1,659,277,000 (Approximate) Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Argent Securities Inc. Series 2006-M2 August 17, 2006 UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • September 13th, 2006 • Argent Securities Trust 2006-M2 • Asset-backed securities • New York
Argent Securities Inc. (the “Depositor”), a Delaware corporation, has authorized the issuance and sale of Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-M2 (the “Certificates”). The Certificates are designated as (i) the Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2A Certificates, the Class A-2B Certificates, the Class A-2C Certificates and the Class A-2D Certificates (collectively, the “Class A Certificates”) and (ii) the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-4 Certificates, the Class M-5 Certificates, the Class M-6 Certificates, the Class M-7 Certificates, the Class M-8 Certificates, the Class M-9 Certificates and the Class M-10 Certificates (collectively, the “Offered Mezzanine Certificates”; together with the Class A Certificates, the “Underwritten Certificates”). Also to be issued are the Class M-11 Certificates, the Class CE Certificates, the Class P Certificates, the Class R Certificates and the Class R-X
