-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, V/K/zFeQVHTqnesesWVnAQWUyhigm10NwkPjaZ6jN/7tqB3A8Q5HXpW3l4rFeB1Z x3S1iS37nbmPrnoMRdoTSA== 0000889812-97-000049.txt : 19970114 0000889812-97-000049.hdr.sgml : 19970114 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000889812-97-000049 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 9 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19961219 ITEM INFORMATION: Acquisition or disposition of assets ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 19970110 SROS: NASD FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ADVANTA MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 1996-4 CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001028373 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-99510-05 FILM NUMBER: 97504529 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ADVANTA MORTGAGE CONDUIT SERVICES, INC. STREET 2: 16875 WEST BERNARDO DRIVE CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92127 BUSINESS PHONE: 2122598341 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ADVANTA MORTGAGE CONDUIT SERVICES INC STREET 2: 16875 WEST BERNARDO DRIVE CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92127 8-K 1 CURRENT REPORT - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December 19, 1996 Advanta Mortgage Loan Trust 1996-4 ----------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) New York 33-99510 Application Pending - ---------------------------- ------------ ------------------- (State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.) c/o Advanta Mortgage Conduit 92127 Services, Inc. ---------- Attention: Milton Riseman (Zip Code) 16875 West Bernardo Drive San Diego, California (Address of Principal Executive Offices) Registrant's telephone number, including area code (619) 674-1800 -------------- No Change - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item 2. Acquisition or Disposition of Assets Description of the Certificates and the Mortgage Loans Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc. registered issuances of up to $638,000,000 principal amount of Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), by the Registration Statements on Form S-3 (Registration File No. 33-99510 (as amended, the "Registration Statement"). Pursuant to the Registration Statement, Advanta Mortgage Loan Trust 1996-4 (the "Registrant" or the "Trust") issued approximately $330,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 1996-4 (the "Certificates"), on December 19, 1996. This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to satisfy an undertaking to file copies of certain agreements executed in connection with the issuance of the Certificates, the forms of which were filed as Exhibits to the Registration Statements. The Certificates were issued pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1, dated as of December 1, 1996, between Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc. (the "Company"), Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA, in its capacity as master servicer (the "Master Servicer") and Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., in its capacity as Trustee (the "Trustee"). The Certificates consist of two registered classes, the Class A-1 and Class A-2 (collectively, the "Class A Certificates"), the Class R Certificates (the "Class R Certificates" and, together with the Class A Certificates, the "Certificates"). The Certificates initially evidence, in the aggregate, 100% of the undivided beneficial ownership interests in the Trust. The assets of the Trust initially will include two investment pools (each, a "Mortgage Loan Group" or "Group") of closed-end mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") secured by mortgages or deeds of trust (the "Mortgages") on one-to-four family residential properties. The Class A-1 Group I Certificates represent undivided ownership interests in a pool of fixed-rate Mortgage Loans secured by Mortgages which may be either in a first or in a junior lien position. The Class A-2 Group II Certificates represent undivided ownership interests in a group of variable rate Mortgage Loans secured by Mortgages which may be either in a first or in a junior lien position. Interest distributions on the Class A Certificates are based on the Certificate Principal Balance thereof and the then applicable Pass-Through Rate thereof. The Pass- Through Rate is Variable Rate for the Class A-1 Certificates and the Class A-2 Certificates. The Class A-1 Certificates have an aggregate principal amount of $210,000,000. The Class A-2 Certificates have an aggregate principal amount of $120,000,000. As of the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loans possessed the characteristics described in the Prospectus dated September 6, 1996 and the Prospectus Supplement dated December 6, 1996 filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) of the Act on September 19, 1996. Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits. (a) Not applicable (b) Not applicable (c) Exhibits: 1.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated December 6, 1996 between Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc. and Prudential Securities Incorporated, as representative of the Underwriters (the "Representative"). 4.1 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 1, 1996, between Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc., as sponsor, Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA, as master servicer, and Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., as Trustee. 4.2 Master Loan Transfer Agreement, dated as of February 15, 1995, between Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc., as sponsor, Advanta National Bank, USA, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midatlantic, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midatlantic II, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midwest, Advanta Mortgage Corp. of New Jersey, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Northeast and Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA (collectively, the "Affiliated Originators"), and Bankers Trust Company, as trustee. 4.3 Conveyance Agreement dated as of December 19, 1996 between the Affiliated Originators and Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc. 4.4 Advanta Mortgage Holding Company Guaranty. 4.5 Certificate Insurance Policy. 24.1 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick regarding financial statements of the Certificate Insurer and its reports. 28.1 Indemnification Agreement dated as of December 1, 1996, between Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc., Prudential Securities Incorporated and Financial Guaranty Insurance Company in connection with the Underwriting Agreement. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. ADVANTA MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 1996-4 By: Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc., as Sponsor By: /s/ Mark T. Dunsheath --------------------------------- Name: Mark T. Dunsheath Title: Vice President Dated: January 2, 1996 EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description Page No. - ----------- ----------- -------- 1.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated December 6, 1996 between Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc. and Prudential Securities Incorporated. 7 4.1 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 1, 1996, between Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc., as sponsor, Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA, as master servicer, Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., as Trustee. 51 4.2 Master Loan Transfer Agreement, dated as of February 15, 1995, between Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc., as sponsor, Advanta National Bank, USA, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midatlantic, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midatlantic II, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midwest, Advanta Mortgage Corp. of New Jersey, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Northeast and Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA (collectively, the "Affiliated Originators"), and Bankers Trust Company, as trustee. 185 4.3 Conveyance Agreement dated as of December 19, 1996 between the Affiliated Originators and Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc. 211 4.4 Advanta Mortgage Holding Company Guaranty. 215 4.5 Certificate Insurance Policy. 219 24.1 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick regarding financial statements of the Certificate Insurer and its report. 224 28.1 Indemnification Agreement dated as of December 1, 1996, between Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc., Prudential Securities Incorporated and Financial Guaranty Insurance Company in connection with the Underwriting Agreement. 226
EX-1.1 2 UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT ADVANTA MORTGAGE CONDUIT SERVICES, INC. Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 1996-4, Class A Certificates UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT December 6, 1996 PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED As Representative of the Underwriters named in Schedule I One New York Plaza, 15th floor New York, New York 10292 Ladies and Gentlemen: Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc. (the "Company") has authorized the issuance and sale of Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 1996-4, (the "Certificates") consisting of the Class A-1 Group I Certificates (the "Class A-1 Certificates") and the Class A-2 Group II Certificates (the "Class A-2 Certificates, together with the Class A-1 Certificates, the "Offered Certificates") and of an additional class of subordinate certificates (the "Subordinate Certificates" or the "Class R Certificates"). The Certificates will be issued by the Advanta Mortgage Loan Trust 1996-4 (the "Trust"), and will evidence in the aggregate the entire beneficial interest in a trust estate (the "Trust Estate") consisting primarily of two segregated pools (the "Mortgage Pools") of closed-end mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans"), and certain related property. The Mortgage Loans shall have, as of the opening of business on December 1, 1996 (the "Cut-Off Date"), an aggregate principal balance of approximately $330,000,000. The certificates are to be issued under a pooling and servicing agreement, to be dated as of December 1, 1996 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the Company, as sponsor, Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA, as master servicer, and Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., as trustee (the "Trustee"). On or prior to the date of issuance of the Certificates, the Company will obtain a guaranty insurance policy (the "Policy") issued by Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (the "Insurer") which will unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee to the Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Offered Certificates the amount by which the sum of the related Group Interest Distribution Amount and the related Subordination Deficit, if any, exceeds the related Total Available Funds. Only the Offered Certificates are being purchased by the Underwriters. The Certificates are more fully described in a Registration Statement which the Company has furnished to the Underwriters. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Simultaneously with the execution of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Company will enter into a conveyance agreement pursuant to the Master Loan Transfer Agreement dated as of February 15, 1995 among the Trustee, and the Affiliated Originators named thereon (together, the "Purchase Agreement"), pursuant to which the Affiliated Originators will transfer to the Company all of their right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date. The Company will also enter into an Indemnification Agreement (the "Indemnification Agreement") dated as of December 1, 1996, among the Underwriters, the Company and the Certificate Insurer, governing the liability of the several parties with respect to the losses resulting from material misstatements or omissions contained in the Prospectus Supplement. SECTION I. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with the Underwriters that: A. Registration Statements on Form S-3, as amended by Post-Effective Amendments thereto, have (i) been prepared by the Company in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and the rules and regulations (the "Rules and Regulations") of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder, (ii) been filed with the Commission under the Securities Act and (iii) become effective under the Securities Act. Copies of such Registration Statements have been delivered by the Company to the Underwriters. As used in this Agreement, "Effective Time" means the date and the time as of which such Registration Statements, or the most recent post-effective amendment thereto, if any, was declared effective by the Commission; "Effective Date" means the date of the Effective Time; "Preliminary Prospectus" means each prospectus included in such Registration Statements, or amendments thereof, including a 2 preliminary prospectus supplement which, as completed, is proposed to be used in connection with the sale of the Offered Certificates and any prospectus filed with the Commission by the Company with the consent of the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the Rules and Regulations; "Registration Statement" means such registration statements, as amended by all Post-Effective Amendments thereto heretofore filed with the Commission, at the Effective Time, including any documents incorporated by reference therein at such time; and "Prospectus" means such final prospectus, as first supplemented by a prospectus supplement (the "Prospectus Supplement") relating to the Offered Certificates, as first filed with the Commission pursuant to paragraph (1) or (4) of Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations. Reference made herein to any Preliminary Prospectus or to the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference to any amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any document filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") after the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and incorporated by reference in such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to include any report of the Company filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the Effective Time that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. The Commission has not issued any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus. There are no contracts or documents of the Company which are required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement pursuant to the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations which have not been so filed or incorporated by reference therein on or prior to the Effective Date of the Registration Statements. The conditions for use of Form S-3, as set forth in the General Instructions thereto, have been satisfied. To the extent that any Underwriter (i) has provided to the Company Collateral term sheets (as hereinafter defined) that such Underwriter has provided to a prospective investor, the Company has 3 filed such Collateral term sheets as an exhibit to a report on Form 8-K within two business days of its receipt thereof, or (ii) has provided to the Company Structural term sheets or Computational Materials (each as defined below) that such Underwriter has provided to a prospective investor, the Company will file or cause to be filed with the Commission a report on Form 8-K containing such Structural term sheet and Computational Materials, as soon as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement, but in any event, not later than the date on which the Prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 of the Rules and Regulations. B. The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus will, when they become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conform in all respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations. The Registration Statement, as of the Effective Date thereof and of any amendment thereto, did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus as of its date, and as amended or supplemented as of the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) does not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriters expressly for use therein. C. The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and any 4 further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. D. Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus, there has not been any material adverse change in the general affairs, management, financial condition, or results of operations of the Company, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus as supplemented or amended as of the Closing Date. E. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, and has all power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties, to conduct the business in which it is engaged and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement and the Insurance Agreement, and to cause the Certificates to be issued. F. There are no actions, proceedings or investigations pending before or threatened by any court, administrative agency or other tribunal to which the Company is a party or of which any of its properties is the subject (a) which if determined adversely to the Company would have a material adverse effect on the business or financial condition of the Company, (b) which asserts the invalidity of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement or the Certificates, (c) which seeks to prevent the issuance of the Certificates or the consummation by the Company of any of the transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement or this Agreement, as the 5 case may be, or (d) which might materially and adversely affect the performance by the Company of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, this Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement or the Certificates. G. This Agreement has been, and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement and the Insurance Agreement when executed and delivered as contemplated hereby and thereby will have been, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and this Agreement constitutes, and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement and the Insurance Agreement, when executed and delivered as contemplated herein, will constitute, legal, valid and binding instruments enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, subject as to enforceability to (x) applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally, (y) general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law), and (z) with respect to rights of indemnity under this Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement and the Insurance Agreement, limitations of public policy under applicable securities laws. H. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement and the Insurance Agreement by the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and the issuance and delivery of the Certificates do not and will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party, by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will such actions result in any violation of the provisions of the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties or assets. 6 I. Arthur Andersen LLP are independent public accountants with respect to the Company as required by the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations. J. The direction by the Company to the Trustee to execute, authenticate, issue and deliver the Certificates has been duly authorized by the Company, and assuming the Trustee has been duly authorized to do so, when executed, authenticated, issued and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificates will be validly issued and outstanding and will be entitled to the benefits provided by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. K. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental agency or body of the United States is required for the issuance of the Certificates and the sale of the Offered Certificates to the Underwriters, or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement and the Insurance Agreement, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under State securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Offered Certificates by the Underwriters or as have been obtained. L. The Company possesses all material licenses, certificates, authorities or permits issued by the appropriate State, Federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now conducted by it and as described in the Prospectus, and the Company has not received notice of any proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, authority or permit which if decided adversely to the Company would, singly or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect the conduct of its business, operations or financial condition. M. At the time of execution and delivery of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Company will: (i) have good title to the interest in the Mortgage Loans conveyed by the Affiliated Originators, free and clear of any lien, mortgage, 7 pledge, charge, encumbrance, adverse claim or other security interest (collectively, "Liens"); (ii) not have assigned to any person any of its right, title or interest in the Mortgage Loans, in the Purchase Agreement, in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or in the Offered Certificates being issued pursuant thereto; and (iii) have the power and authority to sell its interest in the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee and to sell the Offered Certificates to the Underwriters. Upon execution and delivery of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Trustee, the Trustee will have acquired beneficial ownership of all of the Company's right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans. Upon delivery to the Underwriters of the Offered Certificates, the Underwriters will have good title to the Offered Certificates, free of any Liens. N. As of the Cut-0ff Date, each of the Mortgage Loans will meet the eligibility criteria described in the Prospectus and will conform to the descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus. O. Neither the Company nor the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is an "investment company" within the meaning of such term under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. P. At the Closing Date, the Certificates and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus. Q. At the Closing Date, the Offered Certificates shall have been rated in the highest rating category by at least two nationally recognized rating agencies. R. Any taxes, fees and other governmental charges in connection with the execution, delivery and issuance of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement and the Certificates have been paid or will be paid at or prior to the Closing Date. S. At the Closing Date, each of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Insurance Agreement will be true and correct in all material respects. 8 Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with an offering of the Offered Certificates shall be deemed, and shall state that it is, a representation and warranty as to the matters covered thereby to each person to whom the representations and warranties in this Section I are made. SECTION II. Purchase and Sale. The commitment of the Underwriters to purchase the Offered Certificates pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to have been made on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and shall be subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth. The Company agrees to instruct the Trustee to issue and agrees to sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agree (except as provided in Sections X and XI hereof) to purchase from the Company the aggregate initial principal amounts of Offered Certificates set forth on Schedule A, at the purchase price or prices set forth in Schedule A. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder to purchase the Offered Certificates of each Class shall be several and not joint. Each Underwriter's obligation shall be to purchase the aggregate principal amount of Offered Certificates of the related Class as is indicated with respect to each Underwriter under the caption "Underwriting" in the Prospectus. The right of the Company and a non-defaulting Underwriter shall be as set forth in Section XIII hereof. SECTION III. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Offered Certificates to be purchased by the Underwriters shall be made at the offices of Dewey Ballantine, 1301 Sixth Avenue, New York, New York 10019, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company at 10:00 A.M. New York City time on December 19, 1996 or at such other time or date as shall be agreed upon in writing by the Representative and the Company (such date being referred to as the "Closing Date"). Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of same day funds payable to the account of the Company. Delivery of the Offered Certificates shall be made to the Representative for the accounts of the Underwriters against payment of the purchase price thereof. The Offered Certificates shall be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Representative may request in writing at least two business days prior to the Closing Date. The Offered Certificates will be made available for examination by the Representative no later than 2:00 p.m. New York City time on the first business day prior to the Closing Date. SECTION IV. Offering by the Underwriters. It is understood that, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, 9 the Underwriters proposes to offer the Offered Certificates for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus. SECTION V. Covenants of the Company. The Company agrees as follows: A. To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representative and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act not later than the Commission's close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Closing Date except as permitted herein; to advise the Representative, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the Representative with copies thereof; to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and, for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Offered Certificates, to promptly advise the Representative of its receipt of notice of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of: (i) any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus; (ii) the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Certificates for offering or sale in any jurisdiction; (iii) the initiation of or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose; (iv) any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information. In the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification, the Company promptly shall use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order or suspension. B. To furnish promptly to the Representative and to counsel for the Underwriters a signed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto 10 filed with the Commission, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith. C. To deliver promptly to the Representative such number of the following documents as the Representative shall reasonably request: (i) conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission and each amendment thereto (in each case including exhibits); (ii) each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amended or supplemented Prospectus; and (iii) any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (including exhibits thereto). If the delivery of a prospectus is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the Effective Time in connection with the offering or sale of the Offered Certificates, and if at such time any events shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company shall notify the Representative and, upon the Representative's request, shall file such document and prepare and furnish without charge to the Underwriters and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which corrects such statement or omission or effects such compliance, and in case any of the Underwriters are required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with sales of any of the Offered Certificates at any time nine months or more after the Effective Time, upon the request of the Representative but at the expense of such Underwriter, the Company shall prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many copies as such Underwriter may reasonably request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act. D. To file promptly with the Commission any amendment to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any supplement to the Prospectus that 11 may, in the judgment of the Company or the Representative, be required by the Securities Act or requested by the Commission. E. Prior to filing with the Commission any (i) Preliminary Prospectus, (ii) amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus, or document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, or (iii) Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424 of the Rules and Regulations, to furnish a copy thereof to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters and obtain the consent of the Representative to the filing. F. To make generally available to holders of the Offered Certificates as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 90 days after the close of the period covered thereby, a statement of earnings of the Trust (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158) and covering a period of at least twelve consecutive months beginning not later than the first day of the first fiscal quarter following the Closing Date. G. To use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Representative, to qualify the Offered Certificates for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions of the United States as the Representative may designate, and maintain or cause to be maintained such qualifications in effect for as long as may be required for the distribution of the Offered Certificates. The Company will file or cause the filing of such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of each jurisdiction in which the Offered Certificates have been so qualified. H. Not, without the Representative's prior written consent, to publicly offer or sell or contract to sell any mortgage pass-through securities, collateralized mortgage obligations or other similar securities representing interests in or secured by other mortgage-related assets originated or owned by the Company for a period of 5 business days following the commencement of the offering of the Offered Certificates to the public. I. So long as the Offered Certificates shall be outstanding, to deliver to the Representative as soon as such statements are furnished to 12 the Trustee: (i) the annual statement as to compliance delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.16 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the annual statement of a firm of independent public accountants furnished to the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the Monthly Statement furnished to the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 7.8 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. J. To apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Offered Certificates in the manner set forth in the Prospectus. SECTION VI. Conditions to the Underwriters' Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Offered Certificates pursuant to this Agreement are subject to: (i) the accuracy on and as of the Closing Date of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein contained; (ii) the performance by the Company of all of their respective obligations hereunder; and (iii) the following conditions as of the Closing Date: A. The Representative shall have received confirmation of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission. Any request of the Commission for inclusion of additional information in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall have been complied with. B. None of the Underwriters shall have discovered and disclosed to the Company on or prior to the Closing Date that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a fact or omits to state a fact which, in the opinion of Dewey Ballantine, counsel for the Underwriters, is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. C. All corporate proceedings and other legal matters relating to the authorization, form and validity of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement, the Offered Certificates, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and all other legal matters relating to 13 this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be satisfactory in all respects to counsel for the Underwriters, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters. D. The Representative shall have received the favorable opinion of Dewey Ballantine, special counsel to the Company with respect to the following items, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that: 1. The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is qualified to do business in each state necessary to enable it to perform its obligations as Sponsor under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Company has the requisite power and authority to execute and deliver, engage in the transactions contemplated by, and perform and observe the conditions of, this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement. 2. This Agreement, the Certificates, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, all requisite corporate action having been taken with respect thereto, and each (other than the Certificates) constitutes the valid, legal and binding agreement of the Company. 3. Neither the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Trust, the issuance or sale of the Certificates nor the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, the Purchase Agreement or the Indemnification Agreement (A) conflicts or will conflict with or results or will result in a breach of, or constitutes or will constitute a default under, (i) any term or provision of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company; (ii) any term or provision of any material agreement, contract, instrument or indenture, to which the Company is a party or is bound and known to such counsel; or (iii) any order, judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental 14 agency or body or other tribunal having jurisdiction over the Company and known to such counsel; or (B) results in, or will result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon the Trust Estate or upon the Certificates, except as otherwise contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 4. The endorsement and delivery of each Note, and the preparation, delivery and recording of an Assignment with respect to each Mortgage is sufficient to fully transfer to the Trustee for the benefit of the Owners all right, title and interest of the Company in the Note and Mortgage, as noteholder and mortgagee or assignee thereof, subject to any exceptions set forth in such opinion, and will be sufficient to permit the Trustee to avail itself of all protection available under applicable law against the claims of any present or future creditors of the Company and to prevent any other sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or other encumbrance of the Mortgage Loans by the Company from being enforceable. 5. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, registration or filing with, or notice to, courts, governmental agency or body or other tribunal is required under the laws of the State of New York, for the execution, delivery and performance of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, this Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement, the Purchase Agreement or the offer, issuance, sale or delivery of the Certificates or the consummation of any other transaction contemplated thereby by the Company, except such which have been obtained. 6. There are no actions, proceedings or investigations, to such counsel's knowledge, pending or threatened against the Company before any court, governmental agency or body or other tribunal (i) asserting the invalidity of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, this Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement, the Purchase Agreement or the Certificates (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Certificates or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement, the Insurance Agreement or this Agreement, (iii) which would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Company of obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, the Pooling and 15 Servicing Agreement, the Certificates, the Indemnification Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, the Purchase Agreement or this Agreement or (iv) that would adversely affect the status of the Trust Estate as a "real estate mortgage investment conduit" ("REMIC") as such term is defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 7. To the best of the knowledge of such counsel, the Commission has not issued any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any order directed to any prospectus relating to the Certificates (including the Prospectus), and has not initiated or threatened any proceeding for that purpose. 8. The Registration Statement and the Prospectus (other than the financial and statistical data included therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), including the Incorporated Documents, as of the date on which the Registration Statement was declared effective and as of the date hereof, comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and such counsel does not know of any amendment to the Registration Statement required to be filed, or of any contracts, indentures or other documents of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or required to be described in the Registration Statement which has not been filed or described as required. 9. Neither the qualification of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 nor the registration of the Trust created by such Agreement under the Investment Company Act of 1940 is presently required. 10. The statements in the Prospectus set forth under the captions "DESCRIPTION OF THE SECURITIES," "THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT" and the statements in the Prospectus Supplement set forth under the caption "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES," to the extent such statements purport to summarize certain provisions of the Certificates or of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, are fair and accurate in all material respects. 11. The statements in the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement set forth under the captions 16 "ERISA CONSIDERATIONS," "CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES," and the statements in the Prospectus set forth under the caption "CERTAIN LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS AND RELATED MATTERS," to the extent that they constitute matters of federal, New York or California law, or federal, New York or California legal conclusions provide a fair and accurate summary of such law or conclusions. 12. Assuming that (a) the Trustee causes the Trust created under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to elect, as the Trustee has covenanted to do in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to be treated as a REMIC and (b) the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement comply with the terms thereof, the Trust will be treated as a REMIC, the Class A-1 and the A-2 Certificates issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will be treated as the "regular interests" in the REMIC and the Class R Certificates issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will be treated as the sole "residual interest" in the REMIC. The Trust will not be subject to tax upon its income or assets by any taxing authority of the State of New York or New York City or of the State of California (except that no opinion need be expressed with respect to any minimum tax). 13. Such opinion shall also relate to comparable matters with respect to the Affiliated Originators and Advanta Mortgage Holding Company. 14. No information has come to such counsel's attention which causes them to believe that the Prospectus (other than the financial statement and other financial and statistical data contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), as of the date thereof, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 15. Such other matters as the Representative may reasonably request. In rendering its opinions, the counsel described above may rely, as to matters of fact, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company, the Trustee and public officials. Such opinions may also assume the due authorization, execution and delivery of the instruments and 17 documents referred to therein by the parties thereto other than the Company. E. The Representative shall have received letters, including bring-down letters, from Arthur Andersen LLP, dated on or before the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, to the effect that they have performed certain specified procedures requested by the Representative with respect to the information set forth in the Prospectus and certain matters relating to the Company. F. The Offered Certificates shall have been rated in the highest rating category by Standard & Poor's Ratings Group and by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., and such ratings shall not have been rescinded or downgraded. The Representative and counsel for the Underwriters shall have received copies of any opinions of counsel supplied to the rating organizations relating to any matters with respect to the Certificates. Any such opinions shall be dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters or accompanied by reliance letters to the Underwriters or shall state that the Underwriters may rely upon them. G. The Representative shall have received from the Company a certificate, signed by the president, a senior vice president or a vice president of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signer of such certificate has carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and this Agreement and that, to the best of his or her knowledge based upon reasonable investigation: 1. the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement and in the Indemnification Agreement, as of the Closing Date, and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and in all related agreements, as of the date specified in such agreements, are true and correct, and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date; 2. there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending, or to the best of such officer's knowledge, threatened against or affecting the 18 Company which if adversely determined, individually or in the aggregate, would be reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company's obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement or under the Indemnification Agreement in any material way; and no merger, liquidation, dissolution or bankruptcy of the Company is pending or contemplated; 3. the information contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus relating to the Company, the Mortgage Loans or the servicing procedures of it or its affiliates or subservicer is true and accurate in all material respects and nothing has come to his or her attention that would lead such officer to believe that the Registration Statement or Prospectus includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; 4. the information set forth in the Schedule of Mortgage Loans required to be furnished pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is true and correct in all material respects; 5. there has been no amendment or other document filed affecting the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Company since September 30, 1996, and no such amendment has been authorized. No event has occurred since September 30, 1996, which has affected the good standing of the Company under the laws of the State of Delaware; 6. there has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from September 30, 1996; 7. on or prior to the Closing Date, there has been no downgrading, nor has any notice been given of (A) any intended or potential downgrading or (B) any review or possible changes in rating the direction of which has not been indicated, in the rating, if any, accorded the Company or in any rating accorded any securities of the Company, if any, by any "nationally recognized statistical 19 rating organization," as such term is defined for purposes of the 1933 Act; and 8. each person who, as an officer or representative of the Company, signed or signs the Registration Statement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, or any other document delivered pursuant hereto, on the date of such execution, or on the Closing Date, as the case may be, in connection with the transactions described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and this Agreement was, at the respective times of such signing and delivery, and is now, duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting as such officer or representative, and the signatures of such persons appearing on such documents are their genuine signatures. The Company shall attach to such certificate a true and correct copy of its certificate or articles of incorporation, as appropriate, and bylaws which are in full force and effect on the date of such certificate and a certified true copy of the resolutions of its Board of Directors with respect to the transactions contemplated herein. H. The Representative shall have received a favorable opinion of counsel to the Trustee, dated the Closing Date and in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, to the effect that: 1. the Trustee is a national banking association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States and has the power and authority to enter into and to take all actions required of it under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; 2. the Pooling and Servicing Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Trustee, enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability thereof may be limited by (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally, as such laws would apply in the event of a bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or 20 similar occurrence affecting the Trustee, and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity; 3. no consent, approval, authorization or other action by any governmental agency or body or other tribunal is required on the part of the Trustee in connection with its execution and delivery of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the performance of its obligations thereunder; 4. the Certificates have been duly executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee; and 5. the execution and delivery of, and performance by the Trustee of its obligations under, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement do not conflict with or result in a violation of any statute or regulation applicable to the Trustee, or the charter or bylaws of the Trustee, or to the best knowledge of such counsel, any governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Trustee or the terms of any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Trustee is a party or by which it is bound. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely, as to matters of fact, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company, the Trustee and public officials. Such opinion may also assume the due authorization, execution and delivery of the instruments and documents referred to therein by the parties thereto other than the Trustee. I. The Representative shall have received from the Trustee a certificate, signed by the President, a senior vice president or a vice president of the Trustee, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that each person who, as an officer or representative of the Trustee, signed or signs the Certificates, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other document delivered pursuant hereto, on the date hereof or on the Closing Date, in connection with the transactions described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement was, at the respective times of such signing and delivery, and is now, duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting as such officer or representative, and the signatures of such persons appearing on such documents are their genuine signatures. J. The Policy relating to the Certificates shall have been duly executed and issued at or 21 prior to the Closing Date and shall conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the Prospectus. K. The Representative shall have received a favorable opinion of in-house counsel to the Insurer, dated the Closing Date and in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, to the effect that: 1. The Insurer is a stock insurance corporation, duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the State of New York. The Insurer is validly licensed and authorized to issue the Policy and perform its obligations under the Policy in accordance with the terms thereof, under the laws of the State of New York. 2. The execution and delivery by the Insurer of the Policy, the Insurance Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement are within the corporate power of the Insurer and have been authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Insurer; the Policy has been duly executed and is the valid and binding obligation of the Insurer enforceable in accordance with its terms except that the enforcement of the Policy may be limited by laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity. 3. The Insurer is authorized to deliver the Insurance Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement, and such agreements have been duly executed and delivered and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Insurer enforceable in accordance with its terms except that the enforcement of the Insurance Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement may be limited by laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity and by public policy considerations relating to indemnification for securities law violations. 4. No consent, approval, authorization or order of any state or federal court or governmental agency or body is required on the part of the Insurer, the lack of which would adversely affect the validity or enforceability of the Policy; to the extent required by applicable legal 22 requirements that would adversely affect validity or enforceability of the Policy, the form of the Policy has been filed with, and approved by, all governmental authorities having jurisdiction over the Insurer in connection with the Policy. 5. The Certificate Insurance Policy is not required to be registered under the Securities Act. 6. The information set forth under the caption "THE CERTIFICATE INSURANCE POLICY" and "THE CERTIFICATE INSURER" in the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement, insofar as such statements constitute a description of the Policy, accurately summarizes the Policy. In rendering this opinion, such counsel may rely, as to matters of fact, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company, the Trustee, the Insurer and public officials. Such opinion may assume the due authorization, execution and delivery of the instruments and documents referred to therein by the parties thereto other than the Insurer. L. On or prior to the Closing Date, there has been no downgrading, nor has any notice been given of (A) any intended or potential downgrading or (B) any review or possible changes in rating the direction of which has not been indicated, in the rating, if any, accorded the Company or in any rating accorded any securities of the Company, if any, by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization," as such term is defined for purposes of the 1933 Act. M. On or prior to the Closing Date there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of (A) any intended or potential downgrading or (B) any review or possible change in rating the direction of which has not been indicated, in the rating accorded the Insurer's claims paying ability by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization," as such term is defined for purposes of the 1933 Act. N. There has not occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations, since September 30, 1996, of (A) the Company and its subsidiaries or (B) the Insurer, that is in the Representative's judgment material and adverse and that makes it in the Representative's judgment impracticable to 23 market the Offered Certificates on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus. O. The Representative shall have received from the Insurer a certificate, signed by the President, a senior vice president or a vice president of the Insurer, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signer of such certificate has carefully examined the Policy, the Insurance Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement and the related documents and that, to the best of his or her knowledge based on reasonable investigation: 1. there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or threatened against or affecting the Insurer which, if adversely determined, individually or in the aggregate, would adversely affect the Insurer's performance under the Policy, the Insurance Agreement or the Indemnification Agreement; 2. each person who as an officer or representative of the Insurer, signed or signs the Policy, the Insurance Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement or any other document delivered pursuant hereto, on the date thereof, or on the Closing Date, in connection with the transactions described in this Agreement was, at the respective times of such signing and delivery, and is now, duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting as such officer or representative, and the signatures of such persons appearing on such documents are their genuine signatures; 3. the information contained in the Prospectus under the captions "THE CERTIFICATE INSURANCE POLICY" and "THE CERTIFICATE INSURER" is true and correct in all material respects and does not omit to state a material fact with respect to the description of the Policy or the ability of the Insurer to meet its payment obligations under the Policy; 4. the tables regarding the Insurer's capitalization set forth under the heading "THE CERTIFICATE INSURANCE POLICY" and "THE CERTIFICATE INSURER" presents fairly the capitalization of the Insurer as of September 30, 1996; 5. on or prior to the Closing Date, there has been no downgrading, nor has any notice been given of (A) any intended or potential downgrading or (B) any review or possible changes in rating the 24 direction of which has not been indicated, in the rating accorded the claims paying ability of the Insurer by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization," as such term is defined for purposes of the 1933 Act; 6. the audited balance sheet of the Insurer as of December 31, 1995 and the related statement of income and retained earnings for the fiscal year then ended, and the accompanying footnotes, together with opinion dated January 19, 1996 of KPMG Peat Marwick, an independent certificated public accountant, copies of which are included in the Prospectus, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Insurer as of such date and for the period covered by such statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied; the unaudited balance sheet of the Insurer as of September 30, 1996 and the related statement of income and retained earnings for the three-month period then ended, copies of which are included in the Prospectus, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Insurer as of such date and for the period covered by such statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied consistently with those principles applied in preparing the December 31, 1995 audited statements. 7. to the best knowledge of such officer, since September 30, 1996, no material adverse change has occurred in the financial position of the Insurer other than as set forth in the Prospectus. The officer of the Insurer certifying to items 5-7 shall be an officer in charge of a principal financial function. The Insurer shall attach to such certificate a true and correct copy of its certificate or articles of incorporation, as appropriate, and its bylaws, all of which are in full force and effect on the date of such certificate. P. The Representative shall have received from Dewey Ballantine, special counsel to the Company, a survey in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, indicating the requirements of applicable local law which must be complied with in order to transfer and service the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the Pooling and 25 Servicing Agreement and the Company shall have complied with all such requirements. Q. The Representative shall have received from Dewey Ballantine, special counsel to the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Certificates, the Prospectus and such other related matters as the Representative shall reason- ably require. R. The Representative and counsel for the Underwriters shall have received copies of any opinions of counsel to the Company or the Insurer supplied to the Trustee relating to matters with respect to the Certificates or the Policy. Any such opinions shall be dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters or accompanied by reliance letters to the Underwriters or shall state the Underwriters may rely thereon. S. The Representative shall have received such further information, certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably have requested not fewer than three (3) full business days prior to the Closing Date. T. There shall have been executed and delivered by Advanta Mortgage Holding Company, the corporate parent of the Company ("AMHC"), a letter agreement with the Trustee and the Insurer, pursuant to which AMHC agrees to become jointly and severally liable with the Company and Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA for the payment of the Joint and Several Obligations (as defined in such letter agreement). U. There shall have been executed and delivered by AMHC, the corporate parent of the Company, a letter agreement with the Underwriters substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. V. Prior to the Closing Date, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Offered Certificates as herein contemplated and related proceedings or in order to evidence the accuracy and completeness of any of the representations and warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained, and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the 26 issuance and sale of the Certificates as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters. W. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement none of the following shall have occurred: (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the over-the-counter market shall have been suspended or minimum prices shall have been established on either of such exchanges or such market by the Commission, by such exchange or by any other regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction; (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by Federal or state authorities; (iii) the United States shall have become engaged in hostilities, there shall have been an escalation of hostilities involving the United States or there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States; or (iv) there shall have occurred such a material adverse change in general economic, political or financial conditions (or the effect of international conditions on the financial markets of the United States shall be such) as to make it, in the judgment of the Representative, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or delivery of the Certificates on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus. If any condition specified in this Section VI shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing Date, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section VII. All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters. SECTION VII. Payment of Expenses. The Company agrees to pay: (a) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Offered Certificates and any taxes payable in connection therewith; (b) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement and any amendments and exhibits thereto; (c) the costs of distributing the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto and any post-effective amendments thereof 27 (including, in each case, exhibits), the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any document incorporated by reference therein, all as provided in this Agreement; (d) the costs of reproducing and distributing this Agreement; (e) the fees and expenses of qualifying the Offered Certificates under the securities laws of the several jurisdictions as provided in Section V(G) hereof and of preparing, printing and distributing a Blue Sky Memorandum and a Legal Investment Survey (including related fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters); (f) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Offered Certificates; and (g) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company; provided that, except as provided in this Section VII, the Underwriters shall pay their own costs and expenses, including the costs and expenses of Dewey Ballantine, any transfer taxes on the Offered Certificates which they may sell and the expenses of advertising any offering of the Offered Certificates made by the Underwriters. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representative, in accordance with the provisions of Section VI or Section X, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for their respective reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including fees and disbursements of Dewey Ballantine, counsel for the Underwriters. SECTION VIII. Indemnification and Contribution. A. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act from and against any and all loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss, claim, damage, liability or action relating to purchases and sales of the Offered Certificates), to which such Underwriter or any such controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus or (iv) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and shall reimburse such Underwriter and each such controlling person promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending or 28 preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Registration Statement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information (including any Derived Information) furnished to the Company through the Representative specifically for inclusion therein; and provided further that as to any Preliminary Prospectus this indemnity shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter or any controlling person on account of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action arising from the sale of the Offered Certificates to any person by such Underwriter if such Underwriter failed to send or give a copy of the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, to that person within the time required by the Securities Act, and the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in the Preliminary Prospectus was corrected in the Prospectus, unless such failure resulted from non-compliance by the Company with Section V(C). For purposes of the last proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, the term "Prospectus" shall not be deemed to include the documents incorporated therein by reference, and none of the Underwriters shall be obligated to send or give any supplement or amendment to any document incorporated therein by reference to any person other than a person to whom such Underwriter had delivered such incorporated document or documents in response to a written request therefor. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to any Underwriters or any controlling person of such Underwriter. B. Each Underwriter agrees severally, and not jointly to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act against any and all loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus or (iv) the omission or 29 alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, and shall reimburse the Company and any such director, officer or controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have to the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person. C. Promptly after receipt by any indemnified party under this Section VIII of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section VIII, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; provided, however, that the failure to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have under this Section VIII except to the extent it has been materially prejudiced by such failure and, provided further, that the failure to notify any indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section VIII. If any such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party under this Section VIII for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. Any indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless: (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the indemnifying party in writing; (ii) such indemnified party 30 shall have been advised by such counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party and in the reasonable judgment of such counsel it is advisable for such indemnified party to employ separate counsel; or (iii) the indemnifying party has failed to assume the defense of such action and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, in which case, if such indemnified party notifies the indemnifying party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party, it being understood, however, the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to local counsel) at any time for all such indemnified parties, which firm shall be designated in writing by the Underwriters, if the indemnified parties under this Section VIII consist of the Underwriters or any of their controlling persons, or by the Company, if the indemnified parties under this Section VIII consist of the Company or any of the Company's directors, officers or controlling persons. Each indemnified party, as a condition of the indemnity agreements contained in Section VIII(A) and (B), shall use its best efforts to cooperate with the indemnifying party in the defense of any such action or claim. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with its written consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. D. Each Underwriter agrees to deliver to the Company no later than the date on which the Prospectus Supplement is required to be filed 31 pursuant to Rule 424 with a copy of its Derived Information (defined below) for filing with the Commission on Form 8-K. E. Each Underwriter agrees, assuming all Company-Provided Information (defined below) is accurate and complete in all material respects, to severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of the Company's officers and directors and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Derived Information provided by such Underwriter, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by him, her or it in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred. The obligations of each of the Underwriters under this Section VIII(E) shall be in addition to any liability which such Underwriter may otherwise have. The procedures set forth in Section VIII(C) shall be equally applicable to this Section VIII(E). F. For purposes of this Section VIII, the term "Derived Information" means such portion, if any, of the information delivered to the Company pursuant to Section VIII(D) for filing with the Commission on Form 8-K as: (i) is not contained in the Prospectus without taking into account information incorporated therein by reference; (ii) does not constitute Company-Provided Information; and 32 (iii) is of the type of information defined as Collateral term sheets, Structural term sheets or Computational Materials (as such terms are interpreted in the No- Action Letters). "Company-Provided Information" means any computer tape furnished to the Underwriters by the Company concerning the Mortgage Loans comprising the Trust. The terms "Collateral term sheet" and "Structural term sheet" shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the February 13, 1995 letter (the "PSA Letter") of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton on behalf of the Public Securities Association (which letter, and the SEC staff's response thereto, were publicly available February 17, 1995). The term "Collateral term sheet" as used herein includes any subsequent Collateral term sheet that reflects a substantive change in the information presented. The term "Computational Materials" has the meaning assigned to it in the May 17, 1994 letter (the "Kidder letter" and together with the PSA Letter, the "No-Action Letters") of Brown & Wood on behalf of Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. (which letter, and the SEC staff's response thereto, were publicly available May 20, 1994). G. If the indemnification provided for in this Section VIII shall for any reason be unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section VIII(A) or (B) in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Offered Certificates or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under Section VIII(C), in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other with respect to 33 the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits of the Underwriters and the Company shall be deemed to be in such proportion so that the Underwriters are responsible for that portion represented by the percentage that the underwriting discount appearing on the cover page of the Prospectus bears to the public offering price appearing on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Underwriters and the Company shall be determined by reference to whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by one of the Underwriters, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission and other equitable considerations. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section VIII(G) were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section VIII(G) shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this Section VIII(G), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. In no case shall any Underwriter be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount applicable to the Certificates purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. H. The Underwriters severally confirm that the information set forth (i) in the Prospectus Supplement relating to market making and (ii) in the fourth paragraph under the caption "Underwriting" in the Prospectus Supplement, together with the Derived Information, is correct and constitutes the only information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. 34 SECTION IX. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or contained in certificates of officers of the Company submitted pursuant hereto shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriters or controlling persons thereof, or by or on behalf of the Company and shall survive delivery of any Offered Certificates to the Underwriters. SECTION X. Termination of Agreement. The Representative may terminate this Agreement immediately upon notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to the Closing Date if any of the events or conditions described in Section VI(Y) of this Agreement shall occur and be continuing. In the event of any such termination, the covenant set forth in Section V(G), the provisions of Section VII, the indemnity agreement set forth in Section VIII, and the provisions of Sections IX and XIII shall remain in effect. SECTION XI. Notices. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and: A. if to the Underwriters, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to Prudential Securities Incorporated, as Representative of the Underwriters, One New York Plaza, 15th floor, New York, New York, 10036, Attention: General Counsel (Fax: 212-778-7401); B. if to the Company, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc. 16875 West Bernardo Drive, San Diego, California 92127 Attention: General Counsel (Fax: 619-674-3592). SECTION XII. Persons Entitled to the Benefit of this Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters and the Company, and their respective successors. This Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons, except that the representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements contained in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the benefit of the person or persons, if any, who control the Underwriters within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, and for the benefit of directors of the Company, officers of the Company who have signed the Registration Statement and any person controlling the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons referred to in this Section XII, any legal or equitable right, remedy 35 or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. SECTION XIII. Default by One of the Underwriters. If one of the Underwriters shall fail on the Closing Date to purchase the Offered Certificates which it is obligated to purchase hereunder (the "Defaulted Certificates"), the remaining Underwriters (the "Non-Defaulting Underwriter"), shall have the right, but not the obligation within one (1) Business Day thereafter, to make arrangements to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Certificates upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Non-Defaulting Underwriter shall not have completed such arrangements within such one (1) Business Day period, then this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of the Non-Defaulting Underwriter. No action taken pursuant to this Section XIII shall relieve the defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default. In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement, either the Non- Defaulting Underwriter or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. SECTION XIV. Survival. The respective indemnities, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement, or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Certificates and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any of them or any person controlling any of them. SECTION XV. Definition of the Term "Business Day". For purposes of this Agreement, "Business Day" means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. is open for trading. SECTION XVI. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME. SECTION XVII. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts and, if executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to 36 be an original but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. SECTION XVIII. Headings. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement. SECTION XIX. Representations of Underwriters. The Representative will act for the several Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and any action under this Agreement taken by the Representative will be binding upon all of the Underwriters. 37 If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between the Company and the Underwriters, please indicate your acceptance in the space provided for that purpose below. Very truly yours, ADVANTA MORTGAGE CONDUIT SERVICES INC. By:______________________ Name: Mark T. Dunsheath Title: Vice President CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date first above written: PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED as Representative of the Underwriters By:______________________ Name: Title: [Underwriting Agreement] =============================================================================== SCHEDULE A - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purchase Price Initial Principal Amount to Underwriters of Offered Certificates disregarding Class Purchased by Underwriters accrued interest - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class A-1 $210,000,000 99.725000% - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class A-2 $120,000,000 99.750000% =============================================================================== 39 EXHIBIT A As of _______, 1996 Prudential Securities Incorporated As Representative of the Underwriters named in Schedule I One New York Plaza, 15th floor New York, New York 10292 Re: Underwriting Agreement dated December ___, 1996 (the "Underwriting Agreement") between Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc. ("Advanta") and Prudential Securities Incorporated (the "Representative") and Indemnification Agreement dated as of December ___, 1996 (the "Indemnification Agreement") among Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (the "Certificate Insurer"), Advanta and the Representative ------------------------------ Ladies and Gentlemen: Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement (together, the "Designated Agreements"), Advanta has undertaken certain financial obligations with respect to the indemnification of the Underwriters and of the Certificate Insurer with respect to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement described in the Designated Agreements. Any financial obligations of Advanta under the Designated Agreements, whether or not specifically enumerated in this paragraph, are hereinafter referred to as the "Joint and Several Obligations"; provided, however, that "Joint and Several Obligations" shall mean only the financial obligations of Advanta under the Designated Agreements (including the payment of money damages for a breach of any of Advanta's obligations under the Designated Agreements, whether financial or otherwise) but shall not include any obligations not relating to the payment of money. As a condition of their respective executions of the Underwriting Agreement and of the Indemnification Agreement, the Underwriters and the Certificate Insurer have required the undersigned, Advanta Mortgage Holding Company ("AMHC"), the parent corporation of Advanta, to acknowledge its joint-and- several liability with Advanta for the payment of the Joint and Several Obligations under the Designated Agreements. Now, therefore, the Underwriters, the Certificate Insurer and AMHC do hereby agree that: (i) AMHC hereby agrees to be absolutely and unconditionally jointly and severally liable with Advanta to the Underwriters for the payment of the Joint and Several Obligations under the Underwriting Agreement. (ii) AMHC hereby agrees to be absolutely and unconditionally jointly and severally liable with Advanta to the Certificate Insurer for the payment of the Joint and Several Obligations under the Indemnification Agreement. (iii) AMHC may honor its obligations hereunder either by direct payment of any Joint and Several Obligations or by causing any Joint and Several Obligations to be paid to the Underwriters or to the Certificate Insurer, as applicable, by Advanta or another affiliate of AMHC. 2 Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have their respective meanings as set forth in the Agreement. Very truly yours, ADVANTA MORTGAGE HOLDING COMPANY By: ---------------------------------- Name: Mark T. Dunsheath Title: Vice President CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date first above written: FINANCIAL GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANY By: ----------------------------------- Name: Title: PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED as Representative of the Underwriters By: ----------------------------------- Name: Title: [AMHC Guarantee] SCHEDULE I Prudential Securities Incorporated Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated Salomon Brothers Inc EX-4.1 3 POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT Relating to ADVANTA MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 1996-4 Among ADVANTA MORTGAGE CONDUIT SERVICES, INC., as Sponsor, ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. USA, as Master Servicer, and BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as Trustee Dated as of December 1, 1996 TABLE OF CONTENTS (Not a Part of this Agreement) Page Parties.................................................................... 1 Recitals................................................................... 1 ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION................................. 2 1.1. Definitions.......................................................... 2 Accepted Servicing Practices............................... 2 Account.................................................... 2 Advanta Mortgage Files..................................... 2 Advanta Servicing Fee...................................... 2 Affiliated Originators..................................... 2 Agreement.................................................. 2 AMHC....................................................... 3 Appraised Value............................................ 3 Authorized Officer......................................... 3 Available Funds............................................ 3 Balloon Loan............................................... 3 Bulk Acquisition Loan...................................... 3 Business Day............................................... 3 Certificate................................................ 3 Certificate Account........................................ 3 Certificate Insurance Policy............................... 3 Certificate Insurer........................................ 4 Certificate Insurer Default................................ 4 Certificate Insurer Premium Rate........................... 4 Certificate Principal Balance.............................. 4 Class...................................................... 4 Class A Certificate........................................ 4 Class A-1 Available Funds Pass-Through Rate................................................... 4 Class A-1 Certificate...................................... 5 Class A-1 Distribution Account............................. 5 Class A-1 Distribution Amount.............................. 5 Class A-1 Formula Distribution Amount...................... 5 Class A-1 Formula Interest Shortfall....................... 5 Class A-1 Formula Pass-Through Rate........................ 5 Class A-1 Full Distribution Amount......................... 5 Class A-1 Full Interest Distribution Amount................................................. 5 Class A-1 Interest Carry-Forward Amount.................... 5 Class A-1 Interest Distribution Amount..................... 6 Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate................................ 6 Class A-1 Principal Distribution Amount.................... 6 Class A-2 Available Funds Pass-Through Rate................................................... 6 Class A-2 Certificate...................................... 7 Class A-2 Distribution Account............................. 7 Class A-2 Distribution Amount.............................. 7 Class A-2 Formula Interest Shortfall....................... 7 Class A-2 Formula Pass-Through Rate........................ 7 i Page Class A-2 Full Distribution Amount......................... 7 Class A-2 Full Interest Distribution Amount................................................. 7 Class A-2 Interest Carry-Forward Amount.................... 8 Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate................................ 8 Class A-2 Principal Distribution Amount.................... 8 Class R Certificate........................................ 8 Class RS Certificate....................................... 8 Class RS Distribution Account.............................. 8 Clean-Up Call Date......................................... 8 Closing Day................................................ 8 Code....................................................... 8 Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio............................... 8 Compensating Interest...................................... 9 Conduit Acquisition Trust.................................. 9 Coupon Rate................................................ 9 Cut-Off Date............................................... 9 Date-of-Payment Loan....................................... 9 Delinquency Advance........................................ 9 Delinquent................................................. 9 Delivery Order............................................. 10 Deposit Premium............................................ 10 Depository................................................. 10 Designated Advanta Mortgage Files.......................... 10 Designated Depository Institution.......................... 10 Designated Residual Owner.................................. 10 Determination Date......................................... 11 Direct Participant" or "DTC Participant.................... 11 Disqualified Organization.................................. 11 Document Delivery Requirements............................. 11 Eligible Investments....................................... 11 Excess Subordinated Amount................................. 11 Event of Default........................................... 11 FDIC....................................................... 11 Freddie Mac................................................ 11 File....................................................... 11 Final Determination........................................ 11 Final Scheduled Payment Date............................... 12 First Mortgage Loan........................................ 12 FNMA....................................................... 12 Gross Margin............................................... 12 Group I.................................................... 12 Group I Amortized Subordinated Amount Requirement............................................ 12 Group I Available Funds.................................... 12 Group I Certificates....................................... 12 Group I Certificate Principal Balance...................... 12 Group I Deficiency Amount.................................. 12 Group I Formula Distribution Amount........................ 12 Group I Initial Specified Subordinated Amount................................................. 12 Group I Insured Distribution Amount........................ 12 Group I Insured Payment.................................... 13 ii Page Group I Interest Distribution Amount....................... 13 Group I Interest Remittance Amount......................... 13 Group I Monthly Remittance Amount.......................... 13 Group I Pass-Through Rate.................................. 13 Group I Preference Amount.................................. 13 Group I Premium Amount..................................... 13 Group I Principal Carry-Forward Amount..................... 13 Group I Principal Distribution Amount...................... 14 Group I Principal Remittance Amount........................ 15 Group I Reimbursement Amount............................... 15 Group I Specified Subordinated Amount...................... 15 Group I Subordinated Amount................................ 15 Group I Subordination Deficit.............................. 15 Group I Total Available Funds.............................. 16 Group I Total Monthly Excess Spread........................ 16 Group II................................................... 16 Group II Amortized Subordinated Amount Requirement............................................ 16 Group II Available Funds................................... 16 Group II Certificates...................................... 16 Group II Certificate Principal Balance..................... 16 Group II Deficiency Amount................................. 16 Group II Formula Distribution Amount....................... 16 Group II Initial Specified Subordinated Amount................................................. 17 Group II Insured Distribution Amount....................... 17 Group II Insured Payment................................... 17 Group II Interest Distribution Amount...................... 17 Group II Interest Remittance Amount........................ 17 Group II Monthly Remittance Amount......................... 17 Group II Preference Amount................................. 17 Group II Premium Amount.................................... 17 Group II Principal Carry-Forward Amount.................... 18 Group II Principal Distribution Amount..................... 18 Group II Principal Remittance Amount....................... 19 Group II Reimbursement Amount.............................. 19 Group II Specified Subordinated Amount..................... 19 Group II Subordinated Amount............................... 19 Group II Subordination Deficit............................. 20 Group II Total Available Funds............................. 20 Group II Total Monthly Excess Spread....................... 20 Indemnification Agreement.................................. 20 Index...................................................... 20 Indirect Participant....................................... 20 Initial Premiums........................................... 20 Insurance Agreement........................................ 20 Insurance Policy........................................... 20 Insured Payment............................................ 21 Interest Accrual Period.................................... 21 Interest Advance........................................... 21 Interest Determination Date................................ 21 Interest Rate Adjustment Date.............................. 21 Late Payment Rate.......................................... 21 iii Page LIBOR...................................................... 21 Liquidated Loan............................................ 22 Liquidation Expenses....................................... 22 Liquidation Proceeds....................................... 22 Loan Balance............................................... 22 Loan Purchase Price........................................ 22 London Business Day........................................ 23 Master Servicer............................................ 23 Master Servicer's Trust Receipt............................ 23 Master Servicing Fee....................................... 23 Master Transfer Agreement.................................. 23 Monthly Remittance Amount.................................. 23 Moody's.................................................... 23 Mortgage................................................... 23 Mortgage Loan Group........................................ 23 Mortgage Loans............................................. 24 Mortgagor.................................................. 24 Net Liquidation Proceeds................................... 24 Net Monthly Excess Cashflow................................ 24 Nonrecoverable Advance..................................... 24 Note....................................................... 24 Officer's Certificate...................................... 24 Operative Documents........................................ 24 Original Aggregate Loan Balance............................ 25 Original Certificate Principal Balance..................... 25 Original Principal Amount.................................. 25 Originator................................................. 25 Outstanding................................................ 25 Owner...................................................... 26 Pass-Through Rate.......................................... 26 Payment Date............................................... 26 Percentage Interest........................................ 26 Person..................................................... 26 Pool Cumulative Realized Losses............................ 26 Pool Delinquency Rate...................................... 26 Pool Principal Balance..................................... 26 Pool Rolling Three Month Delinquency Rate.................. 26 Premium Amount............................................. 26 Premium Percentage......................................... 26 Prepaid Installment........................................ 27 Prepayment................................................. 27 Preservation Expenses...................................... 27 Principal and Interest Account............................. 27 Principal Remittance Amount................................ 27 Prohibited Transaction..................................... 27 Property................................................... 27 Purchase Option Period..................................... 27 Qualified Liquidation...................................... 27 Qualified Mortgage......................................... 27 Qualified Replacement Mortgage............................. 28 Realized Loss.............................................. 28 Record Date................................................ 28 iv Page Reference Banks............................................ 28 Register................................................... 29 Registrar.................................................. 29 Registration Statement..................................... 29 Reimbursement Amount....................................... 29 REMIC...................................................... 29 REMIC Provisions........................................... 29 REMIC Trust................................................ 29 Remittance Date............................................ 29 Remittance Period.......................................... 29 REO Property............................................... 30 Replacement Cut-Off Date................................... 30 Representation Letter...................................... 30 Representative............................................. 30 Reserve Interest Rate...................................... 30 Residual Net Monthly Excess Cashflow....................... 30 Schedules of Mortgage Loans................................ 30 Second Mortgage Loan....................................... 30 Securities Act............................................. 30 Senior Lien................................................ 30 Servicer Affiliate......................................... 31 Servicing Advance.......................................... 31 Servicing Fee.............................................. 31 Specified Subordinated Amount.............................. 31 Sponsor.................................................... 31 Standard & Poor's.......................................... 31 Step-up Payment Date....................................... 31 Subordinated Amount........................................ 31 Subordination Deficiency Amount............................ 31 Subordination Increase Amount.............................. 31 Subordination Reduction Amount............................. 32 Substitution Amount........................................ 32 Sub-Servicer............................................... 32 Sub-Servicing Agreement.................................... 32 Supplemental Interest Payment Account...................... 32 Supplemental Interest Payment Amount Available.............................................. 32 Supplemental Interest Trust................................ 32 Tax Matters Person......................................... 32 Termination Notice......................................... 32 Termination Price.......................................... 32 Third Mortgage Loan........................................ 32 Total Monthly Excess Cashflow.............................. 32 Total Monthly Excess Spread................................ 33 Transaction Documents...................................... 33 Trust...................................................... 33 Trust Estate............................................... 33 Trustee.................................................... 33 Trustee's Fees............................................. 33 Unaffiliated Originator Loan............................... 33 Unaffiliated Originators................................... 33 Underwriters............................................... 34 1.2. Use of Words and Phrases................................... 34 v Page 1.3. Captions; Table of Contents................................ 34 1.4. Opinions ................................................. 34 ARTICLE II ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF THE TRUST.................... 34 2.1. Establishment of the Trust................................. 34 2.2. Office ................................................. 34 2.3. Purposes and Powers........................................ 35 2.4. Appointment of the Trustee; Declaration of Trust............................................. 35 2.5. Expenses of the Trust...................................... 35 2.6. Ownership of the Trust..................................... 35 2.7. Situs of the Trust......................................... 35 2.8. Miscellaneous REMIC Provisions............................. 36 ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE SPONSOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER; COVENANT OF SPONSOR TO CONVEY MORTGAGE LOANS............ 36 3.1. Representations and Warranties of the Sponsor........................................... 36 3.2. Representations and Warranties of the Master Servicer................................... 39 3.3. Representations and Warranties of the Sponsor with Respect to the Mortgage Loans............................................. 42 3.4. Covenants of Sponsor to Take Certain Actions with Respect to the Mortgage Loans In Certain Situations................................ 44 3.5. Conveyance of the Mortgage Loans............................ 45 3.6. Acceptance by Trustee; Certain Substitutions of Mortgage Loans; Certification by Trustee........................................... 48 3.7. Cooperation Procedures...................................... 49 ARTICLE IV ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CERTIFICATES.................. 50 4.1. Issuance of Certificates.................................... 50 4.2. Sale of Certificates........................................ 50 ARTICLE V CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS............. 50 5.1. Terms .................................................. 50 5.2. Forms .................................................. 51 5.3. Execution, Authentication and Delivery...................... 51 5.4. Registration and Transfer of Certificates................... 52 5.5. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates...................................... 54 5.6. Persons Deemed Owners....................................... 55 5.7. Cancellation................................................ 55 vi Page 5.8. Limitation on Transfer of Ownership Rights.................. 55 5.9. Assignment of Rights........................................ 56 ARTICLE VI COVENANTS............................. 57 6.1. Distributions............................................... 57 6.2. Money for Distributions to be Held in Trust; Withholding................................ 57 6.3. Protection of Trust Estate.................................. 58 6.4. Performance of Obligations.................................. 59 6.5. Negative Covenants.......................................... 59 6.6. No Other Powers............................................. 60 6.7. Limitation of Suits......................................... 60 6.8. Unconditional Rights of Owners to Receive Distributions..................................... 61 6.9. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.............................. 61 6.10. Delay or Omission Not Waiver............................... 61 6.11. Control by Owners.......................................... 61 ARTICLE VII ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES............... 62 7.1. Collection of Money......................................... 62 7.2. Establishment of Accounts................................... 62 7.3. The Certificate Insurance Policy............................ 63 7.4. Reserved .................................................. 65 7.5. Flow of Funds............................................... 65 7.6. Investment of Accounts...................................... 69 7.7. Eligible Investments........................................ 70 7.8. Reports by Trustee.......................................... 71 7.9. Additional Reports by Trustee............................... 74 7.10. Supplemental Interest Payment Account, Supplement Interest Payments and Class RS Distribution Account........................... 75 ARTICLE VIII SERVICING AND ADMINISTRATION OF MORTGAGE LOANS........................... 77 8.1. Master Servicer and Sub-Servicers........................... 77 8.2. Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments................ 79 8.3. Sub-Servicing Agreements Between Master Servicer and Sub-Servicers........................ 80 8.4. Successor Sub-Servicers..................................... 80 8.5. Liability of Master Servicer................................ 80 8.6. No Contractual Relationship Between Sub-Servicer and Trustee or the Owners............ 80 8.7. Assumption or Termination of Sub-Servicing Agreement by Trustee.............................. 80 8.8. Principal and Interest Account.............................. 81 vii Page 8.9. Delinquency Advances, Compensating Interest and Servicing Advances............................ 83 8.10. Purchase of Mortgage Loans................................. 84 8.11. Maintenance of Insurance................................... 84 8.12. Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption and Substitution Agreements........................... 85 8.13. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.................. 86 8.14. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Files..................... 88 8.15. Servicing Compensation..................................... 90 8.16. Annual Statement as to Compliance.......................... 90 8.17. Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants' Reports.............................. 90 8.18. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage Loans.......... 90 8.19. Assignment of Agreement.................................... 91 8.20. Removal of Master Servicer; Resignation of Master Servicer................................... 91 8.21. Inspections by Certificate Insurer; Errors and Omissions Insurance........................... 96 8.22. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of Master Servicer......... 97 8.23. Notices of Material Events................................. 97 ARTICLE IX TERMINATION OF TRUST............................ 98 9.1. Termination of Trust........................................ 98 9.2. Termination Upon Option of Master Servicer.................. 98 9.3. Termination Upon Loss of REMIC Status....................... 99 9.4. Disposition of Proceeds.....................................101 9.5. Netting of Amounts..........................................101 ARTICLE X THE TRUSTEE..................................102 10.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities........................102 10.2. Removal of Trustee for Cause...............................103 10.3. Certain Rights of the Trustee..............................105 10.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Certificates...................................106 10.5. May Hold Certificates......................................106 10.6. Money Held in Trust........................................106 10.7. No Lien for Fees...........................................106 10.8. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility....................107 10.9. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.........................................107 10.10. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee...........................................109 10.11. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of the Trustee.............109 10.12. Reporting; Withholding....................................110 10.13. Liability of the Trustee..................................110 viii Page 10.14. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee...........................................110 ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS...........................112 11.1. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.......................112 11.2. Form of Documents Delivered to the Trustee.................113 11.3. Acts of Owners.............................................114 11.4. Notices, etc. to Trustee...................................114 11.5. Notices and Reports to Owners; Waiver of Notices...........................................114 11.6. Rules by Trustee and Sponsor...............................115 11.7. Successors and Assigns.....................................115 11.8. Severability...............................................115 11.9. Benefits of Agreement......................................115 11.10. Legal Holidays............................................116 11.11. Governing Law.............................................116 11.12. Counterparts..............................................116 11.13. Usury ..................................................116 11.14. Amendment.................................................117 11.15. REMIC Status; Taxes.......................................118 11.16. Additional Limitation on Action and Imposition of Tax.................................120 11.17. Appointment of Tax Matters Person.........................120 11.18. The Certificate Insurer...................................120 11.19. Maintenance of Records....................................121 11.20. Notices ..................................................121 ix SCHEDULE I -- Schedules of Mortgage Loans EXHIBIT A-1 -- Form of Class A-1 Certificate EXHIBIT A-2 -- Form of Class A-2 Certificate EXHIBIT B -- Contents of Mortgage Loan File EXHIBIT C -- Form of Class RS Certificate EXHIBIT D -- Form of Certificate Re: Mortgage Loans Prepaid in full After the Cut-Off Date EXHIBIT E -- Form of Trustee's Acknowledgement of Receipt EXHIBIT F -- Form of Certification EXHIBIT G -- Form of Delivery Order EXHIBIT H -- Form of Class RS Tax Matters Transfer Certificate EXHIBIT I -- Power of Attorney EXHIBIT J -- Form of Monthly Report EXHIBIT K -- Form of Master Servicer's Trust Receipt x POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, relating to ADVANTA MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 1996-4, dated as of December 1, 1996, by and among ADVANTA MORTGAGE CONDUIT SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation, in its capacity as Sponsor of the Trust (the "Sponsor"), ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. USA, a Delaware corporation, in its capacity as master servicer (the "Master Servicer"), and BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., a national banking association, in its capacity as trustee (the "Trustee"). WHEREAS, the Sponsor wishes to establish a trust and two subtrusts, and to provide for the allocation and sale of the beneficial interests therein and the maintenance and distribution of the trust estate; WHEREAS, the Master Servicer has agreed to service the Mortgage Loans, which constitute the principal assets of the trust estate; WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Certificates, when executed and authenticated by the Trustee valid instruments, and to make this Agreement a valid agreement, in accordance with their and its terms, have been done; WHEREAS, Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A. is willing to serve in the capacity of Trustee hereunder; and WHEREAS, Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (the "Certificate Insurer") is intended to be a third party beneficiary of this Agreement and is hereby recognized by the parties hereto to be a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein contained, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee hereby agree as follows: 1 ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION Section 1.1. Definitions. For all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Accepted Servicing Practices": The Master Servicer's normal servicing practices in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, which in general will conform to the mortgage servicing practices of prudent mortgage lending institutions which service for their own account mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans in the jurisdictions in which the related Properties are located and will give due consideration to the Certificate Insurer's and the Certificateholders' reliance on the Master Servicer. "Account": Any account established in accordance with Section 7.2 or 8.8 hereof each of which shall be established at a Designated Depository Institution. "Advanta Mortgage Files": For any Mortgage Loan identified on the related Schedule of Mortgage Loans with an "A" code, the items listed as (a), (b), (c), (d) and (f) on Exhibit B hereto. "Advanta Servicing Fee": With respect to any Mortgage Loan that is not an Unaffiliated Originator Loan, an amount retained by the Servicer or by any successor thereto as compensation for servicing and administration duties relating to such Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 8.15 hereof and equal to 0.50% per annum of the then outstanding Loan Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the opening of business on the first day of each calendar month payable on a monthly basis. "Affiliated Originators": Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA, a Delaware corporation, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midatlantic, a Pennsylvania corporation, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midatlantic II, a Pennsylvania corporation, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midwest, a Pennsylvania corporation, Advanta Mortgage Corp. of New Jersey, a New Jersey corporation, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Northeast, a New York corporation, Advanta National Bank USA, a national banking association, Advanta Finance Corp., a Nevada corporation, and Advanta Mortgage Corp. of New Jersey II, a New Jersey corporation. "Agreement": This Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time, and including the Exhibits hereto. 2 "AMHC": Advanta Mortgage Holding Company, a Delaware corporation and the corporate parent of Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA, and the indirect corporate parent of Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc. "Appraised Value": The appraised value of any Property based upon the appraisal or other valuation made at the time of the origination of the related Mortgage Loan, or, in the case of a Mortgage Loan which is a purchase money mortgage, the sales price of the Property at such time of origination, if such sales price is less than such appraised value. "Authorized Officer": With respect to any Person, any person who is authorized to act for such Person in matters relating to this Agreement, and whose action is binding upon such Person and, with respect to the Trustee, the Sponsor and the Master Servicer, initially including those individuals whose names appear on the lists of Authorized Officers delivered on the Closing Day. "Available Funds": With respect to the Group I Certificates, the Group I Available Funds and with respect to the Group II Certificates, the Group II Available Funds. "Balloon Loan": Any Mortgage Loan which has an amortization schedule which extends beyond its maturity date, resulting in a relatively large unamortized principal balance due in a single payment at maturity. "Bulk Acquisition Loan": Any Mortgage Loan purchased by the Sponsor or by an Affiliated Originator from another, unaffiliated Originator as part of a bulk portfolio acquisition; such Mortgage Loans shall be identified on the related Schedule of Mortgage Loans with a "B" code. "Business Day": Any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banking institutions in the State of New York, the State of California or in the city in which the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee is located, are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed. "Certificate": Any one of the Class A Certificates, or the Class R Certificates, each representing the interests and the rights described in this Agreement. "Certificate Account": The Certificate Account established in accordance with Section 7.2 hereof and maintained by the Trustee. "Certificate Insurance Policy": The certificate guaranty insurance policy dated December 19, 1996 issued by 3 the Certificate Insurer to the Trustee for the benefit of the Owners of the Class A Certificates. "Certificate Insurer": Financial Guaranty Insurance Company or any successor thereto, as issuer of the Certificate Insurance Policy. "Certificate Insurer Default": Any period during which the Certificate Insurer has failed (or continued to fail) to honor a proper claim made under the Certificate Insurance Policy and as to which the Certificate Insurer has not provided a reasonable explanation regarding the invalidity of such claim to the Sponsor. "Certificate Insurer Premium Rate": As defined in the Insurance Agreement. "Certificate Principal Balance": As to the Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-1 Certificate Principal Balance; as to the Class A-2 Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificate Principal Balance. As to any particular Class A Certificate, the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby and the Certificate Principal Balance of the respective Class A Certificates. The Class R Certificates do not have a "Certificate Principal Balance". "Class": All of the Class A-1 Certificates, all of the Class A-2 Certificates or all of the Class R Certificates. "Class A Certificate": Any one of the Class A-1 Certificates or the Class A-2 Certificates. "Class A-1 Available Funds Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any Payment Date an amount, expressed as a per annum rate, equal to: (a) (i) without duplication the aggregate amount of interest due on all of the Mortgage Loans in Group I for the related Remittance Period minus, (ii) the aggregate of the Servicing Fee, the Trustee's Fee and the premium due to the Certificate Insurer, in each case relating to Group I, on such Payment Date minus, (iii) commencing on the Closing Day, an amount equal to 0.75% per annum times the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in Group I as of the beginning of such related Remittance Period, divided by (b) the aggregate principle balance of the Mortgage Loans in Group I immediately prior to such Payment Date, calculated on the basis of a 360 day year and the actual number of days elapsed. 4 "Class A-1 Certificate": Any Certificate designated as a "Class A-1 Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto. The Class A-1 Certificates shall be issued with an initial aggregate Certificate Principal Balance equal to the Original Certificate Principal Balance therefor. "Class A-1 Distribution Account": The Class A-1 Distribution Account established in accordance with Section 7.2 hereof and maintained by the Trustee. "Class A-1 Distribution Amount": With respect to the Class A-1 Certificates for any Payment Date, the amount actually distributed to the Owners of the Class A-1 Certificates on such Payment Date, which amount shall be the lesser of (x) the Class A-1 Formula Distribution Amount for such Payment Date and (y) the amount (including any applicable portion of any Group I Insured Payment) available for distribution on account of the Class A-1 Certificates for such Payment Date. "Class A-1 Formula Distribution Amount": With respect to the Class A-1 Certificates for any Payment Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-1 Interest Distribution Amount for such Payment Date and (y) the Class A-1 Principal Distribution Amount for such Payment Date. "Class A-1 Formula Interest Shortfall": As defined in Section 7.10(b) hereof. "Class A-1 Formula Pass-Through Rate": As of any Payment Date, the rate described in clause (i) of the definition of "Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate". "Class A-1 Full Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-1 Full Interest Distribution Amount for such Payment Date and (y) the Class A-1 Principal Distribution Amount for such Payment Date. "Class A-1 Full Interest Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment Date, the Class A-1 Interest Distribution Amount for such Payment Date calculated using the Class A-1 Formula Pass-Through Rate for such Payment Date rather than the Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate for such Payment Date plus, if the full amount of the Class A-1 Formula Interest Shortfall, if any, was not funded on any prior Payment Date and remains unpaid on such Payment Date, such amount, together with interest thereon (from the Payment Date on which such Class A-1 Formula Interest Shortfall was calculated) at the Class A-1 Formula Pass-Through Rate for such Payment Date. "Class A-1 Interest Carry-Forward Amount": With respect to any Payment Date, the sum of (i) the amount, if 5 any, by which (x) the Class A-1 Interest Distribution Amount as of the immediately preceding Payment Date exceeded (y) the amount of the actual distribution made to the Owners of the Class A-1 Certificates on such immediately preceding Payment Date on account of the Class A-1 Interest Distribution Amount and (ii) 30 days' interest on such amount at the Class A-1 Formula Pass-Through Rate applicable to such Payment Date. "Class A-1 Interest Distribution Amount": With respect to the Class A-1 Certificates for any Payment Date the sum of: (i) the aggregate amount of interest accrued (the actual number of days elapsed assuming a 360-day year) on the Class A-1 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date during the related Interest Accrual Period at the Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate applicable to such Interest Accrual Period; and (ii) the Class A-1 Interest Carry-Forward Amount. "Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate": As of any Payment Date, the per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i)(a) with respect to any Payment Date which occurs on or prior to the Step-up Payment Date, the London interbank offering rate for one-month United States dollar deposits ("LIBOR") plus 0.295% per annum or (b) in the case of any Payment Date after the Step-up Payment Date, LIBOR plus 0.59% per annum and (ii) the Class A-1 Available Funds Pass-Through Rate for such Payment Date. "Class A-1 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to the Class A-1 Certificates for any Payment Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the Group I Principal Distribution Amount as of such Payment Date and (y) the Class A-1 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Payment Date. "Class A-2 Available Funds Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any Payment Date, an amount, expressed as a per annum rate, equal to: (a) (i) without duplication, the aggregate amount of interest due on all of the Mortgage Loans in Group II for the related Remittance Period minus, (ii) the aggregate of the Servicing Fee, the Trustee's Fee and the premium due to the Certificate Insurer, in each case relating to Group II, on such Payment Date minus, (iii) commencing on the ninth Payment Date following the Closing Date, an amount equal to 0.75% per annum times the 6 aggregate Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans in Group II as of the beginning of such related Remittance Date, divided by (b) the aggregate principle balance of the Mortgage Loans in Group II immediately prior to such Payment Date, calculated on the basis of a 360 day year and the actual number of days elapsed. "Class A-2 Certificate": Any Certificate designated as a "Class A-2 Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto. The Class A-2 Certificates shall be issued with an initial aggregate Certificate Principal Balance equal to the Original Certificate Principal Balance therefor. "Class A-2 Distribution Account": The Class A-2 Distribution Account established in accordance with Section 7.2 hereof and maintained by the Trustee. "Class A-2 Distribution Amount": With respect to the Class A-2 Certificates for any Payment Date, the amount actually distributed to the Owners of the Class A-2 Certificates on such Payment Date, which amount shall be the lesser of (x) the Class A-2 Formula Distribution Amount for such Payment Date and (y) the amount (including any applicable portion of any Group II Insured Payment) available for distribution on account of the Class A-2 Certificates for such Payment Date. "Class A-2 Formula Interest Shortfall": As defined in Section 7.10(b) hereof. "Class A-2 Formula Pass-Through Rate": As of any Payment Date, the rate described in clause (i) of the definition of "Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate". "Class A-2 Full Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-2 Full Interest Distribution Amount for such Payment Date and (y) the Class A-2 Principal Distribution Amount for such Payment Date. "Class A-2 Full Interest Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment Date, the Class A-2 Interest Distribution Amount for such Payment Date calculated using the Class A-2 Formula Pass-Through Rate for such Payment Date rather than the Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate for such Payment Date plus, if the full amount of the Class A-2 Formula Interest Shortfall, if any, was not funded on any prior Payment Date and remains unpaid on such Payment Date, such amount, together with interest thereon (from the Payment Date on which such Class A-2 Formula Interest Shortfall was calculated) at the Class A-2 Formula Pass-Through Rate for such Payment Date. 7 "Class A-2 Interest Carry-Forward Amount": With respect to any Payment Date, the sum of (i) the amount, if any, by which (x) the Class A-2 Interest Distribution Amount as of the immediately preceding Payment Date exceeded (y) the amount of the actual distribution made to the Owners of the Class A-2 Certificates on such immediately preceding Payment Date on account of the Class A-2 Interest Distribution Amount and (ii) 30 days' interest on such amount at the Class A-2 Formula Pass-Through Rate applicable to such Payment Date. "Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate": As of any Payment Date, the per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i)(a) with respect to any Payment Date which occurs on or prior to the Step-up Payment Date, the London interbank offering rate for one-month United States dollar deposits ("LIBOR") plus 0.22% per annum, or (b) in the case of any Payment Date after the Step-up Payment Date, LIBOR plus 0.44% per annum and (ii) the Class A-2 Available Funds Pass-Through Rate for such Payment Date. "Class A-2 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to the Class A-2 Certificates for any Payment Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the Group II Principal Distribution Amount as of such Payment Date and (y) the Class A-2 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Payment Date. "Class R Certificate": Any of those Certificates representing certain residual rights to distributions from the REMIC and designated as the "Class R Certificate" on the face thereof. "Class RS Certificate": Any of those Certificates representing the right to receive excess amounts in the Supplemental Interest Payment Account, and designated as the "Class RS Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit C hereto. "Class RS Distribution Account": The Class RS Distribution Account established in accordance with Section 7.10(a) hereof and maintained by the Trustee. "Clean-Up Call Date": The first Remittance Date following the date on which the aggregate Loan Balances of all Mortgage Loans has declined to 10% or less of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Day. "Closing Day": December 19, 1996. "Code": The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and any successor statute. "Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio": With respect to any First Mortgage Loan, the percentage equal to the Original 8 Principal Amount of the related Note divided by the Appraised Value of the related Property and with respect to any Second Mortgage Loan or Third Mortgage Loan, the percentage equal to (a) the sum of (i) the remaining principal balance, as of origination of the Second Mortgage Loan or Third Mortgage Loan, as appropriate, of the Senior Lien note(s) relating to such Second Mortgage Loan or Third Mortgage Loan, as appropriate, and (ii) the Original Principal Amount of the Note relating to such Second Mortgage Loan or Third Mortgage Loan, as appropriate, divided by (b) the Appraised Value. "Compensating Interest": As defined in Section 8.9(b) hereof. "Conduit Acquisition Trust": The trust described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 15, 1995 among the Sponsor, Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., as trustee, and Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA, as the master servicer. "Conduit Mortgage Files": For any Mortgage Loan identified on the related Schedule of Mortgage Loans with a "B" or a "C" code, the items listed on Exhibit B hereto. "Coupon Rate": The rate of interest borne by each Note. "Cut-Off Date": The opening of business December 1, 1996. "Date-of-Payment Loan": Any Mortgage Loan as to which, pursuant to the Note relating thereto, interest is computed and charged to the Mortgagor at the Coupon Rate on the outstanding principal balance of such Note based on the number of days elapsed between receipt of the Mortgagor's last payment through receipt of the Mortgagor's most current payment. "Delinquency Advance": As defined in Section 8.9(a) hereof. "Delinquent": A Mortgage Loan is "delinquent" if any payment due thereon is not made by the close of business on the day such payment is scheduled to be due. A Mortgage Loan is "30 days delinquent" if such payment has not been received by the close of business on the corresponding day of the month immediately succeeding the month in which such payment was due, or, if there is no such corresponding day (e.g., as when a 30-day month follows a 31-day month in which a payment was due on the 31st day of such month) then on the last day of such immediately succeeding month. Similarly for "60 days delinquent," "90 days delinquent" and so on. 9 "Delivery Order": The delivery order in the form set forth as Exhibit G hereto and delivered by the Sponsor to the Trustee on the Closing Day pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof. "Deposit Premium": As defined in the Insurance Agreement. "Depository": The Depository Trust Company, 7 Hanover Square, New York, New York 10004 and any successor Depository hereafter named. "Designated Advanta Mortgage Files": Any Advanta Mortgage File relating to a Property located in any of the following jurisdictions: Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Vermont. "Designated Depository Institution": With respect to each Account, an institution whose deposits are insured by the Bank Insurance Fund or the Savings Association Insurance Fund of the FDIC, the long-term deposits of which shall be rated (x) A or better by Standard & Poor's and (y) A2 or better by Moody's and in one of the two highest short-term rating categories for S&P and the highest short-term rating category for Moody's, unless otherwise approved in writing by the Certificate Insurer and each of Moody's and Standard & Poor's, and which is any of the following: (i) a federal savings and loan association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the federal banking laws, (ii) an institution duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the applicable banking laws of any state, (iii) a national banking association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the federal banking laws, (iv) a principal subsidiary of a bank holding company, or (v) approved in writing by the Certificate Insurer, Moody's and Standard & Poor's and, in each case acting or designated by the Master Servicer as the depository institution for the Principal and Interest Account; provided, however, that any such institution or association shall have combined capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least $100,000,000. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Account may be held by an institution otherwise meeting the preceding requirements except that the only applicable rating requirement shall be that the unsecured and uncollateralized debt obligations thereof shall be rated Baa3 or better by Moody's if such institution has trust powers and the Principal and Interest Account is held by such institution in its corporate trust department. "Designated Residual Owner": Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA. and Advanta Finance Corp. 10 "Determination Date": As to each Payment Date, the third Business Day preceding such Payment Date or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Certificate Insurer and Trustee. "Direct Participant" or "DTC Participant": Any broker-dealer, bank or other financial institution for which the Depository holds Class A Certificates from time to time as a securities depository. "Disqualified Organization": As set forth from time to time in the definition thereof at Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code (or any successor statute thereto) and applicable to the Trust. "Document Delivery Requirements": The Sponsor's obligations to deliver certain legal documents, to prepare and record certain Mortgage assignments or to deliver certain opinions relating to Mortgage assignments, in each case with respect to the Mortgage Loans and as set forth in Section 3.5 hereof. "Eligible Investments": Those investments so designated pursuant to Section 7.7 hereof. "Excess Subordinated Amount": With respect to any Mortgage Loan Group and Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (x) the Subordinated Amount that would apply to the related Mortgage Loan Group on such Payment Date after taking into account the payment of the related Group Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date (except for any distributions of related Subordination Reduction Amounts on such Payment Date) over (y) the related Specified Subordinated Amount for such Payment Date. "Event of Default": Any event described in clauses (a) or (b) of Section 8.20 hereof. "FDIC": The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor thereto. "Freddie Mac": The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate instrumentality of the United States created pursuant to the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or any successor thereof. "File": The documents delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.5 hereof pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents required to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement. "Final Determination": As defined in Section 9.3(a) hereof. 11 "Final Scheduled Payment Date": November 25, 2026. "First Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan which constitutes a first priority mortgage lien with respect to any Property. "FNMA": The Federal National Mortgage Association, a federally-chartered and privately-owned corporation existing under the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, as amended, or any successor thereof. "Gross Margin": With respect to each Mortgage Loan with an adjustable rate, the fixed percentage amount set forth in the related Mortgage Note which amount is added to the Index in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note to determine, on each Interest Rate Adjustment Date, the Coupon Rate for such Mortgage Loan, subject to any maximum. "Group I": The pool of Mortgage Loans identified in the related Schedule of Mortgage Loans as having been assigned to Group I, including any Qualified Replacement Mortgages delivered in replacement thereof. "Group I Amortized Subordinated Amount Requirement": As defined in the Insurance Agreement. "Group I Available Funds": As defined in Section 7.3(a) hereof. "Group I Certificates": The Class A-1 Certificates. "Group I Certificate Principal Balance": As of any date of determination, the Original Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates less any amounts actually distributed as part of the Class A-1 Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 7.5 hereof made with respect to principal thereon on all prior Payment Dates; provided, that, this amount is exclusive of Insured Payments for the sole purpose of effecting the Certificate Insurer's subrogation rights. "Group I Deficiency Amount": As defined in Section 7.3(b)(i) hereof. "Group I Formula Distribution Amount": With respect to the Group I Certificates for any Payment Date, the Class A-1 Formula Distribution Amount for such Payment Date. "Group I Initial Specified Subordinated Amount": As defined in the Insurance Agreement. "Group I Insured Distribution Amount": As to the Class A-1 Certificates and any Payment Date except the Final 12 Scheduled Payment Date, the sum of (x) the Group I Interest Distribution Amount for such Payment Date and (y) the Group I Subordination Deficit, if any, as of such Payment Date. "Group I Insured Payment": An amount equal to the sum of (i) as of each Payment Date, the Group I Deficiency Amount and (ii) any unpaid Group I Preference Amount. "Group I Interest Distribution Amount": As of any Payment Date the Class A-1 Interest Distribution Amount for such Payment Date. "Group I Interest Remittance Amount": As of any Remittance Date, the sum, without duplication, of (i) all interest collected by the Master Servicer during the related Remittance Period with respect to the Mortgage Loans in Group I, (ii) all Delinquency Advances made by the Master Servicer on such Remittance Date with respect to Group I and (iii) all Compensating Interest paid by the Master Servicer on such Remittance Date with respect to Group I, net of amounts allowed to be retained pursuant to Section 8.8(c). "Group I Monthly Remittance Amount": As of any Remittance Date, the sum of (i) the Group I Interest Remittance Amount for such Remittance Date and (ii) the Group I Principal Remittance Amount for such Remittance Date. "Group I Pass-Through Rate": As to the Group I Certificates and any Payment Date, the Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate prior to taking into account any distributions to be made on such Payment Date. "Group I Preference Amount": As defined in the Certificate Insurance Policy. "Group I Premium Amount": As to any Payment Date, the product of (x) one-twelfth of the Premium Percentage and (y) the Group I Certificate Principal Balance on such Payment Date (after taking into account any distributions of the Group I Principal Distribution Amount to be made on such Payment Date). "Group I Principal Carry-Forward Amount": With respect to any Payment Date, the amount, if any, by which (x) the Group I Subordination Deficit (prior to taking into account any distribution of principal on such Payment Date), if any, as of the immediately preceding Payment Date exceeded (y) the amount of the actual distribution made to the Class A-1 Distribution Account on such immediately preceding Payment Date on account of the Group I Principal Distribution Amount. 13 "Group I Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to the Group I Certificates for any Payment Date, the lesser of: (i) the excess of (a) the sum, as of such Payment Date, of (x) the Group I Total Available Funds and (y) any Group I Insured Payment over (b) the Group I Interest Distribution Amount; and (ii) the sum, without duplication, of: (a) the Group I Principal Carry-Forward Amount, (b) the principal actually collected by the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans in Group I during the related Remittance Period, (c) the Loan Balance of each Mortgage Loan in Group I that either was repurchased by an Originator or by the Sponsor or purchased by the Master Servicer on the related Remittance Date, to the extent such Loan Balance is actually received by the Trustee, (d) any Substitution Amounts delivered by the Sponsor on the related Remittance Date in connection with a substitution of a Mortgage Loan in Group I, to the extent such Substitution Amounts are actually received by the Trustee, (e) all Net Liquidation Proceeds actually collected by the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans in Group I during the related Remittance Period (to the extent such Net Liquidation Proceeds related to principal), (f) the amount of any Group I Subordination Deficit for such Payment Date, (g) the proceeds received by the Trustee of any termination of Group I (to the extent such proceeds related to principal), (h) the amount of any Subordination Increase Amount with respect to Group I for such Payment Date, to the extent of any Net Monthly Excess Cashflow available for such purpose; minus (i) the amount of any Subordination Reduction Amount with respect to Group I for such Payment Date. In addition, on the Final Scheduled Payment Date, the Group I Principal Distribution Amount will be the amount 14 necessary to reduce the Class A-1 Certificate Principal Balance to zero. "Group I Principal Remittance Amount": As of any Remittance Date, the sum, without duplication, of (i) the principal actually collected by the Master Servicer with respect to Mortgage Loans in Group I during the related Remittance Period, (ii) the Loan Balance of each such Mortgage Loan in Group I that either was repurchased by an Originator or by the Sponsor or purchased by the Master Servicer on such Remittance Date, to the extent such Loan Balance was actually deposited in the Principal and Interest Account, (iii) any Substitution Amounts delivered by the Sponsor in connection with a substitution of a Mortgage Loan in Group I, to the extent such Substitution Amounts were actually deposited in the Principal and Interest Account on such Remittance Date, and (iv) all Net Liquidation Proceeds actually collected by the Master Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loans in Group I during the related Remittance Period (to the extent such Liquidation Proceeds related to principal) net of amounts allowed to be retained pursuant to Section 8.8(c). "Group I Reimbursement Amount": As of any Payment Date, the sum of (x)(i) all Group I Insured Payments previously received by the Trustee and all Group I Preference Amounts previously paid by the Certificate Insurer and in each case not previously repaid to the Certificate Insurer pursuant to Section 7.5(c)(iv)(C) or Section 7.5(c)(iv)(D) hereof plus (ii) interest accrued on each such Group I Insured Payment not previously repaid calculated at the Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate from the date the Trustee received the related Group I Insured Payment and (y)(i) any amounts then due and owing to the Certificate Insurer relating to Class A-1 Certificates under the Insurance Agreement plus (ii) interest on such amounts at the Late Payment Rate. The Certificate Insurer shall notify the Trustee and the Sponsor of the amount of any Group I Reimbursement Amount. "Group I Specified Subordinated Amount": As defined in the Insurance Agreement. "Group I Subordinated Amount": As of any Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (x) the aggregate Loan Balances of the Mortgage Loans in Group I as of the close of business on the last day of the related Remittance Period over (y) the Group I Certificate Principal Balance as of such Payment Date (after taking into account the payment of the Group I Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date except for any portion thereof related to a Group I Insured Payment). "Group I Subordination Deficit": With respect to Mortgage Loan Group I as of any Payment Date, the amount, if any, by which (x) the aggregate Group I Certificate Principal 15 Balance, after taking into account the payment of the Group I Principal Distribution Amount (calculated for this purpose only without regard to clause (ii)(f) thereof) on such Payment Date, exceeds (y) the aggregate Loan Balances of the Mortgage Loans in Mortgage Loan Group I as of the close of business on the last day of the prior Remittance Period. "Group I Total Available Funds": As defined in Section 7.3(a) hereof. "Group I Total Monthly Excess Spread": With respect to Mortgage Loan Group I as of any Payment Date, the excess of (i) the interest which is collected on the Mortgage Loans in Mortgage Loan Group I during the prior Remittance Period, less the related Servicing Fees, less the Trustee's Fees, plus any Delinquency Advances and Compensating Interest paid by the Master Servicer with respect to Mortgage Loan Group I with respect to such Remittance Period over (ii) the sum of (x) the interest due on the Group I Certificates on such Payment Date and (y) the Group I Premium Amount for such Payment Date. "Group II": The pool of Mortgage Loans identified in the related Schedule of Mortgage Loans as having been assigned to Group II, including any Qualified Replacement Mortgages delivered in replacement thereof. "Group II Amortized Subordinated Amount Requirement": As defined in the Insurance Agreement. "Group II Available Funds": As defined in Section 7.3(a)(ii) hereof. "Group II Certificates": The Class A-2 Certificates. "Group II Certificate Principal Balance": As of any date of determination, the Original Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates less any amounts actually distributed as part of the Class A-2 Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 7.5 hereof made with respect to principal thereon on all prior Payment Dates; provided, that, this amount is exclusive of Insured Payments for the sole purpose of effecting the Certificate Insurer's subrogation rights. "Group II Deficiency Amount": As defined in Section 7.3(b)(ii). "Group II Formula Distribution Amount": With respect to the Class A-2 Certificates for any Payment Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-2 Interest Distribution Amount for such Payment Date and (y) the Class A-2 Principal Distribution Amount for such Payment Date. 16 "Group II Initial Specified Subordinated Amount": As defined in the Insurance Agreement. "Group II Insured Distribution Amount": As to the Class A-2 Certificates for any Payment Date except the Final Scheduled Payment Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-2 Interest Distribution Amount for such Payment Date and (y) the Group II Subordination Deficit as of such Payment Date. "Group II Insured Payment": An amount equal to the sum of (i) as of each Payment Date, the Group II Deficiency Amount and (ii) any unpaid Class A-2 Preference Amount. "Group II Interest Distribution Amount": With respect to the Class A-2 Certificates for any Payment Date the sum of: (i) the aggregate amount of interest accrued (for the actual number of days elapsed assuming a 360-day year) on the Class A-2 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date during the related Interest Accrual Period at the Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate applicable to such Interest Accrual Period; and (ii) the Class A-2 Interest Carry-Forward Amount. "Group II Interest Remittance Amount": As of any Remittance Date, the sum, without duplication, of (i) all interest collected by the Master Servicer during the related Remittance Period with respect to the Mortgage Loans in Group II, (ii) all Delinquency Advances made by the Master Servicer on such Remittance Date with respect to Group II and (iii) all Compensating Interest paid by the Master Servicer on such Remittance Date with respect to Group II net of amounts allowed to be retained in Section 8.8(c). "Group II Monthly Remittance Amount": As of any Remittance Date, the sum of (i) the Group II Interest Remittance Amount for such Remittance Date and (ii) the Group II Principal Remittance Amount for such Remittance Date. "Group II Preference Amount": As defined in the Certificate Insurance Policy. "Group II Premium Amount": As to any Payment Date, the product of (x) one-twelfth of the Premium Percentage and (y) the Group II Certificate Principal Balance on such Payment Date (after taking into account any distributions of the Group II Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date). 17 "Group II Principal Carry-Forward Amount": With respect to any Payment Date, the amount, if any, by which (x) the Group II Subordination Deficit, (prior to taking into account any distribution of principal on such Payment Date) if any, as of the immediately preceding Payment Date exceeded (y) the amount of the actual distribution made to the Class A-2 Distribution Account on such immediately preceding Payment Date on account of the Group II Principal Distribution Amount. "Group II Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to the Class A-2 Certificates for any Payment Date, the lesser of: (i) the excess of (a) the sum, as of such Payment Date, of (x) the Group II Total Available Funds and (y) any Group II Insured Payment over (b) the Group II Interest Distribution Amount; and (ii) the sum, without duplication, of: (a) the Group II Principal Carry-Forward Amount, (b) the principal actually collected by the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans in Group II during the related Remittance Period, (c) the Loan Balance of each Mortgage Loan in Group II that either was repurchased by an Originator or by the Sponsor or purchased by the Master Servicer on the related Remittance Date, to the extent such Loan Balance is actually received by the Trustee, (d) any Substitution Amounts delivered by the Sponsor on the related Remittance Date in connection with a substitution of a Mortgage Loan in Group II, to the extent such Substitution Amounts are actually received by the Trustee, (e) all Net Liquidation Proceeds actually collected by the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans in Group II during the related Remittance Period (to the extent such Net Liquidation Proceeds related to principal), (f) the amount of any Group II Subordination Deficit for such Payment Date, (g) the proceeds received by the Trustee of any termination of Group II (to the extent such proceeds relate to principal), (h) the amount of any Subordination Increase Amount with respect to Group II for such Payment Date, to the extent of any Net Monthly Excess Cashflow available for such purpose; 18 minus (i) the amount of any Subordination Reduction Amount with respect to Group II for such Payment Date. In addition, on the Final Scheduled Payment Date, the Group II Principal Distribution Amount will be the amount necessary to reduce the Class A-2 Certificate Principal Balance to zero. "Group II Principal Remittance Amount": As of any Remittance Date, the sum, without duplication, of (i) the principal actually collected by the Master Servicer with respect to Mortgage Loans in Group II during the related Remittance Period, (ii) the Loan Balance of each such Mortgage Loan in Group II that either was repurchased by an Originator or by the Sponsor or purchased by the Master Servicer on such Remittance Date, to the extent such Loan Balance was actually deposited in the Principal and Interest Account, (iii) any Substitution Amounts delivered by the Sponsor in connection with a substitution of a Mortgage Loan in Group II, to the extent such Substitution Amounts were actually deposited in the Principal and Interest Account on such Remittance Date, and (iv) all Net Liquidation Proceeds actually collected by the Master Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loans in Group II during the related Remittance Period (to the extent such Liquidation Proceeds related to principal) net of amounts allowed to be retained pursuant to Section 8.8(c). "Group II Reimbursement Amount": As of any Payment Date, the sum of (x)(i) all Group II Insured Payments previously received by the Trustee not previously repaid to the Certificate Insurer pursuant to Sections 7.5(c)(iv)(C) and 7.5(c)(iv)(D) hereof plus (ii) interest accrued on each such Group II Insured Payment not previously repaid calculated from the date the Trustee received the related Group II Insured Payment at the Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate applicable to such date and (y)(i) any amounts then due and owing to the Certificate Insurer relating to the Class A-2 Certificates under the Insurance Agreement plus (ii) interest on such amounts at the Late Payment Rate. The Certificate Insurer shall notify the Trustee and the Sponsor of the amount of any Group II Reimbursement Amount. "Group II Specified Subordinated Amount": As defined in the Insurance Agreement. "Group II Subordinated Amount": As of any Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (x) the aggregate Loan Balances of the Mortgage Loans in Group II as of the close of business on the last day of the related Remittance Period over (y) the Group II Certificate Principal Balance as of such Payment Date (after taking into account the payment of the Group II 19 Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date except for any portion thereof related to a Group II Insured Payment). "Group II Subordination Deficit": With respect to Mortgage Loan Group II as of any Payment Date, the amount, if any, by which (x) the Group II Certificate Principal Balance, after taking into account the payment of the Group II Principal Distribution Amount (calculated for this purpose only without regard to clause (ii)(f) thereof) on such Payment Date, exceeds (y) the aggregate Loan Balances of the Mortgage Loans in Mortgage Loan Group II as of the close of business on the last day of the prior Remittance Period. "Group II Total Available Funds": As defined in Section 7.3(a)(ii) hereof. "Group II Total Monthly Excess Spread": With respect to Mortgage Loan Group II as of any Payment Date, the difference between (i) the interest which is collected on the Mortgage Loans in Mortgage Loan Group II during the prior Remittance Period, less the related Servicing Fees, less the Trustee's Fees, plus any Delinquency Advances and Compensating Interest paid by the Master Servicer with respect to Mortgage Loan Group II and such Remittance Period and (ii) the sum of (x) the interest due on the Class A-2 Certificates at the Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate on such Payment Date, and (y) the Group II Premium Amount for such Payment Date. "Indemnification Agreement": The Indemnification Agreement dated as of December 1, 1996 among the Certificate Insurer, the Sponsor, and the Underwriters. "Index": With respect to any adjustable rate Mortgage Note, the applicable index set forth therein. "Indirect Participant" shall mean any financial institution for whom any Direct Participant holds an interest in a Class A Certificate. "Initial Premiums": The initial premiums payable by the Sponsor on behalf of the Trust to the Certificate Insurer in consideration of the delivery to the Trustee of the Certificate Insurance Policy. "Insurance Agreement": The Insurance and Indemnity Agreement dated as of December 1, 1996 among the Sponsor, the Master Servicer and the Certificate Insurer, as it may be amended from time to time. "Insurance Policy": Any hazard, title or primary mortgage insurance policy relating to a Mortgage Loan. 20 "Insured Payment": With respect to the Group I Certificates, the Group I Insured Payment and with respect to the Group II Certificates, the Group II Insured Payment. "Interest Accrual Period": With respect to the Class A-1 Certificates and the Class A-2 Certificates, the period commencing on the prior Payment Date (or on December 19, 1996 with respect to the January 27, 1997 Payment Date) and ending on the day immediately preceding such Payment Date. "Interest Advance": As defined in Section 7.10(b) hereof. "Interest Determination Date": With respect to any Interest Accrual Period for the Group I and Group II Certificates, the second London Business Day preceding the first day of such Interest Accrual Period. "Interest Rate Adjustment Date": The date on which an adjustment to the Coupon Rate on a Mortgage Note becomes effective. "Late Payment Rate": For any Payment Date, means the lesser of (a) the greater of (x) the then applicable highest rate of interest on the Certificates or (y) the prime rate as published in the Wall Street Journal on the related due date of amounts owed to the Certificate Insurer under the Insurance Agreement (including such amounts owed pursuant to Section 3.03(c) of the Insurance Agreement) and (b) the maximum rate permissible under applicable usury or similar laws limiting interest rates. The Late Payment Rate shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days. "LIBOR": With respect to any Interest Accrual Period for the Group I Certificates and Group II Certificates, the rate determined by the Trustee on the related Interest Determination Date on the basis of the offered rates of the Reference Banks for one-month U.S. 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. On each Interest Determination Date, LIBOR for the related Interest 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, LIBOR for the related Interest Accrual Period shall be the arithmetic mean of such offered quotations (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest whole multiple of 1/16%). (ii) If on such Interest Determination Date fewer than two Reference Banks provide such offered 21 quotations, LIBOR for the related Interest Accrual Period shall be the higher of (i) LIBOR as determined on the previous Interest Determination Date and (ii) the Reserve Interest Rate. "Liquidated Loan": As defined in Section 8.13(b) hereof. A Mortgage Loan which is purchased from the Trust pursuant to Section 3.3, 3.4, 3.6(b) or 8.10 hereof is not a "Liquidated Loan". "Liquidation Expenses": Expenses which are incurred by the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer in connection with the liquidation of any defaulted Mortgage Loan, such expenses, including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, and any unreimbursed Servicing Advances expended by the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer pursuant to Section 8.9 with respect to the related Mortgage Loan. "Liquidation Proceeds": With respect to any Liquidated Loan, any amounts (including the proceeds of any Insurance Policy) recovered by the Master Servicer in connection with such Liquidated Loan, whether through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise. "Loan Balance": With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the outstanding principal balance thereof as of the Cut-Off Date, less any related Principal Remittance Amounts relating to such Mortgage Loan included in previous related Monthly Remittances that were transferred by the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer to the Trustee for deposit in the related Certificate Account; provided, however, (x) that the Loan Balance for any Mortgage Loan which has become a Liquidated Loan shall be zero as of the first day of the Remittance Period following the Remittance Period in which such Mortgage Loan becomes a Liquidated Loan, and at all times thereafter and (y) the Loan Balance "as of the Cut-Off Date" for any Mortgage Loan originated during the period from the Cut-Off Date to the Closing Date shall be the Original Loan Balance thereof. "Loan Purchase Price": With respect to any Mortgage Loan purchased from the Trust on a Remittance Date pursuant to Section 3.3, 3.4, 3.6(b) or 8.10 hereof, an amount equal to the Loan Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the date of purchase, plus one month's interest on the outstanding Loan Balance thereof as of the beginning of the preceding Remittance Period computed at the Coupon Rate less the Servicing Fee (expressed as an annual percentage rate), if any, together with, without duplication, the aggregate amount of (i) all delinquent interest, all Delinquency Advances and Servicing Advances theretofore made with respect to such Mortgage Loan and not subsequently recovered from the related Mortgage Loan, (ii) all Delinquency Advances which the Master 22 Servicer or any Sub-servicer has theretofore failed to remit with respect to such Mortgage Loan and (iii) any Reimbursement Amount relating to such Mortgage Loan. "London Business Day": A day on which banks are open for dealing in foreign currency, and exchange in London and New York City. "Master Servicer": Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA, a Delaware corporation, and its permitted successors and assigns. "Master Servicer's Trust Receipt": The Master Servicer's trust receipt in the form set forth as Exhibit K hereto. "Master Servicing Fee": As to any Payment Date the product of (x) one-twelfth of 0.50% and (y) the aggregate Loan Balances of the Unaffiliated Originator Loans as of the opening of business on the first day of the preceding calendar month. "Master Transfer Agreement": Any one of the Master Loan Transfer Agreements among the Sponsor and/or the Conduit Acquisition Trust, the Trustee and one or more Originators. For purposes of this Agreement the Master Loan Transfer Agreements are (x) the Master Loan Transfer Agreement dated as of February 15, 1995 among the Sponsor, the Trustee and the Affiliated Originators named therein and (y) any similar agreement with an Unaffiliated Originator designated as a "Master Transfer Agreement" with the written consent of the Certificate Insurer, together, in either case, with any related Conveyance Agreements (as defined therein). "Monthly Remittance Amount": With respect to Group I, the Group I Monthly Remittance Amount, and with respect to Group II, the Group II Monthly Remittance Amount. "Moody's": Moody's Investors Service, Inc. "Mortgage": The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a first or second or third lien on an estate in fee simple interest in real property securing a Note. "Mortgage Loan Group": Either Group I or Group II. References herein to the related Class of Class A Certificates, when used with respect to a Mortgage Loan Group, shall mean (A) in the case of Group I, the Group I Certificates, and (B) in the case of Group II, the Group II Certificates. 23 "Mortgage Loans": Such of the mortgage loans transferred and assigned to the Trust pursuant to Section 3.5(a) hereof, together with any Qualified Replacement Mortgages substituted therefor in accordance with this Agreement, as from time to time are held as a part of the Trust Estate, the Mortgage Loans originally so held being identified in the Schedule of Mortgage Loans. The term "Mortgage Loan" includes the terms "First Mortgage Loan", "Second Mortgage Loan" and "Third Mortgage Loan". The term "Mortgage Loan" includes any Mortgage Loan which is Delinquent, which relates to a foreclosure or which relates to a Property which is REO Property prior to such Property's disposition by the Trust. Any mortgage loan which, although intended by the parties hereto to have been, and which purportedly was, transferred and assigned to the Trust by the Sponsor, in fact was not transferred and assigned to the Trust for any reason whatsoever shall nevertheless be considered a "Mortgage Loan" for all purposes of this Agreement. The term "Mortgage Loan" includes the term "Bulk Acquisition Loan". "Mortgagor": The obligor on a Note. "Net Liquidation Proceeds": As to any Liquidated Loan, Liquidation Proceeds net of, without duplication, Liquidation Expenses and unreimbursed Servicing Advances, unreimbursed Delinquency Advances and accrued and unpaid Servicing Fees through the date of liquidation relating to such Liquidated Loan. In no event shall Net Liquidation Proceeds with respect to any Liquidated Loan be less than zero. "Net Monthly Excess Cashflow": As defined in Section 7.5(c)(v) hereof. "Nonrecoverable Advance": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any Delinquency Advance and any Servicing Advance previously made and not reimbursed pursuant to Section 8.9 which, in the good faith business judgment of the Master Servicer, as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee, would not be ultimately recoverable. "Note": The note or other evidence of indebtedness evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan. "Officer's Certificate": A certificate signed by any Authorized Officer of any Person delivering such certificate and delivered to the Trustee. "Operative Documents": Collectively, this Agreement, the Master Transfer Agreements, the Certificate 24 Insurance Policy, the Certificates, the Indemnification Agreement and the Insurance Agreement. "Original Aggregate Loan Balance": As defined in the Insurance Agreement. "Original Certificate Principal Balance": As of the Closing Day and as to each Class of Class A Certificates, the original Certificate Principal Balances thereof, are as follows: Class A-1 Certificates $210,000,000 Class A-2 Certificates $120,000,000 The Class RS Certificates do not have an Original Certificate Principal Balance. "Original Principal Amount": With respect to each Note, the principal amount of such Note or the mortgage note relating to a Senior Lien, as the case may be, on the date of origination thereof. "Originator": Any entity from which the Sponsor has purchased Mortgage Loans. The Originators are Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midatlantic, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midatlantic II, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midwest, Advanta Mortgage Corp. of New Jersey, Advanta Mortgage Corp. of New Jersey II, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Northeast, Advanta National Bank USA, Advanta Finance Corp. and any Unaffiliated Originator. "Outstanding": With respect to all Certificates of a Class, as of any date of determination, all such Certificates theretofore executed and delivered hereunder except: (i) Certificates theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; (ii) Certificates or portions thereof for which full and final payment money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee in trust for the Owners of such Certificates; (iii) Certificates in exchange for or in lieu of which other Certificates have been executed and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Certificates are held by a bona fide purchaser; and (iv) Certificates alleged to have been destroyed, lost or stolen for which replacement Certificates have been issued as provided for in Section 5.5 hereof. 25 "Owner": The Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Register, to the extent described in Section 5.6. "Pass-Through Rate": As to the Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate; as to the Class A-2 Certificates, the Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate. "Payment Date": Any date on which the Trustee is required to make distributions to the Owners, which shall be the 25th day of each month, commencing in the month following the Closing Day or, if the 25th day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter. "Percentage Interest": As to any Class A Certificate, that percentage, expressed as a fraction, the numerator of which is the Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate as of the Cut-Off Date and the denominator of which is the Original Certificate Principal Balance of all Class A Certificates of the same Class; and as to any Class RS Certificate, that Percentage Interest set forth on such Class RS Certificate. "Person": Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. "Pool Cumulative Realized Losses": With respect to any period, the sum of all Realized Losses with respect to the Mortgage Loans experienced during such period. "Pool Delinquency Rate": With respect to any Remittance Period, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, equal to (x) the aggregate principal balances of all Mortgage Loans 90 or more days Delinquent (including all foreclosures and REO Properties) as of the close of business on the last day of such Remittance Period over (y) the Pool Principal Balance as of the close of business on the last day of such Remittance Period. "Pool Principal Balance": The aggregate principal balances of all Mortgage Loans. "Pool Rolling Three Month Delinquency Rate": As of any Payment Date, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, equal to the average of the Pool Delinquency Rates for each of the three (or one and two, in the case of the first and second Payment Dates) immediately preceding Remittance Periods. "Premium Amount": As to any Payment Date, the sum of (i) the Group I Premium Amount on such Payment Date and (ii) the Group II Premium Amount on such Payment Date. "Premium Percentage": As defined in the Insurance Agreement. 26 "Prepaid Installment": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any installment of principal thereof and interest thereon received prior to the scheduled due date for such installment, intended by the Mortgagor as an early payment thereof and not as a Prepayment with respect to such Mortgage Loan. "Prepayment": Any payment of principal of a Mortgage Loan which is received by the Master Servicer in advance of the scheduled due date for the payment of such principal (other than the principal portion of any Prepaid Installment), and the proceeds of any Insurance Policy which are to be applied as a payment of principal on the related Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to be Prepayments for all purposes of this Agreement. "Preservation Expenses": Expenditures made by the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer in connection with a foreclosed Mortgage Loan prior to the liquidation thereof, including, without limitation, expenditures for real estate property taxes, hazard insurance premiums, property restoration or preservation. "Principal and Interest Account": Collectively, each principal and interest account created by the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer pursuant to Section 8.8(a) hereof, or pursuant to any Sub-Servicing Agreement. "Principal Remittance Amount": As applicable, the Group I Principal Remittance Amount or the Group II Principal Remittance Amount. "Prohibited Transaction": As set forth from time to time in the definition thereof at Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code (or any successor statute thereto) and applicable to the Trust. "Property": The underlying property securing a Mortgage Loan. "Purchase Option Period": As defined in Section 9.3(b) hereof. "Qualified Liquidation": "Qualified liquidation" shall have the meaning set forth from time to time in the definition thereof at Section 860F(a)(4) of the Code (or any successor statute thereto) and applicable to the Trust and the Tax Estates. "Qualified Mortgage": "Qualified mortgage" shall have the meaning set forth from time to time in the definition thereof at Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (or any successor statute thereto) and applicable to the Trust and the Mortgage Loan Groups. 27 "Qualified Replacement Mortgage": A Mortgage Loan substituted for another pursuant to Section 3.3, 3.4 or 3.6(b) hereof, which (i) bears a variable rate of interest if the Mortgage Loan to be substituted for is in Group II or bears a fixed rate of interest if the Mortgage Loan to be substituted for is in Group I, (ii) has a Coupon Rate at least equal to the Coupon Rate of the Mortgage Loan being replaced, (which, in the case of a Mortgage Loan in Group II, shall mean a Mortgage Loan having the same interest rate index, a margin over such index and a maximum interest rate at least equal to those applicable to the Mortgage Loan being replaced), (iii) is of the same or better property type and the same or better occupancy status as the replaced Mortgage Loan, (iv) shall be of the same or better credit quality classification (determined in accordance with the Originators' credit underwriting guidelines) as the Mortgage Loan being replaced, (v) shall mature no later than December 31, 2026, (vi) has a Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio as of the Cut-Off Date no higher than the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of the replaced Mortgage Loan at such time, (vii) has a Loan Balance as of the related Replacement Cut-Off Date equal to or less than the Loan Balance of the replaced Mortgage Loan as of such Replacement Cut-Off Date, (viii) satisfies all of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.3 and the criteria set forth from time to time in the definition thereof at Section 860G(a)(4) of the Code (or any successor statute thereto) and applicable to the Trust, all as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate of the Sponsor delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer prior to any such substitution and (ix) is a valid First Mortgage Loan if the Mortgage Loan to be substituted for is a valid First Mortgage Loan or, Second Mortgage Loan if the Mortgage Loan to be substituted for is a Second Mortgage Loan, or Third Mortgage Loan if the Mortgage Loan to be substituted for is a Third Mortgage Loan. In the event that one or more mortgage loans are proposed to be substituted for one or more mortgage loans, the Certificate Insurer may allow the foregoing tests to be met on a weighted average basis or other aggregate basis acceptable to the Certificate Insurer, as evidenced by a written approval delivered to the Trustee by the Certificate Insurer, except that the requirement of clauses (vi) and (viii) hereof must be satisfied as to each Qualified Replacement Mortgage. "Realized Loss": As to any Liquidated Loan, the amount, if any, by which the Loan Balance thereof as of the date of liquidation is in excess of Net Liquidation Proceeds realized thereon. "Record Date": With respect to each Payment Date, the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month in which such Payment Date occurs or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day. "Reference Banks": Bankers Trust Company, Barclay's Bank PLC, The Bank or Tokyo and National Westminster Bank PLC; provided that if any of the foregoing banks are not suitable 28 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, (ii) not controlling, under the control of or under common control with the Sponsor or any affiliate thereof, (iii) whose quotations appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page on the relevant Interest Determination Date and (iv) which have been designated as such by the Trustee. "Register": The register maintained by the Trustee in accordance with Section 5.4 hereof, in which the names of the Owners are set forth. "Registrar": The Trustee, acting in its capacity as Trustee appointed pursuant to Section 5.4 hereof, or any duly appointed and eligible successor thereto. "Registration Statement": The Registration Statement filed by the Sponsor with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including all amendments thereto and including the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement relating to the Class A Certificates constituting a part thereof. "Reimbursement Amount": A Group I Reimbursement Amount or a Group II Reimbursement Amount. "REMIC": A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the meaning of Section 860D of the Code. "REMIC Provisions": Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Sections 860A through 860G of the Code, and related provisions, and regulations and rulings promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time. "REMIC Trust": The segregated pool of assets consisting of the Trust Estate except for the Supplemental Interest Payment Account, the Class RS Distribution Account, the Class A-1 Distribution Account and the Class A-2 Distribution Account. "Remittance Date": Any date on which the Master Servicer is required to remit monies on deposit in the Principal and Interest Account to the Trustee, which shall be no later than the 18th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day, commencing in the month following the month in which the Closing Day occurs. "Remittance Period": The period (inclusive) beginning on the first day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which a Remittance Date occurs and ending on the last day of such immediately preceding calendar month. 29 "REO Property": A Property acquired by the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer on behalf of the Trust through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a defaulted Mortgage Loan. "Replacement Cut-Off Date": With respect to any Qualified Replacement Mortgage, the first day of the calendar month in which such Qualified Replacement Mortgage is conveyed to the Trust. "Representation Letter": Letters to, or agreements with, the Depository to effectuate a book entry system with respect to the Class A Certificates registered in the Register under the nominee name of the Depository. "Representative": Prudential Securities Incorporated, as representative of the Underwriters. "Reserve Interest Rate": With respect to any Interest Determination Date, the rate per annum that the Trustee determines to be either (i) the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest whole multiple of 1/16%) of the one-month U.S. dollar lending rates which three 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 (ii) in the event that the Trustee can determine no such arithmetic mean, the lowest one-month U.S. dollar lending rate which three New York City banks selected by the Trustee are quoting on such Interest Determination Date to leading European banks. "Residual Net Monthly Excess Cashflow": With respect to any Payment Date, the aggregate Net Monthly Excess Cashflow, if any, remaining with respect to both Mortgage Loan Groups after the making of all applications described in Section 7.5(c) hereof. "Schedules of Mortgage Loans": The Schedules of Mortgage Loans, attached hereto as Schedule I. Such Schedules shall also contain one of the following codes for each Mortgage Loan: "B" if such Mortgage Loan is a Bulk Acquisition Loan, "C" if such Mortgage Loan is an Unaffiliated Originator Loan or "A" for all other Mortgage Loans. The information contained on each Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be delivered to the Trustee on a computer readable magnetic tape or disk. "Second Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan which constitutes a second priority mortgage lien with respect to the related Property. "Securities Act": The Securities Act of 1933, as amended. "Senior Lien": With respect to any Second Mortgage Loan, the mortgage loan relating to the corresponding Property 30 having a first priority lien; and with respect to any Third Mortgage Loan, the mortgage loans relating to the corresponding Property having first and second priority liens. "Servicer Affiliate": A Person (i) controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Master Servicer and (ii) which is qualified to service residential mortgage loans. "Servicing Advance": As defined in Section 8.9(c) and Section 8.13 hereof. "Servicing Fee": With respect to any Mortgage Loan which is an Unaffiliated Originator Loan, the sum of any servicing fee relating to such Unaffiliated Originator Loan and the Master Servicing Fee. With respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Unaffiliated Originator Loan, the Advanta Servicing Fee. The Sponsor shall inform the Trustee as to the level of any servicing fee relating to an Unaffiliated Originator Loan, which shall not be in excess of 0.50% per month, unless otherwise approved by the Certificate Insurer in writing. "Specified Subordinated Amount": As applicable, the Group I Specified Subordinated Amount or the Group II Specified Subordinated Amount. "Sponsor": Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation. "Standard & Poor's": Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies. "Step-up Payment Date": The second Payment Date which follows the Clean-up Call Date. "Subordinated Amount": As applicable, the Group I Subordinated Amount or the Group II Subordinated Amount. "Subordination Deficiency Amount": With respect to any Mortgage Loan Group and Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (i) the Specified Subordinated Amount applicable to such Mortgage Loan Group and Payment Date over (ii) the Subordinated Amount applicable to such Mortgage Loan Group and Payment Date prior to taking into account the payment of any related Subordination Increase Amounts on such Payment Date. "Subordination Increase Amount": With respect to any Mortgage Loan Group and Payment Date, the lesser of (i) the Subordination Deficiency Amount as of such Payment Date (after taking into account the payment of the related Group Principal Distribution Amount on such Payment Date (except for any Subordination Increase Amount)) and (ii) the aggregate amount of Net Monthly Excess Cashflow to be allocated to such Mortgage Loan Group pursuant to Sections 7.5(c)(v)(A) and 7.5(c)(v)(B) on such Payment Date. 31 "Subordination Reduction Amount": With respect to any Mortgage Loan Group and Payment Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the Excess Subordinated Amount for such Mortgage Loan Group and Payment Date and (y) the Principal Remittance Amount with respect to such Mortgage Loan Group for the related Remittance Period. "Substitution Amount": In connection with the delivery of any Qualified Replacement Mortgage, if the outstanding principal amount of such Qualified Replacement Mortgage as of the applicable Replacement Cut-Off Date is less than the Loan Balance of the Mortgage Loan being replaced as of such Replacement Cut-Off Date, an amount equal to such difference together with accrued and unpaid interest on such amount calculated at the Coupon Rate net of the Servicing Fee of the Mortgage Loan being replaced. "Sub-Servicer": Any Person with whom the Master Servicer has entered into a Sub-Servicing Agreement and who satisfies any requirements set forth in Section 8.3 hereof in respect of the qualification of a Sub-Servicer. "Sub-Servicing Agreement": The written contract between the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer relating to servicing and/or administration of certain Mortgage Loans as permitted by Section 8.3. "Supplemental Interest Payment Account": The Supplemental Interest Payment Account established in accordance with Section 7.10(a) hereof and maintained by the Trustee. "Supplemental Interest Payment Amount Available": As defined in Section 7.10(b) hereof. "Supplemental Interest Trust": The Advanta Supplemental Interest Trust 1996-4 created pursuant to Section 7.10(a) hereof. "Tax Matters Person": The Tax Matters Person appointed pursuant to Section 11.17 hereof. "Termination Notice": As defined in Section 9.3(b) hereof. "Termination Price": As defined in Section 9.2(a) hereof. "Third Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan which constitutes a third priority mortgage lien with respect to the related Property. "Total Monthly Excess Cashflow": As defined in Section 7.5(c)(iv) hereof. 32 "Total Monthly Excess Spread": Either the Group I Total Monthly Excess Spread or the Group II Total Monthly Excess Spread, as appropriate. "Transaction Documents": Collectively this Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, the Underwriting Agreement relating to the Class A Certificates, the Master Transfer Agreements, any Sub-Servicing Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement relating to the Prospectus offering the Class A Certificates, the Registration Statement relating to the Class A Certificates and the Certificates. "Trust": Advanta Mortgage Loan Trust 1996-4, the trust created under this Agreement. "Trust Estate": Collectively, all money, instruments and other property, to the extent such money, instruments and other property are subject or intended to be held in trust, and in the subtrusts, for the benefit of the Owners, including all proceeds thereof, including, without limitation, (i) the Mortgage Loans, (ii) such amounts, including Eligible Investments, as from time to time may be held in all Accounts (except the Supplemental Interest Account), (iii) any Property, the ownership of which has been effected on behalf of the Trust as a result of foreclosure or acceptance by the Master Servicer of a deed in lieu of foreclosure and that has not been withdrawn from the Trust, (iv) any Insurance Policies relating to the Mortgage Loans and any rights of the Sponsor under any Insurance Policies, (v) Net Liquidation Proceeds with respect to any Liquidated Loan, (vi) the Certificate Insurance Policy, and (vii) the rights of the Sponsor against any Originator pursuant to the related Master Transfer Agreement. "Trustee": Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., located on the date of execution of this Agreement at Bankers Trust Company, 3 Park Plaza, Irvine, California 92714, a national banking association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee under this Agreement, and any successor hereunder. "Trustee's Fees": With respect to any Payment Date and Mortgage Loan Group, the Product of (x) one-twelfth of .01% and (y) the aggregate Loan Balance of the Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Loan Group as of the beginning of the related Remittance Period. "Unaffiliated Originator Loan": Any Mortgage Loan purchased by the Sponsor from an Unaffiliated Originator and sold to the Trust by the Sponsor. "Unaffiliated Originators": Any Originator (x) who is not affiliated with the Sponsor and (y) who has been previously communicated by the Sponsor to the Certificate Insurer, including without limitation Mortgage Corporation of America. 33 "Uncertificated Interest": As defined in Section 2.8(b) hereof. "Underwriters": Prudential Securities Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, and Salomon Brothers Inc. Section 1.2. Use of Words and Phrases. "Herein", "hereby", "hereunder", "hereof", "hereinbefore", "hereinafter" and other equivalent words refer to this Agreement as a whole and not solely to the particular section of this Agreement in which any such word is used. The definitions set forth in Section 1.1 hereof include both the singular and the plural. Whenever used in this Agreement, any pronoun shall be deemed to include both singular and plural and to cover all genders. Section 1.3. Captions; Table of Contents. The captions or headings in this Agreement and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and in no way define, limit or describe the scope and intent of any provisions of this Agreement. Section 1.4. Opinions. Each opinion with respect to the validity, binding nature and enforceability of documents or Certificates may be qualified to the extent that the same may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding or action in equity or at law) and may state that no opinion is expressed on the availability of the remedy of specific enforcement, injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy. Any opinion required to be furnished by any Person hereunder must be delivered by counsel upon whose opinion the addressee of such opinion may reasonably rely, and such opinion may state that it is given in reasonable reliance upon an opinion of another, a copy of which must be attached, concerning the laws of a foreign jurisdiction. ARTICLE II ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF THE TRUST Section 2.1. Establishment of the Trust. The parties hereto do hereby create and establish, pursuant to the laws of the State of New York and this Agreement, the Trust, which, for convenience, shall be known as "Advanta Mortgage Loan Trust 1996-4". Each Mortgage Loan Group shall constitute a sub-trust of the Trust. Section 2.2. Office. The office of the Trust shall be in care of the Trustee, addressed to Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., Three Park Plaza, Irvine, California 92714, or at such other address as the Trustee may designate by notice to the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, the Owners and to the Certificate Insurer. 34 Section 2.3. Purposes and Powers. The purpose of the Trust is to engage in the following activities, and only such activities: (i) the issuance of the Certificates and the acquiring, owning and holding of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Estate in connection therewith; (ii) activities that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are incidental thereto or connected therewith, including the investment of monies in accordance with this Agreement; and (iii) such other activities as may be required in connection with conservation of the Trust Estate and distributions to the Owners; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall permit the Trustee to take any action which would result in the loss of REMIC status for the REMIC Trust. Section 2.4. Appointment of the Trustee; Declaration of Trust. The Sponsor hereby appoints the Trustee as trustee of the Trust effective as of the Closing Day, to have all the rights, powers and duties set forth herein. The Trustee hereby acknowledges and accepts such appointment, represents and warrants its eligibility as of the Closing Day to serve as Trustee pursuant to Section 10.8 hereof and declares that it will hold the Trust Estate in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the benefit of the Owners. Section 2.5. Expenses of the Trust. The expenses of the Trust that have been reviewed and approved by the Sponsor (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), shall be paid by the Sponsor to the Trustee or to such other Person to whom such amounts may be due. Failure by the Sponsor to pay any such fees or other expenses shall not relieve the Trustee of its obligations hereunder. The Trustee hereby covenants with the Owners that every material contract or other material agreement entered into by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall expressly state therein that no Owner shall be personally liable in connection with such contract or agreement. Section 2.6. Ownership of the Trust. On the Closing Day the ownership interests in the Trust and the subtrusts shall be transferred as set forth in Section 4.2 hereof, such transfer to be evidenced by sale of the Certificates as described therein. Thereafter, transfer of any ownership interest shall be governed by Sections 5.4 and 5.8 hereof. Section 2.7. Situs of the Trust. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust constitute a trust under the laws of the State of New York. The Trust will be created in, and all Accounts maintained by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust will be located in, the State of New York. The Trust will not have any employees and will not have any real or personal property (other than property acquired pursuant to Section 8.13 hereof) located in any state other than in the State of New York and payments will be received by 35 the Trust only in the State of New York and payments from the Trust will be made only from the State of New York. The Trust's only office will be at the office of the Trustee as set forth in Section 2.2 hereof. Section 2.8. Miscellaneous REMIC Provisions. (a) The REMIC Trust shall elect to be treated as a REMIC under Section 860D of the Code, as described in Section 11.15. Any inconsistencies or ambiguities in this Agreement or in the administration of the Trust shall be resolved in a manner that preserves the validity of the election of the REMIC Trust to be treated as a REMIC. (b) Each of the Class A Certificates and the related rights to receive Supplemental Interest Payments will be comprised of (i) a "regular interest" in the REMIC which will be treated as a debt instrument of the Trust for federal income tax purposes and (ii) and the right to receive Supplemental Interest Payments described in Section 7.10(b) herein. Each of the Class R Certificates will be designated as a "residual interest" in the REMIC. (c) The Closing Day is hereby designated as the "startup day" of the REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(9) of the Code. (d) The Final Scheduled Payment Date for any Class of Certificates is hereby established as follows: Class Final Scheduled Payment Date ----- ---------------------------- Class A-1 Certificates November 25, 2026 Class A-2 Certificates November 25, 2026 ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE SPONSOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER; COVENANT OF SPONSOR TO CONVEY MORTGAGE LOANS Section 3.1. Representations and Warranties of the Sponsor. The Sponsor hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and to the Owners as of the Closing Day that: (a) The Sponsor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business, or the properties owned or leased by it make such qualification necessary. The Sponsor has all requisite corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry out its business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted and 36 to enter into and discharge its obligations under this Agreement and the other Operative Documents to which it is a party. (b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Operative Documents to which the Sponsor is a party by the Sponsor and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement and of the other Operative Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Sponsor and will not violate the Sponsor's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Sponsor is a party or by which the Sponsor is bound, or violate any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court, governmental agency or body or other tribunal having jurisdiction over the Sponsor or any of its properties. (c) This Agreement and the other Operative Documents to which the Sponsor is a party, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto and thereto, each constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Sponsor, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, except as the enforcement hereof and thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding or action in equity or at law). (d) The Sponsor is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency, which might have consequences that would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or other) or operations of the Sponsor or its properties or might have consequences that would materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder and under the other Operative Documents to which it is a party. (e) No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Sponsor's knowledge, threatened against the Sponsor which litigation might have consequences that would prohibit its entering into this Agreement or any other Operative Document to which it is a party or that would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the Sponsor or its properties or might have consequences that would materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder and under the other Operative Documents to which it is a party. 37 (f) No certificate of an officer, statement furnished in writing or report delivered pursuant to the terms hereof by the Sponsor contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the certificate, statement or report not misleading. (g) The statements contained in the Registration Statement which describe the Sponsor or matters or activities for which the Sponsor is responsible in accordance with the Operative Documents or which are attributed to the Sponsor therein are true and correct in all material respects, and the Registration Statement does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact with respect to the Sponsor or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements contained therein with respect to the Sponsor not misleading. To the best of the Sponsor's knowledge and belief, the Registration Statement does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact required to be stated therein or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading. (h) All actions, approvals, consents, waivers, exemptions, variances, franchises, orders, permits, authorizations, rights and licenses required to be taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, by or from any federal, state or other governmental authority or agency (other than any such actions, approvals, etc. under any state securities laws, real estate syndication or "Blue Sky" statutes, as to which the Sponsor makes no such representation or warranty), that are necessary or advisable in connection with the purchase and sale of the Certificates and the execution and delivery by the Sponsor of the Operative Documents to which it is a party, have been duly taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, are in full force and effect on the date hereof, are not subject to any pending proceedings or appeals (administrative, judicial or otherwise) and either the time within which any appeal therefrom may be taken or review thereof may be obtained has expired or no review thereof may be obtained or appeal therefrom taken, and are adequate to authorize the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Operative Documents on the part of the Sponsor and the performance by the Sponsor of its obligations under this Agreement and such of the other Operative Documents to which it is a party. (i) The transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary course of business of the Sponsor. (j) The Sponsor received fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the sale of 38 the interests in the Mortgage Loans evidenced by the Certificates. (k) The Sponsor did not sell any interest in any Mortgage Loan evidenced by the Certificates with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its respective creditors. (l) The Sponsor is solvent and the Sponsor will not be rendered insolvent as a result of the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Trust or the sale of the Certificates. It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.1 shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee. Section 3.2. Representations and Warranties of the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and to the Owners as of the Closing Day that: (a) The Master Servicer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, is, and each Sub-Servicer is, in compliance with the laws of each state in which any Property is located to the extent necessary to enable it to perform its obligations hereunder and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business, or the properties owned or leased by it make such qualification necessary. The Master Servicer and each Sub-servicer has all requisite corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry out its business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted and to enter into and discharge its obligations under this Agreement and the other Operative Documents to which it is a party. The Master Servicer has, on a consolidated basis with its parent, AMHC, equity of at least $5,000,000, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. (b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Master Servicer and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Operative Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Master Servicer and will not violate the Master Servicer's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Master Servicer is a party or by which the Master Servicer is bound or violate any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court, governmental agency or body or 39 other tribunal having jurisdiction over the Master Servicer or any of its properties. (c) This Agreement and the other Operative Documents to which the Master Servicer is a party, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto and thereto, each constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Master Servicer, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof, except as the enforcement hereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding or action in equity or at law). (d) The Master Servicer is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency, which might have consequences that would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or other) or operations of the Master Servicer or its properties or might have consequences that would materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder and under the other Operative Documents to which the Master Servicer is a party. (e) No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Master Servicer's knowledge, threatened against the Master Servicer which litigation might have consequences that would prohibit its entering into this Agreement or any other Operative Document to which it is a party or that would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the Master Servicer or its properties or might have consequences that would materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder and under the other Operative Documents to which the Master Servicer is a party. (f) No certificate of an officer, statement furnished in writing or report delivered pursuant to the terms hereof by the Master Servicer contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the certificate, statement or report not misleading. (g) The statements contained in the Registration Statement which describe the Master Servicer or matters or activities for which the Master Servicer is responsible in accordance with the Operative Documents or which are attributed to the Master Servicer therein are true and correct in all material respects, and the Registration Statement does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact with respect to the Master Servicer or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements 40 contained therein with respect to the Master Servicer not misleading. To the best of the Master Servicer's knowledge and belief, the Registration Statement does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading. (h) The Servicing Fee is a "current (normal) servicing fee rate" as that term is used in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 65 issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. Neither the Master Servicer nor any affiliate thereof will report on any financial statements any part of the Servicing Fee as an adjustment to the sales price of the Mortgage Loans. (i) All actions, approvals, consents, waivers, exemptions, variances, franchises, orders, permits, authorizations, rights and licenses required to be taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, by or from any federal, state or other governmental authority or agency (other than any such actions, approvals, etc. under any state securities laws, real estate syndication or "Blue Sky" statutes, as to which the Master Servicer makes no such representation or warranty), that are necessary or advisable in connection with the execution and delivery by the Master Servicer of the Operative Documents to which it is a party, have been duly taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, are in full force and effect on the date hereof, are not subject to any pending proceedings or appeals (administrative, judicial or otherwise) and either the time within which any appeal therefrom may be taken or review thereof may be obtained has expired or no review thereof may be obtained or appeal therefrom taken, and are adequate to authorize the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Operative Documents on the part of the Master Servicer and the performance by the Master Servicer of its obligations under this Agreement and such of the other Operative Documents to which it is a party. (j) The collection practices used by the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans directly serviced by it have been, in all material respects, legal, proper, prudent and customary in the mortgage loan servicing business. (k) The transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary course of business of the Master Servicer. (l) The terms of each existing Sub-Servicing Agreement and each designated Sub-servicer are acceptable to the Master Servicer and any new Sub-Servicing Agreements or Sub-servicers will comply with the provisions of Section 8.3. 41 It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.2 shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee. Upon discovery by any of the Originators, the Master Servicer, the Sponsor, any Sub-Servicer, the Certificate Insurer or the Trustee of a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.2 which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Owners or of the Certificate Insurer, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties. Within 30 days of its discovery or its receipt of notice of breach, the Master Servicer shall cure such breach in all material respects and, upon the Master Servicer's continued failure to cure such breach, may thereafter be removed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.20 hereof; provided, however, that if the Master Servicer can demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Certificate Insurer that it is diligently pursuing remedial action, then the cure period may be extended with the written approval of the Certificate Insurer. Section 3.3. Representations and Warranties of the Sponsor with Respect to the Mortgage Loans. (a) The Sponsor makes the following representations and warranties as to the Mortgage Loans on which the Trustee relies in accepting the Mortgage Loans in trust and executing and authenticating the Certificates. Such representations and warranties speak as of the respective dates indicated below, but shall survive the sale, transfer, and assignment of the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee: (i) The information with respect to each Mortgage Loan (including any Unaffiliated Originator Loans) set forth in the Schedules of Mortgage Loans is true and correct as of the Cut-Off Date; (ii) All of the original or certified documentation set forth in Section 3.5 (including all material documents related thereto) with respect to each Mortgage Loan (including any Unaffiliated Originator Loans) has been or will be delivered to the Trustee on the Closing Day, or as otherwise provided in Section 3.5; (iii) Except for any Unaffiliated Originator Loans being serviced by a servicer other than the Master Servicer, each Mortgage Loan is being serviced by the Master Servicer or a Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Master Servicer and qualified to service mortgage loans; (iv) The Note related to each Mortgage Loan in Group I bears a Coupon Rate of at least 7.50% per annum; 42 (v) As of the Cut-Off Date, no more than 1.00% of the Original Aggregate Loan Balance of the Mortgage Loans are 30-59 days Delinquent; (vi) As of the Cut-Off Date, no more than 0.050% of the Original Aggregate Loan Balance of the Mortgage Loans is secured by Properties located within any single zip code area, and no more than 4.00% of the Original Aggregate Loan Balance of the Mortgage Loans consists of Date-of-Payment Loans; (vii) Each Mortgage Loan conforms, and all such Mortgage Loans in the aggregate conform, in all material respects to the description thereof set forth in the Registration Statement; (viii) Except for the Bulk Acquisition Loans and any Unaffiliated Originator Loans, as of the Cut-Off Date, no more than 4.1% of the Loan Balance of the Mortgage Loans relates to Mortgage Loans originated under the Originators' non-income verification program for self-employed borrowers; (ix) The credit underwriting guidelines applicable to each Mortgage Loan conform in all material respects to the description thereof set forth in the Prospectus; and (x) Each Mortgage Loan is a Qualified Mortgage. (b) The Sponsor hereby assigns to the Trustee for the benefit of the Owners of the Certificates and the Certificate Insurer all of its right, title and interest in respect of each Master Transfer Agreement applicable to the related Mortgage Loan. Insofar as such Master Transfer Agreement provides for representations and warranties made by the related Originator in respect of a Mortgage Loan and any remedies provided thereunder for any breach of such representations and warranties, such right, title and interest may be enforced by the Master Servicer or by the Trustee on behalf of the Owners and the Certificate Insurer. Upon the discovery by the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Insurer or the Trustee of a breach of any of the representations and warranties made in a Master Transfer Agreement in respect of any Mortgage Loan which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Owners or of the Certificate Insurer in such Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties. The Master Servicer shall promptly notify the related Originator of such breach and request that such Originator cure such breach or take the actions described in Section 3.4(b) hereof within the time periods required thereby, and if such Originator does not cure such breach in all material respects, the Sponsor shall cure such breach or take such actions. The obligations of the Sponsor or Master Servicer, as the case may be, set forth herein with respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which such a breach has occurred and 43 is continuing shall constitute the sole obligations of the Master Servicer and of the Sponsor in respect of such breach. Section 3.4. Covenants of Sponsor to Take Certain Actions with Respect to the Mortgage Loans In Certain Situations. (a) With the provisos and limitations as to remedies set forth in this Section 3.4, upon the discovery by any Originator, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Insurer, any Sub-Servicer or the Trustee that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.3 of this Agreement or in the Master Transfer Agreement were untrue in any material respect as of the respective dates indicated therein and such breaches of the representations and warranties materially and adversely affect the interests of the Owners or of the Certificate Insurer, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties. The Sponsor acknowledges that a breach of any representation or warranty (x) relating to marketability of title sufficient to transfer unencumbered title to a Mortgage Loan, (y) relating to enforceability of the Mortgage Loan against the related Mortgagor or Property or (z) set forth in clauses (viii) or (x) of Section 3.3(a) above constitutes breach of a representation or warranty which "materially and adversely affects the interests of the Owners or of the Certificate Insurer" in such Mortgage Loan. (b) Upon the earliest to occur of the Sponsor's discovery, its receipt of notice of breach from any one of the other parties hereto or from the Certificate Insurer or such time as a breach of any representation and warranty materially and adversely affects the interests of the Owners or of the Certificate Insurer as set forth above, the Sponsor hereby covenants and warrants that it shall promptly cure such breach in all material respects or it shall (or shall cause an affiliate of the Sponsor to or an Originator to), subject to the further requirements of this paragraph, on the second Remittance Date next succeeding such discovery, receipt of notice or such other time (i) substitute in lieu of each Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Loan Group which has given rise to the requirement for action by the Sponsor a Qualified Replacement Mortgage and deliver the Substitution Amount applicable thereto, together with the aggregate amount of all Delinquency Advances and Servicing Advances theretofore made with respect to such Mortgage Loan, to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Principal and Interest Account or (ii) purchase such Mortgage Loan from the REMIC Trust at a purchase price equal to the Loan Purchase Price thereof, which purchase price shall be delivered to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Principal and Interest Account. In the case of a breach of the representation or warranty set forth in clause (x) or Section 3.3(a) above, any such substitution or purchase shall occur within 90 days after the date on which such breach is discovered. In connection with any such proposed purchase or substitution, the Sponsor at its expense, shall cause to be 44 delivered to the Trustee and to the Certificate Insurer an opinion of counsel experienced in federal income tax matters stating whether or not such a proposed purchase or substitution would constitute a Prohibited Transaction for the REMIC Trust or would jeopardize the status of the REMIC Trust as a REMIC, and the Sponsor shall only be required to take either such action to the extent such action would not constitute a Prohibited Transaction for the REMIC Trust or would not jeopardize the status of the REMIC Trust as a REMIC. Any required purchase or substitution, if delayed by the absence of such opinion shall nonetheless occur if so directed by the Certificate Insurer upon the earlier of (i) the occurrence of a default or imminent default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or (ii) the delivery of such opinion. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Sponsor to cure the defect, or substitute for, or purchase any Mortgage Loan as to which a representation or warranty is untrue in any material respect and has not been remedied shall constitute the sole remedy available to the Owners, the Trustee or the Certificate Insurer. (c) In the event that any Qualified Replacement Mortgage is delivered by an Originator or by the Sponsor (or by an affiliate of the Sponsor, as the case may be) to the Trust pursuant to Section 3.3, Section 3.4 or Section 3.6 hereof, the related Originator and the Sponsor shall be obligated to take the actions described in Section 3.4(b) with respect to such Qualified Replacement Mortgage upon the discovery by any of the Owners, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Insurer, any Sub-Servicer or the Trustee that the representations and warranties set forth in the related Master Transfer Agreement or in Section 3.3 above are untrue in any material respect on the date such Qualified Replacement Mortgage is conveyed to the Trust such that the interests of the Owners or the Certificate Insurer in the related Qualified Replacement Mortgage are materially and adversely affected; provided, however, that for the purposes of this subsection (c) the representations and warranties in the related Master Transfer Agreement or as set forth in Section 3.3 above referring to items "as of the Cut-Off Date" or "as of the Closing Day" shall be deemed to refer to such items as of the date such Qualified Replacement Mortgage is conveyed to the Trust. (d) It is understood and agreed that the covenants set forth in this Section 3.4 shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Loans (including Qualified Replacement Mortgage Loans) to the Trustee. Section 3.5. Conveyance of the Mortgage Loans. (a) The Sponsor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, and on behalf of the Conduit Acquisition Trust, hereby transfers, sells, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys without recourse, to the Trustee, all right, title and interest of the Conduit Acquisition Trust in and to each Mortgage Loan listed on the Schedule of Mortgage Loans 45 delivered by the Sponsor on the Closing Day, all its right, title and interest in and to principal collected and interest accruing on each such Mortgage Loan on and after the Cut-Off Date and all its right, title and interest in and to all Insurance Policies. The transfer by the Conduit Acquisition Trust of the Mortgage Loans set forth on the Schedule of Mortgage Loans to the Trustee is absolute and is intended by the Owners and all parties hereto to be treated as a sale by the Conduit Acquisition Trust. (b) In connection with the transfer and assignment of the Mortgage Loans, the Sponsor agrees to: (i) cause to be delivered, on the Closing Day, without recourse, to the Trustee the items listed in the definitions of "Advanta Mortgage Files" and "Conduit Mortgage Files," as appropriate; provided that the assignments of mortgage listed in clause (e) of Exhibit B hereto shall be delivered to the Trustee with respect to the Designated Advanta Mortgage Files within 75 Business Days of the Closing Day. (ii) cause, within 75 Business Days following the Closing Day the assignments of Mortgage to be submitted for recording in the appropriate jurisdictions wherein such recordation is necessary to perfect the lien thereof as against creditors of or purchasers from the related Originator to the Trustee; provided, however, that, for administrative convenience and facilitation of servicing and to reduce closing costs, assignments of mortgage shall not be required to be submitted for recording with respect to any Mortgage Loan which relates to an Advanta Mortgage File, unless (x) otherwise directed in writing by the Certificate Insurer, (y) upon the occurrence of any Event of Default or (z) the long-term unsecured debt of Advanta National Bank USA is assigned ratings of less than BBB by Standard & Poor's or Baa2 by Moody's or the long-term unsecured debt of some other entity approved by the Certificate Insurer is assigned comparable ratings. All recording required pursuant to this Section 3.5 shall be accomplished at the expense of the Originators or of the Sponsor. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.5, in those instances where the public recording office retains the original Mortgage, the assignment of a Mortgage or the intervening assignments of the Mortgage after it has been recorded, the Sponsor shall be deemed to have satisfied its obligations hereunder upon delivery to the Trustee of a copy of such Mortgage, such assignment or assignments of Mortgage certified by the public recording office to be a true copy of the recorded original thereof. Copies of all Mortgage assignments received by the Trustee shall be kept in the related file. 46 Such assignments of mortgage shall, in addition to the requirements specified in Exhibit B, be in recordable form. On or before the Closing Day, the Sponsor shall deliver to the Trustee original executed powers of attorney, from the current recordholders of the related Mortgage substantially in the form of Exhibit I, authorizing the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee to record the assignments of mortgage as provided in clause (ii) above. Pursuant to such power of attorney, the Trustee also may execute a new assignment of mortgage for any Mortgage Loan if the original assignment of mortgage delivered by the Sponsor to the Trustee is not in recordable form at such time as the assignment of mortgage is to be recorded by the Trustee. (c) In the case of Mortgage Loans which have been prepaid in full on or after the Cut-Off Date and prior to the Closing Day, the Sponsor, in lieu of the foregoing, will deliver within 15 Business Days after the Closing Day, to the Trustee a certification of an Authorized Officer in the form set forth in Exhibit D. (d) The Sponsor (or the Conduit Acquisition Trust or an affiliate of the Sponsor) shall transfer, sell, assign, set over and otherwise convey without recourse, to the Trustee all right, title and interest of the Sponsor (or the Conduit Acquisition Trust or of such affiliate) in and to any Qualified Replacement Mortgage delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.3, Section 3.4 or Section 3.6 hereof and all its right, title and interest to principal collected and interest accruing on such Qualified Replacement Mortgage on and after the applicable Replacement Cut-Off Date; provided, however, that the Sponsor (or the Conduit Acquisition or such affiliate) shall reserve and retain all right, title and interest in and to payments of principal and interest due on such Qualified Replacement Mortgage prior to the applicable Replacement Cut-Off Date. (e) As to each Mortgage Loan released from the Trust in connection with the conveyance of a Qualified Replacement Mortgage therefor, the Trustee will transfer, sell, assign, set over and otherwise convey without recourse, on the Sponsor's order, all of its right, title and interest in and to such released Mortgage Loan and all the Trust's right, title and interest to principal collected and interest accruing on such released Mortgage Loan on and after the applicable Replacement Cut-Off Date; provided, however, that the Trust shall reserve and retain all right, title and interest in and to payments of principal collected and interest accruing on such released Mortgage Loan prior to the applicable Replacement Cut-Off Date. (f) In connection with any transfer and assignment of a Qualified Replacement Mortgage to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust, the Sponsor agrees to cause to be delivered to the Trustee the items described in Section 3.5(b) on the date of such transfer and assignment or, if a later delivery time 47 is permitted by Section 3.5(b), then no later than such later delivery time. (g) As to each Mortgage Loan released from the Trust in connection with the conveyance of a Qualified Replacement Mortgage the Trustee shall deliver on the date of conveyance of such Qualified Replacement Mortgage and on the order of the Sponsor (i) the original Note, or the certified copy, relating thereto, endorsed without recourse, to the Sponsor and (ii) such other documents as constituted the File with respect thereto. (h) If a Mortgage assignment is lost during the process of recording, or is returned from the recorder's office unrecorded due to a defect therein, the Sponsor shall prepare a substitute assignment or cure such defect, as the case may be, and thereafter cause each such assignment to be duly recorded. (i) The Sponsor shall cause to be reflected on the records of the Conduit Acquisition Trust that the Mortgage Loans have been sold to the Trust. (j) To the extent that the ratings, if any, then assigned to the unsecured debt of the Sponsor or of the Sponsor's ultimate corporate parent are satisfactory to the Certificate Insurer, Moody's and Standard & Poor's, then any of the Document Delivery Requirements described above may be waived by an instrument signed by the Certificate Insurer, Standard & Poor's and Moody's (or any documents theretofore delivered to the Trustee returned to the Sponsor) on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Certificate Insurer, Moody's and Standard & Poor's may permit. Section 3.6. Acceptance by Trustee; Certain Substitutions of Mortgage Loans; Certification by Trustee. (a) The Trustee agrees to execute and deliver on the Closing Day an acknowledgment of receipt of the Notes delivered by the Sponsor in the form attached as Exhibit E hereto, and declares that it will hold such documents and any amendments, replacement or supplements thereto, as well as any other assets included in the definition of Trust Estate and delivered to the Trustee, as Trustee in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the benefit of the Owners. The Trustee further agrees to review any other documents delivered by the Sponsor within 90 days after the Closing Day (or within 90 days with respect to any Qualified Replacement Mortgage after the assignment thereof) and to deliver to the Sponsor, the Master Servicer and the Certificate Insurer a Certification in the form attached as Exhibit F hereto. The Trustee shall be under no duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine any such documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to determine that they are genuine, enforceable, or appropriate for the represented purpose or that they are other than what they purport to be on their face, nor shall the Trustee be under 48 any duty to determine independently whether there are any intervening assignments or assumption or modification agreements with respect to any Mortgage Loan. (b) If the Trustee during such 90-day period finds any document constituting a part of a File which is not properly executed, has not been received within the specified period, or is unrelated to the Mortgage Loans identified in the Schedules of Mortgage Loans, or that any Mortgage Loan does not conform in a material respect to the description thereof as set forth in the Schedules of Mortgage Loans, the Trustee shall promptly so notify the Sponsor and the Certificate Insurer. In performing any such review, the Trustee may conclusively rely on the Sponsor as to the purported genuineness of any such document and any signature thereon. The Sponsor agrees to use reasonable efforts to remedy a material defect in a document constituting part of a File of which it is so notified by the Trustee. If, however, within 60 days after the Trustee's notice to it respecting such defect the Sponsor has not remedied or caused to be remedied the defect and the defect materially and adversely affects the interest in the related Mortgage Loan of the Owners or of the Certificate Insurer, the Sponsor will (or will cause the related Originator or an affiliate of the Sponsor to) on the next succeeding Remittance Date (i) substitute in lieu of such Mortgage Loan a Qualified Replacement Mortgage and, deliver the Substitution Amount applicable thereto to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Principal and Interest Account or (ii) purchase such Mortgage Loan at a purchase price equal to the Loan Purchase Price thereof, which purchase price shall be delivered to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Principal and Interest Account. In connection with any such proposed purchase or substitution the Sponsor shall cause at the Sponsor's expense to be delivered to the Trustee and to the Certificate Insurer an opinion of counsel experienced in federal income tax matters stating whether or not such a proposed purchase or substitution would constitute a Prohibited Transaction for the REMIC Trust or would jeopardize the status of the REMIC Trust as a REMIC, and the Sponsor shall only be required to take either such action to the extent such action would not constitute a Prohibited Transaction for the REMIC Trust or would not jeopardize the status of the REMIC Trust as a REMIC. Any required purchase or substitution, if delayed by the absence of such opinion shall nonetheless occur upon the earlier of (i) the occurrence of a default or imminent default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or (ii) the delivery of such opinion or (iii) at the direction of the Certificate Insurer. Section 3.7. Cooperation Procedures. (a) The Sponsor shall, in connection with the delivery of each Qualified Replacement Mortgage to the Trustee, provide the Trustee with the information set forth in the Schedules of Mortgage Loans with respect to such Qualified Replacement Mortgage. 49 (b) The Sponsor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee covenant to provide each other with all data and information required to be provided by them hereunder at the times required hereunder, and additionally covenant reasonably to cooperate with each other in providing any additional information required by any of them in connection with their respective duties hereunder. ARTICLE IV ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CERTIFICATES Section 4.1. Issuance of Certificates. On the Closing Day, upon the Trustee's receipt from the Sponsor of an executed Delivery Order in the form set forth as Exhibit G hereto, the Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver the Certificates on behalf of the Trust in accordance with the directions set forth in such Delivery Order. Section 4.2. Sale of Certificates. At 11 a.m. New York City time on the Closing Date, at the offices of Dewey Ballantine, 1301 Sixth Avenue, New York, New York, the Sponsor will sell and convey the Mortgage Loans and the money, instruments and other property related thereto to the Trustee, and the Trustee will (i) deliver to the Representative, the Class A Certificates with an aggregate Percentage Interest in each Class equal to 100%, registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other names as the Representative shall direct, against payment of the purchase price thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Trustee and (ii) deliver to the Sponsor, the Class RS Certificates, with an aggregate Percentage Interest in each Class equal to 100%, registered as the Sponsor shall request. Upon receipt of the proceeds of the sale of the Certificates, the Trustee shall, from the proceeds of the sale of the Certificates, pay other fees and expenses identified by the Sponsor and pay to the Sponsor the balance after deducting such amounts. The Sponsor shall pay directly to the Certificate Insurer the Initial Premiums. ARTICLE V CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS Section 5.1. Terms. (a) The Certificates are pass-through securities having the rights described therein and herein. Notwithstanding references herein or therein with respect to the Certificates as to "principal" and "interest" no debt of any Person is represented thereby, nor are the Certificates or the underlying Notes guaranteed by any Person (except that the Notes may be recourse to the Mortgagors thereof to the extent permitted by law and except for the rights of the Trustee with respect to the Certificate Insurance Policy). Distributions on the Certificates are payable solely from payments received on or with respect to 50 the Mortgage Loans (other than the Servicing Fees), monies in the Principal and Interest Account, the Supplemental Interest Payment Account, the Class A-1 Distribution Account and the Class A-2 Distribution Account, except as otherwise provided herein, from earnings on monies and the proceeds of property held as a part of the Trust Estate and, upon the occurrence of certain events, from Insured Payments. Each Certificate entitles the Owner thereof to receive monthly, on each Payment Date, in order of priority of distributions with respect to such Class of Certificates, a specified portion of such payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Loan Group, certain related Insured Payments, pro rata in accordance with such Owner's Percentage Interest and in the case of the Class A-1 and the Class A-2 Certificates, certain amounts payable from the Group I Supplemental Interest Payment Account, the Group II Supplemental Interest Payment Account, the Class A-1 Distribution Account and from the Class A-2 Distribution Account, respectively. (b) Each Owner is required, and hereby agrees, to return to the Trustee any Certificate with respect to which the Trustee has made the final distribution due thereon. Any such Certificate as to which the Trustee has made the final distribution thereon shall be deemed cancelled and shall no longer be Outstanding for any purpose of this Agreement, whether or not such Certificate is ever returned to the Trustee. Section 5.2. Forms. The Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates and the Class RS Certificates shall be in substantially the forms set forth in Exhibits A-1, A-2, and Exhibit C hereof, respectively, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Agreement or as may in the Sponsor's judgment be necessary, appropriate or convenient to comply, or facilitate compliance, with applicable laws, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any applicable securities laws or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the Authorized Officer of the Sponsor executing such Certificates, as evidenced by his execution thereof. Section 5.3. Execution, Authentication and Delivery. Each Certificate shall be executed on behalf of the Trust, by the manual signature of one of the Trustee's Authorized Officers and shall be authenticated by the manual signature of one of the Trustee's Authorized Officers. Certificates bearing the manual signature of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Trustee shall, upon proper authentication by the Trustee, bind the Trust, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the execution and delivery of such Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of authentication of such Certificates. 51 The initial Certificates shall be dated as of the Closing Day and delivered at the Closing to the parties specified in Section 4.2 hereof. No Certificate shall be valid until executed and authenticated as set forth above. Section 5.4. Registration and Transfer of Certificates. (a) The Trustee, as registrar, shall cause to be kept a register (the "Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and the registration of transfer of Certificates. The Trustee is hereby appointed registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers of Certificates as herein provided. The Owners shall have the right to inspect the Register at all reasonable times and to obtain copies thereof. (b) Subject to the provisions of Section 5.8 hereof, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office designated as the location of the Register, the Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of a like Class and in the aggregate principal amount of the Certificate so surrendered. (c) At the option of any Owner, Certificates of any Class owned by such Owner may be exchanged for other Certificates authorized of like Class, tenor and a like aggregate original principal amount and bearing numbers not contemporaneously outstanding, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office designated as the location of the Register. Whenever any Certificate is so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver the Certificate or Certificates which the Owner making the exchange is entitled to receive. (d) All Certificates issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates shall be valid evidence of the same ownership interests in the Trust and entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the Certificates surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. (e) Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee duly executed by the Owner thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. (f) No service charge shall be made to an Owner for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of 52 Certificates; any other expenses in connection with such transfer or exchange shall be an expense of the Trust. (g) It is intended that the Class A Certificates be registered so as to participate in a global book-entry system with the Depository, as set forth herein. Each Class of Class A Certificates shall, except as otherwise provided in the next paragraph, be initially issued in the form of a single fully registered Class A Certificate with a denomination equal to the Original Aggregate Loan Balance. Upon initial issuance, the ownership of each such Class A Certificate shall be registered in the Register in the name of Cede & Co., or any successor thereto, as nominee for the Depository. The Sponsor and the Trustee are hereby authorized to execute and deliver the Representation Letter with the Depository. With respect to Class A Certificates registered in the Register in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depository, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to Direct or Indirect Participants or beneficial owners for which the Depository holds Class A Certificates from time to time as a Depository. Without limiting the immediately preceding sentence, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation with respect to (i) the accuracy of the records of the Depository, Cede & Co., or any Direct or Indirect Participant with respect to the ownership interest in the Class A Certificates, (ii) the delivery to any Direct or Indirect Participant or any other Person, other than a registered Owner of a Class A Certificate as shown in the Register, of any notice with respect to the Class A Certificates or (iii) the payment to any Direct or Indirect Participant or any other Person, other than a registered Owner of a Class A Certificate as shown in the Register, of any amount with respect to any distribution of principal or interest on the Class A Certificates. No Person other than a registered Owner of a Class A Certificate as shown in the Register shall receive a certificate evidencing such Class A Certificate. Upon delivery by the Depository to the Trustee of written notice to the effect that the Depository has determined to substitute a new nominee in place of Cede & Co., and subject to the provisions hereof with respect to the payment of interest by the mailing of checks or drafts to the registered Owners of Class A Certificates appearing as registered Owners in the registration books maintained by the Trustee at the close of business on a Record Date, the name "Cede & Co." in this Agreement shall refer to such new nominee of the Depository. (h) In the event that (i) the Depository or the Sponsor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its 53 responsibilities as nominee and depository with respect to the Class A Certificates and the Sponsor or the Trustee is unable to locate a qualified successor or (ii) the Sponsor at its sole option elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository, the Class A Certificates shall no longer be restricted to being registered in the Register in the name of Cede & Co. (or a successor nominee) as nominee of the Depository. At that time, the Sponsor may determine that the Class A Certificates shall be registered in the name of and deposited with a successor depository operating a global book-entry system, as may be acceptable to the Sponsor, or such depository's agent or designee but, if the Sponsor does not select such alternative global book-entry system, then the Class A Certificates may be registered in whatever name or names registered Owners of Class A Certificates transferring Class A Certificates shall designate, in accordance with the provisions hereof; provided, that the cost of any such re-registration shall be paid by the Sponsor. (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, so long as any Class A Certificate is registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depository, all distributions of principal or interest on such Class A Certificates as the case may be and all notices with respect to such Class A Certificates as the case may be shall be made and given, respectively, in the manner provided in the Representation Letter. (j) Neither the Sponsor, the Master Servicer nor the Trustee will have any liability for any actions taken by DTC or its nominee, Euroclear or CEDEL, including, without limitation, actions for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in the Class A Certificates held by Euroclear, CEDEL or Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC, or for maintaining supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. Section 5.5. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If (i) 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 (ii) in the case of any mutilated Certificate, such mutilated Certificate shall first be surrendered to the Trustee, and in the case of any destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, there shall be first delivered to the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be reasonably required by it to hold the Trustee harmless (provided, that with respect to an Owner which is an insurance company, a letter of indemnity furnished by it shall be sufficient for this purpose; provided, that such insurance company possesses at least an investment grade rating from either Standard & Poor's or Moody's), 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, 54 destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like Class, tenor and aggregate principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section, 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; any other expenses in connection with such issuance shall be an expense of the Trust. Every new Certificate issued pursuant to this Section in exchange for or in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate shall constitute evidence of a substitute interest in the Trust, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Agreement equally and proportionately with any and all other Certificates of the same Class duly issued hereunder and such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose. The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificates. Section 5.6. 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 with respect to such Certificate and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. Section 5.7. Cancellation. All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. No Certificate shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Certificate cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement. All cancelled Certificates may be held by the Trustee in accordance with its standard retention policy. Section 5.8. Limitation on Transfer of Ownership Rights. (a) No sale or other transfer of any Class A Certificate shall be made to the Sponsor, any Originator or any of their respective affiliates. (b) No sale or other transfer of record or beneficial ownership of a Class RS Certificate (whether pursuant to a purchase, a transfer resulting from a default under a secured lending agreement or otherwise) shall be made to a Disqualified Organization or agent of a Disqualified Organization. The transfer, sale or other disposition of a Class RS Certificate (whether pursuant to a purchase, a 55 transfer resulting from a default under a secured lending agreement or otherwise) to a Disqualified Organization shall be deemed to be of no legal force or effect whatsoever and such transferee shall not be deemed to be an Owner for any purpose hereunder, including, but not limited to, the receipt of distributions on such Class RS Certificates. Furthermore, in no event shall the Trustee accept surrender for transfer, registration of transfer, or register the transfer, of any Class RS Certificates nor authenticate and make available any Class RS Certificates unless the Trustee has received an affidavit from the proposed transferee in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H. Each holder of a Class RS Certificate, by his acceptance thereof, shall be deemed for all purposes to have consented to the provisions of this Section 5.8(b). (c) No other sale or other transfer of record or beneficial ownership of a Class RS Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event such a transfer is to be made within three years from the Closing Day, (i) the Trustee or the Sponsor shall require a written opinion of counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Sponsor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Sponsor, and (ii) the Trustee shall require the Transferee to execute an investment letter acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Sponsor certifying to the Trustee and the Sponsor the facts surrounding such transfer, which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Sponsor. The Owner of a Class RS Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee and the Sponsor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No Class RS Certificate shall be acquired by or transferred to (i) an employee benefit plan (as defined in section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA")) subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan described in section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or (iii) an entity whose underlying assets are deemed to be assets of a plan described in (i) or (ii) above by reason of such plan's investment in the entity. Any Class RS Certificate transferred shall (x) certify that it is not any of the above and (y) deliver an opinion of counsel to that effect. Section 5.9. Assignment of Rights. An Owner may pledge, encumber, hypothecate or assign all or any part of its right to receive distributions hereunder, but such pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or assignment shall not constitute a transfer of an ownership interest sufficient to render the 56 transferee an Owner of the Trust without compliance with the provisions of Section 5.4 and Section 5.8 hereof. ARTICLE VI COVENANTS Section 6.1. Distributions. The Trustee will duly and punctually pay distributions with respect to the Certificates in accordance with the terms of the Certificates and this Agreement. Such distributions shall be made (i) by check mailed on each Payment Date or (ii) if requested by any Owner, to such Owner by wire transfer to an account within the United States designated no later than five Business Days prior to the related Record Date, made on each Payment Date, in each case to each Owner of record on the immediately preceding Record Date; provided, however, that an Owner of a Class A Certificate shall only be entitled to payment by wire transfer if such Owner owns Class A Certificates in the aggregate denomination of at least $5,000,000. Section 6.2. Money for Distributions to be Held in Trust; Withholding. (a) All payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Certificate that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 7.5 hereof or from Insured Payments shall be made by and on behalf of the Trustee, and no amounts so withdrawn from the Certificate Account for payments of the Certificates and no Insured Payment shall be paid over to the Trustee except as provided in this Section. (b) The Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall comply with all requirements of the Code and applicable state and local law with respect to the withholding from any distributions made by it to any Owner of any applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in connection therewith. (c) Any money held by the Trustee in trust for the payment of any amount due with respect to any Class A Certificate and remaining unclaimed by the Owner of such Class A Certificate for the period then specified in the escheat laws of the State of New York after such amount has become due and payable shall be discharged from such trust and be paid first, to the Certificate Insurer on account of any Reimbursement Amounts, and second to the Owners of the Class RS Certificates; and the Owner of such Class A Certificate shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Certificate Insurer or the Owners of the Class RS Certificates for payment thereof (but only to the extent of the amounts so paid to the Certificate Insurer or the Owners of the Class RS Certificates), and all liability of the Trustee with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee, before being required to make any such payment, shall at the expense of the 57 Sponsor cause to be published once, in the eastern edition of The Wall Street Journal, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall be not fewer than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be paid to the Certificate Insurer or the Owners of the Class RS Certificates. The Trustee shall, at the direction of the Sponsor, also adopt and employ, at the expense of the Sponsor, any other reasonable means of notification of such payment (including but not limited to mailing notice of such payment to Owners whose right to or interest in monies due and payable but not claimed is determinable from the Register at the last address of record for each such Owner). Section 6.3. Protection of Trust Estate. (a) The Trustee will hold the Trust Estate in trust for the benefit of the Owners and the Certificate Insurer, as their interests may appear, and, upon request of the Certificate Insurer, or, with the consent of the Certificate Insurer, at the request and expense of the Sponsor, will from time to time execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto pursuant to Section 11.14 hereof and all instruments of further assurance and other instruments, and will take such other action upon such request as it deems reasonably necessary or advisable, to: (i) more effectively hold in trust all or any portion of the Trust Estate; (ii) perfect, publish notice of, or protect the validity of any grant made or to be made by this Agreement; (iii) enforce any of the Mortgage Loans; or (iv) preserve and defend title to the Trust Estate and the rights of the Trustee, and the ownership interests of the Owners represented thereby, in such Trust Estate against the claims of all Persons and parties. The Trustee shall send copies of any request received from the Certificate Insurer or the Sponsor to take any action pursuant to this Section 6.3 to the other party. (b) The Trustee shall have the power to enforce, and shall enforce the obligations of the other parties to this Agreement and of the Certificate Insurer, by action, suit or proceeding at law or equity, and shall also have the power to enjoin, by action or suit in equity, any acts or occurrences which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the Owners; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall require any action by the Trustee unless the Trustee shall first (i) have been furnished indemnity satisfactory to it and (ii) when required by this Agreement, have been requested to 58 take such action by a majority of the Percentage Interests represented by the affected Class or Classes of Class A Certificates then Outstanding or, if there are no longer any affected Class A Certificates then outstanding, by such majority of the Percentage Interests represented by the Class RS Certificates. (c) The Trustee shall execute any instrument required pursuant to this Section so long as such instrument does not conflict with this Agreement or with the Trustee's fiduciary duties. Section 6.4. Performance of Obligations. The Trustee will not take any action that would release the Sponsor or the Certificate Insurer from any of their respective covenants or obligations under any instrument or document relating to the Trust Estate or the Certificates or which would result in the amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or document, except as expressly provided in this Agreement or such other instrument or document. The Trustee may contract with other Persons to assist it in performing its duties hereunder. Section 6.5. Negative Covenants. The Trustee will not, to the extent within the control of the Trustee, take any of the following actions: (i) sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the Trust Estate except as expressly permitted by this Agreement; (ii) claim any credit on or make any deduction from the distributions payable in respect of, the Certificates (other than amounts properly withheld from such payments under the Code) or assert any claim against any present or former Owner by reason of the payment of any taxes levied or assessed upon any of the Trust Estate; (iii) incur, assume or guaranty on behalf of the Trust any indebtedness of any Person except pursuant to this Agreement; (iv) dissolve or liquidate the Trust Estate in whole or in part, except pursuant to Article IX hereof; or (v) (A) impair the validity or effectiveness of this Agreement, or release any Person from any covenants or obligations with respect to the Trust or to the Certificates under this Agreement, except as may be expressly permitted hereby or (B) create or extend any lien, charge, adverse claim, security interest, mortgage 59 or other encumbrance to or upon the Trust Estate or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof. Section 6.6. No Other Powers. The Trustee will not, to the extent within the control of the Trustee, permit the Trust to engage in any business activity or transaction other than those activities permitted by Section 2.3 hereof. Section 6.7. Limitation of Suits. No Owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Agreement or the Certificate Insurance Policy or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless: (1) such Owner has previously given written notice to the Sponsor and the Trustee of such Owner's intention to institute such proceeding; (2) the Owners of not less than 25% of the Percentage Interests represented by the affected Class or Classes of Certificates then Outstanding or, if there are no affected Classes of Class A Certificates then Outstanding, by such percentage of the Percentage Interests represented by the Class RS Certificates, shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute such proceeding in respect of such Event of Default; (3) such Owner or Owners have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; (4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute such proceeding; (5) as long as any Class A Certificates are Outstanding, the Certificate Insurer consented in writing thereto; and (6) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Certificate Insurer or by the Owners of a majority of the Percentage Interests represented by the Class A Certificates or, if there are no Class A Certificates then Outstanding, by such majority of the Percentage Interests represented by the Class RS Certificates; it being understood and intended that no one or more Owners shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing themselves of, any provision of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Owner of the same Class or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or 60 preference over any other Owner of the same Class or to enforce any right under this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the Owners of the same Class. In the event the Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Owners, each representing less than a majority of the applicable Class of Certificates, the Trustee shall act at the direction of the Certificate Insurer, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement. Section 6.8. Unconditional Rights of Owners to Receive Distributions. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the Owner of any Certificate shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive distributions to the extent provided herein and therein with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such distribution, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Owner. Section 6.9. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided herein, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer or to the Owners is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. Except as otherwise provided herein, the assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. Section 6.10. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay of the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer or any Owner of any Certificate to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement to any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article VI or by law to the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer or to the Owners may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer or by the Owners, as the case may be. Section 6.11. Control by Owners. The Certificate Insurer or the Owners of a majority of the Percentage Interests represented by the Class A Certificates then Outstanding, with the consent of the Certificate Insurer (which may not be unreasonably withheld) or, if there are no longer any Class A Certificates then Outstanding, by such majority of the Percentage Interests represented by the Class RS Certificates then Outstanding, with the consent of the Certificate Insurer (which may not be unreasonably withheld) may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee with 61 respect to the Certificates or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Certificates or the Trust Estate, including, but not limited to, those powers set forth in Section 6.3 and Section 8.20 hereof; provided that: (1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Agreement; (2) the Trustee shall have been provided with indemnity satisfactory to it; and (3) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee, which is not inconsistent with such direction; provided, however, that the Trustee need not take any action which it determines might involve it in liability or may be unjustly prejudicial to the Owners not so directing; provided, further, that in the event that any directions provided by the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer conflict with each other, the Certificate Insurer's direction shall prevail. ARTICLE VII ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES Section 7.1. Collection of Money. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Trustee may demand payment or delivery of all money and other property payable to or receivable by the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, including (a) all payments due on the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the respective terms and conditions of such Mortgage Loans and required to be paid over to the Trustee by the Master Servicer or by any Sub-Servicer and (b) Insured Payments. The Trustee shall hold all such money and property received by it, other than pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 6.2(b) hereof, as part of the Trust Estate and shall apply it as provided in this Agreement. Section 7.2. Establishment of Accounts. (a) The Sponsor shall cause to be established, and the Trustee shall maintain, at the corporate trust office of the Trustee, a Certificate Account, to be held by the Trustee in the name of the Trust for the benefit of the Owners of the Certificates and the Certificate Insurer, as their interests may appear. (b) The Sponsor shall cause to be established, and the Trustee shall maintain, at the corporate trust office of the Trustee, a Class A-1 Distribution Account to be held by the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Class A-1 Certificates and the Certificate Insurer, as their interests may appear, and a Class A-2 Distribution Account to be held by the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Class A-2 Certificates and the Certificate Insurer, as their interests 62 may appear. Neither the Class A-1 Distribution Account nor the Class A-2 Distribution Account shall be considered assets of the REMIC, and any amounts transferred to such accounts from the REMIC shall be treated as distributions with respect to the related Class A Certificates. (c) The Sponsor shall cause to be established, and the Trustee shall maintain, at the corporate trust office of the Trustee, a Class R Distribution Account to be held by the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Owners of the Class R Certificates and the Certificate Insurer, as their interests may appear. The Class R Distribution Account will be treated as an asset of the REMIC. Section 7.3. The Certificate Insurance Policy. (a) On each Determination Date the Trustee shall determine with respect to the immediately following Payment Date: (i) the amounts to be on deposit in the Certificate Account on such Payment Date with respect to Group I (disregarding the amounts of any Group I Insured Payments) and equal to the sum of (x) such amounts excluding the amount of any Total Monthly Excess Cashflow amounts included in such amounts and excluding an amount equal to the Group I Premium Amount together with any Master Servicing Fees described in 7.5(c)(i) and Trustee's Fees described in 7.5(c)(iii) for the related Payment Date plus (y) any amounts of Total Monthly Excess Cashflow to be applied on account of Group I on such Payment Date; the amounts described in the preceding clause (x) with respect to each Mortgage Loan Group and Payment Date after taking into account the portion of the Group I Principal Distribution Amount to be actually distributed on such Payment Date without regard to any Group I Insured Payment to be made with respect to such Payment Date, are the "Group I Available Funds"; the sum of the amounts described in the preceding clauses (x) and (y) are the "Group I Total Available Funds"; (ii) the amounts to be on deposit in the Certificate Account on such Payment Date with respect to Group II (disregarding the amounts of any Group II Insured Payments) and equal to the sum of (x) such amounts excluding the amount of any Total Monthly Excess Cashflow amounts included in such amounts and excluding an amount equal to the Group II Premium Amount together with any Master Servicing Fees described in 7.5(c)(i) and Trustee's Fees described in 7.5(c)(iii) for the related Payment Date, plus (y) any amounts of Total Monthly Excess Cashflow to be applied on account of Group II on such Payment Date; the amounts described in the preceding clause (x) with respect to each Group II and Payment Date, after taking into account the portion of the Group II Principal Distribution Amount to be actually 63 distributed on such Payment Date without regard to any Group II Insured Payment to be made with respect to such Payment Date, are the "Group II Available Funds"; the sum of the amounts described in the preceding clauses (x) and (y) are the "Group II Total Available Funds"; and (b) (i) If the Group I Insured Distribution Amount for any Payment Date exceeds the Group I Total Available Funds for such Payment Date after taking into account the portion of the Group I Principal Distribution Amount to be actually distributed on such Payment Date without regard to any Group I Insured Payment to be made with respect to such Payment Date (such event being a "Group I Deficiency Amount"), the Trustee shall complete a Notice in the form of Exhibit A to the Certificate Insurance Policy and submit such notice to the Certificate Insurer no later than 12:00 noon New York City time on the second Business Day preceding such Payment Date as a claim for a Insured Payment in an amount equal to such Group I Deficiency Amount. Upon receipt of Insured Payments from the Certificate Insurer under the Certificate Insurance Policy, the Trustee shall deposit such Insured Payments in the Certificate Account. (ii) If the Group II Insured Distribution Amount for any, Payment Date exceeds the Group II Total Available Funds for such Payment Date (after taking into account the portion of the Group II Principal Distribution Amount to be actually distributed on such Payment Date without regard to any Group II Insured Payment to be made with respect to such Payment Date) (such event being a "Group II Deficiency Amount"), the Trustee shall complete a Notice in the form of Exhibit A to the Certificate Insurance Policy and submit such notice to the Certificate Insurer no later than 12:00 noon New York City time on the second Business Day preceding such Payment Date as a claim for an Insured Payment in an amount equal to such Group II Deficiency Amount. Upon receipt of Insured Payments from the Certificate Insurer under the Certificate Insurance Policy, the Trustee shall deposit such Insured Payments in the Certificate Account. (c) The Trustee shall distribute all Insured Payments received, or the proceeds thereof, in accordance with Section 7.5(c) to the Owners of the Class A Certificates of the related Class. (d) The Trustee shall (i) receive Insured Payments as attorney-in-fact of each Owner of the Class A Certificates of the related Class receiving any Insured Payment from the Certificate Insurer and (ii) disburse such Insured Payment to the Owners of the related Class A Certificates as set forth in Section 7.5(c). The Certificate Insurer shall be entitled to receive the related Reimbursement Amount pursuant to Sections 7.5(c)(iv)(C) and 7.5(c)(iv)(D) hereof with respect to each Insured Payment made by the Certificate Insurer. The Trustee hereby agrees on behalf of each Owner of Class A Certificates and the Trust for the benefit of the Certificate Insurer that 64 it recognizes that to the extent the Certificate Insurer makes Insured Payments, either directly or indirectly (as by paying through the Trustee), to the Owners of such Class A Certificates, the Certificate Insurer will be entitled to receive the related Reimbursement Amount pursuant to Sections 7.5(c)(iv)(C) and 7.5(c)(iv)(D) hereof. (e) The Trustee shall receive, as attorney-in-fact of each Owner of an Class A Certificate, any Insured Payment from the Certificate Insurer and disburse the same to each Owner of an insured Certificate in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.3. Insured Payments disbursed by the Trustee from proceeds of the Certificate Insurance Policy shall not be considered payment by the Trust Fund nor shall such payments discharge the obligation of the Trust Fund with respect to such insured Certificates, and the Certificate Insurer shall become the owner of such unpaid amounts due from the Trust Fund in respect of insured Certificates. The Trustee hereby agrees on behalf of each Holder of an insured Certificate for the benefit of the Certificate Insurer that it recognizes that to the extent the Certificate Insurer makes any Group I Insured Payment or Group II Insured Payment, as applicable, either directly or indirectly (as by paying through the Trustee), to the insured Certificateholders, the Certificate Insurer will be subrogated to the rights of the insured Certificateholders with respect to such Insured Payment, shall be deemed to the extent of payments so made to be a registered insured Certificateholder and shall receive all future distributions until all such Insured Payments by the Certificate Insurer, together with interest thereon at the interest rate borne by the insured Certificates, have been fully reimbursed. To evidence such subrogation, the Trustee shall, or shall cause the Certificate Registrar to, note the Certificate Insurer's rights as subrogee on the registration books maintained by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar upon receipt from the Certificate Insurer of proof of payment of any Group I Insured Payment or Group II Insured Payment, as applicable. The effect of the foregoing provisions is that, to the extent of Insured Payments made by it, the Certificate Insurer shall be paid before payment of the balance of the distributions are made to the other Owners of the insured Certificates. Section 7.4. Reserved. Section 7.5. Flow of Funds. (a) On each Remittance Date, the Trustee shall deposit to the Certificate Account with respect to Group I, without duplication, upon receipt, any Insured Payments relating to Group I, the proceeds of any liquidation of the assets of the Trust, insofar as such assets relate to Group I, the Group I Monthly Remittance Amount remitted by the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer. (b) On each Remittance Date, the Trustee shall deposit to the Certificate Account with respect to Group II, 65 without duplication, upon receipt, any Insured Payments relating to Group II, the proceeds of any liquidation of the assets of the Trust, insofar as such assets relate to Group II, the Group II Monthly Remittance Amount remitted by the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer. (c) Subject to any superseding provisions of clause (d) below during the continuance of a Certificate Insurer Default, on each Payment Date the Trustee shall make the following allocations, disbursements and transfers of amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account for each Mortgage Loan Group in the following order of priority, and each such allocation, transfer and disbursement shall be treated as having occurred only after all preceding allocations, transfers and disbursements have occurred: (i) first, from amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account to the Master Servicer, an amount equal to any Master Servicing Fees then due to it on account of the Unaffiliated Originator Loans not theretofore received by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 8.8(c)(i) hereof, as reported by the Master Servicer to the Trustee; (ii) second, (x) from amounts then on deposit therein with respect to Group I, the Group I Premium Amount for such Payment Date and (y) from amounts then on deposit therein with respect to Group II, the Group II Premium Amount for such Payment Date; (iii) third, from amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account to the Trustee, an amount equal to the Trustee's Fees then due to it; (iv) fourth, on each Payment Date, the Trustee shall allocate an amount equal to the excess of (a) the sum of (x) the Total Monthly Excess Spread with respect to such Mortgage Loan Group and Payment Date plus (y) any Subordination Reduction Amount with respect to such Mortgage Loan Group and Payment Date (such sum being the "Total Monthly Excess Cashflow" with respect to such Mortgage Loan Group and Payment Date) with respect to each Mortgage Loan Group in the following order of priority: (A) first, such Total Monthly Excess Cashflow shall be allocated on such Payment Date with respect to the related Mortgage Loan Group in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (x) the related Group Insured Distribution Amount for such Payment Date over (y) the Available Funds with respect to such Mortgage Loan Group for such Payment Date (the amount of such difference being the "Available Funds 66 Shortfall" with respect to the related Mortgage Loan Group); (B) second, any portion of the Total Monthly Excess Cashflow with respect to such Mortgage Loan Group remaining after the application described in clause (A) above shall be allocated against any Available Funds Shortfall with respect to the other Mortgage Loan Group; (C) third, any portion of the Total Monthly Excess Cashflow with respect to such Mortgage Loan Group remaining after the allocations described in clauses (A) and (B) above shall be paid to the Certificate Insurer in respect of amounts owed on account of any Reimbursement Amount with respect to the related Mortgage Loan Group; (D) fourth, any portion of the Total Monthly Excess Cashflow with respect to such Mortgage Loan Group remaining after the allocations described in clauses (A), (B) and (C) above shall be paid to the Certificate Insurer in respect of any Reimbursement Amount with respect to the other Mortgage Loan Group; (v) fifth, the amount, if any, of the Total Monthly Excess Cashflow with respect to a Mortgage Loan Group on a Payment Date remaining after the allocations described in clause (iv) above is the "Net Monthly Excess Cashflow" with respect to such Mortgage Loan Group for such Payment Date; such amount is required to be applied in the following order of priority: (A) first, such Net Monthly Excess Cashflow shall be used to reduce to zero, through the payment of a Subordination Increase Amount, any Subordination Deficiency Amount with respect to the related Mortgage Loan Group as of such Payment Date; (B) second, any portion of the Net Monthly Excess Cashflow remaining after the application described in clause (A) above shall be used to reduce to zero, through the payment of a Subordination Increase Amount, any Subordination Deficiency Amounts with respect to the other Mortgage Loan Group; and (C) third, any remaining Net Monthly Excess Cashflow remaining after the applications described in clauses (A) and (B) above shall be paid to the Master Servicer to the extent 67 of any unreimbursed Delinquency Advances, unreimbursed Servicing Advances and accrued and unpaid Servicing Fees, in each case as certified to the Trustee by the Master Servicer to be owing to it as of such Payment Date. (vi) sixth, following the making by the Trustee of all allocations, transfers and disbursements described above under Sections 7.3 and 7.10 hereof and the prior clauses of this Section 7.5, from amounts (including any related Insured Payment) then on deposit in the Certificate Account, the Trustee shall transfer (i) to the Class A-1 Distribution Account the Class A-1 Distribution Amount for such Payment Date; (ii) to the Class A-2 Distribution Account, the Class A-2 Distribution Amount for such Payment Date; and (iii) to the Class R Distribution Account, the Residual Net Monthly Excess Cashflow, if any, for such Payment Date. (vii) seventh, on each Payment Date, the Trustee shall transfer all monies then on deposit in the Class R Distribution Account to the Supplemental Interest Payment Account; such transfer shall be deemed to be a distribution on the Class R Certificates. (d) On any Payment Date during the continuance of any Certificate Insurer Default: No Premium Amounts or Reimbursement Amounts shall be paid to the Certificate Insurer, and any amounts otherwise payable to the Certificate Insurer as Premium Amounts or Reimbursement Amounts shall be retained in the Certificate Account as Group I Total Available Funds or Group II Total Available Funds, as appropriate. (e) The Trustee shall distribute on each Payment Date to the Owners of the Class A-1 Certificates, from the amount then on deposit in the Class A-1 Distribution Account, the lesser of (x) such amount on deposit in such Account and (y) the Class A-1 Full Distribution Amount on such Payment Date. Any application of such amount shall be first made to interest and then to principal (subject to the requirements of paragraph (d)(ii) above). (f) The Trustee shall distribute on each Payment Date to the Owners of the Class A-2 Certificates, from the amount then on deposit in the Class A-2 Distribution Account, the lesser of (x) such amount on deposit in such Account and (y) the Class A-2 Full Distribution Amount on such Payment Date. Any application of such amount shall be first made to interest and then to principal (subject to the requirements of paragraph (d)(ii) above). 68 (g) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions, the aggregate amount distributed to the Owners of any Class A Certificates on account of principal shall not exceed the Original Certificate Principal Balance for the related Class. Section 7.6. Investment of Accounts. (a) So long as no event described in Sections 8.20(a) or (b) hereof shall have occurred and be continuing, and consistent with any requirements of the Code, all or a portion of the Accounts held by the Trustee shall be invested and reinvested by the Trustee in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Owners and the Certificate Insurer, as their interests may appear, as directed in writing by the Master Servicer, in one or more Eligible Investments bearing interest or sold at a discount. During the continuance of an event described in Sections 8.20(a) or (b) hereof and following any removal of the Master Servicer, the Certificate Insurer shall direct such investments. No investment in any Account shall mature later than the Business Day immediately preceding the next Payment Date. (b) If any amounts are needed for disbursement from any Account held by the Trustee and sufficient uninvested funds are not available to make such disbursement, the Trustee shall cause to be sold or otherwise converted to cash a sufficient amount of the investments in such Account. No investments will be liquidated prior to maturity unless the proceeds thereof are needed for disbursement. (c) Subject to Section 10.1 hereof, the Trustee shall not in any way be held liable by reason of any insufficiency in any Account held by the Trustee resulting from any loss on any Eligible Investment included therein (except to the extent that the bank serving as Trustee is the obligor thereon). (d) The Trustee shall hold funds in the Accounts held by the Trustee uninvested upon the occurrence of either of the following events: (i) the Master Servicer or the Certificate Insurer, as the case may be, shall have failed to give investment directions to the Trustee within ten days after receipt of a written request for such directions from the Trustee; or (ii) the Master Servicer or the Certificate Insurer, as the case may be, shall have failed to give investment directions to the Trustee during the ten-day period described in clause (i) preceding, by 11:15 a.m. New York time (or such other time as may be agreed by the Master Servicer or the Certificate Insurer, as the case may be, and the Trustee) on any Business Day (any such investment by the Trustee pursuant to this clause (ii) to 69 mature on the next Business Day after the date of such investment). (e) For purposes of investment, the Trustee shall aggregate all amounts on deposit in the Accounts. All income or other gain from investments in the Accounts shall be deposited, pro rata, in the Accounts immediately on receipt, and any loss resulting from such investments shall be charged, pro rata, to the Accounts. Section 7.7. Eligible Investments. The following are Eligible Investments: (a) Direct general obligations of the United States or the obligations of any agency or instrumentality of the United States fully and unconditionally guaranteed, the timely payment or the guarantee of which constitutes a full faith and credit obligation of the United States. (b) Federal Housing Administration debentures and rated Aa2 or higher by Moody's. (c) Freddie Mac senior debt obligations and rated Aa2 or higher by Moody's. (d) Federal Home Loan Banks' consolidated senior debt obligations and rated Aa2 or higher by Moody's. (e) FNMA senior debt obligations and rated Aa2 or higher by Moody's. (f) Federal funds, certificates of deposit, time and demand deposits, and bankers' acceptances (having original maturities of not more than 365 days) of any domestic bank, the short-term debt obligations of which have been rated A-1 or better by Standard & Poor's and P-1 by Moody's. (g) Investment agreements approved by the Certificate Insurer provided: 1. The agreement is with a bank or insurance company which has an unsecured, uninsured and unguaranteed obligation (or claims-paying ability) rated Aa2 or better by Moody's and AA or better by Standard & Poor's and 2. Monies invested thereunder may be withdrawn without any penalty, premium or charge upon not more than one day's notice (provided such notice may be amended or canceled at any time prior to the withdrawal date), and 3. The agreement is not subordinated to any other obligations of such insurance company or bank, and 70 4. The same guaranteed interest rate will be paid on any future deposits made pursuant to such agreement, and 5. The Trustee and the Certificate Insurer receive an opinion of counsel that such agreement is an enforceable obligation of such insurance company or bank. (h) Commercial paper (having original maturities of not more than 365 days) rated A-1 or better by Standard & Poor's and P-1 or better by Moody's. (i) Investments in money market funds rated AAAm or AAAm-G by Standard & Poor's and Aaa or P-1 by Moody's. (j) Investments approved in writing by the Certificate Insurer and acceptable to Moody's and Standard & Poor's; provided that no instrument described above is permitted to evidence either the right to receive (a) only interest with respect to obligations underlying such instrument or (b) both principal and interest payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument and the interest and principal payments with respect to such instrument provided a yield to maturity at par greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of the underlying obligations; and provided, further, that no instrument described above may be purchased at a price greater than par if such instrument may be prepaid or called at a price less than its purchase price prior to stated maturity. Section 7.8. Reports by Trustee. (a) On each Payment Date the Trustee shall provide to each Owner, to the Master Servicer, to the Certificate Insurer, to each Underwriter, to the Sponsor, to Standard & Poor's and to Moody's a written report in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit J hereto with respect to each Mortgage Loan Group, as such form may be revised by the Trustee, the Master Servicer, Moody's and Standard & Poor's from time to time, but in every case setting forth the information requested on Exhibit J hereto and the following information: (i) the amount of the distribution with respect to the related Class of the Class A Certificates and the Class RS Certificates; (ii) the amount of such distributions allocable to principal, separately identifying the aggregate amount of any Prepayments or other unscheduled recoveries of principal included therein and separately identifying any Subordination Increase Amounts; (iii) the amount of such distributions allocable to interest; 71 (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance for each Class of Class A Certificates as of such Payment Date, together with the principal amount of such Class of Class A Certificates (based on a Certificate in an original principal amount of $1,000) then outstanding, in each case after giving effect to any payment of principal on such Payment Date; (v) the amount of any Insured Payment included in the amounts distributed to any Class of Certificates on such Payment Date; (vi) information furnished by the Sponsor pursuant to Section 6049(d)(7)(C) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder to assist the Owners in computing their market discount; (vii) the total of any Substitution Amounts and any Loan Purchase Price amounts included in such distribution; (viii) the amount of any Supplemental Interest Payment, Class RS Certificate distribution and any Interest Advance on such Distribution Date, together with the amount of any unreimbursed Interest Advance then owed to the Trustee; (ix) the amount of any Subordination Reduction Amount with respect to each Mortgage Loan Group; (x) the amounts, if any, of any Realized Losses in each Mortgage Loan Group for the related Remittance Period; (xi) the Pool Rolling Three-Month Delinquency Rate and the Pool Cumulative Realized Losses (x) as a percentage of the average Pool Principal Balance as of the close of business on the last day of each of the twelve preceding Remittance Periods and (y) as a percentage of the Original Aggregate Loan Balance; and (xii) a number with respect to each Class (the "Pool Factor" for such Class) computed by dividing the Certificate Loan Balance for such Class (after giving effect to any distribution of principal to be made on such Payment Date) by the Original Certificate Principal Balance for such Class on the Closing Day. Items (i) through (iii) above shall, with respect to each Class of Class A Certificates, be presented on the basis of a Certificate having a $1,000 denomination. In addition, by January 31 of each calendar year following any year during which the Certificates are outstanding, the Trustee shall furnish a report to each Owner of record at any time during each calendar year as to the aggregate of amounts reported 72 pursuant to (i), (ii) and (iii) with respect to the Certificates for such calendar year. (b) In addition, on each Payment Date the Trustee will distribute to each Owner, to the Certificate Insurer, to each Underwriter, to the Master Servicer, to the Sponsor, to Standard & Poor's and to Moody's, together with the information described in Subsection (a) preceding, the following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan Group as of the close of business on the last Business Day of the prior calendar month, which is hereby required to be prepared by the Master Servicer and furnished to the Trustee for such purpose on or prior to the related Remittance Date: (i) the total number of Mortgage Loans in each Mortgage Loan Group and the aggregate Loan Balances thereof, together with the number, aggregate principal balances of such Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Loan Group and the percentage (based on the aggregate Loan Balances of the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Loan Group) of the aggregate Loan Balances of such Mortgage Loans to the aggregate Loan Balance of all Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Loan Group (a) 30-59 days Delinquent, (b) 60-89 days Delinquent and (c) 90 or more days Delinquent; (ii) the number, aggregate Loan Balances of all Mortgage Loans in each Mortgage Loan Group and percentage (based on the aggregate Loan Balances of the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Loan Group) of the aggregate Loan Balances of such Mortgage Loans to the aggregate Loan Balance of all Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Loan Group in foreclosure proceedings (and whether any such Mortgage Loans are also included in any of the statistics described in the foregoing clause (i)); (iii) the number, aggregate Loan Balances of all Mortgage Loans in each Mortgage Loan Group and percentage (based on the aggregate Loan Balances of the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Loan Group) of the aggregate Loan Balances of such Mortgage Loans to the aggregate Loan Balance of all Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Loan Group relating to Mortgagors in bankruptcy proceedings (and whether any such Mortgage Loans are also included in any of the statistics described in the foregoing clause (i)); (iv) the number, aggregate Loan Balances of all Mortgage Loans in each Mortgage Loan Group and percentage (based on the aggregate Loan Balances of the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Loan Group) of the aggregate Loan Balances of such Mortgage Loans to the aggregate Loan Balance of all Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Loan Group relating to REO Properties (and whether any such Mortgage Loans are also included in any of the statistics described in the foregoing clause (i)); and 73 (v) the loan number of the related Mortgage Loan and the book value of any REO Property in each Mortgage Loan Group. (c) The foregoing reports shall be sent be to an Owner only insofar as such Owner owns a Certificate with respect to the related Mortgage Loan Group. (d) The Sponsor and the Master Servicer, on behalf of Certificateholders and the Trust (the "Trust Parties") hereby authorize the Trustee to include the loan level information with respect to the Mortgage Loans, excluding any information relating to the fees or amounts due to the Certificate Insurer, contained in reports provided to the Certificate Insurer or the Trustee by the Servicer hereunder and, if so directed by an Authorized Officer of the Sponsor in writing to the Trustee, the monthly report to the Owners prepared by the Trustee (the "Information") on The Bloomberg, an on-line computer based on-line information network maintained by Bloomberg L.P. ("Bloomberg") or on any other on-line computer based on-line information network or service ("Information Network"), or in other electronic or print information services deemed acceptable by the Sponsor or the Master Servicer as designated in writing to the Trustee by an Authorized Officer of the Master Servicer. The Trust Parties agree not to commence any actions or proceedings, or otherwise assert any claims, against the Trustee or its affiliates or any of the Trustee's or its affiliates' respective agents, representatives, directors, officers or employees (collectively, the "Designated Parties"), arising out of, or related to or in connection with the dissemination and/or use of any Information by the Trustee, including, but not limited to, claims based on allegations of inaccurate or incomplete information by the Trustee to Bloomberg or to any Information Network or otherwise (other than in connection with the Trustee's negligence or willful misconduct). The Trust Parties waive their rights to assert any such claims against the Designated Parties and fully and finally release the Designated Parties from any and all such claims, demands, obligations, actions and liabilities (other than in connection with such Designated Parties' negligence or willful misconduct). The Trustee makes no representations or warranties, expressed or implied, of any kind whatsoever with respect to the accuracy, adequacy, timeliness, completeness, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose of any Information in any form or manner. The authorizations, covenants and obligations of the Trust Parties under this section shall be irrevocable and shall survive the termination of this Agreement. Section 7.9. Additional Reports by Trustee. (a) The Trustee shall report to the Sponsor, the Master Servicer and the Certificate Insurer with respect to the amount then held in each Account (including investment earnings accrued or scheduled to accrue) held by the Trustee and the identity of the investments included therein, as the 74 Sponsor, the Master Servicer or the Certificate Insurer may from time to time request. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall, at the request of the Sponsor, the Master Servicer or the Certificate Insurer, transmit promptly to the Sponsor, the Master Servicer and the Certificate Insurer copies of all accounting of receipts in respect of the Mortgage Loans furnished to it by the Master Servicer and shall notify the Sponsor, the Master Servicer and the Certificate Insurer if any such receipts have not been received by the Trustee. (b) The Trustee shall immediately report to the Certificate Insurer, Sponsor and Master Servicer with respect to its actual knowledge, without independent investigation, of any breach of any of the representations or warranties relating to individual Mortgage Loans set forth in any Master Transfer Agreement or in Section 3.3(a) hereof. On the date that is eighteen months after the Closing Day, the Trustee shall provide the Certificate Insurer with a written report of all of such inaccuracies to such date of which it has actual knowledge, without independent investigation, and of the action taken by the Originators and/or the Sponsor under the related Master Transfer Agreement or under Section 3.4(b) hereof with respect thereto. Section 7.10. Supplemental Interest Payment Account, Supplement Interest Payments and Class RS Distribution Account. (a) The parties hereto do hereby create and establish a trust, the "Advanta Supplemental Interest Trust 1996-4" (the "Supplemental Interest Trust"). The Supplemental Interest Trust shall hold three trust accounts, the "Group I Supplemental Interest Payment Account", the "Group II Supplemental Interest Payment Account" and a "Class RS Distribution Account" to be held by the Trustee in its name on behalf of the Supplemental Interest Trust. None of the assets of the Supplemental Interest Trust shall be considered assets of the REMIC, and any amounts transferred from the REMIC to the Supplemental Interest Trust shall be treated as distributions with respect to the Class RS Certificates. (b) The amount, if any, on deposit in the Group I Supplemental Interest Payment Account on any Payment Date is the "Group I Supplemental Interest Payment Amount Available" on such Payment Date. If, on any Determination Date, the Trustee determines that the Group I Supplemental Interest Payment Amount Available to be available on the next Payment Date is less than the excess of (x) the excess of (i) the Class A-1 Full Interest Distribution Amount over (ii) the Class A-1 Interest Distribution Amount over (y) the Group I Supplemental Interest Payment Amount Available as of such Payment Date (the "Class A-1 Formula Interest Shortfall"), the Trustee shall 75 demand that the Designated Residual Owner fund the Class A-1 Formula Interest Shortfall on the related Payment Date. (c) The amount, if any, on deposit in the Group II Supplemental Payment Account on any Payment Date is the "Group II Supplemental Interest Payment Amount Available" on such Payment Date. If, on any Determination Date, the Trustee determines that the Group II Supplemental Interest Payment Amount Available to be available on the next Payment Date is less than the excess of (x) the excess of (i) the Class A-2 Full Interest Distribution Amount over (ii) the Class A-2 Interest Distribution Amount over (y) the Group II Supplemental Interest Payment Amount Available as of such Payment Date (the "Class A-2 Formula Interest Shortfall"), the Trustee shall demand that the Designated Residual Owner fund the Class A-2 Formula Interest Shortfall on the related Payment Date. The amount so funded by the Designated Residual Owner on any such Payment Date is the "Interest Advance" for such Payment Date. On each Payment Date, the Trustee shall withdraw from the Group I Supplemental Interest Payment Account and deposit in the Class A-1 Distribution Account the lesser of (x) the amount by which the Class A-1 Full Interest Distribution Amount exceeds the Class A-1 Interest Distribution Amount and (y) the Group I Supplemental Interest Payment Amount Available. On each Payment Date, the Trustee shall withdraw from the Group II Supplemental Interest Payment Account and deposit in the Class A-2 Distribution Account the lesser of (x) the amount by which the Class A-2 Full Interest Distribution Amount exceeds the Class A-2 Interest Distribution Amount and (y) the Group II Supplemental Interest Payment Amount Available. (d) Any portion of either the Group I Supplemental Interest Payment Available Amount or the Group II Supplemental Interest Payment Amount Available after application of clause (b) or (c) above shall be applied in the following order of priority: (i) first, to the Designated Residual Owner, as reimbursement for unpaid Interest Advances, together with interest thereon, with the earliest Interest Advances being deemed to be paid first; (ii) second, to the Class RS Distribution Account, the remainder. (e) the Trustee shall on each Payment Date and 76 after making all other transfers and distributions distribute the amount on deposit in the Class RS Distribution Account to the Owners of the Class RS Certificates, pro rata in accordance with their Percentage Interests. ARTICLE VIII SERVICING AND ADMINISTRATION OF MORTGAGE LOANS Section 8.1. Master Servicer and Sub-Servicers. (a) Acting directly or through one or more Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 8.3, the Master Servicer, as master servicer, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement and with Accepted Servicing Practices, and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. (b) The duties of the Master Servicer shall include collecting and posting of all payments, responding to inquiries of Mortgagors or by federal, state or local government authorities with respect to the Mortgage Loans, investigating delinquencies, reporting tax information to Mortgagors in accordance with its customary practices and accounting for collections and furnishing monthly and annual statements to the Trustee with respect to distributions, paying Compensating Interest and making Delinquency Advances and Servicing Advances pursuant hereto. The Master Servicer shall follow its customary standards, policies and procedures in performing its duties as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall cooperate with the Trustee and furnish to the Trustee with reasonable promptness information in its possession as may be necessary or appropriate to enable the Trustee to perform its tax reporting duties hereunder. The Trustee shall furnish the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder. (c) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer (i) shall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee, to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Owners and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the related Properties; (ii) may consent to any modification of the terms of any Note not expressly prohibited hereby if the effect of any such modification (x) will not be to affect materially and adversely the security afforded by the related Property, the timing of receipt of any payments required hereby or the interests of 77 the Certificate Insurer and (y) will not cause the REMIC Trust to fail to qualify as a REMIC. (d) The Master Servicer shall have the right using that degree of skill and attention that the Master Servicer exercises with respect to comparable mortgage loans that it services for itself or others, to approve applications of Mortgagors for consent to (i) partial releases of Mortgages, (ii) alterations to Properties and (iii) removal, demolition or division of Properties. No application for approval shall be considered by the Master Servicer unless: (x) the provisions of the related Note and Mortgage have been complied with; (y) the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio and the Mortgagor's debt-to-income ratio after any release does not exceed the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio and debt-to-income ratio applicable to such Mortgage Loan at origination and (z) the lien priority of the related Mortgage is not adversely affected; provided, however, that the foregoing requirements (x), (y) and (z) shall not apply to any such situation described in this paragraph if such situation results from any condemnation or easement activity by a governmental entity. (e) The parties intend that the REMIC Trust shall constitute, and that the affairs of REMIC Trust shall be conducted so as to qualify it as a REMIC. In furtherance of such intention, the Master Servicer covenants and agrees that it shall act as agent (and the Master Servicer is hereby appointed to act as agent) on behalf of the REMIC Trust and that in such capacity it shall: (i) use its best efforts to conduct the affairs of the REMIC Trust at all times that any Class of Certificates are outstanding so as to maintain the status of the REMIC Trust as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions; (ii) not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of REMIC Trust or that would subject the Trust to tax and (iii) exercise reasonable care not to allow the REMIC Trust to receive income from the performance of services or from assets not permitted under the REMIC Provisions to be held by a REMIC. (f) The Master Servicer may, and is hereby authorized to, perform any of its servicing responsibilities with respect to all or certain of the Mortgage Loans through a Sub-Servicer as it may from time to time designate, but no such designation of a Sub-Servicer shall serve to release the Master Servicer from any of its obligations under this Agreement. Such Sub-Servicer shall have all the rights and powers of the Master Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loans under this Agreement. (g) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, but subject to Sections 8.13 and 8.14, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer may be authorized and empowered pursuant to a power of attorney executed and delivered by the Trustee to execute and deliver, and may be authorized and empowered by the Trustee, to execute 78 and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Owners and the Trustee or any of them, (i) any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Properties, (ii) and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed in lieu of foreclosure so as to effect ownership of any Property on behalf of the Trustee, and (iii) to hold title to any Property upon such foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure on behalf of the Trustee; provided, however, that Section 8.14(a) shall constitute a power of attorney from the Trustee to the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer to execute an instrument of satisfaction (or assignment of mortgage without recourse) with respect to any Mortgage Loan paid in full (or with respect to which payment in full has been escrowed). Subject to Sections 8.13 and 8.14, the Trustee shall furnish the Master Servicer and any Sub-servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents as the Master Servicer or such Sub-Servicer shall reasonably request to enable the Master Servicer and such Sub-Servicer to carry out their respective servicing and administrative duties hereunder. (h) The Master Servicer shall give prompt notice to the Trustee of any action, of which the Master Servicer has actual knowledge, to (i) assert a claim against the Trust or (ii) assert jurisdiction over the Trust. (i) Servicing Advances incurred by the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer in connection with the servicing of the Mortgage Loans (including any penalties in connection with the payment of any taxes and assessments or other charges) on any Property shall be recoverable by the Master Servicer or such Sub-Servicer to the extent described in Section 8.9(c) and in Section 7.5(c)(v)(C) hereof. Section 8.2. Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments. (a) The Master Servicer shall, to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement and the terms and provisions of any applicable Insurance Policies, follow such collection procedures in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. Consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer may in its discretion (i) waive any assumption fees, late payment charges, charges for checks returned for insufficient funds, prepayment fees, if any, or other fees which may be collected in the ordinary course of servicing the Mortgage Loans, (ii) if a Mortgagor is in default or about to be in default because of a Mortgagor's financial condition, arrange with the Mortgagor a schedule for the payment of delinquent payments due on the related Mortgage Loan; provided, however, the Master Servicer shall not reschedule the payment of delinquent payments more than one time in any twelve consecutive months with respect to any Mortgagor. (b) The Master Servicer shall hold in escrow on behalf of the related Mortgagor all Prepaid Installments received by it, and shall apply such Prepaid Installments as 79 directed by such Mortgagor and as set forth in the related Note. Section 8.3. Sub-Servicing Agreements Between Master Servicer and Sub-Servicers. The Master Servicer may enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Mortgage Loans with any institution which is in compliance with the laws of each state necessary to enable it to perform its obligations under such Sub-Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer shall give notice to the Certificate Insurer of the appointment of any Sub-Servicer and shall furnish to the Certificate Insurer a copy of the Subservicing Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Mortgage Loans when any Sub-Servicer has received such payments. Any such Sub-Servicing Agreement shall be consistent with and not violate the provisions of this Agreement. Section 8.4. Successor Sub-Servicers. The Master Servicer may terminate any Sub-Servicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Sub-Servicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Mortgage Loans itself or enter into a Sub-Servicing Agreement with a successor Sub-Servicer that qualifies under Section 8.3. Section 8.5. Liability of Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall not be relieved of its obligations under this Agreement notwithstanding any Sub-Servicing Agreement or any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Master Servicer and a Sub-Servicer or otherwise, and the Master Servicer shall be obligated to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if it alone were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Sub-Servicer for indemnification of the Master Servicer by such Sub-Servicer and nothing contained in such Sub-Servicing Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify this Agreement. The Trust shall not indemnify the Master Servicer for any losses due to the Master Servicer's negligence. Section 8.6. No Contractual Relationship Between Sub-Servicer and Trustee or the Owners. Any Sub-Servicing Agreement and any other transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Sub-Servicer shall be deemed to be between the Sub-Servicer and the Master Servicer alone and the Certificate Insurer, the Trustee and the Owners shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to any Sub-Servicer except as set forth in Section 8.7. Section 8.7. Assumption or Termination of Sub-Servicing Agreement by Trustee. In connection with the assumption of the responsibilities, duties and liabilities and 80 of the authority, power and rights of the Master Servicer hereunder by the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.20, it is understood and agreed that the Master Servicer's rights and obligations under any Sub-Servicing Agreement then in force between the Master Servicer and a Sub-Servicer may be assumed or terminated by the Trustee at its option. Any termination fee due under any such sub-servicing agreement shall be paid by the preceding Master Servicer but in no event shall the Trustee be liable for any such fee. The Master Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee, but at the expense of the Master Servicer, deliver to the assuming party documents and records relating to each Sub-Servicing Agreement and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it and otherwise use its best reasonable efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Sub-Servicing Agreements to the assuming party, without the payment of any fee by the Trustee, notwithstanding any contrary provision in any Sub-Servicing Agreement. Section 8.8. Principal and Interest Account. (a) The Master Servicer and/or each Sub-servicer, as applicable, shall establish in the name of the Trust for the benefit of the Owners of the Certificates and the Certificate Insurer, as their interests may appear, and maintain at one or more Designated Depository Institutions the Principal and Interest Account. Subject to Subsections (c) and (e) below, the Master Servicer and any Sub-servicer shall deposit all receipts related to the Mortgage Loans to the Principal and Interest Account on a daily basis (but no later than the first Business Day after receipt). On the Closing Day the Sponsor and/or the Master Servicer shall deposit to the Principal and Interest Account all receipts related to the Mortgage Loans which relate to or are received on or after the Cut-Off Date. (b) All funds in the Principal and Interest Account may only be held (i) uninvested, up to the limits insured by the FDIC or (ii) invested in Eligible Investments. The Principal and Interest Account shall be held in trust in the name of the Trust and for the benefit of the Owners of the Certificates. Any investment earnings on funds held in the Principal and Interest Account shall be for the account of the Master Servicer and may only be withdrawn from the Principal and Interest Account by the Master Servicer immediately following the remittance of the Monthly Remittance Amounts by the Master Servicer. Any references herein to amounts on deposit in the Principal and Interest Account shall refer to amounts net of such investment earnings. Any investment losses are at the expense of the Master Servicer and shall be replaced on or prior to the Remittance Date. 81 (c) Subject to Subsection (e) below, the Master Servicer shall deposit to the Principal and Interest Account all principal and interest collections on the Mortgage Loans received on or after the Cut-Off Date including any Prepaid Installments, Prepayments and Net Liquidation Proceeds, all Loan Purchase Prices and Substitution Amounts received or paid by the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans, other recoveries or amounts related to the Mortgage Loans received by the Master Servicer, Compensating Interest and Delinquency Advances together with any amounts which are reimbursable from the Principal and Interest Account, but net of (i) the Servicing Fee with respect to each Mortgage Loan and other servicing compensation to the Master Servicer as permitted by Section 8.15 hereof, (ii) principal (including Prepayments) collected on the related Mortgage Loans prior to the Cut-Off Date, (iii) interest accruing on the related Mortgage Loans prior to the Cut-Off Date and (iv) Net Liquidation Proceeds to the extent such Net Liquidation Proceeds exceed the Loan Balance of the related Mortgage Loan. (d) (i) The Master Servicer may make withdrawals from the Principal and Interest Account only for the following purposes: (A) to effect the timely remittance to the Trustee of the Monthly Remittance Amounts due on the Remittance Date; (B) to reimburse itself pursuant to Section 8.9 hereof for unrecovered Delinquency Advances and Servicing Advances; (C) to withdraw investment earnings on amounts on deposit in the Principal and Interest Account; (D) to withdraw amounts that have been deposited to the Principal and Interest Account in error; and (E) to clear and terminate the Principal and Interest Account following the termination of the Trust Estate pursuant to Article X. (ii) On the tenth day of each month, the Master Servicer shall send to the Trustee a report, in the form of a computer tape, detailing the payments on the Mortgage Loans during the prior Remittance Period. Such tape shall be in the form and have the specifications as may be agreed to between the Master Servicer and the Trustee from time to time. (iii) On each Remittance Date the Master Servicer shall remit to the Trustee by wire transfer, or otherwise make funds available in immediately available funds, (x) for Group I, the Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the Group I Principal Remittance Amount and (y) for Group II, the Group II 82 Interest Remittance Amount and the Group II Principal Remittance Amount. (e) To the extent that the ratings, if any, then assigned to the unsecured debt of the Master Servicer or of the Master Servicer's ultimate corporate parent are satisfactory to the Certificate Insurer, Moody's and Standard & Poor's, then the requirement to maintain the Principal and Interest Account may be waived by an instrument signed by the Certificate Insurer, Standard & Poor's and Moody's, and the Master Servicer may be allowed to co-mingle with its general funds the amounts otherwise required to be deposited to the Principal and Interest Account, on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Certificate Insurer, Moody's and Standard & Poor's may permit. Section 8.9. Delinquency Advances, Compensating Interest and Servicing Advances. (a) The Master Servicer is required, not later than each Remittance Date, to deposit into the Principal and Interest Account an amount equal to the sum of the interest portions (net of the Servicing Fees) due, but not collected, with respect to Delinquent Mortgage Loans during the prior Remittance Period, but only if, in its good faith business judgment, the Master Servicer reasonably believes that such amount will ultimately be recovered from the related Mortgage Loan. Such amounts are "Delinquency Advances". The Master Servicer shall be permitted to fund its payment of Delinquency Advances on any Remittance Date and to reimburse itself for any Delinquency Advances paid from the Master Servicer's own funds, from collections on the related Mortgage Loan. The Master Servicer may use funds deposited to the Principal and Interest Account subsequent to the related Remittance Period and shall deposit into the Principal and Interest Account with respect thereto (i) collections from the Mortgagor whose Delinquency gave rise to the shortfall which resulted in such Delinquency Advance and (ii) Net Liquidation Proceeds recovered on account of the related Mortgage Loan to the extent of the amount of aggregate Delinquency Advances related thereto or (iii) from its own funds. If not therefore recovered from the related Mortgagor or the related Net Liquidation Proceeds, Delinquency Advances shall be recoverable pursuant to Section 7.5(c)(v)(C). (b) On or prior to each Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall deposit in the Principal and Interest Account with respect to any full Prepayment received on a Mortgage Loan during the related Remittance Period out of its own funds without any right of reimbursement therefor, an amount equal to the difference between (x) 30 days' interest at the Mortgage Loan's Coupon Rate (less the Servicing Fee) on the Loan Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the first day of the related Remittance Period and (y) to the extent not previously advanced, the interest (less the Servicing Fee) paid by the Mortgagor with respect to the Mortgage Loan during such 83 Remittance Period (any such amount paid by the Master Servicer, "Compensating Interest"). The Master Servicer shall in no event be required to pay Compensating Interest with respect to any Remittance Period in an amount in excess of the aggregate Servicing Fee received by the Master Servicer with respect to all Mortgage Loans for such Remittance Period. (c) The Master Servicer will pay all "out-of-pocket" costs and expenses incurred in the performance of its servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost of (i) Preservation Expenses, (ii) any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, and (iii) the management and liquidation of REO Property, but is only required to pay such costs and expenses to the extent the Master Servicer reasonably believes such costs and expenses will increase Net Liquidation Proceeds on the related Mortgage Loan. Each such amount so paid will constitute a "Servicing Advance". The Master Servicer may recover Servicing Advances (x) from the Mortgagors to the extent permitted by the Mortgage Loans, from Liquidation Proceeds realized upon the liquidation of the related Mortgage Loan and (y) as provided in Section 7.5(c)(v)(C) hereof. In no case may the Master Servicer recover Servicing Advances from principal and interest payments on any Mortgage Loan or from any amounts relating to any other Mortgage Loan except as provided pursuant to Section 7.5(c)(v)(C) hereof. Section 8.10. Purchase of Mortgage Loans. The Master Servicer may, but is not obligated to, purchase for its own account any Mortgage Loan which becomes Delinquent, in whole or in part, as to four consecutive monthly installments or any Mortgage Loan as to which enforcement proceedings have been brought by the Master Servicer or by any Sub-servicer pursuant to Section 8.13. Any such Loan so purchased shall be purchased by the Master Servicer on a Remittance Date at a purchase price equal to the Loan Purchase Price thereof, which purchase price shall be deposited in the Principal and Interest Account. Section 8.11. Maintenance of Insurance. (a) The Master Servicer shall cause to be maintained with respect to each Mortgage Loan a hazard insurance policy with a generally acceptable carrier that provides for fire and extended coverage, and which provides for a recovery by the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust of insurance proceeds relating to such Mortgage Loan in an amount not less than the least of (i) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (ii) the minimum amount required to compensate for damage or loss on a replacement cost basis and (iii) the full insurable value of the premises. (b) If the Mortgage Loan at the time of origination relates to a Property in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards, the Master Servicer will cause to be maintained with respect thereto a flood insurance policy in a 84 form meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration with a generally acceptable carrier in an amount representing coverage, and which provides for a recovery by the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust of insurance proceeds relating to such Mortgage Loan of not less than the least of (i) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (ii) the minimum amount required to compensate for damage or loss on a replacement cost basis and (iii) the maximum amount of insurance that is available under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. The Master Servicer shall indemnify the Trust and the Certificate Insurer out of the Master Servicer's own funds for any loss to the Trust and the Certificate Insurer resulting from the Master Servicer's failure to maintain the insurance required by this Section. (c) In the event that the Master Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket policy insuring against fire, flood and hazards of extended coverage on all of the Mortgage Loans, then, to the extent such policy names the Master Servicer as loss payee and provides coverage in an amount equal to the aggregate unpaid principal balance on the Mortgage Loans without co-insurance, and otherwise complies with the requirements of this Section 8.11, the Master Servicer shall be deemed conclusively to have satisfied its obligations with respect to fire and hazard insurance coverage under this Section 8.11, it being understood and agreed that such blanket policy may contain a deductible clause, in which case the Master Servicer shall, in the event that there shall not have been maintained on the related Property a policy complying with the preceding paragraphs of this Section 8.11, and there shall have been a loss which would have been covered by such policy, deposit in the Principal and Interest Account from the Master Servicer's own funds the difference, if any, between the amount that would have been payable under a policy complying with the preceding paragraphs of this Section 8.11 and the amount paid under such blanket policy. Upon the request of the Trustee or the Certificate Insurer, the Master Servicer shall cause to be delivered to the Trustee or the Certificate Insurer, a certified true copy of such policy. Section 8.12. Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption and Substitution Agreements. When a Property has been or is about to be conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Master Servicer shall, 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 Note; provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall not exercise any such right if (i) the "due-on-sale" clause, in the reasonable belief of the Master Servicer, is not enforceable under applicable law or (ii) the Master Servicer reasonably believes that to permit an assumption of the Mortgage Loan would not materially and adversely affect the interest of the Owners or of the Certificate Insurer. In such event, the Master Servicer shall enter into an assumption and modification agreement with the 85 person to whom such property has been or is about to be conveyed, pursuant to which such person becomes liable under the Note and, unless prohibited by applicable law or the Mortgage Documents, the Mortgagor remains liable thereon. If the foregoing is not permitted under applicable law, the Master 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; provided, however, that to the extent any such substitution of liability agreement would be delivered by the Master Servicer outside of its usual procedures for mortgage loans held in its own portfolio the Master Servicer shall, prior to executing and delivering such agreement, obtain the prior written consent of the Certificate Insurer. The Mortgage Loan, as assumed, shall conform in all respects to the requirements, representations and warranties of this Agreement. The Master 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, which copy shall be added by the Trustee to the related File and which shall, for all purposes, be considered a part of such File to the same extent as all other documents and instruments constituting a part thereof. The Master Servicer shall be responsible for recording any such assumption or substitution agreements. In connection with any such assumption or substitution agreement, the required 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 Master Servicer or the Sub-Servicer for consenting to any such conveyance or entering into an assumption or substitution agreement shall be retained by or paid to the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph or any other provision of this Agreement, the Master 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 Master Servicer may be restricted by law from preventing, for any reason whatsoever. Section 8.13. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans. (a) The Master Servicer shall foreclose upon or otherwise comparably effect the ownership on behalf of the Trust of Properties relating to defaulted Mortgage Loans as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments and which the Master Servicer has not purchased pursuant to Section 8.10. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Master Servicer shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it hereunder, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise or 86 use, as prudent mortgage lenders would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of their own affairs, including, but not limited to, advancing funds for the payment of taxes, amounts due with respect to Senior Liens, and insurance premiums. Any amounts so advanced shall constitute "Servicing Advances" within the meaning of Section 8.9(c) hereof. The Master Servicer shall sell any REO Property within 23 months of its acquisition by the Trust, unless the Master Servicer obtains for the Trustee an opinion of counsel experienced in federal income tax matters, addressed to the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the Master Servicer, to the effect that the holding by the Trust of such REO Property for any greater period will not result in the imposition of taxes on "Prohibited Transactions" of the REMIC Trust as defined in Section 860F of the Code or cause the Trust to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Master Servicer shall sell any REO Property by the end of any extended period specified in any such opinion. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing provisions, the Master Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property for the Owners solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition and sale in a manner which does not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or result in the receipt by the Trust of any "income from non-permitted assets" within the meaning of Section 860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code or any "net income from foreclosure property" which is subject to taxation under the REMIC Provisions. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Master Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Master 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 Owners, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Master Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the Owners for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Master Servicer shall take into account the existence of any hazardous substances, hazardous wastes or solid wastes, as such terms are defined in the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, or other federal, state or local environmental legislation, on a Property in determining whether to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of such Property. (b) The Master Servicer shall determine, with respect to each defaulted Mortgage Loan, when it has recovered, whether through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise, all amounts it expects to recover from or on account of such defaulted Mortgage Loan, whereupon such Mortgage Loan shall become a "Liquidated Loan". 87 Section 8.14. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Files. (a) Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan (including the repurchase of any Mortgage Loan or any liquidation of such Mortgage Loan through foreclosure or otherwise), or the receipt by the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer of a notification that payment in full will be escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer shall deliver to the Trustee a Master Servicer's Trust Receipt. Upon receipt of such Master Servicer's Trust Receipt, the Trustee shall promptly release the related File, in trust to (i) the Master Servicer, (ii) an escrow agent or (iii) any employee, agent or attorney of the Trustee, in each case pending its release by the Master Servicer, such escrow agent or such employee, agent or attorney of the Trustee, as the case may be. Upon any such payment in full, or the receipt of such notification that such funds have been placed in escrow, the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer is authorized to give, as attorney-in-fact for the Trustee and the mortgagee under the Mortgage which secured the Note, an instrument of satisfaction (or assignment of Mortgage without recourse) regarding the Property relating to such Mortgage, which instrument of satisfaction or assignment, as the case may be, shall be delivered to the Person or Persons entitled thereto against receipt therefor of payment in full, it being understood and agreed that no expense incurred in connection with such instrument of satisfaction or assignment, as the case may be, shall be chargeable to the Principal and Interest Account. In lieu of executing any such satisfaction or assignment, as the case may be, the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer may prepare and submit to the Trustee, a satisfaction (or assignment without recourse, if requested by the Person or Persons entitled thereto) in form for execution by the Trustee with all requisite information completed by the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer; in such event, the Trustee shall execute and acknowledge such satisfaction or assignment, as the case may be, and deliver the same with the related File, as aforesaid. (b) From time to time and as appropriate in the servicing of any Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, foreclosure or other comparable conversion of a Mortgage Loan or collection under any applicable Insurance Policy, the Trustee shall (except in the case of the payment or liquidation pursuant to which the related File is released to an escrow agent or an employee, agent or attorney of the Trustee), upon request of the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer and delivery to the Trustee of a Master Servicer's Trust Receipt, release the related File to the Master Servicer and shall execute such documents as shall be necessary to the prosecution of any such proceedings, including, without limitation, an assignment without recourse of the related Mortgage to the Master Servicer; provided that there shall not be released and unreturned at any one time more than 10% of the entire number of Files. The Trustee shall complete in the name of the Trustee any endorsement in blank on any Note prior to releasing such Note to the Master Servicer or any Sub- 88 servicer. Such receipt shall obligate the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer to return the File to the Trustee when the need therefor by the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer no longer exists unless the Mortgage Loan shall be liquidated, in which case, upon receipt of the liquidation information, in physical or electronic form, the Master Servicer's Trust Receipt shall be released by the Trustee to the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer. (c) No costs associated with the procedures described in this Section 8.14 shall be an expense of the Trust. (d) The provisions set forth in Subsections (a) and (b) may be superseded by any waiver of the Document Delivery Requirement as may be given by the Certificate Insurer, Moody's and Standard & Poor's pursuant to Section 3.5(j) hereof. (e) Each Master Servicer's Trust Receipt may be delivered to the Trustee (i) via mail or courier, (ii) via facsimile or (iii) by such other means, including, without limitation, electronic or computer readable medium, as the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall mutually agree. The Trustee shall promptly release the related File(s) within five (5) to seven (7) business days of receipt of a properly completed Master Servicer's Trust Receipt pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above or such shorter period as may be agreed upon by the Master Servicer and the Trustee. Receipt of a Master Servicer's Trust Receipt pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above shall be authorization to the Trustee to release such Files, provided the Trustee has determined that such Master Servicer's Trust Receipt has been executed, with respect to clauses (i) or (ii) above, or approved, with respect to clause (iii) above, by an Authorized Officer of the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer, and so long as the Trustee complies with its duties and obligations under this Agreement. If the Trustee is unable to release the Files within the time frames previously specified, the Trustee shall immediately notify the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer indicating the reason for such delay, but in no event shall such notification be later than five business days after receipt of a Master Servicer's Trust Receipt. If the Master Servicer is required to pay penalties or damages due solely to the Trustee's negligent failure to release the related File or the Trustee's negligent failure to execute and release documents in a timely manner, the Trustee shall be liable for such penalties or damages. On each day that the Servicer remits to the Trustee Master Servicer's Trust Receipts pursuant to clauses (ii) or (iii) above, the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer shall also submit to the Trustee a summary of the total amount of such Master Servicer's Trust Receipts requested on such day by the same method as described in such clauses (ii) or (iii) above. 89 Section 8.15. Servicing Compensation. As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to retain the amount of the Servicing Fee with respect to each Mortgage Loan. Additional servicing compensation in the form of prepayment charges, release fees, bad check charges, assumption fees, late payment charges, or any other servicing-related fees, Net Liquidation Proceeds not required to be deposited in the Principal and Interest Account pursuant to Section 8.8(c)(v) and similar items may, to the extent collected from Mortgagors, be retained by the Master Servicer. Section 8.16. Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Master Servicer, at its own expense, will deliver to the Trustee, Certificate Insurer, Standard & Poor's and Moody's, on or before the last day of March of each year, commencing in 1997, an Officer's Certificate stating, as to each signer thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the Master Servicer during such preceding calendar year and of performance under this Agreement has been made under such officers' supervision, and (ii) to the best of such officers' knowledge, based on such review, the Master Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement for such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of all such obligations, specifying each such default known to such officers and the nature and status thereof including the steps being taken by the Master Servicer to remedy such defaults. Section 8.17. Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants' Reports. On or before the last day of March of each year, commencing in 1997, the Master Servicer, at its own expense, shall cause to be delivered to the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer, Standard & Poor's and Moody's a letter or letters of a firm of independent, nationally recognized certified public accountants reasonably acceptable to the Certificate Insurer stating that such firm has, with respect to the Master Servicer's overall servicing operations (i) performed applicable tests in accordance with the compliance testing procedures as set forth in Appendix 3 of the Audit Guide for Audits of HUD Approved Nonsupervised Mortgagees or (ii) examined such operations in accordance with the requirements of the Uniform Single Audit Program for Mortgage Bankers, and in either case stating such firm's conclusions relating thereto. Section 8.18. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage Loans. The Master Servicer shall provide to the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer, the FDIC and the supervisory agents and examiners of each of the foregoing access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans required by applicable state and federal regulations, such access being afforded without charge but only upon reasonable request and during normal business hours at the offices of the Master Servicer designated by it. 90 Upon any change in the format of the computer tape maintained by the Master Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall deliver a copy of such computer tape to the Trustee and in addition shall provide a copy of such computer tape to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer at such other times as the Trustee or the Certificate Insurer may reasonably request. Section 8.19. Assignment of Agreement. The Master Servicer may not assign its obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, unless it shall have first obtained the written consent of the Trustee and Certificate Insurer, which such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that any assignee must meet the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 8.20(g) hereof for a successor servicer. Notice of any such assignment shall be given by the Master Servicer to the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and Moody's. Section 8.20. Removal of Master Servicer; Resignation of Master Servicer. (a) The Trustee with the consent of the Certificate Insurer, or the Certificate Insurer (or the Owners pursuant to Section 6.11 hereof) may remove the Master Servicer upon the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) The Master Servicer shall fail to deliver to the Trustee any proceeds or required payment, which failure continues unremedied for five Business Days following written notice to an Authorized Officer of the Master Servicer from the Trustee or from any Owner. (ii) The Master Servicer shall (I) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian or similar entity with respect to itself or its property, (II) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, (III) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (IV) be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, (V) commence a voluntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws of the United States of America or file a voluntary petition or answer seeking reorganization, an arrangement with creditors or an order for relief or seeking to take advantage of any insolvency law or file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency proceeding or (VI) take corporate action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; (iii) If without the application, approval or consent of the Master Servicer, a proceeding shall be instituted in any court of competent jurisdiction, under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking in respect of the Master Servicer an order for relief or an 91 adjudication in bankruptcy, reorganization, dissolution, winding up, liquidation, a composition or arrangement with creditors, a readjustment of debts, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator or custodian or similar entity with respect to the Master Servicer or of all or any substantial part of its assets, or other like relief in respect thereof under any bankruptcy or insolvency law, and, if such proceeding is being contested by the Master Servicer in good faith, the same shall (A) result in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) continue undismissed or pending and unstayed for any period of seventy-five (75) consecutive days; or (iv) The Master Servicer shall fail to perform any one or more of its obligations hereunder other than the obligations contemplated by Subsection 8.20(i) above, and shall continue in default thereof for a period of sixty (60) days after notice by the Trustee or the Certificate Insurer of said failure; provided, however, that if the Master Servicer can demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Certificate Insurer that it is diligently pursuing remedial action, then the cure period may be extended with the written approval of the Certificate Insurer; or (v) The Master Servicer shall fail to cure any breach of any of its representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2 which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Owners or Certificate Insurer for a period of thirty (30) days after the Master Servicer's discovery or receipt of notice thereof; provided, however, that if the Master Servicer can demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Certificate Insurer that it is diligently pursuing remedial action, then the cure period may be extended with the written approval of the Certificate Insurer. (b) The Certificate Insurer also may remove the Master Servicer upon the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) a Group I Total Available Funds Shortfall or a Group II Total Available Funds Shortfall; provided, however, that the Certificate Insurer shall have no right to remove the Master Servicer under this clause (i) if the Master Servicer can demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Certificate Insurer that such event was due to circumstances beyond the control of the Master Servicer; or (ii) the failure by the Master Servicer to make any required Servicing Advance; or (iii) the failure by the Master Servicer to perform any one or more of its obligations hereunder, 92 which failure materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificate Insurer; or (iv) the failure by the Master Servicer to make any required Delinquency Advance or to pay any Compensating Interest; or (v) if on any Payment Date the Pool Rolling Three-Month Delinquency Rate exceeds 7%; (vi) if on any Payment Date occurring in December of any year, commencing in December 1997, the aggregate Pool Cumulative Realized Losses over the prior twelve month period exceed 3% of the average Pool Principal Balance as of the close of business on the last day of each of the twelve preceding Remittance Periods; or (vii) (a) if on any Payment Date of the first sixty Payment Dates after the Closing Day the aggregate Pool Cumulative Realized Losses for all prior Remittance Periods since the Closing Day exceed 8% of the Original Aggregate Loan Balance and (b) if on any Payment Date thereafter the aggregate Pool Cumulative Realized Losses for all prior Remittance Periods since the Closing Day exceed 12.5% of the Original Aggregate Loan Balance; provided, however, with respect to clauses (v), (vi) and (vii), if the Servicer can demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Certificate Insurer that any such event was due to circumstances beyond the control of the Servicer, such event shall not be considered an event of termination of the Servicer; provided, however, that (x) prior to any removal of the Master Servicer by the Certificate Insurer pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 8.20(b), the Master Servicer shall first have been given by the Certificate Insurer and by registered or certified mail, notice of the occurrence of one or more of the events set forth in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above and the Master Servicer shall not have remedied, or shall not have taken actions satisfactory to the Certificate Insurer to remedy, such event or events within 30 days (60 days with respect to clause (iii)) after the Master Servicer's receipt of such notice (provided, however, that if the Master Servicer can demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Certificate Insurer that it is diligently pursuing remedial action, then the cure period in each case may be extended with the written approval of the Certificate Insurer) and (y) in the event of the refusal or inability of the Master Servicer to make any required Delinquency Advance or to pay any Compensating Interest or Monthly Remittance, such removal shall be effective (without the requirement of any action on the part of the Certificate Insurer or of the Trustee) at 4 p.m. on the second Business Day following the day on which the Trustee or the Certificate Insurer notifies an Authorized Officer of the Master Servicer that a required Delinquency Advance has not been received by the Trustee. Upon the 93 Trustee's determination that a required Delinquency Advance or payment of Compensating Interest has not been made by the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall so notify in writing an Authorized Officer of the Master Servicer and the Certificate Insurer as soon as is reasonably practical. (c) The Master 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 or are in material conflict by reason of applicable law with any other activities carried on by it, the other activities of the Master Servicer so causing such a conflict being of a type and nature carried on by the Master Servicer at the date of this Agreement. Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Master Servicer shall be evidenced by an opinion of counsel to such effect which shall be delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer. (d) No removal or resignation of the Master Servicer shall become effective until the Trustee or a successor servicer shall have assumed the Master Servicer's responsibilities and obligations in accordance with this Section. If no successor servicer is available, the Trustee shall act as successor servicer and perform all of the obligations of this Section, including, without limitation, making Delinquency Advances and paying Compensating Interest; provided, however, that the Trustee will not be obligated to act as successor servicer if it is legally unable to perform its duties hereunder. (e) Upon removal or resignation of the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer also shall promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to a successor servicer or the Trustee all the books and records (including, without limitation, records kept in electronic form) that the Master Servicer has maintained for the Mortgage Loans, including all tax bills, assessment notices, insurance premium notices and all other documents as well as all original documents then in the Master Servicer's possession. (f) Any collections received by the Master Servicer after removal or resignation shall be endorsed by it to the Trustee and remitted directly and immediately to the Trustee or the successor Master Servicer. (g) Upon removal or resignation of the Master Servicer, the Trustee (x) may solicit bids for a successor servicer as described below, and (y) pending the appointment of a successor Master Servicer as a result of soliciting such bids, shall serve as Master Servicer. The Trustee shall, if it is unable to obtain a qualifying bid and is prevented by law from acting as Master Servicer, appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any housing and home finance institution, bank or mortgage servicing institution which has shareholders' equity of not less than 94 $10,000,000, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and acceptable to the Certificate Insurer as the successor to the Master Servicer hereunder in the assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Master Servicer hereunder. The compensation of any successor servicer (including, without limitation, the Trustee) so appointed shall be the aggregate Servicing Fees, together with the other servicing compensation in the form of assumption fees, late payment charges or otherwise as provided in Sections 8.8 and 8.15; provided, however, that if the Trustee acts as successor Master Servicer then the Sponsor agrees to pay to the Trustee at such time that the Trustee becomes such successor Master Servicer a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each Mortgage Loan then included in the Trust Estate. The Trustee shall be obligated to serve as successor Master Servicer whether or not the $25.00 fee described in the preceding sentence is paid by the Sponsor, but shall in any event be entitled to receive, and to enforce payment of, such fee from the Sponsor. (h) In the event the Trustee solicits bids as provided above, the Trustee shall solicit, by public announcement, bids from housing and home finance institutions, banks and mortgage servicing institutions meeting the qualifications set forth above. Such public announcement shall specify that the successor Master Servicer shall be entitled to the full amount of the aggregate Servicing Fees as servicing compensation, together with the other servicing compensation in the form of assumption fees, late payment charges or otherwise as provided in Sections 8.8 and 8.15. Within thirty days after any such public announcement, the Trustee shall negotiate and effect the sale, transfer and assignment of the servicing rights and responsibilities hereunder to the qualified party submitting the highest satisfactory bid. The Trustee shall deduct from any sum received by the Trustee from the successor to the Master Servicer in respect of such sale, transfer and assignment all costs and expenses of any public announcement and of any sale, transfer and assignment of the servicing rights and responsibilities hereunder. After such deductions, the remainder of such sum shall be paid by the Trustee to the Master Servicer at the time of such sale, transfer and assignment to the Master Servicer's successor. (i) The Trustee and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. The Master Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Trustee and any successor Master Servicer in effecting the termination of the Master Servicer's servicing responsibilities and rights hereunder and shall promptly provide the Trustee or such successor Master Servicer, as applicable, all documents and records reasonably requested by it to enable it to assume the Master Servicer's functions hereunder and shall promptly also transfer to the Trustee or such successor Master Servicer, as applicable, all 95 amounts which then have been or should have been deposited in the Principal and Interest Account by the Master Servicer or which are thereafter received with respect to the Mortgage Loans. Neither the Trustee nor any other successor Master Servicer shall be held liable by reason of any failure to make, or any delay in making, any distribution hereunder or any portion thereof caused by (i) the failure of the Master Servicer to deliver, or any delay in delivering, cash, documents or records to it, or (ii) restrictions imposed by any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Master Servicer or (iii) any breaches of a predecessor Servicer. (j) The Trustee or any other successor Master Servicer, upon assuming the duties of Master Servicer hereunder, shall immediately make all Delinquency Advances and pay all Compensating Interest which the Master Servicer has theretofore failed to remit with respect to the Mortgage Loans; provided, however, that if the Trustee is acting as successor Master Servicer, the Trustee shall only be required to make Delinquency Advances (including the Delinquency Advances described in this clause (j)) if, in the Trustee's reasonable good faith judgment, such Delinquency Advances will ultimately be recoverable from the related Mortgage Loans. (k) The Master Servicer which is being removed or is resigning shall give notice to the Mortgagors and to Moody's and Standard & Poor's of the transfer of the servicing to the successor. (l) The Trustee shall give notice to the Certificate Insurer, Moody's and Standard & Poor's and to the Owners of the occurrence of any event specified in Section 8.20(a) of which the Trustee has knowledge. (m) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, upon termination of the Master Servicer hereunder, any liabilities of the Master Servicer which accrued prior to such termination shall survive such termination. Section 8.21. Inspections by Certificate Insurer; Errors and Omissions Insurance. (a) At any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable notice, the Certificate Insurer, the Trustee, or any agents or representatives thereof may inspect the Master Servicer's servicing operations and discuss the servicing operations of the Master Servicer with any of its officers or directors. The costs and expenses incurred by the Master Servicer or its agents or representatives in connection with any such examinations or discussions shall be paid by the Master Servicer. (b) The Master Servicer agrees to maintain errors and omissions coverage and a fidelity bond, each at least to the extent generally maintained by prudent mortgage loan servicers having servicing portfolios of a similar size. 96 Section 8.22. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of Master Servicer. Any corporation into which the Master Servicer 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 Master Servicer shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the business of the Master Servicer, shall be the successor of the Master Servicer hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto provided that such corporation meets the qualifications set forth in Section 8.20(g). Section 8.23. Notices of Material Events. The Master Servicer shall give prompt notice to the Certificate Insurer, the Trustee, Moody's and Standard & Poor's of the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) Any default or any fact or event which results, or which with notice or the passage of time, or both, would result in the occurrence of a default by the Sponsor, any Originator or the Master Servicer under any Transaction Document or would constitute a material breach of a representation, warranty or covenant under any Transaction Document; (b) The submission of any claim or the initiation of any legal process, litigation or administrative or judicial investigation against the Sponsor, the Master Servicer or AMHC in any federal, state or local court or before any governmental body or agency, or before any arbitration board, or any such proceedings threatened by any governmental agency, which, if adversely determined, would have a material adverse effect upon any the Sponsor's, the Master Servicer's or AMHC's ability to perform its obligations under any Transaction Document; (c) The commencement of any proceedings by or against the Sponsor, the Master Servicer or AMHC under any applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or of any proceeding in which a receiver, liquidator, trustee or other similar official shall have been, or may be, appointed or requested for the Sponsor, the Master Servicer or AMHC; and (d) The receipt of notice from any agency or governmental body having authority over the conduct of any of the Sponsor's the Master Servicer's or the AMHC's business that the Sponsor, the Master Servicer or AMHC is to cease and desist, or to undertake any practice, program, procedure or policy employed by the Sponsor, the Master Servicer or AMHC in the conduct of the business of any of them, and such cessation or undertaking will materially adversely affect the conduct of the Sponsor's, the Master Servicer's or AMHC's business or its ability to perform under the Transaction Documents or 97 materially adversely affect the financial affairs of the Sponsor, the Master Servicer or AMHC. ARTICLE IX TERMINATION OF TRUST Section 9.1. Termination of Trust. The Trust created hereunder and all obligations created by this Agreement will terminate upon the earlier of (i) the payment to the Owners of all Certificates from amounts other than those available under the Certificate Insurance Policy of all amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to such Owners pursuant to this Agreement upon the later to occur of (a) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance made with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan in the Trust Estate or (b) the disposition of all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Estate, (ii) at any time when a Qualified Liquidation of the REMIC Trust is effected as described below or (iii) as described in Section 9.2 or 9.3 hereof. To effect a termination of this Agreement pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Owners of all Certificates then Outstanding shall (x) unanimously direct the Trustee on behalf of the Trust to adopt a plan of complete liquidation with respect to the REMIC Trust, as contemplated by Section 860F(a)(4) of the Code and (y) provide to the Trustee an opinion of counsel experienced in federal income tax matters to the effect that such liquidation constitutes a Qualified Liquidation, and the Trustee either shall sell the Mortgage Loans and distribute the proceeds of the liquidation of the Trust Estate, or shall distribute equitably in kind all of the assets of the Trust Estate to the remaining Owners of the Certificates based on their interests in the Trust, each in accordance with such plan, so that the liquidation or distribution of the Trust Estate, the distribution of any proceeds of the liquidation and the termination of this Agreement occur no later than the close of the 90th day after the date of adoption of the plan of liquidation and such liquidation qualifies as a Qualified Liquidation. In no event, however, will the Trust created by this Agreement continue beyond the expiration of twenty-one (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 United Kingdom, living on the date hereof. The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Agreement to each Owner in the manner set forth in Section 11.5. Section 9.2. Termination Upon Option of Master Servicer. (a) On any Remittance Date on or after the Clean-Up Call Date, the Master Servicer acting directly or through one or more affiliates may determine to purchase and may cause the purchase from the Trust of all (but not fewer than all) Mortgage Loans in the Trust Estate and all property theretofore acquired in respect of any such Mortgage Loan by foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure, or otherwise then 98 remaining in the Trust Estate at a price equal to the sum of (v) the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate Loan Balances of the related Mortgage Loans as of the day of purchase minus (a) the amount actually remitted by the Master Servicer representing the related Monthly Remittance Amount on such Remittance Date for the related Remittance Period and (b) any unreimbursed Delinquency Advances, Servicing Advances and Nonrecoverable Advances and (ii) the fair market value of such Mortgage Loans, (w) the amount of any difference between the related Monthly Interest Remittance Amount actually remitted by the Master Servicer on such Remittance Date and the related Monthly Interest Remittance Amount due on such Remittance Date and (x) the related Reimbursement Amount, if any, as of such Remittance Date (such amount, the "Termination Price"). In connection with such purchase, the Master Servicer shall remit to the Trustee all amounts then on deposit in the Principal and Interest Account for deposit to the Certificate Account, which deposit shall be deemed to have occurred immediately preceding such purchase. Notwithstanding the above, in the event that, on the Remittance Date immediately preceding the Final Scheduled Payment Date, the Trust has not yet been terminated, the Master Servicer, on such Remittance Date, shall exercise the purchase option described in this Section 9.2(a). (b) In connection with any such purchase, the Master Servicer shall provide to the Trustee an opinion of counsel experienced in federal income tax matters to the effect that such purchase constitutes a Qualified Liquidation of the REMIC Trust. (c) Promptly following any such purchase, the Trustee will release the Files to the Master Servicer, or otherwise upon their order, in a manner similar to that described in Section 8.14 hereof. (d) If the Master Servicer does not fulfill its obligation to terminate the Trust pursuant to the last sentence of Section 9.2(a), then the Certificate Insurer shall do so on the same terms. Section 9.3. Termination Upon Loss of REMIC Status. (a) Following a (x) final determination by the Internal Revenue Service, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, in either case from which no appeal is taken within the permitted time for such appeal, or (y) if any appeal is taken, following a final determination of such appeal from which no further appeal can be taken, to the effect that the REMIC Trust does not and will no longer qualify as a "REMIC" pursuant to Section 860D of the Code (the "Final Determination") or (z) following the delivery of an opinion of counsel ("REMIC Opinion") to the effect that the effect of the Final Determination is to increase substantially the probability that the REMIC Trust will no longer qualify as a "REMIC" pursuant to Section 860D of the Code, on any Remittance Date 99 on or after the date which is 30 calendar days following such Final Determination, (i) the Owners of a majority in Percentage Interest represented by the Class A Certificates then Outstanding may direct the Trustee to adopt a plan of complete liquidation with respect to the Trust Estate and (ii) the Certificate Insurer may notify the Trustee of the Certificate Insurer's determination to purchase from the Trust all (but not fewer than all) Mortgage Loans in the Trust Estate and all property theretofore acquired by foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure, or otherwise in respect of any Mortgage Loan then remaining in the Trust Estate at a price equal to the Termination Price. In connection with such purchase, the Master Servicer shall remit to the Trustee all amounts then on deposit in the Principal and Interest Account for deposit in the Certificate Account, which deposit shall be deemed to have occurred immediately preceding such purchase. (b) Upon receipt of such direction from the Owners of such Class A Certificates or such notice from the Certificate Insurer, the Trustee shall notify the holders of the Class R Certificates of such election to liquidate or such determination to purchase, as the case may be, (the "Termination Notice"). The Owner of a majority of the Percentage Interest of the Class R Certificates then Outstanding may, on any Remittance Date, within 60 days from the date of receipt of the Termination Notice (the "Purchase Option Period"), at their option, purchase from the Trust all (but not fewer than all) Mortgage Loans in the Trust Estate, and all property theretofore acquired by foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure, or otherwise in respect of any Mortgage Loan then remaining in the Trust Estate at a purchase price equal to the Termination Price. (c) If, during the Purchase Option Period, the Owners of the Class RS Certificates have not exercised the option described in the immediately preceding paragraph, then upon the expiration of the Purchase Option Period (i) in the event that the Owners of the Class A Certificates have given the Trustee the direction described in clause (a)(i) above, the Trustee shall sell the Mortgage Loans and distribute the proceeds of the liquidation of the Trust Estate, such that, if so directed, the liquidation of the Trust Estate, the distribution of the proceeds of such liquidation occur no later than the close of the 60th day, or such later day as the Owners of the Class A Certificates shall permit or direct in writing, after the expiration of the Purchase Option Period and (ii) in the event that the Certificate Insurer has given the Trustee notice of the Certificate Insurer's determination to purchase the Mortgage Loans in the Trust Estate described in clause (a)(ii) preceding, the Certificate Insurer shall, on any Remittance Date within 60 days, purchase all (but not fewer than all) Mortgage Loans in the Trust Estate, and all property theretofore acquired by foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise in respect of any Mortgage Loan then remaining in the Trust Estate. In connection with such purchase, the Master Servicer shall remit to the Trustee all 100 amounts then on deposit in the Principal and Interest Account for deposit to the Certificate Account, which deposit shall be deemed to have occurred immediately preceding such purchase. (d) Following a Final Determination, the Owners of a majority of the Percentage Interest of the Class RS Certificates then Outstanding may, at their option on any Remittance Date and upon delivery to the Owners of the Class A Certificates and the Certificate Insurer of an opinion of counsel experienced in federal income tax matters selected by the Owners of such Class RS Certificates which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to a majority of the Percentage Interests represented by the Class A Certificates then Outstanding and the Certificate Insurer, to the effect that the effect of the Final Determination is to increase substantially the probability that the gross income of the REMIC Trust will be subject to federal taxation, purchase from the Trust all (but not fewer than all) Mortgage Loans in the Trust Estate, and all property theretofore acquired by foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure, or otherwise in respect of any Mortgage Loan then remaining in the Trust Estate at a purchase price equal to the Termination Price. In connection with such purchase, the Master Servicer shall remit to the Trustee all amounts then on deposit in the Principal and Interest Account for deposit to the Certificate Account, which deposit shall be deemed to have occurred immediately preceding such purchase. The foregoing opinion shall be deemed satisfactory unless the Owners of a majority of the Percentage Interest represented by the Class A Certificates then Outstanding or the Certificate Insurer give the Owners of a majority of the Percentage Interest of the Class RS Certificates notice that such opinion is not satisfactory within thirty days after receipt of such opinion. Section 9.4. Disposition of Proceeds. The Trustee shall, upon receipt thereof, deposit the proceeds of any liquidation of the Trust Estate pursuant to this Article IX to the Certificate Account; provided, however, that any amounts representing Servicing Fees, unreimbursed Delinquency Advances or unreimbursed Servicing Advances theretofore funded by the Master Servicer from the Master Servicer's own funds shall be paid by the Trustee to the Master Servicer. Section 9.5. Netting of Amounts. If any Person paying the Termination Price would receive a portion of the amount so paid, such Person may net any such amount against the Termination Price otherwise payable. 101 ARTICLE X THE TRUSTEE Section 10.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities. (a) The Trustee (i) undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee and (ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished pursuant to and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Agreement. (b) Notwithstanding the appointment of the Master Servicer hereunder, the Trustee is hereby empowered to perform the duties of the Master Servicer hereunder whether following the failure of the Master Servicer to perform, pursuant to Section 8.20 hereof or otherwise. Specifically, and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Trustee shall have the power: (i) to collect Mortgagor payments; (ii) to foreclose on defaulted Mortgage Loans; (iii) to enforce due-on-sale clauses and to enter into assumption and substitution agreements as permitted by Section 8.12 hereof; (iv) to deliver instruments of satisfaction pursuant to Section 8.14; (v) to make Delinquency Advances and Servicing Advances and to pay Compensating Interest, and (vi) to enforce the Mortgage Loans. (c) 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 willful misconduct, except that: (i) this subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of subsection (a) of this Section; (ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by an Authorized Officer, unless it shall be proved 102 that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and (iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Certificate Insurer or of the Owners of a majority in Percentage Interest of the Certificates of the affected Class or Classes and the Certificate Insurer 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 relating to such Certificates. (d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section. (e) No provision of this Agreement shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. (f) The permissive right of the Trustee to take actions enumerated in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty and the Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its own negligence or willful misconduct. (g) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to institute any suit, or to take any remedial proceeding under this Agreement, or to take any steps in the execution of the trusts hereby created or in the enforcement of any rights and powers hereunder until it shall be indemnified to its satisfaction against any and all costs and expenses, outlays and counsel fees and other reasonable disbursements and against all liability, except liability which is adjudicated to have resulted from its negligence or willful misconduct, in connection with any action so taken. The Trustee shall receive from the Sponsor promptly upon demand therefor, reimbursement of expenses as are described in the fee quote letter, dated December 6, 1996 and executed by the Sponsor. Section 10.2. Removal of Trustee for Cause. (a) The Trustee may be removed pursuant to paragraph (b) hereof upon the occurrence of any of the following events (whatever the reason for such event and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body): 103 (1) the Trustee shall fail to distribute to the Owners entitled thereto on any Payment Date amounts available for distribution in accordance with the terms hereof; or (2) the Trustee shall fail in the performance of, or breach, any covenant or agreement of the Trustee in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of the Trustee made in this Agreement or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall prove to be incorrect in any material respect as of the time when the same shall have been made, and such failure or breach shall continue or not be cured for a period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Trustee by the Sponsor, the Certificate Insurer or by the Owners of at least 25% of the aggregate Percentage Interests represented by the Class A Certificates then Outstanding, or, if there are no Class A Certificates then Outstanding, by such Percentage Interests represented by any Class B Certificates, a written notice specifying such failure or breach and requiring it to be remedied; or (3) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Trustee, and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 75 days; or (4) a conservator or receiver or liquidator or sequestrator or custodian of the property of the Trustee is appointed in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Trustee or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or (5) the Trustee shall become insolvent (however insolvency is evidenced), generally fail to pay its debts as they come due, file or consent to the filing of a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations, or take corporate action for the purpose of any of the foregoing. 104 The Sponsor shall give to the Certificate Insurer and Moody's and Standard & Poor's notice of the occurrence of any such event of which the Sponsor is aware. (b) If any event described in Paragraph (a) occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case (i) the Certificate Insurer or (ii) with the prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) of the Certificate Insurer (x) the Sponsor or (y) the Owners of a majority of the Percentage Interests represented by the Class A Certificates, or, if there are no Class A Certificates then Outstanding, by such Percentage Interest represented by any Class of Class RS Certificates then Outstanding may, whether or not the Trustee resigns pursuant to Section 10.9 hereof, immediately, concurrently with the giving of notice to the Trustee, and without delaying the 30 days required for notice therein, appoint a successor Trustee pursuant to the terms of Section 10.9 hereof. Section 10.3. Certain Rights of the Trustee. Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.1 hereof: (a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, note or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties; (b) any request or direction of the Sponsor, the Certificate Insurer or the Owners of any Class of Certificates mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced in writing; (c) whenever in the administration of this Agreement the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer's Certificate; (d) the Trustee may consult with counsel, and the written advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reasonable reliance thereon; (e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement at the request or direction of any of the Owners pursuant to this Agreement, unless such Owners shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities 105 which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction; (f) 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, direction, consent, order, bond, note or other paper or document, but the Trustee in its discretion may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit; (g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed and supervised with due care by it hereunder; and (h) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized by the Authorized Officer of any Person or within its rights or powers under this Agreement other than as to validity and sufficiency of its authentication of the Certificates. Section 10.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Certificates. The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates, except any such recitals relating to the Trustee, shall be taken as the statements of the Sponsor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or of the Certificates other than as to validity and sufficiency of its authentication of the Certificates. Section 10.5. May Hold Certificates. The Trustee or any agent of the Trust, in its individual or any other capacity, may become an Owner or pledgee of Certificates and may otherwise deal with the Trust with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee or such agent. Section 10.6. Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other trust funds except to the extent required herein or required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Sponsor and except to the extent of income or other gain on investments which are deposits in or certificates of deposit of the Trustee in its commercial capacity and income or other gain actually received by the Trustee on Eligible Investments. Section 10.7. No Lien for Fees. The Trustee shall have no lien on the Trust Estate for the payment of any fees and expenses. 106 Section 10.8. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a corporation or association organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any State authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by the United States of America or any such State having a rating or ratings acceptable to the Certificate Insurer and having (x) long-term, unsecured debt rated at least A2 by Moody's (or such lower rating as may be acceptable to Moody's) and (y) a long-term deposit rating of at least A from Standard & Poor's (or such lower rating as may be acceptable to Standard & Poor's). If such Trustee publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, 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. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall, upon the request of the Sponsor with the consent of the Certificate Insurer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) or of the Certificate Insurer, resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article X. Section 10.9. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. (a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to this Article X shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee under Section 10.10 hereof. (b) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, may resign at any time by giving written notice of resignation to the Sponsor and by mailing notice of resignation by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Certificate Insurer and the Owners at their addresses appearing on the Register. A copy of such notice shall be sent by the resigning Trustee to Moody's and Standard & Poor's. Upon receiving notice of resignation, the Sponsor shall promptly appoint a successor trustee or trustees by written instrument, in duplicate, executed on behalf of the Trust by an Authorized Officer of the Sponsor, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so resigning and one copy to the successor trustee or trustees. If no successor trustee shall have been appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or any Owner may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee. 107 (c) If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 10.8 hereof and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Sponsor or by the Certificate Insurer, the Certificate Insurer or the Sponsor with the written consent of the Certificate Insurer may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed on behalf of the Trust by an Authorized Officer of the Sponsor, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee. (d) The Owners of a majority of the Percentage Interests represented by the Class A Certificates, or, if there are no Class A Certificates then Outstanding, by such majority of the Percentage Interests represented by Class RS Certificates then Outstanding may at any time, with the prior written consent of the Certificate Insurer, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by delivering to the Trustee to be removed, to the successor trustee so appointed, to the Sponsor and to the Certificate Insurer, copies of the record of the act taken by the Owners, as provided for in Section 11.3 hereof. (e) If the Trustee fails to perform its duties in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or becomes ineligible to serve as Trustee, the Certificate Insurer may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in triplicate, signed by the Certificate Insurer duly authorized, one complete set of which instruments shall be delivered to the Sponsor, one complete set to the Trustee so removed and one complete set to the successor Trustee so appointed. (f) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Trustee for any cause, the Sponsor shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee acceptable to the Certificate Insurer. If within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee shall be appointed by act of the Owners of a majority of the Percentage Interests represented by the Class A Certificates then Outstanding or, if there are no Class A Certificates then Outstanding, by such majority of the Percentage Interest of the Class RS Certificates delivered to the Sponsor and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment become the successor Trustee and supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Sponsor. If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Sponsor or the Owners and shall have accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Owner may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor Trustee. 108 (g) The Sponsor shall give notice of any removal of the Trustee by mailing notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Certificate Insurer and to the Owners as their names and addresses appear in the Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its corporate trust office. Section 10.10. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee. Every successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Sponsor on behalf of the Trust and to its predecessor Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder and stating its eligibility to serve as Trustee 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 vested with all the rights, powers, trusts, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder; but, on request of the Sponsor or the successor Trustee, such predecessor Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges then unpaid, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all of the rights, powers and trusts of the Trustee so ceasing to act, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such Trustee so ceasing to act hereunder. Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Sponsor on behalf of the Trust shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts. Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee as provided in this Section, the Sponsor shall mail notice thereof by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Owners at their last addresses appearing upon the Register. The Sponsor shall send a copy of such notice to Moody's and Standard & Poor's. If the Sponsor 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 Trust. No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor shall be qualified and eligible under this Article X. Section 10.11. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of the Trustee. Any corporation or association into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or association resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or association succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto; provided, however, that such corporation or association shall be otherwise qualified and 109 eligible under this Article X. In case any Certificates have been executed, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such Trustee may adopt such execution and deliver the Certificates so executed with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself executed such Certificates. Section 10.12. Reporting; Withholding. The Trustee shall timely provide to the Owners the Internal Revenue Service's Form 1099 and any other statement required by applicable Treasury regulations as determined by the Sponsor, and shall withhold, as required by applicable law, federal, state or local taxes, if any, applicable to distributions to the Owners, including but not limited to backup withholding under Section 3406 of the Code and the withholding tax on distributions to foreign investors under Sections 1441 and 1442 of the Code. Section 10.13. Liability of the Trustee. The Trustee shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed upon and undertaken by the Trustee herein. Neither the Trustee nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the Trustee shall be under any liability on any Certificate or otherwise to any Account, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer or any Owner 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 Trustee or any such Person against any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of negligent action, negligent failure to act or bad faith in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Trustee shall not be liable for losses on investments of amounts in any Account (except for any losses on obligations on which the bank serving as Trustee is the obligor). In addition, the Sponsor and Master Servicer covenant and agree to indemnify the Trustee, and its officers, directors, employees and agents including, without limitation, when the Trustee is acting as Master Servicer, and hold it harmless against, any and all losses, liabilities, damages, claims or expenses (including legal fees and expenses) other than those resulting from the negligence or bad faith of the Trustee. The Trustee and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting in good faith on any certificate, notice or other document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by the Authorized Officer of any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. Section 10.14. 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 Estate or Property may at the time be located, the Master Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the 110 power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer to act as co-Trustee or co-Trustees, jointly with the Trustee, of all or any part of the Trust Estate or separate Trustee or separate Trustees of any part of the Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Owners, such title to the Trust Estate, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 10.14, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Master Servicer and the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Master Servicer shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, or in the case any event indicated in Sections 8.20(a) or 8.20(b) shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment with the consent of the Certificate Insurer. No co-Trustee or separate Trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor Trustee under Section 10.8 and no notice to Owner of the appointment of any co-Trustee or separate Trustee shall be required under Section 10.8. Every separate Trustee and co-Trustee shall, to the extent permitted, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions: (i) All rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate Trustee or co-Trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate Trustee or co-Trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed (whether as Trustee hereunder or as successor to the Master Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Estate or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate Trustee or co-Trustee, but solely at the direction of the Trustee; (ii) No co-Trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other co-Trustee hereunder; and (iii) The Master Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly 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 111 Trustee or co-Trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions of this Section 10.14. Each separate Trustee and co-Trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Master Servicer. Any separate Trustee or co-Trustee may, at any time, constitute the Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate Trustee or co-Trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor Trustee. The Trustee shall give to Moody's, the Sponsor and the Certificate Insurer notice of the appointment of any Co-Trustee or separate Trustee. ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS Section 11.1. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application or request by the Sponsor, the Certificate Insurer or the Owners to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Agreement, the Sponsor, the Certificate Insurer or the Owners, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee a certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to the proposed action have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of any documents is specifically required by any provision of this Agreement relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate need be furnished. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Agreement shall include: (a) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto; 112 (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; and (c) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with. Section 11.2. Form of Documents Delivered to the Trustee. In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. Any certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Trustee may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an opinion of counsel, unless such Authorized Officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the opinion is erroneous. Any such certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Trustee or any opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matter upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, one or more Authorized Officers of the Sponsor or of the Master Servicer, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Sponsor or of the Master Servicer, unless such Authorized Officer or counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. Any opinion of counsel may also be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an Authorized Officer of the Trustee, stating that the information with respect to such matters is in the possession of the Trustee, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. Any opinion of counsel may be based on the written opinion of other counsel, in which event such opinion of counsel shall be accompanied by a copy of such other counsel's opinion and shall include a statement to the effect that such counsel believes that such counsel and the Trustee may reasonably rely upon the opinion of such other counsel. Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Agreement, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. 113 Section 11.3. Acts of Owners. (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Agreement to be given or taken by the Owners may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Owners in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Sponsor and/or the Certificate Insurer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "act" of the Owners signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Agreement and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Trust, if made in the manner provided in this Section. (b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Whenever such execution is by an officer of a corporation or a member of a partnership on behalf of such corporation or partnership, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. (c) The ownership of Certificates shall be proved by the Register. (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Owner of any Certificate shall bind the Owner of every Certificate issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Trust in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Certificates. Section 11.4. Notices, etc. to Trustee. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or act of the Owners or other documents provided or permitted by this Agreement to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with the Trustee by any Owner, the Certificate Insurer or by the Sponsor shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with and received by the Trustee at its corporate trust office as set forth in Section 2.2 hereof. Section 11.5. Notices and Reports to Owners; Waiver of Notices. Where this Agreement provides for notice to Owners of any event or the mailing of any report to Owners, such notice or report shall be sufficiently given (unless 114 otherwise herein expressly provided) if mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Owner affected by such event or to whom such report is required to be mailed, at the address of such Owner as it appears on the Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice or the mailing of such report. In any case where a notice or report to Owners is mailed in the manner provided above, neither the failure to mail such notice or report nor any defect in any notice or report so mailed to any particular Owner shall affect the sufficiency of such notice or report with respect to other Owners, and any notice or report which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given or provided. Where this Agreement provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Owners shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver. In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a result of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event to Owners when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice. Where this Agreement provides for notice to any rating agency that rated any Certificates, failure to give such notice shall not affect any other rights or obligations created hereunder. Section 11.6. Rules by Trustee and Sponsor. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for any meeting of Owners. The Sponsor may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions. Section 11.7. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Agreement by any party hereto shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. Section 11.8. Severability. In case any provision in this Agreement or in the Certificates shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. Section 11.9. Benefits of Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement or in the Certificates, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the Owners, the Certificate Insurer and the parties hereto and their 115 successors hereunder, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement. Section 11.10. Legal Holidays. In any case where the date of any Remittance Date, any Payment Date, any other date on which any distribution to any Owner is proposed to be paid, or any date on which a notice is required to be sent to any Person pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of the Certificates or this Agreement) payment or mailing need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made or mailed on the nominal date of any such Remittance Date, such Payment Date, or such other date for the payment of any distribution to any Owner or the mailing of such notice, as the case may be, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after any such nominal date, provided such payment is made in full on such next succeeding Business Day. Section 11.11. Governing Law. In view of the fact that Owners are expected to reside in many states and outside the United States and the desire to establish with certainty that this Agreement will be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the law of a state having a well-developed body of commercial and financial law relevant to transactions of the type contemplated herein, this Agreement and each Certificate shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed therein. Section 11.12. Counterparts. This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. Section 11.13. Usury. The amount of interest payable or paid on any Certificate under the terms of this Agreement shall be limited to an amount which shall not exceed the maximum nonusurious rate of interest allowed by the applicable laws of the State of New York or any applicable law of the United States permitting a higher maximum nonusurious rate that preempts such applicable New York laws, which could lawfully be contracted for, charged or received (the "Highest Lawful Rate"). In the event any payment of interest on any Certificate exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, the Trust stipulates that such excess amount will be deemed to have been paid to the Owner of such Certificate as a result of an error on the part of the Trustee acting on behalf of the Trust and the Owner receiving such excess payment shall promptly, upon discovery of such error or upon notice thereof from the Trustee on behalf of the Trust, refund the amount of such excess or, at the option of such Owner, apply the excess to the payment of principal of such Certificate, if any, remaining unpaid. In addition, all sums paid or agreed to be 116 paid to the Trustee for the benefit of Owners of Certificates for the use, forbearance or detention of money shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the full term of such Certificates. Section 11.14. Amendment. (a) The Trustee, the Sponsor and the Master Servicer, may at any time and from time to time, with the prior written approval of the Certificate Insurer but without the giving of notice to or the receipt of the consent of the Owners, amend this Agreement, and the Trustee shall consent to such amendment, for the purpose of (i) curing any ambiguity, or correcting or supplementing any provision hereof which may be inconsistent with any other provision hereof, or to add provisions hereto which are not inconsistent with the provisions hereof, (ii) upon receipt of an opinion of counsel experienced in federal income tax matters to the effect that no entity-level tax will be imposed on the REMIC Trust or upon the transferor of a Class RS Certificate as a result of the ownership of any Class RS Certificate by a Disqualified Organization, removing the restriction on transfer set forth in Section 5.8(b) hereof or (iii) complying with the requirements of the Code and the regulations proposed or promulgated thereunder; provided, however, that any such action shall not, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel delivered to the Trustee, materially and adversely affect the interests of any Owner (without its written consent). (b) The Trustee, the Sponsor and the Master Servicer may, at any time and from time to time, with the prior written approval of the Certificate Insurer but without the giving of notice to or the receipt of the consent of the Owners, amend this Agreement, and the Trustee shall consent to such amendment, for the purpose of changing the definition of "Specified Subordinated Amount" with respect to any Mortgage Loan Group; provided, however, that no such change shall affect the weighted average life of the related Class of Class A Certificates (assuming an appropriate prepayment speed as determined by the Representative) by more than five percent, as determined by the Representative. (c) This Agreement may also be amended by the Trustee, the Sponsor, and the Master Servicer at any time and from time to time, with the prior written approval of the Certificate Insurer and not less than a majority of the Percentage Interest represented by each affected Class of Certificates then Outstanding, for the purpose of adding any provisions or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Owners hereunder; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (a) change in any manner the amount of, or change the timing of, payments which are required to be distributed to any Owner without the consent of the Owner of such Certificate, (b) reduce the aforesaid percentages of Percentage Interests which are required to consent to any such 117 amendments or (c) result in a down-rating or withdrawal of any ratings then assigned to the Class A Certificates, without the consent of the Owners of all Certificates of the Class or Classes affected then Outstanding. (d) Each proposed amendment to this Agreement shall be accompanied by an opinion of counsel nationally recognized in federal income tax matters addressed to the Trustee and to the Certificate Insurer to the effect that such amendment would not adversely affect the status of the REMIC Trust as a REMIC. (e) The Certificate Insurer, the Owners, Moody's and Standard & Poor's shall be provided with copies of any amendments to this Agreement, together with copies of any opinions or other documents or instruments executed in connection therewith. Section 11.15. REMIC Status; Taxes. (a) The Tax Matters Person shall prepare and file or cause to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service Federal tax or information returns with respect to the REMIC Trust and the Certificates containing such information and at the times and in such manner as may be required by the Code or applicable Treasury regulations, and shall furnish to Owners such statements or information at the times and in such manner as may be required thereby. For this purpose, the Tax Matters Person may, but need not, rely on any proposed regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury. The Tax Matters Person shall indicate the election to treat the REMIC Trust as a REMIC (which election shall apply to the taxable period ending [December 31, 1996] and each calendar year thereafter) in such manner as the Code or applicable Treasury regulations may prescribe. The Trustee, as Tax Matters Person appointed pursuant to Section 11.17 hereof shall sign all tax information returns filed pursuant to this Section 11.15. The Tax Matters Person shall provide information necessary for the computation of tax imposed on the transfer of a Class RS Certificate to a Disqualified Organization, or an agent of a Disqualified Organization, or a pass-through entity in which a Disqualified Organization is the record holder of an interest. The Tax Matters Person shall provide the Trustee with copies of any Federal tax or information returns filed, or caused to be filed, by the Tax Matters Person with respect to the REMIC Trust or the Certificates. (b) The Tax Matters Person shall timely file all reports required to be filed by the Trust with any federal, state or local governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Trust, including other reports that must be filed with the Owners, such as the Internal Revenue Service's Form 1066 and Schedule Q and the form required under Section 6050K of the Code, if applicable to REMICs. Furthermore, the Tax Matters Person shall report to Owners, if required, with respect to the allocation of expenses pursuant to Section 212 of the Code in accordance with the specific instructions to the Tax 118 Matters Person by the Sponsor with respect to such allocation of expenses. The Tax Matters Person shall collect any forms or reports from the Owners determined by the Sponsor to be required under applicable federal, state and local tax laws. (c) The Tax Matters Person shall provide to the Internal Revenue Service and to persons described in Section 860E(e)(3) and (6) of the Code the information described in Proposed Treasury Regulation Section 1.860D-1(b)(5)(ii), or any successor regulation thereto. Such information will be provided in the manner described in Proposed Treasury Regulation Section 1.860E-Z(a)(5), or any successor regulation thereto. (d) The Sponsor covenants and agrees that within ten Business Days after receiving a written request from the Trustee it shall provide to the Trustee any information necessary to enable the Trustee to meet its obligations under subsections (b) and (c) above. (e) The Trustee, the Sponsor and the Master Servicer each covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Owners (i) to take no action which would result in the termination of "REMIC" status for the REMIC Trust, (ii) not to engage in any "prohibited transaction", as such term is defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and (iii) not to engage in any other action which may result in the imposition on the REMIC Trust of any other taxes under the Code. (f) The REMIC Trust shall, for federal income tax purposes, maintain books on a calendar year basis and report income on an accrual basis. (g) Except as otherwise permitted by Section 7.6(b), no Eligible Investment shall be sold prior to its stated maturity (unless sold pursuant to a plan of liquidation in accordance with Article IX hereof). (h) Neither the Sponsor nor the Trustee shall enter into any arrangement by which the Trustee will receive a fee or other compensation for services rendered pursuant to this Agreement, which fee or other compensation is paid from the Trust Estate, other than as expressly contemplated by this Agreement. (i) Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (g) and (h), the Trustee or the Sponsor may engage in any of the transactions prohibited by such clauses, provided that the Trustee shall have received the prior written consent of the Certificate Insurer and an opinion of counsel experienced in federal income tax matters to the effect that such transaction does not result in a tax imposed on the Trustee or cause a termination of REMIC status for the REMIC Trust; provided, however, that such transaction is otherwise permitted under this Agreement. 119 Section 11.16. Additional Limitation on Action and Imposition of Tax. (a) Any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall not, without having obtained an opinion of counsel experienced in federal income tax matters to the effect that such transaction does not result in a tax imposed on the Trust or cause a termination of REMIC status for the REMIC Trust, (i) sell any assets in the Trust Estate, (ii) accept any contribution of assets after the Closing Day or (iii) agree to any modification of this Agreement. (b) In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited transactions" of the REMIC Trust as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on the "net income from foreclosure property" as defined in Section 860G(c) of the Code, on any contribution to the REMIC Trust after the Closing Day pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any other tax (other than any minimum tax imposed by Sections 23151(a) or 23153(a) of the California Revenue and Taxation Code) is imposed, such tax shall be paid by (i) the Trustee, if such tax arises out of or results from a breach by the Trustee of any of its obligations under this Agreement, (ii) the Master Servicer, if such tax arises out of or results from a breach by the Master Servicer of any of its obligations under this Agreement, or otherwise (iii) the Owners of the Class RS Certificates in proportion to their Percentage Interests. To the extent such tax is chargeable against the Owners of the Class RS Certificates, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Trustee is hereby authorized to retain from amounts otherwise distributable to the Owners of the Class RS Certificates on any Payment Date sufficient funds to reimburse the Trustee for the payment of such tax (to the extent that the Trustee has not been previously reimbursed or indemnified therefor). Section 11.17. Appointment of Tax Matters Person. The Owners of the Class R Certificates hereby appoint the Trustee as their agent to act as the Tax Matters Person for REMIC Trust for all purposes of the Code and such Tax Matters Person will perform, or cause to be performed, such duties and take, or cause to be taken, such actions as are required to be performed or taken by the Tax Matters Person under the Code. Section 11.18. The Certificate Insurer. The Certificate Insurer is a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement. Any right conferred to the Certificate Insurer shall be suspended during the continuance of a Certificate Insurer Default. During the continuance of a Certificate Insurer Default the Certificate Insurer's rights hereunder shall vest in the Owners of the Class A Certificates and shall be exercisable by the Owners of at least a majority in Percentage Interest of the Class A Certificates then Outstanding or, if there are no Class A Certificates then Outstanding, by at least a majority of the Class R Certificates then Outstanding. At such time as the Class A Certificates are no longer Outstanding hereunder and the 120 Certificate Insurer has been reimbursed for all Insured Payments to which it is entitled hereunder, the Certificate Insurer's rights hereunder shall terminate. Section 11.19. Maintenance of Records. Each Originator and Owner of a Class R Certificate shall each continuously keep an original executed counterpart of this Agreement in its official records. Section 11.20. Notices. All notices hereunder shall be given as follows, until any superseding instructions are given to all other Persons listed below: The Trustee: Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A. 3 Park Plaza Irvine, CA 92714 Attention: Advanta 1996-4 Tel: (714) 253-7575 Fax: (714) 253-7577 The Sponsor: Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services Inc. 16875 West Bernardo Drive San Diego, California 92127 Tel: (619) 674-3317 Attention: The Master Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA Servicer: 16875 West Bernardo Drive San Diego, California 92127 Tel: (619) 674-3317 Fax: (619) 674-3592 The Certificate Insurer : Financial Guaranty Insurance Company 115 Broadway New York, New York 10006 Attention: Risk Management Tel: (212) 312-3000 Fax: (212) 312-3090 with a copy to the General Counsel Moody's: Moody's Investors Service 99 Church Street New York, New York 10007 Attention: The Home Equity Monitoring Department 121 Standard & Poor's: Standard & Poor's Ratings Group 26 Broadway 15th Floor New York, New York 10004 Attention: Surveillance Dept. Underwriters: Prudential Securities Incorporated Representative of the Underwriters One New York Plaza New York, New York 10292 122 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written. ADVANTA MORTGAGE CONDUIT SERVICES, INC. as Sponsor By:_____________________________ Mark T. Dunsheath Vice President ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. USA as Master Servicer By:_____________________________ Mark T. Dunsheath Vice President BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as Trustee By:_____________________________ Erin Deegan Assistant Vice President [Pooling and Servicing Agreement] STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) : ss.: COUNTY OF ) On the 19th day of December, 1996, before me personally came Erin Deegan to me known, who, being by me duly sworn did depose and say that her office is located at Three Park Plaza, Irvine, California 92714; that she is an Assistant Vice President of Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., the national banking corporation described in and that executed the above instrument as Trustee; and that she signed her name thereto under authority granted by the Board of Directors of said national banking association. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written. [NOTARIAL SEAL] ------------------------------ Notary Public EX-4.2 4 MASTER LOAN TRANSFER AGREEMENT EXECUTION COPY - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MASTER LOAN TRANSFER AGREEMENT Dated as of February 15, 1995 by and among ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. USA ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. MIDATLANTIC ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. MIDATLANTIC II ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. MIDWEST ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. OF NEW JERSEY ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. NORTHEAST COLONIAL NATIONAL BANK USA ADVANTA MORTGAGE CONDUIT SERVICES, INC. ADVANTA FINANCE CORP., as Affiliated Originators, BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as Trustee and ADVANTA MORTGAGE CONDUIT SERVICES, INC., as Sponsor - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ---- Section 1. Definitions.................................................. 1 Section 2. Interest Calculations........................................ 4 Section 3. Transfers of Mortgage Loans.................................. 4 Section 4. Representations, Warranties and Covenants Regarding the Affiliated Originators and the Sponsor...................................................... 4 Section 5. Representations and Warranties of the Affiliated Originators Regarding the Mortgage Loans........................................................ 9 Section 6. Authorized Representatives................................... 16 Section 7. Notices...................................................... 16 Section 8. Governing Law................................................ 17 Section 9. Assignment................................................... 17 Section 10. Counterparts................................................. 17 Section 11. Amendment.................................................... 17 Section 12. Severability of Provisions................................... 17 Section 13. No Agency; No Partnership or Joint Venture................... 17 Section 14. Further Assurances........................................... 18 Section 15. The Certificate Insurer...................................... 18 Section 16. Maintenance of Records....................................... 18 i THIS MASTER LOAN TRANSFER AGREEMENT, dated as of February 15, 1995, between Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midatlantic, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midatlantic II, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midwest, Advanta Mortgage Corp. of New Jersey, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Northeast, Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc., Advanta Finance Corp. and Colonial National Bank USA, each a seller (each an "Affiliated Originator" and collectively, the "Affiliated Originators"), Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., as trustee ("Trustee") and Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc., as sponsor ("Sponsor"); I. BACKGROUND A. Each Affiliated Originator is an originator or purchaser of mortgage loans which such Affiliated Originator may, from time to time, convey to the Conduit Acquisition Trust, or cause the Conduit Acquisition Trust to acquire; B. The Affiliated Originators and the Sponsor expect, from time to time, to cause that such mortgage loans to be conveyed to an Advanta Trust in connection with a securitization transaction sponsored by the Sponsor. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: Section 1. Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement or in any Conveyance Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings specified in this Article; provided, however, that any capitalized terms used herein or in any conveyance Agreement and not defined herein shall have their respective meanings as set forth in the related Advanta Pooling Agreement. Advanta Pooling Agreement: Any Pooling and Servicing Agreement entered into by Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc. as Sponsor, Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA, as Master Servicer and a trustee, as it may be amended and supplemented from time to time by the parties thereto. Advanta Trust: A securitization trust created by the Sponsor into which Mortgage Loans described in this Agreement and the Conveyance Agreements are deposited. Agreement: This Master Loan Transfer Agreement as it may be amended from time to time, including the exhibits and supplements hereto. Bulk Acquisition Loan: Any Mortgage Loan purchased by an Affiliated Originator from another Originator (other than any other Affiliated Originator) as part of a bulk portfolio acquisition. Conduit Acquisition P&S: The Pooling and Servicers Agreement dated as of February 15, 1995 by and between the Sponsor and the Trustee relating to the Conduit Acquisition Trust. Conduit Acquisition Trust: The trust created pursuant to the Conduit Acquisition P&S. Conveyance Agreement: Any Conveyance Agreement relating to a Pool, in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto. Coupon Rate: The rate of interest borne by each Note. Cut-Off Date: With respect to any Pool, as defined in the related Conveyance Agreement. FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor thereto. FHLMC: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate instrumentality of the United States created pursuant to the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or any successor thereof. File: The documents delivered to the Trustee pursuant to the document delivery provisions of the Conduit Acquisition P&S pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan, together with any additional documents required to be added to the File pursuant to the Conduit Acquisition P&S. 2 First Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan which constitutes a first priority mortgage lien with respect to any Property. FNMA: The Federal National Mortgage Association, a federally-chartered and privately-owned corporation existing under the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, as amended, or any successor thereof. Loan Balance: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the outstanding principal balance thereof on the related CutOff Date, less any related Principal Remittance Amounts relating to such Mortgage Loan included in previous related Monthly Remittance Amounts that were transferred by the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer to the Trustee for deposit in the related Certificate Account. Master Servicer: Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA, a Delaware corporation, and its permitted successors and assigns. Mortgage Loans: Each of the mortgage loans subject hereto, together with any Qualified Replacement Mortgages substituted therefor in accordance with the related Advanta Pooling Agreement. Note: The note or other evidence of indebtedness evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan. Offered Certificates: Any securities issued by an Advanta Trust which are not retained by the Sponsor or any Originator. Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. Pool: Any group of Mortgage Loans transferred to the Sponsor pursuant to a specific Conveyance Agreement. Property: The underlying property securing a Mortgage Loan. 3 Qualified Mortgage: "Qualified Mortgage" shall have the meaning set forth from time to time in the definition thereof at Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (or any successor statute thereto) and applicable to the related Advanta Trust. Schedules of Mortgage Loans: The Schedules of Mortgage Loans required to be delivered pursuant to the related Advanta Pooling Agreement. Second Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan which constitutes a second priority mortgage lien with respect to the related Property. Senior Lien: With respect to any Second Mortgage Loan, the mortgage loan relating to the corresponding Property having a first priority lien; and with respect to any Third Mortgage Loan, the mortgage loans relating to the corresponding Property having first and second priority liens. Third Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan which constitutes a third priority mortgage lien with respect to the related Property. Trustee: Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., located on the date of execution of this Agreement at 3 Park Plaza, Irvine, California 92714, a national banking association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee, and any successor hereunder. Unaffiliated Originator Loan: Any Mortgage Loan purchased by an Affiliated Originator from an Unaffiliated Originator. Unaffiliated Originators: Any Originator (x) not affiliated with the Sponsor and (y) approved in writing by the Certificate Insurer. Section 2. Interest Calculations. All calculations of interest hereunder, including, without limitation, calculations of interest at the Coupon Rate, which are made in respect of the Loan Balance of a Mortgage Loan shall be made on a daily basis using a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. 4 Section 3. Transfers of Mortgage Loans. From time to time in connection with the establishment of Advanta Trusts the Affiliated Originators and the Sponsor, intend to transfer Mortgage Loans from the Conduit Acquisition Trust to the related Advanta Trust. Each such transfer will be evidenced by a Conveyance Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto. Section 4. Representations, Warranties and Covenants Regarding the Affiliated Originators and the Sponsor. (a) Each Affiliated Originator hereby represents and warrants to the Sponsor, the Trustee and their respective successors and assigns that, as of the date hereof; (i) Such Affiliated Originator is a corporation (or, in the case of Colonial National Bank USA, a national banking association) duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business, or the properties owned or leased by it make such qualification necessary. Such Affiliated Originator has all requisite corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry out its business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, to enter into and discharge its obligations under this Agreement and the Conveyance Agreements. (ii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Affiliated Originator and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement and the Conveyance Agreements to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of such Affiliated Originator and will not violate such Affiliated Originator's Articles of Incorporation, Articles of Association or Bylaws or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in a breach of, any material contract, agreement or other instrument to which such Affiliated Originator or its properties is a party or by which such Affiliated Originator is bound or violate any statute or any 5 order, rule or regulation of any court, governmental agency or body or other tribunal having jurisdiction over such Affiliated Originator or any of its properties. (iii) This Agreement and the Conveyance Agreements to which such Affiliated Originator is a party, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto and thereto, each constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of such Affiliated Originator, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding or action in equity or at law). (iv) Such Affiliated Originator is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency, which might have consequences that would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or other) or operations of such Affiliated Originator or its properties, or might have consequences that would materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder and under the other Conveyance Agreements to which such Affiliated Originator is a party, or which would draw into question the validity of this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans taken as a whole or of any action taken or to be taken in connection with the obligations of the Affiliated Originator contemplated herein. (v) No litigation is pending or, to the best of such Affiliated Originator's knowledge, threatened against such Affiliated Originator which litigation might have consequences that would prohibit its entering into this Agreement or any Conveyance Agreements to which it is a party or that would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of such Affiliated Originator or its properties or might have consequences that would materially and adversely affect 6 its performance hereunder and under the Conveyance Agreements to which such Affiliated Originator is a party. (vi) Neither this Agreement nor any certificate of an officer, statement furnished in writing or report delivered pursuant to the terms hereof by such Affiliated Originator contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the certificate, statement or report not misleading. (vii) Upon the receipt of each Mortgage Loan and other items of the Mortgage by the Trustee under this Agreement, the related Advanta Trust will have good and marketable title to such Mortgage Loan and such other items of the related Trust Estate free and clear of any lien (other than liens which will be simultaneously released). (viii) Neither such Affiliated Originator nor any affiliate thereof will report on any financial statement any part of the Servicing Fee as an adjustment to the sales price of the Mortgage Loans. (ix) All actions, approvals, consents, waivers, exemptions, variances, franchises, orders, permits, authorizations, rights and licenses required to be taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, by or from any federal, state or other governmental authority or agency (other than any such actions, approvals, etc., under any state securities laws, real estate syndication or "Blue Sky" statutes, as to which such Affiliated Originator makes no such representation or warranty), that are necessary or advisable in connection with the sale of the Mortgage Loans and the execution and delivery by such Affiliated Originator of this Agreement and the Conveyance Agreements to which it is a party, have been duly taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, are in full force and effect on the date hereof, are not subject to any pending proceedings or appeals (administrative, judicial or otherwise) and either the time within which any appeal 7 therefrom may be taken or review thereof may be obtained has expired or no review thereof may be obtained or appeal therefrom taken, and are adequate to authorize the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the conveyance Agreements on the part of such Affiliated Originator and the performance by such Affiliated Originator of its obligations under this Agreement and such of the Conveyance Agreements to which it is a party. (x) The origination practices used by such Affiliated Originator with respect to the Mortgage Loans originated by such Affiliated Originator have been, (i) in all material respects, legal, proper, prudent and customary in the mortgage loan lending business and (ii) in compliance with the Servicer's underwriting criteria as described in the Prospectus. (xi) The transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary course of business of such Affiliated Originator. The transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages by the Servicer pursuant to this Agreement are not subject to the bulk transfer laws or any similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable jurisdiction. (xii) Such Affiliated Originator received fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the sale of the interests in the Mortgage Loans. (xiii) Such Affiliated Originator did not sell any interest in any Mortgage Loan with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its respective creditors. (xiv) Such Affiliated Originator is solvent, and such Affiliated Originator will not be rendered insolvent as a result of the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the related Advanta Trust. The representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph (a) shall survive the sale and assignment of the Mortgage Loans to the Sponsor. 8 In addition, each Affiliated Originator hereby covenants to perform the obligations, if any, imposed upon it by the related Advanta Pooling Agreement. (b) The Sponsor hereby represents and warrants to each Affiliated Originator and the Trustee that, as of the date hereof: (i) The Sponsor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all licenses and qualifications necessary to carry on its business as now being conducted and to perform its obligations hereunder; the Sponsor has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations in accordance herewith; the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement (including any Conveyance Agreement and any other instruments of transfer to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement) by the Sponsor and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not violate the organization documents of the Sponsor, contravene or violate any law, regulation, rule, order, judgement or decree to which the Sponsor or its properties are subject or contravene, violate or result in any breach of any provision of, or constitute a default under, or result in the imposition of any lien on any assets of the Sponsor pursuant to the provisions of, any mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement or other undertaking to which the Sponsor is a party or which purports to be binding upon Sponsor or any of Sponsor's assets; this Agreement evidences the valid and binding obligation of the Sponsor enforceable against the Sponsor in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditor's rights generally or the application of equitable principles in any proceeding, whether at law or in equity; (ii) All actions, approvals, consents, waivers, exemptions, variances, franchises, orders, permits, authorizations, rights and licenses required to be taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, by or 9 from any federal, state or other governmental authority or agency, that are necessary in connection with the execution and delivery by the Sponsor of this Agreement, have been duly taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, are in full force and effect, are not subject to any pending proceedings or appeals (administrative, judicial or otherwise) and either the time within which any appeal therefrom may be taken or review thereof may be obtained has expired or no review thereof may be obtained or appeal therefrom taken, and are adequate to authorize the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement on the part of the Sponsor and the performance by the Sponsor of its obligations under this Agreement; and (iii) There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the best of the Sponsor's knowledge, threatened against the Sponsor which, either in any one instance or in the aggregate, may result in any material adverse change in the business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the Sponsor or in any material impairment of the right or ability of the Sponsor to carry on its business substantially as now conducted, or in any material liability on the part of the Sponsor or which would draw into question the validity of this Agreement or of any action taken or to be taken in connection with the obligations of the Sponsor contemplated herein, or which would be likely to impair the ability of the Sponsor to perform under the terms of this Agreement. The representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph (b) shall survive the sale and assignment of the Mortgage Loans to the Sponsor. Upon discovery of a breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Affiliated Originator, the Affiliated Originator shall give prompt written notice to the Sponsor. Within 30 days of its receipt of notice of breach, the Sponsor shall cure such breach in all material respects. Section 5. Representations and Warranties of the Affiliated Originators Regarding the Mortgage Loans. (a) Set forth in paragraph (b) below is a listing of 10 representations and warranties which will be deemed to have been made by each Affiliated Originator in connection with each conveyance of a Pool from the Conduit Acquisition Trust to the related Advanta Trust. In addition, a Conveyance Agreement may, with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the related Pool, delete or modify any of such representations and warranties, or may add additional representations and warranties ("Additional Representations and Warranties"). The representations and warranties listed in paragraph (b) below, together with any Additional Representations and Warranties, are the "Representations and Warranties". Reference to the Cut-Off Date are as of the Cut-Off Date set forth in the related Conveyance Agreement with respect to a Mortgage Loan. (b) With respect to each Mortgage Loan, each Affiliated Originator hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Sponsor and the Trustee, as of the related Cut-Off Date, as follows, on which representations, warranties and covenants the Trustee relies in accepting the Mortgage Loans: (i) The information with respect to each Mortgage Loan set forth in the Schedules of Mortgage Loans is true and correct as of the Cut-Off Date; (ii) All of the original or certified documentation required to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to the related Advanta Pooling Agreement (including all material documents related thereto) with respect to each Mortgage Loan has been or will be delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms of such Advanta Pooling Agreement. Each of the documents and instruments specified to be included therein has been duly executed and in due and proper form, and each such document or instrument is in a form generally acceptable to prudent mortgage lenders that regularly originate or purchase mortgage loans comparable to the Mortgage Loans for sale to prudent investors in the secondary market that invest in mortgage loans such as the Mortgage Loans. (iii) Each Mortgage Loan being transferred to the Sponsor is a Qualified Mortgage and is a Mortgage; 11 (iv) Each Property is improved by a single (one-to-four) family residential dwelling, which may include condominiums and townhouses but shall not include cooperatives; (v) No Mortgage Loan had a Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio in excess of 100%; (vi) Each Mortgage is either a valid and subsisting first, second or third lien of record on the Property (subject in the case of any Second Mortgage Loan or Third Mortgage Loan only to a Senior Lien on such Property) and subject in all cases to the exceptions to title set forth in the title insurance policy, with respect to the related Mortgage Loan, which exceptions are generally acceptable to banking institutions in connection with their regular mortgage lending activities, and such other exceptions to which similar properties are commonly subject and which do not individually, or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect the benefits of the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage; (vii) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment herein contemplated, each Affiliated Originator held good and indefeasible title to, and was the sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan conveyed by such Affiliated Originator subject to no liens, charges, mortgages, encumbrances or rights of others except liens which will be released simultaneously with such transfer and assignment; and immediately upon the transfer and assignment herein contemplated, the Trustee will hold good and indefeasible title to, and be the sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan subject to no liens, charges, mortgages, encumbrances or rights of others except liens which will be released simultaneously with such transfer and assignment; (viii) As of the related Cut-Off Date, no Mortgage Loan is 30 or more days Delinquent, except for any portion of the Mortgage Loans which the related Advanta Pooling Agreement permits to be more than 30 days Delinquent; 12 (ix) There is no delinquent tax or assessment lien or mechanic's lien on any Property, and each Property is free of substantial damage and is in good repair; (x) There is no valid and enforceable right of rescission offset, defense or counterclaim to any Note or Mortgage, including the obligation of the related Mortgagor to pay the unpaid principal of or interest on such Note or the defense of usury, nor will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render either the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage unenforceable in whole or in part, or subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, and no such right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with respect thereto; (xi) There is no mechanics' lien or claim for work, labor or material affecting any Property which is or may be a lien prior to, or equal with, the lien of the related Mortgage except those which are insured against by any title insurance policy referred to in paragraph (xiii) below; (xii) Each Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations, including, without limitation, the federal Truth-in-Lending Act and other consumer protection laws, real estate settlement procedure, usury, equal credit opportunity, disclosure and recording laws; (xiii) With respect to each Mortgage Loan, a lender's title insurance policy, issued in standard California Land Title Association form or American Land Title Association form, or other form acceptable in a particular jurisdiction by a title insurance company authorized to transact business in the state in which the related Property is situated, in an amount at least equal to the Original Principal Amount of such Mortgage Loan insuring the mortgagee's interest under the related Mortgage Loan as the holder of a valid first or 13 second mortgage lien of record on the real property described in the related Mortgage, as the case may be, subject only to exceptions of the character referred to in paragraph (vi) above, was effective on the date of the origination of such Mortgage Loan, and, as of the Cut-Off Date such policy will be valid and thereafter such policy shall continue in full force and effect; (xiv) The improvements upon each Property are covered by a valid and existing hazard insurance policy (which may be a blanket policy of the type described in the related Advanta Pooling Agreement) with a generally acceptable carrier that provides for fire and extended coverage representing coverage not less than the least of (A) the outstanding principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan (together, in the case of a Second Mortgage Loan, with the outstanding principal balance of the Senior Lien), (B) the minimum amount required to compensate for damage or loss on a replacement cost basis or (C) the full insurable value of the Property; (xv) If any Property is in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards, a flood insurance policy (which may be a blanket policy of the type described in the Advanta Pooling Agreement) in a form meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration is in effect with respect to such Property with a generally acceptable carrier in an amount representing coverage not less than the least of (A) the outstanding principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan (together, in the case of a Second Mortgage Loan, with the outstanding principal balance of the Senior Lien), (B) the minimum amount required to compensate for damage or loss on a replacement cost basis or (C) the maximum amount of insurance that is available under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973; (xvi) Each Mortgage and Note is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except only as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights 14 generally and by general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding or action in equity or at law), and all parties to each Mortgage Loan had full legal capacity to execute all documents relating to such Mortgage Loan and convey the estate therein purported to be conveyed; (xvii) Each Affiliated Originator has caused and will cause to be performed any and all acts required to be performed to preserve the rights and remedies of the servicer in any Insurance Policies applicable to any Mortgage Loans delivered by such Affiliated Originator including, to the extent such Mortgage Loan is not covered by a blanket policy described in the Advanta Pooling Agreement, any necessary notifications of insurers, assignments of policies or interests therein, and establishments of co-insured, joint loss payee and mortgagee rights in favor of the servicer; (xviii) Each original Mortgage was recorded or is in the process of being recorded, and all subsequent assignments of the original Mortgage have been recorded in the appropriate jurisdictions wherein such recordation is necessary to perfect the lien thereof for the benefit of the applicable Affiliated Originator, subject to the provisions of Section 3.5(b) of the Advanta Pooling Agreement, (or are in the process of being recorded); (xix) The terms of each Note and each Mortgage have not been impaired, altered or modified in any respect, except by a written instrument which has been recorded, if necessary, to protect the interest of the owners and which has been delivered to the Trustee. The substance of any such alteration or modification is reflected on the related Schedule of Mortgage Loans and has been approved by the primary mortgage guaranty insurer, if any; (xx) The proceeds of each Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed, and there is no obligation on the part of the mortgagee to make future advances thereunder. Any and all requirements as to completion of any on-site or off-site improvements and as to disbursements of any escrow funds therefor have been 15 complied with. All costs, fees and expenses incurred in making or closing or recording such Mortgage Loans were paid; (xxi) Except as otherwise required by law or pursuant to the statute under which the related Mortgage Loan was made, the related Note is not and has not been secured by any collateral, pledged account or other security except the lien of the corresponding Mortgage; (xxii) No Mortgage Loan was originated under a buydown plan; (xxiii) No Mortgage Loan provides for negative amortization, has a shared appreciation feature, or other contingent interest feature; (xxiv) Each Property is located in the state identified in the Schedule of Mortgage Loans and consists of one or more parcels of real property with a residential dwelling erected thereon; (xxv) Each Mortgage contains a provision for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan in the event the related Property is sold without the prior consent of the mortgagee thereunder; (xxvi) Any advances made after the date of origination of a Mortgage Loan but prior to the Cut-Off Date, have been consolidated with the outstanding principal amount secured by the related Mortgage, and the secured principal amount, as consolidated, bears a single interest rate and single repayment term reflected on the Schedule of Mortgage Loans. The consolidated principal amount does not exceed the original principal amount of the related Mortgage Loan. No Note permits or obligates the Master Servicer, the Sub-Servicer or the Sponsor to make future advances to the related Mortgagor at the option of the Mortgagor; (xxvii) There is no proceeding pending or threatened for the total or partial condemnation of any Property, nor is such a proceeding currently occurring, 16 and each Property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to affect adversely the value of the Property as security for the Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended; (xxviii) All of the improvements which were included for the purposes of determining the Appraised Value of any Property lie wholly within the boundaries and building restriction lines of such Property, and no improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon such Property, and, if a title insurance policy exists with respect to such Property, are stated in such title insurance policy and affirmatively insured; (xxix) No improvement located on or being part of any Property is in violation of any applicable zoning law or regulation. All inspections, licenses and certificates required to be made or issued with respect to all occupied portions of each Property and, with respect to the use and occupancy of the same, including but not limited to certificates of occupancy and fire underwriting certificates, have been made or obtained from the appropriate authorities and such Property is lawfully occupied under the applicable law; (xxx) With respect to each Mortgage constituting a deed of trust, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, has been properly designated and currently so serves and is named in such Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will become payable by the Sponsor or the related Trust to the trustee under the deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee's sale after default by the related Mortgagor; (xxxi) With respect to each Second Mortgage Loan, either (A) no consent for such Mortgage Loan was required by the holder of the related Senior Lien prior to the making of such Mortgage Loan or (B) such consent has been obtained and is contained in the related File; (xxxii) Each Mortgage contains customary and enforceable provisions which render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the 17 realization against the related Property of the benefits of the security, including (A) in the case of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale and (B) otherwise by judicial foreclosure. There is no homestead or other exemption available which materially interferes with the right to sell the related Property at a trustee's sale or the right to foreclose the related Mortgage; (xxxiii) Except as provided by clause (viii) of this Section, there is no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under any Mortgage or the related Note and no event which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event of acceleration; and the applicable Affiliated Originator has not waived any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration; (xxxiv) Except for any Bulk Acquisition Loan, no instrument of release or waiver has been executed in connection with any Mortgage Loan, and no Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part, except in connection with an assumption agreement which has been approved by the primary mortgage guaranty insurer, if any, and which has been delivered to the Trustee; (xxxv) Except for any Bulk Acquisition Loan, the maturity date of each Mortgage Loan which is a Second Mortgage Loan is at least twelve months prior to the maturity date of the related first mortgage loan if such first mortgage loan provides for a balloon payment; (xxxvi) The credit underwriting guidelines applicable to each Mortgage Loan which is not a Bulk Acquisition Loan or an Unaffiliated Originator Loan conform in all material respects to the Sponsor's underwriting guidelines; (xxxvii) The credit underwriting guidelines applicable to each Mortgage Loan conform in all material respects to the Sponsor's underwriting guidelines; 18 (xxxviii) All parties to the Note and the Mortgage had legal capacity to execute the Note and the Mortgage and each Note and Mortgage have been duly and properly executed by such parties; and (xxxix) The related Affiliated Originator has no actual knowledge that there exist on any Property any hazardous substances, hazardous wastes or solid wastes, as such terms are defined in the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, or other federal, state or local environmental legislation. (c) No Originator Payment Obligations. There is no obligation on the part of the Servicer or any other party to make payments in addition to those made by the Mortgagor except for delinquency. The Representations and Warranties shall survive the transfer and assignment of the Mortgage Loans to the related Advanta Trust. Upon discovery by the Affiliated Originator or the Sponsor of a breach of any of the Representations and Warranties, without regard to any limitation set forth in such Representation or Warranty concerning the knowledge of the Affiliated Originator as to the facts stated therein, which breach, in the opinion of the Sponsor, materially and adversely affects the interests of the Sponsor, the Owners or of the Certificate Insurer in the related Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other party, and the related Affiliated Originator shall be required to take the remedial actions required by the related Advanta Pooling Agreement within the time periods required thereto. Each Affiliated Originator hereby acknowledges that a breach of any of the Representations and Warranties listed in clauses (iii), (x), (xvi) and (xxxviii) above a priori materially and adversely affects the interests of the related Advanta Trust, the related Owners and the Certificate Insurer. Section 6. Authorized Representatives. The names of the officers of the Affiliated Originators and of the Sponsor who are authorized to give and receive notices, requests and instructions and to deliver certificates and 19 documents in connection with this Agreement on behalf of the Affiliated Originator and of the Sponsor ("Authorized Representatives") are set forth on Exhibit B. From time to time, the Affiliated Originator and the Sponsor may, by delivering to the Trustee a revised exhibit, change the information previously given, but the Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the last exhibit until receipt of a superseding exhibit. Section 7. Notices. All demands, notices and communications relating to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when received by the other party or parties at the address shown below, or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the other party or parties by like notice. Any such demand, notice or communication hereunder shall be deemed to have been received on the date delivered to or received at the premises of the addressee. If to the Trustee: Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A. 3 Park Plaza Irvine, CA 92714 Telecopy: (714) 253-7577 Telephone: (714) 253-7575 If to the Affiliated Originators or the Sponsor: Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA 500 Office Center Drive Suite 400 Ft. Washington, PA 19034 Attention: Mark Casale - Vice President Telecopy: (215) 283-4639 Telephone: (215) 283-4376 Section 8. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of laws rules applied in the State of New York. Section 9. Assignment. No party to this Agreement may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this 20 Agreement without the express written consent of the other parties, except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement. Section 10. Counterparts. For the purpose of facilitating the execution of this Agreement and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and together shall constitute and be one and the same instrument. Section 11. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Affiliated Originators, the Sponsor and the Trustee only by a written instrument executed by such parties and with the prior written consent of the Certificate Insurer. Section 12. 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. Section 13. No Agency; No Partnership or Joint Venture. Neither the Affiliated Originators nor the Sponsor is the agent or representative of the other, and nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to make either the Affiliated Originator nor the Sponsor liable to any third party for services performed by it or for debts or claims accruing to it against the other party. Nothing contained herein nor the acts of the parties hereto shall be construed to create a partnership or joint venture between the Sponsor and the Affiliated Originator. Section 14. Further Assurances. The Affiliated Originators and Sponsor agree to cooperate reasonably and in good faith with one another in the performance of this Agreement. Section 15. The Certificate Insurer. The Certificate Insurer is a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement. Any right conferred to the Certificate Insurer shall be suspended during any period in which the Certificate 21 Insurer is in default in its payment obligation's under the related Certificate Insurance Policies. During any period of suspension, the Certificate Insurer's rights hereunder shall vest in the Owners of the related Offered Certificates and shall be exercisable by the owners of at least a majority in Percentage Interest of the related Offered Certificates then outstanding. At such time as the related Offered Certificates are no longer Outstanding under the related Advanta Pooling Agreement and the Certificate Insurer has been reimbursed for all Insured Payments to which it is entitled under the related Advanta Pooling Agreement, the Certificate Insurer's rights hereunder shall terminate. Section 16. Maintenance of Records. Each Affiliated Originator shall each continuously keep an original executed counterpart of this Agreement in its official records. 22 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers, all as of the day and year first above written. ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. USA ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. MIDATLANTIC ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. MIDATLANTIC II ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. MIDWEST ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. OF NEW JERSEY ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. NORTHEAST ADVANTA MORTGAGE CONDUIT SERVICES, INC. ADVANTA FINANCE CORP. COLONIAL NATIONAL BANK USA The Sellers BY: _____________________________________ Name: Mark Casale Title: Vice President BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as Trustee and not in its individual capacity By: _____________________________________ Name: Holly Holland Title: Vice President ADVANTA MORTGAGE CONDUIT SERVICES, INC. as Sponsor By: _____________________________________ Name: Mark Casale Title: Vice President 23 EXHIBIT A CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midatlantic, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midatlantic II, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midwest, Advanta Mortgage Corp. of New Jersey, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Northeast, Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc., Advanta Finance Corp. and Colonial National Bank USA, as Affiliated Originators and Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc., as Sponsor, pursuant to the Master Loan Transfer Agreement dated as of February 15, 1995 among themselves and Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A. as Trustee (the "Mortgage Transfer Agreement"), hereby confirm their understanding with respect to the conveyance by each Affiliated Originator and the Sponsor of those Mortgage Loans listed on the attached Schedule of Mortgage Loans (the "Transferred Mortgage Loans") from the Conduit Acquisition Trust to the Advanta Mortgage Loan Trust ____-__. Conveyance of Transferred Mortgage Loans. Each Affiliated Originator and the Sponsor, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Conveyance Agreement, does hereby irrevocably transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey, and does direct the Trustee to convey from the Conduit Acquisition Trust to the Advanta Mortgage Loan Trust ____-__, without recourse (except as otherwise explicitly provided for herein) all of its right, title and interest in and to the Transferred Mortgage Loans being conveyed by it, including specifically, without limitation, the Mortgages (as such term is defined in the "related Advanta Pooling Agreement"), the Files and all other documents, materials and properties appurtenant thereto and the Notes, including all interest and principal received by such Affiliated Originator on or with respect to such Transferred Mortgage Loans on or after the related Cut-off Date, together with all of its right, title and interest in and to the proceeds received on or after the related Cut-off Date of any related insurance policies. If an Affiliated Originator cannot deliver the original Mortgage or mortgage assignment with evidence of recording thereon concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Conveyance Agreement solely because of a delay caused A-1 by the public recording office where such original Mortgage or mortgage assignment has been delivered for recordation, such Affiliated Originator shall promptly deliver to the Trustee such original Mortgage or mortgage assignment with evidence of recording indicated thereon upon receipt thereof from the public recording official. The costs relating to the delivery of the documents specified in this Conveyance Agreement shall be borne by each Affiliated Originator. The Affiliated Originators hereby make the Representations and Warranties set forth in Section 5(b) of the Master Transfer Agreement with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans. The "Cut-Off Date" with respect to such Transferred Mortgage Loans shall be ____________ __, _____. All terms and conditions of the Mortgage Transfer Agreement are hereby incorporated herein, provided that in the event of any conflict the provisions of this Conveyance Agreement shall control over the conflicting provisions of the Mortgage Transfer Agreement. For purposes of this Conveyance Agreement, the "related Advanta Pooling Agreement" is the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of ____________ __, _____ relating to Advanta Mortgage Loan Trust ____-__. A-2 Terms capitalized herein and not defined herein shall have their respective meanings as set forth in the Mortgage Transfer Agreement. ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. USA ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. MIDATLANTIC ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. MIDATLANTIC II ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. MIDWEST ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. OF NEW JERSEY ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. NORTHEAST ADVANTA MORTGAGE CONDUIT SERVICES, INC. ADVANTA FINANCE CORP. COLONIAL NATIONAL BANK USA, as Affiliated Originators By:_____________________________ Mark Casale Vice President ADVANTA MORTGAGE CONDUIT SERVICES, INC. as Sponsor By:_____________________________ Mark Casale Vice President BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as Trustee By:_____________________________ Holly Holland Vice President Dated: A-3 EXHIBIT B AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES Reference is hereby made to the Master Loan Transfer Agreement, dated as of February 15, 1995 (the "Agreement"), among Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midatlantic, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midatlantic II, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midwest, Advanta Mortgage Corp. of New Jersey, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Northeast, Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc., Advanta Finance Corp. and Colonial National Bank USA, as Affiliated Originators, Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc., as Sponsor and Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., as Trustee: The following are the Affiliated Orginators' Authorized Representatives for purposes of the Agreement: Name Title - ---- ----- Annette Aguirre Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Mark Casale Vice President The following are the Sponsor's Authorized Representatives for purposes of the Agreement: Name Title - ---- ----- Annette Aguirre Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Mark Casale Vice President B-1 EX-4.3 5 CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midatlantic, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midatlantic II, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midwest, Advanta Mortgage Corp. of New Jersey, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Northeast, Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc., Advanta Finance Corp., Advanta Mortgage Receivables, Inc. and Advanta National Bank USA, as Affiliated Originators and Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc., as Sponsor, pursuant to the Master Loan Transfer Agreement dated as of February 15, 1995 (the "Mortgage Transfer Agreement") among themselves and Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A. as conduit trustee (the "Conduit Trustee"), hereby confirm their understanding with respect to the conveyance by each Affiliated Originator and the Sponsor of those Mortgage Loans listed on the attached Schedule of Mortgage Loans (the "Transferred Mortgage Loans") from the Conduit Acquisition Trust to the Advanta Mortgage Loan Trust 1996-4 (the "Trust"). Conveyance of Transferred Mortgage Loans. Each Affiliated Originator and the Sponsor, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Conveyance Agreement, does hereby irrevocably transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey, and does direct the Conduit Trustee to convey: (i) from the Conduit Acquisition Trust to the Trust, without recourse (except as otherwise explicitly provided for herein) all of its right, title and interest in and to the Transferred Mortgage Loans being conveyed by it, including specifically, without limitation, the Mortgages (as such term is defined in the "related Advanta Pooling Agreement"), the Files and all other documents, materials and properties appurtenant thereto and the Notes, including all interest and principal received by such Affiliated Originator on or with respect to such Transferred Mortgage Loans on or after the related Cut-off Date, together with all of its right, title and interest in and to the proceeds received on or after the related Cut-off Date of any related insurance policies. If an Affiliated Originator cannot deliver the original Mortgage or mortgage assignment with evidence of recording thereon concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Conveyance Agreement solely because of a delay caused by the public recording office where such original Mortgage or mortgage assignment has been delivered for recordation, such Affiliated Originator shall promptly deliver to Bankers Trust Company of California, in its capacity as Trustee (the "Trustee") such original Mortgage or mortgage assignment with evidence of recording indicated thereon upon receipt thereof from the public recording official. The costs relating to the delivery of the documents specified in this Conveyance Agreement shall be borne by each Affiliated Originator. The Affiliated Originators hereby make the Representations and Warranties set forth in Section 5(b) of the Master Transfer Agreement with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans, together with the following additional representation and warranty: As of the Closing Day, no Mortgagor is currently a debtor in a case under Title 11 of the United States Code, or any similar state insolvency proceeding. Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., in its capacity as Trustee, and the Trust are intended beneficiaries of this Agreement and of the foregoing representations, warranties and agreements. The "Cut-Off Date" with respect to such Transferred Mortgage Loans shall be December 1, 1996. All terms and conditions of the Master Transfer Agreement are hereby incorporated herein; provided that in the event of any conflict the provisions of this Conveyance Agreement shall control over the conflicting provisions of the Master Transfer Agreement. For purposes of this Conveyance Agreement, the "related Advanta Pooling Agreement" with respect to the Transferred Mortgage Loans is the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 1996 by and among the Sponsor, Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA and Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A. 2 Terms capitalized herein and not defined herein shall have their respective meanings as set forth in the Mortgage Transfer Agreement. ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. USA ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. MIDATLANTIC ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. MIDATLANTIC II ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. MIDWEST ADVANTA MORTGAGE RECEIVABLES, INC. ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. OF NEW JERSEY ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. NORTHEAST ADVANTA MORTGAGE CONDUIT SERVICES, INC. ADVANTA FINANCE CORP. ADVANTA NATIONAL BANK USA, as Affiliated Originators By: ------------------------------------- Name: Mark T. Dunsheath Title: Vice President ADVANTA MORTGAGE CONDUIT SERVICES, INC., as Sponsor By: ------------------------------------- Name: Mark T. Dunsheath Title: Vice President BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A. as Trustee By: ------------------------------------- Name: Title: Dated: December 19, 1996 3 EX-4.4 6 ADVANTA MORTGAGE HOLDING COMPANY GUARANTY December 19, 1996 Prudential Securities Incorporated As Representative of the Underwriters named in Schedule I One New York Plaza, 15th floor New York, New York 10292 Re: Underwriting Agreement dated December 6, 1996 (the "Underwriting Agreement") between Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc. ("Advanta") and Prudential Securities Incorporated (the "Representative") and Indemnification Agreement dated as of December 1, 1996 (the "Indemnifica- tion Agreement") among Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (the "Certificate Insurer"), Advanta and the Representative ------------------------------------------------ Ladies and Gentlemen: Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement (together, the "Designated Agreements"), Advanta has undertaken certain financial obligations with respect to the indemnification of the Underwriters and of the Certificate Insurer with respect to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement described in the Designated Agreements. Any financial obligations of Advanta under the Designated Agreements, whether or not specifically enumerated in this paragraph, are hereinafter referred to as the "Joint and Several Obligations"; provided, however, that "Joint and Several Obligations" shall mean only the financial obligations of Advanta under the Designated Agreements (including the payment of money damages for a breach of any of Advanta's obligations under the Designated Agreements, whether financial or otherwise) but shall not include any obligations not relating to the payment of money. As a condition of their respective executions of the Underwriting Agreement and of the Indemnification Agreement, the Underwriters and the Certificate Insurer have required the undersigned, Advanta Mortgage Holding Company ("AMHC"), the parent corporation of Advanta, to acknowledge its joint-and- several liability with Advanta for the payment of the Joint and Several Obligations under the Designated Agreements. Now, therefore, the Underwriters, the Certificate Insurer and AMHC do hereby agree that: (i) AMHC hereby agrees to be absolutely and unconditionally jointly and severally liable with Advanta to the Underwriters for the payment of the Joint and Several Obligations under the Underwriting Agreement. (ii) AMHC hereby agrees to be absolutely and unconditionally jointly and severally liable with Advanta to the Certificate Insurer for the payment of the Joint and Several Obligations under the Indemnification Agreement. (iii) AMHC may honor its obligations hereunder either by direct payment of any Joint and Several Obligations or by causing any Joint and Several Obligations to be paid to the Underwriters or to the Certificate Insurer, as applicable, by Advanta or another affiliate of AMHC. 2 Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have their respective meanings as set forth in the Agreement. Very truly yours, ADVANTA MORTGAGE HOLDING COMPANY By: ------------------------ Name: Mark T. Dunsheath Title: Vice President CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date first above written: FINANCIAL GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANY By: ---------------------------------- Name: Title: PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED as Representative of the Underwriters By: ---------------------------------- Name: Title: [AMHC Guarantee] SCHEDULE I Prudential Securities Incorporated Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated Salomon Brothers Inc EX-4.5 7 CERTIFICATE INSURANCE POLICY Financial Guaranty Insurance Company 115 Broadway New York, New York 10006 (212) 312-3000 (800) 352-0001 Surety Bond Issuer: Advanta Mortgage Loan Trust 1996-4 Policy Number: 96010690 Insured Obligations: $330,000,000 in aggregate Control Number: 0010001 principal amount of Mortgage Loan Asset Backed Certificates, Series 1996-4, Class A-1 Group I Certificates (the "Group I Certificates") and Class A-2 Group II Certificates (the "Group II Certificates and together with the Group I Certificates, the "Certificates") Trustee: Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A. Financial Guaranty Insurance Company ("Financial Guaranty"), a New York stock insurance company, in consideration of its receipt of the Deposit Premium and subject to the terms of this Surety Bond, hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees to pay each Insured Payment to the Trustee named above or its successor, as trustee for the Certificates, to the extent set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Financial Guaranty will make an Insured Payment (other than that portion of an Insured Payment constituting a Preference Amount) out of its own funds by 11:00 a.m. (New York City Time) in immediately available funds to the Trustee on the later of (i) the Business Day next following the day on which Financial Guaranty shall have received Notice that an Insured Payment is due and (ii) the Payment Date on which the Insured Payment is distributable to Certificateholders pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, for disbursement to such Certificateholders in the same manner as other payments with respect to the Certificates are required to be made. Any Notice received by Financial Guaranty after 2:00 p.m. New York City time on a given Business Day or on any day that is not a Business Day shall be deemed to have been received by Financial Guaranty on the next succeeding Business Day. Upon such payment, Financial Guaranty shall be fully subrogated to the rights of the Certificateholders to receive the amount so paid. Financial Guaranty's obligations hereunder with respect to each Payment Date shall be discharged to the extent funds consisting of the Insured Payment are received by the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders for distribution to such holders, as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and herein, whether or not such funds are properly applied by the Trustee. Form 9109 Page 1 of 4 Financial Guaranty Insurance Company 115 Broadway New York, New York 10006 (212) 312-3000 (800) 352-0001 Surety Bond If the payment of any portion or all of any amount that is insured hereunder is voided pursuant to a final order of a court exercising proper jurisdiction in an insolvency proceeding to the effect that the Trustee or the Certificateholder, as the case may be, is required to return any such payment or portion thereof prior to the expiration date of this Surety Bond because such payment was voided under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, with respect to which order the appeal period has expired without an appeal having been filed (a "Final Order"), and, as a result, the Trustee or any Certificateholders is required to return such voided payment, or any portion of such voided payment made in respect of the Certificates (a "Preference Amount"), Financial Guaranty will pay on the guarantee described in the first paragraph hereof, an amount equal to each such Preference Amount, on the second Business Day following receipt by Financial Guaranty of (x) a certified copy of the Final Order, (y) an assignment, in form reasonably satisfactory to Financial Guaranty, irrevocably assigning to Financial Guaranty all rights and claims of the Trustee and/or such Certificateholder relating to or arising under such Preference Amount and appointing Financial Guaranty as the agent of the Trustee and/or such Certificateholder in respect of such Preference Amount, and (z) a Notice appropriately completed and executed by the Trustee or such Certificateholder, as the case may be. Such payment shall be made to the receiver, conservator, debtor-in-possession or trustee in bankruptcy named in the Final Order and not to the Trustee or Certificateholder directly (unless a Certificateholder has previously paid such amount to such receiver, conservator, debtor-in-possession, or trustee named in such Final Order in which case payment shall be made to the Trustee for distribution to the Certificateholder upon proof of such payment reasonably satisfactory to Financial Guaranty). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall Financial Guaranty be (i) required to make any payment under this Surety Bond in respect of any Preference Amount to the extent such Preference Amount is comprised of amounts previously paid by Financial Guaranty hereunder, or (ii) obligated to make any payment in respect of any Preference Amount, which payment represents a payment of the principal amount of the Certificates, prior to the time Financial Guaranty otherwise would have been required to make a payment in respect of such principal. Financial Guaranty shall make payments due in respect of Preference Amounts prior to 2:00 p.m. New York City time on the second Business Day following Financial Guaranty's receipt of the documents required under clauses (x) through (z) of the preceding paragraph. Any such documents received by Financial Guaranty after 2:00 p.m. New York City time on a given Business Day or on any day that is not a Business Day shall be deemed to have been received by Financial Guaranty on the next succeeding Business Day. All Form 9109 Page 2 of 4 Financial Guaranty Insurance Company 115 Broadway New York, New York 10006 (212) 312-3000 (800) 352-0001 Surety Bond payments made by Financial Guaranty hereunder in respect of Preference Amounts will be made with Financial Guaranty's own funds. This Surety Bond is non-cancelable for any reason, including nonpayment of any premium. The premium on this Surety Bond is not refundable for any reason, including the payment of the Certificates prior to their respective maturities. This Surety Bond shall expire and terminate without any action on the part of Financial Guaranty or any other Person on the date that is one year and one day following the date on which the Certificates shall have been paid in full. The Deposit Premium shall be due and payable on the date hereof, and a monthly premium shall be due and payable as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Surety Bond is subject to and shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York. The proper venue for any action or proceeding on this Surety Bond shall be the County of New York, State of New York. The insurance provided by this Surety Bond is not covered by the New York Property/Casualty Insurance Security Fund (New York Insurance Code, Article 76). Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. "Notice" means written notice in the form of Exhibit A to this Surety Bond by registered or certified mail or telephonic or telegraphic notice, subsequently confirmed by written notice delivered via telecopy, telex or hand delivery from the Trustee to Financial Guaranty specifying the information set forth therein. "Certificateholder" means, as to a particular Certificate, the person, other than the Trust, the Master Servicer, any Subservicer or Underwriter or the Sponsor who, on the applicable Payment Date is entitled under the terms of such Certificate to payment thereof. "Pooling and Servicing Agreement" means the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by and among Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc., as Sponsor, Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA, as Master Servicer, and Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., as Trustee, dated as of December 1, 1996. In the event that payments under any Certificate is accelerated, nothing herein contained shall obligate Financial Guaranty to make any payment of principal or interest on Form 9109 Page 3 of 4 Financial Guaranty Insurance Company 115 Broadway New York, New York 10006 (212) 312-3000 (800) 352-0001 Surety Bond such Certificates on an accelerated basis, unless such acceleration of payment by Financial Guaranty is at the sole option of Financial Guaranty. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Financial Guaranty has caused this Surety Bond to be affixed with its corporate seal and to be signed by its duly authorized officer in facsimile to become effective and binding upon Financial Guaranty by virtue of the countersignature of its duly authorized representative. _________________________________ _________________________________ President Authorized Representative Effective Date: December 19, 1996 Form 9109 Page 4 of 4 EXHIBIT A NOTICE To: Financial Guaranty Insurance Company 115 Broadway New York, New York 10006 (212) 312-3000 Attention: General Counsel Telephone: (212) 312-3000 Telecopier: (212) 312-3093 Re: Advanta Mortgage Loan Trust 1996-4, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Class A-1 Group I Certificates and Class A-2 Group II Certificates, Series 1996-4 Payment Date: ___________________________________ We refer to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement date as of December 1, 1996 by and among Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc., as Sponsor, Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA, as Master Servicer, and Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., as Trustee (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") relating to the above referenced Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein or in the Surety Bond shall have the same respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. (a) The Trustee has determined under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement that in respect of the Payment Date set forth above: (i) The Group I Interest Distribution Amount is $_______ and the Group II Interest Distribution Amount is $_________; (ii) The Group I Subordination Deficit is $________ and the Group II Subordination Deficit is $_________; (iii) The unpaid Group I Preference Amount is $__________ and the unpaid Group II Preference Amount is $_________; (iv) Group I Total Available Funds is $________ and the Group II Total Available Funds is $__________. A-1 Please be advised that the amount set forth in (a) (iv) above is not sufficient to pay all of the following amounts in full: the Group I Interest Distribution Amount, the Group II Interest Distribution amount, the Group I Subordination Deficit, the Group II Subordination Deficit, the unpaid Group I Preference Amount and the unpaid Group II Preference Amount in respect of the Payment Date set forth above. Accordingly, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this statement constitutes a notice for payment of [Group I] [Group II] Insured Payment in the amount of $___________ (the difference between (1) the amount set forth in (a)(iv) above and (2) the sum of the amounts set forth in (a)(i), (a)(ii) and (a)(iii) above in respect of the Certificates of such Group under the Surety Bond. (b) No payment claimed hereunder is in excess of the amount payable under the [Surety Bond]. The amount requested in this Notice should be paid to: [Payment Instructions] [Attached hereto is a copy of the Final Order (as defined in the Surety Bond) in connection with a Preference Amount in the amount set forth therein, together with an assignment of rights and appointment of agent.] Any person who knowingly and with intent to defraud any insurance company or other person files an application for insurance or statement of claim containing any materially false information or conceals for the purpose of misleading, information concerning any fact material thereto, commits a fraudulent insurance act, which is a crime, and shall also be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) and the stated value of the claim for each such violation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has executed and delivered this Notice this ______ day of _____. __________________________________, as Trustee By: _______________________________ Title: ____________________________ EX-24.1 8 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS The Board of Directors Financial Guaranty Insurance Company We consent to the use of our report dated January 19, 1996 on the financial statements of Financial Guaranty Insurance Company as of December 31, 1995 and 1994, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1995 included in the Form 8-K of Advanta Mortgage Loan Trust 1996-4, and to reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus Supplement. Our report refers to changes, in 1993, in accounting methods for multiple-year retrospectively rated reinsurance contracts and for the adoption of the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board's Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities. /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP New York, New York December 13, 1996 EX-28.1 9 INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT This Agreement, dated as of December 1, 1996, is by and among Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (the "Insurer"), as the Insurer under the certificate guaranty surety bonds (the "Policy") to be issued in connection with the Certificates described below, ADVANTA Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc. (the "Issuer") and Prudential Securities Incorporated , as Representative (the "Representative") of itself, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Salomon Brothers Inc (collectively, the "Underwriters"). 1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings stated below: "Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, together with all related rules and regulations. "Agreement" means this Indemnification Agreement by and among the Insurer, the Issuer and the Underwriters. "Certificates" means ADVANTA Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 1996-4, Class A-1 and Class A-2 issued pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") dated as of December 1, 1996 among the Issuer, as Sponsor, ADVANTA Mortgage Corp. USA, as Servicer and Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., as Trustee. "Class A Certificates" means the ADVANTA Mortgage Loan Asset- Backed Certificates, Series 1996-4, Class A-1 and Class A-2 issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. "Indemnified Party" means any party entitled to any indemnification pursuant to Section 5 below, as the context requires. "Indemnifying Party" means any party required to provide indemnification pursuant to Section 5 below, as the context requires. "Insurer Party" means the Insurer and its respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and any shareholder, director, officer, employee, agent or any "controlling person" (as such term is used in the Act) of any of the foregoing. "Issuer Party" means the Issuer, each of its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and any shareholder, director, officer, employee, agent or any "controlling person" (as such term is used in the Act) of any of the foregoing. "Losses" means (i) any actual out-of-pocket loss paid by the party entitled to indemnification or contribution hereunder, and (ii) any actual out-of-pocket costs and expenses paid by such party, including reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel, to the extent not paid, satisfied or reimbursed from funds provided by any other Person (provided that the foregoing shall not create or imply any obligation to pursue recourse against any such other Person). "Person" means any individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization or any government or agency or political subdivision thereof. "Prospectus" means the form of final Prospectus, dated September 6, 1996 as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement included in the Registration Statement on each date that the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto became effective. "Prospectus Supplement" means the form of final Prospectus Supplement, dated December 6, 1996 relating to the offer and sale of the Class A-1 and Class A-2 Certificates. "Registration Statement" means the registration statement on Form S-3 of the Issuer (Registration No. 33-99510) relating to the Certificates in the form in which it has become effective. "State Securities Law" means any state, local or foreign statute, and any rule or regulation thereunder, regulating (i) transactions and dealings in securities, (ii) any person or entity engaging in such transactions or advising with respect to securities or (iii) investment companies. "Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement by and between the Issuer and the Representative, dated December 6, 1996. "Underwriter Party" means the Underwriter and its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates and any shareholder, director, officer, employee, agent or "controlling person" (as such term is used in the Act) of any of the foregoing. 2. Representations and Warranties of the Insurer. The Insurer represents and warrants to the Underwriter and the Issuer as follows: (a) Organization and Licensing. The Insurer is a duly incorporated and existing New York stock insurance company licensed to do business in the State of New York. 2 (b) Corporate Power. The Insurer has the corporate power and authority to issue the Policy and execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform all of its obligations hereunder and thereunder. (c) Authorization; Approvals. The issuance of the Policy and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate proceedings. No further approvals or filings of any kind, including, without limitation, any further approvals of or further filing with any governmental agency or other governmental authority, or any approval of the Insurer's board of directors or stockholders, are necessary for the Policy and this Agreement to constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Insurer. (d) No Conflicts. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder will not result in the breach of any terms or provisions of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of Insurer, or result in the breach of a term or provision of, or conflict with or constitute a default under or result in the acceleration of any obligation under, any material agreement or other material instrument to which the Insurer or its property is subject, or result in the violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Insurer or any of its property is subject or result in the creation of any lien on any of Insurer's assets or property (other than pursuant to this Agreement). (e) Enforceability. The Policy, when issued, and this Agreement, will each constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Insurer, enforceable in accordance with its terms subject to applicable laws affecting the enforceability of creditors' rights generally and general principles of equity. (f) Financial Information. The balance sheet of the Insurer as of December 31, 1995 and the related statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the fiscal year then ended, and the accompanying footnotes, a copy of which is attached as Appendix A to the Prospectus (the "Insurer Financial Statements"), fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Insurer as of such date and for the period covered by such statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, and, since December 31, 1995, there has been no material change in such financial condition of the Insurer which would materially and adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under the Policy. The balance sheet of the Insurer as of September 30, 1996 and the related statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the period then ended, a copy of which is attached as Appendix B to the Prospectus Supplement (the "Insurer Unaudited Financial Statements") fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Insurer as of such date and for the period covered by 3 such statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, and, since September 30, 1996, there has been no material change in such financial condition of the Insurer which would materially and adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under the Policy. (g) Insurer Information. The information in the Prospectus as of the date hereof under the captions "The Certificate Insurer" and "The Certificate Insurance Policy" (collectively, the "Insurer Information") is true and correct in all material respects and does not contain any untrue statement of a fact that is material to the Insurer's ability to perform its obligations under the Policy. (h) Limitations. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as a representation or undertaking by the Insurer concerning maintenance of the rating currently assigned to its claims-paying ability by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's"), Standard & Poor's Group, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies ("Standard & Poor's"), or any other rating agency (collectively, the "Rating Agencies"). The Rating Agencies, in assigning such rating, may take into account facts and assumptions not described in the Prospectus, and the facts and assumptions which are considered by the Rating Agencies are subject to change over time. The Insurer has not attempted to disclose all facts and assumptions which the Rating Agencies deem relevant in assigning a rating within a particular rating category to the Insurer's claims-paying ability. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Insurer is not aware of any facts that, if disclosed to Moody's, or Standard & Poor's, would be reasonably expected to result in a downgrade of the rating of the claims-paying ability of the Insurer by either of such Rating Agencies. (i) No Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending, or to the best of the Insurer's knowledge, threatened against it at law or in equity or before or by any court, governmental agency, board or commission or any arbitrator which, if decided adversely, would materially and adversely affect its condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of it or would materially and adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Policy. (j) 1933 Act Registration. The Policy is exempt from registration under the Act. 3. Agreements, Representations and Warranties of the Underwriters. The Underwriters represent and warrant to and agree with the Issuer and the Insurer that the statements contained in the Prospectus under the caption "Underwriting" (referred to herein as the "Underwriters Information") are true and correct in all material respects. 4 4. Agreements, Representations and Warranties of the Issuer. The Issuer represents and warrants to and agrees with the Insurer and the Underwriters as follows: (a) Registration Statement. The information in the Registration Statement, other than the Insurer Information, is true and correct in all material respects and does not contain any untrue statement of a fact that is material or omit to state a fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. (b) Organization. The Issuer is duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business, or the properties owned or leased by it make such qualification necessary. (c) Corporate Power. The Issuer has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Underwriting Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and to perform all of its obligations hereunder and thereunder. (d) Authorization; Approvals. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Underwriting Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Issuer have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate proceedings. No further approvals or filings of any kind, including, without limitation, any further approvals of or further filing with any governmental agency or other governmental authority, or any approval of the Issuer's board of directors or stockholders, are necessary for this Agreement, the Underwriting Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuer. (e) No Conflicts. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder will not result in the breach of any terms or provisions of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of Issuer or result in the breach of a term or provision of, or conflict with or constitute a default under or result in the acceleration of any obligation under, any material agreement or other material instrument to which the Issuer or its property is subject, or result in the violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Issuer or any of its property is subject or result in the creation of any lien on any of Issuer's assets or property (other than pursuant to this Agreement). (f) Enforceability. This Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Underwriting Agreement, will each constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer, enforceable in accordance with its terms subject, as to the enforcement of remedies, to bankruptcy, insolvency, 5 reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the enforceability of creditors' rights generally applicable in the event of the bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer and to general principles of equity. (g) No Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending, or to the best of the Issuer's knowledge, threatened against it at law or in equity or before any court, governmental agency, board or commission or any arbitrator which, if decided adversely, would materially and adversely affect its condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of it or would materially and adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Underwriting Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 5. Indemnification. (a) The Insurer hereby agrees, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Issuer Party and each Underwriter Party against any and all Losses incurred by them with respect to the offer and sale of the Certificates and resulting from the Insurer's breach of any of its representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement. (b) The Underwriters hereby severally, and not jointly agree, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Insurer Party against any and all Losses incurred by them which arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in the Underwriters Information or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Underwriters Information a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. (c) The Issuer hereby agrees, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Insurer Party against any and all losses incurred by them with respect to the offer and sale of the Certificates and resulting from the Issuer's breach of any of its representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement. (d) Upon the incurrence of any Losses entitled to indemnification hereunder, the Indemnifying Party shall reimburse the Indemnified Party promptly upon establishment by the Indemnified Party to the Indemnifying Party of the Losses incurred. 6. Insurer Undertaking. The Insurer hereby agrees that, for so long as the Underwriters are required under the Act to deliver a Prospectus in connection with the sale of the Class A Certificates, the Insurer will furnish to either the Representative 6 or the Issuer, or both, upon written request of such party or parties and at the expense of the Underwriters or the Issuer, as the case may be, copies of the Insurer's most recent financial statements (annual or interim, as the case may be) prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (subject, as to interim statements, to normal year-end adjustments and to the absence of footnotes) within a reasonable time after they are available. 7. Notice to be Given to the Insurer. Except as provided in Section 10 below with respect to contribution, the indemnification provided herein by the Insurer shall be the exclusive remedy of the Underwriter Party or Issuer Party for the Losses resulting from the Insurer's breach of a representation, warranty or agreement hereunder; provided, however, that the Underwriter Party or Issuer Party shall be entitled to pursue any other remedy at law or in equity for any such breach so long as the damages sought to be recovered shall not exceed the Losses incurred thereby resulting from such breach. In the event that any action or regulatory proceeding shall be commenced or claim asserted which may entitle the Underwriter Party or Issuer Party to be indemnified under this Agreement, such party shall give the Insurer written or telegraphic notice of such action or claim reasonably promptly after receipt of written notice thereof. The Insurer shall be entitled to participate in the defense of any such action or claim in reasonable cooperation with, and with the reasonable cooperation of, the Issuer Party or Underwriter Party, as the case may be. The Indemnified Party will have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action in addition to counsel for the Insurer, but the fees and expenses of such counsel will be at the expense of such Indemnified Party unless (1) the employment of counsel by the Indemnified Party at its expense has been authorized in writing by the Insurer, or (2) the Insurer has not in fact employed counsel to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after receiving notice of the commencement of the action, or (3) the named parties to any such action include the Insurer on the one hand, and, on the other hand, the Indemnified Party, and such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the Insurer (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Insurer in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Insurer, the Insurer shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action or proceeding on such Indemnified Party's behalf), in each of which cases the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel (including local counsel) will be at the expense of the Insurer and all such fees and expenses will be reimbursed promptly as they are incurred but, in connection with any one action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, the Insurer shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all Issuer Parties and more than one counsel for all Underwriter Parties. The Underwriter Parties and Issuer Parties shall cooperate with the Insurer Parties in resolving any event which would give rise to an indemnity obligation pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof in the most efficient manner. No settlement of any such claim or action shall be entered into without the consent of the Issuer Party or Underwriter Party, as the case may be, who is subject to such claim or action, on the one hand and the Insurer Party who is subject to such claim or action on 7 the other hand; provided, however, that the consent of such Issuer Party or such Underwriter Party, as applicable, shall not be required if such settlement fully discharges, with prejudice against the plaintiff, the claim or action against such Issuer Party or Underwriter Party. Any failure by an Issuer Party or Underwriter Party, as the case may be, to comply with the provisions of this Section shall relieve the Insurer of liability only if such failure is materially prejudicial to any legal pleadings, grounds, defenses or remedies in respect thereof or the Insurer's financial liability hereunder and then only to the extent of such prejudice. 8. Notice to be Given to the Representative. Except as provided below in Section 10 with respect to contribution, the indemnification provided herein by the Underwriters shall be the exclusive remedy of any Insurer Party for the Losses resulting from the Underwriter's breach of a representation, warranty or agreement hereunder; provided, however, that the Insurer Party shall be entitled to pursue any other remedy at law or in equity for any such breach so long as the damages sought to be recovered shall not exceed the Losses incurred thereby resulting from such breach. In the event that any action or regulatory proceeding shall be commenced or claim asserted which may entitle an Insurer Party to be indemnified under this Agreement, such party shall give the Representative written or telegraphic notice of such action or claim reasonably promptly after receipt of written notice thereof. The Underwriters shall be entitled to participate in the defense of any such action or claim in reasonable cooperation with, and with the reasonable cooperation of, the Insurer Party. The Indemnified Party will have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action in addition to counsel for the Underwriters, but the fees and expenses of such counsel will be at the expense of such Indemnified Party unless (1) the employment of counsel by the Indemnified Party at its expense has been authorized in writing by the Representative, or (2) the Underwriters have not in fact employed counsel to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after receiving notice of the commencement of the action, or (3) the named parties to any such action include the Underwriters on the one hand, and on the other hand, the Indemnified Party, and such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the Underwriters (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Representative in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Underwriters, the Underwriters shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action or proceeding on such Indemnified Party's behalf), in each of which cases the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel will be at the expense of the Underwriters and all such fees and expenses will be reimbursed promptly as they are incurred but, in connection with any one action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, the Underwriters shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all Insurer Parties. The Insurer Party shall cooperate with the Underwriter Party and the Issuer Party in resolving any event which would give rise to an indemnification obligation pursuant to Section 5(b) hereof in the most efficient manner. No settlement of any such claim or action shall be entered into without the consent of the Insurer Party who is subject to such claim or action, on the one hand and 8 the Underwriter Party who is subject to such claim or action on the other hand; provided, however, that the consent of such Insurer Party shall not be required if such settlement fully discharges, with prejudice against the plaintiff, the claim or action against such Insurer Party. Any failure by an Insurer Party to comply with the provisions of this Section shall relieve the Underwriters of liability only if such failure is materially prejudicial to any legal pleadings, grounds, defenses or remedies in respect thereof or the Underwriters' liability hereunder and then only to the extent of such prejudice. 9. Notice to be Given to the Issuer. Except as provided below in Section 10 with respect to contribution, the indemnification provided herein by the Issuer shall be the exclusive remedy of any Insurer Party for the Losses resulting from the Issuer's breach of a representation, warranty or agreement hereunder; provided, however, that the Insurer Party shall be entitled to pursue any other remedy at law or in equity for any such breach so long as the damages sought to be recovered shall not exceed the Losses incurred thereby resulting from such breach. In the event that any action or regulatory proceeding shall be commenced or claim asserted which may entitle an Insurer Party to be indemnified under this Agreement, such party shall give the Issuer written or telegraphic notice of such action or claim reasonably promptly after receipt of written notice thereof. The Issuer shall be entitled to participate in the defense of any such action or claim in reasonable cooperation with, and with the reasonable cooperation of, the Insurer Party. The Indemnified Party will have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action in addition to counsel for the Issuer, but the fees and expenses of such counsel will be at the expense of such Indemnified Party unless (1) the employment of counsel by the Indemnified Party at its expense has been authorized in writing by the Issuer, or (2) the Issuer has not in fact employed counsel to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after receiving notice of the commencement of the action, or (3) the named parties to any such action include the Issuer on the one hand, and on the other hand, the Indemnified Party, and such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the Issuer (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Issuer in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Issuer, the Issuer shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action or proceeding on such Indemnified Party's behalf), in each of which cases the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel will be at the expense of the Issuer and all such fees and expenses will be reimbursed promptly as they are incurred but, in connection with any one action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, the Issuer shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all Insurer Parties. The Insurer Party shall cooperate with the Issuer Party and the Underwriter Party in resolving any event which would give rise to an indemnification obligation pursuant to Section 5(c) hereof in the most efficient manner. No settlement of any such claim or action shall be entered into without the consent of the Insurer Party, who is subject to such claim or action, on the one hand and the Issuer Party on the other hand; provided, however, that the consent of such Insurer Party shall not be required if such settlement fully discharges, with prejudice against the plaintiff, 9 the claim or action against such Insurer Party. Any failure by an Insurer Party to comply with the provisions of this Section shall relieve the Issuer of liability only if such failure is materially prejudicial to any legal pleadings, grounds, defenses, or remedies in respect thereof or the Issuer's liability hereunder and then only to the extent of such prejudice. 10. Contribution. (a) To provide for just and equitable contribution if the indemnification provided by the Insurer is determined to be unavailable for any Underwriter Party or Issuer Party (other than pursuant to Section 5 or 7 of this Agreement), the Insurer shall contribute to the aggregate costs of liabilities arising from any breach of a representation or warranty set forth in this Agreement on the basis of the relative fault of all Underwriter Parties, all Issuer Parties and all Insurer Parties, respectively. (b) To provide for just and equitable contribution if the indemnification provided by the Issuer is determined to be unavailable for any Insurer Party (other than pursuant to Section 5 or 9 of this Agreement), the Issuer shall contribute to the aggregate costs of liabilities arising from any breach of a representation or warranty set forth in this Agreement on the basis of the relative fault of all Underwriter Parties, all Issuer Parties and all Insurer Parties. (c) To provide for just and equitable contribution if the indemnification provided by the Underwriters is determined to be unavailable for any Insurer Party (other than pursuant to Section 5 or 8 of this Agreement), the Underwriters shall contribute to the aggregate costs of liabilities arising from (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in the Underwriters Information or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Underwriters Information a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading on the basis of the relative fault of all Underwriter Parties, all Issuer Parties and all Insurer Parties; provided however, that the Underwriter Party shall not be liable for any amount in excess of (i) the excess of the sales prices of the Class A Certificates to the public over the prices paid therefor by the Underwriters, over (ii) the aggregate amount of any damages which the Underwriter Party has been otherwise required to pay in respect of the same or any substantially similar claim. (d) The relative fault of each Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and of each Indemnified Party, on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the breach of, or alleged breach of, any of its representations and warranties set forth in Section 2, 3 or 4 of this Agreement relates to information supplied by, or action within the control of, the Indemnifying Party or the Indemnified Party and the parties' relative intent, 10 knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such breach. (e) The parties agree that the Insurer shall be solely responsible for the Insurer Information and for the Insurer Financial Statements, that the Underwriters shall be solely responsible for the Underwriter Information and that the Issuer shall be responsible for all other information in the Registration Statement and in the Prospectus. (f) No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. (g) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter Party, any Issuer Party or any Insurer Party, (ii) the issuance of the Certificates or the Policy or (iii) any termination of this Agreement. (h) Upon the incurrence of any Losses entitled to contribution hereunder, the contributor shall reimburse the party entitled to contribution promptly upon establishment by the party entitled to contribution to the contributor of the Losses incurred. It is understood and agreed that the indemnities set forth in this Agreement shall service the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the issuance, sale and delivery of the Class A Certificates. 11. Notices. All notices and other communications provided for under this Agreement shall be addressed to the address set forth below as to each party or at such other address as shall be designated by a party in a written notice to the other party. If to the Insurer: Financial Guaranty Insurance Company 115 Broadway New York, New York 10006 Attention: General Counsel 11 If to the Issuer: ADVANTA Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc. 16875 West Bernardo Drive San Diego, CA 92127 If to the Underwriter: Prudential Securities Incorporated One New York Plaza, 15th Floor New York, New York 10292 12. Governing Law, Etc. This Agreement shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws of the State of New York and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to its conflicts of laws provisions. This Agreement may not be assigned by any party without the express written consent of each other party. Amendments of this Agreement shall be in writing signed by each party. This Agreement shall not be effective until executed by each of the Insurer, the Issuer and the Representative. 13. Underwriting Agreement; Pooling and Servicing Agreement. This Agreement in no way limits or otherwise affects the indemnification obligations of the Issuer under (a) the Underwriting Agreement or (b) the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 12 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first above written. FINANCIAL GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANY By: --------------------------------- Name: Title: ADVANTA MORTGAGE CONDUIT SERVICES, INC. By: --------------------------------- Name: Mark T. Dunsheath Title: Vice President PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED, as Representative of the Underwriters By: --------------------------------- Name: Title: [INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT] -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----