================================================================================ 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): August 6, 2004 FINANCIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORP. (AS DEPOSITOR UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF AUGUST 1, 2004, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-2) Financial Asset Securities Corp. -------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DELAWARE 333-111379 06-1442101 - ---------------------------- ----------- ---------------------- (State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer of Incorporation) File Number) Identification Number) 600 Steamboat Road Greenwich, Connecticut 06830 - ---------------------------------------- ---------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (203) 625-2700 ================================================================================ -2- Item 8.01. OTHER EVENTS Description of the Certificates and the Mortgage Pool On August 6, 2004, a single series of certificates, entitled Finance America Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-2 (the "Certificates"), were issued pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of August 1, 2004 (the "Agreement"), attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1, among Financial Asset Securities Corp. as depositor (the "Depositor"), HomEq Servicing Corporation, as servicer (the "Servicer") and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as trustee (the "Trustee"). The Certificates consist of nineteen classes of certificates (collectively, the "Certificates"), designated as the "Class I-A1 Certificates", "Class II-A1 Certificates", "Class II-A2 Certificates", "Class II-A3 Certificates", "Class M-1 Certificates", "Class M-2 Certificates", "Class M-3 Certificates", "Class M-4 Certificates", "Class M-5 Certificates", "Class M-6 Certificates", "Class M-7 Certificates", "Class M-8 Certificates", "Class M-9 Certificates", "Class B-1 Certificates", "Class B-2 Certificates", "Class C Certificates", "Class P Certificates", "Class R Certificates" and "Class R-X Certificates". The Certificates evidence in the aggregate the entire beneficial ownership interest in a trust fund (the "Trust Fund"), consisting of a pool of mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Pool'") of conventional, one- to four- family, adjustable rate and fixed rate, first lien mortgage loans having original terms to maturity up to 30 years (the "Mortgage Loans"). The Mortgage Pool consist of Mortgage Loans having an aggregate principal balance of $705,388,300 as of August 1, 2004 (the "Cut-off Date"). The Mortgage Loans were purchased pursuant to an Assignment Agreement, dated August 4, 2004 (the "Assignment Agreement"), among Greenwich Capital Financial Products, Inc. ("Assignor"), Financial Asset Securities Corp. ("Assignee") and Finance America, LLC (the "Originator"). The Class I-A1 Certificates, Class II-A1 Certificates, Class II-A2 Certificates, Class II-A3 Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class M-7 Certificates, Class M-8 Certificates, Class M-9 Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates, Class R Certificates and Class R-X Certificates were sold by the Depositor to Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. (the "Underwriter"), pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated August 4, 2004 (the "Underwriting Agreement") among the Depositor, the Underwriter, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and WAMU Capital Corp. -3- The Certificates have the following initial Certificate Balances and Pass-Through Rates: ================================================================================ Initial Certificate Principal Class Balance or Notional Amount Pass-Through Rate - ----- -------------------------- ----------------- I-A1 $375,737,000.00 Variable II-A1 $ 39,000,000.00 Variable II-A2 $123,400,000.00 Variable II-A3 $ 15,594,000.00 Variable Class M-1 $ 26,452,000.00 Variable Class M-2 $ 22,925,000.00 Variable Class M-3 $ 15,871,000.00 Variable Class M-4 $ 10,581,000.00 Variable Class M-5 $ 14,108,000.00 Variable Class M-6 $ 12,344,000.00 Variable Class M-7 $ 10,581,000.00 Variable Class M-8 $ 10,581,000.00 Variable Class M-9 $ 8,817,000.00 Variable Class B-1 $ 8,817,000.00 Variable Class B-2 $ 5,290,000.00 Variable Class C $ 5,290,200.41 Variable Class P $ 100.00 N/A Class R 100.00% N/A Class R-X 100.00% N/A ================================================================================ The Certificates, other than the Class C Certificates, the Class P Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates, Class R Certificates and the Class R-X Certificates, and the Mortgage Loans are more particularly described in the Prospectus, dated April 23, 2004 and the Prospectus Supplement, dated August 4, 2004, as previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b). The Class C Certificates, the Class P Certificates, the Class B-1 Certificates, the Class B-2 Certificates, the Class R Certificates and the Class R-X Certificates have not been and will not be publicly offered by the Depositor. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Prospectus Supplement. Item 9.01. EXHIBITS (a) Not applicable (b) Not applicable (c) Exhibits -4- EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION 4.1 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2004, by and among Financial Asset Securities Corp. as Depositor, HomEq Servicing Corporation as Servicer and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee, relating to the Series 2004-2 Certificates. 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 thereunto duly authorized. Dated: August 23, 2004 FINANCIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORP. By: /s/ Frank Skibo ----------------------------------- Name: Frank Skibo Title: SVP INDEX TO EXHIBITS Sequentially Exhibit No. Description Numbered Page ----------- ----------- ------------- 4.1 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 7 1, 2004, by and among Financial Asset Securities Corp. as Depositor, HomEq Servicing Corporation as Servicer and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee, relating to the Series 2004-2 Certificates.