Ownit Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-4 – ‘8-K’ for 10/28/05 – EX-99.1

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Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 8-K         Current Report                                         5     16K 
 2: EX-4.1      Pooling and Servicing Agreement                      212    862K 
 3: EX-99.1     Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement           11     35K 

EX-99.1   —   Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1

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MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE LENDING INC.,

SELLER

and 

MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC., 

PURCHASER 

MORTGAGE LOAN SALE AND ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT 

Dated as of October 1, 2005 

Ownit Mortgage Loan Trust 
(Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-4)

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    This MORTGAGE LOAN SALE AND ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of October 1,
2005 (the "Agreement"), is executed by and between Merrill Lynch Mortgage       
Lending Inc. (the "Seller") and Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. (the     
"Depositor").                                                                   

 All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the same meanings
assigned to such terms in that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the     
"Pooling Agreement"), dated as of October 1, 2005, among the Depositor, HSBC    
Bank USA, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), Wells Fargo Bank,   
N.A. as master servicer and securities administrator, and Litton Loan Servicing 
LP, as servicer (the "Servicer").                                               

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Master Mortgage Loan Purchase and Interim  
Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2005, by and between the Seller and   
Ownit Mortgage Solutions Inc. ("Ownit" or the "Transferor") (the "Transfer      
Agreement"), the Seller has purchased or received certain mortgage loans        
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Schedule A (the     
"Mortgage Loans");                                                              

  WHEREAS, the Transfer Agreement is supplemented by that certain letter
agreement, dated as of October 28, 2005 among Ownit and the Seller (the "Bring  
Down Letter");                                                                  

     WHEREAS, the Seller desires to sell, without recourse, all of its rights,
title and interest in the Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, to assign all of its 
rights and interest under the Transfer Agreement and the Bring Down Letter, and 
to delegate all of its obligations thereunder, to the Depositor; and            

WHEREAS, the Seller and the Depositor acknowledge and agree that the
Depositor will assign all of its rights and delegate all of its obligations     
hereunder to the Trustee, and that each reference herein to the Depositor is    
intended, unless otherwise specified, to mean the Depositor or the Trustee, as  
assignee, whichever is the owner of the Mortgage Loans from time to time.       

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein set
forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy  
of which are hereby acknowledged, the Seller and the Depositor agree as follows:

ARTICLE I 

CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS

     Section 1.01. Sale of Mortgage Loans. Concurrently with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Seller does hereby transfer, assign, set over,  
deposit with and otherwise convey to the Depositor, without recourse, subject to
Sections 1.03 and 1.04, all the right, title and interest of the Seller in and  
to the Mortgage Loans identified on Schedule A hereto, having an aggregate      
principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $865,550,313.26. Such conveyance    
includes, without limitation, the right to all distributions of principal and   
interest received on or                                                         

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with respect to the Mortgage Loans on or after October 1, 2005, other than      
payments of principal and interest due on or before such date, and all such     
payments due after such date but received prior to such date and intended by the
related Mortgagors to be applied after such date, together with all of the      
Seller's right, title and interest in and to each related account and all       
amounts from time to time credited to and the proceeds of such account, any REO 
Property and the proceeds thereof, the Seller's rights under any Insurance      
Policies related to the Mortgage Loans, and the Seller's security interest in   
any collateral pledged to secure the Mortgage Loans, including the Mortgaged    
Properties.                                                                     

      Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Seller
hereby assigns to the Depositor all of its rights and interest under the        
Transfer Agreement and the Bring Down Letter, other than any servicing rights   
retained pursuant to the provisions of the Transfer Agreement and the Bring Down
Letter, to the extent relating to the Mortgage Loans. Concurrently with the     
execution hereof, the Depositor tenders the purchase price of [INTENTIONALLY    
OMITTED]. The Depositor hereby accepts such assignment, and shall be entitled to
exercise all such rights of the Seller under the Transfer Agreement and the     
Bring Down Letter, as if the Depositor had been a party to such agreement.      

     Section 1.02. Delivery of Documents. In connection with such transfer and
assignment of the Mortgage Loans hereunder, the Seller does hereby deliver, or  
cause to be delivered, to the Depositor (or its designee) the documents or      
instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan (each a "Mortgage File") so      
transferred and assigned, as specified in the Transfer Agreement.               

    (a) For Mortgage Loans (if any) that have been prepaid in full after the
Cut-off Date and prior to the Closing Date, the Seller, in lieu of delivering   
the related Mortgage Files, herewith delivers to the Depositor an Officer's     
Certificate which shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts      
received in connection with such prepayment that are required to be deposited in
the account maintained by the Servicer for such purpose have been so deposited. 

  Section 1.03. Review of Documentation. The Depositor, by execution and
delivery hereof, acknowledges receipt of the Mortgage Files pertaining to the   
Mortgage Loans listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, subject to review thereof  
by the trustee, HSBC Bank USA, National Association (the "Trustee") for the     
Mortgage Loans for the Depositor. The Trustee is required to review, within 45  
days following the Closing Date, each applicable Mortgage File. If in the course
of such review the Trustee identifies any material defect, the Seller shall be  
obligated to cure such defect or to repurchase the related Mortgage Loan from   
the Depositor (or, at the direction of and on behalf of the Depositor, from the 
Trust Fund), or to substitute a Replacement Mortgage Loan therefor, in each case
to the same extent and in the same manner as the Depositor is obligated to the  
Trustee and the Trust Fund under the Pooling Agreement.                         

Section 1.04. Representations and Warranties of the Seller.         

     (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor that as of
the date hereof that:                                                           

        (i) The Seller is a Delaware corporation duly organized, validly
   existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and
existence and has full                                              

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corporate power and authority to own its property, to carry on its  
business as presently conducted and to enter into and perform its   
obligations under this Agreement;                                   

            (ii) The execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement have
     been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Seller; none of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the   
   consummation of the transactions herein contemplated or compliance with
 the provisions hereof will conflict with or result in a breach of, or
      constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental
    rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or its
properties or the federal stock charter or bylaws of the Seller;    

           (iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this
     Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do
not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the
   registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any
    state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as
 has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;

       (iv) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
 Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the
Depositor, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller 
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms except as such  
     enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency
  laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of
  creditors generally and (B) general principles of equity regardless of
  whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law; and                                                            

         (v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the
   knowledge of the Seller, threatened or likely to be asserted against or
affecting the Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency,
arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the      
  transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (B) with respect to any
other matter which in the judgment of the Seller will be determined 
  adversely to the Seller and will if determined adversely to the Seller
     materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets, operations or
 condition, financial or otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to
perform its obligations under this Agreement.                       

    (b) The representations and warranties of the Transferor with respect to
the Mortgage Loans contained in the Transfer Agreement were made as of the date 
of the Transfer Agreement and brought forward to the Closing Date pursuant to   
the Bring Down Letter. The representations and warranties of the Transferor with
respect to the Mortgage Loans contained in the Bring Down Letter were made as of
the Closing Date. To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect  
to a Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty of the  
Transferor under the Transfer Agreement or Bring Down Letter (whether or not    
such fact, condition or event would also constitute a representation or warranty
of the Seller under this Agreement) the only rights or remedies of the Depositor
with respect to a breach by the Seller of such representation and warranty shall
be first, the right to enforce the obligations of the Transferor under such     
applicable representation or warranty made by it and, second, only if the       
Transferor is unable or unwilling to fulfill its obligation to cure or          
repurchase such Mortgage Loan, the Depositor shall have the right to enforce    
such rights against the Seller under this                                       

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Agreement with respect to such representation or warranty; provided, that in the
event that the Depositor has received evidence of the issuance of a Transferor  
Affirmation Notice, the Depositor shall only be entitled to enforce any right it
has against the Transferor under the Transferor Agreement and shall not have any
rights against the Seller under the Sale Agreement with respect to such         
representation or warranty. The representations made by the Seller pursuant to  
Sections 1.04(b)(vii) and 1.04(b)(viii) shall be direct obligations of the      
Seller. In furtherance of the above, the Seller expressly acknowledges that     
prior to the issuance of a Transferor Affirmation Notice, it shall be obligated 
and liable to the Depositor for any breach of a representation or warranty made 
under the Transfer Agreement, but only after the Transferor evidences that it is
unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations under the Transfer   
Agreement. With respect to a breach by the Transferor of any representation or  
warranty made by the Transferor in the Transfer Agreement or Bring Down Letter, 
if the Transferor fulfills its obligations under the provisions of the Transfer 
Agreement and the Bring Down Letter by substituting for the affected Mortgage   
Loan a mortgage loan which is not a Replacement Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall,
in exchange for such substitute mortgage loan, provide the Depositor (a) with   
the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (b) within the  
two year period following the Closing Date, with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loan for such affected Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing, the Seller      
represents and warrants upon delivery of the Mortgage Loans to the Depositor    
hereunder, as to each, that as of October 28, 2005:                             

           (i) The information set forth with respect to the Mortgage Loans on
   the Mortgage Loan Schedule provides an accurate listing of the Mortgage
Loans, and the information with respect to each Mortgage Loan on the
      Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material respects at the
date or dates respecting which such information is given;           

        (ii) As of the Closing Date, no Mortgage Loan is in foreclosure;

        (iii) As of the Closing Date, each Mortgage Loan is a "qualified
   mortgage" within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code (as determined
    without regard to Treas. Reg. Section 1.860G-2(a)(3) or any similar rule
      that treats a defective obligation as a qualified mortgage for a temporary
period);                                                            

          (iv) The representations and warranties contained in Sections 7.02
     (4), (5), (7), (9), (16), (17), the last two sentences of (18), (19), the
      last sentence of (21), (25), (26), (36) and (44) of the Transfer Agreement
 and, except with respect to no more than 1.50% of the Mortgage Loans,
      which may be between 31 and 60 days delinquent as of the Cut-off Date, the
  representations and warranties contained in the last clause of Section
      7.02 (3) of the Transfer Agreement are incorporated herein by reference as
of the Closing Date;                                                

          (v) As of the Closing Date, no Mortgage Loan provides for interest
      other than at either (i) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term
 of the Mortgage Loan or (ii) a "variable rate" (within the meaning of
    Treas. Reg. Section 1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the
Mortgage Loan;                                                      

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       (vi) As of the Closing Date, the Seller would not, based on the
delinquency status of the Mortgage Loans, institute foreclosure     
   proceedings with respect to any of the Mortgage Loans prior to the next
scheduled payment for such Mortgage Loan;                           

      (vii) None of the Mortgage Loans are "high cost" as defined by
     applicable predatory and abusive lending laws; No Mortgage Loan is a High
      Cost Loan or Covered Loan, as applicable (as such terms are defined in the
      then current Standard & Poor's LEVELS(R) Glossary which is now Version 5.6
Revised, Appendix E); and                                           

           (viii) Each Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied with all
applicable local, state and federal lending laws, including, but not
      limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws; no Mortgage
  Loan is a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined in the Georgia Fair Lending
Act, as amended (the "Georgia Act"). No Mortgage Loan subject to the
Georgia Act and secured by owner occupied real property or an owner 
     occupied manufactured home located in the State of Georgia was originated
    (or modified) on or after October 1, 2002 through and including March 6,
     2003. Any breach of this representation shall be deemed to materially and
      adversely affect the interests of the owner of the Mortgage Loan and shall
require a repurchase of the affected Mortgage Loan;                 

   It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set
forth in Section 1.04(b) herein shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Files and
the Assignment of Mortgage of each Mortgage Loan to the Depositor. Upon         
discovery by either the Seller or the Depositor of a breach of any of the       
foregoing representations and warranties that adversely and materially affects  
the value of the related Mortgage Loan, and, that does not also constitute a    
breach of a representation or warranty of the Transferor in the Transfer        
Agreement or Bring Down Letter, the party discovering such breach shall give    
prompt written notice to the other party. Within 60 days of the discovery of any
such breach, the Seller shall either (a) cure such breach in all material       
respects, (b) repurchase such Mortgage Loan or any property acquired in respect 
thereof from the Depositor at the applicable Purchase Price or (c) within the   
two year period following the Closing Date, substitute a Replacement Mortgage   
Loan for the affected Mortgage Loan. The Seller indemnifies and holds the Trust 
Fund, the Trustee, the Depositor, the Servicer, the NIMs Insurer and each       
Certificateholder harmless against any and all taxes, claims, losses, penalties,
fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments and any  
other costs, fees and expenses that the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Depositor, 
the Servicer, the NIMs Insurer and any Certificateholder may sustain in         
connection with any actions of the Seller relating to a repurchase of a Mortgage
Loan other than in compliance with the terms of this Section 2.03 of the Pooling
Agreement and this Agreement, to the extent that any such action causes (i) any 
federal or state tax to be imposed on the Trust Fund or any REMIC provided for  
in the Pooling Agreement, including without limitation, any federal tax imposed 
on "prohibited transactions" under Section 860F(a)(1) of the Code or on         
"contributions after the startup date" under Section 860(d)(1) of the Code, or  
(ii) any REMIC created in the Pooling Agreement to fail to qualify as a REMIC at
any time that any Certificate is outstanding.                                   

 Section 1.05. Grant Clause. It is intended that the conveyance of the
Seller's right, title and interest in and to Mortgage Loans and other property  
conveyed pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute, and shall be construed as,
a sale of such property and not a grant of a security                           

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interest to secure a loan. However, if such conveyance is deemed to be in       
respect of a loan, it is intended that: (1) the rights and obligations of the   
parties shall be established pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; (2) the   
Seller hereby grants to the Depositor a first priority security interest in all 
of the Seller's right, title and interest in, to and under, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, such Mortgage Loans and other property; and (3) this        
Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law.           

      Section 1.06. Assignment by Depositor. The Depositor shall have the right,
upon notice to but without the consent of the Seller, to assign, in whole or in 
part, its interest under this Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loans to   
the Trustee, and the Trustee then shall succeed to all rights of the Depositor  
under this Agreement. All references to the Depositor in this Agreement shall be
deemed to include its assignee or designee, specifically including the Trustee. 

ARTICLE II

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 Section 2.01. Binding Nature of Agreement; Assignment. This Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their  
respective successors and permitted assigns.                                    

Section 2.02. Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire  
agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject
matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements,         
understandings, inducements and conditions, express or implied, oral or written,
of any nature whatsoever with respect to the subject matter hereof. The express 
terms hereof control and supersede any course of performance and/or usage of the
trade inconsistent with any of the terms hereof.                                

    Section 2.03. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended from time to time
by the Seller and the Depositor, without notice to or the consent of any of the 
Holders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or correct any mistake, (ii) to cause the    
provisions herein to conform to or be consistent with or in furtherance of the  
statements made with respect to the Certificates, the Trust Fund, the Pooling   
Agreement or this Agreement in any Offering Document; or to correct or          
supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other        
provisions herein, (iii) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Agreement or (iv) to modify, alter, amend, add to  
or rescind any of the terms or provisions to the extent necessary or desirable  
to comply with any requirements imposed by the Code and the REMIC Provisions. No
such amendment effected pursuant to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence shall
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Holder. Any such  
amendment shall be deemed not to adversely affect in any material respect any   
Holder, if the Trustee receives written confirmation from each Rating Agency    
that such amendment will not cause such Rating Agency to reduce the then current
rating assigned to the Certificates (and any Opinion of Counsel requested by the
Trustee in connection with any such amendment may rely expressly on such        
confirmation as the basis therefor).                                            

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      (a) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Seller and
the Depositor with the consent of the Holders of not less than 66-2/3% of the   
Class Certificate Principal Amount (or Percentage Interest) of each Class of    
Certificates affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or    
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders; provided, however, that no
such amendment may (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing  
of, payments received on Mortgage Loans which are required to be distributed on 
any Certificate without the consent of the Holder of such Certificate or (ii)   
reduce the aforesaid percentages of Class Principal Amount (or Percentage       
Interest) of Certificates of each Class, the Holders of which are required to   
consent to any such amendment without the consent of the Holders of 100% of the 
Class Principal Amount (or Percentage Interest) of each Class of Certificates   
affected thereby. For purposes of this paragraph, references to "Holder" or     
"Holders" shall be deemed to include, in the case of any Class of Book-Entry    
Certificates, the related Certificate Owners.                                   

(b) It shall not be necessary for the consent of Holders under this 
Section 2.03 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it   
shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The    
manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the    
execution thereof by Holders shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as 
the Trustee may prescribe.                                                      

Section 2.04. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN   
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS  
AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH    
SUCH LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.    

Section 2.05. 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 2.06. Indulgences; No Waivers. Neither the failure nor any delay
on the part of a party to exercise any right, remedy, power or privilege under  
this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or       
partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege preclude any other or 
further exercise of the same or of any other right, remedy, power or privilege, 
nor shall any waiver of any right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to   
any occurrence be construed as a waiver of such right, remedy, power or         
privilege with respect to any other occurrence. No waiver shall be effective    
unless it is in writing and is signed by the party asserted to have granted such
waiver.                                                                         

Section 2.07. Headings Not to Affect Interpretation. The headings   
contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, and they     
shall not be used in the interpretation hereof.                                 

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      Section 2.08. Benefits of Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties to this Agreement and 
their successors hereunder, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, power, 
remedy or claim under this Agreement.                                           

     Section 2.09. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which 
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.                          

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                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and the Depositor have caused their names
to be signed hereto by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date 
first above written.                                                            

                                 MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE LENDING INC.

                                   By:__________________________________
           Name:
            Title:

                                    MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.

                                    By:___________________________________
           Name:
            Title:

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                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

SCHEDULE A

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

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