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CRUSADE GLOBAL TRUST NO. 2 OF 2006 | PERPETUAL TRUSTEES CONSOLIDATED LIMITED | THE BANK OF NEW YORK

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                                                                Agency Agreement
 
 
                                         PERPETUAL TRUSTEES CONSOLIDATED LIMITED
                                                                       (Trustee)
 
                                                      CRUSADE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
                                                                       (Manager)
 
                                                            THE BANK OF NEW YORK
                                                        (Principal Paying Agent)
 
                                                            THE BANK OF NEW YORK
                                                                  (Note Trustee)
 
                                                            THE BANK OF NEW YORK
                                                             (Calculation Agent)
 
                                                            THE BANK OF NEW YORK
                                                      (Class A-1 Note Registrar)
 
                                                            THE BANK OF NEW YORK
                                                      (Class A-2 Note Registrar)
 
 
                                              Crusade Global Trust No. 2 of 2006
 
 
                                                          Allens Arthur Robinson
                                                             Deutsche Bank Place
                                               Corner Hunter and Phillip Streets
                                                               Sydney  NSW  2000
                                                             Tel  61 2 9230 4000
                                                             Fax  61 2 9230 5333
                                                                  www.aar.com.au
 
 
                                       (C) Copyright Allens Arthur Robinson 2006
 
 
 
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
1.   DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION                                            3
     1.1   DEFINITIONS                                                         3
     1.2   DEFINITIONS IN MASTER TRUST DEED, SUPPLEMENTARY TERMS NOTICE,
           NOTE TRUST DEED AND CONDITIONS                                      3
     1.3   INTERPRETATION                                                      4
     1.4   DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT                                               4
     1.5   TRANSACTION DOCUMENT                                                4
     1.6   TRUSTEE AS TRUSTEE                                                  4
     1.7   NOTE TRUSTEE AS NOTE TRUSTEE                                        4
 
2.   APPOINTMENT OF PAYING AGENTS                                              5
 
3.   PAYMENT                                                                   5
     3.1   PAYMENT BY TRUSTEE                                                  5
     3.2   CONFIRMATION                                                        5
     3.3   PAYMENTS BY PAYING AGENTS                                           6
     3.4   METHOD OF PAYMENT - BOOK-ENTRY NOTES                                6
     3.5   METHOD OF PAYMENT - DEFINITIVE NOTES                                6
     3.6   LATE PAYMENT                                                        6
     3.7   NOTICE OF NON-RECEIPT                                               7
     3.8   REIMBURSEMENT                                                       7
     3.9   METHOD OF PAYMENT                                                   7
     3.10  NO FEE                                                              8
     3.11  TRUST                                                               8
     3.12  FORMS AND INFORMATION                                               8
 
4.   REPAYMENT                                                                 8
 
5.   APPOINTMENT OF THE CALCULATION AGENT                                      9
 
6.   DUTIES OF THE CALCULATION AGENT                                           9
 
7.   NOTE TRUSTEE                                                             10
 
8.   EARLY REDEMPTION OF OFFSHORE NOTES                                       11
 
9.   PRO RATA REDEMPTION AND CANCELLATION OF NOTES                            11
 
10.  CANCELLATION, DESTRUCTION AND RECORDS WHERE OFFSHORE NOTES IN
     DEFINITIVE FORM HAVE BEEN ISSUED                                         12
 
11.  ISSUE OF REPLACEMENT DEFINITIVE NOTES WHERE DEFINITIVE NOTES HAVE
     BEEN ISSUED                                                              13
 
12.  NOTICES TO NOTEHOLDERS                                                   14
 
13.  DOCUMENTS AND FORMS                                                      15
 
14.  AUTHENTICATION                                                           15
 
15.  INDEMNITY                                                                15
 
 
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16.  THE NOTE REGISTER                                                        17
     16.1  APPOINTMENT OF NOTE REGISTRARS                                     17
     16.2  DETAILS TO BE KEPT ON THE NOTE REGISTER                            17
     16.3  PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST                                 18
     16.4  PLACE OF KEEPING NOTE REGISTERS, COPIES AND ACCESS                 18
     16.5  DETAILS ON NOTE REGISTER CONCLUSIVE                                19
     16.6  ALTERATION OF DETAILS ON NOTE REGISTER                             19
     16.7  RECTIFICATION OF NOTE REGISTER                                     19
     16.8  CORRECTNESS OF NOTE REGISTER                                       19
 
17.  CHANGES OF NOTE REGISTRAR                                                20
     17.1  REMOVAL                                                            20
     17.2  RESIGNATION                                                        20
     17.3  LIMITATION                                                         20
 
18.  GENERAL                                                                  20
     18.1  COMMUNICATIONS TO OFFSHORE NOTEHOLDERS                             20
     18.2  AGENCY                                                             20
     18.3  IDENTITY                                                           21
     18.4  NO SET-OFF                                                         21
     18.5  RELIANCE                                                           21
     18.6  ENTITLED TO DEAL                                                   21
     18.7  CONSULTATION                                                       22
     18.8  DUTIES                                                             22
     18.9  INCOME TAX RETURNS                                                 22
     18.10 TAXES                                                              22
     18.11 WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS                                               22
     18.12 NO REPRESENTATIONS                                                 22
     18.13 EUROPEAN UNION TAX DIRECTIVE                                       22
     18.14 KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER                                                 23
 
19.  CHANGES IN PAYING AGENTS AND CALCULATION AGENT                           23
     19.1  REMOVAL                                                            23
     19.2  RESIGNATION                                                        24
     19.3  LIMITATION                                                         24
     19.4  DELIVERY OF AMOUNTS                                                25
     19.5  SUCCESSOR TO PAYING AGENTS                                         25
     19.6  SUCCESSOR TO CALCULATION AGENT                                     26
     19.7  SUCCESSOR TO NOTE REGISTRAR                                        26
     19.8  NOTICE TO OFFSHORE NOTEHOLDERS                                     27
     19.9  CHANGE IN PAYING OFFICE OR SPECIFIED OFFICE                        27
 
20.  FEES AND EXPENSES                                                        28
 
21.  WAIVERS, REMEDIES CUMULATIVE                                             29
 
22.  SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS                                               29
 
23.  ASSIGNMENTS                                                              29
 
 
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24.  NOTICES                                                                  29
     24.1  GENERAL                                                            29
     24.2  DETAILS                                                            30
     24.3  COMMUNICATION THROUGH PRINCIPAL PAYING AGENT                       32
 
25.  LIMITED RECOURSE                                                         32
     25.1  GENERAL                                                            32
     25.2  LIABILITY OF TRUSTEE LIMITED TO ITS RIGHT TO INDEMNITY             32
     25.3  UNRESTRICTED REMEDIES                                              33
     25.4  RESTRICTED REMEDIES                                                33
 
26.  COUNTERPARTS                                                             34
 
27.  GOVERNING LAW                                                            34
 
28.  SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE                                                        34
 
29.  COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION AB: OTHER "SERVICING FUNCTION
     PARTICIPANTS"                                                            34
     29.1  INTENT OF THE PARTIES, REASONABLENESS                              34
     29.2  INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED BY THE SERVICING
           FUNCTION PARTICIPANT                                               35
     29.3  REPORT ON ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE AND ATTESTATION                 36
     29.4  USE OF SUBSERVICERS AND SUBCONTRACTORS                             37
 
30.  ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING                                                    37
 
SCHEDULE 1                                                                    41
     SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE           41
 
 
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DATE                      19 September                           2006
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PARTIES
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      1.    PERPETUAL TRUSTEES CONSOLIDATED LIMITED (ABN 81 004 029 841)
            incorporated in Australia and registered in Victoria of Level 12
            Angel Place, 123 Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 in its
            capacity as trustee of the Crusade Global Trust No. 2 of 2006 (the
            TRUSTEE);
 
      2.    CRUSADE MANAGEMENT LIMITED (ABN 90 072 715 916) incorporated in
            Australia and registered in New South Wales of 4-16 Montgomery
            Street, Kogarah, New South Wales 2217, as Manager in relation to the
            Crusade Global Trust No. 2 of 2006 (the MANAGER);
 
      3.    THE BANK OF NEW YORK acting through its office at 101 Barclay
            Street, Floor 21 West, New York, New York 10286, United States of
            America as principal paying agent for the Class A-1 Notes described
            below and acting through its office at 48th Floor, 1 Canada Square,
            London E14 5AL, United Kingdom as principal paying agent for the
            Class A-2 Notes described below (together the PRINCIPAL PAYING
            AGENT, which expression shall, wherever the context requires,
            include any successor principal paying agent from time to time under
            this agreement and, except where the context otherwise requires, the
            Principal Paying Agent and any additional paying agent or paying
            agents appointed under this agreement are PAYING AGENTS and each of
            them is a PAYING AGENT); acting through its office at 101 Barclay
            Street, Floor 21 West, New York, New York 10286, United States of
            America as note registrar in relation to the Class A-1 Notes
            described below (the CLASS A-1 NOTE REGISTRAR, which expression
            shall, whenever the context requires, include any successor note
            registrar from time to time under this agreement); acting through
            its office at 48th Floor, 1 Canada Square, London E14 5AL, United
            Kingdom as note registrar in relation to the Class A-2 Notes
            described below (the CLASS A-2 NOTE REGISTRAR, which expression
            shall, whenever the context requires, include any successor note
            registrar from time to time under this agreement); and as trustee
            for the Offshore Noteholders (the NOTE TRUSTEE, which expression
            shall, wherever the context requires, include any other trustee or
            trustees from time to time under the Note Trust Deed); and
 
      4.    THE BANK OF NEW YORK of 48th Floor, 1 Canada Square, London E14 5AL,
            United Kingdom as calculation agent in relation to the Offshore
            Notes described below (the CALCULATION AGENT, which expression
            shall, wherever the context requires, include any successor
            calculation agent from time to time).
 
 
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RECITALS
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      A     The Trustee proposes to issue US$1,200,000,000 of Class A-1 mortgage
            backed pass through floating rate Notes (the CLASS A-1 NOTES),
            (euro)450,000,000 of Class A-2 mortgage backed pass through floating
            rates Notes (the CLASS A-2 NOTES), and A$677,500,000 of mortgage
            backed pass through floating rate Notes comprising A$600,000,000
            Class A-3 Notes, A$53,200,000 Class B Notes and A$24,300,000 Class C
            Notes (together the A$ NOTES) each with a Final Maturity Date
            falling in November 2037.
 
      B     The Offshore Notes will be represented initially by one or more
            Class A-1 Book-Entry Notes and one or more Class A-2 Book-Entry
            Notes (the BOOK-ENTRY NOTES).
 
      C     The Offshore Notes, upon original issue, will be issued in the form
            of typewritten Book-Entry Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes.
            The Trustee shall, on the date of this deed, deliver or arrange the
            delivery on its behalf of the Book-Entry Notes to the relevant
            Common Depository, as agent for the relevant Clearing Agency. The
            Book-Entry Notes shall initially be registered on the relevant Note
            Register in the name of the relevant Common Depository, as nominee
            of the relevant Clearing Agency, and no Class A Note Owner will
            receive a Definitive Class A Note representing such Class A Note
            Owner's interest in such Offshore Note, except as provided in the
            Note Trust Deed.
 
      D     The Offshore Notes will be constituted by the Note Trust Deed, the
            Supplementary Terms Notice and the Master Trust Deed.
 
      E     The Offshore Notes will be secured on the terms of the Security
            Trust Deed.
 
      F     The Trustee wishes to appoint the Principal Paying Agent as
            principal paying agent in respect of the Offshore Notes only and has
            entered into this agreement to provide for the terms and conditions
            of that appointment.
 
      G     The Trustee wishes to appoint the Calculation Agent as its reference
            agent in respect of the Offshore Notes only and has entered into
            this agreement to provide for the terms and conditions of that
            appointment.
 
      H     The Trustee wishes to appoint the Class A-1 Note Registrar in
            respect of the Class A-1 Notes only and the Class A-2 Note Registrar
            in respect of the Class A-2 Notes only and has entered into this
            agreement to provide for the terms and conditions of that
            appointment.
 
 
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IT IS AGREED as follows.
 
1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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1.1     DEFINITIONS
 
        The following definitions apply unless the context requires otherwise.
 
        EU TAX DIRECTIVE means the European Union Council Directive 2003/48/EC
        on the taxation of savings income which was adopted on 3 June 2003, or
        any law or regulation implementing or complying with, or introduced to
        conform with such directive.
 
        MASTER TRUST DEED means the Master Trust Deed for the Crusade Trusts
        dated 14 March 1998 between the Trustee as trustee, St.George Bank
        Limited and the Manager.
 
        NOTE PARTY has the meaning given to that term in clause 18.2.
 
        NOTICE OF CREATION OF TRUST means the Notice of Creation of Trust dated
        14 September 2006 issued under the Master Trust Deed in relation to the
        Trust.
 
        OFFSHORE NOTES means each of the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2
        Notes.
 
        PAYING OFFICE means, in relation to a Paying Agent and any Offshore
        Notes, the office of the Paying Agent specified in the relevant Offshore
        Notes or otherwise under this agreement or the Note Trust Deed as the
        office at which payments in respect of the Offshore Notes will be made
        as changed from time to time in accordance with this agreement.
 
        SPECIFIED OFFICE means, in relation to the Calculation Agent, the office
        of the Calculation Agent specified under this agreement as the office at
        which the Calculation Agent will carry out its duties under this
        agreement, and initially means its office at 48th Floor, 1 Canada
        Square, London E14 5AL, United Kingdom.
 
        SUPPLEMENTARY TERMS NOTICE means the Supplementary Terms Notice dated on
        or about the date of this agreement relating to the Trust.
 
        TRUST means the trust known as the Crusade Global Trust No. 2 of 2006
        established under the Notice of Creation of Trust, the Master Trust Deed
        and the Supplementary Terms Notice.
 
1.2     DEFINITIONS IN MASTER TRUST DEED, SUPPLEMENTARY TERMS NOTICE, NOTE TRUST
        DEED AND CONDITIONS
 
        (a)     Words and expressions which are defined in the Master Trust Deed
                (as amended by the Supplementary Terms Notice), the
                Supplementary Terms Notice, the Note Trust Deed and the relevant
                Conditions (including by reference to another agreement) have
                the same meanings when used in this agreement unless the context
                otherwise requires or unless otherwise defined in this
                agreement.
 
        (b)     If a definition in any of the documents in paragraph (a) above
                is inconsistent, the definitions will prevail in the following
                order:
 
                (i)     definition in this agreement;
 
                (ii)    definition in the Supplementary Terms Notice;
 
 
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                (iii)   definition in the Master Trust Deed;
 
                (iv)    definition in the Note Trust Deed;
 
                (v)     definition in the relevant Conditions.
 
1.3     INTERPRETATION
 
        Clause 1.2 of the Master Trust Deed applies to this agreement as if set
        out in full and:
 
        (a)     a reference to an ASSET includes any real or personal, present
                or future, tangible or intangible property or asset and any
                right, interest, revenue or benefit in, under or derived from
                the property or asset;
 
        (b)     a reference to an amount for which a person is CONTINGENTLY
                LIABLE includes an amount which that person may become actually
                or contingently liable to pay if a contingency occurs, whether
                or not that liability will actually arise; and
 
        (c)     all references to costs or charges or expenses include GST, any
                value added tax or similar tax charged or chargeable in respect
                of the charge or expense.
 
1.4     DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT
 
        A reference to:
 
        (a)     an AGREEMENT includes a Security Interest, guarantee,
                undertaking, deed, agreement or legally enforceable arrangement
                whether or not in writing; and
 
        (b)     a DOCUMENT includes an agreement (as so defined) in writing or a
                certificate, notice, instrument or document.
 
        A reference to a specific agreement or document includes it as amended,
        novated, supplemented or replaced from time to time, except to the
        extent prohibited by this agreement.
 
1.5     TRANSACTION DOCUMENT
 
        This agreement is a TRANSACTION DOCUMENT for the purposes of the Master
        Trust Deed.
 
1.6     TRUSTEE AS TRUSTEE
 
        (a)     In this agreement, except where provided to the contrary:
 
                (i)     a reference to the Trustee is a reference to the Trustee
                        in its capacity as trustee of the Trust only, and in no
                        other capacity; and
 
                (ii)    a reference to the assets, business, property or
                        undertaking of the Trustee is a reference to the assets,
                        business, property or undertaking of the Trustee only in
                        the capacity described in sub-paragraph (i) above.
 
        (b)     The rights and obligations of the parties under this agreement
                relate only to the Trust, and do not relate to any other Trust
                (as defined in the Master Trust Deed).
 
1.7     NOTE TRUSTEE AS NOTE TRUSTEE
 
        The Note Trustee enters into this agreement for itself and for and as
        trustee for and on behalf of the Offshore Noteholders from time to time
        under and subject to the terms of the Note Trust Deed.
 
 
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2.      APPOINTMENT OF PAYING AGENTS
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        (a)     Subject to the terms of this agreement, the Trustee (acting on
                the direction of the Manager) appoints the Principal Paying
                Agent as its principal paying agent and each other Paying Agent
                as its paying agent, for making payments in respect of the
                Offshore Notes in accordance with the Transaction Documents and
                the relevant Conditions at their respective Paying Offices. The
                Principal Paying Agent accepts its appointment under this
                agreement.
 
        (b)     Except in clause 19 and as the context otherwise requires,
                references to the Principal Paying Agent are to it acting solely
                through its Paying Office.
 
        (c)     If at any time there is more than one Paying Agent, the
                obligations of the Paying Agents under this agreement shall be
                several and not joint.
 
        It is acknowledged and agreed that:
 
                (i)     subject to clause 7, the Principal Paying Agent is the
                        agent of the Trustee in its capacity as trustee of the
                        Trust only; and
 
                (ii)    despite anything else in this agreement, any other
                        Transaction Document or at law, the Trustee in its
                        personal capacity is not responsible for any act or
                        omission of the Principal Paying Agent or any other
                        Paying Agent except to the extent of losses, costs,
                        claims or damages caused by the fraud, negligence or
                        Default of the Trustee.
 
3.      PAYMENT
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3.1     PAYMENT BY TRUSTEE
 
        (a)     The Trustee shall, with the assistance of and, at the direction
                of the Manager, not later than 10.00 am (New York time) on each
                Payment Date, pay to or to the order of, or procure payment to
                or to the order of, the Principal Paying Agent (including where
                relevant in clause 3.9) the amount in US$ as may be required
                (after taking account of any cash then held by the Principal
                Paying Agent and available for the purpose) to be made on each
                Payment Date under the Supplementary Terms Notice in respect of
                the Class A-1 Notes and the relevant Conditions.
 
        (b)     The Trustee shall, with the assistance of and at the direction
                of the Manager, not later than 10.00 am (London time) on each
                Payment Date, pay to or to the order of, or procure payment to
                or to the order of, the Principal Paying Agent (including where
                relevant in clause 3.9) the amount in Euros as may be required
                (after taking account of any cash then held by the Principal
                Paying Agent and available for the purpose) to be made on that
                Payment Date under the Supplementary Terms Notice in respect of
                the Class A-2 Notes and the relevant Conditions.
 
3.2     CONFIRMATION
 
        Not later than 4.00 pm (Sydney time) on each Determination Date, the
        Manager on behalf of the Trustee shall notify, or procure notification
        to, the Principal Paying Agent and the Note Trustee of the amount of
        interest or principal payable in respect of the Offshore Notes on the
        Payment Date following that Determination Date. The Trustee or if
        required by the Trustee, the Manager on its
 
 
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