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• Closing Transactions On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the following transactions shall occur in the order set forth in this Section 2.1:

• Purchase and Sale of Assets Assumption of Liabilities 8 2.1 Purchase and Sale of Assets 8 2.2 Excluded Assets 10 2.3 Assumption of Liabilities 11 2.4 Excluded Liabilities 12 2.5 Further Conveyances and Assumptions; Consent of Third Parties 12 2.6 Purchase Price Allocation 13

• Pre-Closing Transactions Prior to the purchase of the Initial Securities on the Closing Date, the Pre-Closing Transactions shall have been duly consummated at the respective times and on the terms contemplated by this Agreement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and the Representatives shall have received such evidence that the Pre-Closing Transactions have been consummated as the Representatives may reasonably request.

• Merger, Consolidation, Acquisition and Sale of Assets (a) Enter into any merger, consolidation or other reorganization with or into any other Person or acquire all or a substantial portion of the assets or Equity Interests of any Person or permit any other Person to consolidate with or merge with it. (b) Sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets, except (i) dispositions of Inventory and Equipment to the extent expressly permitted by Section 4.3 and (ii) any other sales or dispositions expressly permitted by this Agreement.

• Closing and Closing Documents 10 4.1 Closing............................................................. 10 4.2 Contributor's Deliveries............................................ 10 4.3

• Purchase and Sale of Assets On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, at the Closing, Sellers shall sell, convey, transfer, assign and deliver (or cause to be sold, conveyed, transferred, assigned and delivered) to Purchaser, and Purchaser shall purchase from Sellers, all of Sellers’ right, title and interest in, to and under the following assets as they exist on the Closing Date (collectively, the “Purchased Assets”), whether tangible or intangible, real, personal or mixed, Related to the Business, in each case free and clear of all Claims and Liens except Permitted Liens, as approved for sale, transfer and assignment pursuant to the Sale Approval Order: (a) the Purchased Mortgage Servicing and rights to receive Servicing Compensation related thereto, including Servicing Compensation that is accrued and unpaid as of the Closing Date; (b) except as provided in Section 2.15, the Servicing Advances outstanding as of the Closing Date; (c) subject to Schedule M, the Xxxxxx Xxx Loans; (d) the Owned Transferred IP and Licensed Transferred IP; (e) the Books and Records; (f) copies of all Tax Returns and related books, records and workpapers filed by or on behalf of any REMIC as to which a Seller is REMIC Administrator (and the duties of which in that capacity the Purchaser will assume), together with all information technology or software in Sellers’ possession related to the performance of the duties of the REMIC Administrator, including any such information technology or software used to assemble or supply information needed to be provided to any third-party service provider engaged by the REMIC Administrator to perform any or all of its duties on its behalf; (g) all REMIC Residual Interests representing a De Minimis Interest in the residual interests of the related REMIC and required to be held by Purchaser as the REMIC Administrator of such REMIC; (h) the Fixtures and Equipment; (i) the Transferred IT Assets; (j) the Owned Real Property, including, to the extent transferable, all easements, Government Authorizations and other rights and interests appurtenant thereto; (k) certain other assets listed on Schedule L-1; (l) credits, prepaid expenses, deferred charges, security deposits, prepaid items and duties to the extent related to a Purchased Asset or an Assumed Liability; Schedule L-2 sets forth all such items for which the amount is at least $100,000 as of the date of this Agreement; (m) the causes of action, lawsuits, judgments, refunds, choses in action, rights of recovery, rights of set-off, rights of recoupment, demands and any other rights or Claims related to the Purchased Assets, the Assumed Liabilities and any foreclosure, recovery and other loss mitigation activities related to the Business, and, with respect to the Transferred Employees and any vendors (other than AFI and its Affiliates) with whom any of the Sellers have conducted business in the year prior to the Closing and with whom Purchaser will continue to engage in connection with the operation of the Business following the Closing (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any vendor that is a party to an Assumed Contract), all preference or avoidance claims and actions of any of the Sellers related thereto, including any such claims and actions arising under sections 544, 547, 548, 549, and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, Sellers shall be entitled to participate in the defense of any counterclaim that does not constitute an Assumed Liability) (the “Transferred Rights and Claims”); (n) all rights of and benefits accruing under the Assumed Contracts and the Purchased Assets; (o) all telephone or facsimile numbers used by Sellers in connection with the Business, which, for the sake of clarity, does not include such numbers for Sellers’ business locations or individuals that are not transferring to Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement; (p) to the extent permitted by Law, all Permits held by Sellers to the extent primarily Related to the Business or the Purchased Assets; (q) all signage, marketing materials, art and collectables relating to the Business; (r) all rights to receive mail and other communications addressed to Sellers that pertains to the Business or the Purchased Assets, including any mail and communications from Serviced Mortgagors, Investors, ETS Customers, trustees, customers, suppliers, distributors and their respective representatives; (s) all client lists, customer lists, supplier lists, mailing lists, do not call lists and other data Related to the Business, including service and warranty records, operating guides and manuals, studies, and correspondence (electronic or otherwise); (t) to the extent transferable, all rights under insurance policies and insurance proceeds directly relating to Mortgage Loans serviced pursuant to any Servicing Agreement, all bank accounts, other accounts, safe deposit boxes, lock boxes and safes Related to the Business, and the responsibility for all cash and cash equivalents held in or required to be held in such accounts as identified in clause (i) of Section 2.3(a) (exclusive of the parenthetical reference to investment income); (u) to the extent transferable, all guaranties, warranties, indemnities and similar rights in favor of any Seller or any Affiliate Seller to the extent Related to the Business or related to any Purchased Asset or Assumed Liability; and (v) the goodwill and other intangible assets Related to the Business or related to the Purchased Assets.

• Closing The closing of the sale of the Mortgage Loans (the “Closing”) shall be held at the offices of special counsel to the Purchaser at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date. The Closing shall be subject to each of the following conditions: (i) All of the representations and warranties of the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser made pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (or as of such other specific date expressly contemplated by any such representation or warranty); (ii) All documents specified in Section 7 of this Agreement (the “Closing Documents”), in such forms as are agreed upon and reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser and, in the case of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (insofar as such Agreement affects the obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller hereunder or the rights of the Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary thereunder), to the Mortgage Loan Seller, shall be duly executed and delivered by all signatories as required pursuant to the respective terms thereof; (iii) The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have delivered and released to the Purchaser or its designee, all documents, funds and other assets required to be delivered thereto on or before the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement; (iv) The result of any examination of the Mortgage Files for, and any other documents and records relating to, the Mortgage Loans performed by or on behalf of the Purchaser pursuant to Section 3 hereof shall be satisfactory to the Purchaser in its reasonable determination; (v) All other terms and conditions of this Agreement required to be complied with on or before the Closing Date shall have been complied with in all material respects, and the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have the ability to comply with all terms and conditions and perform all duties and obligations required to be complied with or performed by it after the Closing Date; (vi) The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have paid all fees and expenses payable by it to the Purchaser or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement; (vii) The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have received the purchase price for the Mortgage Loans, as contemplated by Section 1 of this Agreement; (viii) Neither the Underwriting Agreement nor the Certificate Purchase Agreement shall have been terminated in accordance with its terms; and (ix) The Commission shall not have issued any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Purchaser’s Registration Statement. (x) Prior to the delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus to investors, an officer of the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have delivered to the Depositor a sub-certification (the “Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Certification”) to the certification provided by the Chief Executive Officer of the Depositor to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation AB. Each of the parties agrees to use their commercially reasonable best efforts to perform their respective obligations hereunder in a manner that will enable the Purchaser to purchase the Mortgage Loans on the Closing Date.

• Merger/Sale of Assets (A) A merger or consolidation of the Company whether or not approved by the Board, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or the parent of such corporation) at least 50% of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity or parent of such corporation, as the case may be, outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; or (B) the stockholders of the Company approve an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; or

• Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Except as provided in Section 11.7, the Trust may merge or consolidate with any other corporation, association, trust or other organization or may sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of the Trust Property or the property, including its good will, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration when and as authorized by two- thirds of the Trustees and approved by a Majority Shareholder Vote and any such merger, consolidation, sale, lease or exchange shall be determined for all purposes to have been accomplished under and pursuant to the statutes of the State of Delaware.

• CLOSING AND CLOSING DATE 3.1 The Closing Date shall be December 10, 2004, or such later date as the parties may agree to in writing. All acts necessary to consummation the Reorganization (the "Closing") shall be deemed to take place simultaneously as of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the Closing Date unless otherwise provided. The Closing shall be held at the offices of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Xxxx xxx Xxxr XXX, 00 Xxxxx Strexx, Boston, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx, xx xx xxxx xxxxx xxxxe as the parties may agree. 3.2 Portfolio securities that are held other than in book-entry form in the name of State Street Bank and Trust Company (the "Acquired Fund Custodian") as record holder for the Acquired Fund shall be presented by the Acquired Fund to Brown Brothers Harriman & Xx. (the "Acxxxxxxx Fund Custodian") for examination no later than three business days preceding the Closing Date. Such portfolio securities shall be delivered by the Acquired Fund to the Acquiring Fund Custodian for the account of the Acquiring Fund on the Closing Date, duly endorsed in proper form for transfer, in such condition as to constitute good delivery thereof in accordance with the custom of brokers, and shall be accompanied by all necessary federal and state stock transfer stamps or a check for the appropriate purchase price thereof. Portfolio securities held of record by the Acquired Fund Custodian in book-entry form on behalf of the Acquired Fund shall be delivered by the Acquired Fund Custodian through the Depository Trust Company to the Acquiring Fund Custodian and by the Acquiring Fund Custodian recording the beneficial ownership thereof by the Acquiring Fund on the Acquiring Fund Custodian's records. Any cash shall be delivered by the Acquired Fund Custodian transmitting immediately available funds by wire transfer to the Acquiring Fund Custodian the cash balances maintained by the Acquired Fund Custodian and the Acquiring Fund Custodian crediting such amount to the account of the Acquiring Fund. 3.3 The Acquiring Fund Custodian shall deliver within one business day after the Closing a certificate of an authorized officer stating that: (a) the Acquired Assets have been delivered in proper form to the Acquiring Fund on the Closing Date, and (b) all necessary transfer taxes including all applicable federal and state stock transfer stamps, if any, have been paid, or provision for payment has been made in conjunction with the delivery of portfolio securities as part of the Acquired Assets. 3.4 If on the Closing Date (a) the New York Stock Exchange is closed to trading or trading thereon shall be restricted or (b) trading or the reporting of trading on such exchange or elsewhere is disrupted so that accurate appraisal of the NAV of the Acquiring Fund Shares or the Acquired Fund pursuant to Paragraph 2.1 is impracticable, the Closing Date shall be postponed until the first business day after the day when trading shall have been fully resumed and reporting shall have been restored. 3.5 The Acquired Fund shall deliver at the Closing a list of the names, addresses, federal taxpayer identification numbers and backup withholding and nonresident alien withholding status and certificates of the Acquired Fund Shareholders and the number and percentage ownership of outstanding Acquired Fund Shares owned by each Acquired Fund Shareholder as of the Valuation Time, certified by the President or a Secretary of the Safeco Trust and its Treasurer, Secretary or other authorized officer (the "Shareholder List") as being an accurate record of the information (a) provided by the Acquired Fund Shareholders, (b) provided by the Acquired Fund Custodian, or (c) derived from the Safeco Trust's records by such officers or one of the Safeco Trust's service providers. The Acquiring Fund shall issue and deliver to the Acquired Fund a confirmation evidencing the Acquiring Fund Shares to be credited on the Closing Date, or provide evidence satisfactory to the Acquired Fund that such Acquiring Fund Shares have been credited to the Acquired Fund's account on the books of the Acquiring Fund. At the Closing, each party shall deliver to the other such bills of sale, checks, assignments, stock certificates, receipts or other documents as such other party or its counsel may reasonably request.