21 INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS IN RMBS ISSUED BY JPMORGAN, BEAR STEARNS AND CHASE ANNOUNCE BINDING OFFER BY JPMORGAN TO SEVEN RMBS TRUSTEES TO SETTLE MORTGAGE REPURCHASE AND SERVICING CLAIMS FOR 330 RMBS TRUSTS

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HOUSTON, November 15, 2013 – Today, 21 institutional investors represented by Gibbs & Bruns LLP (“Institutional Investors”) announced they have reached an agreement with JPMorgan under which JPMorgan will make a binding offer (“Offer”) to the Trustees of 330 RMBS Trusts issued by JPMorgan, Bear Stearns and Chase to settle mortgage repurchase and servicing claims. The Institutional Investors support the agreement and have asked the Trustees to accept it. The Trusts included in the Offer are listed on Exhibit “A.” The Trustees will have until January 15, 2014 to accept the Offer, which may be extended pursuant to the terms of the Offer for an additional sixty days. The Offer includes the following key terms: 1. Payment by JPMorgan of $4.5 billion in cash to the Trusts to settle mortgage repurchase and servicing claims; 2. Implementation of certain servicing changes to mortgage loans in the Trusts, described in greater detail below; 3. Reimbursement to the Trustees of expenses associated with their evaluation of the Offer; 4. A release of all repurchase and servicing claims that have been or could have been asserted by the 330 Trusts; and, 5. Continuation of a previously agreed tolling and forbearance agreement among JPMorgan and the Trustees to permit the Trustees to evaluate the proposed settlement. The Institutional Investors who are parties to the agreement are:

• AEGON USA Investment Management, LLC • Bayerische Landesbank • BlackRock Financial Management Inc. • Cascade Investment, L.L.C. • Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta • Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation • Federal National Mortgage Association • Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. • ING Investment Management Co. LLC • ING Investment Management LLC • Invesco Advisers, Inc. • Kore Advisors, L.P. • Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company • Pacific Investment Management Company LLC • Sealink Funding Limited • Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America • The Prudential Insurance Company of America • The TCW Group, Inc. • Thrivent Financial for Lutherans • Western Asset Management Company

Pursuant to the agreement, the Institutional Investors have requested that the Trustees accept the Settlement. They have also agreed to use their reasonable best efforts to obtain court approval of the settlement, if the Trustees elect to accept the Settlement and seek a judicial instruction concerning their decision to do so. Attorneys’ fees for the Institutional Investors counsel, Gibbs & Bruns, will be paid in addition to—and not out of—the Settlement Payment upon the latter of the Trustees’ Acceptance or Final Court Approval, if a judicial instruction is sought. 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