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MERS Basic Corporate Information

   * MERS is incorporated within the State of Delaware.
   * MERS was first incorporated in Delaware in 1999.
   * The total number of shares of common stock authorized by MERS’ articles of incorporation is 1,000.
   * The total number of shares of MERS common stock actually issued is 1,000.
   * MERS is a wholly owned subsidiary of MERSCorp, Inc.
   * MERS’ principal place of business at 1595 Spring Hill Road, Suite 310, Vienna, Virginia 22182
   * MERS’ national data center is located in Plano, Texas.
   * MERS’ serves as a “nominee” of mortgages and deeds of trust recorded in all fifty states.
   * Over 50 million loans have been registered on the MERS system.
   * MERS’ federal tax identification number is “541927784”.


The Nature of MERS’ Business

   * MERS does not take applications for, underwrite or negotiate mortgage loans.
   * MERS does not make or originate mortgage loans to consumers.
   * MERS does not extend any credit to consumers.
   * MERS has no role in the origination or original funding of the mortgages or deeds of trust for which it serves as
     “nominee”.
   * MERS does not service mortgage loans.
   * MERS does not sell mortgage loans.
   * MERS is not an investor who acquires mortgage loans on the secondary market.
   * MERS does not ever receive or process mortgage applications.
   * MERS simply holds mortgage liens in a nominee capacity and through its electronic registry, tracks changes in
      the ownership of mortgage loans and servicing rights related thereto.
   * MERS© System is not a vehicle for creating or transferring beneficial interests in mortgage loans.
   * MERS is not named as a beneficiary of the alleged promissory note.


Ownership of Promissory Notes or Mortgage Indebtedness

   * MERS is never the owner of the promissory note for which it seeks foreclosure.
   * MERS has no legal or beneficial interest in the promissory note underlying the security instrument for which it      serves as “nominee”.
   * MERS has no legal or beneficial interest in the loan instrument underlying the security instrument for which it
     serves as “nominee”
   * MERS has no legal or beneficial interest in the mortgage indebtedness underlying the security instrument for
      which it serves as “nominee”.
   * MERS has no interest at all in the promissory note evidencing the mortgage indebtedness.
   * MERS is not a party to the alleged mortgage indebtedness underlying the security instrument for which it serves
      as “nominee”.
   * MERS has no financial or other interest in whether or not a mortgage loan is repaid.
   * MERS is not the owner of the promissory note secured by the mortgage and has no rights to the payments made
      by the debtor on such promissory note.
   * MERS does not make or acquire promissory notes or debt instruments of any nature and therefore cannot be
      said to be acquiring mortgage loans.
   * MERS has no interest in the notes secured by mortgages or the mortgage servicing rights related thereto.
   * MERS does not acquire any interest (legal or beneficial) in the loan instrument (i.e., the promissory note or other
      debt instrument).
   * MERS has no rights whatsoever to any payments made on account of such mortgage loans, to any servicing
      rights related to such mortgage loans, or to any mortgaged properties securing such mortgage loans.
   * The note owner appoints MERS to be its agent to only hold the mortgage lien interest, not to hold any interest in
      the note.
   * MERS does not hold any interest (legal or beneficial) in the promissory notes that are secured by such
      mortgages or in any servicing rights associated with the mortgage loan.
   * The debtor on the note owes no obligation to MERS and does not pay MERS on the note.


MERS’ Accounting of Mortgage Indebtedness / MERS Not At Risk

   * MERS is not entitled to receive any of the payments associated with the alleged mortgage indebtedness.
   * MERS is not entitled to receive any of the interest revenue associated with mortgage indebtedness for which it
      serves as “nominee”.
   * Interest revenue related to the mortgage indebtedness for which MERS serves as “nominee” is never reflected
     within MERS’ bookkeeping or accounting records nor does such interest influence MERS’ earnings.
   * Mortgage indebtedness for which MERS serves as the serves as “nominee” is not reflected as an asset on
      MERS’ financial statements.
   * Failure to collect the outstanding balance of a mortgage loan will not result in an accounting loss by MERS.
   * When a foreclosure is completed, MERS never actually retains or enjoys the use of any of the proceeds from a
      sale of the foreclosed property, but rather would remit such proceeds to the true party at interest.
   * MERS is not actually at risk as to the payment or nonpayment of the mortgages or deeds of trust for which it
      serves as “nominee”.
   * MERS has no pecuniary interest in the promissory notes or the mortgage indebtedness for which it serves as
     “nominee”.
   * MERS is not personally aggrieved by any alleged default of a promissory note for which it serves as “nominee”.
   * There exists no real controversy between MERS and any mortgagor alleged to be in default.
   * MERS has never suffered any injury by arising out of any alleged default of a promissory note for which it serves
      as “nominee”.


MERS’ Interest in the Mortgage Security Instrument

   * MERS holds the mortgage lien as nominee for the owner of the promissory note.
   * MERS, in a nominee capacity for lenders, merely acquires legal title to the security instrument (i.e., the deed of
      trust or mortgage that secures the loan).
   * MERS simply holds legal title to mortgages and deeds of trust as a nominee for the owner of the promissory
      note.
   * MERS immobilizes the mortgage lien while transfers of the promissory notes and servicing rights continue to
      occur.
   * The investor continues to own and hold the promissory note, but under the MERS® System, the servicing entity
      only holds contractual servicing rights and MERS holds legal title to the mortgage as nominee for the benefit of
      the investor (or owner and holder of the note) and not for itself.
   * In effect, the mortgage lien becomes immobilized by MERS continuing to hold the mortgage lien when the note
      is sold from one investor to another via an endorsement and delivery of the note or the transfer of servicing rights
      from one MERS member to another MERS member via a purchase and sale agreement which is a non-
      recordable contract right.
   * Legal title to the mortgage or deed of trust remains in MERS after such transfers and is tracked by MERS in its
      electronic registry.


Beneficial Interest in the Mortgage Indebtedness

   * MERS holds legal title to the mortgage for the benefit of the owner of the note.
   * The beneficial interest in the mortgage (or person or entity whose interest is secured by the mortgage) runs to
      the owner and holder of the promissory note and/or servicing rights thereunder.
   * MERS has no interest at all in the promissory note evidencing the mortgage loan.
   * MERS does not acquire an interest in promissory notes or debt instruments of any nature.
   * The beneficial interest in the mortgage (or the person or entity whose interest is secured by the mortgage) runs
      to the owner and holder of the promissory note (NOT MERS).


MERS As Holder

   * MERS is never the holder of a promissory note in the ordinary course of business.
   * MERS is not a custodian of promissory notes underlying the security instrument for which it serves as “nominee”.
   * MERS does not even maintain copies of promissory notes underlying the security instrument for which it serves
      as “nominee”.
   * Sometimes when an investor or servicer desires to foreclose, the servicer obtains the promissory note from the
      custodian holding the note on behalf of the mortgage investor and places that note in the hands of a servicer
      employee who has been appointed as an officer (vice president and assistant secretary) of MERS by corporate
      resolution.
   * When a promissory note is placed in the hands of a servicer employee who is also an MERS officer, MERS
      asserts that this transfer of custody into the hands of this nominal officer (without any transfer of ownership or
      beneficial interest) renders MERS the holder.
   * No consideration or compensation is exchanged between the owner of the promissory note and MERS in
      consideration of this transfer in custody.
   * Even when the promissory note is physically placed in the hands of the servicer’s employee who is a nominal
      MERS officer, MERS has no actual authority to control the foreclosure or the legal actions undertaken in its
      name.
   * MERS will never willingly reveal the identity of the owner of the promissory note unless ordered to do so by the
      court.
   * MERS will never willingly reveal the identity of the prior holders of the promissory note unless ordered to do so by
      the court.
   * Since the transfer in custody of the promissory note is not for consideration, this transfer of custody is not
      reflected in any contemporaneous accounting records.
   * MERS is never a holder in due course when the transfer of custody occurs after default.
   * MERS is never the holder when the promissory note is shown to be lost or stolen.


MERS’ Role in Mortgage Servicing

   * MERS does not service mortgage loans.
   * MERS is not the owner of the servicing rights relating to the mortgage loan and MERS does not service loans.
   * MERS does not collect mortgage payments.
   * MERS does not hold escrows for taxes and insurance.
   * MERS does not provide any servicing functions on mortgage loans, whatsoever.
   * Those rights are typically held by the servicer of the loan, who may or may not also be the holder of the note.


MERS’ Rights To Control the Foreclosure

   * MERS must all times comply with the instructions of the holder of the mortgage loan promissory notes.
   * MERS only acts when directed to by its members and for the sole benefit of the owners and holders of the
      promissory notes secured by the mortgage instruments naming MERS as nominee owner.
   * MERS’ members employ and pay the attorneys bringing foreclosure actions in MERS’ name.


MERS’ Access To or Control Over Records or Documents

   * MERS has never maintained archival copies of any mortgage application for which it serves as “nominee”.
   * In its regular course of business, MERS as a corporation does not maintain physical possession or custody of
      promissory notes, deeds of trust or other mortgage security instruments on behalf of its principals.
   * MERS as a corporation has no archive or repository of the promissory notes secured by deeds of trust or other
      mortgage security instruments for which it serves as nominee.
   * MERS as a corporation is not a custodian of the promissory notes secured by deeds of trust or other mortgage
      security instruments for which it serves as nominee.
   * MERS as a corporation has no archive or repository of the deeds of trust or other mortgage security instruments
      for which it serves as nominee.
   * In its regular course of business, MERS as a corporation does not routinely receive or archive copies of the
      promissory notes secured by the mortgage security instruments for which it serves as nominee.
   * In its regular course of business, MERS as a corporation does not routinely receive or archive copies of the
      mortgage security instruments for which it serves as nominee.
   * Copies of the instruments attached to MERS’ petitions or complaints do not come from MERS’ corporate files
      or archives.
   * In its regular course of business, MERS as a corporation does not input the promissory note or mortgage
      security instrument ownership registration data for new mortgages for which it serves as nominee, but rather the
      registration information for such mortgages are entered by the “member” mortgage lenders, investors and/or
      servicers originating, purchasing, and/or selling such mortgages or mortgage servicing rights.
   * MERS does not maintain a central corporate archive of demands, notices, claims, appointments, releases,
      assignments, or other files, documents and/or communications relating to collections efforts undertaken by
      MERS officers appointed by corporate resolution and acting under its authority.


Management and Supervision

     * In preparing affidavits and certifications, officers of MERS, including Vice Presidents and Assistant
Secretaries, making representations under MERS’ authority and on MERS’ behalf, are not primarily relying
upon books of account, documents, records or files within MERS’ corporate supervision, custody or control.
     * Officers of MERS preparing affidavits and certifications, including Vice Presidents and Assistant Secretaries,
and otherwise making representations under MERS’ authority and on MERS’ behalf, do not routinely furnish
copies of these affidavits or certifications to MERS for corporate retention or archival.
     * Officers of MERS preparing affidavits and certifications, including Vice Presidents and Assistant Secretaries,
and otherwise making representations under MERS’ authority and on MERS’ behalf are not working under the
supervision or direction of senior MERS officers or employees, but rather are supervised by personnel
employed by mortgage investors or mortgage servicers


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