Depositor AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY Master Servicer and DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY Trustee POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT Dated as of June 1, 2006 ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006-M1Pooling and Servicing Agreement • July 21st, 2006 • Argent Securities Trust 2006-M1 • Asset-backed securities • New York
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • July 21st, 2006 • Argent Securities Trust 2006-M1 • Asset-backed securities • New York
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as Representative of the several Underwriters 4 World Financial Center New York, New York 10080 Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. 600 Steamboat Road Greenwich CT 06830
ContractMortgage Loan Purchase Agreement • July 7th, 2006 • Argent Securities Trust 2006-M1 • Asset-backed securities
The mortgage loans delivered to the Trust on the Closing Date (the “Initial Mortgage Loans”) and the mortgage loans delivered to the Trust on the Subsequent Transfer Date (the “Subsequent Mortgage Loans”, and together with the Initial Mortgage Loans, the “Mortgage Loans”) consist of conventional, one- to four- family, adjustable-rate and fixed-rate mortgage loans. The Depositor purchased the Initial Mortgage Loans from the Seller pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 9, 2006, between the Seller and the Depositor and the Depositor purchased the Subsequent Mortgage Loans from the Seller pursuant to the Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement dated June 29, 2006. Pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to be dated as of the Cut-off Date, June 1, 2006 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee, the Depositor will cause the Mortgage Loans to be assigned to the Trustee for the benefit of the cert
SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER INSTRUMENTSubsequent Transfer Instrument • July 7th, 2006 • Argent Securities Trust 2006-M1 • Asset-backed securities • New York
Pursuant to this Subsequent Transfer Instrument, dated June 29, 2006 (the “Instrument”), between Argent Securities Inc. as seller (the “Depositor”) and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as trustee (the “Trustee”) of the Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-M1, and pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated June 1, 2006 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among the Depositor as depositor, Ameriquest Mortgage Company as master servicer and the Trustee, the Depositor and the Trustee agree to the sale by the Depositor and the purchase by the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, of the Mortgage Loans listed on the attached Schedule of Mortgage Loans (the “Subsequent Mortgage Loans”).
