EX-99.12 14 f09597exv99w12.txt EXHIBIT 99.12 EXHIBIT 99.12 [KPMG LOGO] KPMG LLP Suite 2000 355 South Grand Avenue Los Angelas. CA 90071-1568 INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT The Board of Directors Countrywide Financial Corporation: We have examined the accompanying management's assertion, that Countrywide Financial Corporation and subsidiaries, including its wholly-owned subsidiary Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. (CHL) and Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, L.P., a wholly-owned subsidiary of CHL, (collectively, the Company) complied with the minimum servicing standards set forth in the Mortgage Bankers Association of America's Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers (USAP) as of and for the year ended December 31, 2004. Management is responsible for the Company's compliance with those minimum servicing standards. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management's assertion about the Company's compliance based on our examination. Our examination was conducted in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Company's compliance with the minimum servicing standards specified above and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Company's compliance with the minimum servicing standards. In Our opinion, management's assertion that Countrywide Financial Corporation and subsidiaries, including its wholly-owned subsidiary Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. (CHL) and Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, L.P., a wholly-owned subsidiary of CHL, complied with the aforementioned minimum servicing standards as of and for the year ended December 31,2004 is fairly stated, in all material respects. KPMG LLP March 17, 2005 KPMG LLP. a U.S. limited liability partnership in the U.S. member firm of KPMG information, a Swiss cooperative. [COUNTRYWIDE LOGO] 2900 MADERA, ROAD SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 93065-6298 (805) 955-1000 Management's Assertion March 17, 2005 As of and for the year ended December 31, 2004, Countrywide Financial Corporation and Subsidiaries (which includes its wholly-owned subsidiary, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. ("CHL"), and Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, L.P., a wholly owned subsidiary of CHL) ("the Company") has complied in all material respects with the minimum servicing standards set forth in the Mortgage Bankers Association of America's Uniform Single Attestation for Mortgage Bankers. As of and for this same period, the Company had in effect a fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy in the amount of $200 million and $100 million, respectively. /s/ Thomas K. McLaughlin ------------------------------ Thomas K. McLaughlin Executive Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer /s/ Kevin Meyers ------------------------------ Kevin Meyers Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer Loan Administration