exv10w2






Exhibit 10.2




SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT




among




NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES 2009-A OWNER TRUST,

as Issuer,




NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II,

as Seller,




and




NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION,

as Servicer




Dated as of March 25, 2009




 









 





TABLE OF CONTENTS




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE I

Definitions

	SECTION 1.01

	 	Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	SECTION 1.02

	 	Usage of Terms
	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II

Conveyance of Receivables

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.01

	 	Conveyance of Receivables
	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 2.02

	 	Custody of Receivable Files
	 	 	22	 
	SECTION 2.03

	 	Acceptance by Issuer
	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III

The Receivables

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 3.01

	 	Representations and Warranties of the
Seller with Respect to the Receivables
	 	 	23	 
	SECTION 3.02

	 	Repurchase upon Breach
	 	 	27	 
	SECTION 3.03

	 	Duties of Servicer as Custodian
	 	 	28	 
	SECTION 3.04

	 	Instructions; Authority To Act
	 	 	29	 
	SECTION 3.05

	 	Custodian’s Indemnification
	 	 	29	 
	SECTION 3.06

	 	Effective Period and Termination
	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV

Administration and Servicing of Receivables

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 4.01

	 	Duties of Servicer
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 4.02

	 	Collection of Receivable Payments
	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 4.03

	 	Realization upon Receivables
	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 4.04

	 	Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles
	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 4.05

	 	Covenants of Servicer
	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 4.06

	 	Purchase of Receivables upon Breach
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 4.07

	 	Servicing Fee and Expenses
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 4.08

	 	Servicer’s Certificate
	 	 	34	 
	SECTION 4.09

	 	Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Default
	 	 	34	 
	SECTION 4.10

	 	Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants’ Report
	 	 	35	 
	SECTION 4.11

	 	Access to Certain Records and Information Regarding Receivables
	 	 	35	 
	SECTION 4.12

	 	Appointment of Subservicer
	 	 	35	 
	SECTION 4.13

	 	Amendments to Schedule of Receivables
	 	 	36	 






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	SECTION 4.14

	 	Acknowledgement by Servicer of its Obligations under the Indenture
	 	 	36	 
	SECTION 4.15

	 	Compliance with Regulation AB
	 	 	36	 
	SECTION 4.16

	 	Fidelity Bond
	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V

Distributions; Accounts; Statements to the Certificateholders and the Noteholders

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5.01

	 	Establishment of Accounts
	 	 	36	 
	SECTION 5.02

	 	Collections
	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 5.03

	 	Application of Collections
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 5.04

	 	Advances
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 5.05

	 	Additional Deposits
	 	 	41	 
	SECTION 5.06

	 	Payments and Distributions
	 	 	42	 
	SECTION 5.07

	 	Reserve Account
	 	 	48	 
	SECTION 5.08

	 	Statements to Certificateholders and Noteholders
	 	 	50	 
	SECTION 5.09

	 	Net Deposits
	 	 	51	 
	SECTION 5.10

	 	Currency Swap Agreement
	 	 	52	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI

The Seller

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.01

	 	Representations of Seller
	 	 	52	 
	SECTION 6.02

	 	Additional Covenants of the Seller
	 	 	54	 
	SECTION 6.03

	 	Liability of Seller; Indemnities
	 	 	56	 
	SECTION 6.04

	 	Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller
	 	 	57	 
	SECTION 6.05

	 	Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others
	 	 	58	 
	SECTION 6.06

	 	Seller May Own Certificates or Notes
	 	 	58	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII

The Servicer

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 7.01

	 	Representations of Servicer
	 	 	58	 
	SECTION 7.02

	 	Indemnities of Servicer
	 	 	60	 
	SECTION 7.03

	 	Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the
Obligations of, Servicer
	 	 	61	 
	SECTION 7.04

	 	Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others
	 	 	62	 
	SECTION 7.05

	 	NMAC Not To Resign as Servicer
	 	 	62	 






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	ARTICLE VIII

Default

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 8.01

	 	Servicer Default
	 	 	63	 
	SECTION 8.02

	 	Appointment of Successor
	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 8.03

	 	Repayment of Advances
	 	 	65	 
	SECTION 8.04

	 	Notification
	 	 	65	 
	SECTION 8.05

	 	Waiver of Past Defaults
	 	 	65	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX

Termination; Release of Receivables

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 9.01

	 	Optional Purchase of All Receivables
	 	 	66	 
	SECTION 9.02

	 	Release of Receivables
	 	 	67	 
	SECTION 9.03

	 	Termination
	 	 	67	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X

Miscellaneous

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 10.01

	 	Amendment
	 	 	68	 
	SECTION 10.02

	 	Protection of Title to Trust
	 	 	70	 
	SECTION 10.03

	 	Notices
	 	 	72	 
	SECTION 10.04

	 	Assignment by the Seller or the Servicer
	 	 	72	 
	SECTION 10.05

	 	Limitations on Rights of Others
	 	 	73	 
	SECTION 10.06

	 	Severability
	 	 	73	 
	SECTION 10.07

	 	Separate Counterparts
	 	 	73	 
	SECTION 10.08

	 	Headings
	 	 	73	 
	SECTION 10.09

	 	Governing Law
	 	 	73	 
	SECTION 10.10

	 	Assignment by Issuer
	 	 	73	 
	SECTION 10.11

	 	Nonpetition Covenants
	 	 	73	 
	SECTION 10.12

	 	Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee
	 	 	74	 
	SECTION 10.13

	 	Waivers
	 	 	74	 
	SCHEDULE A

	 	Location of the Receivable Files	 	 	 	 
	APPENDIX A

	 	Regulation AB Representations, Warranties And Covenants	 	 	 	 






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     SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of March 25, 2009, among NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES 2009-A
OWNER TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”), NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II, a
Delaware corporation (the “Seller”), and NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, a California
corporation in its individual capacity (in such capacity, “NMAC”) and as Servicer (in such
capacity, the “Servicer”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the
respective meanings assigned to such terms in Article I.



     WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to purchase a portfolio of receivables arising in connection with
retail installment sales contracts secured by new, near-new or used automobiles and light-duty
trucks generated by NMAC in the ordinary course of business and sold to the Seller;



     WHEREAS, the Seller is willing to sell such receivables to the Issuer; and



     WHEREAS, the Servicer is willing to service such receivables.



     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained,
the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:



ARTICLE I




Definitions




     SECTION 1.01 Definitions. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, whenever
used herein, the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the
following respective meanings:



     “Accounts” means the Collection Account and the Reserve Account.



     “Adjusted Pool Balance” means, at any time, an amount equal to the Pool Balance minus
the YSOC Amount.



     “Administration Agreement” means the Administration Agreement, dated as of the Closing
Date, among the Administrator, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee.



     “Administrative Purchase Payment” for any Administrative Receivable as of the last day
of any Collection Period, means the sum of the Principal Balance thereof as of the beginning of
such Collection Period plus interest accrued thereon through the due date for the Obligor’s payment
in such Collection Period at the related APR, after giving effect to the receipt of monies
collected (from whatever source other than the Advances) on such Administrative Receivable, if any,
during such Collection Period.



     “Administrative Receivable” means a Receivable purchased as of the close of business
on the last day of a Collection Period by the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.06 or Section 9.01.



     “Administrator” means NMAC, or any successor Administrator under the Administration
Agreement.



 









 





     “Advance” means the amount, as of the last day of a Collection Period, that the
Servicer is required to advance on the respective Receivable pursuant to Section 5.04.



     “Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling
or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this
definition, “control,” when used with respect to any specified Person, means the power to direct
the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the term “controlling” and “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.



     “Aggregate Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for all Classes of
Notes with respect to such Distribution Date.



     “Agreement” means this Sale and Servicing Agreement among Nissan Auto Receivables
2009-A Owner Trust, as Issuer, NARC II, as Seller, and NMAC, as Servicer.



     “AICPA” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.10.



     “Amount Financed” with respect to any Receivable, means the amount advanced under the
Receivable toward the purchase price of the related Financed Vehicle and any related costs,
including but not limited to accessories, insurance premiums, service and warranty contracts and
other items customarily financed as part of retail automobile and light-duty truck installment sale
contracts.



     “Annual Percentage Rate” or “APR” of a Receivable means the annual rate of
finance charges stated in such Receivable.



     “Assignment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Purchase Agreement.



     “Available Amounts” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of (i)
Available Interest for such Distribution Date and (ii) Available Principal for such Distribution
Date.



     “Available Interest” means, for any Distribution Date, the sum of the following
amounts received during the related Collection Period: (i) that portion of all collections on
Receivables allocable to interest, (ii) without duplication of amounts described in clause (i), Net
Liquidation Proceeds to the extent allocable to interest due on a Liquidated Receivable in
accordance with the Servicer’s customary servicing procedures, (iii) all Advances made by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 5.04, (iv) without duplication of any amounts described above in
clauses (i) and (ii), the Administrative Purchase Payment of each Receivable that became an
Administrative Receivable during the related Collection Period to the extent attributable to
interest thereon, (v) without duplication of any amounts described above in clauses (i) and (ii),
the Warranty Purchase Payment of each Receivable that became a Warranty Receivable during the
related Collection Period to the extent attributable to interest thereon, (vi) in the case of an
Optional Purchase, that portion of the Optional Purchase Price allocable to interest and (vii) the
amount, if any, deposited into the Collection Account from the Reserve Account; provided,
however, that in
calculating Available Interest, amounts to be paid to the Servicer as reimbursement for
Advances



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pursuant to Sections 5.06(c)(i), 5.06(c)(ii), 5.06(d)(i), 5.06(d)(ii), 5.06(e)(i) and
5.06(e)(ii) on such Distribution Date shall be excluded.



     “Available Principal” means, for any Distribution Date, the sum of the following
amounts received during the related Collection Period: (i) that portion of all collections on
Receivables attributable to principal, (ii) without duplication of amounts described in clause (i),
Net Liquidation Proceeds attributable to principal due on a Liquidated Receivable in accordance
with the Servicer’s customary servicing procedures, (iii) without duplication of any amounts
described above in clauses (i) and (ii), the Administrative Purchase Payment of each Receivable
that became an Administrative Receivable during the related Collection Period to the extent
attributable to principal, and (iv) without duplication of any amounts described above in clauses
(i) and (ii), the Warranty Purchase Payment of each Receivable that became a Warranty Receivable
during the related Collection Period to the extent attributable to principal; and (v) without
duplication of any amounts described in clauses (i) and (ii) that portion of the Optional Purchase
Price in the case of an Optional Purchase allocable to Principal.



     “Bankruptcy Code” means the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 101 et
seq.



     “Base Servicing Fee” means the fee payable to the Servicer on each Distribution Date
for services rendered during the related Collection Period, which shall be equal to one-twelfth of
the Servicing Rate multiplied by the Pool Balance as of the close of business on the last day of
the immediately preceding Collection Period or, with respect to the first Distribution Date, the
Original Pool Balance.



     “Basic Documents” means the Purchase Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Certificate
of Trust, this Agreement, the Indenture, the Administration Agreement, the Securities Account
Control Agreement, the Note Depository Agreement and the other documents and certificates delivered
in connection herewith and therewith.



     “Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks in
the city and state where the Corporate Trust Office is located, New York, New York, Nashville,
Tennessee, Irving, Texas or Wilmington, Delaware are authorized or obligated by law, regulation,
executive order or governmental decree to be closed.



     “Certificate Balance” means, as of any Distribution Date, the Original Certificate
Balance, reduced by all amounts distributed to the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 5.06(c),
(d) and/or (e) hereof (but in no event less than zero). For the purposes of determining whether
the vote of the requisite percentage of Certificateholders necessary to effect any consent, waiver,
request or demand shall have been obtained, the Certificate Balance shall be deemed to be reduced
by the amount equal to the balance (without giving effect to this provision) evidenced by any
Certificate registered in the name of the Seller, the Servicer or any Person actually known to a
Trust Officer of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, to be the Seller
or the Servicer or any of their Affiliates.



     “Certificate Factor” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, a seven-digit
decimal figure obtained by dividing the Certificate Balance as of the close of business on the last
day of the related Collection Period by the Original Certificate Balance.



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     “Certificate of Trust” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust
Agreement.



     “Certificate Pool Factor” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, a seven-digit
decimal figure obtained by dividing the Certificate Balance as of the close of business on the last
day of the related Collection Period by the Original Pool Balance.



     “Certificate Register” means the register maintained by the Certificate Registrar
pursuant to the Trust Agreement recording the names of the Certificateholders.



     “Certificateholder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust
Agreement.



     “Certificateholders’ Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to zero until the outstanding principal amount of each Class of
Notes has been reduced to zero, and thereafter, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution
Amount (as reduced by the Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount, if any for such Distribution
Date) for such Distribution Date.



     “Certificates” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust Agreement.



     “Class” means any one of the classes of the Notes.



     “Class A-1 Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means April 15, 2010.



     “Class A-1 Interest Rate” means 1.76430% per annum.



     “Class A-1 Note” means any of the 1.76430% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1, issued under
the Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture.



     “Class A-1 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-1 Note is registered
in the Note Register.



     “Class A-2 Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means July 15, 2011.



     “Class A-2 Interest Rate” means 2.94% per annum.



     “Class A-2 Note” means any of the 2.94% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2, substantially
in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture.



     “Class A-2 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-2 Note is registered
in the Note Register.



     “Class A-3 Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means February 15, 2013.



     “Class A-3 Interest Rate” means 3.20% per annum.



     “Class A-3 Note” means any of the 3.20% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3, substantially
in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture.



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     “Class A-3 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-3 Note is registered
in the Note Register.



     “Class A-4 Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means August 17, 2015.



     “Class A-4 Interest Rate” means 4.74% per annum.



     “Class A-4 Note” means any of the 4.74% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4, substantially
in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture.



     “Class A-4 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-4 Note is registered
in the Note Register.



     “Clearing Agency” means an organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to
Section 17A of the Exchange Act.



     “Closing Date” means March 25, 2009.



     “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder.



     “Collection Account” means the account designated as such, established and maintained
pursuant to Section 5.01.



     “Collection Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the preceding
calendar month. Any amount stated “as of the close of business of the last day of a Collection
Period” shall give effect to the following calculations as determined as of the end of the day on
such last day: (i) all applications of collections, (ii) all Advances and reductions of
Outstanding Advances and (iii) all distributions.



     “Corporate Trust Office” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
Indenture.



     “Currency Swap Agreement” shall mean any currency swap agreement, including all
schedules and confirmations thereto, entered into by the Issuer and the Currency Swap Counterparty.



     “Currency Swap Counterparty” shall mean an unaffiliated third party, as currency swap
counterparty, under the Currency Swap Agreement, or any successor or replacement Currency Swap
Counterparty from time to time.



     “Customary Servicing Practices” means the customary servicing practices of the
Servicer with respect to all comparable motor vehicle receivables that the Servicer services for
itself and others, as such practices may be changed from time to time.



     “Cut-off Date” means February 28, 2009.



     “Damages” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02.




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     “Dealer” means the dealer who sold a Financed Vehicle and who originated and assigned
the related Receivable to NMAC under an existing agreement between such dealer and NMAC.



     “Dealer Recourse” means, with respect to a Receivable, all recourse rights against the
Dealer which originated the Receivable, and any successor Dealer.



     “Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.



     “Defaulted Receivable” means (a) a Receivable (other than an Administrative Receivable
or a Warranty Receivable), which, by its terms, is delinquent for 120 or more days, (b) with
respect to Receivables that are delinquent for less than 120 days, the Servicer has (i) determined,
in accordance with its customary servicing procedures, that eventual payment in full is unlikely or
(ii) repossessed the Financed Vehicle, or (c) a Receivable with respect to which the Servicer has
received notification that the related Obligor is subject to proceedings under Chapter 13 of the
Bankruptcy Code.



     “Definitive Notes” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture.



     “Determination Date” means the tenth calendar day of each calendar month, or if such
tenth day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.



     “Distribution Date” means, for each Collection Period, the 15th calendar day of the
following calendar month, or if the 15th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business
Day, commencing April 15, 2009.



     “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.



     “Eligible Deposit Account” means (a) an account maintained with a depository
institution or trust company (which may be the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any of their
respective Affiliates) organized under the laws of the United States of America or any one of the
states thereof or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank) (i) which at
all times has either (A) a long-term senior unsecured debt rating of “Aa2” or better by Moody’s,
“AA-” or better by Standard & Poor’s and “AA” or better by Fitch or such other rating that is
acceptable to each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter from such Rating Agency to the Issuer or
the Indenture Trustee, (B) a certificate of deposit rating of “P-1” by Moody’s, “A-1+” by Standard
& Poor’s and “F1+” by Fitch or (C) such other rating that is acceptable to each Rating Agency, as
evidenced by a letter from such Rating Agency to the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee (each of (A),
(B) or (C), the “Required Deposit Ratings”) and (ii) whose deposits are insured by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; provided, that a foreign financial institution shall be
deemed to satisfy clause (ii) if such foreign financial institution meets the requirements
of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR §240.13k-1(b)(1)) or (b) a segregated trust
account in the trust department of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be.



     “Eligible Investments” means, at any time, any one or more of the following
obligations and securities:



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     (i) direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment of
principal and interest by, the United States of America;




     (ii) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of any depository
institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or
any state thereof (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank) and subject to supervision and
examination by Federal or State banking or depository institution authorities;
provided, however, that at the time of the investment or contractual
commitment to invest therein, the commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt
obligations (other than such obligations the rating of which is based on the credit of a
Person other than such depository institution or trust company) thereof shall have a credit
rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest investment category granted thereby
(including applicable plus signs);




     (iii) commercial paper having, at the time of the investment or contractual commitment
to invest therein, a rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest investment
category granted thereby;




     (iv) investments in money market funds having a rating from each of the Rating Agencies
in the highest investment category granted thereby (including funds for which the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates is investment manager
or advisor);




     (v) bankers’ acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company referred
to in clause (ii) above;




     (vi) repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is a direct obligation
of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality
thereof the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States of America, in either case entered into with a depository institution or trust
company (acting as principal) described in clause (ii);




     (vii) repurchase obligations with respect to any security or whole loan, entered into
with (a) a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) described in clause
(ii) above (except that the rating referred to in the proviso in such clause (ii) shall be
“A-1” or higher in the case of Standard & Poor’s) (such depository institution or trust
company being referred to in this definition as a “financial institution”), (b) a
broker/dealer (acting as principal) registered as a broker or dealer under Section 15 of the
Exchange Act (a “broker/dealer”), the unsecured short-term debt obligations of which are
rated “Prime-1” by Moody’s, at least “A-1” by Standard & Poor’s and “F1+” by Fitch at the
time of entering into such repurchase obligation (a “rated broker/dealer”), (c) an unrated
broker/dealer (an “unrated broker/dealer”), acting as principal that is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of a non-bank holding company the unsecured short-term debt obligations of which
are rated “Prime-1” by Moody’s, at least “A-1” by Standard & Poor’s and “F1+” by Fitch at
the time of entering into such repurchase obligation (a “Rated Holding Company”), or (d) an
unrated wholly-owned subsidiary of a direct or indirect parent Rated Holding Company, which
guarantees such subsidiary’s obligations



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under such repurchase agreement (a “Guaranteed Counterparty”); provided that the
following conditions are satisfied:




     (A) the aggregate amount of funds invested in repurchase obligations of a
financial institution, a rated broker/dealer, an unrated broker/dealer or a
Guaranteed Counterparty in respect of which the unsecured short-term ratings of
Standard & Poor’s are “A-1” (in the case of an unrated broker/dealer or Guaranteed
Counterparty, such rating being that of the related Rated Holding Company) shall not
exceed 20% of the outstanding Pool Balance (there being no limit on the amount of
funds that may be invested in repurchase obligations in respect of which such
Standard & Poor’s rating is “A-1+” (in the case of an unrated broker/dealer or
Guaranteed Counterparty, such rating being that of the related Rated Holding
Company));




     (B) in the case of the Reserve Account the rating from Standard & Poor’s in
respect of the unsecured short term debt obligations of the financial institution,
rated broker/dealer, unrated broker/dealer or Guaranteed Counterparty (in the case
of an unrated broker/dealer or Guaranteed Counterparty, such rating being that of
the related Rated Holding Company) shall be “A-1+”;




     (C) the repurchase obligation must mature within 30 days of the date on which
the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, enters into such
repurchase obligation;




     (D) the repurchase obligation shall not be subordinated to any other obligation
of the related financial institution, rated broker/dealer, unrated broker/dealer or
Guaranteed Counterparty;




     (E) the collateral subject to the repurchase obligation is held, in the
appropriate form, by a custodial bank on behalf of the Indenture Trustee or the
Owner Trustee, as applicable;




     (F) the repurchase obligation shall require that the collateral subject thereto
shall be marked to market daily;




     (G) in the case of a repurchase obligation of a Guaranteed Counterparty, the
following conditions shall also be satisfied:




     (1) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, shall
have received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the guarantee of the
related Rated Holding Company is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the
Rated Holding Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to
the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and moratorium or other
similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable
principles;




     (2) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, shall
have received (x) an incumbency certificate for the signer of such



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guarantee, certified by an officer of such Rated Holding Company, and
(y) a resolution, certified by an officer of the Rated Holding Company, of
the board of directors (or applicable committee thereof) of the Rated
Holding Company authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of such
guarantee by the Rated Holding Company;




     (3) the only conditions to the obligation of such Rated Holding Company
to pay on behalf of the Guaranteed Counterparty shall be that the Guaranteed
Counterparty shall not have paid under such repurchase obligation when
required (it being understood that no notice to, demand on or other action
in respect of the Guaranteed Counterparty is necessary) and that the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, shall make a demand
on the Rated Holding Company to make the payment due under such guarantee;




     (4) the guarantee of the Rated Holding Company shall be irrevocable
with respect to such repurchase obligation and shall not be subordinated to
any other obligation of the Rated Holding Company; and




     (5) each of the Rating Agencies has confirmed in writing to the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, that it has reviewed
the form of the guarantee of the Rated Holding Company and has determined
that the issuance of such guarantee will not result in the downgrade or
withdrawal of the ratings assigned to the Notes; and




     (H) the repurchase obligation shall require that the repurchase obligation be
overcollateralized and shall provide that, upon any failure to maintain such
overcollateralization, the repurchase obligation shall become due and payable, and
unless the repurchase obligation is satisfied immediately, the collateral subject to
the repurchase agreement shall be liquidated and the proceeds applied to satisfy the
unsatisfied portion of the repurchase obligation; and




     (viii) any other investment with respect to which the Servicer has received written
notification from the Rating Agencies that the acquisition of such investment as an Eligible
Investment will not result in a withdrawal or downgrading of the ratings on the Notes;



provided that, unless otherwise expressly stated herein, each of the foregoing investments
shall be denominated in U.S. dollars, shall not be purchased at a premium, shall mature no later
than the Business Day prior to the Distribution Date immediately following the date of purchase,
and shall be required to be held to such maturity; and provided, further, that,
notwithstanding clauses (i) through (viii) above, “Eligible Investments” shall not include any
security having an “r” subscript attached to its Standard & Poor’s rating.



     For purposes of this definition, any reference to the highest available credit rating of an
obligation shall mean the highest available credit rating for such obligation (excluding any “+”
signs associated with such rating), or such lower credit rating (as approved in writing by each



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Rating Agency) as will not result in the qualification, downgrading or withdrawal of the
rating then assigned by such Rating Agency to any of the Notes.



     “Event of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.



     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.



     “Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means, the Class A-1 Final Scheduled Distribution
Date, the Class A-2 Final Scheduled Distribution Date, the Class A-3 Final Scheduled Distribution
Date and the Class A-4 Final Scheduled Distribution Date, as applicable.



     “Financed Vehicle” means a new, near-new or used automobile or light-duty truck,
together with all accessions thereto, securing an Obligor’s indebtedness under the related
Receivable.



     “Fitch” means Fitch Ratings.



     “HB3” shall mean House Bill No. 3 (signed by the Governor of the State of Texas on May
19, 2006) and the corresponding sections of Title 2 of the Texas Tax Code implementing House Bill
No. 3 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder implementing House Bill No. 3.



     “Holder” or “Securityholder” means the registered holder of any Certificate or
Note as evidenced by the Certificate Register (as defined in the Trust Agreement) or Note Register
(as defined in the Indenture) except that, solely for the purposes of giving certain consents,
waivers, requests or demands pursuant to the Trust Agreement or the Indenture, the interest
evidenced by any Certificate or Note registered in the name of NARC II or NMAC, or any Person
actually known to a Trust Officer to be an Affiliate of NARC II or NMAC, shall not be taken into
account in determining whether the requisite percentage necessary to effect any such consent,
waiver, request or demand shall have been obtained unless NARC II or NMAC are the only holders.



     “Hybrid Chattel Paper” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.



     “Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of the Closing Date, between the Issuer and
U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee.



     “Indenture Trustee” means the Person acting as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture,
its successors in interest and any successor trustee under the Indenture.



     “Insolvency Event” means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) the filing of a
petition seeking entry of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises in respect of such Person or all or substantially all of its property in an involuntary
case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for all or substantially all of its property,
or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of such Person’s affairs, and such petition shall remain
unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or (b) the commencement by such Person
of a voluntary case



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under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, or the consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an
involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by such Person to the appointment of or taking
possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar
official for such Person or for all or substantially all of its property, or the making by such
Person of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors.



     “Interest Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date and the Class A-1
Notes, the period from (and including) the preceding Distribution Date to (but excluding) such
Distribution Date, except that the initial Interest Period will be from (and including) the Closing
Date to (but excluding) April 15, 2009, and, with respect to any Distribution Date and the Class
A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, the period from (and including) the 15th day of
the preceding calendar month to (but excluding) the 15th day of the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs, except that the initial Interest Period will be from (and including) the
Closing Date to (but excluding) April 15, 2009.



     “Interest Rate” means the Class A-1 Interest Rate, the Class A-2 Interest Rate, the
Class A-3 Interest Rate or the Class A-4 Interest Rate, as the case may be.



     “Issuer” means Nissan Auto Receivables 2009-A Owner Trust unless and until a successor
replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of any provision contained
herein and required by the TIA, each other obligor on the Notes.



     “Lien” means any security interest, lien, charge, pledge, equity or encumbrance of any
kind, other than, in the case of a Financed Vehicle, tax liens, mechanics’ liens and any liens that
attach to such Financed Vehicle by operation of law.



     “Liquidated Receivable” means a Defaulted Receivable as to which the related Financed
Vehicle has been liquidated by the Servicer.



     “Monthly Remittance Conditions” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.02.



     “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.



     “NARC II” means Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, a Delaware corporation.



     “Net Liquidation Proceeds” means the monies collected from whatever source on a
Liquidated Receivable, net of the sum of any amounts expended by the Servicer for the account of
the Obligor, plus any amounts required by law to be remitted to the Obligor.



     “Nissan” means Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.



     “NMAC” means Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, a California corporation.



     “Nonrecoverable Advance” means any Outstanding Advance with respect to (i) any
Defaulted Receivable or (ii) any Receivable as to which the Servicer determines that any recovery
from payments made on or with respect to such Receivable is unlikely.



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     “Note” means any one of the notes issued under the Indenture.



     “Note Depository Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
Indenture.



     “Note Factor” means, with respect to any Class of Notes and any Distribution Date, a
seven-digit decimal figure obtained by dividing the Outstanding Amount of such Class of Notes, as
of the close of business on the last day of the related Collection Period, by the initial
Outstanding Amount of that Class of Notes.



     “Noteholder” shall mean any of the Class A-1 Noteholders, the Class A-2 Noteholders,
the Class A-3 Noteholders or the Class A-4 Noteholders.



     “Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall” means, with respect to any Distribution
Date and a Class of Notes, the excess, if any, of the sum of the Noteholders’ Monthly Interest
Distributable Amount for such Class for the preceding Distribution Date plus any outstanding
Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Class on such preceding Distribution Date, over
the amount in respect of interest that is actually paid on the Notes of such Class on such
preceding Distribution Date, plus, to the extent permitted by applicable law, interest on the
Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall at the related Interest Rate for the related Interest
Period (calculated on the same basis as interest on that Class of Notes for the same period).



     “Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution
Date and a Class of Notes, the sum of the Noteholders’ Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for
such Class plus any outstanding Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Class as of the
close of the immediately preceding Distribution Date.



     “Noteholders’ Monthly Interest Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any
Distribution Date and a Class of Notes, interest accrued for the related Interest Period
(calculated on the basis of, in the case of the Class A-1 Notes, the actual number of days in such
Interest Period and a year assumed to consist of 360 days, and in the case of the Class A-2 Notes,
the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, such Interest Period being assumed to consist of 30
days and a year assumed to consist of 360 days) at the related Interest Rate for such Class of
Notes on the Outstanding Amount of the Notes of such Class on the immediately preceding
Distribution Date, after giving effect to all payments of principal to Noteholders of such Class on
or prior to such Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, on the original
principal amount of such Class of Notes).



     “Noteholders’ Principal Carryover Shortfall” means, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of the Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount for the preceding
Distribution Date over the amount in respect of principal that is actually paid as principal on the
Notes on such previous Distribution Date. Noteholders’ Principal Carryover Shortfall is not used
to determine the amount of principal due on the Notes on any Distribution Date, but is used solely
for reporting purposes.



     “Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution
Date, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date until the



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outstanding principal amount of each Class of Notes has been reduced to zero, and for any
Distribution Date thereafter, an amount equal to zero.



     “Note Owner” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.



     “Note Pool Factor” means, with respect to any Class of Notes and any Distribution
Date, a seven-digit decimal figure obtained by dividing the Outstanding Amount of such Class of
Notes as of the close of business on the last day of the related Collection Period by the Original
Pool Balance.



     “Note Register” means the register maintained by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture recording the name of each Noteholder.



     “Notes” means the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, and the
Class A-4 Notes.



     “Obligor” on a Receivable means the purchaser or co-purchasers of the Financed Vehicle
or any other Person who owes payments under the Receivable (but excluding any Dealer in respect of
Dealer Recourse).



     “Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by the chairman of the board, the
president, any executive vice president, any vice president, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer
or the controller of the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be.



     “Opinion of Counsel” means one or more written opinions of counsel who may, except as
otherwise provided herein, be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer, the Seller or the Servicer,
which counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or the
Rating Agencies, as the case may be.



     “Optional Purchase” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(a).



     “Optional Purchase Percentage” means 5.00%.



     “Optional Purchase Price” means, an amount equal to the aggregate Administrative
Purchase Payments for the Receivables (including Receivables that became Defaulted Receivables in
the Collection Period preceding the Distribution Date on which a purchase pursuant to Section 9.01
is effected), plus the appraised value of any other property held by the Trust, such value to be
determined by an appraiser mutually agreed upon by the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee (less
liquidation expenses); provided, however, that the Optional Purchase Price shall be
equal to or greater than the sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of all Classes of Notes, (ii) the
Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for all Classes of Notes for such Distribution Date and,
(iii) the Certificate Balance.



     “Original Certificate Balance” means $115,859,920.97.



     “Original Pool Balance” means the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables on
the Cut-off Date.



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     “Original Principal Amount” means $357,000,000 for the Class A-1 Notes, $323,000,000
for the Class A-2 Notes, $493,000,000 for the Class A-3 Notes and $196,522,000 for the Class A-4
Notes.



     “Outstanding” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the Indenture.



     “Outstanding Advances” means, with respect to a Receivable and the last day of a
Collection Period, the sum of all Advances made as of or prior to such date, minus all payments or
collections as of or prior to such date that are specified in Sections 5.04(b) and 5.04(d) as
applied to reimburse all unpaid Advances with respect to such Receivable.



     “Outstanding Amount” means the aggregate principal amount of all Notes, or, if
indicated by the context, all Notes of any Class, Outstanding at the date of determination.



     “Owner Trust Estate” means all right, title and interest of the Trust in and to the
Receivables (other than the Warranty Receivables for which the Seller has paid the Warranty
Purchase Payment in accordance with Section 3.02 and Administrative Receivables for which the
Servicer has paid the Administrative Purchase Payment in accordance with Section 4.06), and all
monies paid thereon, and all monies accrued thereon, after the Cut-off Date; security interests in
the Financed Vehicles and any accessions thereto; the Collection Account and all funds deposited in
the Collection Account; all property (including the right to receive Net Liquidation Proceeds) that
shall have secured a Receivable and that shall have been acquired by or on behalf of the Owner
Trustee; proceeds from claims on any physical damage, credit life or disability insurance policies
covering the Financed Vehicles or the Obligors; all right to receive payments in respect of any
Dealer Recourse with respect to the Receivables; all right, title and interest of the Seller in and
to the Purchase Agreement and the Assignment; all right, title and interest of the Owner Trustee
and the Trust pursuant to this Agreement and the Administration Agreement; certain rebates of
premiums and other amounts relating to certain insurance policies and other items financed under
the Receivables in effect as of the Cut-off Date; and the proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.



     “Owner Trustee” means the Person acting as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement,
its successors in interest and any successor owner trustee under the Trust Agreement.



     “Paying Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.



     “Person” means any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.



     “Pool Balance” as of the close of business on the last day of a Collection Period
means the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables (reduced by the principal balance of any
Administrative Receivables, Warranty Receivables and Defaulted Receivables) as of the close of
business on such day.



     “Pool Factor” for a particular Class of Notes or Certificates on any Distribution Date
means a seven-digit decimal figure indicating the principal amount of such Class of Notes or the



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Certificate Balance, as the case may be, as of the close of business on the last day of the
related Collection Period as a fraction of the Original Pool Balance.



     “Prepayment” means, with respect to any Receivable, any prepayment, whether in part or
in full, in respect of such Receivable.



     “Principal Balance” of a Receivable, as of any date of determination, means the Amount
Financed minus the sum of (i) all payments on such Receivable allocable to principal, (ii) any
refunded portion of extended warranty protection plan or service contract costs, or of physical
damage, credit life or disability insurance premiums included in the Amount Financed, (iii) any
payment of the Administrative Purchase Payment or the Warranty Purchase Payment with respect to the
Receivable allocable to principal, (iv) any Net Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal, and
(v) any Prepayments or other payments applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance of that
Receivable (to the extent not included in clauses (i) or (iii) of this definition).



     “Principal Distribution Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the excess, if any, of the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of
(a) the Notes and (b) the Certificates as of the preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect
to any principal payments made on the Notes and Certificates on such preceding Distribution Date),
or as of the Closing Date, in the case of the first Distribution Date, over the Adjusted Pool
Balance as of the end of the related Collection Period; provided, however, that the
Principal Distribution Amount on the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for any Class of Notes shall
not be less than the amount necessary to reduce the outstanding principal amount of such class to
zero.



     “Public ABS Transaction” means any publicly registered issuance of securities backed
by (i) a certificate representing the beneficial interest in a pool of vehicle leases originated in
the United States for a lessee with a United States address and the related leased vehicles or (ii)
motor vehicle retail installment contracts originated in the United States and, for both clause (i)
and clause (ii), for which the Seller, or any United States Affiliate thereof, acts as a depositor.



     “Purchase Agreement” means that certain agreement, dated as of the Closing Date,
between NMAC and the Seller, relating to the purchase by the Seller from NMAC of the Receivables.



     “Rating Agency” means, as of any date, any of the nationally recognized statistical
rating organizations that has been requested by the Seller or one of its Affiliates to rate any
Class of Notes and that is rating such Class of Notes on such date.



     “Receivable” means any retail installment sale contract that appears on the Schedule
of Receivables and that has not been released by the Owner Trustee from the Trust.



     “Receivable File” means the records (whether tangible or electronic) specified in
Section 2.02 pertaining to a particular Receivable.



     “Record Date” means, with respect to the Notes of any Class and each Distribution
Date, the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date, and, with respect to the
Certificates or if Definitive Notes, representing any Class of Notes, have been issued, the last
day of the Collection Period preceding the related Distribution Date. Any amount stated “as of a



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Record Date” or “on a Record Date” shall give effect to (i) all applications of collections,
and (ii) all distributions to any party under this Agreement, the Indenture and the Trust Agreement
or to the related Obligor, as the case may be, in each case as determined as of the opening of
business on the related Record Date.



     “Relevant Trustee” means (i) with respect to the control over or appropriate
designation denoting ownership or control over any property comprising a portion of the Owner Trust
Estate that either is not conveyed or pledged to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the
Noteholders pursuant to the Granting Clause of the Indenture or that has been released from the
lien of the Indenture, the Owner Trustee, and (ii) with respect to any property comprising a
portion of the Trust Estate (as defined in the Indenture) that has not been released from the lien
of the Indenture, the Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that with respect to
any property that is under the joint or separate control of a co-trustee or separate trustee under
the Trust Agreement or the Indenture, respectively, “Relevant Trustee” shall refer to either or
both of the Owner Trustee and such co-trustee or separate trustee or to either or both of the
Indenture Trustee and such co-trustee or separate trustee, as the case may be.



     “Required Deposit Rating” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
definition of “Eligible Deposit Account.”



     “Required Rate” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, 5.75%.



     “Reserve Account” means the account designated as such, established and maintained
pursuant to Section 5.07.



     “Reserve Account Initial Deposit” means $3,713,454.80.



     “Schedule of Receivables” means the schedule of receivables on file with the Indenture
Trustee, as it may be amended from time to time.



     “Scheduled Payment” on a Receivable means the payment required to be made by the
Obligor during each Collection Period that is sufficient to amortize the related Principal Balance
under the Simple Interest Method over the term of the Receivable and to provide interest at the
related APR.



     “Securities Account Control Agreement” means the Securities Account Control Agreement
dated as of the Closing Date, among the Seller, U.S. Bank National Association, as Securities
Intermediary thereunder and U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee pursuant to which
the Reserve Account will be established and maintained.



     “Securities Intermediary” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
Securities Account Control Agreement.



     “Securityholders” has the meaning set forth in this Section 1.01 under the definition
of “Holder.”



     “Seller” means NARC II, as the seller of the Receivables under this Agreement, and
each successor to NARC II (in the same capacity) pursuant to Section 6.04.



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     “Servicer” means NMAC, as the servicer of the Receivables, and each successor to NMAC
(in the same capacity) pursuant to Section 7.03 or 8.02.



     “Servicer Default” means an event specified in Section 8.01.



     “Servicer’s Certificate” means a certificate completed and executed on behalf of the
Servicer by the president, any executive vice president, any vice president, the treasurer, any
assistant treasurer, the controller or any assistant controller of the Servicer pursuant to Section
4.08.



     “Servicing Rate” means 1.00% per annum.



     “Simple Interest Method” means the method of allocating a fixed level payment to
principal and interest pursuant to which the portion of such payment that is allocated to interest
is equal to the product of the fixed rate of interest multiplied by the unpaid principal balance
multiplied by the quotient obtained by calculating the period of time elapsed since the preceding
payment of interest was made and dividing such period of time by 365 or 366, as appropriate.



     “Simple Interest Receivable” means any Receivable under which the portion of a payment
allocable to interest and the portion allocable to principal is determined in accordance with the
Simple Interest Method.



     “Specified Reserve Account Balance” means with respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to not less than 0.75% of the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the Cut-off Date.



     “Standard & Poor’s” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc.



     “Successor Servicer” means any entity appointed as a successor to the Servicer
pursuant to Section 8.02.



     “Supplemental Servicing Fee” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, all late
fees, prepayment charges and other administrative fees and expenses or similar charges allowed by
applicable law with respect to the Receivables received by the Servicer during the related
Collection Period and any interest earned from the investment of monies in the Accounts during the
related Collection Period.



     “Total Servicing Fee” means the sum of the Base Servicing Fee and the Supplemental
Servicing Fee.



     “Trust” means the Issuer.



     “Trust Agreement” means the Trust Agreement, dated as of January 23, 2009, as amended
by the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated March 13, 2009, as amended by the Second Amended
and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Seller and Wilmington Trust
Company, as Owner Trustee.



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     “Trust Collection Account” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
5.01(c).



     “Trust Estate” means all money, instruments, rights and other property that are
subject or intended to be subject to the lien and security interest of the Indenture for the
benefit of the Noteholders (including, without limitation, all property and interests granted to
the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Granting Clause of the Indenture), including all proceeds
thereof.



     “Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in
force on the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically provided.



     “Trust Officer” means, in the case of the Indenture Trustee, any officer within the
Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee, including any Vice President, Assistant Vice
President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any other officer of the Indenture Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also,
with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of
such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and, with respect to the
Owner Trustee, any officer in the Corporate Trust Administration Department of the Owner Trustee
with direct responsibility for the administration of the Trust Agreement and the Basic Documents on
behalf of the Owner Trustee.



     “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction.



     “Warranty Purchase Payment,” for any Warranty Receivable as of the last day of any
Collection Period, means the sum of the Principal Balance thereof as of the beginning of such
Collection Period plus interest accrued thereon through the due date for the Obligor’s payment in
such Collection Period, at the related APR, after giving effect to the receipt of monies collected
(from whatever source other than Advances) on such Warranty Receivable, if any, during such
Collection Period.



     “Warranty Receivable” means a Receivable purchased as of the close of business on the
last day of a Collection Period by the Seller pursuant to Section 3.02.



     “YSOC Amount” means, with respect to any Collection Period and the related
Distribution Date, the aggregate amount by which the principal balance as of the last day of such
Collection Period of each Receivable (other than a Receivable that is a non-collectible or a
Defaulted Receivable, an Administrative Receivable or a Warranty Receivable), exceeds the present
value of each scheduled payment of each such Receivable assuming the discount rate of such
Receivable is the greater of the Required Rate or the Receivable’s contract rate and that such
scheduled payments (assumed to be equal monthly payments that amortize the principal balance of the
Receivable to zero, using its contract rate, over the remaining term of the contract) are made on
the last day of each month and each month has 30 days.



     SECTION 1.02 Usage of Terms. With respect to all terms in this Agreement, the
singular includes the plural and the plural the singular; words importing any gender include the
other genders; references to “writing” include printing, typing, lithography and other means of
reproducing words in a visible form; references to agreements and other contractual instruments
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changes therein entered into in accordance with their respective terms and not prohibited by
this Agreement; references to Persons include their permitted successors and assigns; references to
laws include their amendments and supplements, the rules and regulations thereunder and any
successors thereto; the term “including” means “including without limitation;” and the term “or” is
not exclusive.



ARTICLE II




Conveyance of Receivables




     SECTION 2.01 Conveyance of Receivables.




     (a) In consideration of the promises and the agreements, provisions and covenants
herein contained and other good and valuable consideration to be delivered to the Seller
hereunder, on behalf of the Issuer, the Seller does hereby sell, transfer, assign and
otherwise convey to the Issuer, without recourse (but subject to the Seller’s obligations in
this Agreement):




          (i) all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the Receivables (including
all related Receivable Files) listed in the Schedule of Receivables and all monies due
thereon or paid thereunder or in respect thereof (including proceeds of the repurchase of
Receivables by the Seller pursuant to Section 3.02 or the purchase of Receivables by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 4.06 or 9.01) after the Cut-off Date;




          (ii) the right of the Seller in the security interests in the Financed Vehicles granted
by the Obligors pursuant to the Receivables and any related property;




          (iii) the right of the Seller in any proceeds from claims on any physical damage,
credit life, credit disability or other insurance policies covering the Financed Vehicles or
the Obligors;




          (iv) the right of the Seller through NMAC to receive payments in respect of any Dealer
Recourse with respect to the Receivables;




          (v) the rights of the Seller under the Purchase Agreement and the Assignment;




          (vi) the right of the Seller to realize upon any property (including the right to
receive future Net Liquidation Proceeds) that shall have secured a Receivable;




          (vii) the right of the Seller in rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to
insurance policies and other items financed under the Receivables in effect as of the
Cut-off Date;




          (viii) all other assets comprising the Owner Trust Estate; and




          (ix) all proceeds of the foregoing.



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     On the Closing Date, the Seller shall deliver to, or to the order of, the Issuer all
property conveyed pursuant to this Section 2.01(a), except for monies received in respect of
the Receivables after the Cut-off Date and before the Closing Date which shall be deposited
by NMAC (in its individual capacity or as the Servicer) into the Collection Account no later
than the first Record Date after the Closing Date. Concurrently therewith and in exchange
therefor, the Issuer shall deliver to, or to the order of, the Seller the Notes and the
Certificates.




     (b) It is the intention of the Seller that the transfer and assignment contemplated by
this Agreement shall constitute a sale of the Receivables from the Seller to the Issuer and
the beneficial interest in and title to the Receivables shall not be part of the Seller’s
estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against the Seller under
any bankruptcy law. The Seller agrees to execute and file all filings (including filings
under the UCC) necessary in any jurisdiction to provide third parties with notice of the
sale of the Receivables pursuant to this Agreement and to perfect such sale under the UCC.




     (c) Although the parties hereto intend that the transfer and assignment contemplated by
this Agreement be a sale, if such transfer and assignment is deemed to be other than a sale,
the parties intend that all filings described in the foregoing paragraph shall give the
Issuer a first priority perfected security interest in, to and under the Receivables, and
other property conveyed hereunder and all proceeds of any of the foregoing. This Agreement
shall be deemed to be the grant of a security interest from the Seller to the Issuer, and
the Issuer shall have all the rights, powers and privileges of a secured party under the
UCC.




     (d) In connection with the foregoing conveyance, the Servicer shall maintain its
computer system so that, from and after the time of sale of the Receivables to the Issuer
under this Agreement, the Servicer’s master computer records that refer to any Receivable
indicate clearly the interest of the Issuer in such Receivables and that such Receivable is
owned by the Issuer and under the control of the Issuer. Indication of the Issuer’s
ownership of a Receivable shall be deleted from or modified on the Servicer’s computer
systems when, and only when, the Receivable has been paid in full, repurchased or assigned
pursuant to this Agreement.




     (e) Ownership and control of the Receivables, as between the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee (on behalf of the Noteholders and the Certificateholders), shall be governed by the
Indenture.



     SECTION 2.02 Custody of Receivable Files. To assure uniform quality in servicing the
Receivables and to reduce administrative costs, the Issuer, upon the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, appoints the Servicer, and the Servicer accepts such appointment, to act as the agent of
the Issuer as custodian of the following documents or instruments that are hereby constructively
delivered to the Issuer with respect to each Receivable:




     (a) the original of each tangible record constituting or forming a part of such
Receivable that is tangible chattel paper (as such term is used in Section 9-105 of the UCC)
(or a photocopy or other image thereof that the Servicer shall keep on file in



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accordance with its customary procedures) and a single “authoritative copy” (as such
term is used in Section 9-105 of the UCC) of each electronic record constituting or forming
a part of each Receivable, fully executed by the Obligor;




     (b) the original credit application executed by the related Obligor (or a photocopy or
other image thereof that the Servicer shall keep on file in accordance with its customary
procedures);




     (c) the original certificate of title (or a photocopy or other image thereof or such
documents that the Servicer shall keep on file in accordance with its customary procedures),
evidencing the security interest of the Servicer in the related Financed Vehicle; and




     (d) any and all other records (whether tangible or electronic) that the Servicer shall
keep on file, in accordance with its customary procedures, relating to such Receivable, the
related Obligor or Financed Vehicle.



     SECTION 2.03 Acceptance by Issuer. The Issuer acknowledges its acceptance pursuant
to this Agreement, of all right, title and interest in and to the Receivables and other property
conveyed by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement and declares and shall declare from and after the
date hereof that the Issuer holds and shall hold such right, title and interest, upon the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement.



ARTICLE III




The Receivables




     SECTION 3.01 Representations and Warranties of the Seller with Respect to the
Receivables. The Seller makes the following representations and warranties as to the
Receivables on which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in acquiring the Receivables. Such
representations and warranties speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of
the Closing Date, but shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables to the
Issuer and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.




     (a) Characteristics of Receivables. Each Receivable (i) has been originated in
the United States of America by a Dealer for the retail sale of a Financed Vehicle in the
ordinary course of such Dealer’s business, has been fully and properly executed or
authenticated by the parties thereto, has been purchased by the Seller from NMAC pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement, which in turn has purchased such Receivables from such Dealer under
an existing dealer agreement with NMAC, and has been validly assigned by such Dealer to
NMAC, which in turn has been validly assigned pursuant to the Purchase Agreement by NMAC to
the Seller in accordance with its terms, (ii) created a valid, subsisting and enforceable
security interest in favor of NMAC in such Financed Vehicle, which security interest has
been validly assigned pursuant to the Purchase Agreement by NMAC to the Seller, which in
turn has been validly assigned by the Seller to the Issuer in accordance with the terms
hereof, (iii) contains customary and enforceable provisions such that the rights and
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adequate for realization against the collateral of the benefits of the security, (iv)
provides for level monthly payments (provided that the payment in the first or last month in
the life of the Receivable may be minimally different from the level payment) that fully
amortize the Amount Financed over an original term of no greater than 72 payments, and (v)
provides for interest at the related APR.




     (b) Schedule of Receivables. The information set forth in the Schedule of
Receivables was true and correct in all material respects as of the opening of business on
the Cut-off Date; the Receivables were selected from NMAC’s retail installment sale
contracts meeting the criteria of the Trust set forth in this Agreement; and no selection
procedures believed to be adverse to the Securityholders were utilized in selecting the
Receivables.




     (c) Compliance with Law. Each Receivable, the origination of such Receivable,
and the sale of the Financed Vehicle complied at the time it was originated or made and at
the execution of this Agreement complies in all material respects with all requirements of
applicable federal, state and local laws, and regulations thereunder, including usury laws,
the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit
Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, the Federal Reserve Board’s
Regulations B and Z, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and state adaptations of the National
Consumer Credit Protection Act and of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code, state “Lemon Laws”
designed to prevent fraud in the sale of automobiles and other consumer credit laws and
equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws.




     (d) Binding Obligation. Each Receivable represents the genuine, legal, valid
and binding payment obligation in writing of the Obligor, enforceable by the holder thereof
in accordance with its terms subject to (i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii)
the effect of general equitable principles and (iii) the potential unenforceability of
waivers of jury trial provisions in certain states.




     (e) Security Interest in Financed Vehicle. (i) Immediately prior to the sale,
assignment and transfer thereof to the Issuer, each Receivable was secured by a validly
perfected first priority security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of NMAC as
secured party or all necessary and appropriate actions shall have been commenced that would
result in the valid perfection of a first priority security interest in the Financed Vehicle
in favor of NMAC as secured party, and (ii) as of the Cut-off Date, according to the records
of NMAC, no Financed Vehicle has been repossessed and the possession thereof not reinstated.




     (f) Receivables in Force. No Receivable has been satisfied, subordinated or
rescinded, nor has any Financed Vehicle been released from the lien granted by the related
Receivable in whole or in part.



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     (g) No Waiver. No provision of a Receivable has been waived in a manner that
is prohibited by the provisions of Section 4.01 or that would cause such Receivable to fail
to meet all of the other requirements and warranties made by the Seller herein with respect
thereto.




     (h) No Defenses. No Receivable is subject to any right of rescission, setoff,
counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, and the operation of any of the
terms of any Receivable, or the exercise of any right thereunder, will not render such
Receivable unenforceable in whole or in part or subject such Receivable to any right of
rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, and no such
right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with respect thereto.




     (i) No Liens. To the Seller’s knowledge, no liens have been filed for work,
labor or materials relating to a Financed Vehicle that shall be liens prior to, or equal or
coordinate with, the security interest in the Financed Vehicle granted by the Receivable.




     (j) No Default. Except for payment defaults continuing for a period of not
more than 29 days as of the Cut-off Date, no default, breach, violation or event permitting
acceleration under the terms of any Receivable has occurred; and no continuing condition
that with notice or the lapse of time would constitute a default, breach, violation or event
permitting acceleration under the terms of any Receivable has arisen (other than deferrals
and waivers of late payment charges or fees permitted hereunder).




     (k) Insurance. NMAC, in accordance with its customary procedures, has
determined at the time of origination of each Receivable that the related Obligor has agreed
to obtain physical damage insurance covering the Financed Vehicle and the Obligor is
required under the terms of the related Receivable to maintain such insurance.




     (l) Title. It is the intention of the Seller that the transfer and assignment
herein contemplated constitute a sale of the Receivables from the Seller to the Trust and
that the beneficial interest in and title to the Receivables not be part of the Seller’s
estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against the Seller under
any bankruptcy law. Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment herein contemplated,
the Seller had good and marketable title to each Receivable free and clear of all Liens, and
immediately upon the transfer thereof, the Issuer, for the benefit of the Noteholders and
the Certificateholders, shall have good and marketable title to each Receivable, free and
clear of all Liens and rights of others. Each Receivable File contains the original
certificate of title (or a photocopy or image thereof) or evidence that an application for a
certificate of title has been filed. To the extent the transfer and assignment contemplated
under this Agreement is deemed to be other than a sale, this Agreement and all filings
described under this Agreement create a valid and continuing security interest (as defined
in the applicable UCC) in the Receivables in favor of the Issuer, which security interest is
prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers
from the Seller.



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     (m) Lawful Assignment. No Receivable has been originated in, or shall be
subject to the laws of, any jurisdiction under which the sale, transfer and assignment of
such Receivable under this Agreement are unlawful, void or voidable.




     (n) All Filings Made. All actions have been taken, and all filings (including,
without limitation, UCC filings) in any jurisdiction have been made or have been delivered
to the Relevant Trustee in a form suitable for filing to give the Relevant Trustee a first
priority perfected ownership interest in the Receivables.




     (o) Chattel Paper. Each Receivable constitutes either “tangible chattel paper”
or “electronic chattel paper” as such terms are defined in the UCC, or, in the case of
Receivables that were originated as “electronic chattel paper” and modified via tangible
“records” as such term is used in the UCC, constitutes a combination of electronic “records”
and tangible “records,” as such term is used in the UCC (such Receivables consisting of a
combination of electronic “records” and tangible “records” are herein called “Hybrid Chattel
Paper”).




     (p) Simple Interest Receivables. All of the Receivables are Simple Interest
Receivables.




     (q) One Original or Authoritative Copy. There is only one original executed
copy of each “tangible record” constituting or forming a part of each Receivable that is
tangible chattel paper and a single “authoritative copy” (as such terms are used in Section
9-105 of the UCC) of each electronic record constituting or forming a part of each
Receivable that is electronic chattel paper. No electronic record constituting or forming a
part of a Receivable that is chattel paper was in the form of a tangible record prior to
being created as an electronic record.




     (r) No Amendments. No Receivable has been amended such that the amount of the
Obligor’s Scheduled Payments has been increased.




     (s) APR. The APR of each Receivable equals or exceeds 0.00%.




     (t) Maturity. As of the Cut-off Date, each Receivable had a remaining term to
maturity of not less than 3 payments and not greater than 71 payments.




     (u) Balance. Each Receivable had an original Principal Balance of not more
than $69,827.76 and, as of the Cut-off Date, had a principal balance of not less than
$2,000.71 and not more than $67,472.50.




     (v) Delinquency. No Receivable was more than 29 days past due as of the
Cut-off Date, and no Receivable has been extended by more than two months.




     (w) Payment Date. Each Receivable has a first scheduled payment date on or
prior to the end of the first Collection Period.




     (x) Bankruptcy. No Obligor was the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding
(according to the records of NMAC) as of the Cut-off Date.



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     (y) Transfer. Each Receivable prohibits the sale or transfer of the Financed
Vehicle without the consent of NMAC.




     (z) New, Near-New and Used Vehicles. Each Financed Vehicle was a new, near-new
or used automobile or light-duty truck at the time the related Obligor executed or
authenticated the retail installment sale contract.




     (aa) Origination. Each Receivable has an origination date on or after
September 27, 2003.




     (bb) Prepayment. Each Receivable provides that a prepayment by the related
Obligor will fully pay the principal balance and accrued interest through the date of
prepayment based on the Receivable’s APR.




     (cc) Receivable Files. The Receivable Files shall be kept at one or more of
the locations listed in Schedule A hereto. The Receivable Files that constitute or
evidence the Receivables do not have any marks or notations indicating that they have been
pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed by the Seller to any Person other than the Issuer.
All financing statements filed or to be filed against the Seller in favor of the Issuer in
connection herewith describing the Receivables contain a statement to the following effect:
“A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement,
except as permitted in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, will violate the rights of the
Issuer.”




     (dd) Forced-Placed Insurance Premiums. No contract relating to any Receivable
has had forced-placed insurance premiums added to the amount financed.




     (ee) No Fraud or Misrepresentation. To the knowledge of the Seller, no
Receivable was originated by a Dealer and sold by such Dealer to the Seller with any conduct
constituting fraud or misrepresentation on the part of such Dealer.




     (ff) No Further Amounts Owed on the Receivables. No further amounts are owed
by the Seller to any Obligor under the Receivables.




     (gg) No Pledge or Assignment of Receivables. Other than the security interest
granted to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement, the Seller has not pledged, assigned,
sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Receivables. The
Seller has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against
the Seller that include a description of collateral covering the Receivables other than any
financing statement relating to the security interest granted to the Issuer hereunder or a
financing statement as to which the security interest covering the Receivables has been
released. The Seller is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Seller.




     (hh) No Government Obligors. None of the Receivables shall be due from the
United States or any state, or from any agency, department subdivision or instrumentality
thereof.




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     SECTION 3.02 Repurchase upon Breach. The Seller, the Servicer or the Issuer, as the
case may be, shall inform the other parties to this Agreement and the Indenture Trustee promptly,
in writing, upon the discovery of any breach of the Seller’s representations and warranties
pursuant to Section 3.01 that materially and adversely affects the interests of the Securityholders
in any Receivable. Unless the breach shall have been cured by the last day of the second
Collection Period following such discovery (or, at the Seller’s election, the last day of the first
Collection Period following such discovery), the Seller shall be obligated (whether or not such
breach was known to the Seller on the Closing Date), and the Issuer shall enforce the obligation of
the Seller under this Agreement and, if necessary, the Seller shall enforce the obligation of NMAC
under the Purchase Agreement, to repurchase any Receivable the Securityholders’ interest in which
was materially and adversely affected by the breach as of such last day. A breach of the
representation in Section 3.01(a)(iv), (t) or (u) shall be deemed to affect materially and
adversely the related Receivable. In consideration of the purchase of the Receivables, the Seller
shall remit the Warranty Purchase Payment in the manner specified in Section 5.05. For purposes of
this Section 3.02, the Warranty Purchase Payment of a Receivable that is not consistent with the
Seller’s warranty pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(v) shall include such additional amount as shall be
necessary to provide the full amount of interest as contemplated therein to the date of repurchase.
The sole remedy of the Trust, the Indenture Trustee (by operation of the assignment of the
Issuer’s rights hereunder pursuant to the Indenture), or any Securityholder, with respect to a
breach of the Seller’s representations and warranties pursuant to Section 3.01, shall be to require
the Seller to repurchase Receivables pursuant to this Section and to enforce the obligation of NMAC
to the Seller to repurchase such Receivables pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.



     SECTION 3.03 Duties of Servicer as Custodian.




     (a) Safekeeping. The Servicer shall hold the Receivable Files as custodian for
the benefit of the Issuer and maintain such accurate and complete accounts, records and
computer systems pertaining to each Receivable File as shall enable the Issuer to comply
with this Agreement. In performing its duties as custodian, the Servicer shall act with
reasonable care, using that degree of skill and attention that the Servicer exercises with
respect to the receivable files relating to all comparable automotive receivables that the
Servicer services for itself or others. In accordance with its customary practices with
respect to its retail installment sale contracts, the Servicer shall conduct, or cause to be
conducted, periodic audits of the Receivable Files held by it under this Agreement and of
the related accounts, records and computer systems, in such a manner as shall enable the
Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee to verify the accuracy of the Servicer’s
record keeping. The Servicer shall promptly report to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee
any material failure on its part to hold the Receivable Files and maintain its accounts,
records and computer systems as herein provided in all material respects and shall promptly
take appropriate action to remedy any such material failure. Nothing herein shall be deemed
to require an initial review or any periodic review by the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee of the Receivable Files.




     (b) Maintenance of and Access to Records. The Servicer shall maintain each
Receivable File at one of its offices specified in Schedule A or at such other
office as shall be specified to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee by written
notice from the Servicer not later than 90 days after any change in location. The Servicer
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available to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee or their respective duly
authorized representatives, attorneys or auditors the Receivable Files and the related
accounts, records and computer systems maintained by the Servicer at such times during
normal business hours as the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee shall instruct. The
Servicer shall permit the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and their respective agents
at any time during normal business hours upon reasonable prior notice to inspect, audit and
make copies of and abstracts from the Servicer’s records regarding any Receivable.




     (c) Release of Receivable Files. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuation of a Servicer Default or to the extent necessary for the Indenture Trustee to
comply with its obligations under this Agreement, the Servicer shall, upon instruction from
the Indenture Trustee, release any Receivable File to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee’s agent or the Indenture Trustee’s designee, as the case may be, at such place or
places as the Indenture Trustee may designate, as soon as practicable.



     SECTION 3.04 Instructions; Authority To Act. The Servicer shall be deemed to have
received proper instructions with respect to the Receivable Files upon its receipt of written
instructions signed by a Trust Officer of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.



     SECTION 3.05 Custodian’s Indemnification. The Servicer, as custodian, shall
indemnify the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee for any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, compensatory damages, payments, costs or expenses of any kind whatsoever that
may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any of them as the result of any improper act or
omission in any way relating to the maintenance and custody by the Servicer as custodian of the
Receivable Files; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be liable to the
Owner Trustee for any portion of any such amount resulting from the willful misfeasance, bad faith
or negligence of the Owner Trustee, and the Servicer shall not be liable to the Indenture Trustee
for any portion of any such amount resulting from the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence
of the Indenture Trustee.



     SECTION 3.06 Effective Period and Termination. The Servicer’s appointment as
custodian shall become effective as of the Cut-off Date, and shall continue in full force and
effect until terminated pursuant to this Section. If NMAC shall resign as Servicer in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement or if all of the rights and obligations of any Servicer shall
have been terminated under Section 8.01, the appointment of NMAC as custodian may be terminated by
the Indenture Trustee or by the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes (but excluding for purposes of such calculation and action all Notes held or
beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates unless all of the Notes are held or
beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates) or, with the consent of Holders of
the Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, by the Owner Trustee
or by the Certificateholders evidencing not less than 25% of the Certificate Balance (but excluding
for purposes of such calculation and action all Certificates held or beneficially owned by NMAC,
NARC II or any of their Affiliates unless all of the Certificates are held or beneficially owned by
NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates), in the same manner as the Indenture Trustee or such
Holders may terminate the rights and obligations of the Servicer under Section 8.01. The Indenture
Trustee or, with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer may terminate the Servicer’s
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written notification to the Servicer, and without cause upon 30 days’ prior written
notification to the Servicer. As soon as practicable after any termination of such appointment,
the Servicer shall deliver the Receivable Files and the related accounts and records maintained by
the Servicer to the Relevant Trustee or the agent thereof at such place or places as the Relevant
Trustee may reasonably designate.



ARTICLE IV




Administration and Servicing of Receivables




     SECTION 4.01 Duties of Servicer.




     (a) The Servicer shall manage, service, administer and make collections on the
Receivables with reasonable care, using that degree of skill and attention that the Servicer
exercises with respect to all comparable receivables that it services for itself or others.
There are no requirements under the Basic Documents to maintain a back-up servicer. Except
with respect to Defaulted Receivables, Administrative Receivables or Warranty Receivables or
to the extent required by state or federal law, the Servicer shall not change the amount of
or reschedule the due date of any Scheduled Payment beyond the Final Scheduled Distribution
Date for the Class A-4 Notes, change the APR of, or extend the due date of any Receivable
beyond the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for the Class A-4 Notes except as provided
herein or change any material term of a Receivable; provided, however, that:




          (1) if a default, breach, violation, delinquency or event permitting
acceleration under the terms of any Receivable shall have occurred or, in the
judgment of the Servicer, is imminent, the Servicer may (A) extend such Receivable
for credit related reasons that would be acceptable to the Servicer with respect to
comparable new, near-new or used automobile or light-duty truck receivables that it
services for itself, but only if (i) the final scheduled payment date of such
Receivable as extended would not be later than the last day of the Collection Period
preceding the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for the Class A-4 Notes, and (ii)
the rescheduling or extension would not modify the terms of such Receivable in a
manner that would constitute a cancellation of such Receivable and the creation of a
new receivable for federal income tax purposes; or (B) reduce an Obligor’s monthly
payment amount in the event of a prepayment resulting from refunds of credit life
and disability insurance premiums and service contracts and make similar adjustments
in an Obligor’s payment terms to the extent required by law;




          (2) if at the end of the scheduled term of any Receivable, the outstanding
principal amount thereof is such that the final payment to be made by the related
Obligor is larger than the regularly scheduled payment of principal and interest
made by such Obligor, the Servicer may permit such Obligor to pay such remaining
principal amount in more than one payment of principal and interest, provided that
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Collection Period preceding the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for the Class
A-4 Notes; and




          (3) the Servicer may in its discretion waive any late payment charge or any
other fees that may be collected in the ordinary course of servicing a Receivable.




     (b) The Servicer’s duties shall include collection and posting of all payments,
responding to inquiries of Obligors on the Receivables, investigating delinquencies, sending
remittance advises to Obligors, reporting tax information to Obligors, accounting for
collections, furnishing monthly and annual statements to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee with respect to distributions and making Advances pursuant to Section 5.04. The
Servicer is not required under the Basic Documents to make any disbursements via wire
transfer or otherwise on behalf of an Obligor. There are no requirements under the
Receivables or the Basic Documents for funds to be, and funds shall not be, held in trust
for an Obligor. The Servicer is not required to make any payments or distributions on
behalf of an Obligor. In addition, if and to the extent applicable, the Servicer’s duties
shall include the execution and delivery of any filings, certificates, affidavits or other
instruments required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.




     (c) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer is authorized and
empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee and the Securityholders or any of them, any and all instruments of
satisfaction or cancellation, or partial or full release or discharge, and all other
comparable instruments, with respect to the Receivables or to the Financed Vehicles securing
the Receivables. If the Servicer shall commence a legal proceeding to enforce a Receivable,
the Issuer (in the case of a Receivable other than an Administrative Receivable or a
Warranty Receivable) shall thereupon be deemed to have automatically assigned, solely for
the purpose of collection, such Receivable to the Servicer. If in any enforcement suit or
legal proceeding it shall be held that the Servicer may not enforce a Receivable on the
ground that it shall not be a real party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce such
Receivable, the Issuer shall, at the Servicer’s expense and direction, take steps to enforce
the Receivable, including bringing suit in its name or the name of the Indenture Trustee or
the Securityholders. The Issuer shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and
other documents reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its
servicing and administrative duties hereunder.




     (d) The Servicer, at its expense, shall obtain on behalf of the Trust all licenses
required to be held by the Trust under the laws of any jurisdiction in connection with
ownership of the Receivables, and shall make all filings and pay all fees as may be required
in connection therewith during the term hereof. Nothing in the foregoing or in any other
section of this Agreement shall be construed to prevent the Servicer from implementing new
programs, whether on an intermediate, pilot or permanent basis, or on a regional or
nationwide basis, or from modifying its standards, policies and procedures as long as, in
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its standards, policies and procedures in respect of comparable assets serviced for
itself in the ordinary course of business.



     SECTION 4.02 Collection of Receivable Payments. The Servicer shall make reasonable
efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Receivables as and
when the same shall become due and shall follow such collection procedures as it follows with
respect to all comparable receivables that it services for itself or others. Except for Advances
made pursuant to Section 5.04, there are no requirements under the Basic Documents for advances of
funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions. Except for the
requirements set forth in Section 5.04 relating to Advances, there are no requirements under the
Basic Documents for the making, review or approval of Advances.



     SECTION 4.03 Realization upon Receivables. On behalf of the Trust, the Servicer shall
use commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with its customary servicing procedures, to
repossess or otherwise convert the ownership of the Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable as to
which the Servicer shall have determined eventual payment in full is unlikely. The Servicer shall
follow such customary and usual practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable in
its servicing of comparable receivables, which may include reasonable efforts to realize upon any
Dealer Recourse and selling the related Financed Vehicle at public or private sale. The foregoing
shall be subject to the provision that, in any case in which the Financed Vehicle shall have
suffered damage, the Servicer shall not expend funds in connection with the repair or the
repossession of such Financed Vehicle unless it shall determine in its discretion that such repair
and/or repossession will increase the Net Liquidation Proceeds.



     SECTION 4.04 Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles. The Servicer
shall, in accordance with its customary servicing procedures, take such steps as are necessary to
maintain perfection of the security interest created by each Receivable in the related Financed
Vehicle. The Servicer is hereby authorized to take such steps as are necessary to re-perfect such
security interest on behalf of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in the event of the relocation
of a Financed Vehicle or for any other reason. If the assignment of a Receivable to the Trust is
insufficient, without a notation on the related Financed Vehicle’s certificate of title, to grant
to the Trust a first priority perfected security interest in the related Financed Vehicle, the
Servicer hereby agrees to serve as the agent of the Trust for the purpose of perfecting the
security interest of the Trust in such Financed Vehicle and agrees that the Servicer’s listing as
the secured party on the certificate of title is in this capacity as agent of the Trust. The
provisions set forth in this Section are the sole requirements under the Basic Documents with
respect to the maintenance of collateral or security on the Receivables. It is understood that the
Financed Vehicles are the collateral and security for the Receivables, but that the certificate of
title with respect to a Financed Vehicle does not constitute collateral and merely evidences such
security interest.



     SECTION 4.05 Covenants of Servicer.




     (a) The Servicer shall not release the Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable from
the security interest granted by such Receivable in whole or in part except in the event of
payment in full by or on behalf of the Obligor thereunder or repossession.



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     (b) The Servicer shall not do anything to impair the rights of the Securityholders in
the Receivables.




     (c) Except with respect to Defaulted Receivables, Administrative Receivables or
Warranty Receivables or to the extent required by law, the Servicer shall not alter the APR
of any Receivable or forgive payments on a Receivable. Except as provided in Section 4.01,
the Servicer shall not modify the number of payments under a Receivable, increase the amount
financed under a Receivable, or extend the due date for any payment on a Receivable beyond
the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for the Class A-4 Notes.




     (d) If the Servicer shall determine not to make an Advance related to delinquency or
non-payment of any Receivable pursuant to Section 5.04 because it determines that such
Advance would not be recoverable from subsequent collections on such Receivable, such
Receivable shall be designated by the Servicer to be a Defaulted Receivable, provided that
such Receivable otherwise meets the definition of a Defaulted Receivable.




     (e) If the Seller is required to pay tax under the second sentence of Section 6.03(a)
and if such tax is not paid by the Seller, then the Servicer shall pay such tax (or cause
such tax to be paid) to the applicable taxing authority on behalf of the Issuer.




     (f) As of any date of determination, if the aggregate principal amount of Receivables
that have been extended and that also constitute Hybrid Chattel Paper exceeds 9.0% of the
outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Receivables, and if such excess amount is not
otherwise reduced prior to the end of the second Collection Period following such discovery
(or, if the Servicer elects, an earlier date), the Servicer will purchase a sufficient
aggregate principal amount of Receivables to reduce the aggregate principal amount of
Receivables that have been extended and that also constitute Hybrid Chattel Paper to less
than 9.0% of the then outstanding principal balance of the Receivables.



     Notwithstanding the forgoing, if the Servicer (a) employs processes and procedures to convert
tangible “records” evidencing modifications of Receivables that were originated as “electronic
chattel paper” to electronic “records” (as such terms are used in the UCC) and (b) (i) delivers to
the Rating Agencies a written opinion of counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Rating
Agencies, to the effect that, such processes and procedures so employed satisfy the requirements of
the UCC such that the Servicer has control of both the original electronic contract and the
electronic “records” that resulted from the conversion or (ii) otherwise satisfies the Rating
Agencies that its processes and procedures are sufficient to perfect its security interest in the
Receivables, then such “records” will no longer constitute Hybrid Chattel Paper.



     SECTION 4.06 Purchase of Receivables upon Breach. The Servicer or the Issuer shall
inform the other party and the Indenture Trustee promptly, in writing, upon the discovery of any
breach by the Servicer of its obligations under the second sentence of Section 4.01 or under
Section 4.02, 4.04 or 4.05 that would materially and adversely affect any Receivable. Unless the
breach shall have been cured by the last day of the second Collection Period following such
discovery (or, at the Servicer’s election, the last day of the first Collection Period following
discovery), the Servicer shall (whether or not such breach was known to the Servicer on the



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Closing Date) purchase any Receivable materially and adversely affected by such breach as of
such last day. In consideration of such Receivable, the Servicer shall remit the Administrative
Purchase Payment (as reduced by any Outstanding Advances with respect to such Receivable) in the
manner specified in Section 5.05. For the purposes of this Section 4.06, the Administrative
Purchase Payment shall consist in part of a release by the Servicer of all rights of reimbursement
with respect to Outstanding Advances with respect to the purchased Receivable. The sole remedy of
the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Trust or the Securityholders against the Servicer
with respect to a breach by the Servicer of its obligations under the second sentence of Section
4.01 or under Section 4.02, 4.04 or 4.05 shall be to require the Servicer to purchase Receivables
pursuant to this Section 4.06.



     SECTION 4.07 Servicing Fee and Expenses. As compensation for the performance of its
obligations hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive on each Distribution Date the
Total Servicing Fee. Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, the Servicer shall be
required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities under this Agreement
(including fees and disbursements of the Indenture Trustee and independent accountants, taxes
imposed on the Servicer, expenses incurred in connection with distributions and reports to
Securityholders and all other fees and expenses not expressly stated under this Agreement to be for
the account of the Securityholders). If each Rating Agency for a series of Notes or Certificates
confirms that it will not reduce the rating of any Class of Notes or Certificates in that series,
as the case may be, the Base Servicing Fee in respect of a Collection Period (together with any
portion of the Base Servicing Fee that remains unpaid from the prior Distribution Dates) will be
paid at the beginning of that Collection Period out of collections of interest on the related
Receivables.



     SECTION 4.08 Servicer’s Certificate.




     (a) On or before each Determination Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Owner
Trustee, each Paying Agent and the Indenture Trustee with a copy to each Rating Agency, a
Servicer’s Certificate containing all information necessary to make the distributions
pursuant to Sections 5.06, 5.07 and 5.08 (including the amount of the aggregate collections
on the Receivables; the aggregate Advances to be made by the Servicer, if any, the aggregate
Administrative Purchase Payments for any Administrative Receivables to be purchased by the
Servicer, and the aggregate Warranty Purchase Payments for any Warranty Receivables to be
purchased by the Seller) for the Collection Period preceding the date of such Servicer’s
Certificate, all information necessary for the Owner Trustee to send statements to the
Certificateholders and the Indenture Trustee to send statements to the Noteholders pursuant
to the Trust Agreement or Indenture, as the case may be. Each of the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely on the information in any Servicer’s Certificate and
shall have no duty to confirm or verify the contents thereof.




     (b) Concurrently with delivery of the Servicer’s Certificate in each month, the
Servicer shall deliver to the underwriters of the Notes the Note Factor for each Class of
Notes, the Certificate Factor, and the Pool Factor for each Class of Notes and for the
Certificates, in each case as of the close of business on the Distribution Date occurring in
such month.



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     SECTION 4.09 Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Default.




     (a) The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and each of
the Rating Agencies, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Servicer,
beginning June 30, 2009, an Officers’ Certificate with respect to the prior fiscal year of
the Servicer ended such calendar year (or with respect to the initial Officer’s Certificate,
the period from the date of the initial issuance of the Notes to March 31, 2009), stating
that (i) a review of the activities of the Servicer during the preceding 12-month (or
shorter) period and of its performance under this Agreement has been made under such
officer’s supervision and (ii) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such
review, the Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement throughout such
twelve-month (or shorter) period, or, if there has been a failure to fulfill of any such
obligation, specifying each such failure known to such officer and the nature and status
thereof. A copy of such Officer’s Certificate may be obtained by any Certificateholder or
Noteholder by a request in writing to the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee addressed
as set forth in Section 10.03 hereof.




     (b) The Servicer shall deliver to (i) the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee,
promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no event later than five Business
Days thereafter, written notice and (ii) each Rating Agency prompt written notice, in each
case, in an Officer’s Certificate of any event that with the giving of notice or lapse of
time, or both, would become a Servicer Default under Section 8.01. The Seller shall deliver
to (i) the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, promptly after having obtained knowledge
thereof, but in no event later than five Business Days thereafter, written notice and (ii)
each Rating Agency prompt written notice, in each case, in an Officer’s Certificate of any
event that with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer
Default under Section 8.01(a)(ii) or would result in any lowering of the ratings described
in Section 5.02(a)(ii)(A).




     (c) Except to the extent set forth in Section 4.09(b) of this Agreement and Section
5.01 of the Indenture, the Basic Documents do not require any policies or procedures to
monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default.



     SECTION 4.10 Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants’ Report. The Servicer
shall cause a firm of independent certified public accountants, who may also render other services
to the Servicer, the Seller or their Affiliates, to deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee and each of the Rating Agencies, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the
Servicer, beginning June 30, 2009, with respect to the prior fiscal year (or with respect to the
initial reports, the period from the date of the initial issuance of the Notes to March 31, 2009) a
report that such firm has audited the consolidated financial statements of the Servicer in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, that such firm is independent of the
Servicer within the meaning of the Code of Professional Ethics of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”), and expressing such firm’s opinion thereon. For all
purposes of this Agreement, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may rely on the
representation of any Person that it is a Certificateholder or a Note Owner, as the case may be.



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     SECTION 4.11 Access to Certain Records and Information Regarding Receivables.




     (a) The Servicer shall provide to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee access to
the Receivable Files in such cases where the Securityholders shall be required by applicable
statutes or regulations to review such records or information. In each case, such access
shall be afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable request and during the normal
business hours at the respective offices of the Servicer.




     (b) The Servicer shall provide to each Rating Agency any information regarding the
Receivables that is reasonably requested by such Rating Agency.




     (c) Nothing in this Section shall affect the obligation of the Servicer to observe any
applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Obligors and the failure
of the Servicer to provide access to information as a result of such obligation shall not
constitute a breach of this Section.



     SECTION 4.12 Appointment of Subservicer. So long as NMAC acts as the Servicer, the
Servicer may at any time without notice or consent subcontract substantially all its duties under
this Agreement to any corporation more than 50% of the voting stock of which is owned, directly or
indirectly, by Nissan. The Servicer may at any time perform specific duties as servicer under this
Agreement through other subcontractors; provided, however, that no such delegation
or subcontracting shall relieve the Servicer of its responsibilities with respect to such duties as
to which the Servicer shall remain primarily responsible with respect thereto. For any servicing
activities delegated to third parties in accordance with this Section 4.12, the Servicer
shall follow such policies and procedures to monitor the performance of such third parties and
compliance with such servicing activities as the Servicer follows with respect to comparable motor
vehicle receivables serviced by the Servicer for its own account.



     SECTION 4.13 Amendments to Schedule of Receivables. If the Servicer, during any
Collection Period, assigns to a Receivable an account number that differs from the original account
number identifying such Receivable on the Schedule of Receivables, the Servicer shall deliver to
the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, on or before the Distribution Date relating to such
Collection Period, an amendment to the Schedule of Receivables reporting the newly assigned account
number, together with the old account number of each such Receivable. The first such delivery of
amendments to the Schedule of Receivables shall include monthly amendments reporting account
numbers appearing on the Schedule of Receivables with the new account numbers assigned to such
Receivables during any prior Collection Period.



     SECTION 4.14 Acknowledgement by Servicer of its Obligations under the Indenture. The
Servicer hereby agrees and consents to the provisions of the Indenture applicable to it (including,
without limitation, Sections 8.03(a) and 8.03(b) thereof) and agrees to be bound by such
provisions.



     SECTION 4.15 Compliance with Regulation AB. So long as the Seller is required to
file any reports with respect to the Issuer under the Exchange Act, the Servicer agrees to perform
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hereto and made a part hereof in all respects and makes the representations and warranties
therein applicable to it.



     SECTION 4.16 Fidelity Bond. The Servicer shall not be required to maintain a
fidelity bond or error and omissions policy.



ARTICLE V

Distributions; Accounts;

Statements to the Certificateholders and the Noteholders




     SECTION 5.01 Establishment of Accounts.




     (a) The Servicer, on behalf of the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, shall
establish the Collection Account in the name of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the
Securityholders. The Collection Account shall be an Eligible Deposit Account initially
established with the Indenture Trustee and maintained with the Indenture Trustee as long as
(i) the deposits of the Indenture Trustee have the Required Deposit Rating and the Indenture
Trustee satisfies clause (a)(ii) of the definition of Eligible Deposit Account or (ii) the
Collection Account is maintained in a segregated trust account in the trust department of
the Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that all amounts held in the
Collection Account shall, to the extent permitted by applicable laws, rules and regulations
and as directed by the Servicer, be invested by the Indenture Trustee in Eligible
Investments; otherwise, such amounts shall be maintained in cash; provided that if
(x) the Servicer shall have failed to give investment directions for any funds on deposit in
the Collection Account to the Indenture Trustee by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (or such other
time as may be agreed by the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee) on any Business Day, or (y)
a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the
Notes but the Notes shall not have been declared due and payable pursuant to the Indenture,
or (z) if the Notes shall have been declared due and payable following an Event of Default,
amounts collected or receivable from the Trust Estate are being applied in accordance with
Section 5.05 of the Indenture as if there had not been such a declaration, then the
Indenture Trustee shall, to the fullest extent practicable, invest and reinvest funds in the
Collection Account in one or more Eligible Investments specified in clauses (i), (iv) or
(vi) of the definition of Eligible Investments. All such Eligible Investments shall mature
not later than the Business Day preceding the next Distribution Date, in such manner that
such amounts invested shall be available to make the required distributions on the
Distribution Date; provided, that if permitted by the Rating Agencies, monies on deposit
therein may be invested in Eligible Investments that mature later than the Business Day
preceding the next Distribution Date; provided, however, that such investment shall be sold
not later than the Business Day preceding the next Distribution Date. The Servicer will not
direct the Indenture Trustee, and the Issuer shall cause the Servicer not to make any
investment of any funds or to sell any investment held in the Collection Account unless the
security interest granted and perfected in such account will continue to be perfected in
such investment or the proceeds of such sale, in either case without any further action by
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Indenture Trustee to make any such investment or sale, if requested by the Indenture
Trustee, the Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel,
acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, to such effect. Should the short-term unsecured debt
obligations of the Indenture Trustee no longer have the Required Deposit Rating then, unless
the Collection Account is maintained in segregated trust accounts in the trust department of
the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer shall, with the Indenture Trustee’s assistance as
necessary and within ten Business Days of receipt of notice from the Indenture Trustee that
the Indenture Trustee no longer has the Required Deposit Rating, cause the Collection
Account (i) to be moved to segregated trust accounts in a bank or trust company, the
short-term unsecured debt obligations of which shall have the Required Deposit Rating, or
(ii) to be moved to the trust department of the Indenture Trustee.




     (b) Earnings on investment of funds in the Collection Account shall be paid to the
Servicer as servicing compensation, and any losses and investment expenses shall be charged
against the funds on deposit in the Collection Account.




     (c) Subject to the foregoing, the Servicer, on behalf of the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee, shall establish and maintain the Collection Account as an Eligible
Deposit Account in the name of and under the exclusive control of the Indenture Trustee,
bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the
benefit of the Securityholders. The Indenture Trustee shall transfer all amounts remaining
on deposit in the Collection Account on the Distribution Date on which the Notes of all
Classes have been paid in full (or when substantially all of the Trust Estate is otherwise
released from the lien of the Indenture) to another Eligible Deposit Account established
pursuant to the Trust Agreement for the benefit of the Certificateholders (the “Trust
Collection Account”), and take all necessary or appropriate actions to transfer all of its
right, title and interest in the Collection Account, all funds or investments held therein
and all proceeds thereof, whether or not on behalf of the Securityholders, to the Owner
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, subject to the limitations set forth in
the Indenture with respect to amounts held for payment to Noteholders that do not promptly
deliver a Note for payment on such Distribution Date. After the transfer to the Trust
Collection Account described in the immediately preceding sentence, references in this
Agreement to “Collection Account” shall be deemed to be references to the “Trust Collection
Account.”




     (d) With respect to the Collection Account and all property held therein, the Owner
Trustee agrees, by its acceptance hereof that, on the terms and conditions set forth in the
Indenture, for so long as Notes of any Class remain outstanding, the Indenture Trustee shall
possess all right, title and interest therein (excluding interest or investment income
thereon payable to the Servicer or the Seller, as the case may be), and the Accounts shall
be under the sole dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the
Noteholders and the Certificateholders, as the case may be, as set forth in the Indenture.
The parties hereto agree that the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Holders of the
Certificates have no right, title or interest in the Reserve Account or any amounts on
deposit therein at any time. The parties hereto agree that the Servicer shall have the
power, revocable by the Indenture Trustee or by the Owner Trustee with the



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consent of the Indenture Trustee, to instruct the Indenture Trustee to make withdrawals
and payments from the Collection Account for the purpose of permitting the Servicer,
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee to carry out its respective duties hereunder or under
the Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as the case may be.



     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall be entitled to withhold, or to be reimbursed
from amounts otherwise payable into or on deposit in the Collection Account, as the case may be,
amounts previously deposited in the Collection Account but later determined to have resulted from
mistaken deposits or posting.




     (e) No checks shall be issued, printed, or honored with respect to the Collection
Account, the Reserve Account or the Trust Collection Account.



     SECTION 5.02 Collections.




     (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Servicer shall remit to the
Collection Account all payments received by or on behalf of the Obligors on or in respect of
the Receivables (excluding payments on the Warranty Receivables or the Administrative
Receivables) and all Net Liquidation Proceeds not later than the second Business Day after
identification thereof. For purposes of this Article V, the phrase “payments received by or
on behalf of the Obligors” shall mean payments made by Persons other than the Servicer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as (i) NMAC is the Servicer, (ii) (A) NMAC’s
short-term unsecured debt obligations are rated at least “Prime-1” by Moody’s, NMAC’s
short-term unsecured debt obligations are rated “A-1” by Standard & Poor’s and NMAC’s
short-term unsecured debt obligations are rated at least “F1+” by Fitch (so long as Moody’s,
Standard & Poor’s and Fitch are Rating Agencies), or (B) certain arrangements are made that
are acceptable to the Rating Agencies, and (iii) no Event of Default or Servicer Default
shall have occurred and be continuing (unless waived by the appropriate Securityholders)
(collectively, the “Monthly Remittance Conditions”); the Servicer shall not be required to
remit such collections to the Collection Account on the foregoing basis but shall be
entitled to retain such collections, without segregation from its other funds, until the
Business Day before each Distribution Date at which time the Servicer shall remit all such
collections in respect of the related Collection Period to the Collection Account in
immediately available funds. Commencing with the first day of the first Collection Period
that begins at least two Business Days after the day on which any Monthly Remittance
Condition ceases to be satisfied and for so long as any Monthly Remittance Condition is not
satisfied, all collections then held by the Servicer shall be immediately deposited into the
Collection Account and all future collections on or in respect of the Receivables (other
than payments on Warranty Receivables and the Administrative Receivables) and all Net
Liquidation Proceeds shall be remitted by the Servicer to the Collection Account not later
than the second Business Day after identification thereof. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, if a subsequent Public ABS Transaction calls for changes in making monthly
deposits to the related collection account, then, if it is acceptable to each Rating Agency
then rating the Notes without a reduction in the rating of any Class of Notes, the Servicer
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hereunder, and will instead be subject to the conditions to making monthly deposits as
required by the subsequent Public ABS Transaction.




     (b) [Reserved.]




     (c) The Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of
any event or circumstances under clause (iii) of the definition of the Monthly Remittance
Condition unless the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee has received notice of such
event or circumstance from the Seller or the Servicer in an Officer’s Certificate or from
the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes, or a Trust Officer of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee with
knowledge hereof or familiarity herewith has actual knowledge of such event or
circumstances.




     (d) The Servicer shall give (i) the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee written
notice as soon as practical after the occurrence thereof but in no event later than 10
Business Days after obtaining knowledge thereof and (ii) each Rating Agency prompt written
notice of the failure of any Monthly Remittance Condition (and any subsequent curing of a
failed Monthly Remittance Condition) (it being understood that if the Monthly Remittance
Condition is not satisfied as of the Closing Date, no such notice shall be required in
connection therewith).




     (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Monthly Remittance Condition is not satisfied,
the Servicer may utilize an alternative remittance schedule (which may include the
remittance schedule utilized by the Servicer before the Monthly Remittance Condition became
unsatisfied), if the Servicer provides to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
written confirmation from each Rating Agency that such alternative remittance schedule will
not result in the downgrading or withdrawal by such Rating Agency of the ratings then
assigned to any Class of Notes.



     SECTION 5.03 Application of Collections. All collections for the related Collection
Period with respect to each Receivable (including any payoff) shall be posted to the Servicer’s
Obligor records in accordance with the Servicer’s customary servicing practices, and shall be
allocated by the Servicer as follows:




     (a) First, to interest accrued to date on such Receivable;




     (b) Second, to principal until the Principal Balance of such Receivable is brought
current;




     (c) Third, to reduce the unpaid late charges (if any) as provided in such Receivable;
and




     (d) Fourth, to prepay principal of such Receivable.



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     SECTION 5.04 Advances.




     (a) The Servicer shall make a payment with respect to each Receivable (other than an
Administrative Receivable, a Warranty Receivable or a Liquidated Receivable) (each, an
“Advance”) equal to the excess if any, of (x) the product of the Principal Balance of such
Receivable as of the first day of the related Collection Period and one-twelfth of its APR
(calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months), over (y) the
interest actually received by the Servicer with respect to such Receivable from the Obligor
or from payments of the Administrative Purchase Payment or the Warranty Purchase Payment, as
the case may be, during such Collection Period. The Servicer will not be obligated to make
an Advance in respect of a Receivable (other than an Advance in respect of an interest
shortfall arising from the Prepayment of a Receivable) to the extent that the Servicer, in
its sole discretion, shall determine that the Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Advance.
With respect to each Receivable, the Advance shall increase the Outstanding Advances. No
Advances will be made with respect to the Principal Balance of the Receivables. The
Servicer shall deposit all such Advances into the Collection Account in immediately
available funds no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately
preceding the related Distribution Date. To the extent that the amount set forth in clause
(y) above with respect to a Receivable is greater than the amount set forth in clause (x)
above with respect thereto, such amount shall be distributed to the Servicer pursuant to
Section 5.06; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything else herein,
the Servicer shall not be reimbursed for any amounts representing an Advance, or any portion
thereof, made in respect of an interest shortfall arising from the Prepayment of a
Receivable.




     (b) The Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for Outstanding Advances, without
interest, with respect to a Receivable from the following sources with respect to such
Receivable pursuant to Section 5.06(c)(i), Section 5.06(d)(i), or Section 5.06(e)(i): (i)
subsequent payments made by or on behalf of the related Obligor, (ii) Net Liquidation
Proceeds, and (iii) the Warranty Purchase Payments.




     (c) To the extent that the Servicer has determined that any Outstanding Advance is a
Nonrecoverable Advance, the Servicer may provide to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the amount of such Nonrecoverable Advance,
and on the related Distribution Date, the Relevant Trustee shall remit to the Servicer from
funds on deposit in the Collection Account an amount equal to the amount of such
Nonrecoverable Advance pursuant to Section 5.06(c)(ii), Section 5.06(d)(ii), or Section
5.06(e)(ii).




     (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, for so long as NMAC is
the Servicer, in lieu of causing the Servicer first to deposit and then the Relevant Trustee
to remit to the Servicer the amounts described in clauses (i) through (iii) in Section
5.04(b) reimbursable in respect on Outstanding Advances, or the amounts described in Section
5.04(c) applicable in respect of Nonrecoverable Advances, the Servicer may deduct such
amounts from deposits otherwise to be made into the Collection Account.



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     (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.04(a), no Successor Servicer, including
the Indenture Trustee, shall be obligated to make Advances unless it has expressly agreed to
do so in writing.



     SECTION 5.05 Additional Deposits.




     (a) The following additional deposits shall be made to the Collection Account: (i) the
Seller shall remit the aggregate Warranty Purchase Payments with respect to Warranty
Receivables pursuant to Section 3.02; (ii) the Servicer shall remit (A) the aggregate
Advances pursuant to Section 5.04(a), (B) the aggregate Administrative Purchase Payments
with respect to Administrative Receivables pursuant to Section 4.06, and (C) the cash amount
required upon any optional purchase of the Receivables by the Servicer, or any Successor
Servicer, pursuant to Section 9.01; and (iii) the Indenture Trustee shall transfer the
amounts described in Sections 5.06 and 5.07 from the Reserve Account to the Collection
Account pursuant to Section 5.07.




     (b) All deposits required to be made pursuant to Section 5.05(a) by the Seller or the
Servicer, as the case may be, may be made in the form of a single deposit and shall be made
in immediately available funds, no later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Business
Day immediately preceding the related Distribution Date. At the direction of the Servicer,
the Relevant Trustee shall invest such amounts in Eligible Investments maturing not later
than 12:00 P.M. New York City Time, on the related Distribution Date.



     SECTION 5.06 Payments and Distributions.




     (a) The rights of the Certificateholders to receive distributions in respect of the
Certificates shall be and hereby are subordinated to the rights of the Noteholders to
receive distributions in respect of the Notes, to the extent provided in this Section 5.06.




     (b) On each Determination Date, the Servicer shall calculate the Available Interest,
the Available Principal, the Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount, the
Certificateholders’ Principal Distributable Amount, the amount to be distributed to
Noteholders of each Class and to Certificateholders pursuant to Section 5.06(c), (d) or (e),
and all other distributions, deposits and withdrawals to be made on the related Distribution
Date.




     (c) Subject to Sections 5.06(d) and (e), on each Distribution Date, the Relevant
Trustee shall make the following payments and distributions from the Collection Account
(after payment of the Supplemental Servicing Fee to the extent not previously retained by
the Servicer) in the following order of priority and in the amounts set forth in the
Servicer’s Certificate for such Distribution Date; provided, however, that
such payments and distributions shall be made only from those funds deposited in the
Collection Account for the related Collection Period:




          (i) to the Servicer, from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, any payments in
respect of Advances required to be reimbursed and to the extent set forth in Section
5.04(b);



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          (ii) to the Servicer, from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, any payments
in respect of Nonrecoverable Advances required to be reimbursed and to the extent set forth
in Section 5.04(c);




          (iii) to the Servicer, from Available Amounts, the Base Servicing Fee (including any
unpaid Base Servicing Fees from one or more prior Collection Periods);




          (iv) on a pro rata basis (based on the amounts distributable pursuant to this clause to
each Class of Noteholders), to the Class A-1 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest
Distributable Amount for such Class, to the Class A-2 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest
Distributable Amount for such Class, to the Class A-3 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest
Distributable Amount for such Class, and to the Class A-4 Noteholders, the Noteholders’
Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts
(after giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clause (iii) above);




          (v) to the Class A-1 Noteholders until the principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes is
reduced to zero, an amount equal to the Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount for such
Distribution Date, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to
any reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (iii) and (iv) above);




          (vi) after the principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes is reduced to zero, to the Class
A-2 Noteholders, until the principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes is reduced to zero, then
to the Class A-3 Noteholders, until the principal amount of the Class A-3 Notes is reduced
to zero, and then to the Class A-4 Noteholders, until the principal amount of the Class A-4
Notes is reduced to zero, an amount equal to the Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount
for each such Class for such Distribution Date (after giving effect to any reduction in
Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount described in clause (v) above), such amounts to
be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts
described in clauses (iii) through (v) above);




          (vii) to the Reserve Account, the amount, if any, necessary to cause the balance of
funds therein to equal the Specified Reserve Account Balance with respect to such
Distribution Date, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to
any reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (iii) through (vi) above);




          (viii) to the Certificateholders, or, to the extent amounts are payable to a Currency
Swap Counterparty pursuant to a Currency Swap Agreement as described in Section 5.10, to
such Currency Swap Counterparty, except on any Distribution Date that occurs after the Notes
are accelerated, the Certificateholders’ Principal Distributable Amount, such amounts to be
paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts
described in clauses (iii) through (vii) above); and



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          (ix) any Available Amounts remaining after giving effect to the foregoing, to the
Certificateholders.




     (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.06(c), after the occurrence of an Event
of Default that results in the acceleration of any Notes and unless and until such
acceleration has been rescinded, on each Distribution Date, the Relevant Trustee shall make
the following payments and distributions from the Collection Account (after payment of the
Supplemental Servicing Fee to the extent not previously retained by the Servicer) in the
following order of priority and in the amounts set forth in the Servicer’s Certificate for
such Distribution Date; provided, however, that such payments and
distributions shall be made only from those funds deposited in the Collection Account for
the related Collection Period:




          (i) to the Servicer, from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, any payments in
respect of Advances required to be reimbursed and to the extent set forth in Section
5.04(b);




          (ii) to the Servicer, from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, any payments
in respect of Nonrecoverable Advances required to be reimbursed and to the extent set forth
in Section 5.04(c);




          (iii) to the Servicer, from Available Amounts, the Base Servicing Fee (including any
unpaid Base Servicing Fees from one or more prior Collection Periods);




          (iv) on a pro rata basis (based on the amounts distributable pursuant to this clause to
each Class of Noteholders), to the Class A-1 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest
Distributable Amount for such Class, to the Class A-2 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest
Distributable Amount for such Class, to the Class A-3 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest
Distributable Amount for such Class, and to the Class A-4 Noteholders, the Noteholders’
Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts
(after giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clause (iii) above;




          (v) to the Class A-1 Noteholders, until the total amount paid to such Noteholders in
respect of principal from the Closing Date is equal to the Original Principal Amount for
such Class of Notes, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to
any reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (iii) and (iv) above);




          (vi) to the Class A-2 Noteholders, the Class A-3 Noteholders and the Class A-4
Noteholders on a pro rata basis (based on the Outstanding Amount of each Class), until the
total amount paid to such Noteholders in respect of principal from the Closing Date is equal
to the Original Principal Amount for such Class of Notes, such amounts to be paid from
Available Amounts (after giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in
clauses (iii) through (v) above);




          (vii) on the Distribution Date on which the Notes have been paid in full and on each
Distribution Date thereafter, to the Certificateholders, or, to the extent



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amounts are payable to a Currency Swap Counterparty pursuant to a Currency Swap
Agreement as described in Section 5.10, to such Currency Swap Counterparty, until the total
amount paid to the Certificateholders in respect of principal from the Closing Date is equal
to the Original Certificate Balance, such amount to be paid from Available Amounts (after
giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (iii) through (vi)
above); and




          (viii) any Available Amounts remaining after giving effect to the foregoing, to the
Certificateholders.




     (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 5.06(c) and 5.06(d), after the
occurrence of an Event of Default that results in the acceleration of any Notes, on and
after the date on which such acceleration has been rescinded, on each Distribution Date, the
Relevant Trustee shall make the following payments and distributions from the Collection
Account (after payment of the Supplemental Servicing Fee to the extent not previously
retained by the Servicer) in the following order of priority and in the amounts set forth in
the Servicer’s Certificate for such Distribution Date; provided, however,
that such payments and distributions shall be made only from those funds deposited in the
Collection Account for the related Collection Period:




          (i) to the Servicer, from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, any payments in
respect of Advances required to be reimbursed and to the extent set forth in Section
5.04(b);




          (ii) to the Servicer, from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, any payments
in respect of Nonrecoverable Advances required to be reimbursed and to the extent set forth
in Section 5.04(c);




          (iii) to the Servicer, from Available Amounts, the Base Servicing Fee (including any
unpaid Base Servicing Fees from one or more prior Collection Periods);




          (iv) on a pro rata basis (based on the amounts distributable pursuant to this clause to
each Class of Noteholders), to the Class A-1 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest
Distributable Amount for such Class, to the Class A-2 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest
Distributable Amount for such Class, to the Class A-3 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest
Distributable Amount for such Class and to the Class A-4 Noteholders, the Noteholders’
Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount
for such Class, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to any
reduction in Available Amounts described in clause (iii) above);




          (v) to the Class A-1 Noteholders, until the total amount paid to such Noteholders in
respect of principal from the Closing Date is equal to the Original Principal Amount for the
Class A-1 Notes, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to any
reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (iii) and (iv) above);



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          (vi) to the Class A-2 Noteholders, until the total amount paid to the Class A-2
Noteholders in respect of principal from the Closing Date is equal to the Original Principal
Amount for the Class A-2Notes, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving
effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (iii) through (v) above);




          (vii) to the Class A-3 Noteholders , until the total amount paid to the Class A-3
Noteholders in respect of principal from the Closing Date is equal to the Original Principal
Amount for the Class A-3 Notes, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving
effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (iii) through (vi) above);




          (viii) to the Class A-4 Noteholders, until the total amount paid to the Class A-4
Noteholders in respect of principal from the Closing Date is equal to the Original Principal
Amount for the Class A-4 Notes, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving
effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (iii) through (vii)
above);




          (ix) on the Distribution Date on which the Notes have been paid in full and on each
Distribution Date thereafter, to the Certificateholders, or, to the extent amounts are
payable to a Currency Swap Counterparty pursuant to a Currency Swap Agreement as described
in Section 5.10, to such Currency Swap Counterparty, until the total amount paid to the
Certificateholders in respect of principal from the Closing Date is equal to the Original
Certificate Balance, such amount to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to
any reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (iii) through (viii) above); and




          (x) any Available Amounts remaining after giving effect to the foregoing, to the
Certificateholders.




     (f) For purposes of determining whether an Event of Default pursuant to Section 5.01(b)
of the Indenture has occurred, the amount of principal required to be paid to the Holders of
any Class of Notes on any Distribution Date is the amount available to be paid thereto
pursuant to Section 5.06(c); provided, however, that (i) the Class A-1 Notes
are required to be paid in full on or before the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for such
Class, meaning that the Class A-1 Noteholders are entitled to have received on or before
such date payments in respect of principal in an aggregate amount equal to the Original
Principal Amount for such Class, together with all interest accrued thereon through such
date; (ii) the Class A-2 Notes are required to be paid in full on or before the Final
Scheduled Distribution Date for such Class, meaning that the Class A-2 Noteholders are
entitled to have received on or before such date payments in respect of principal in an
aggregate amount equal to the Original Principal Amount for their related Class, together
with all interest accrued thereon through such date; (iii) the Class A-3 Notes are required
to be paid in full on or before the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for such Class,
meaning that the Class A-3 Noteholders are entitled to have received on or before such date
payments in respect of principal in an aggregate amount equal to the Original Principal
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through such date; and (iv) the Class A-4 Notes are required to be paid in full on or
before the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for such Class, meaning that the Class A-4
Noteholders are entitled to have received on or before such date payments in respect of
principal in an aggregate amount equal to the Original Principal Amount for their related
Class, together with all interest accrued thereon through such date.




     (g) Except with respect to the final payment upon retirement of a Note or Certificate,
the Servicer shall on each Distribution Date instruct the Relevant Trustee to pay or
distribute to each Securityholder of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to
such Securityholder at the address of such Holder appearing in the Certificate Register or
Note Register, as the case may be (or, if DTC, its nominee or a Clearing Agency is the
relevant Holder, by wire transfer of immediately available funds or pursuant to other
arrangements), the amount to be paid or distributed to such Securityholder pursuant to such
Holder’s Note or Certificate. With respect to the final payment upon retirement of a Note
or Certificate, the Servicer shall on the relevant final Distribution Date instruct the
Relevant Trustee to pay or distribute the amounts due thereon only upon delivery for
cancellation of the certificate representing such Note or Certificate in accordance with the
Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as the case may be.



     SECTION 5.07 Reserve Account.




     (a) In order to assure that certain amounts will be available to make required payments
to Noteholders, the Seller will, pursuant to the Securities Account Control Agreement,
establish and maintain with the Securities Intermediary a segregated trust account (the
“Reserve Account”) in the name of the Indenture Trustee which will include the money
and other property deposited and held therein pursuant to Section 5.06 and this Section
5.07. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Seller shall deposit an amount equal to the
Reserve Account Initial Deposit into the Reserve Account. As, and to the extent, set forth
in Section 5.06(c), the Relevant Trustee will deposit Available Amounts into the Reserve
Account on each Distribution Date as provided in the Servicer’s Certificate, until the
amount on deposit therein equals the Specified Reserve Account Balance. On each
Distribution Date, to the extent that amounts in the Collection Account and/or Available
Amounts, as the case may be, are insufficient to fully fund the payments and distributions
described in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 5.06(c), clauses (i) through (vi) of
Section 5.06(d), or clauses (i) through (viii) of Section 5.06(e), the Relevant Trustee will
withdraw amounts then on deposit in the Reserve Account, up to the amounts of any such
deficiencies, and deposit such amounts into the Collection Account for application pursuant
to such clauses. On each Distribution Date, as provided in the Servicer’s Certificate, the
Relevant Trustee will release to the Seller any amounts remaining on deposit in the Reserve
Account in excess of the Specified Reserve Account Balance. Upon the payment in full of the
Notes under the Indenture, as directed in writing by the Servicer, the Relevant Trustee will
release to the Seller any amounts remaining on deposit in the Reserve Account, and all
rights to the Reserve Account and all other collateral registered or held therein shall
revert to the Seller in accordance with the Securities Account Control Agreement. Upon any
such distribution to the Seller, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificateholders, the
Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Relevant Trustee will have no further rights in,
or claims to, such amounts.




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     (b) All amounts held in the Reserve Account shall be invested by the Relevant Trustee,
as directed in writing by the Servicer, in Eligible Investments; provided that if
(x) the Servicer shall have failed to give investment directions for any funds on deposit in
the Reserve Account to the Indenture Trustee by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (or such other time
as may be agreed by the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee) on any Business Day, or (y) a
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Notes
but the Notes shall not have been declared due and payable pursuant to the Indenture, or (z)
the Notes shall have been declared due and payable following an Event of Default, but
amounts collected or receivable from the Trust Estate are being applied pursuant to Section
5.05 of the Indenture as if there had not been such a declaration, then the Indenture
Trustee shall, to the fullest extent practicable, invest and reinvest funds in the Reserve
Account in one or more Eligible Investments specified in clauses (i), (iv) or (vi) of the
definition of Eligible Investments. All such Eligible Investments shall mature not later
than the Business Day preceding the next Distribution Date, in such manner that such amounts
invested shall be available to make the required deposits on the Distribution Date; provided
that if permitted by the Rating Agencies, monies on deposit therein may be invested in
Eligible Investments that mature later than the Business Day preceding the next Distribution
Date. The Servicer will not direct the Relevant Trustee to make any investment of any funds
or to sell any investment held in the Reserve Account unless the security interest granted
and perfected in such account will continue to be perfected in such investment or the
proceeds of such sale, in either case without any further action by any Person, and, in
connection with any direction to the Relevant Trustee to make any such investment or sale,
if requested by the Relevant Trustee, the Servicer shall deliver to the Relevant Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel, acceptable to the Relevant Trustee, to such effect. Earnings, if any,
on investment of funds in the Reserve Account shall be paid to the Seller, and losses and
any investment expenses shall be charged against the funds on deposit therein. The Relevant
Trustee shall incur no liability for the selection of investments or for losses thereon
absent its own negligence or willful misfeasance. The Relevant Trustee shall have no
liability in respect of losses incurred as a result of the liquidation of any investment
prior to its stated maturity date or the failure of the Servicer to provide timely written
investment directions.




     (c) Subject to the right of the Relevant Trustee to make withdrawals therefrom, as
directed by the Servicer, for the purposes and in the amounts set forth in Section 5.06 and
5.07(a), the Reserve Account and all funds held therein shall be the property of the Seller
and not the property of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer,
the Owner Trustee, the Seller and the Indenture Trustee will treat the Reserve Account, all
funds therein and all net investment income with respect thereto as assets of the Seller for
federal income tax and all other purposes.




     (d) The Seller hereby grants to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee for the
benefit of the Noteholders a security interest in the Reserve Account and all funds
(including Eligible Investments) in the Reserve Account (including the Reserve Account
Initial Deposit) and the proceeds thereof to secure the payment of interest on and principal
of the Notes, and the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall have all of the rights
of a secured party under the UCC with respect thereto; provided that all income from the
investment of funds in the Reserve Account, and the right to receive such



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income are retained by the Seller and are not transferred, assigned or otherwise
conveyed hereunder. If for any reason the Reserve Account is no longer an Eligible Deposit
Account, the Relevant Trustee shall promptly cause the Reserve Account to be moved to
another institution or otherwise changed so that the Reserve Account becomes an Eligible
Deposit Account.




     (e) Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Indenture Trustee shall enter into any
subordination or intercreditor agreement with respect to the Reserve Account.




SECTION 5.08 Statements to Certificateholders and Noteholders.




     (a) On each Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee shall include with each
distribution to each Noteholder and the Owner Trustee shall include with each distribution
to each Certificateholder a statement (which statement shall also be provided to each Rating
Agency) based on information in the Servicer’s Certificate furnished pursuant to Section
4.08, setting forth for the Collection Period relating to such Distribution Date the
following information:




     (i) the amount of the payment allocable to the principal amount of each Class
of Notes and to the Certificate Balance;




     (ii) the amount of the payment allocable to interest on or with respect to each
Class of Notes;




     (iii) the YSOC Amount;




     (iv) the Pool Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the
related Collection Period;




     (v) the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the close of business on the last day of
the related Collection Period;




     (vi) the amount of the Base Servicing Fee paid to the Servicer with respect to
the related Collection Period, the amount of any unpaid Base Servicing Fees and the
change in such amount from that of the prior Distribution Date and the amount of the
Supplemental Servicing Fee, if any, paid to the Servicer with respect to the related
Collection Period;




     (vii) the Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall and the Noteholders’
Principal Carryover Shortfall, if any, with respect to each Class of Notes, and the
change in such amounts from the preceding Distribution Date;




     (viii) the Outstanding Amount, the Note Factor and the Note Pool Factor with
respect to each Class of Notes, and the Certificate Balance, the Certificate Factor
and the Certificate Pool Factor with respect to the Certificates, in each case after
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     (ix) the amount of Advances made in respect of the Receivables during the
related Collection Period and the amount of unreimbursed Advances on such
Distribution Date;




     (x) the balance of the Reserve Account on such Distribution Date, after giving
effect to changes thereto on such Distribution Date and the amount of such changes;




     (xi) the amount of defaults and net losses on the Receivables for the related
Collection Period;




     (xii) the number of delinquencies on the Receivables as a percentage of the
number of Receivables;




     (xiii) the amount of the currency swap payments and the currency swap
termination payments, if any, due to the Currency Swap Counterparty under the
Currency Swap Agreement described in Section 5.10;




     (xiv) any material change in practices with respect to charge-offs, collection
and management of delinquent Receivables, and the effect of any grace period,
re-aging, re-structuring, partial payments or other practices on delinquency and
loss experience;




     (xv) any material modifications, extensions or waivers to Receivables terms,
fees, penalties or payments during the Collection Period;




     (xvi) any material breaches of representations, warranties or covenants
contained in the Receivables;




     (xvii) any new issuance of notes or other securities backed by the Receivables; and




     (xviii) any material change in the underwriting, origination or acquisition of
Receivables.




     (b) Copies of such statements may be obtained by the Certificateholders or the Note
Owners from the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, by a request in
writing. The Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, shall provide such
copies promptly after such requests.




     (c) No disbursements shall be made directly by the Servicer to a Noteholder, and the
Servicer shall not be required to maintain any investor record relating to the posting of
disbursements or otherwise.



     SECTION 5.09 Net Deposits. So long as NMAC is the Servicer, the Servicer (in whatever
capacity) may make the remittances pursuant to Sections 5.02 and 5.05 above net of amounts to be
distributed to the Servicer (in whatever capacity) pursuant to Section 5.06. Accounts between the
Seller and the Servicer will be adjusted accordingly. Nonetheless, the
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for all of the above described remittances and distributions (except
for the Supplemental Servicing Fee to the extent that the Servicer is entitled to retain such
amounts) in the Servicer’s Certificate as if the amounts were deposited and/or transferred
separately.




     SECTION 5.10 Currency Swap Agreement. Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the Issuer
may, from time to time, as directed by the Certificateholders by means of notice to the
Administrator, enter into a Currency Swap Agreement with a Currency Swap Counterparty to swap
amounts payable to Certificateholders from U.S. dollars to Japanese yen; provided, that (1) at the
time the Issuer enters into the Currency Swap Agreement, the Rating Agencies have confirmed the
then-existing ratings of the Notes, and (2) any payments to the Currency Swap Counterparty
(including termination payments) are payable only from amounts that are otherwise payable to the
Certificateholders. Any payments received by the Issuer from the Currency Swap Counterparty under
such a Currency Swap Agreement shall not be deposited in the Collection Account and shall be paid
by the Indenture Trustee directly to or to the order of the Certificateholders on the related
Distribution Date. In connection with executing any such Currency Swap Agreement, the Issuer,
Indenture Trustee, Owner Trustee, Seller and Servicer will enter into an amendment to this Sale and
Servicing Agreement, subject to Section 10.01 in a form approved by the Certificateholders, that
will specify the creation of any necessary accounts and modifications of any provisions hereof to
the extent necessary or appropriate to effectuate the intention of such Currency Swap Agreement.



ARTICLE VI




The Seller




     SECTION 6.01 Representations of Seller. The Seller makes the following
representations on which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in acquiring the Receivables. The
representations speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing
Date, and shall survive the sale of the Receivables to the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.




     (a) Organization and Good Standing. The Seller has been duly organized and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
with corporate power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such
properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted, and had at all
relevant times, and has, corporate power, authority and legal right to acquire and own the
Receivables. The location of the Seller’s chief executive office is in Nashville,
Tennessee.




     (b) Due Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals
in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its
business shall require such qualifications and where the failure to so qualify would have a
material adverse effect on the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under this
Agreement.




     (c) Power and Authority. The Seller has the corporate power and authority to
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and authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and deposited
as part of the Owner Trust Estate, and has duly authorized such sale and assignment to the
Trust by all necessary corporate action; and the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement has been duly authorized by the Seller by all necessary corporate action.




     (d) Valid Sale; Binding Obligations. This Agreement evidences a valid sale,
transfer and assignment of the Receivables, enforceable against creditors of and purchasers
from the Seller (other than a good faith purchaser for value in the ordinary course of
business who takes actual possession of one or more Receivables); and this Agreement is a
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable in accordance with its terms,
subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles.




     (e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with, result in any breach
of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute (with or without notice or lapse of
time) a default under, the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Seller, or any
indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it shall
be bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties
pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than the
Basic Documents); nor violate any law or, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, any order,
rule or regulation applicable to the Seller of any court or of any federal or state
regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having
jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties; which breach, default, conflict, Lien or
violation in any case would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Seller to
perform its obligations under this Agreement.




     (f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending, or, to
the best of the Seller’s knowledge, threatened, before any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the
Seller or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, the Trust
Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities Account Control Agreement, the Certificates or the
Notes; (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Certificates or the Notes or the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Trust Agreement,
the Indenture, or the Securities Account Control Agreement; (iii) seeking any determination
or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its
obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, the Trust
Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities Account Control Agreement, the Certificates or the
Notes; or (iv) relating to the Seller and that would adversely affect the federal or any
state income tax attributes of the Issuer, the Certificates or the Notes.



     SECTION 6.02 Additional Covenants of the Seller.




     (a) The Seller agrees with the Certificateholders, the Note Owners and each Rating
Agency that the Seller shall not issue any securities or deposit assets into a trust that
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materially and adversely affect the rating of any Class of Notes unless it shall have
first obtained the written consent of each Rating Agency to the effect that such issuance
will not materially adversely affect such rating; provided that, the issuance of another
series of certificates or notes pursuant to agreements with terms substantially similar to
the terms of the Basic Documents shall not be deemed to materially and adversely affect the
ratings on the Notes. The Seller shall provide a copy of any such consent to the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee.




     (b) The Seller shall not do any of the following (without the prior written consent of
each Rating Agency (other than Moody’s and Fitch) (which consent shall be to the effect that
the acts set forth below shall not affect materially adversely the rating on any Class of
Notes) and, upon the Seller’s receipt of such written consent from each Rating Agency (other
than Moody’s and Fitch), the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall, without any
exercise of its own discretion, also provide its written consent to the Seller (promptly
after the occurrence of any of the following, the Seller shall provide notice of such
occurrence to Moody’s and Fitch, so long as Moody’s or Fitch, respectively, is then rating
any outstanding Notes)):




     (1) engage in any business or activity other than those set forth in Article
Three of the Seller’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended;




     (2) incur any indebtedness, or assume or guaranty any indebtedness of any other
entity, other than (A) any indebtedness incurred in connection with the issuance of
any certificates or notes (as defined in the Seller’s Certificate of Incorporation),
provided that any such future indebtedness incurred in connection with the issuance
of any certificates or notes must be rated at least with the same ratings given the
outstanding certificates or notes secured or supported by assets acquired by the
Seller from NMAC by each nationally recognized statistical rating organization that
has rated such outstanding certificates or notes or, prior to the issuing of such
future indebtedness incurred in connection with such certificates or notes, the
Seller shall have received confirmation from each nationally recognized statistical
rating organization that has rated such outstanding certificates or notes that the
ratings of such outstanding certificates or notes will not be adversely affected by
the issuance of such future indebtedness; and (B) (i) any indebtedness to NMAC or
any of its Affiliates incurred in connection with the acquisition of receivables,
which indebtedness shall be fully subordinated (and which shall provide for payment
only after payment in respect of all outstanding rated debt) and nonrecourse against
any assets of the Seller other than the assets pledged to secure such indebtedness,
(ii) such indebtedness does not constitute a claim against the Seller in the event
the assets pledged to secure such indebtedness are insufficient to pay such
indebtedness, (iii) holders of such indebtedness agree that they have no rights in
any assets of the Seller other than the assets pledged to secure such indebtedness,
and (iv) to the extent that any holder of such indebtedness is deemed to have any
interest in any assets of the Seller other than the assets pledged to secure such
indebtedness, holders of such indebtedness agree that their interest is subordinate
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of other indebtedness issued by the Seller, and that such agreement constitutes
a subordination agreement for purposes of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code;




     (3) dissolve or liquidate, in whole or in part, consolidate or merge with or
into any other entity or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially
as an entirety to any entity, unless:




          (i) the entity (if other than the Seller) formed or surviving the consolidation
or merger or which acquires the properties and assets of the Seller is organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, expressly assumes the due and
punctual payment of all obligations of the Seller, including those obligations of
the Seller under this Agreement and the Basic Documents, and has a Certificate of
Incorporation containing provisions identical to the provisions of Article Three,
Article Four and Article Fifteen of the Seller’s Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended;




          (ii) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no default or event of
default has occurred and is continuing under any indebtedness of the Seller or any
agreements relating to such indebtedness;




          (iii) the entity (if other than the Seller) formed or surviving the
consolidation or merger or which acquires the properties and assets of the Seller
agrees that (i) it shall maintain its funds or assets as identifiable and not
commingle its funds or assets with those of any direct or ultimate parent of such
entity and pay from its assets all obligations and indebtedness of any kind incurred
by it, (ii) it shall maintain bank accounts, corporate records and books of account
separate from those of any direct or ultimate parent of such entity and (iii) the
business affairs of such entity will be managed by or under the direction of its
board of directors and it will conduct its business from an office space separate
from any direct or ultimate parent of such entity; and




          (iv) each nationally recognized statistical rating organization that has rated
any issue of certificates or notes secured or supported by assets acquired by the
Seller from NMAC shall confirm in writing that the rating of such certificates or
notes shall not be adversely affected by such consolidation or merger;




     (4) without the affirmative vote of 100% of the members of the board of
directors of the Seller, institute proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or
insolvent, or consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings
against it, or file a petition seeking or consent to reorganization or relief under
any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, or consent to the
appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other
similar official) of the corporation or all or substantially all of its property, or
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     (5) cease to have an “Independent Director,” as defined in the Seller’s
charter;




     (6) without the affirmative vote of at least one “Independent Director,” as
defined in the Seller’s charter, enter into any transactions with the Servicer not
in the ordinary course of business; or




     (7) modify any provision of the “Restricted Articles,” as defined in the
Seller’s Certificate of Incorporation, of the Seller’s Certificate of Incorporation,
as amended, in any material respect.



     SECTION 6.03 Liability of Seller; Indemnities. The Seller shall be liable in
accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Seller
under this Agreement.




     (a) The Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Trust, the Owner Trustee,
the Indenture Trustee from and against any taxes that may at any time be asserted against
any such Person with respect to, as of the date hereof, the sale of the Receivables to the
Trust or the issuance and original sale of the Notes and the Certificates, including any
sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible personal property, privilege or license
taxes and any and all other taxes levied or assessed upon the Issuer or upon all or any part
of the Trust Estate (but, in the case of the Trust, not including any taxes asserted with
respect to ownership of the Receivables or federal or other income taxes arising out of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Basic Documents) and costs and expenses
in defending against the same. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if a tax
is levied or assessed upon the Issuer or upon all or any part of the Trust Estate under HB3,
which tax becomes due and payable after the Closing Date, the Seller shall pay such tax (or
cause such tax to be paid) to the applicable taxing authority on behalf of the Issuer.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, nothing in this Agreement should
be read to imply that the Issuer is doing business in Texas, has sufficient nexus with Texas
in order for HB3 to apply to the Issuer or is otherwise subject to the tax described in HB3.




     (b) The Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee, the Trust, the Certificateholders and the Noteholders from and against
any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of (i) the Seller’s willful misfeasance,
bad faith or negligence in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, or by reason
of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement, and (ii) the
Seller’s or the Issuer’s violation of federal or state securities laws in connection with
the registration or the sale of the Certificates and the Notes.



     Indemnification under this Section 6.03 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and
shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Seller
shall have made any indemnity payment to any Person entitled thereto pursuant to this Section 6.03
and such Person thereafter shall collect any of such amounts from others, such Person shall
promptly repay such amounts to the Seller, without interest (except to the extent the recipient
collects interest from others).



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     Promptly after receipt by a party indemnified under this Section 6.03 (for purposes of this
paragraph, an “Indemnified Party”) of notice of the commencement of any action, such Indemnified
Party will, if a claim is to be made in respect thereof against the Seller under this Section 6.03,
notify the Seller of the commencement thereof. If any such action is brought against any
Indemnified Party under this Section 6.03 and it notifies the Seller of the commencement thereof,
the Seller will assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such
Indemnified Party (who may, unless there is, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to the
Indemnified Party stating that there is, a conflict of interest, be counsel to the Seller), and the
Seller will not be liable to such Indemnified Party under this Section 6.03 for any legal or other
expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof,
other than reasonable costs of investigation. The obligations set forth in this Section 6.03 shall
survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of
litigation. If the Seller shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 6.03 and
the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter collects any of such amounts
from others, such Person shall promptly repay such amounts to the Seller, without interest (except
to the extent received by such Person).



     The Seller is only required to pay any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 6.03 to the
extent funds are available after making the required monthly distributions in connection with any
Public ABS Transaction for which the Seller, or any United States Affiliate thereof, acts as a
depositor or to the extent it receives additional funds designated for such purposes. Additionally,
no indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall constitute a claim (as defined by the
Bankruptcy Code) against the Seller or recourse to the Seller except to the extent funds are
available to the Seller as described herein.



     SECTION 6.04 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller.
Subject to Section 6.02, any Person (i) into which the Seller may be merged or consolidated, (ii)
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Seller shall be a party, (iii)
succeeding to the business of the Seller or (iv) that is a corporation more than 50% of the voting
stock of which is owned directly or indirectly by Nissan, which Person in any of the foregoing
cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Seller under this
Agreement, will be the successor to the Seller under this Agreement without the execution or filing
of any document or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement;
provided, however, that (x) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 6.01 shall have been breached and no Servicer
Default, and no event that, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer
Default, shall have occurred and be continuing, (y) the Seller shall have delivered to the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that such consolidation, merger
or succession and such agreement or assumption comply with this Section 6.04 and that all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction have been
complied with and (z) the Seller shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, based on
customary qualifications and assumptions, all financing statements and continuation statements and
amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to perfect the interest of
the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, respectively, in the Receivables, and reciting the details of
such filings, or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be



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necessary
to preserve and protect such interest. The Seller shall provide notice of any merger,
consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section 6.04 to each Rating Agency. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the execution of the foregoing agreement of assumption and
compliance with clauses (x), (y) and (z) above shall be conditions to the consummation of the
transactions referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above.




     SECTION 6.05 Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others.




     (a) Neither the Seller nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the
Seller shall be under any liability to the Trust, the Certificateholders or the Noteholders,
except as provided under this Agreement, for any action taken or for refraining from the
taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement or for errors in judgment; provided,
however, that this provision shall not protect the Seller or any such person against
any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or
negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations
and duties under this Agreement. The Seller and any director, officer, employee or agent of
the Seller may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind,
prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising
under this Agreement.




     (b) The Seller shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any
legal action that shall not be incidental to its obligations under this Agreement, and that
in its opinion may cause it to incur any expense or liability; provided,
however, that the Servicer may undertake any reasonable action that it may deem
necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties
to this Agreement and the interests of the Certificateholders and the Noteholders under this
Agreement. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability
resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Servicer, and the
Servicer will not be entitled to be reimbursed therefor.



     SECTION 6.06 Seller May Own Certificates or Notes. The Seller and any Affiliate of
the Seller may in its individual or any other capacity become the owner or pledgee of Certificates
or Notes with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Seller or an Affiliate thereof,
except as otherwise provided in the Basic Documents. Certificates or Notes so owned by or pledged
to the Seller or such controlling or commonly controlled Person shall have an equal and
proportionate benefit under the provisions of this Agreement, without preference, priority or
distinction as among all of the Certificates or the Notes, as the case may be, except as otherwise
expressly provided in the Basic Documents.



ARTICLE VII




The Servicer




     SECTION 7.01 Representations of Servicer. The Servicer makes the following
representations on which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in acquiring the Receivables. The
representations speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing



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Date and shall survive the sale of the Receivables to the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.





     (a) Organization and Good Standing. The Servicer is duly organized and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the state of its
incorporation, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its
business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted,
and had at all relevant times, and has, corporate power, authority and legal right to
acquire, own, sell and service the Receivables and to hold the Receivable Files as custodian
on behalf of the Trust and the Indenture Trustee. The location of the Servicer’s chief
executive office is in Nashville, Tennessee.




     (b) Due Qualification. The Servicer is duly qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals
in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its
business relating to the servicing of the Receivables as required by this Agreement shall
require such qualifications and where the failure to so qualify would have a material
adverse effect on the ability of the Servicer to perform its obligations under this
Agreement.




     (c) Power and Authority. The Servicer has the power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; and the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Servicer by all necessary
corporate action.




     (d) Binding Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Servicer enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect
of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles.




     (e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with, result in any breach
of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute (with or without notice or lapse of
time) a default under, the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Servicer, or any
indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Servicer is a party or by which it
shall be bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its
properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other
than the Basic Documents); nor violate any law or any order, rule or regulation applicable
to the Servicer of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body, administrative
agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Servicer or its
properties; which breach, default, conflict, Lien or violation in any case would have a
material adverse effect on the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under this
Agreement.




     (f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending, or, to
the best of the Servicer’s knowledge, threatened, before any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the
Servicer or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, the Trust



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Agreement, the Indenture, the Purchase Agreement, the Certificates or the Notes; (ii)
seeking to prevent the issuance of the Certificates or the Notes or the consummation of any
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture or
the Purchase Agreement; (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that would materially and
adversely affect the performance by the Servicer of its obligations under, or the validity
or enforceability of, this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture, the Purchase
Agreement, the Certificates or the Notes; or (iv) relating to the Servicer and that would
adversely affect the federal or any state income tax attributes of the Certificates or the
Notes.



     SECTION 7.02 Indemnities of Servicer. The Servicer shall be liable in accordance
herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Servicer under this
Agreement:




     (a) The Servicer shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee, the Trust, the Certificateholders and the Noteholders from and against
any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities (collectively,
“Damages”) arising out of or resulting from the use, ownership or operation by the Servicer
or any of its Affiliates (other than the Trust) of a Financed Vehicle.




     (b) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee, the Trust, the Certificateholders and the Noteholders from and against
any and all Damages to the extent that such Damage arose out of, or was imposed upon, the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Trust, the Certificateholders or the Noteholders
through the negligence, willful misfeasance or bad faith of the Servicer in the performance
of its duties under this Agreement or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and
duties under this Agreement.




     (c) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee from and against all Damages arising out of or incurred in connection with
the acceptance or performance of the trusts and duties herein contained, except to the
extent that such Damage: (i) shall be due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith, or
negligence (except for errors in judgment) of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as
the case may be; (ii) relates to any tax other than the taxes with respect to which the
Seller shall be required to indemnify the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee; (iii)
shall arise from the breach by the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee of any of their
respective representations or warranties set forth in the Basic Documents; (iv) shall be one
as to which the Seller is required to indemnify the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee
and as to which such Person has received payment of indemnity from the Seller; or (v) shall
arise out of or be incurred in connection with the performance by the Indenture Trustee of
the duties of Successor Servicer hereunder.



     Promptly after receipt by a party indemnified under this Section 7.02 (for purposes of this
paragraph, an “Indemnified Party”) of notice of the commencement of any action, such Indemnified
Party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Servicer under this Section
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against any Indemnified Party under this Section 7.02 and it notifies the Servicer of the
commencement thereof, the Servicer will assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such Indemnified Party (who may, unless there is, as evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel to the Indemnified Party stating that there is, a conflict of interest, be counsel to the
Servicer), and the Servicer will not be liable to such Indemnified Party under this Section 7.02
for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with
the defense thereof, other than reasonable costs of investigation. The obligations set forth in
this Section 7.02 shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of
the Servicer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and shall include reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Servicer shall have made any indemnity
payments pursuant to this Section 7.02 and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are
made thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such Person shall promptly repay such
amounts to the Servicer, without interest (except to the extent received by such Person).




     Indemnification under this Section 7.02 by NMAC (or any successor thereto pursuant to Section
7.03) as Servicer, with respect to the period such Person was the Servicer, shall survive the
termination of such Person as Servicer or a resignation by such Person as Servicer as well as the
termination of this Agreement and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and
expenses of litigation. If the Servicer shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this
Section 7.02 and the recipient thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, the recipient
shall promptly repay such amounts to the Servicer, without interest (except to the extent the
recipient collects interest from others).



     SECTION 7.03 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of,
Servicer. Any Person (i) into which the Servicer may be merged or consolidated, (ii) resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Servicer shall be a party, (iii)
succeeding to the business of the Servicer, or (iv) so long as NMAC acts as Servicer, that is a
corporation more than 50% of the voting stock of which is owned directly or indirectly by Nissan,
which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every
obligation of the Servicer under this Agreement, will be the successor to the Servicer under this
Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the
parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that (x) immediately after giving
effect to such transaction, no Servicer Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time,
or both, would become a Servicer Default, shall have occurred and be continuing, (y) the Servicer
shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate
stating that such consolidation, merger or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with
this Section 7.03 and that all conditions precedent provided for in this Agreement relating to such
transaction have been complied with and (z) the Servicer shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, based on customary qualifications and assumptions, all financing statements and
continuation statements and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary
fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in the
Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings, or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, no such action shall be necessary to perfect such interest. The Servicer shall provide
notice of any merger, consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section 7.03 to each Rating
Agency. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the execution of the foregoing agreement
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assumption and compliance with clauses (x), (y) and (z) above shall be conditions to the
consummation of the transactions referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above.




     SECTION 7.04 Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others.




     (a) Neither the Servicer nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the
Servicer shall be under any liability to the Trust, the Certificateholders or the
Noteholders, except as provided under this Agreement, for any action taken or for refraining
from the taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement or for errors in judgment;
provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Servicer or any
such person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless
disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement. The Servicer and any director,
officer, employee or agent of the Servicer may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel
or on any document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person
respecting any matters arising under this Agreement.




     (b) Except as provided in this Agreement, the Servicer shall not be under any
obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that shall not be incidental
to its duties to service the Receivables in accordance with this Agreement, and that in its
opinion may cause it to incur any expense or liability; provided, however,
that the Servicer may undertake any reasonable action that it may deem necessary or
desirable in respect of the Basic Documents and the rights and duties of the parties to the
Basic Documents and the interests of the Certificateholders under this Agreement and the
Noteholders under the Indenture. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action
and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the
Servicer, and the Servicer will not be entitled to be reimbursed therefor.



     SECTION 7.05 NMAC Not To Resign as Servicer. Subject to the provisions of Section
7.03, NMAC shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it as Servicer under
this Agreement except upon determination that the performance of its duties under this Agreement
shall no longer be permissible under applicable law. Notice of any such determination permitting
the resignation of NMAC shall be communicated to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at the
earliest practicable time (and, if such communication is not in writing, shall be confirmed in
writing at the earliest practicable time), and any such determination shall be evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
concurrently with or promptly after such notice. No such resignation shall become effective until
the Indenture Trustee or a Successor Servicer shall (i) have taken the actions required by Section
8.01 of this Agreement to effect the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the
predecessor Servicer under this Agreement, including the transfer to the Successor Servicer for
administration by it of all cash amounts that shall at the time be held by the predecessor Servicer
for deposit, or shall thereafter be received with respect to a Receivable and the delivery of the
Receivable Files, and the related accounts and records maintained by the Servicer, (ii) have
assumed the responsibilities and obligations of NMAC as Servicer under this Agreement in accordance
with Section 8.02 of this Agreement (other than the initial Servicer’s obligation to make
Advances), and (iii) become the Administrator under the Administration Agreement in accordance with
Section 8 of such Agreement.



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ARTICLE VIII




Default




     SECTION 8.01 Servicer Default. If any one of the following events (a “Servicer
Default”) shall occur and be continuing:




     (a) any failure by the Servicer (or the Seller, so long as NMAC is the Servicer) to
deliver to the Relevant Trustee for deposit in any of the Accounts any required payment or
to direct the Relevant Trustee to make any required distributions therefrom, which failure
continues unremedied for a period of three Business Days after (i) receipt by the Servicer
(or the Seller, so long as NMAC is the Servicer) of written notice of such failure given by
the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, (ii) receipt by the Servicer (or the Seller, so
long as NMAC is the Servicer), the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee of written notice
of such failure given by Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding
Amount, or (iii) discovery of such failure by any officer of the Servicer;




     (b) any failure by the Servicer (or the Seller, as long as NMAC is the Servicer) to
duly observe or perform in any material respect any other covenants or agreements of the
Servicer (or the Seller, as long as NMAC is the Servicer) set forth in this Agreement
(including its obligation to purchase Receivables pursuant to Section 4.06), which failure
shall materially and adversely affect the rights of the Certificateholders or the
Noteholders and shall continue unremedied for a period of 90 days after giving of written
notice of the failure to (i) the Servicer (or the Seller, as long as NMAC is the Servicer)
by the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, or (ii) the Servicer (or the Seller, as long
as NMAC is the Servicer) and the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee by Holders of Notes
evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount or Holders of Certificates evidencing
not less than 25% of the Certificate Balance; or




     (c) the occurrence of an Insolvency Event with respect to the Servicer;


then, and in each and every case, so long as the Servicer Default shall not have been remedied,
either the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes evidencing a majority of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes (but excluding for purposes of such calculation and action all Notes held or
beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates unless all of the Notes are held or
beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates), acting together as a single Class,
by notice then given in writing to the Servicer (and to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee
if given by the Noteholders) may terminate all of the rights and obligations (other than the
obligations set forth in Section 7.02 hereof) of the Servicer under this Agreement. On or after
the receipt by the Servicer of such written notice, all authority and power of the Servicer under
this Agreement, whether with respect to the Notes, the Certificates or the Receivables or
otherwise, shall, without further action, pass to and be vested in the Indenture Trustee or such
Successor Servicer as may be appointed under Section 8.02; and, without limitation, the Indenture
Trustee and the Owner Trustee are hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, for the
benefit of the predecessor Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and
other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to
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and endorsement of the Receivables and related documents, or otherwise. The predecessor Servicer
shall cooperate with the Successor Servicer and the Owner Trustee in effecting the termination of
the responsibilities and rights of the predecessor Servicer under this Agreement, including,
without limitation, the transfer to the Successor Servicer for administration by it of all cash
amounts that shall at the time be held by the predecessor Servicer for deposit, or have been
deposited by the predecessor Servicer, in the Accounts or thereafter received with respect to the
Receivables that shall at that time be held by the predecessor Servicer and the delivery of the
Receivable Files and the related accounts and records maintained by the predecessor Servicer. All
reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with transferring
the Receivable Files to the Successor Servicer and amending this Agreement to reflect such
succession as Servicer pursuant to this Section 8.01 shall be paid by the predecessor Servicer upon
presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event the predecessor Servicer is the Indenture Trustee, the original Servicer
hereunder shall reimburse the Indenture Trustee for all reasonable costs and expenses as described
in the immediately preceding sentence. Upon receipt of notice of the occurrence of a Servicer
Default, the Indenture Trustee shall give notice thereof to the Rating Agencies.




     SECTION 8.02 Appointment of Successor.




     (a) Upon the Servicer’s receipt of notice of termination pursuant to Section 8.01 or
the Servicer’s resignation in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the predecessor
Servicer shall continue to perform its functions as Servicer under this Agreement, in the
case of termination, only until the date specified in such termination notice or, if no such
date is specified in a notice of termination, until receipt of such notice and, in the case
of resignation, until the earlier of (i) the date 45 days from the delivery to the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee of written notice of such resignation (or written
confirmation of such notice) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (ii) the
date upon which the predecessor Servicer shall become unable to act as Servicer, as
specified in the notice of resignation and accompanying Opinion of Counsel. In the event of
the Servicer’s resignation or termination hereunder, the Indenture Trustee shall appoint a
Successor Servicer, and the Successor Servicer shall accept its appointment (including its
appointment as Administrator under the Administration Agreement as set forth in Section
8.02(b)) by a written assumption in form acceptable to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee and shall provide in writing the information reasonably required by the Seller to
comply with its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act with respect to a replacement
servicer. If a Successor Servicer has not been appointed at the time when the predecessor
Servicer has ceased to act as Servicer in accordance with this Section 8.02, the Indenture
Trustee without further action shall automatically be appointed the Successor Servicer and
the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to the Total Servicing Fee. Notwithstanding the
above, the Indenture Trustee shall, if it shall be legally unable so to act, appoint or
petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, and the predecessor Servicer, if no
successor Servicer has been appointed at the time the predecessor Servicer has ceased to
act, may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint any established institution
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include the servicing of automobile and/or light-duty truck receivables, as the
successor to the Servicer under this Agreement.




     (b) Upon appointment, the Successor Servicer (including the Indenture Trustee acting as
Successor Servicer) shall (i) be the successor in all respects to the predecessor Servicer
and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities arising thereafter
relating thereto placed on the predecessor Servicer (except the initial Servicer’s
obligation to make Advances) and shall be entitled, subject to the arrangements referred to
in paragraph (c) below, to the servicing fee and all the rights granted to the predecessor
Servicer by the terms and provisions of this Agreement and (ii) become the Administrator
under the Administration Agreement in accordance with Section 8 of such Agreement.




     (c) In connection with such appointment, the Issuer may make such arrangements for the
compensation of such Successor Servicer out of payments on Receivables as it and such
Successor Servicer shall agree; provided, however, that no such compensation
shall be in excess of that permitted the predecessor Servicer under this Agreement. The
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and such Successor Servicer shall take such action, consistent
with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession.



     SECTION 8.03 Repayment of Advances. If the Servicer shall resign or be terminated,
the Servicer shall continue to be entitled to receive, to the extent of available funds,
reimbursement for Outstanding Advances pursuant to Sections 5.03 and 5.04 with respect to all
Advances previously made thereby.



     SECTION 8.04 Notification . Upon any termination of, or appointment of a successor
to, the Servicer pursuant to this Article VIII, the Owner Trustee shall give prompt written notice
thereof to the Certificateholders, and the Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written notice
thereof to Noteholders and the Rating Agencies.



     SECTION 8.05 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of Notes evidencing a majority of
the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, or, in the case of any Servicer Default which does not
adversely affect the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders, the Holders of Certificates evidencing a
majority of the Certificate Balance, in each case excluding for purposes of such calculation and
action all Securities held or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates
(unless all of the Notes or the Certificates, as the case may be, are held by NMAC, NARC II and
their Affiliates), may, on behalf of all the Noteholders and the Certificateholders, waive in
writing any default by the Servicer in the performance of its obligations hereunder and its
consequences, except a default in making any required deposits to or payments from the Collection
Account in accordance with this Agreement. Upon any such waiver of a past default, such default
shall cease to exist, and any Servicer Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been
remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereto.



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ARTICLE IX




Termination; Release of Receivables




     SECTION 9.01 Optional Purchase of All Receivables.




     (a) On each Distribution Date following the last day of a Collection Period as of which
the Pool Balance shall be less than or equal to the Optional Purchase Percentage multiplied
by the Original Pool Balance, the Servicer or any successor to the Servicer shall have the
option to purchase, or cause to be purchased, the corpus of the Owner Trust Estate (whether
or not such assets then comprise all or a portion of the Trust Estate) for an amount equal
to the Optional Purchase Price (the “Optional Purchase”). To exercise such option, the
Servicer or any successor to the Servicer shall notify the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee of its intention to do so in writing, no later than the first Business Day of the
month in which such purchase is to be effected and shall, on or before the Distribution Date
on which such purchase is to occur, deposit pursuant to Section 5.05 in the Collection
Account an amount equal to the Optional Purchase Price (or the deposit in cash of such
lesser amount as provided in Section 9.01(b)), and shall succeed to all interests in and to
the Trust Estate and the Owner Trust Estate; provided, however, that the
Servicer shall not effect any such purchase so long as the rating of NMAC by Moody’s is less
than “Ba1” unless the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall have received an Opinion
of Counsel to the effect that such purchase shall not constitute a fraudulent conveyance,
subject to such assumptions as to factual matters as may be contained therein. Amounts so
deposited will be paid and distributed as set forth in Section 5.06 of this Agreement. Upon
such deposit of the amount necessary to purchase the corpus of the Owner Trust Estate, the
Servicer shall for all purposes of this Agreement be deemed to have released all claims for
reimbursement of Outstanding Advances made in respect of the Receivables.




     (b) The Servicer, at its option, may pay all or a portion of the Optional Purchase
Price by issuing a demand note in favor of the Trust, the terms of which, on the whole,
shall be commercially reasonable and substantially similar to terms that would prevail in an
arms-length negotiation between unaffiliated parties; provided, however,
that (i) the Servicer shall pay in cash the portion of the Optional Purchase Price that is
equal to or greater than the sum of (x) the Outstanding Amount of all Classes of Notes and
(y) the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for all Classes of Notes for such
Distribution Date, and (ii) the Servicer may issue a demand note to a Certificateholder
pursuant to this Section 9.01 only if such Certificateholder consents to the receipt of such
demand note.




     (c) Notice of any such purchase of the Owner Trust Estate shall be given by the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee to each Securityholder as soon as practicable after their
receipt of notice thereof from the Servicer.




     (d) Following the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the payment in full
of the principal of and interest on the Notes, the Certificateholders will succeed to the
rights of the Noteholders hereunder other than under Section 5.06 and the Issuer will
succeed to the rights of the Indenture Trustee provided for in this Agreement.



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     SECTION 9.02 Release of Receivables.




     (a) Upon repurchase of any Receivable by the Seller pursuant to Section 3.02 or by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 4.06 or Section 9.01, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee on
behalf of the Noteholders, shall, without further action, be deemed to transfer, assign,
set-over and otherwise convey to the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, all right,
title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under such repurchased Receivable, all monies
due or to become due with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof and the other property
conveyed to the Issuer hereunder pursuant to Section 2.01 with respect to such Receivable,
and all security and any records relating thereto, such assignment being an assignment
outright and not for security; and the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, shall
thereupon own each such Receivable, and all such related security and records, free of any
further obligation to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificateholders, the Indenture
Trustee or the Noteholders with respect thereto.




     (b) The Issuer and Indenture Trustee shall execute such documents and instruments of
transfer and assignment and take such other actions as shall be reasonably requested by the
Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, to effect the conveyance of such Receivable
pursuant to Sections 3.02, 4.06 and 9.02.




     (c) If in any enforcement suit or legal proceeding it is held that the Seller or the
Servicer may not enforce a repurchased Receivable on the ground that it is not a real party
in interest or a holder entitled to enforce the Receivable, the Issuer, and the Indenture
Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, shall, at the written direction and expense of the
Seller or Servicer, as the case may be, take such reasonable steps as the Seller or the
Servicer deems necessary to enforce the Receivable, including bringing suit in the name or
names of the Issuer, the Certificateholders or the Noteholders.



     SECTION 9.03 Termination.




     (a) The respective obligations of the Seller, the Servicer, NMAC (so long as NMAC has
rights or obligations hereunder), the Owner Trustee, and the Indenture Trustee, as the case
may be, pursuant to this Agreement shall terminate upon the earliest of (i) the maturity or
other liquidation of the last Receivable and the final disposition of all amounts received
upon liquidation of any remaining Receivables, or (ii) the election by the Servicer to
purchase the corpus of the Trust as described in Section 9.01 and the payment or
distribution to Securityholders of all amounts required to be paid to them under the
Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as the case may be.




     (b) Notice of any such termination under this Section 9.03 shall be given by the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee to each Securityholder of record as specified in the
Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as appropriate.



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ARTICLE X




Miscellaneous




     SECTION 10.01 Amendment.




     (a) This Agreement may be amended by the Seller, the Servicer and the Issuer, with the
consent of the Indenture Trustee, but without the consent of any of the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders.




     (1) to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision herein that may
be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or make any other provisions with
respect to matters or questions arising hereunder that are not inconsistent with the
provisions herein; provided that (i) the amendment will not materially and adversely
affect the interest of any Noteholder or Certificateholder and (ii) the Servicer
shall have delivered an Officer’s Certificate to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner
Trustee stating that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the
interest of any Noteholder or Certificateholder; and




     (2) to (A) change the formula for determining the required amount for the
Specified Reserve Account Balance or (B) add a supplemental specified Reserve
Account balance and amend Section 5.06(c) to require payments and distributions to
the Reserve Account up to an amount equal to the sum of the Specified Reserve
Account Balance and such supplemental specified Reserve Account balance immediately
following any payments and distributions made pursuant to Section 5.06(c)(ix) upon
(i) confirmation from each Rating Agency that such amendment will not result in the
qualification, reduction or withdrawal of any rating it currently assigns to any
Class of Notes, or (ii) delivery by the Servicer to the Indenture Trustee and the
Owner Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate stating that such amendment will not
materially and adversely affect the interest of any Noteholder. If the proposed
amendment or supplement described in the foregoing clause (a)(2) would materially
and adversely affect any of the rights or obligations of any Certificateholder, the
Owner Trustee shall obtain the consent of each Certificateholder prior to the
adoption of such amendment or supplement; provided, that no Certificateholder’s
consent to any such amendment or supplement shall be unreasonably withheld, and
provided, further, that each Certificateholder’s consent will be deemed to have been
given if such Certificateholder does not object in writing within 10 days of receipt
of a written request for such consent. Upon receipt of the consent, or deemed
consent, of each Certificateholder, the Owner Trustee shall notify the Indenture
Trustee of such consent or deemed consent.



     An amendment will be deemed not to materially and adversely affect the interests of any
Noteholder or Certificateholder of any Class if (x) the amendment does not adversely affect the
Trust’s status as a partnership (or, for any period during which there is not more than one
beneficial owner of a Certificate, the Trust’s status as an entity that is disregarded as an entity
separate from the Certificateholder) for federal income tax purposes, (y) each Rating Agency



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confirms that that amendment will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of its rating on the
Notes of that Class, and (z) the Servicer has delivered the Officer’s Certificate described in this
Section 10.01(a).





     (b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Seller, the Servicer
and the Issuer, with the consent of the Indenture Trustee and the consent of:




     (1) the Holders of Notes evidencing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the
Notes; or




     (2) in the case of any amendment that does not adversely affect the Indenture
Trustee or the Noteholders, the Holders of the Certificates evidencing a majority of
the outstanding Certificate Balance (but excluding for purposes of calculation and
action all Certificates held by the Seller, the Servicer or any of their Affiliates,
unless all of the Certificates are held by the Seller, the Servicer or any of their
Affiliates);


for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of those Noteholders or
Certificateholders; provided, however, that no amendment shall:





     (1) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the
timing of, collections of payments on the Receivables or distributions that are
required to be made for the benefit of those Noteholders or Certificateholders or
change the Interest Rate or the Specified Reserve Account Balance (except as
described above under clause (2) of subsection (a) above) without the consent of
each “adversely affected” Noteholder or Certificateholder; or




     (2) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes or
Certificate Balance of the Certificates which is required to consent to any
amendment, without the consent of the Holders of all the then outstanding Notes or
Certificates.



     An amendment referred to above will be deemed not to “adversely affect” a Noteholder of any
Class only if each Rating Agency confirms that that amendment will not result in a reduction or
withdrawal of its rating on the Notes of that Class. In connection with any amendment referred to
in clause (x) above, the Servicer shall deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Indenture Trustee
and the Owner Trustee stating that those Noteholders and Certificateholders whose consents were not
obtained were not adversely affected by such amendment.



     Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Owner Trustee shall furnish
written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to each Certificateholder, the
Indenture Trustee, and each of the Rating Agencies.




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     It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Certificateholders or the Noteholders
pursuant to this Section 10.01 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent,
but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.



     Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution
of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and the Opinion of Counsel referred
to in Section 10.02(h)(A). The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects the Owner Trustee’s or the Indenture
Trustee’s, as applicable, own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.




     (c) The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Owner Trustee of any proposed amendment or
supplement to this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.01(a)(2). If such proposed amendment or
supplement would materially and adversely affect any of the rights or obligations of any
Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee shall obtain a notice from the Owner Trustee
confirming the consent or deemed consent of each Certificateholder prior to the adoption of
such amendment or supplement; provided, that no Certificateholder’s consent to any such
amendment or supplement shall be unreasonably withheld, and provided, further, that each
Certificateholder’s consent will be deemed to have been given if such Certificateholder does
not object in writing within 10 days of receipt of a written request for such consent.



     SECTION 10.02 Protection of Title to Trust.




     (a) The Seller shall execute and file such financing statements and cause to be
executed and filed such continuation statements, all in such manner and in such places as
may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain and protect the interest of the Issuer
and of the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables and in the proceeds thereof. The Seller
shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as
soon as available following such filing.




     (b) The Seller and the Servicer shall notify the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee within 30 days after any change of its name, identity or corporate structure in any
manner that would, could or might make any financing statement or continuation statement
filed in accordance with paragraph (a) above seriously misleading within the meaning of
Section 9-507(c) of the UCC, and shall promptly file appropriate amendments to all
previously filed financing statements or continuation statements.




     (c) Each of the Seller and the Servicer shall notify the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee of any relocation of its principal executive office or state of
incorporation within 30 days after such relocation, if, as a result of such relocation, the
applicable provisions of the UCC would require the filing of any amendment of any previously
filed financing or continuation statement or of any new financing statement and shall
promptly file any such amendment or new financing statement. The Servicer



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shall at all times maintain each office from which it shall service Receivables, and
its principal executive office, within the United States of America.




     (d) The Servicer shall maintain accounts and records as to each Receivable accurately
and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof to know at any time the status of
such Receivable, including payments and recoveries made and payments owing (and the nature
of each), and (ii) reconciliation between payments or recoveries on (or with respect to)
each Receivable and the amounts from time to time deposited in the Collection Account in
respect of such Receivable.




     (e) The Servicer shall maintain its computer systems so that, from and after the time
of sale under this Agreement of the Receivables to the Trust, the Servicer’s master computer
records that refer to any Receivable shall indicate clearly the interest of the Issuer and
the Indenture Trustee in such Receivable and that such Receivable is owned by the Issuer and
has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee. The Servicer shall at all times maintain control
of the Receivables constituting electronic chattel paper. Indication of these respective
interests in a Receivable shall be deleted from or modified on the Servicer’s computer
systems when, and only when, the related Receivable shall have become a Liquidated
Receivable or been repurchased.




     (f) If at any time the Seller or the Servicer shall propose to sell, grant a security
interest in, or otherwise transfer any interest in automotive receivables to, any
prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee, the Servicer shall give to such
prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee computer tapes, records or printouts that,
if they shall refer in any manner whatsoever to any Receivable, shall indicate clearly that
such Receivable has been sold and is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to the
Indenture Trustee.




     (g) Upon receipt of a written request from the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee,
which request shall be made no more frequently than annually, the Servicer shall furnish to
the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, within 20 Business Days
after receipt of such request, a list of all Receivables (by contract number and name of
Obligor) then held as part of the Trust, together with a reconciliation of the Schedule of
Receivables and to each of the Servicer’s Certificates furnished before such request
indicating removal of Receivables from the Trust. The Servicer shall permit the Indenture
Trustee and its agents at any time during normal business hours upon reasonable prior notice
to inspect, audit and make copies of and abstracts from the Servicer’s records regarding any
Receivable.




     (h) The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee:




     (A) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement and of each amendment
hereto, an Opinion of Counsel, based on customary assumptions and qualifications,
stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, either (A) all financing statements
and continuation statements have been executed and filed that are necessary to
perfect the interest of the Trust and the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables, and
reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior



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Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (B) no such action
shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest;




     (B) if requested by the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, not more
frequently than annually, an Opinion of Counsel, dated as of a date during such
90-day period, either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, based on
customary assumptions and qualifications, all financing statements and continuation
statements have been executed and filed that are necessary to perfect the interest
of the Trust and the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables, and reciting the details
of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are
given, or (B) no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such
interest; and




     (C) with a copy to each Rating Agency then rating the Notes, no less frequently
than every twelve months (commencing on the Closing Date), an Opinion of Counsel, in
substantially the form delivered to the Rating Agencies on the Closing Date, either
as to the Servicer’s control of the Receivables evidenced by electronic contracts,
or as to the Servicer’s control of other automobile receivables evidenced by
electronic contracts sold and serviced by the Servicer.




     (i) Each Opinion of Counsel referred to in clause (h)(A), (h)(B) or (h)(C) above shall
specify any action necessary (as of the date of such Opinion of Counsel) to be taken in the
following year to preserve and protect such interest.



     SECTION 10.03 Notices. All demands, notices, communications and instructions upon or
to the Seller, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Rating Agencies under
this Agreement shall be in writing, personally delivered or mailed by certified mail, return
receipt requested, and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt (a) in the case of the
Seller, to Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, One Nissan Way, Franklin, Tennessee, 37067,
Attention: Treasurer, (b) in the case of the Servicer, to Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, One
Nissan Way, Franklin, Tennessee, 37067, Attention: Treasurer, (c) in the case of the Issuer or the
Owner Trustee, to Nissan Auto Receivables 2009-A Owner Trust, c/o Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney
Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Nissan Auto
Receivables 2009-A Owner Trust, (d) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, to U.S. Bank National
Association, 209 South LaSalle Street, Suite 300, Chicago, Illinois 60604 (e) in the case of
Moody’s, to Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., ABS Monitoring Department, 7 World Trade Center, 250
Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10007, (f) in the case of Standard & Poor’s, to Standard &
Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 55 Water Street, New York, New York
10041-0003, Attention: Asset Backed Surveillance Department, and (g) in the case of Fitch, to Fitch
Ratings, One State Street Plaza, New York, New York 10004, Attention: Asset Backed Securities
Group; or, as to each of the foregoing, at such other address as shall be designated by written
notice to the other parties.



     SECTION 10.04 Assignment by the Seller or the Servicer. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained herein, except as provided in Sections 6.04 and 7.03 of this Agreement and
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Servicer, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Seller or the Servicer without the
prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Holders of Notes evidencing
not less than 66 2/3% of the Outstanding Amount and the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less
than 66 2/3% of the Certificate Balance.



     SECTION 10.05 Limitations on Rights of Others. The provisions of this Agreement are
solely for the benefit of the Seller, the Servicer, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the
Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, and nothing in this Agreement,
whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim in the Owner Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or any
covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.



     SECTION 10.06 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.



     SECTION 10.07 Separate Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original,
but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.



     SECTION 10.08 Headings. The headings of the various Articles and Sections herein are
for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions
hereof.



     SECTION 10.09 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions (other than
Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York), and the obligations,
rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.



     SECTION 10.10 Assignment by Issuer. The Seller hereby acknowledges and consents to
any mortgage, pledge, assignment and grant of a security interest by the Issuer to the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders of all right, title and
interest of the Issuer in, to and under the Receivables and the related property acquired hereunder
and/or the assignment of any or all of the Issuer’s rights and obligations hereunder to the
Indenture Trustee.



     SECTION 10.11 Nonpetition Covenants.



     (a) Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, the Servicer and the Seller shall
not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of this Agreement with
respect to the Issuer, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuer to invoke the
process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case
against the Issuer under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, or appointing
a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the
Issuer or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the
affairs of the Issuer.



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     (b) Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, each of the Servicer and the
Owner Trustee (not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee), prior to the date which
is one year and one day after the Notes are paid in full, covenants and agrees that it will not at
any time file, join in any filing of, or cooperate with or encourage others to file any bankruptcy,
reorganization arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding or other proceeding against the
Seller under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Seller or
any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of
the Seller.



     SECTION 10.12 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been countersigned by
Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as Owner
Trustee of the Issuer, and by U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity, but
solely in its capacity as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture. In no event shall Wilmington
Trust Company or U.S. Bank National Association have any liability for the representations,
warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the
certificates, notices or agreements delivered by the Seller or the Servicer, or prepared by the
Seller or the Servicer for delivery by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer, pursuant hereto,
as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer. For all purposes of
this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or obligations hereunder or in the performance of
any duties or obligations of the Issuer hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and
entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Trust
Agreement.



     SECTION 10.13 Waivers. No failure or delay on the part of the Issuer in exercising
any power, right or remedy under this Agreement or the Assignment shall operate as a waiver hereof
or thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or remedy preclude
any other or further exercise hereof or thereof or the exercise of any such power, right or remedy
preclude any other or further exercise hereof or thereof or the exercise of any other power, right
or remedy. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Issuer shall not waive any breach of
representations and warranties as set forth in Sections 3.01(e), (l), (n), (o), (aa) or (ee)
without the written consent of at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting
as a single class (excluding for such purposes the outstanding principal amount of any Notes held
of record or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates, unless at such time
all of the Notes are held of record or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their
Affiliates.



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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their
respective officers as of the day and year first above written.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES 2009-A

OWNER TRUST


 	 
	 	By:  	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

not in its individual capacity but solely as

Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust


 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Dorri Costello
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Dorri Costello 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Financial Services Officer 	 
	 
	 	NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II, as Seller

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Rakesh Kochhar
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Rakesh Kochhar 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION,
individually and as Servicer

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Steven R. Lambert
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Steven R. Lambert 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President 	 
	 



	 	 	 	 	 
	ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCEPTED AS OF

THE DAY AND YEAR FIRST ABOVE WRITTEN:



U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee

 	 	 
	By:  	/s/ Patricia M. Child
 	 	 
	 	Name:  	Patricia M. Child 	 	 
	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 	 
	 




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SCHEDULE A




LOCATION OF THE RECEIVABLE FILES





	1.	 	Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, including its Infiniti Financial Services Division, 8900
Freeport Parkway, Irving, TX, 75063-2438
	 
	2.	 	Iron Mountain, 1235 N. Union Bower, Irving, Texas 75061
	 
	3.	 	Nissan North America, Inc., Denver Data Center, 106 Inverness Circle, East Englewood,
Colorado 80112-5312
	 
	4.	 	Iron Mountain, 8879 Fox Drive, Thornton, Colorado 80260
	 
	5.	 	FDI Computer Consulting, Inc. (d/b/a FDI Collateral Management), at the following locations:






(a) Operations Facility (where paper titles are stored): 9750 Goethe Road, Sacramento, CA
95827




(b) Data Center (where production e-data is stored): 1140 Striker, Sacramento, CA 95834




(c) Corporate Office (where daily backups are transferred): 9750 Goethe Road, Sacramento,
CA 95827




(d) Offsite storage (where long-term backup tapes are stored): Iron Mountain, 711 Striker
Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95834




	6.	 	DealerTrack, Inc., at the following locations:






(a) 300 Boulevard East, Weehawken, New Jersey 07086




(b) 1 First Avenue, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451




(c) 284 State Route 72 North, Suite 2009, Reesville, OH 45466




	7.	 	National Title & Tag, LLC, 6018 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21214






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APPENDIX A




REGULATION AB REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS




PART I




DEFINED TERMS




     Section 1.01. As used in this Appendix A, the following terms shall have the following
meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined); unless otherwise defined herein, terms used in this Appendix A that are defined in the
Agreement to which this Appendix A is attached shall have the same meanings herein as in the
Agreement:



     “Commission”: The United States Securities and Exchange Commission.



     “Regulation AB”: Subpart 229.1100 — Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17
C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such
clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the adopting release
(Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7,
2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from
time to time.



     “Securities Act”: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.



PART II




COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION AB




     Section 2.01. Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness.



     Each of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Seller and the Servicer acknowledges and agrees
that the purpose of Part II of this Appendix A is to facilitate compliance by the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee, the Seller, and the Servicer with the provisions of Regulation AB and related
rules and regulations of the Commission.



     Neither the Issuer nor the Seller shall exercise its right to request delivery of information,
reports or other performance under these provisions for purposes other than compliance with
Regulation AB. Each of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Seller and the Servicer acknowledges
that interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time, whether due to
interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff, consensus among participants in the
asset-backed securities markets, advice of counsel, or otherwise, and the Servicer hereby agrees to
reasonably comply with all reasonable requests made by the Issuer (including any of its assignees
or designees), the Indenture Trustee or the Seller, as the case may be, in good faith for delivery
of such information or reports, including, without limitation, any



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Servicer compliance statements and reports, and assessments of compliance and attestation, as
may be required under the then-current interpretations of Regulation AB.



     Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Seller and the
Servicer hereby agree to comply with all applicable sections of Regulation AB, including, without
limitation, Item 1122 of Regulation AB, which includes the delivery by the Servicer of compliance
statements and assessment and attestation reports, and the Servicer shall obtain from each party
participating in the servicing function the reports required by Item 1122 of Regulation AB.




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