such rating. In addition, this Agreement may
be amended form time to time by the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee with
the consent of the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer but without the consent of any
of the Certificateholders to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, but without the consent of the
Certificateholders, the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee may at any time
and from time to time amend this Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of
its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary or appropriate to maintain
the qualification of any of the REMICs provided for herein as REMICs under the
Code or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any tax on the
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herein pursuant to the Code that would be a claim against the Issuing Entity at
any time prior to the final redemption of the Certificates, provided that the
Trustee and the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer shall have been provided an
Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee and the Class A-1B Certificate
Insurer, which opinion shall be an expense of the party requesting such
amendment but in any case shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Issuing
Entity, to the effect that such action is necessary or appropriate to maintain
such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of such a
tax.

     This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Certificates affected thereby
evidencing not less than 66 2/3% of the Voting Rights, and with the consent of
the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer for the purpose of adding any provisions to
or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement
or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates;
provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the
amount of, or delay the timing of, payments required to be distributed on any
Certificate without the consent of the Holder of such Certificate, (ii)
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders of any
Class of Certificates in a manner other than as described in (i), without the
consent of the Holders of Certificates of such Class evidencing 66 2/3% or more
of the Voting Rights of such Class or (iii) reduce the aforesaid percentages of
Certificates the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment
without the consent of the Holders of all such Certificates then outstanding.

     Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the Trustee shall
not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it and the Class A-1B
Certificate Insurer shall have first received an Opinion of Counsel addressed to
the Trustee and the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer, which opinion shall be an
expense of the party requesting such amendment but in any case shall not be an
expense of the Trustee or the Issuing Entity, to the effect that such amendment
will not cause the imposition of any tax on the Issuing Entity, any of the
REMICs provided for herein or the Certificateholders or cause any of the REMICs
provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding.

     Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement requiring
the consent of Certificateholders, the Trustee or, upon the written request of
the Trustee to the Servicer, the Servicer shall furnish written notification of
the substance of such amendment to each Certificateholder, the Class A-1B
Certificate Insurer and each Rating Agency.

     It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall
be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of
obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution
thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as
the Trustee may prescribe.

     Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Trustee to enter into an
amendment without receiving an Opinion of Counsel, satisfactory to the Trustee
that (i) such amendment is permitted and is not prohibited by this Agreement and
that all requirements for amending this Agreement have been complied with; and
(ii) either (A) the amendment does not adversely affect in any material respect
the interests of any Certificateholder or (B) the conclusion set forth in the
immediately preceding clause (A) is not required to be reached pursuant to this
Section 10.01.

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

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     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 11.01, the Trustee
and the Servicer shall reasonably cooperate with the Depositor and its counsel
to enter into such amendments or modifications to the Agreement as may be
necessary to comply with Regulation AB and any interpretation thereof by the
Commission.

     10.02. Counterparts.

     This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of
counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and
such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

     10.03. Governing Law.

     THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE
SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO
BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES
THEREOF.

     10.04. Intention of Parties.

     It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance of the
Mortgage Notes, Mortgages, assignments of Mortgages, title insurance policies
and any modifications, extensions and/or assumption agreements and private
mortgage insurance policies relating to the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to
the Trustee be, and be construed as, an absolute sale thereof to the Trustee. It
is, further, not the intention of the parties that such conveyance be deemed a
pledge thereof by the Depositor to the Trustee. However, in the event that,
notwithstanding the intent of the parties, such assets are held to be the
property of the Depositor, or if for any other reason this Agreement is held or
deemed to create a security interest in such assets, then (i) this Agreement
shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State of New York and (ii) the conveyance provided for in
this Agreement shall be deemed to be an assignment and a grant by the Depositor
to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, of a security
interest in all of the assets that constitute the Trust Fund, whether now owned
or hereafter acquired.

     The Depositor for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Class A-1B
Certificate Insurer shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take
such actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed
to create a security interest in the assets of the Trust Fund, such security
interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first priority
under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of the
Agreement. The Depositor shall arrange for filing any Uniform Commercial Code
continuation statements in connection with any security interest granted or
assigned to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders.

     10.05. Notices.

          (a) The Trustee shall use its best efforts to promptly provide notice
to each Rating Agency and the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer with respect to
each of the following of which it has actual knowledge:

               (i) Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;

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               (ii) The occurrence of any Event of Default that has not been
     cured;

               (iii) The resignation or termination of the Trustee or the
     Servicer and the appointment of any successor;

               (iv) The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant to
     Sections 2.02, 2.03 and 3.12;

               (v) The final payment to Certificateholders; and

               (vi) Any change in the location of the Certificate Account.

          (b) The Trustee shall promptly furnish or make available to each
Rating Agency copies of the following:

               (i) Each report to Certificateholders described in Section 4.05;

               (ii) Each annual statement as to compliance described in Section
     3.17; and

               (iii) Each annual independent public accountants' servicing
     report described in Section 3.18.

All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given when delivered to (a) in the case of the
Depositor, Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. 250 Vesey Street, 4 World
Financial Center, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10080, Attention: Asset-Backed
Finance; (b) in the case of the Rating Agencies, (i) Standard & Poor's Ratings
Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 55 Water Street, New
York, New York 10041; and (ii) Moody's Investors Service, Inc., 99 Church
Street, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10007; (c) in the case of the Servicer,
Wilshire Credit Corporation, 14523 S.W. Millikan Way, Suite 200, Beaverton,
Oregon 97005, Attention: Heidi Peterson; (d) in the case of the Trustee, Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A., 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, Attention:
Client Services Manager - Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series
2006-WMC1; (e) in the case of the Cap Contract Counterparty, The Royal Bank of
Scotland plc 20 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4RB, Attention:Legal Department -
Derivatives Documentation; (f) in the case of the Class A-1B Certificate
Insurer, CIFG Assurance North America, Inc. 825 Third Avenue, 6th Floor New
York, New York 10022, Attention: General Counsel, Facsimile: (212) 909-3959; and
in the case of any of the foregoing persons, such other addresses as may
hereafter be furnished by any such persons to the other parties to this
Agreement. Notices to Certificateholders shall be deemed given when mailed,
first class postage prepaid, to their respective addresses appearing in the
Certificate Register.

     10.06. Severability of Provisions.

     If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of
this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the
remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall
in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this
Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.

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     10.07. Assignment.

     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except as
provided pursuant to Section 6.02, this Agreement may not be assigned by the
Servicer without the prior written consent of the Trustee and Depositor;
provided, however, the Servicer is hereby authorized to enter into an Advance
Facility under which (l) the Servicer sells, assigns or pledges to an Advancing
Person the Servicer's rights under this Agreement to be reimbursed for any
Advances or Servicing Advances and/or (2) an Advancing Person agrees to fund
some or all Advances or Servicing Advances required to be made by the Servicer
pursuant to this Agreement. No consent of the Trustee, Certificateholders or any
other party is required before the Servicer may enter into an Advance Facility.
Notwithstanding the existence of any Advance Facility under which an Advancing
Person agrees to fund Advances and/or Servicing Advances on the Servicer's
behalf, the Servicer shall remain obligated pursuant to this Agreement to make
Advances and Servicing Advances pursuant to and as required by this Agreement,
and shall not be relieved of such obligations by virtue of such Advance
Facility.

     Reimbursement amounts shall consist solely of amounts in respect of
Advances and/or Servicing Advances made with respect to the Mortgage Loans for
which the Servicer would be permitted to reimburse itself in accordance with
this Agreement, assuming the Servicer had made the related Advance(s) and/or
Servicing Advance(s).

     The Servicer shall maintain and provide to any successor servicer a
detailed accounting on a loan by loan basis as to amounts advanced by, pledged
or assigned to, and reimbursed to any Advancing Person. The successor servicer
shall be entitled to rely on any such information provided by the predecessor
Servicer, and the successor servicer shall not be liable for any errors in such
information.

     An Advancing Person who purchases or receives an assignment or pledge of
the rights to be reimbursed for Advances and/or Servicing Advances, and/or whose
obligations hereunder are limited to the funding of Advances and/or Servicing
Advances shall not be required to meet the criteria for qualification of a
Sub-Servicer set forth in this Agreement.

     The documentation establishing any Advance Facility shall require that such
reimbursement amounts distributed with respect to each Mortgage Loan be
allocated to outstanding unreimbursed Advances or Servicing Advances (as the
case may be) made with respect to that Mortgage Loan on a "first in, first out"
(FIFO) basis. Such documentation shall also require the Servicer to provide to
the related Advancing Person or its designee loan by loan information with
respect to each such reimbursement amount distributed to such Advancing Person
or Advance Facility trustee on each Distribution Date, to enable the Advancing
Person or Advance Facility trustee to make the FIFO allocation of each such
reimbursement amount with respect to each Mortgage Loan. The Servicer shall
remain entitled to be reimbursed by the Advancing Person or Advance Facility
trustee for all Advances and Servicing Advances funded by the Servicer to the
extent the related rights to be reimbursed therefor have not been sold, assigned
or pledged to an Advancing Person.

     Any amendment to this Section 10.07 or to any other provision of this
Agreement that may be necessary or appropriate to effect the terms of an Advance
Facility as described generally in this Section 10.07, including amendments to
add provisions relating to a successor servicer, may be entered into by the
Trustee and the Servicer, without the consent of any Certificateholder
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, upon receipt by the
Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel that such amendment has no material adverse
effect on the Certificateholders or written confirmation from the Rating
Agencies that such amendment will not adversely affect the ratings on the
Certificates. Prior to entering into an Advance Facility, the Servicer shall
notify the lender under such facility in writing that: (a) the Advances financed
by and/or pledged to the lender are obligations owed to the Servicer on a non
recourse basis

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payable only from the cash flows and proceeds received under this Agreement for
reimbursement of Advances only to the extent provided herein, and the Trustee
and the Issuing Entity are not otherwise obligated or liable to repay any
Advances financed by the lender; (b) the Servicer will be responsible for
remitting to the lender the applicable amounts collected by it as reimbursement
for Advances funded by the lender, subject to the restrictions and priorities
created in this Agreement; and (c) the Trustee shall not have any responsibility
to track or monitor the administration of the financing arrangement between the
Servicer and the lender.

     10.08. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.

     The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to
terminate this Agreement or the Trust Fund, nor entitle such Certificateholder's
legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or
commence any proceeding in any court for a petition or winding up of the Trust
Fund, or otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties
hereto or any of them.

     No Certificateholder or the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer shall have any
right to vote (except as provided herein) or in any manner otherwise control the
operation and management of the Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties
hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth or contained in the terms of the
Certificates be construed so as to constitute the Certificateholders or the
Class A-1B Certificate Insurer from time to time as partners or members of an
association; nor shall any Certificateholder or the Class A-1B Certificate
Insurer be under any liability to any third party by reason of any action taken
by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.

     No Certificateholder or the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer shall have any
right by virtue or by availing itself of any provisions of this Agreement to
institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or
with respect to this Agreement, unless such Holder or the Class A-1B Certificate
Insurer previously shall have given to the Trustee a written notice of an Event
of Default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, the Holders
of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights evidenced by
the Certificates or the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer, as applicable, shall
also have made written request to the Trustee to institute such action, suit or
proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the
Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses,
and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days
after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have
neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding; it being
understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by each
Certificateholder and the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer with every other
Certificateholder and the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer, as applicable, and the
Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates or the Class A-1B
Certificate Insurer shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by
availing itself or themselves of any provisions of this Agreement to affect,
disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other of the Certificates
or the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority
over or preference to any other such Holder or the Class A-1B Certificate
Insurer or to enforce any right under this Agreement, except in the manner
herein provided and for the common benefit of all Certificateholders and the
Class A-1B Certificate Insurer. For the protection and enforcement of the
provisions of this Section 10.08, each and every Certificateholder, the Class
A-1B Certificate Insurer and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can
be given either at law or in equity.

     So long as there is not a continuing default by the Class A-1B Certificate
Insurer of its obligations under the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy, or
certain events with respect to bankruptcy or insolvency as set forth in the
Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy have occurred with respect to the Class
A-1B Insurer, (1) the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer has, and may exercise
without the consent of the Holders of the Class A-1B Certificates, all the
rights of the Holders of the Class A-1B Certificates under this Agreement; (2)
the Depositor and the Trustee shall treat the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer as
if

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the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer were the Holder of all Class A-1B
Certificates; (3) the Class A-1B Insurer shall have the right to exercise all
rights, including (without limitation) consent rights, voting rights and control
rights other wise given to the Holders of the Class A-1B Certificates under this
Agreement and the Holders of the Class A-1B Certificates shall not exercise such
rights without the prior written consent of the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer
and (4) the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer shall have the right to participate
in, to direct the enforcement or defense of and, at the Class A-1B Certificate
Insurer's sole option to institute or assume the defense of, any action,
proceeding or investigation for any remedy available to the Trustee with respect
to any matter that could adversely affect the Class A-1B Certificates or the
rights or obligations of the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer under the this
Agreement, including (without limitation) any insolvency or bankruptcy
proceeding in respect of the Originator, the Seller, the Servicer, the Depositor
or any affiliate thereof. Following written notice to the Trustee, the Class
A-1B Certificate Insurer shall have exclusive right to determine, in its sole
discretion, the actions necessary to preserve and protect the interests of the
Class A-1B Certificateholders. The Class A-1B Certificate Insurer shall be
entitled to reimbursement from the Trust Fund for all reasonable costs and
expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of such rights, provided that
such costs and expenses constitute "unanticipated expenses" within the meaning
of Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii). If (i) the Class A-1B
Certificates have been retired, and any Reimbursement Amount owed to the Class
A-1B Certificate Insurer has been paid, or (ii) there is a continuing default by
the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer of its obligations under the Class A-1B
Certificate Insurance Policy, or certain events with respect to bankruptcy or
insolvency as set forth in the Class A-1B Certificate Insurance Policy have
occurred with respect to the Class A-1B Insurer, the rights of the Class A-1B
Certificate Insurer under this Agreement will terminate.

     10.09. Inspection and Audit Rights.

     The Servicer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it will permit any
representative of the Depositor, subject to a reasonable confidentiality
agreement, or the Trustee during the Servicer's normal business hours, to
examine all the books of account, records, reports and other papers of the
Servicer relating to the Mortgage Loans to make copies and extracts therefrom,
to cause such books to be audited by independent certified public accountants
selected by the Depositor or the Trustee and to discuss its affairs, finances
and accounts relating to the Mortgage Loans with its officers, employees,
agents, counsel and independent public accountants (and by this provision the
Servicer hereby authorizes such accountants to discuss with such representative
such affairs, finances and accounts), all at such reasonable times and as often
as may be reasonably requested. Any out-of-pocket expense incident to the
exercise by the Depositor or the Trustee of any right under this Section 10.09
shall be borne by the party requesting such inspection (except in the case of
the Trustee in which case such expenses shall be borne by the requesting
Certificateholder(s)); all other such expenses shall be borne by the Servicer.

     10.10. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.

     It is the intention of the Depositor that Certificateholders shall not be
personally liable for obligations of the Trust Fund, that the interests in the
Trust Fund represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for any reason
whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due authentication thereof by the
Trustee, as authenticating agent, pursuant to this Agreement, are and shall be
deemed fully paid.

     10.11. Compliance with Regulation AB.

     Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the purpose of
Sections 3.17, 3.18 and 3.20 of this Agreement is to facilitate compliance by
the Depositor with the provisions of Regulation AB, as such may be amended or
clarified from time to time. Therefore, each of the parties agrees that (a) the
obligations of the parties hereunder shall be interpreted in such a manner as to
accomplish compliance

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with Regulation AB, (b) the parties' obligations hereunder will be supplemented
and modified as necessary to be consistent with any such amendments,
interpretive advice or guidance, or convention or consensus among active
participants in the asset-backed securities markets in respect of the
requirements of Regulation AB and (c) the parties shall comply with reasonable
requests made by the Depositor for delivery of that or different information as
is necessary to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB.

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

                                        MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.,
                                        as Depositor

                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name: Matthew Whalen
                                        Title: President

                                        WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
                                        as Trustee

                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name: Michael D. Pinzon
                                        Title: Assistant Vice President

                                        WILSHIRE CREDIT CORPORATION,
                                        as Servicer

                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name: Heidi Peterson
                                        Title: Vice President

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                              FORMS OF CERTIFICATES

                             [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

                                      A-1

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                                   EXHIBIT B-1

                             MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
                                  MORTGAGE POOL

                             [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

                                      B-1-1

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                                   EXHIBIT B-2

                             MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
                            GROUP ONE MORTGAGE LOANS

                             [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

                                      B-2-1

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                                   EXHIBIT B-3

                             MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
                            GROUP TWO MORTGAGE LOANS

                             [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

                                      B-3-1

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                                    EXHIBIT C

                                   [RESERVED]

                                      C-1

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                                    EXHIBIT D

                           FORM OF FINAL CERTIFICATION

                                     [DATE]

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
250 Vesey Street
4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10080

Wilshire Credit Corporation
14523 S.W. Millikan Way,
Suite 200
Beaverton, Oregon 97005

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045

Re: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
    Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-WMC1

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In accordance with Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of January 1, 2006, among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as
depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, and Wilshire Credit Corporation,
as servicer (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned, as
custodian, hereby certifies that [, except as set forth in Schedule A hereto,]
as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto
(other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or listed on the attachment hereto)
it has reviewed the Mortgage File and the Mortgage Loan Schedule and has
determined that:

          (a) All documents in the Mortgage File required to be delivered to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are in
its possession;

          (b) In connection with each Mortgage Loan or Assignment thereof as to
which documentary evidence of recording was not received on the Closing Date, it
has received evidence of such recording; and

          (c) Such documents have been reviewed by it and appear regular on
their face and relate to such Mortgage Loan.

     The custodian has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond confirming (i) that the Mortgage Loan
number, the name of the Mortgagor, the street address (excluding zip code), the
mortgage interest rate at origination, the gross margin (if applicable), the
lifetime rate cap (if applicable), the periodic rate cap (if applicable), the
original principal balance, the first payment due date and the original maturity
date in each Mortgage File conform to the respective Mortgage Loan number and
name listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule and (ii) the existence in each
Mortgage File of each of the documents listed in subparagraphs (i)(A) through
(G), inclusive, of Section 2.01 in the Agreement. The custodian makes no
representations or warranties as to the validity,

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legality, recordability, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any of
the documents contained in each Mortgage Loan or the collectability,
insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan.

     Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the above-referenced Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.

                                        [WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
                                        as Custodian]

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

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                                   EXHIBIT E-1

                FORM OF CLASS R TRANSFEREE'S LETTER AND AFFIDAVIT

                                     [DATE]

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services - Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
           Series 2006-WMC1

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We propose to purchase Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage
Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-WMC1, Class R, described in the
Prospectus Supplement, dated February 10, 2006, and Prospectus, dated January
18, 2006.

     1. We certify that (a) we are not a disqualified organization and (b) we
are not purchasing such Class R Certificate on behalf of a disqualified
organization; for this purpose the term "disqualified organization" means the
United States, any state or political subdivision thereof, any foreign
government, any international organization, any agency or instrumentality of any
of the foregoing (except any entity treated as other than an instrumentality of
the foregoing for purposes of Section 168(h)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code")), any organization (other than a cooperative
described in Section 521 of the Code) that is exempt from taxation under the
Code (unless such organization is subject to tax on excess inclusions) and any
organization that is described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code. We
understand that any breach by us of this certification may cause us to be liable
for an excise tax imposed upon transfers to disqualified organizations.

     2. We certify that (a) we have historically paid our debts as they became
due, (b) we intend, and believe that we will be able, to continue to pay our
debts as they become due in the future, (c) we understand that, as beneficial
owner of the Class R Certificate, we may incur tax liabilities in excess of any
cash flows generated by the Class R Certificate, and (d) we intend to pay any
taxes associated with holding the Class R Certificate as they become due and (e)
we will not cause income from the Class R Certificate to be attributable to a
foreign permanent establishment or fixed base (within the meaning of an
applicable income tax treaty) of ours or another U.S. taxpayer.

     3. We acknowledge that we will be the beneficial owner of the Class R
Certificate and:(1)

     [ ]  THE CLASS R CERTIFICATE WILL BE REGISTERED IN OUR NAME.

     [ ]  THE CLASS R CERTIFICATE WILL BE HELD IN THE NAME OF OUR NOMINEE,
          _________________, WHICH IS NOT A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION.

     4. We certify that we are not an employee benefit plan subject to Title I
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), a
plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code or a plan subject to federal, state,
local, non-U.S. or other law substantively similar to the foregoing

----------
(1)  Check appropriate box and if necessary fill in the name of the Transferee's
     nominee.

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provisions of ERISA or the Code (each, a "Plan"), and are not directly or
indirectly acquiring the Class R Certificate on behalf of or with any assets of
a Plan.

     5. We certify that (i) we are a U.S. person or (ii) we will hold the Class
R Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the
United States and have furnished the transferor and the Trustee with a duly
completed and effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or successor form
at the time and in the manner required by the Code; for this purpose the term
"U.S. person" means a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation,
or partnership (unless, in the case of a partnership, Treasury regulations are
adopted that provide otherwise) created or organized in or under the laws of the
United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, including an
entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes,
an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless
of the source of its income, or a trust if a court within the United States is
able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and
one or more such U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial
decisions of the trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury
regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 which are eligible
to elect to be treated as U.S. Persons. We agree that any breach by us of this
certification shall render the transfer of any interest in the Class R
Certificate to us absolutely null and void and shall cause no rights in the
Class R Certificate to vest in us.

     6. We agree that in the event that at some future time we wish to transfer
any interest in the Class R Certificate, we will transfer such interest in the
Class R Certificate only (a) to a transferee that (i) is not a disqualified
organization and is not purchasing such interest in the Class R Certificate on
behalf of a disqualified organization, (ii) is a U.S. person or will hold the
Class R Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within
the United States and will furnish us and the Trustee with a duly completed and
effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or successor form at the time and
in the manner required by the Code and (iii) has delivered to the Trustee a
letter in the form of this letter (including the affidavit appended hereto) and,
we will provide the Trustee a written statement substantially in the form of
Exhibit E-2 to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

     7. We hereby designate _______________________ as our fiduciary to act as
the tax matters person for each of the REMICs provided for in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.

                                        Very truly yours,

                                        [PURCHASER]

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

Accepted as of__________ __, 200__

MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.

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

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                                   APPENDIX A

                              Affidavit pursuant to
          (i) Section 860E(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
 as amended, and (ii) certain provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement

Under penalties of perjury, the undersigned declares that the following is true:

     1.   He or she is an officer of _________________________ (the
          "Transferee"),

     2.   the Transferee's Employer Identification number is __________,

     3.   the Transferee is not a "disqualified organization" (as defined
          below), has no plan or intention of becoming a disqualified
          organization, and is not acquiring any of its interest in the Merrill
          Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
          Certificates, Series 2006-WMC1, Class R Certificate on behalf of a
          disqualified organization or any other entity,

     4.   unless Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.("MLMI") has consented to
          the transfer to the Transferee by executing the form of Consent
          affixed as Appendix B to the Transferee's Letter to which this
          Certificate is affixed as Appendix A, the Transferee is a "U.S.
          person" (as defined below),

     5.   that no purpose of the transfer is to avoid or impede the assessment
          or collection of tax,

     6.   the Transferee has historically paid its debts as they became due,

     7.   the Transferee intends, and believes that it will be able, to continue
          to pay its debts as they become due in the future,

     8.   the Transferee understands that, as beneficial owner of the Class R
          Certificate, it may incur tax liabilities in excess of any cash flows
          generated by the Class R Certificate,

     9.   the Transferee intends to pay any taxes associated with holding the
          Class R Certificate as they become due,

     10.  the Transferee consents to any amendment of the Pooling and Servicing
          Agreement that shall be deemed necessary by MLMI (upon advice of
          counsel) to constitute a reasonable arrangement to ensure that the
          Class R Certificate will not be owned directly or indirectly by a
          disqualified organization, and

     11.  IF BRACKETED, THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATIONS ARE INAPPLICABLE [the
          transfer is not a direct or indirect transfer of the Class R
          Certificate to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base (within
          the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of the Transferee, and
          as to each of the residual interests represented by the Class R
          Certificate, the present value of the anticipated tax liabilities
          associated with holding such residual interest does not exceed the sum
          of:

          A.   the present value of any consideration given to the Transferee to
               acquire such residual interest;

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          B.   the present value of the expected future distributions on such
               residual interest; and

          C.   the present value of the anticipated tax savings associated with
               holding such residual interest as the related REMIC generates
               losses.

     For purposes of this declaration, (i) the Transferee is assumed to pay tax
     at a rate equal to the highest rate of tax specified in Section 11(b)(1) of
     the Code, but the tax rate specified in Section 55(b)(1)(B) of the Code may
     be used in lieu of the highest rate specified in Section 11(b)(1) of the
     Code if the Transferee has been subject to the alternative minimum tax
     under Section 55 of the Code in the preceding two years and will compute
     its taxable income in the current taxable year using the alternative
     minimum tax rate, and (ii) present values are computed using a discount
     rate equal to the Federal short-term rate prescribed by Section 1274(d) of
     the Code for the month of the transfer and the compounding period used by
     the Transferee;]

[(11) (A) at the time of the transfer, and at the close of each of the
     Transferee's two fiscal years preceding the Transferee's fiscal year of
     transfer, the Transferee's gross assets for financial reporting purposes
     exceed $100 million and its net assets for financial reporting purposes
     exceed $10 million; and

     (B)  the Transferee is an eligible corporation as defined in Treasury
          regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i) and has agreed in writing that
          any subsequent transfer of the Class R Certificate will be to another
          eligible corporation in a transaction that satisfies Treasury
          regulation Sections 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i), 1.860E-1(c)(4)(ii),
          1.860E-1(c)(4)(iii) and 1.860E-1(c)(5) and such transfer will not be a
          direct or indirect transfer to a foreign permanent establishment
          (within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of a domestic
          corporation.

For purposes of this declaration, the gross and net assets of the Transferee do
not include any obligation of any related person as defined in Treasury
regulation Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(ii) or any other asset if a principal purpose
for holding or acquiring the other asset is to permit the Transferee to make
this declaration or to satisfy the requirements of Treasury regulation Section
1.860E-1(c)(5)(i).]

(12) The Transferee will not cause income from the Class R Certificate to be
attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base (within the
meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of the Transferee or another U.S.
taxpayer.

For purpose of this affidavit, the term "disqualified organization" means the
United States, any state or political subdivision thereof, any foreign
government, any international organization, any agency or instrumentality of any
of the foregoing (except any entity treated as other than an instrumentality of
the foregoing for purposes of Section 168(h)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code")), any organization (other than a cooperative
described in Section 521 of the Code) that is exempt from taxation under the
Code (unless such organization is subject to tax on excess inclusions) and any
organization that is described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code and the term
"U.S. Person" means a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation or
partnership (unless, in the case of a partnership, Treasury regulations are
adopted that provide otherwise) created or organized in or under the laws of the
United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, including an
entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes,
an estate whose income is subject to Unites States federal income tax regardless
of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to
exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or
more such U.S. Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions
of such trust, (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury

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regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 which are eligible
to elect to be treated as U.S. Persons).

By:
    ---------------------------------
    ---------------------------------

    Address of Investor for receipt of distribution:

    Address of Investor for receipt of tax information:

    (Corporate Seal)

    Attest:

    ---------------------------------
                                     , Secretary
    ---------------------------------

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Personally appeared before me the above-named ______________, known or proved to
me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to be the
_______ of the Investor, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as his
free act and deed and the free act and deed of the Investor.

Subscribed and sworn before me this ____ day of ______________, 200__.

-------------------------------------
Notary Public

County of ___________________________
State of ____________________________
My commission expires the ________ day of ______________

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

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

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                                   EXHIBIT E-2

                     FORM OF CLASS R TRANSFEROR'S AFFIDAVIT

                                     [DATE]

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Corporate Trust Services - Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
           Series 2006-WMC1

Re:  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
     Certificates, Series 2006-WMC1

     _______________________ (the "Transferor") has reviewed the attached
affidavit of _____________________________ (the "Transferee"), and has no actual
knowledge that such affidavit is not true, and has no reason to believe that the
Transferee has the intention to impede the assessment or collection of any
federal, state or local taxes legally required to be paid with respect to the
Class R Certificate referred to in the attached affidavit. In addition, the
Transferor has conducted a reasonable investigation at the time of the transfer
and found that the Transferee had historically paid its debts as they came due
and found no significant evidence to indicate that the Transferee will not
continue to pay its debts as they become due.

                                        Very truly yours,

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

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                                    EXHIBIT F

                         FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE

                                     [DATE]

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Corporate Trust Services - Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
           Series 2006-WMC1

RE:  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
     Certificates, Series 2006-WMC1

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In connection with our disposition of the Class [____] Certificate, we
certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and are being disposed
by us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the
Act and (b) we have not offered or sold any Certificates to, or solicited offers
to buy any Certificates from, any person, or otherwise approached or negotiated
with any person with respect thereto, in a manner that would be deemed, or taken
any other action that would result in, a violation of Section 5 of the Act. All
capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 1,
2006, among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A., as trustee, and Wilshire Credit Corporation, as servicer.

                                        Very truly yours,

                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name of Transferor

                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
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                                        Title:
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                                    EXHIBIT G

                            FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER
                              (ACCREDITED INVESTOR)

                                     [DATE]

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Corporate Trust Services - Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
           Series 2006-WMC1

Re:  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
     Certificates, Series 2006-WMC1

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     ______________ (the "Purchaser") intends to purchase from ________________
(the "Transferor") $_______ by original principal balance (the "Transferred
Certificates") of Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-WMC1, Class [____] (the "Certificates"),
issued pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 1,
2006 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among Merrill Lynch Mortgage
Investors, Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as
trustee (the "Trustee"), and Wilshire Credit Corporation, as servicer (the
"Servicer"). [THE PURCHASER INTENDS TO REGISTER THE TRANSFERRED CERTIFICATE IN
THE NAME OF ____________________, AS NOMINEE FOR _________________.] All terms
used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

     For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
is hereby acknowledged, the Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants to, and
covenants with, the Depositor and the Trustee that:

     1. The Purchaser understands that (a) the Certificates have not been
registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), or the securities laws of any state, (b) neither the
Depositor nor the Trustee is required, and neither of them intends, to so
register or qualify the Certificates, (c) the Certificates cannot be resold
unless (i) they are registered and qualified under the Securities Act and the
applicable state securities laws or (ii) an exemption from registration and
qualification is available and (d) the Pooling and Servicing Agreement contains
restrictions regarding the transfer of the Certificates.

     2. The Certificates will bear a legend to the following effect:

     THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
     AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (THE
     "1940 ACT") OR ANY STATE SECURITIES OR "BLUE SKY" LAWS, AND MAY NOT,
     DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, OR OFFERED FOR
     SALE, UNLESS SUCH TRANSFER IS NOT SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT,
     THE 1940 ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND SUCH TRANSFER
     ALSO COMPLIES WITH THE OTHER PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING AND
     SERVICING AGREEMENT. NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS
     THE TRUSTEE SHALL HAVE RECEIVED, IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE
     TRUSTEE (A)

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     AN INVESTMENT LETTER FROM THE PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR; AND (B) REPRESENTATIONS
     FROM THE TRANSFEROR REGARDING THE OFFERING AND SALE OF THE CERTIFICATES.

     3. The ERISA Restricted Certificates will bear a legend to the following
effect:

     NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE TRUSTEE HAS
     RECEIVED (A) A REPRESENTATION THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE
     BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
     ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), A PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE
     INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE") OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO
     STATE, LOCAL, FEDERAL, NON-U.S. OR OTHER LAW SUBSTANTIVELY SIMILAR TO THE
     FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE ("SIMILAR LAW"), AND IS NOT
     DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE BY, ON BEHALF OF, OR WITH
     ANY ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN, (B) IF THE CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF
     AN ERISA-QUALIFYING UNDERWRITING, A REPRESENTATION THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS
     AN INSURANCE COMPANY THAT IS ACQUIRING THE CERTIFICATE WITH ASSETS OF AN
     "INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT" AS DEFINED IN SECTION V(E) OF
     PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION ("PTCE") 95-60 AND THE ACQUISITION
     AND HOLDING OF THE CERTIFICATE ARE COVERED AND EXEMPT UNDER SECTIONS I AND
     III OF PTCE 95-60, OR (C) SOLELY IN THE CASE OF A DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATE,
     AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE, AND UPON WHICH THE
     TRUSTEE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RELY, TO THE EFFECT THAT THE ACQUISITION AND
     HOLDING OF SUCH CERTIFICATE BY THE PROSPECTIVE TRANSFEREE WILL NOT
     CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NONEXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER TITLE I OF
     ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW AND WILL
     NOT SUBJECT THE TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER OR THE DEPOSITOR TO ANY OBLIGATION IN
     ADDITION TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN BY SUCH ENTITIES IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING
     AGREEMENT, WHICH OPINION OF COUNSEL SHALL NOT BE AN EXPENSE OF THE TRUSTEE,
     THE SERVICER OR THE DEPOSITOR. IF THE CERTIFICATE IS NOT A DEFINITIVE
     CERTIFICATE, THE TRANSFEREE IS DEEMED TO HAVE MADE THE REPRESENTATION IN
     (A) OR (B) ABOVE.

     4. The Class R Certificate will bear a legend to the following effect:

     NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE REGISTERED UNLESS THE PROSPECTIVE
     TRANSFEREE PROVIDES THE TRUSTEE WITH A REPRESENTATION THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE
     IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE
     RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), A PLAN
     SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO STATE, LOCAL,
     FEDERAL, NON-U.S. OR OTHER LAW SUBSTANTIVELY SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING
     PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE ("SIMILAR LAW"), AND IS NOT DIRECTLY OR
     INDIRECTLY ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE BY, ON BEHALF OF, OR WITH ANY ASSETS
     OF ANY SUCH PLAN.

     5. The Purchaser is acquiring the Transferred Certificates for its own
account [FOR INVESTMENT only](2) and not with a view to or for sale or other
transfer in connection with any distribution

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(2)  Not required of a broker/dealer purchaser

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     of the Transferred Certificates in any manner that would violate the
     Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws, subject,
     nevertheless, to the understanding that disposition of the Purchaser's
     property shall at all times be and remain within its control.

     6. The Purchaser (a) is a substantial, sophisticated institutional investor
having such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters, and in
particular in such matters related to securities similar to the Certificates,
such that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investment in the
Certificates, (b) is able to bear the economic risks of such an investment and
(c) is an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(a) promulgated
pursuant to the Securities Act.

     7. The Purchaser will not nor has it authorized nor will it authorize any
person to (a) offer, pledge, sell, dispose of or otherwise transfer any
Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other similar security to
any person in any manner, (b) solicit any offer to buy or to accept a pledge,
disposition or other transfer of any Certificate, any interest in any
Certificate or any other similar security from any person in any manner, (c)
otherwise approach or negotiate with respect to any Certificate, any interest in
any Certificate or any other similar security with any person in any manner, (d)
make any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other
manner, or (e) take any other action, that would constitute a distribution of
any Certificate under the Securities Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended (the "1940 Act"), that would render the disposition of any
Certificate a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or any state
securities law, or that would require registration or qualification pursuant
thereto. Neither the Purchaser nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered the
Certificates for sale or made any general solicitation by means of general
advertising or in any other manner with respect to the Certificates. The
Purchaser will not sell or otherwise transfer any of the Certificates, except in
compliance with the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

     8. The Purchaser of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (A) is not an employee
benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, a plan subject to Section 4975 of the
Code, a plan subject to any state, local, federal, non-U.S. or other law
substantively similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code ("Similar
Law") (collectively, a "Plan") and is not directly or indirectly acquiring such
Certificates by, on behalf of, or with any assets of any such Plan, or (B) if
the Certificate has been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, is an
insurance company that is acquiring the Certificate with assets of an "insurance
company general account," as defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction
Class Exemption ("PTCE") 95-60, and the acquisition and holding of the
Certificate are covered and exempt under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, or
(C) solely in the event the Certificate is a Definitive Certificate, herewith
delivers an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee, and upon which the
Trustee shall be entitled to rely, to the effect that the acquisition and
holding of the Certificate will not constitute or result in a nonexempt
prohibited transaction under Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or a
violation of Similar Law, and will not subject the Trustee, the Servicer or the
Depositor to any obligation in addition to those expressly undertaken in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Trustee, the Servicer or the Depositor.

     9. The Purchaser of a Class R Certificate is not an employee benefit plan
subject to Title I of ERISA, a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code, a plan
subject to any state, local, federal, non-U.S. or other law substantively
similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code ("Similar Law"), or a
Person directly or indirectly acquiring such Certificate by, on behalf of, or
with any assets of any such plan.

     10. Prior to the sale or transfer by the Purchaser of any of the
Certificates, the Purchaser will obtain from any subsequent purchaser
substantially the same certifications, representations, warranties and covenants
contained in the foregoing paragraphs and in this letter or a letter
substantially in the form of Exhibit H to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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     11. The Purchaser agrees to indemnify the Trustee, the Servicer and the
Depositor against any liability that may result from any misrepresentation made
herein.

                                        Very truly yours,

                                        [PURCHASER]

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

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                                    EXHIBIT H

                       FORM OF RULE 144A INVESTMENT LETTER
                         (QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER)

                                     [DATE]

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Corporate Trust Services - Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
           Series 2006-WMC1

Re:  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
     Certificates, Series 2006-WMC1

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     ______________ (the "Purchaser") intends to purchase from ________________
(the "Transferor") $_______ by original principal balance (the "Transferred
Certificates") of Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-WMC1, Class [____] (the "Certificates"),
issued pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 1,
2006 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among Merrill Lynch Mortgage
Investors, Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as
trustee (the "Trustee"), Wilshire Credit Corporation, as servicer (the
"Servicer"). [THE PURCHASER INTENDS TO REGISTER THE TRANSFERRED CERTIFICATE IN
THE NAME OF ____________________, AS NOMINEE FOR _________________.] All terms
used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

     For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
is hereby acknowledged, the Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants to, and
covenants with, the Depositor and the Trustee that:

In connection with our acquisition of the above Transferred Certificates we
certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates are not being registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any state
securities laws and are being transferred to us in a transaction that is exempt
from the registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we have
such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we are
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the Certificates,
(c) we have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the
Depositor concerning the purchase of the Transferred Certificates and all
matters relating thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our
decision to purchase the Transferred Certificates, (d) solely with respect to
ERISA Restricted Certificates, (A) we are not an employee benefit plan subject
to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
("ERISA"), a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the "Code"), a plan subject to any state, local, federal, non-U.S.
or other law substantively similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the
Code ("Similar Law"), or Persons directly or indirectly acting on behalf of or
using any assets of any such plan, or (B) if the Certificate has been the
subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, we are an insurance company that is
acquiring the Certificate with assets of an "insurance company general account,"
as defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption ("PTCE")
95-60, and the acquisition and holding of the Certificate are covered and exempt
under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, or (C) solely in the event the
Certificate is a Definitive Certificate, we will herewith deliver an Opinion of
Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee, and upon which the Trustee shall be
entitled to rely, to the effect that the acquisition and holding of the
Certificate will not constitute or result in a nonexempt prohibited

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transaction under Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or a violation
of Similar Law, and will not subject the Trustee, the Servicer or the Depositor
to any obligation in addition to those expressly undertaken in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the
Trustee, the Servicer or the Depositor, (e) we have not, nor has anyone acting
on our behalf offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the
Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other similar security to,
or solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition
of the Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other similar
security from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the
Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other similar security
with, any person in any manner, or made any general solicitation by means of
general advertising or in any other manner, or taken any other action, that
would constitute a distribution of the Certificates under the Securities Act or
that would render the disposition of the Certificates a violation of Section 5
of the Securities Act or require registration pursuant thereto, nor will act,
nor has authorized or will authorize any person to act, in such manner with
respect to the Certificates and (f) we are a "qualified institutional buyer" as
that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act and have completed
one of the forms of certification to that effect attached hereto as Annex 1 or
Annex 2. We are aware that the sale of the Transferred Certificates to us is
being made in reliance on Rule 144A. We are acquiring the Transferred
Certificates for our own account or for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and further
understand that such Certificates may be resold, pledged or transferred only (i)
to a person reasonably believed by us, based upon certifications of such
purchaser or information we have in our possession, to be a qualified
institutional buyer that purchases for its own account or for the account of a
qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge or
transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or (ii) pursuant to another
exemption from registration under the Securities Act.

     We agree to indemnify the Trustee, the Servicer and the Depositor against
any liability that may result from any misrepresentation made herein.

                                        Very truly yours,

                                        [PURCHASER]

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

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                                                                         ANNEX 1

            QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A

          [FOR TRANSFEREES OTHER THAN REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES]

     The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the parties
listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this certification
relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:

     1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief Financial
Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the Buyer.

     2. In connection with the purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a "qualified
institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A") because (i) the Buyer owned and/or
invested on a discretionary basis $____________(3) in securities (except for the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A) and (ii)
the Buyer satisfies the criteria in the category marked below.

          [ ]  Corporation, etc. The Buyer is a corporation (other than a
               bank, savings and loan association or similar institution),
               Massachusetts or similar business trust, partnership, or
               charitable organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the
               Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

          [ ]  Bank. The Buyer (a) is a national bank or banking institution
               organized under the laws of any State, territory or the District
               of Columbia, the business of which is substantially confined to
               banking and is supervised by Federal, State or territorial
               banking commission or similar official or is a foreign bank or
               equivalent institution, and (b) has an audited net worth of at
               least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest annual financial
               statements, a copy of which is attached hereto.

          [ ]  Savings and Loan. The Buyer (a) is a savings and loan
               association, building and loan association, cooperative bank,
               homestead association or similar institution, which is supervised
               and examined by a State or Federal authority having supervision
               over such institution or is a foreign savings and loan
               association or equivalent institution and (b) has an audited net
               worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest
               annual financial statements, a copy of which is attached hereto.

          [ ]  Broker-dealer. The Buyer is a dealer registered pursuant to
               Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

          [ ]  Insurance Company. The Buyer is an insurance company whose
               primary and predominant business activity is the writing of
               insurance or the reinsuring of risks

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(3)  Buyer must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $100,000,000
     in securities unless Buyer is a dealer, and, in that case, Buyer must own
     and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $10,000,000 in securities.

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               underwritten by insurance companies and which is subject to
               supervision by the insurance commissioner or a similar official
               or agency of the State, territory or the District of Columbia.

          [ ]  State or Local Plan. The Buyer is a plan established and
               maintained by a State, its political subdivisions, or any agency
               or instrumentality of the State or its political subdivisions,
               for the benefit of its employees.

          [ ]  ERISA Plan. The Buyer is an employee benefit plan subject to
               Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
               as amended.

          [ ]  Investment Advisor. The Buyer is an investment advisor registered
               under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, as amended.

          [ ]  Small Business Investment Company. Buyer is a small business
               investment company licensed by the U.S. Small Business
               Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business
               Investment Act of 1958, as amended.

          [ ]  Business Development Company. Buyer is a business development
               company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment
               Advisors Act of 1940, as amended.

     3. The term "securities" as used for purposes of the calculation of the
dollar amount in paragraph 2 excludes: (i) securities of issuers that are
affiliated with the Buyer, (ii) securities that are part of an unsold allotment
to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer is a dealer, (iii) securities
issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (iv) bank
deposit notes and certificates of deposit, (v) loan participations, (vi)
repurchase agreements, (vii) securities owned but subject to a repurchase
agreement and (viii) currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.

     4. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities owned
and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the Buyer used the cost
of such securities to the Buyer and did not include any of the securities
referred to in the preceding paragraph, except (i) where the Buyer reports its
securities holdings in its financial statements on the basis of their market
value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the cost of those
securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding sentence applies,
the securities may be valued at market. Further, in determining such aggregate
amount, the Buyer may have included securities owned by subsidiaries of the
Buyer, but only if such subsidiaries are consolidated with the Buyer in its
financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles and if the investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the
Buyer's direction. However, such securities were not included if the Buyer is a
majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Buyer is
not itself a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.

     5. The Buyer acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and
understands that the seller to it and other parties related to the Certificates
are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein because one
or more sales to the Buyer may be in reliance on Rule 144A.

     6. Until the date of purchase of the Rule 144A Securities, the Buyer will
notify each of the parties to which this certification is made of any changes in
the information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given, the Buyer's
purchase of the Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this
certification as of the date of such purchase. In addition, if the Buyer is a
bank or savings and loan as

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provided above, the Buyer agrees that it will furnish to such parties updated
annual financial statements promptly after they become available.

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

                                        Date:
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                                                                         ANNEX 2

            QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A

           [FOR TRANSFEREES THAT ARE REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES]

     The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the parties
listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this certification
relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:

     1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief Financial
Officer or Senior Vice President of the Buyer or, if the Buyer is a "qualified
institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A"), because Buyer is part of a Family of
Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the Adviser.

     2. In connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a "qualified
institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A because (i) the Buyer is an
investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended and (ii) as marked below, the Buyer alone, or the Buyer's Family of
Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in securities (other than the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
fiscal year. For purposes of determining the amount of securities owned by the
Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, the cost of such securities
was used, except (i) where the Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment
Companies reports its securities holdings in its financial statements on the
basis of their market value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the
cost of those securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding
sentence applies, the securities may be valued at market.

     [ ]  The Buyer owned $___________ in securities (other than the excluded
          securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
          fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule
          144A).

     [ ]  The Buyer is part of a Family of Investment Companies which owned in
          the aggregate $__________ in securities (other than the excluded
          securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
          fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule
          144A).

     3. The term "Family of Investment Companies" as used herein means two or
more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that have the same
investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated (by virtue of
being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because one investment
adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).

     4. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i) securities of
issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer or are part of the Buyer's Family of
Investment Companies, (ii) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or any
instrumentality thereof, (iii) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit,
(iv) loan participations, (v) repurchase agreements, (vi) securities owned but
subject to a repurchase agreement and (vii) currency, interest rate and
commodity swaps.

     5. The Buyer is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that the parties
listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this certification
relates are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein
because one or more sales to the Buyer will be in reliance on Rule 144A. In
addition, the Buyer will only purchase for the Buyer's own account.

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     6. Until the date of purchase of the Certificates, the undersigned will
notify the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates of any changes in the information and conclusions herein.
Until such notice is given, the Buyer's purchase of the Certificates will
constitute a reaffirmation of this certification by the undersigned as of the
date of such purchase.

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

                                        IF AN ADVISER:

                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Print Name of Buyer

                                        Date:
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                                    EXHIBIT I

                           FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE

                                     [DATE]

To:  Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
     1015 10th Avenue Southeast
     Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414

Re:  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
     Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-WMC1

     In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by you, as
Trustee, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 1,
2006, among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A., as trustee, and Wilshire Credit Corporation, as servicer (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), we request the release, and hereby
acknowledge receipt, of the Mortgage File for the Mortgage Loan described below,
for the reason indicated.

Mortgage Loan Number:

Mortgagor Name, Address & Zip Code:

Reason for Requesting Documents (check one):

     [ ]  1. MORTGAGE PAID IN FULL

     [ ]  2. FORECLOSURE

     [ ]  3. SUBSTITUTION

     [ ]  4. OTHER LIQUIDATION (REPURCHASES, ETC.)

     [ ]  5. NONLIQUIDATION

Address to which the Custodian should deliver the Mortgage File:

                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                                     (authorized signer)

                                        Address:
                                                 -------------------------------

                                        Date:
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If box 1 or 2 above is checked, and if all or part of the Mortgage File was
previously released to us, please release to us our previous receipt on file
with you, as well as any additional documents in your possession relating to the
above specified Mortgage Loan.

If box 3, 4, 5 or 6 above is checked, upon our return of all of the above
documents to you as Trustee, please acknowledge your receipt by signing in the
space indicated below, and returning this form.

Please acknowledge the execution of the above request by your signature and date
below:

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Custodian

BY:
    ---------------------------------   ----------------------------------------
    SIGNATURE                           DATE

DOCUMENTS RETURNED TO CUSTODIAN:

BY:
    ---------------------------------   ----------------------------------------
    SIGNATURE                           DATE

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                                    EXHIBIT J

                                   [RESERVED]

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                                    EXHIBIT K

                    FORM OF BACK-UP CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE

                                     [DATE]

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
250 Vesey Street
4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10080

Wilshire Credit Corporation
14523 SW Millikan Way
Suite 200
Beaverton, Oregon 97005

Re:  Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of January 1,
     2006, among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, Wilshire
     Credit Corporation, as servicer, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee,
     relating to Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan
     Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-WMC1

     The Trustee hereby certifies to the Depositor, the Servicer and their
officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they
will rely upon this certification, that:

     (1) I have reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
[2006] (the "Annual Report"), and all reports on Form 8-K (if any) and on Form
10-D required to be filed in respect of the period covered by the Annual Report
(collectively with the Annual Report, the "Reports"), of the Trust;

     (2) To the best of my knowledge, and assuming the accuracy of the
statements required to be made or data required to be delivered by the Servicer
and Depositor (to the extent that such statements or data were received by the
Trustee and are relevant to the statements made by the Trustee in this Back-Up
Certification), the information in the Reports relating to the trustee, taken as
a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect
to the period covered by the Annual Report;

     (3) To the best of my knowledge, and assuming the accuracy of the
statements required to be made or data required to be delivered by the Servicer
and Depositor (to the extent that such statements or data were received by the
Trustee and are relevant to the statements made by the Trustee in this Back-Up
Certification), the distribution and any other information required to be
provided by the Trustee to the Depositor and each Servicer under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Reports is included in the Reports;

     (4) A review of the Trustee's activities during the preceding calendar year
or portion thereof and of such Trustee's performance under the Agreement has
been made under my supervision under Item 1123 of Regulation AB. Based on my
knowledge, based on such review, the Trustee has fulfilled all its obligations
under the Agreement, in all material respects throughout the year or applicable
portion thereof, or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation
in any material respect, the Trustee has specified each such failure known to
such officer and the nature and status thereof; and

                                      K-1

<PAGE>

     (5) The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for
asset-backed securities of the Trustee and its related attestation report on
assessment of compliance with servicing criteria required to be included in the
Annual Report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act
Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been included as an exhibit to the Annual Report.
Any material instances of non-compliance are described in such report and have
been disclosed in the Annual Report.

                                        Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
                                        as Trustee

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

                                      K-2

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT L

                    FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICER

                                     [DATE]

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
250 Vesey Street
4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10080

Re: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
    Certificates, Series 2006-WMC1

     Wilshire Credit Corporation (the "Servicer") certifies to the Depositor and
the Trustee, and their officers, directors and affiliates, and with the
knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

     (1) I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Servicer
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and I have reviewed, or persons under
my supervision have reviewed, the servicer compliance statement of the Servicer
and the compliance statements of each Sub-Servicer, if any, engaged by the
Servicer provided to the Depositor and the Trustee for the Trust's fiscal year
[___] in accordance with Item 1123 of Regulation AB (each a "Compliance
Statement"), the report on assessment of the Servicer's compliance with the
servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB (the "Servicing
Criteria") and reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for
asset-backed securities of the Servicer and of each Sub-Servicer [or
Sub-Contractor], if any, engaged or utilized by the Servicer provided to the
Depositor and the Trustee for the Trust's fiscal year [___] in accordance with
Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act") and Item 1122 of Regulation AB (each a "Servicing Assessment"),
the registered public accounting firm's attestation report provided in
accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Exchange Act and Section
1122(b) of Regulation AB related to each Servicing Assessment (each a
"Attestation Report"), and all servicing reports, officer's certificates and
other information relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the
Servicer during 200[ ] that were delivered or caused to be delivered by the
Servicer pursuant to the Agreement (collectively, the "Servicing Information");

     (2) Based on my knowledge, and assuming the accuracy of the information
provided to the Servicer in connection with the transfer of servicing of the
Mortgage Loans to the Servicer, the Servicing Information, taken as a whole,
does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements made, in the light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect
to the period of time covered by the Servicing Information;

     (3) Based on my knowledge, the servicing information required to be
provided to the Trustee by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement has been provided to the Trustee;

     (4) Based on my knowledge and the compliance review conducted in preparing
each Compliance Statement of the Servicer and, if applicable, reviewing each
Compliance Statement of each Sub-Servicer, if any, engaged by the Servicer, and
except as disclosed in such Compliance Statement[(s)],

                                      L-1

<PAGE>

the Servicer [(directly and through its Sub-Servicers, if any)] has fulfilled
its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material
respects.

     (5) Each Servicing Assessment of the Servicer and of each Sub-Servicer ]or
Subcontractor], if any, engaged or utilized by the Servicer and its related
Attestation Report required to be included in the Annual Report in accordance
with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has
been provided to the Depositor and the Trustee. Any material instances of
non-compliance are described in any such Servicing Assessment or Attestation
Report.

Date:
      -------------------------------
                                        Wilshire Credit Corporation, as Servicer

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

                                      L-2

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT M-1

                                   [RESERVED]

                                     M-1-1

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT M-2

                        FORM OF MONTHLY REMITTANCE ADVICE

Standard File Layout - Scheduled/Scheduled

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
COLUMN NAME                                  DESCRIPTION                       DECIMAL            FORMAT COMMENT
-----------                                  -----------                       -------            --------------
<S>                      <C>                                                   <C>       <C>
LOAN_NBR                 Loan Number assigned by investor                                Text up to 10 digits
SERVICER LOAN_NBR        Servicer Loan Number                                            Text up to 10 digits
SCHED_PMT_AMT            P&I constant                                             2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
NOTE_INT_RATE            Gross Interest Rate                                      4      Max length of 6
NET_RATE                 Gross Interest Rate less the Service Fee Rate            4      Max length of 6
SERV_FEE_RATE            Service Fee Rate                                         4      Max length of 6
ARM_INDEX_RATE           ARM loan's index Rate used                               4      Max length of 6
ACTL_BEG_BAL             Beginning Actual Balance                                 2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
ACTL_END_BAL             Ending Actual Balance                                    2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
NEXT_DUE_DATE            Borrower's next due date                                        MM/DD/YYYY
CURT_AMT_1               Curtailment Amount                                       2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
CURT_DATE_1              Due date Curtailment was applied to                             MM/DD/YYYY
CURT_ADJ_ AMT_1          Curtailment Interest if applicable                       2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
CURT_AMT_2               Curtailment Amount 2                                     2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
CURT_DATE_2              Due date Curtailment was applied to                             MM/DD/YYYY
CURT_ADJ_ AMT2           Curtailment Interest if applicable                       2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
CURT_AMT_3               Curtailment Amount 3                                     2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
CURT_DATE_3              Due date Curtailment was applied to                             MM/DD/YYYY
CURT_ADJ_AMT3            Curtailment Interest, if applicable                      2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
SCHED_BEG_BAL            Beginning Scheduled Balance                              2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
SCHED_END_BAL            Ending Scheduled Balance                                 2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
SCHED_PRIN_AMT           Scheduled Principal portion of P&I                       2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
SCHED_NET_INT            Scheduled Net Interest (less Service Fee)                2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
                         portion of P&I
LIQ_AMT                  Liquidation Principal Amt to bring balance to zero       2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
PIF_DATE                 Liquidation Date                                                MM/DD/YYYY
ACTION_CODE              Either 60 for liquidation or 65 for Repurchase                  Max length of 2
PRIN_ADJ_AMT             Principal Adjustments made to loan, if applicable        2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
INT_ADJ_AMT              Interest Adjustment made to loan, if applicable          2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
PREPAYMENT PENALTY AMT   Prepayment penalty amount, if applicable                 2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
SOILDER_SAILOR ADJ AMT   Soldier and Sailor Adjustment amount, if applicable      2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
NON ADV LOAN AMT         Non Recoverable Loan Amount, if applicable               2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
</TABLE>

                                     M-2-1

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT N-1

                         FORM OF CLASS A-1 CAP CONTRACT

                                     N-1-1

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT N-2

                         FORM OF CLASS A-2 CAP CONTRACT

                                     N-2-1

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT N-3

           FORM OF FLOATING RATE SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATE CAP CONTRACT

                                     N-3-1

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT O-1

                       CLASS A-1 ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                  1ML          1ML
                                  NOTIONAL      STRIKE       STRIKE
         BEGINNING    ENDING      BALANCE        LOWER        UPPER
PERIOD    ACCRUAL     ACCRUAL       ($)       COLLAR (%)   COLLAR (%)
------   ---------   --------   -----------   ----------   ----------
<S>      <C>         <C>        <C>           <C>          <C>
   1      02/14/06   02/25/06   524,147,000     10.220       10.220
   2      02/25/06   03/25/06   521,131,599      7.178       10.220
   3      03/25/06   04/25/06   516,650,835      6.457       10.220
   4      04/25/06   05/25/06   510,691,736      6.682       10.220
   5      05/25/06   06/25/06   503,257,701      6.459       10.220
   6      06/25/06   07/25/06   494,351,377      6.685       10.220
   7      07/25/06   08/25/06   483,994,891      6.461       10.220
   8      08/25/06   09/25/06   472,209,864      6.461       10.220
   9      09/25/06   10/25/06   459,038,416      6.687       10.220
  10      10/25/06   11/25/06   444,571,493      6.463       10.220
  11      11/25/06   12/25/06   428,966,388      6.691       10.220
  12      12/25/06   01/25/07   412,336,601      6.468       10.220
  13      01/25/07   02/25/07   396,185,846      6.471       10.220
  14      02/25/07   03/25/07   380,500,223      7.196       10.220
  15      03/25/07   04/25/07   365,266,236      6.475       10.220
  16      04/25/07   05/25/07   350,470,784      6.702       10.220
  17      05/25/07   06/25/07   336,101,147      6.481       10.220
  18      06/25/07   07/25/07   322,145,040      6.708       10.220
  19      07/25/07   08/25/07   308,590,406      6.485       10.220
  20      08/25/07   09/25/07   295,419,488      6.488       10.220
  21      09/25/07   10/25/07   282,627,625      6.716       10.220
  22      10/25/07   11/25/07   269,814,432      6.493       10.220
  23      11/25/07   12/25/07   247,877,078      6.790       10.220
  24      12/25/07   01/25/08   227,140,603      8.706       10.220
  25      01/25/08   02/25/08   207,612,961      8.702       10.220
  26      02/25/08   03/25/08   189,147,579      9.319       10.220
  27      03/25/08   04/25/08   171,911,950      8.696       10.220
  28      04/25/08   05/25/08   161,133,755      8.993       10.220
  29      05/25/08   06/25/08   150,722,048      8.714       10.220
  30      06/25/08   07/25/08   140,664,172      9.735       10.220
  31      07/25/08   08/25/08   130,960,366      9.409       10.220
  32      08/25/08   09/25/08   121,585,492      9.406       10.220
  33      09/25/08   10/25/08   112,528,190      9.725       10.220
  34      10/25/08   11/25/08   103,777,498      9.399       10.220
  35      11/25/08   12/25/08    95,322,835      9.745       10.220
  36      12/25/08   01/25/09    87,154,009     10.218       10.220
  37      01/25/09   02/25/09    79,272,568     10.212       10.220
  38      02/25/09   03/25/09    79,272,568     10.220       10.220
  39      03/25/09   04/25/09    79,272,568     10.200       10.220
  40      04/25/09   05/25/09    79,272,568     10.220       10.220
  41      05/25/09   06/25/09    79,272,568     10.209       10.220
</TABLE>

With respect to any Distribution Date, if One-Month LIBOR (as determined by the
Cap Contract Counterparty and subject to a cap equal to 10.220%) exceeds the
amount set out for such Distribution Date in the column headed "1 ML Strike
Lower Collar," the Issuing Entity will receive payments pursuant to the Class
A-1 Cap Contract.

                                      O-1-1

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT O-2

                       CLASS A-2 ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                   NOTIONAL
                                   BALANCE     1ML STRIKE
 PERIOD   BEGINNING    ENDING       LOWER         UPPER
ACCRUAL    ACCRUAL       ($)      COLLAR (%)   COLLAR (%)   1ML STRIKE
-------   ---------   --------   -----------   ----------   ----------
<S>       <C>         <C>        <C>           <C>          <C>
    1      02/14/06   02/25/06   453,559,000      9.300        9.300
    2      02/25/06   03/25/06   450,886,864      7.543        9.300
    3      03/25/06   04/25/06   446,967,664      6.795        9.300
    4      04/25/06   05/25/06   441,792,707      7.029        9.300
    5      05/25/06   06/25/06   435,364,118      6.796        9.300
    6      06/25/06   07/25/06   427,686,119      7.031        9.300
    7      07/25/06   08/25/06   418,776,643      6.799        9.300
    8      08/25/06   09/25/06   408,656,004      6.801        9.300
    9      09/25/06   10/25/06   397,359,568      7.036        9.300
   10      10/25/06   11/25/06   384,974,818      6.805        9.300
   11      11/25/06   12/25/06   371,717,881      7.042        9.300
   12      12/25/06   01/25/07   357,837,119      6.813        9.300
   13      01/25/07   02/25/07   344,345,704      6.818        9.300
   14      02/25/07   03/25/07   331,232,542      7.575        9.300
   15      03/25/07   04/25/07   318,486,861      6.827        9.300
   16      04/25/07   05/25/07   306,098,197      7.067        9.300
   17      05/25/07   06/25/07   294,056,399      6.837        9.300
   18      06/25/07   07/25/07   282,351,588      7.077        9.300
   19      07/25/07   08/25/07   270,974,177      6.847        9.300
   20      08/25/07   09/25/07   259,914,858      6.852        9.300
   21      09/25/07   10/25/07   249,162,600      7.092        9.300
   22      10/25/07   11/25/07   237,357,600      6.864        9.300
   23      11/25/07   12/25/07   219,527,051      7.425        9.300
   24      12/25/07   01/25/08   202,650,524      8.813        9.300
   25      01/25/08   02/25/08   186,705,777      8.814        9.300
   26      02/25/08   03/25/08   171,602,752      9.300        9.300
   27      03/25/08   04/25/08   158,080,436      8.816        9.300
   28      04/25/08   05/25/08   148,978,708      9.117        9.300
   29      05/25/08   06/25/08   140,175,481      8.916        9.300
</TABLE>

With respect to any Distribution Date, if One-Month LIBOR (as determined by the
Cap Contract Counterparty and subject to a cap equal to 9.300%) exceeds the
amount set out for such Distribution Date in the column headed "1 ML Strike
Lower Collar,," the Issuing Entity will receive payments pursuant to the Class
A-2 Cap Contract.

                                      O-2-1

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT O-3

         FLOATING RATE SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATE ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                   NOTIONAL
                                   BALANCE     1ML STRIKE
 PERIOD   BEGINNING    ENDING       LOWER         UPPER
ACCRUAL    ACCRUAL       ($)      COLLAR (%)   COLLAR (%)   1ML STRIKE
-------   ---------   --------   -----------   ----------   ----------
<S>       <C>         <C>        <C>           <C>          <C>
    1      02/14/06   02/25/06   222,178,000      8.850        8.850
    2      02/25/06   03/25/06   222,178,000      6.941        8.850
    3      03/25/06   04/25/06   222,178,000      6.206        8.850
    4      04/25/06   05/25/06   222,178,000      6.435        8.850
    5      05/25/06   06/25/06   222,178,000      6.209        8.850
    6      06/25/06   07/25/06   222,178,000      6.438        8.850
    7      07/25/06   08/25/06   222,178,000      6.210        8.850
    8      08/25/06   09/25/06   222,178,000      6.212        8.850
    9      09/25/06   10/25/06   222,178,000      6.442        8.850
   10      10/25/06   11/25/06   222,178,000      6.215        8.850
   11      11/25/06   12/25/06   222,178,000      6.447        8.850
   12      12/25/06   01/25/07   222,178,000      6.221        8.850
   13      01/25/07   02/25/07   222,178,000      6.225        8.850
   14      02/25/07   03/25/07   222,178,000      6.965        8.850
   15      03/25/07   04/25/07   222,178,000      6.231        8.850
   16      04/25/07   05/25/07   222,178,000      6.464        8.850
   17      05/25/07   06/25/07   222,178,000      6.239        8.850
   18      06/25/07   07/25/07   222,178,000      6.472        8.850
   19      07/25/07   08/25/07   222,178,000      6.246        8.850
   20      08/25/07   09/25/07   222,178,000      6.250        8.850
   21      09/25/07   10/25/07   222,178,000      6.483        8.850
   22      10/25/07   11/25/07   222,178,000      6.258        8.850
   23      11/25/07   12/25/07   222,178,000      6.677        8.850
   24      12/25/07   01/25/08   222,178,000      8.348        8.850
   25      01/25/08   02/25/08   222,178,000      8.347        8.850
   26      02/25/08   03/25/08   222,178,000      8.850        8.850
   27      03/25/08   04/25/08   222,178,000      8.344        8.850
   28      04/25/08   05/25/08   222,178,000      8.643        8.850
   29      05/25/08   06/25/08   222,178,000      8.401        8.850
</TABLE>

With respect to any Distribution Date, if One-Month LIBOR (as determined by the
Cap Contract Counterparty and subject to a cap equal to 8.850%) exceeds the
amount set out for such Distribution Date in the column headed "1 ML Strike
Lower Collar," the Issuing Entity will receive payments pursuant to the Floating
Rate Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract.

                                      O-3-1

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT P

                        FORM OF ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE

                                     [DATE]

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
250 Vesey Street
4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10080

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services - Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
           Series 2006-WMC1

Wilshire Credit Corporation
14523 SW Millikan Way
Suite 200
Beaverton, Oregon 97005

Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
99 Church Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10007

Standard & Poor's, a division of
   The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
25 Broadway, 12th Floor
New York, New York 10004

     Re:  Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of January
          1, 2006, among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor,
          Wilshire Credit Corporation, as servicer, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
          as trustee, relating to Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
          Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-WMC1 (the
          "Trust")

     For the calendar year ending December 31, [2006] or portion thereof,
[Wilshire Credit Corporation, as Servicer] [Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee]
for the Trust has complied in all material respects with the Relevant Servicing
Criteria in Exhibit Q of the Agreement.

     All capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Agreement.

Date:
     --------------------------------

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

                                      P-1

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT Q

                       SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED
                           IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
                          (RMBS UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED)

DEFINITIONS                                                       KEY:
PRIMARY SERVICER - transaction party having borrower contact      X - obligation
CUSTODIAN - safe keeper of certain pool assets
TRUSTEE - fiduciary of the transaction and safe keeper of certain pool assets

WHERE THERE ARE MULTIPLE CHECKS FOR CRITERIA THE ATTESTING PARTY WILL IDENTIFY
IN THEIR MANAGEMENT ASSERTION THAT THEY ARE ATTESTING ONLY TO THE PORTION OF THE
DISTRIBUTION CHAIN THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IN THE RELATED TRANSACTION
AGREEMENTS.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          WILSHIRE
                                                           CREDIT
                                                        CORPORATION   WELLS FARGO
REG AB REFERENCE   SERVICING CRITERIA                    (SERVICER)    (TRUSTEE)           ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
----------------   ----------------------------------   -----------   -----------   ------------------------------------
<S>                <C>                                  <C>           <C>           <C>
                   GENERAL SERVICING  CONSIDERATIONS

1122(d)(1)(i)      Policies and procedures are                             X
                   instituted to monitor any
                   performance or other triggers and
                   events of default in accordance
                   with the transaction agreements.

1122(d)(1)(ii)     If any material servicing                 X             X
                   activities are outsourced to third
                   parties, policies and procedures
                   are instituted to monitor the
                   third party's performance and
                   compliance with such servicing
                   activities.

1122(d)(1)(iii)    Any requirements in the                   N/A
                   transaction agreements to maintain
                   a back-up servicer for the Pool
                   Assets are maintained.

1122(d)(1)(iv)     A fidelity bond and errors and            X
                   omissions policy is in effect on
                   the party participating in the
                   servicing function throughout the
                   reporting period in the amount of
                   coverage required by and otherwise
                   in accordance with the terms of
                   the transaction agreements.

                   CASH COLLECTION AND ADMINISTRATION

1122(d)(2)(i)      Payments on pool assets are               X             X
                   deposited into the appropriate
                   custodial bank accounts and
                   related bank clearing accounts no
                   more than two business days
                   following receipt, or such other
                   number of days specified in the
                   transaction agreements.

1122(d)(2)(ii)     Disbursements made via wire               X             X        Servicer disburses funds to trustee.
                   transfer on behalf of an obligor                                 Trustee disburses funds to
                   or to an investor are made only by                               certificateholders.
                   authorized personnel.

1122(d)(2)(iii)    Advances of funds or guarantees           X
                   regarding collections, cash flows
                   or distributions, and any interest
                   or other fees charged for such
                   advances, are made, reviewed and
                   approved as specified in the
                   transaction agreements.
</TABLE>

                                       Q-1

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          WILSHIRE
                                                           CREDIT
                                                        CORPORATION   WELLS FARGO
REG AB REFERENCE   SERVICING CRITERIA                    (SERVICER)    (TRUSTEE)           ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
----------------   ----------------------------------   -----------   -----------   ------------------------------------
<S>                <C>                                  <C>           <C>           <C>
1122(d)(2)(iv)     The related accounts for the              X             X
                   transaction, such as cash reserve
                   accounts or accounts established
                   as a form of over
                   collateralization, are separately
                   maintained (e.g., with respect to
                   commingling of cash) as set forth
                   in the transaction agreements.

1122(d)(2)(v)      Each custodial account is                 X             X
                   maintained at a federally insured
                   depository institution as set
                   forth in the transaction
                   agreements. For purposes of this
                   criterion, "federally insured
                   depository institution" with
                   respect to a foreign financial
                   institution means a foreign
                   financial institution that meets
                   the requirements of Rule
                   13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities
                   Exchange Act.

1122(d)(2)(vi)     Unissued checks are safeguarded so        X             X
                   as to prevent unauthorized access.

1122(d)(2)(vii)    Reconciliations are prepared on a         X             X
                   monthly basis for all asset-backed
                   securities related bank accounts,
                   including custodial accounts and
                   related bank clearing accounts.
                   These reconciliations are (A)
                   mathematically accurate; (B)
                   prepared within 30 calendar days
                   after the bank statement cutoff
                   date, or such other number of days
                   specified in the transaction
                   agreements; (C) reviewed and
                   approved by someone other than the
                   person who prepared the
                   reconciliation; and (D) contain
                   explanations for reconciling
                   items. These reconciling items are
                   resolved within 90 calendar days
                   of their original identification,
                   or such other number of days
                   specified in the transaction
                   agreements.

                   INVESTOR REMITTANCES AND REPORTING

1122(d)(3)(i)      Reports to investors, including           X             X
                   those to be filed with the
                   Commission, are maintained in
                   accordance with the transaction
                   agreements and applicable
                   Commission requirements.
                   Specifically, such reports (A) are
                   prepared in accordance with
                   timeframes and other terms set
                   forth in the transaction
                   agreements; (B) provide
                   information calculated in
                   accordance with the terms
                   specified in the transaction
                   agreements; (C) are filed with the
                   Commission as required by its
                   rules and regulations; and (D)
                   agree with investors' or the
                   trustee's records as to the total
                   unpaid principal balance and
                   number of Pool Assets serviced by
                   the Servicer.

1122(d)(3)(ii)     Amounts due to investors are              X             X        Wilshire remits cash and loan level
                   allocated and remitted in                                        data to trustees based on timelines
                   accordance with timeframes,                                      established in the PSA. The trustee
                   distribution priority and other                                  is responsible for the allocation of
                   terms set forth in the transaction                               funds to certificateholders using
                   agreements.                                                      the appropriate distribution
                                                                                    priority as established by the PSA.
</TABLE>

                                       Q-2

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          WILSHIRE
                                                           CREDIT
                                                        CORPORATION   WELLS FARGO
REG AB REFERENCE   SERVICING CRITERIA                    (SERVICER)    (TRUSTEE)           ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
----------------   ----------------------------------   -----------   -----------   ------------------------------------
<S>                <C>                                  <C>           <C>           <C>
1122(d)(3)(iii)    Disbursements made to an investor         X             X        Trustee disburses funds to
                   are posted within two business                                   certificateholders.
                   days to the Servicer's investor
                   records, or such other number of
                   days specified in the transaction
                   agreements.

1122(d)(3)(iv)     Amounts remitted to investors per         X             X        Servicer remits funds and provides
                   the investor reports agree with                                  certain investor reports to trustees
                   cancelled checks, or other form of                               within guidelines and timeframes
                   payment, or custodial bank                                       established in PSA. Trustee
                   statements.                                                      disburses funds to
                                                                                    certificateholders.

                   POOL ASSET ADMINISTRATION

1122(d)(4)(i)      Collateral or security on pool            X             X
                   assets is maintained as required
                   by the transaction agreements or
                   related pool asset documents.

1122(d)(4)(ii)     Pool assets and related documents         X
                   are safeguarded as required by the
                   transaction agreements

1122(d)(4)(iii)    Any additions, removals or                X
                   substitutions to the asset pool
                   are made, reviewed and approved in
                   accordance with any conditions or
                   requirements in the transaction
                   agreements.

1122(d)(4)(iv)     Payments on pool assets, including        X
                   any payoffs, made in accordance
                   with the related pool asset
                   documents are posted to the
                   Servicer's obligor records
                   maintained no more than two
                   business days after receipt, or
                   such other number of days
                   specified in the transaction
                   agreements, and allocated to
                   principal, interest or other items
                   (e.g., escrow) in accordance with
                   the related pool asset documents.

1122(d)(4)(v)      The Servicer's records regarding          X
                   the pool assets agree with the
                   Servicer's records with respect to
                   an obligor's unpaid principal
                   balance.

1122(d)(4)(vi)     Changes with respect to the terms         X
                   or status of an obligor's pool
                   assets (e.g., loan modifications
                   or re-agings) are made, reviewed
                   and approved by authorized
                   personnel in accordance with the
                   transaction agreements and related
                   pool asset documents.

1122(d)(4)(vii)    Loss mitigation or recovery               X
                   actions (e.g., forbearance plans,
                   modifications and deeds in lieu of
                   foreclosure, foreclosures and
                   repossessions, as applicable) are
                   initiated, conducted and concluded
                   in accordance with the timeframes
                   or other requirements established
                   by the transaction agreements.
</TABLE>

                                       Q-3

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          WILSHIRE
                                                           CREDIT
                                                        CORPORATION   WELLS FARGO
REG AB REFERENCE   SERVICING CRITERIA                    (SERVICER)    (TRUSTEE)           ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
----------------   ----------------------------------   -----------   -----------   ------------------------------------
<S>                <C>                                  <C>           <C>           <C>
1122(d)(4)(viii)   Records documenting collection            X
                   efforts are maintained during the
                   period a pool asset is delinquent
                   in accordance with the transaction
                   agreements. Such records are
                   maintained on at least a monthly
                   basis, or such other period
                   specified in the transaction
                   agreements, and describe the
                   entity's activities in monitoring
                   delinquent pool assets including,
                   for example, phone calls, letters
                   and payment rescheduling plans in
                   cases where delinquency is deemed
                   temporary (e.g., illness or
                   unemployment).

1122(d)(4)(ix)     Adjustments to interest rates or          X
                   rates of return for pool assets
                   with variable rates are computed
                   based on the related pool asset
                   documents.

1122(d)(4)(x)      Regarding any funds held in trust         X
                   for an obligor (such as escrow
                   accounts): (A) such funds are
                   analyzed, in accordance with the
                   obligor's pool asset documents, on
                   at least an annual basis, or such
                   other period specified in the
                   transaction agreements; (B)
                   interest on such funds is paid, or
                   credited, to obligors in
                   accordance with applicable pool
                   asset documents and state laws;
                   and (C) such funds are returned to
                   the obligor within 30 calendar
                   days of full repayment of the
                   related pool assets, or such other
                   number of days specified in the
                   transaction agreements.

1122(d)(4)(xi)     Payments made on behalf of an             X
                   obligor (such as tax or insurance
                   payments) are made on or before
                   the related penalty or expiration
                   dates, as indicated on the
                   appropriate bills or notices for
                   such payments, provided that such
                   support has been received by the
                   servicer at least 30 calendar days
                   prior to these dates, or such
                   other number of days specified in
                   the transaction agreements.

1122(d)(4)(xii)    Any late payment penalties in             X
                   connection with any payment to be
                   made on behalf of an obligor are
                   paid from the Servicer's funds and
                   not charged to the obligor, unless
                   the late payment was due to the
                   obligor's error or omission.

1122(d)(4)(xiii)   Disbursements made on behalf of an        X
                   obligor are posted within two
                   business days to the obligor's
                   records maintained by the
                   servicer, or such other number of
                   days specified in the transaction
                   agreements.

1122(d)(4)(xiv)    Delinquencies, charge-offs and            X
                   uncollectible accounts are
                   recognized and recorded in
                   accordance with the transaction
                   agreements.
</TABLE>

                                       Q-4

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          WILSHIRE
                                                           CREDIT
                                                        CORPORATION   WELLS FARGO
REG AB REFERENCE   SERVICING CRITERIA                    (SERVICER)    (TRUSTEE)           ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
----------------   ----------------------------------   -----------   -----------   ------------------------------------
<S>                <C>                                  <C>           <C>           <C>
1122(d)(4)(xv)     Any external enhancement or other                       X
                   support, identified in Item
                   1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item
                   1115 of Regulation AB, is
                   maintained as set forth in the
                   transaction agreements.
</TABLE>

                                       Q-5

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT R

                          SARBANES-OXLEY CERTIFICATION

                                     [DATE]

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
250 Vesey Street
4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10080

Wilshire Credit Corporation
14523 SW Millikan Way
Suite 200
Beaverton, Oregon 97005

Re: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
    Certificates, Series 2006-WMC1

     I, [identify the certifying individual], certify that:

     1. I have reviewed the report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D
required to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form
10-K of [identify the issuing entity] (the "Exchange Act periodic reports");

     2. Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a
whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect
to the period covered by this report;

     3. Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other
information required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered by
this report is included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;

     4. [I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the
servicer(s) and based on my knowledge and the compliance review(s) conducted in
preparing the servicer compliance statement(s) required in this report under
Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic
reports, the servicer(s) [has/have] fulfilled [its/their] obligations under the
servicing agreement(s); and]

     5. All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria
for ABS and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with
servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included in this
report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules
13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report, except as
otherwise disclosed in this report. Any material instances of noncompliance
described in such reports have been disclosed in this report on Form 10-K.

                                       R-1

<PAGE>

     [In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on
information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties [name of
servicer, sub-servicer, co-servicer, depositor or trustee].]

     Date:
           ---------------

                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        [Signature]

                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        [Title]

                                       R-2

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT S

             FORM OF ITEM 1123 CERTIFICATION OF [SERVICER][TRUSTEE]

                                     [DATE]

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
250 Vesey Street
4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10080

[Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Corporate Trust Services - Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
Series 2006-WMC1]

[Wilshire Credit Corporation
14523 SW Millikan Way
Suite 200
Beaverton, Oregon 97005]

Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of January 1,
    2006, among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, Wilshire
    Credit Corporation, as servicer, and Wells Fargo Bank, National
    Association, as trustee, relating to Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors
    Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-WMC1

I, [identify name of certifying individual], [title of certifying individual] of
[Wilshire Credit Corporation (the "Servicer")][Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (the
"Trustee")], hereby certify that:

     (1) A review of the activities of the [Servicer][Trustee] during the
preceding calendar year and of the performance of the [Servicer][Trustee] under
the Agreement has been made under my supervision; and

     (2) To the best of my knowledge, based on such review, the
[Servicer][Trustee] has fulfilled all its obligations under the Agreement in all
material respects throughout such year or a portion thereof[, or, if there has
been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, I have
specified below each such failure known to me and the nature and status
thereof].

Date:
      ---------------

                                        [Wilshire Credit Corporation,
                                        as Servicer]
                                        [Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
                                        as Trustee]

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

                                       S-1

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT T

                       ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE NOTIFICATION

**SEND VIA FAX TO 410-715-2380 AND VIA EMAIL TO
CTS.SEC.NOTIFICATIONS@WELLSFARGO.COM AND VIA OVERNIGHT MAIL TO THE ADDRESS
IMMEDIATELY BELOW**

                                     [DATE]

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee
Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attn: Corporate Trust Services- [DEAL NAME]--SEC REPORT PROCESSING

RE: **Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure** Required

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In accordance with Section [__] of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of [_______________][__], 2006, among [__________], as [__________],
[__________], as [__________], [__________], as [__________] and [__________],
as [__________]. the undersigned, as [__________], hereby notifies you that
certain events have come to our attention that [will] [may] need to be disclosed
on Form [10-D][10-K][8-K].

Description of Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure:

List of any Attachments hereto to be included in the Additional Form
[10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure:

     Any inquiries related to this notification should be directed to
[__________], phone number: [__________]; email address: [__________].

                                        [NAME OF PARTY],
                                        as [role]

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

                                       T-1

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT U

                            [AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST]

                                       U-1

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT V

                            [AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST]

                                       V-1

<PAGE>

                                   SCHEDULE X

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                     ITEM ON FORM 8-K                                 PARTY RESPONSIBLE
                     ----------------                                 -----------------
<S>                                                          <C>
*Item 1.01- Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement       All parties

*Item 1.02- Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement   All parties

Item 1.03- Bankruptcy or Receivership                        Depositor

Item 2.04- Triggering Events that Accelerate or Increase a   Depositor, Trustee
Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement

*Item 3.03- Material Modification to Rights of Security      Trustee
Holders

Item 5.03- Amendments of Articles of Incorporation or        Depositor
Bylaws; Change of Fiscal Year

Item 6.01- ABS Informational and Computational Material      Depositor

*Item 6.02- Change of Servicer or Trustee                    Servicer, Primary Servicer, Trustee

*Item 6.03- Change in Credit Enhancement or External         Depositor/Trustee
Support

*Item 6.04- Failure to Make a Required Distribution          Trustee

Item 6.05- Securities Act Updating Disclosure                Depositor

Item 7.01- Reg FD Disclosure                                 Depositor

Item 8.01                                                    Depositor

Item 9.01                                                    Depositor
</TABLE>

                                  Schedule X-1

<PAGE>

                                   SCHEDULE Y

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
           ITEM ON FORM 10-D                        PARTY RESPONSIBLE
           -----------------                        -----------------
<S>                                      <C>
Item 1: Distribution and Pool            Trustee, Depositor
Performance Information

Plus any information required by 1121    Servicer and Trustee (to the extent
which is NOT included on the monthly     required by Regulation AB)
statement to Certificateholders

Item 2: Legal Proceedings per Item       All parties to the PSA (as to
1117 of Reg AB                           themselves), the Depositor/Trustee/
                                         Servicer (to the extent known) as to
                                         the issuing entity, the Depositor as to
                                         the Sponsor, any 1110 originator,
                                         any 1100(d)(1) party

Item 3: Sale of Securities and Use       Depositor
of Proceeds

Item 4: Defaults Upon Senior             Trustee
Securities

Item 5: Submission of Matters to a       Trustee
Vote of Security Holders

Item 6: Significant Obligors of Pool     Depositor/Sponsor/Servicer
Assets

Item 7: Significant Enhancement          Depositor/Sponsor
Provider Information

Item 8: Other Information                Trustee and any other party responsible
                                         for disclosure items on Form 8-K

Item 9: Exhibits                         Trustee/Depositor/Servicer to the
                                         extent applicable to each
</TABLE>

                                  Schedule Y-1

<PAGE>

                                   SCHEDULE Z

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
           ITEM ON FORM 10-K                        PARTY RESPONSIBLE
           -----------------                        -----------------
<S>                                      <C>
Item 1B: Unresolved Staff Comments       Depositor

*Item 9B: Other Information              Trustee and any other party responsible
                                         for disclosure items on Form 8-K

*Item 15: Exhibits, Financial            Trustee/Servicer/Sub-Servicers/
Statement Schedules                      Depositor

*Additional Item:                        All parties to the PSA as to
                                         themselves, the Depositor/Trustee/
                                         Servicer (to the extent known) as to
                                         the issuing entity, the sponsor, 1106
Disclosure per Item 1117 of Reg AB       (b) originator, any 1100(d)(1) party

*Additional Item:                        All parties to the PSA as to
                                         themselves, the Depositor as to the
                                         Sponsor, originator, significant
Disclosure per Item 1119 of Reg AB       obligor, enhancement or support provider

Additional Item:                         Depositor/Sponsor/Mortgage Loan Sponsor
                                         /Servicer

Disclosure per Item 1112(b) of Reg AB

Additional Item:                         Depositor/Sponsor/Trustee

Disclosure per Items 1114(b) and 1115
(b) of Reg AB
</TABLE>

                                  Schedule Z-1

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