8-K 1 y91853e8vk.txt MLMI TMTS 2003-5SL SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): October 30, 2003 Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. (Exact name of registrant specified in Charter) Delaware 333-106175 13-3416059 (State or other (Commission (IRS Employer jurisdiction of File Number) Identification No.) incorporation) 250 Vesey Street 4 World Financial Center 10th Floor New York, New York 10080 (Address of principal executive offices) Zip Code

REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (212) 449-0357 No Change (Former name and former address, if changed since last report) ITEM 5. Other Events. The Registrant registered the issuance of one or more series of asset-backed certificates and/or asset-backed notes on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration File No. 333-106175 (the "Registration Statement"). Pursuant to the Registration Statement, on October 30, 2003 the Registrant issued approximately $126,653,100 in aggregate principal amount of its Terwin Mortgage Trust, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series TMTS 2003-5SL. This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to satisfy an undertaking, contained in the prospectus, dated July 3, 2003, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement, dated October 28, 2003 and the supplement to the prospectus supplement, dated October 31, 2003 (collectively, the "Prospectus Supplement"), to file a copy of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below) executed in connection with the issuance of the Certificates (as defined below), a form of which was filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. The "Certificates" consist of the following classes: Class A-1, Class A-X, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class P, Class X and Class R. The Certificates were issued pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1, dated as of October 1, 2003, among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as Depositor, Wilshire Credit Corporation, as Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as Master Servicer and Securities Administrator and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee. The Certificates evidence all of the beneficial ownership interests in a trust fund that consists primarily of a pool of certain fixed rate, conventional, second lien residential mortgage loans with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of approximately $133,109,686 as of October 1, 2003. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. ITEM 7. Financial Statements; Pro Forma Information and Exhibits. (a) Not applicable. (b) Not applicable. (c) Exhibits: 4.1 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2003, among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as Depositor, Wilshire Credit Corporation, as Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as Master Servicer and Securities Administrator and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee. 99.1 Form of Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2003, between Terwin Advisors LLC, as Seller and Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as Purchaser. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC. By: /s/ Matthew Whalen ------------------------------ Name: Matthew Whalen Title: President Date: November 14, 2003 EXHIBIT INDEX

MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE ASST BACK CERTS SER 2003-5SL 8-K