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Indemnification Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 
 MICROTUNE, INC. 
  
 INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT 
  
 This Indemnification
Agreement (“Agreement”) is effective as of August 30, 2005, and is between Microtune, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Bernard T. Marren (“Indemnitee”). 
  
 WHEREAS, the Company desires to attract and retain the services of highly
qualified individuals, such as Indemnitee, to serve the Company and its related entities; 
  
 WHEREAS, in order to induce Indemnitee to continue to provide services to the Company, the Company wishes to provide for the indemnification of, and the advancement of expenses to, Indemnitee to the maximum extent
permitted by law; 
  
 WHEREAS, the Company and Indemnitee
recognize the continued difficulty in obtaining liability insurance for the Company’s directors, officers, employees, agents and fiduciaries, the significant increases in the cost of such insurance and the general reductions in the coverage of
such insurance; 
  
 WHEREAS, the Company and Indemnitee further
recognize the substantial increase in corporate litigation in general, subjecting directors, officers, employees, agents and fiduciaries to expensive litigation risks at the same time as the availability and coverage of liability insurance has been
severely limited; 
  
 WHEREAS, the Company and Indemnitee desire
to have in place the additional protection provided by an indemnification agreement, and to provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to the Indemnitee to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law; and 
  
 WHEREAS, in view of the considerations set forth above, the Company desires
that Indemnitee shall be indemnified and advanced expenses by the Company as set forth herein; 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and Indemnitee hereby agree as set forth below. 
  
 1. Certain Definitions. 
  
 a. “Change in Control” shall mean, and shall be deemed to have occurred if, on or after the date of this Agreement, (i) any “person”
(as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company acting in such capacity or a corporation
owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or
indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of
such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two thirds (2/3) of the
directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, (iii) the stockholders of the
Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation that would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either
by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such
merger or consolidation, or (iv) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) all or
substantially all of the Company’s assets. 
  

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 b. “Claim” shall mean with respect to a Covered Event: any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit, proceeding or alternative dispute resolution mechanism, or any hearing, inquiry or investigation that Indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to the institution of any such action, suit, proceeding or alternative dispute
resolution mechanism, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other. 
  
 c. References to the “Company” shall include, in addition to Microtune, Inc., any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger to which
Microtune, Inc. (or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries) is a party that, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees, agents or fiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is
or was a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such
constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. 
  
 d. “Covered Event” shall mean any event or occurrence related to the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company, or any subsidiary of the Company, or is or was serving at the
request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action or inaction on the part of Indemnitee while serving in such
capacity. 
  
 e. “Expenses” shall mean any and all
expenses (including attorneys’ fees and all other costs, expenses and obligations incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in or participating in (including on appeal), or preparing to defend, to be a witness in or
to participate in, any action, suit, proceeding, alternative dispute resolution mechanism, hearing, inquiry or investigation), judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (if such settlement is approved in advance by the Company,
which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) of any Claim and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement. 
  
 f. “Expense Advance” shall mean a payment to Indemnitee pursuant to
Section 3 of Expenses in advance of the settlement of or final judgment in any action, suit, proceeding or alternative dispute resolution mechanism, hearing, inquiry or investigation that constitutes a Claim. 
  
 g. “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of
attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(d) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or Indemnitee within the last three years (other than with respect to matters concerning the rights of
Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other Indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements). 
  
 h. References to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and
references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company that imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, agent or
fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an
employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement. 
  

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 i. “Reviewing Party” shall mean, subject to the provisions of Section 2(d), any person or body
appointed by the Board of Directors in accordance with applicable law to review the Company’s obligations hereunder and under applicable law, which may include a member or members of the Company’s Board of Directors, Independent Legal
Counsel or any other person or body not a party to the particular Claim for which Indemnitee is seeking indemnification. 
  
 j. “Section” refers to a section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. 
  
 k. “Voting Securities” shall mean any securities of the Company that vote generally in the election of directors.

  
 2. Indemnification. 
  
 a. Indemnification of Expenses. Subject to the provisions of Section
2(b) below, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee for Expenses to the fullest extent permitted by law if Indemnitee was or is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other
participant in, any Claim (whether by reason of or arising in part out of a Covered Event), including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses. 
  
 b. Review of Indemnification Obligations. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event any Reviewing Party shall have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which Independent Legal Counsel is the Reviewing Party) that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified hereunder under applicable law, (i) the
Company shall have no further obligation under Section 2(a) to make any payments to Indemnitee not made prior to such determination by such Reviewing Party, and (ii) the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to
reimburse the Company) for all Expenses theretofore paid to Indemnitee to which Indemnitee is not entitled hereunder under applicable law; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced or thereafter commences legal proceedings in
a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified hereunder under applicable law, any determination made by any Reviewing Party that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified hereunder under
applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expenses theretofore paid in indemnifying Indemnitee until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights
of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or lapsed). Indemnitee’s obligation to reimburse the Company for any Expenses shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon. 
  
 c. Indemnitee Rights on Unfavorable Determination; Binding Effect. If any Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee
substantively is not entitled to be indemnified hereunder in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by such
Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, including the legal or factual bases therefore, and, subject to the provisions of Section 15, the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Absent such litigation, any
determination by any Reviewing Party shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee. 
  
 d. Selection of Reviewing Party; Change in Control. If there has not been a Change in Control, any Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board
of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control (other than a Change in Control that has been approved by a majority of the Company’s Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control), any Reviewing
Party with respect to all matters thereafter arising concerning the rights of Indemnitee to indemnification of Expenses under this Agreement or any other agreement or under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws as now or
hereafter in effect, or under any other applicable law, if desired by Indemnitee, shall be Independent Legal Counsel selected by Indemnitee and approved by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld). Such counsel, among other
things, shall render its written opinion to the Company and Indemnitee as to whether and to what extent Indemnitee would be entitled to be indemnified hereunder under applicable law and the Company agrees to abide by such opinion. The Company agrees
to pay the reasonable fees of the 
  

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 Independent Legal Counsel referred to above and to indemnify fully such counsel against any and all expenses (including
attorneys’ fees), claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall not be required to pay Expenses of more
than one Independent Legal Counsel in connection with all matters concerning a single Indemnitee, and such Independent Legal Counsel shall be the Independent Legal Counsel for any or all other Indemnitees unless (i) the employment of separate
counsel by one or more Indemnitees has been previously authorized by the Company in writing, or (ii) an Indemnitee shall have provided to the Company a written statement that such Indemnitee has reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of
interest between such Indemnitee and the other Indemnitees with respect to the matters arising under this Agreement. 
  
 e. Mandatory Payment of Expenses. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement other than Section 10 hereof, to the extent that Indemnitee
has been successful on the merits or otherwise, including, without limitation, the dismissal of an action without prejudice, in defense of any Claim, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection
therewith. 
  
 3. Expense Advances. 
  
 a. Obligation to Make Expense Advances. Upon receipt of a written
undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amounts if it shall ultimately be determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified therefore by the Company hereunder under applicable law, the Company shall make Expense
Advances to Indemnitee. 
  
 b. Form of Undertaking. Any
obligation to repay any Expense Advances hereunder pursuant to a written undertaking by the Indemnitee shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon. 
  
 c. Determination of Reasonable Expense Advances. The parties agree that for the purposes of any Expense Advance for
which Indemnitee has made written demand to the Company in accordance with this Agreement, all Expenses included in such Expense Advance that are certified by affidavit of Indemnitee’s counsel as being reasonable shall be presumed conclusively
to be reasonable. 
  
 4. Procedures for Indemnification and
Expense Advances. 
  
 a. Timing of Payments. All
payments of Expenses (including without limitation Expense Advances) by the Company to the Indemnitee pursuant to this Agreement shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law as soon as practicable after written demand by Indemnitee therefore
is presented to the Company, but in no event later than thirty (30) business days after such written demand by Indemnitee is presented to the Company, except in the case of Expense Advances, which shall be made no later than ten (10) business days
after such written demand by Indemnitee is presented to the Company. 
  
 b. Notice/Cooperation by Indemnitee. Indemnitee shall, as a condition precedent to Indemnitee’s right to be indemnified or Indemnitee’s right to receive Expense Advances under this Agreement, give the Company notice in
writing as soon as practicable of any Claim made against Indemnitee for which indemnification will or could be sought under this Agreement. Notice to the Company shall be directed to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company at the address shown on
the signature page of this Agreement (or such other address as the Company shall designate in writing to Indemnitee). In addition, Indemnitee shall give the Company such information and cooperation as it may reasonably require and as shall be within
Indemnitee’s power. 
  
 c. No Presumptions; Burden of
Proof. For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any Claim by judgment, order, settlement (whether with or without court approval) or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not create a
presumption that Indemnitee did not meet any 
  

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 particular standard of conduct or have any particular belief or that a court has determined that indemnification is not
permitted by this Agreement or applicable law. In addition, neither the failure of any Reviewing Party to have made a determination as to whether Indemnitee has met any particular standard of conduct or had any particular belief, nor an actual
determination by any Reviewing Party that Indemnitee has not met such standard of conduct or did not have such belief, prior to the commencement of legal proceedings by Indemnitee to secure a judicial determination that Indemnitee should be
indemnified under this Agreement under applicable law, shall be a defense to Indemnitee’s claim or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met any particular standard of conduct or did not have any particular belief. In connection with any
determination by any Reviewing Party or otherwise as to whether the Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified hereunder under applicable law, the burden of proof shall be on the Company to establish that Indemnitee is not so entitled. 
  
 d. Notice to Insurers. If, at the time of the receipt by the Company
of a notice of a Claim pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof, the Company has liability insurance in effect that may cover such Claim, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such Claim to the insurers in accordance with the procedures
set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Claim in accordance with the terms of such
policies. 
  
 e. Selection of Counsel. In the event the
Company shall be obligated hereunder to provide indemnification for or make any Expense Advances with respect to the Expenses of any Claim, the Company, if appropriate, shall be entitled to assume the defense of such Claim with counsel approved by
Indemnitee (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) upon the delivery to Indemnitee of written notice of the Company’s election to do so. After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by Indemnitee and the retention of such
counsel by the Company, the Company will not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any fees or expenses of separate counsel subsequently retained by or on behalf of Indemnitee with respect to the same Claim; provided that, (i) Indemnitee
shall have the right to employ Indemnitee’s separate counsel in any such Claim at Indemnitee’s expense and (ii) if (A) the employment of separate counsel by Indemnitee has been previously authorized by the Company, (B) Indemnitee shall
have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest between the Company and Indemnitee in the conduct of any such defense, or (C) the Company shall not continue to retain such counsel to defend such Claim, then the fees and expenses
of Indemnitee’s separate counsel shall be Expenses for which Indemnitee may receive indemnification or Expense Advances hereunder. 
  
 5. Additional Indemnification Rights; Nonexclusivity. 
  
 a. Scope. The Company hereby agrees to indemnify the Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, notwithstanding that such indemnification
is not specifically authorized by the other provisions of this Agreement, the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, the Company’s Bylaws or by statute. In the event of any change after the date of this Agreement in any applicable law,
statute or rule that expands the right of a Delaware corporation to indemnify a member of its board of directors or an officer, employee, agent or fiduciary, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the
greater benefits afforded by such change. In the event of any change in any applicable law, statute or rule that narrows the right of a Delaware corporation to indemnify a member of its board of directors or an officer, employee, agent or fiduciary,
such change, to the extent not otherwise required by such law, statute or rule to be applied to this Agreement, shall have no effect on this Agreement or the parties’ rights and obligations hereunder except as set forth in Section 10(a) hereof.

  
 b. Nonexclusivity. The indemnification and the payment
of Expense Advances provided by this Agreement shall be in addition to any rights to which Indemnitee may be entitled under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, its Bylaws, any other agreement, any vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or otherwise. The indemnification and the payment of Expense Advances provided under this Agreement shall continue as to Indemnitee for any action taken or not taken while serving in
an indemnified capacity even though subsequent thereto Indemnitee may have ceased to serve in such capacity. 
  

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 6. No Duplication of Payments. The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any
payment in connection with any Claim made against Indemnitee to the extent Indemnitee has otherwise actually received payment (under any insurance policy, provision of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or otherwise) of the
amounts otherwise payable hereunder. 
  
 7. Partial
Indemnification. If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of Expenses incurred in connection with any Claim, but not, however, for all of the total amount thereof,
the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion of such Expenses to which Indemnitee is entitled. 
  
 8. Mutual Acknowledgment. Both the Company and Indemnitee acknowledge that in certain instances, federal law or applicable public policy may
prohibit the Company from indemnifying its directors, officers, employees, agents or fiduciaries under this Agreement or otherwise. Indemnitee understands and acknowledges that the Company has undertaken or may be required in the future to undertake
with the Securities and Exchange Commission to submit the question of indemnification to a court in certain circumstances for a determination of the Company’s right under public policy to indemnify Indemnitee. 
  
 9. Liability Insurance. To the extent the Company maintains liability
insurance applicable to directors, officers, employees, agents or fiduciaries, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policies in such a manner as to provide Indemnitee the same rights and benefits as are provided to the most favorably insured of the
Company’s directors, if Indemnitee is a director; or of the Company’s officers, if Indemnitee is not a director of the Company but is an officer; or of the Company’s key employees, agents or fiduciaries, if Indemnitee is not an
officer or director but is a key employee, agent or fiduciary. 
  
 10. Exceptions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement: 
  
 a. Excluded Action or Omissions. To indemnify or make Expense Advances to Indemnitee with respect to Claims arising
out of acts, omissions or transactions for which Indemnitee is prohibited from receiving indemnification under applicable law. 
  
 b. Claims Initiated by Indemnitee. To indemnify or make Expense Advances to Indemnitee with respect to Claims initiated or brought voluntarily by
Indemnitee and not by way of defense, counterclaim or crossclaim, except (i) with respect to actions or proceedings brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification under this Agreement or any other agreement or insurance policy or under
the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws now or hereafter in effect relating to Claims for Covered Events, (ii) in specific cases if the Board of Directors has approved the initiation or bringing of such Claim, or (iii) as otherwise
required under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, Expense Advances, or insurance recovery, as the case may be. 
  
 c. Lack of Good Faith. To indemnify Indemnitee for any Expenses
incurred by the Indemnitee with respect to any action instituted (i) by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret this Agreement, if a court having jurisdiction over such action determines as provided in Section 13 that each of the material assertions made
by the Indemnitee as a basis for such action was not made in good faith or was frivolous, or (ii) by or in the name of the Company to enforce or interpret this Agreement, if a court having jurisdiction over such action determines as provided in
Section 13 that each of the material defenses asserted by Indemnitee in such action was made in bad faith or was frivolous. 
  

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 d. Claims Under Section 16(b). To indemnify Indemnitee for Expenses and the payment of profits
arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any similar successor statute. 
  
 11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an
original. 
  
 12. Binding Effect; Successors and Assigns.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or
substantially all of the business or assets of the Company), spouses, heirs and personal and legal representatives. The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect, and whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or
otherwise) to all, substantially all, or a substantial part, of the business or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner
and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. This Agreement shall continue in effect regardless of whether Indemnitee continues to serve as a director, officer, employee, agent or
fiduciary (as applicable) of the Company or of any other enterprise at the Company’s request. 
  
 13. Expenses Incurred in Action Relating to Enforcement or Interpretation. In the event that any action is instituted by Indemnitee under this
Agreement or under any liability insurance policies maintained by the Company to enforce or interpret any of the terms hereof or thereof, Indemnitee shall be entitled to be indemnified for all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee with respect to such
action (including without limitation attorneys’ fees), regardless of whether Indemnitee is ultimately successful in such action, unless as a part of such action a court having jurisdiction over such action makes a final judicial determination
(as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or lapsed) that each of the material assertions made by Indemnitee as a basis for such action was not made in good faith or was frivolous; provided, however, that until such final
judicial determination is made, Indemnitee shall be entitled under Section 3 to receive payment of Expense Advances hereunder with respect to such action. In the event of an action instituted by or in the name of the Company under this Agreement to
enforce or interpret any of the terms of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to be indemnified for all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in defense of such action (including without limitation costs and expenses incurred with respect to
Indemnitee’s counterclaims and cross-claims made in such action), unless as a part of such action a court having jurisdiction over such action makes a final judicial determination (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted
or lapsed) that each of the material defenses asserted by Indemnitee in such action was made in bad faith or was frivolous; provided, however, that until such final judicial determination is made, Indemnitee shall be entitled under Section 3 to
receive payment of Expense Advances hereunder with respect to such action. 
  
 14. Period of Limitations. No legal action shall be brought and no cause of action shall be asserted by or in the right of the Company against Indemnitee, Indemnitee’s estate, spouse, heirs, executors or
personal or legal representatives after the expiration of two years from the date of accrual of such cause of action, and any claim or cause of action of the Company shall be extinguished and deemed released unless asserted by the timely filing of a
legal action within such two year period; provided, however, that if any shorter period of limitations is otherwise applicable to any such cause of action, such shorter period shall govern. 
  
 15. Notice. All notices, requests, demands and other communications
under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (i) if delivered by hand and signed for by the party addressed, on the date of such delivery, or (ii) if mailed by domestic certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on
the third business day after the date postmarked. Addresses for notice to either party are as shown on the signature page of this Agreement, or as subsequently modified by written notice. 
  

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 16. Consent to Jurisdiction. The Company and Indemnitee each hereby irrevocably consent to the
jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware for all purposes in connection with any action or proceeding that arises out of or relates to this Agreement and agree that any action instituted under this Agreement shall be commenced, prosecuted
and continued only in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in and for New Castle County, which shall be the exclusive and only proper forum for adjudicating such a claim. 
  
 17. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be severable in the event that any of the provisions hereof
(including any provision within a single section, paragraph or sentence) are held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable, and the remaining provisions shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent
permitted by law. Furthermore, to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation each portion of this Agreement containing any provision held to be invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable, that is not
itself invalid, void or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable. 
  

18. Choice of Law. This Agreement, and all rights, remedies, liabilities, powers and duties of the parties to this Agreement, shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware as applied to contracts between Delaware residents entered into and to be performed entirely in the State of Delaware without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.

  
 19. Subrogation. In the event of payment under this
Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all documents required and shall do all acts that may be necessary to secure such rights and to enable the
Company effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights. 
  
 20.
Amendment and Termination. No amendment, modification, termination or cancellation of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing signed by both the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be
deemed to be or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver. 
  
 21. Integration and Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding between the parties hereto and supersedes and merges all
previous written and oral negotiations, commitments, understandings and agreements relating to the subject matter hereof between the parties hereto. 
  
 22. No Construction as Employment Agreement. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as giving Indemnitee any right to be retained
in the employ of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliated entities. 
  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Indemnification Agreement as of the date first
above written. 
  

			
	MICROTUNE, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ James A. Fontaine

	Name:	 	James A. Fontaine
	Title:	 	CEO & President
	Address:	 	2201 Tenth Street
	 	 	Plano, Texas 75074

  

	
	AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED
	
	 INDEMNITEE:

	
	 /s/ Bernard T. Marren

	 (signature)

	
	 Bernard T. Marren

	 Name

	
	  

	
	  

  

 -9-Indenture of Trust

 Exhibit 4.4 
  

  
 INDENTURE OF TRUST 
  
 from 
  
 GOAL CAPITAL FUNDING TRUST 
  
 and 
  
 [                            ], 
 as Eligible Lender Trustee 
  
 to 
  
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 as Trustee 
  
 Dated as of [                    ], 2005

  

 Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture
Act” or “TIA”) and this Indenture of Trust. 
  

			
	 Trust Indenture Act Section

	  	Indenture Section

	 Section 310(a)(1)
	  	7.13
	 Section 310 (a)(2)
	  	7.13
	 Section 310(a)(3)
	  	7.12
	 Section 310(a)(4)
	  	N.A.
	 Section 310(a)(5)
	  	7.13
	 Section 310(b)
	  	7.13
	 Section 310(c)
	  	N.A.
	 Section 311(a)
	  	7.22
	 Section 311(b)
	  	N.A.
	 Section 311(c)
	  	N.A.
	 Section 312(a)
	  	5.20
	 Section 312(b)
	  	7.23
	 Section 312(c)
	  	7.23
	 Section 313(a)
	  	7.14
	 Section 313 (b)
	  	7.14
	 Section 313 (c)
	  	7.14
	 Section 313 (d)
	  	7.14
	 Section 314(a)
	  	5.21; 5.22
	 Section 314 (b)
	  	5.17
	 Section 314 (c)(1)
	  	1.04
	 Section 314 (c)(2)
	  	1.04
	 Section 314 (c)(3)
	  	N.A.
	 Section 314 (d)
	  	4.14
	 Section 314 (e)
	  	1.04
	 Section 314 (f)
	  	N.A.
	 Section 315(a)
	  	7.01
	 Section 315 (b)
	  	7.03
	 Section 315 (c)
	  	7.01(b)
	 Section 315 (d)
	  	7.01(c)
	 Section 315 (e)
	  	6.11
	 Section 316(a)(1)
	  	6.04; 6.13
	 Section 316 (a)(2)
	  	N.A.
	 Section 316 (b)
	  	6.09
	 Section 316 (c)
	  	N.A.
	 Section 317(a)(1)
	  	6.03
	 Section 317 (a)(2)
	  	6.10
	 Section 317 (b)
	  	7.16
	 Section 318(a)
	  	10.10

 NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any
purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture. 
  
 Attention
should also be directed to Section 318(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, which provides that the provisions of Sections 310 to and including 317 of the Trust Indenture Act are a part of and govern every qualified indenture, whether or not physically
contained therein. 

					
	 	  	ARTICLE I	  	 
	 	  	DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS	  	 
			
	 Section 1.01.
	  	Definitions	  	3
			
	 Section 1.02.
	  	Definitions of General Terms	  	23
			
	 Section 1.03.
	  	Computations	  	24
			
	 Section 1.04.
	  	Compliance Certificates and Opinions, Etc	  	24
			
	 Section 1.05.
	  	Evidence of Action by the Issuer	  	25
			
	 Section 1.06.
	  	Exclusion of Notes Held By or For the Issuer	  	25
			
	 Section 1.07.
	  	Exhibits	  	25
			
	 	  	ARTICLE II	  	 
	 	  	THE NOTES AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS	  	 
			
	 Section 2.01.
	  	General Title	  	25
			
	 Section 2.02.
	  	General Limitations; Issuable in Series; Purposes and Conditions for Issuance; Payment of Principal and Interest	  	25
			
	 Section 2.03.
	  	Terms of Particular Series	  	27
			
	 Section 2.04.
	  	Form and Denominations	  	28
			
	 Section 2.05.
	  	Execution, Authentication and Delivery	  	28
			
	 Section 2.06.
	  	Temporary Notes	  	28
			
	 Section 2.07.
	  	Registration, Transfer and Exchange	  	29
			
	 Section 2.08.
	  	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes	  	33
			
	 Section 2.09.
	  	Interest Rights Preserved; Dating of Notes	  	34
			
	 Section 2.10.
	  	Persons Deemed Holders	  	34
			
	 Section 2.11.
	  	Cancellation	  	34
			
	 Section 2.12.
	  	Credit Enhancement Facilities and Swap Agreements	  	34
			
	 	  	ARTICLE III	  	 
	 	  	PREPAYMENT OF NOTES	  	 
			
	 Section 3.01.
	  	Right of Prepayment	  	35
			
	 Section 3.02.
	  	Election To Prepay or Purchase; Notice to Trustee; Senior Asset Requirement and Subordinate Asset Requirement	  	35
			
	 Section 3.03.
	  	Selection by Trustee of Notes To Be Prepaid	  	36
			
	 Section 3.04.
	  	Notice of Prepayment	  	37
			
	 Section 3.05.
	  	Notes Payable on Prepayment Date and Sinking Fund Payment Date	  	37
			
	 Section 3.06.
	  	Notes Prepaid in Part	  	38
			
	 Section 3.07.
	  	Purchase of Notes	  	38
			
	 Section 3.08.
	  	Clean-Up Call	  	38

					
			
	 	  	ARTICLE IV	  	 
	 	  	CREATION OF FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS; CREDITS THERETO AND PAYMENTS THEREFROM	  	 
			
	 Section 4.01.
	  	Creation of Funds and Accounts	  	39
			
	 Section 4.02.
	  	Acquisition Fund	  	40
			
	 Section 4.03.
	  	Administration Fund	  	42
			
	 Section 4.04.
	  	Reserve Fund	  	43
			
	 Section 4.05.
	  	Collection Fund	  	44
			
	 Section 4.06.
	  	Debt Service Fund	  	47
			
	 Section 4.07.
	  	Surplus Fund	  	50
			
	 Section 4.08.
	  	Borrower Benefits Fund	  	52
			
	 Section 4.09.
	  	Termination	  	52
			
	 Section 4.10.
	  	Pledge	  	53
			
	 Section 4.11.
	  	Investments	  	54
			
	 Section 4.12.
	  	Transfer of Investment Securities	  	57
			
	 Section 4.13.
	  	Verification of Investment Securities	  	57
			
	 Section 4.14.
	  	Release	  	57
			
	 	  	ARTICLE V	  	 
	 	  	COVENANTS TO SECURE NOTES, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES	  	 
			
	 Section 5.01.
	  	Eligible Lender Trustee to Hold Financed Student Loans	  	58
			
	 Section 5.02.
	  	Enforcement and Amendment of Guarantee Agreements	  	58
			
	 Section 5.03.
	  	Acquisition, Collection and Assignment of Student Loans	  	58
			
	 Section 5.04.
	  	Enforcement of Financed Student Loans	  	58
			
	 Section 5.05.
	  	Administration and Collection of Financed Student Loans	  	59
			
	 Section 5.06.
	  	Punctual Payments	  	60
			
	 Section 5.07.
	  	Further Assurances	  	60
			
	 Section 5.08.
	  	Protection of Security; Power to Issue Notes and Pledge Revenues and Other Funds	  	60
			
	 Section 5.09.
	  	No Encumbrances	  	61
			
	 Section 5.10.
	  	Continuing Existence; Merger and Consolidation	  	61
			
	 Section 5.11.
	  	Amendment of Remarketing Agreements and Tender Agent Agreements	  	62
			
	 Section 5.12.
	  	Tax Treatment	  	62

  

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	 Section 5.13.
	  	Representations and Warranties of the Issuer	  	63
			
	 Section 5.14.
	  	Use of Trustee Eligible Lender Number	  	64
			
	 Section 5.15.
	  	Additional Covenants	  	64
			
	 Section 5.16.
	  	Covenant Regarding Financed Student Loans	  	65
			
	 Section 5.17.
	  	Opinions as to Trust Estate	  	66
			
	 Section 5.18.
	  	Representations of the Issuer Regarding the Trustee’s Security Interest	  	67
			
	 Section 5.19.
	  	Covenants of the Issuer Regarding the Trustee’s Security Interest	  	67
			
	 Section 5.20.
	  	Noteholder Lists	  	68
			
	 Section 5.21.
	  	Reports by Issuer	  	68
			
	 Section 5.22.
	  	Statement as to Compliance	  	68
			
	 Section 5.23.
	  	Verification Agent’s Certificate	  	69
			
	 	  	ARTICLE VI	  	 
	 	  	DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES	  	 
			
	 Section 6.01.
	  	Events of Default	  	69
			
	 Section 6.02.
	  	Acceleration	  	71
			
	 Section 6.03.
	  	Other Remedies; Rights of Beneficiaries	  	73
			
	 Section 6.04.
	  	Direction of Proceedings by Acting Beneficiaries Upon Default	  	74
			
	 Section 6.05.
	  	Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws	  	75
			
	 Section 6.06.
	  	Application of Moneys	  	75
			
	 Section 6.07.
	  	Remedies Vested in Trustee	  	81
			
	 Section 6.08.
	  	Limitation on Suits by Beneficiaries	  	81
			
	 Section 6.09.
	  	Unconditional Right of Holders To Enforce Payment	  	81
			
	 Section 6.10.
	  	Trustee May File Proofs of Claims	  	81
			
	 Section 6.11.
	  	Undertaking for Costs	  	82
			
	 Section 6.12.
	  	Termination of Proceedings	  	83
			
	 Section 6.13.
	  	Waiver of Defaults and Events of Default	  	83
			
	 Section 6.14.
	  	Inspection of Books and Records	  	83
			
	 	  	ARTICLE VII	  	 
	 	  	FIDUCIARIES	  	 
			
	 Section 7.01.
	  	Acceptance of the Trustee	  	83
			
	 Section 7.02.
	  	Fees, Charges and Expenses of the Trustee, Paying Agents, Note Registrar, Authenticating Agents, Remarketing Agents, Tender Agents, Auction Agents, Market Agents and
Broker-Dealers	  	86
			
	 Section 7.03.
	  	Notice to Beneficiaries if Default Occurs	  	86

  

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	 Section 7.04.
	  	Intervention by Trustee	  	86
			
	 Section 7.05.
	  	Successor Trustee, Paying Agents, Authenticating Agents, and Tender Agents	  	87
			
	 Section 7.06.
	  	Resignation by Trustee, Paying Agents, Authenticating Agents, and Tender Agents	  	87
			
	 Section 7.07.
	  	Removal of Trustee	  	87
			
	 Section 7.08.
	  	Appointment of Successor Trustee	  	88
			
	 Section 7.09.
	  	Concerning any Successor Trustee	  	88
			
	 Section 7.10.
	  	Trustee Protected in Relying Upon Resolutions, Etc	  	88
			
	 Section 7.11.
	  	Successor Trustee as Custodian of Funds	  	89
			
	 Section 7.12.
	  	Co-Trustee	  	89
			
	 Section 7.13.
	  	Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Disqualification	  	90
			
	 Section 7.14.
	  	Statement by Trustee of Funds and Accounts and Other Matters	  	91
			
	 Section 7.15.
	  	Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Note Registrar, Paying Agents, Remarketing Agents, Tender Agents, Auction Agents, Market Agents and Broker-Dealers May Buy, Hold, Sell or Deal in
Notes	  	92
			
	 Section 7.16.
	  	Authenticating Agent and Paying Agents; Paying Agents To Hold Moneys in Trust	  	92
			
	 Section 7.17.
	  	Removal of Authenticating Agent and Paying Agents; Successors	  	93
			
	 Section 7.18.
	  	Appointment and Qualifications of Tender Agents	  	93
			
	 Section 7.19.
	  	Remarketing Agents	  	95
			
	 Section 7.20.
	  	Qualifications of Remarketing Agents	  	95
			
	 Section 7.21.
	  	Indemnification of the Trustee	  	96
			
	 Section 7.22.
	  	Preferential Collection of Claims	  	97
			
	 Section 7.23.
	  	Communication Among Holders	  	97
			
	 	  	ARTICLE VIII	  	 
	 	  	SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES	  	 
			
	 Section 8.01.
	  	Supplemental Indentures Not Requiring Consent of Beneficiaries	  	97
			
	 Section 8.02.
	  	Supplemental Indentures Requiring Consent of Beneficiaries	  	98
			
	 Section 8.03.
	  	Rights of Trustee	  	100
			
	 Section 8.04.
	  	Consent of Tender Agents	  	100
			
	 Section 8.05.
	  	Consent of Remarketing Agents	  	100
			
	 Section 8.06.
	  	Consent of Auction Agents	  	100
			
	 Section 8.07.
	  	Consent of Broker-Dealers	  	100

  

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	 Section 8.08.
	  	Consent of Market Agents	  	100
			
	 Section 8.09.
	  	Effect of No Objection	  	101
			
	 	  	ARTICLE IX	  	 
	 	  	DEFEASANCE; MONEYS HELD FOR PAYMENT OF DEFEASED NOTES	  	 
			
	 Section 9.01.
	  	Discharge of Liens and Pledges; Notes No Longer Outstanding and Deemed To Be Paid Hereunder	  	101
			
	 Section 9.02.
	  	Notes Not Presented for Payment When Due; Moneys Held for the Notes after Due Date of Notes	  	103
			
	 	  	ARTICLE X	  	 
	 	  	MISCELLANEOUS	  	 
			
	 Section 10.01.
	  	Consent, etc., of Holders	  	104
			
	 Section 10.02.
	  	Limitation of Rights	  	104
			
	 Section 10.03.
	  	Severability	  	104
			
	 Section 10.04.
	  	Notices	  	105
			
	 Section 10.05.
	  	Counterparts	  	106
			
	 Section 10.06.
	  	Indenture Constitutes a Security Agreement	  	106
			
	 Section 10.07.
	  	Payments Due on Non-Business Days	  	106
			
	 Section 10.08.
	  	Notices to Rating Agencies	  	106
			
	 Section 10.09.
	  	Governing Law	  	106
			
	 Section 10.10.
	  	Consent to Jurisdiction	  	107
			
	 Section 10.11.
	  	Trust Indenture Act	  	107
			
	 Section 10.12.
	  	Rights of Other Beneficiaries	  	107
			
	 Section 10.13.
	  	Subcontracting by Issuer	  	107
			
	 Section 10.14.
	  	Role of Eligible Lender Trustee	  	107
			
	 Section 10.15.
	  	Limitation of Liability	  	107
			
	 Section 10.16.
	  	Filings by Depositor	  	108
			
	 Section 10.17.
	  	Provision of Information and Certifications	  	108

  

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 THIS INDENTURE OF TRUST, dated as of
[                    ], 2005, among GOAL CAPITAL FUNDING TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust, as Issuer,
[                            ] as Eligible Lender Trustee and
[                            ], as Trustee; 
  
 RECITALS OF THE ISSUER 
  
 WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Eligible Lender Trustee have entered into an
eligible lender trust agreement pursuant to which the Eligible Lender Trustee will hold legal title to certain of the student loans acquired by the Issuer as beneficial owner; and 
  
 WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of notes in
one or more series to finance the acquisition of such loans and for the other purposes set forth in this Indenture; and 
  
 WHEREAS, all things necessary to make such notes, when executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee hereunder, the valid
obligations of the Issuer, and to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuer in accordance with its terms, have been done; 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: 
  
 The Issuer and the Eligible Lender Trustee, in consideration of the premises and the acceptance by the Trustee of the trusts hereby created and of the
purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the Holders thereof, the execution and delivery of any Swap Agreement (as hereinafter defined) by any Swap Counterparty (as hereinafter defined), the execution and delivery of any Credit Enhancement Facility
(as hereinafter defined) by any Credit Facility Provider (as hereinafter defined), and the acknowledgment thereof by the Trustee, in order to secure the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on and any Carry-Over Amounts (and
accrued interest thereon) with respect to the Notes according to their tenor and effect and the performance and observance by the Issuer of all the covenants expressed or implied herein and in the Notes and in any such Swap Agreement or Credit
Enhancement Facility, do hereby grant to the Trustee, and to its successors in trust, and to them and their assigns, forever, a security interest in the following (the “Trust Estate”): 
  
 GRANTING CLAUSE FIRST 
  
 All rights, title, interest and privileges of the Issuer and/or the Eligible
Lender Trustee (a) with respect to Financed Student Loans, in, to and under any Servicing Agreement, the Eligible Lender Trust Agreement, the Guarantee Agreements and any purchase and sale agreements pursuant to which the Issuer acquires Financed
Student Loans; (b) in, to and under all Financed Student Loans (including the evidences of indebtedness thereof and related documentation), the proceeds of the sale of the Notes (until expended for the purpose for which the Notes were issued) and
the revenues, moneys, evidences of indebtedness and securities (including any earnings thereon) in and payable into the Acquisition Fund, the Debt Service Fund, the Collection Fund, the Reserve Fund, the Administration Fund, the Borrower Benefits
Fund and the Surplus Fund, in the manner and subject to the prior applications provided in Article IV hereof; and (c) in, to and under any Credit Enhancement Facility, any Swap Agreement, any Swap Counterparty Guaranty, any Tender Agent Agreement,
any Remarketing Agreement, any Auction Agent Agreement, any Market Agent Agreement and any Broker-Dealer 

 Agreement, all as hereinbefore and hereinafter defined, including any contract or any evidence of indebtedness or other
rights of the Issuer to receive any of the same whether now existing or hereafter coming into existence, and whether now or hereafter acquired; 
  
 GRANTING CLAUSE SECOND 
  
 All proceeds from any property described in these Granting Clauses and any and all other property of every name and nature from time to time hereafter by
delivery or by writing of any kind conveyed, pledged, assigned or transferred, as and for additional security hereunder by the Issuer or by anyone on its behalf or with its written consent to the Trustee, which is hereby authorized to receive any
and all such property at any and all times and to hold and apply the same subject to the terms hereof; 
  
 To Have and to Hold all the same with all privileges and appurtenances hereby conveyed and assigned, or agreed or intended so to be, to the Trustee and
its successors in said trust and to them and their assigns forever; 
  
 In Trust Nevertheless, upon the terms and trust herein set forth (a) for the equal and proportionate benefit, security and protection of all present and future Senior Beneficiaries (as hereinafter defined), without privilege, priority or
distinction as to lien or otherwise of any of the Senior Beneficiaries over any of the others; (b) for the equal and proportionate benefit, security and protection of all present and future Subordinate Beneficiaries (as hereinafter defined), without
privilege, priority or distinction as to the lien or otherwise of any of the Subordinate Beneficiaries over any of the others, but on a basis subordinate to the Senior Beneficiaries on the terms described herein; and (c) for the equal and
proportionate benefit, security and protection of all present and future Junior Subordinate Beneficiaries (as hereinafter defined), without privilege, priority or distinction as to the lien or otherwise of any of the Junior Subordinate Beneficiaries
over any of the others, but on a basis subordinate to the Senior Beneficiaries and the Subordinate Beneficiaries on the terms described herein; 
  
 Provided, However, that if the Issuer, its successors or assigns, shall well and truly pay, or cause to be paid, the principal of and premium, if any, on
the Notes and the interest and any Carry-Over Amounts (and accrued interest thereon) with respect thereto due and to become due thereon, or provide fully for payment thereof as herein provided, at the times and in the manner mentioned in the Notes,
according to the true intent and meaning thereof, and shall make the payments into the Trust Funds as required under Article IV hereof, or shall provide, as permitted hereby, for the payment thereof by depositing with the Trustee sums sufficient for
payment of the entire amount due and to become due thereon as herein provided, and shall well and truly keep, perform and observe all the covenants and conditions pursuant to the terms of this Indenture to be kept, performed and observed by it, and
shall pay to the Trustee, any Swap Counterparty and any Credit Facility Provider all sums of money due or to become due to them in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof, then (except as otherwise provided in a Supplemental Indenture) this
Indenture and the rights hereby granted shall cease, terminate and be void; otherwise, this Indenture shall be and remain in full force and effect. 
  

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 NOW, THEREFORE, it is mutually covenanted and agreed for the benefit of all Holders of the Notes and for
the benefit of any Swap Counterparty and any Credit Facility Provider, as follows: 
  
 ARTICLE I 
  
 DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS 
  
 Section
1.01. Definitions. In this Indenture the following terms have the following respective meanings unless the context hereof clearly requires otherwise: 
  
 “Account” means any of the accounts created or established by this Indenture. 
  
 “Accountant” means any registered or certified public
accountant or firm of such accountants selected and paid by the Issuer, who is Independent and not under the domination of the Issuer, but who may be regularly retained to make annual or similar audits of the books or records of the Issuer.

  
 “Acquisition Fund” means the Acquisition Fund
created and established by Section 4.01 hereof. 
  
 “Acquisition Period” with respect to any series of Notes shall have the meaning set forth in the related Supplemental Indenture. 
  
 “Acting Beneficiaries Upon Default” means: 
  
 (a) at any time that any Senior Obligations are Outstanding: (i) with respect to directing the Trustee to accelerate the Outstanding Notes
pursuant to Section 6.02 hereof (A) upon an Event of Default described in clauses (a) through (d) of Section 6.01 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of Senior Notes Outstanding; and (B) upon any other Event of Default
described in Section 6.01 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of all Notes Outstanding; (ii) with respect to requesting the Trustee to exercise rights and powers under this Indenture, directing the conduct of proceedings
in connection with the enforcement of this Indenture and requiring the Trustee to waive Events of Default (other than with respect to directing the Trustee to accelerate the Outstanding Notes): (A) the Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal
Amount of the Senior Notes Outstanding, unless the Trustee shall receive conflicting requests or directions from any Other Senior Beneficiary; or (B) any Other Senior Beneficiary, unless the Trustee determines that the requested action is not in the
overall interest of the Senior Beneficiaries or receives conflicting requests or directions from another Other Senior Beneficiary or the Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of the Senior Notes Outstanding; and (iii) with respect to
all other matters under this Indenture, the Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of Senior Notes Outstanding or any Other Senior Beneficiary; and 
  
 (b) at any time that no Senior Obligations are Outstanding but Subordinate Obligations are Outstanding: (i)
with respect to directing the Trustee to accelerate the Outstanding Notes pursuant to Section 6.02 hereof (A) upon an Event of Default 
  

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 described in clauses (a) through (d) of Section 6.01 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate
Principal Amount of Subordinate Notes Outstanding; and (B) upon any other Event of Default described in Section 6.01, the Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of all Notes Outstanding; (ii) with respect to requesting the Trustee to
exercise rights and powers under this Indenture, directing the conduct of proceedings in connection with the enforcement of this Indenture and requiring the Trustee to waive Events of Default (other than with respect to directing the Trustee to
accelerate the Outstanding Notes): (A) the Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of the Subordinate Notes Outstanding, unless the Trustee receives conflicting requests or directions from any Other Subordinate Beneficiary; or (B) any
Other Subordinate Beneficiary, unless the Trustee determines that the requested action is not in the overall interest of the Subordinate Beneficiaries or receives conflicting requests or directions from another Other Subordinate Beneficiary or the
Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of the Subordinate Notes Outstanding; and (iii) with respect to all other matters under this Indenture, the Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of Subordinate Notes Outstanding or
any Other Subordinate Beneficiary. 
  
 (c) at any
time that no Senior Obligations and no Subordinate Obligations are Outstanding but any Junior Subordinate Obligations are Outstanding, (i) with respect to directing the Trustee to accelerate the Outstanding Junior Subordinate Notes pursuant to
Section 6.02 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of Junior Subordinate Notes Outstanding; (ii) with respect to requesting the Trustee to exercise rights and powers under this Indenture, directing the conduct of
proceedings in connection with the enforcement of this Indenture and requiring the Trustee to waive Events of Default: (A) the Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of the Junior Subordinate Notes Outstanding, unless the Trustee
receives conflicting requests or directions from an Other Junior Subordinate Beneficiary; or (B) any Other Junior Subordinate Beneficiary, unless the Trustee determines that the requested action is not in the overall interest of the Junior
Subordinate Beneficiaries or receives conflicting requests or directions from another Other Junior Subordinate Beneficiary or the Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of the Junior Subordinate Notes Outstanding; and (iii) with respect
to all other matters under this Indenture, the Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of Junior Subordinate Notes Outstanding or any Other Junior Subordinate Beneficiary. 
  
 “Add-On Loan” means, with respect to any Consolidation Loan owned by the Issuer, an amount equal to the
increased balance of such Consolidation Loan arising out of amounts required to be paid to a Lender at the request of the related borrower within 180 days of the date such Consolidation Loan was originated. 
  
 “Administration Agreement” means the Administration
Agreement, dated as of [                    ], 2005, among the Issuer Administrator, the Issuer, the Trustee, the Eligible Lender Trustee and
the Delaware Trustee, as such agreement may be amended or supplemented from time to time. 
  
 “Administration Fee” means, with respect to each series of Notes, a monthly fee in an amount set forth in the Supplemental Indenture authorizing such series of Notes, which shall be 
  

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 released to the Issuer Administrator each month to cover expenses (other than Servicing Fees and Note Fees) incurred in
connection with carrying out and administering its powers, duties and functions under this Indenture and any related agreements. 
  
 “Administration Fund” means the Administration Fund created and established by Section 4.01 hereof. 
  
 “Aggregate Value” means on any calculation date the sum of
the Values of all assets of the Trust Estate. 
  
 “Asset
Release Requirement” means, at any time, any requirement set forth as such in a Supplemental Indenture. 
  
 “Auction Agent” means, with respect to any series of Notes, any bank, national banking association or trust company designated as such
with respect to such Notes pursuant to the provisions of a Supplemental Indenture, and its successor or successors, and any bank, national banking association or trust company at any time substituted in its place pursuant to such Supplemental
Indenture. 
  
 “Auction Agent Agreement” means,
with respect to any series of Notes, an agreement among an Auction Agent, the Issuer and the Trustee setting forth the rights and obligations of the Auction Agent acting in such capacity with respect to such Notes under this Indenture and the
related Supplemental Indenture, including any supplement thereto or amendment thereof entered into in accordance with the provisions thereof. 
  
 “Authenticating Agent,” when used with respect to a series of Notes, means a bank or trust company (which may be the Trustee) appointed
for the purpose of receiving, authenticating and delivering Notes of that series in connection with transfers, exchanges and registrations as in this Indenture provided, and its successor or successors and any other bank or trust company which may
at any time be substituted in its place as Authenticating Agent pursuant to this Indenture. 
  
 “Authorized Officer,” when used with reference to the Issuer, means those individuals authorized to act for the Issuer Administrator, as set forth in a list of Authorized Officers delivered by the
Issuer Administrator to the Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, as such list may be amended from time to time by the Issuer Administrator. 
  
 “Balance,” when used with reference to any Account or Fund, means the aggregate sum of all assets standing to the credit of such Account
or Fund, including, without limitation, Investment Securities computed at the Value thereof; Financed Student Loans computed at the Value thereof; and lawful money of the United States; provided, however, that (a) the Balance of the Interest Account
shall not include amounts standing to the credit thereof which are being held therein for (i) the payment of past due and unpaid interest on Notes; or (ii) the payment of interest on Notes that are deemed no longer Outstanding as a result of the
defeasance thereof pursuant to subparagraph (b) of the first paragraph of Section 9.01 hereof; and (b) the Balances of the Principal Account and the Retirement Account shall not include amounts standing to the credit thereof which are being held
therein for the payment of principal of or premium, if any, on Notes which are deemed no longer Outstanding in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (b) of the first paragraph of Section 9.01 hereof. 
  

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 “Beneficial Owner” means the Person in whose name a Note is recorded as beneficial owner
of such Note by the Securities Depository under a book-entry system, or by a Participant or Indirect Participant, as the case may be. 
  
 “Beneficial Ownership Interest” means the right to receive payments and notices with respect to Notes which are held by the Securities
Depository under a book-entry system and for which the Securities Depository does not act on behalf of the Beneficial Owner in connection with the optional or mandatory tender of Notes on a Tender Date. 
  
 “Beneficiaries” means, collectively, all Senior
Beneficiaries, all Subordinate Beneficiaries and all Junior Subordinate Beneficiaries. 
  
 “Book-Entry Notes” means Notes registered in book-entry form. 
  
 “Borrower Benefits” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in a Supplemental Indenture. 
  
 “Borrower Benefits Fund” means the Borrower Benefits Fund
created and established by Section 4.01 hereof. 
  
 “Broker-Dealer” means, with respect to any series of Notes, any broker or dealer (each as defined in the Exchange Act), commercial bank or other entity permitted by law to perform the functions required of a broker-dealer
set forth in the auction procedures relating to such Notes, designated as such with respect to such Notes pursuant to the provisions of a Supplemental Indenture, and its successor or successors, and any broker or dealer, commercial bank or other
entity at any time substituted in its place pursuant to such Supplemental Indenture. 
  
 “Broker-Dealer Agreement” means, with respect to any series of Notes, an agreement between an Auction Agent and a Broker-Dealer, and approved by the Issuer, setting forth the rights and obligations of
the Broker-Dealer acting in such capacity with respect to such Notes under this Indenture and the related Supplemental Indenture, including any supplement thereto or amendment thereof entered into in accordance with the provisions thereof.

  
 “Business Day” means a day of the year other
than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks located in the city in which the Principal Office of the Trustee is located, in the city in which the Principal Office of any Authenticating Agent is located or in the city in which the Principal
Office of the Issuer is located, are required or authorized by law to remain closed, or on which The New York Stock Exchange is closed; provided, that a Supplemental Indenture may provide for a different meaning with respect to Notes of any series
issued pursuant thereto. 
  
 “Carry-Over Amount”
means, if and to the extent specifically provided for as such in a Supplemental Indenture with respect to a series of Variable Rate Notes, the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of interest on a Note that would have accrued with respect to the
related interest period at the applicable interest rate over (b) the amount of interest on such Note actually accrued with respect to such Note, with respect to such interest period based on the maximum 
  

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 rate specified in a Supplemental Indenture, together with the unpaid portion of any such excess from prior interest
periods. To the extent required by a Supplemental Indenture providing for any Carry-Over Amount, interest will accrue on such Carry-Over Amount until paid. Any reference to “principal” or “interest” in this Indenture and in the
related Notes shall not include, within the meanings of such words, any Carry-Over Amount or any interest accrued on any Carry-Over Amount. 
  
 “Cash Flows” means cash flow schedules prepared by the Issuer or its designee, including a listing of all assumptions used in the
preparation of such cash flow schedules, in connection with the issuance of any Notes hereunder or in connection with obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation. 
  
 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor legislation thereto. 
  
 “Collection Fund” means the Collection Fund created and
established by Section 4.01 hereof. 
  
 “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
  
 “Consolidation Loan” means a Student Loan originated pursuant to Section 428C of the Higher Education Act. 
  
 “Costs of Issuance” means all items of expense directly or indirectly payable by or reimbursable to the Issuer and related to the
authorization, sale and issuance of a series of the Notes, including, but not limited to, printing costs, costs of preparation and reproduction of documents, filing fees, initial fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee, the Delaware Trustee, the
Eligible Lender Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Remarketing Agent, any Tender Agent, any Auction Agent, any Market Agent or any Broker-Dealer, legal fees and charges, fees and disbursements of underwriters, consultants and professionals,
underwriters’ discount, costs of credit ratings, fees and charges for preparation, execution, transportation and safekeeping of such Notes, other costs incurred by the Issuer in anticipation of the issuance of such Notes and any other cost,
charge or fee in connection with the issuance of such Notes. 
  
 “Counsel” means a person, or firm of which such a person is a member, authorized in any state or the District of Columbia to practice law. 
  
 “Counterparty Swap Payment” means a payment due to or received by the Issuer from a Swap Counterparty
pursuant to a Swap Agreement (including, but not limited to, payments in respect of any early termination of such Swap Agreement) and amounts received by the Issuer under any related Swap Counterparty Guaranty. 
  
 “Credit Enhancement Facility” means, if and to the extent
provided for in a Supplemental Indenture (including a Supplemental Indenture described in Section 8.01(h) hereof), with respect to Notes of one or more series (a) an insurance policy insuring, or a letter of credit or surety bond or other instrument
or agreement providing a direct or indirect source of funds for, the timely payment of principal of and interest on such Notes (but not necessarily principal due upon acceleration thereof under Section 6.02 hereof); or (b) a letter of credit,
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 agreement, or other instrument or agreement, providing for the purchase of such Notes on a Tender Date, or (c) any other
arrangement as to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained, and in any case, all agreements entered into by the Issuer or the Trustee and the Credit Facility Provider with respect thereto. 
  
 “Credit Facility Provider” means, if and to the extent
provided for in a Supplemental Indenture (including a Supplemental Indenture entered into pursuant to Section 8.01(h) hereof), any Person or Persons engaged by the Issuer pursuant to a Credit Enhancement Facility, to provide credit enhancement or
liquidity for the payment of the principal of and interest on any or all of the Notes of one or more series or the Issuer’s obligation to purchase Notes on a Tender Date. 
  
 “Custodian” means Great Lakes Educational Loan Services, Inc., as custodian pursuant to the Custodian
Agreement dated as of [                    ], 2005 among Great Lakes Educational Loan Services, Inc., the Issuer, the Eligible Lender Trustee
and the Trustee, ACS Education Services, Inc., as custodian pursuant to the Custodian Agreement dated as of [                    ], 2005 among
ACS Education Services, Inc., the Issuer, the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Trustee, and its successors and assigns in such capacity, and any other Person entering into a similar agreement and for which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been
obtained. 
  
 “Debt Service” means: (a) with
respect to any Notes, as of any particular date and with respect to any particular period, the aggregate of the moneys to be paid or set aside on such date or during such period for the payment (or retirement) of the principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on Notes; and (b) with respect to Other Obligations, as of any particular date and with respect to any particular period, the aggregate of the moneys to be paid or set aside on such date or during such period for the payment of amounts
payable by the Issuer under any Swap Agreements or Credit Enhancement Facilities, including fees payable by the Issuer to the Credit Facility Provider thereunder. 
  
 “Debt Service Fund” means the Debt Service Fund created and established by Section 4.01 hereof. 

 
 “Defaulted Interest” shall have the meaning given in
Section 2.02 hereof. 
  
 “Delaware Trustee” means
Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under the Trust Agreement, and its successors and assigns in such capacity. 
  
 “Depositor” means Goal Capital Funding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as depositor under the Trust Agreement, and any
successor thereto or assignee thereof. 
  
 “Direct
Participant” means any broker-dealer, bank or other financial institution for whom the nominee of the Securities Depository holds an interest in any Note. 
  
 “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company. 
  
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 “Eligible Borrower” means a borrower who is eligible under the Higher Education Act to
be the obligor of a loan for consolidating two or more Student Loans, or who is eligible under the Higher Education Act to be an obligor of a loan made pursuant to the Higher Education Act. 
  
 “Eligible Institution” means (i) an institution of higher
education; (ii) a vocational school; or (iii) with respect to students who are nationals of the United States, an institution outside the United States which is comparable to an institution of higher education or to a vocational school and which has
been approved by the Secretary of Education. 
  
 “Eligible
Lender Trust Agreement” means the Eligible Lender Trust Agreement dated as of [                    ], 2005 between the Issuer, as
grantor, and the Eligible Lender Trustee, as trustee, and any similar agreement entered into by the Issuer and an “eligible lender” under the Higher Education Act pursuant to which such “eligible lender” holds Financed Student
Loans as legal owner in trust for the Issuer as beneficial owner, in each case as supplemented or amended from time to time. 
  
 “Eligible Lender Trustee” means
[                    ], as trustee under the Eligible Lender Trust Agreement, and its successors and assigns in such capacity. 
  
 “Eligible Loan” means a Student Loan which: (i) has been or
will be made to a borrower for post-secondary education; (ii) is Guaranteed; and (iii) is an “eligible loan” as defined in Section 438 of the Higher Education Act for purposes of receiving Special Allowance Payments; provided, however,
that if, after any reauthorization or amendment of the Higher Education Act, loans authorized thereunder, including their benefits, are materially different from loans authorized prior to such reauthorization or amendment, such loans authorized
after such reauthorization or amendment shall not constitute Eligible Loans unless a Rating Agency Confirmation is obtained. 
  
 “Eligible Loan Acquisition Certificate” means a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the Issuer and substantially in the form
attached as Exhibit A hereto. 
  
 “Event of
Default” means one of the events described as such in Section 6.01 hereof. 
  
 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
  
 “Federal Reimbursement Contract” means any agreement between a Guarantee Agency and the Secretary of Education providing for the payment
by the Secretary of Education of amounts authorized to be paid pursuant to the Higher Education Act, including (but not necessarily limited to) partial reimbursement of amounts paid or payable upon defaulted Financed Student Loans and other student
loans guaranteed or insured by the Guarantee Agency and interest subsidy payments to holders of qualifying student loans Guaranteed by the Guarantee Agency. 
  
 “Financed,” when used with respect to Student Loans or Eligible Loans, means Student Loans or Eligible Loans, as the case may be,
acquired by the Issuer or the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Issuer with moneys in the Acquisition Fund, any Eligible Loans received in exchange for Financed Student Loans upon the sale thereof or substitution therefor in accordance with
Section 4.02 hereof and any other Student Loans deemed to be “Financed” with 
  

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 moneys in the Acquisition Fund pursuant to this Indenture, but does not include Student Loans released from the lien of
this Indenture and sold, as permitted in this Indenture, to any purchaser, including a trustee for the holders of the Issuer’s bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued other than pursuant to this Indenture. 
  
 “Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Issuer as
established from time to time (initially being January 1 through December 31 of each year). 
  
 “Fitch” means Fitch, Inc., its successors and assigns, and, if such entity shall be dissolved or liquidated or shall no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, “Fitch”
shall be deemed to refer to any other nationally recognized securities rating agency designated by the Trustee, at the written direction of the Issuer. 
  
 “Fund” means any of the funds created or established by this Indenture. 
  
 “Goal” means Goal Financial, LLC, a California limited liability company, and any successor thereto or
assignee thereof. 
  
 “Government Obligations”
means direct obligations of, or obligations the full and timely payment of the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America. 
  
 “Guarantee” or “Guaranteed” means with respect to a Student Loan, the insurance or
guarantee by a Guarantee Agency, to the extent provided in the Higher Education Act, of the principal of and accrued interest on such Student Loan, and the coverage of such Student Loan by one or more Federal Reimbursement Contracts providing, among
other things, for reimbursement to the Guarantee Agency for losses incurred by it on defaulted Financed Student Loans insured or guaranteed by the Guarantee Agency to the extent provided in the Higher Education Act. 
  
 “Guarantee Agency” means any state agency or private
nonprofit institution or organization which has Federal Reimbursement Contracts in place and has entered into a Guarantee Agreement with the Eligible Lender Trustee, and any such guarantor’s successors and assigns. 
  
 “Guarantee Agreements” means the blanket guarantee and other
guarantee agreements issued by or from any Guarantee Agency to the Eligible Lender Trustee for the purpose of Guaranteeing Student Loans to be Financed hereunder, and any amendment of any of the foregoing entered into in accordance with the
provisions thereof. 
  
 “Guaranteed Loan” means a
Student Loan which is Guaranteed. 
  
 “Higher Education
Act” means the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended or supplemented from time to time, and all regulations promulgated thereunder. 
  
 “Holder,” when used with respect to any Note, means the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the Note Register, except that to
the extent and for the purposes provided in a Supplemental Indenture for a series of Notes (including, without limitation, for purposes of the 
  

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 definition of “Acting Beneficiaries Upon Default”), a Credit Facility Provider that has delivered a Credit
Enhancement Facility with respect to such series of Notes may instead be treated as the Holder of the Notes of such series. 
  
 “Indenture” means this Indenture of Trust, including any supplement hereto or amendment hereof entered into in accordance with the
provisions hereof. 
  
 “Independent,” when used
with respect to any specified Person, means such a Person who (a) is in fact independent; (b) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Issuer, other than the payment to be received under a
contract for services to be performed by such Person; and (c) is not connected with the Issuer as an official, officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, affiliate, subsidiary, director or Person performing similar functions.
Whenever it is herein provided that any Independent Person’s opinion or certificate shall be furnished to the Trustee, such Person shall be appointed by the Issuer or the Trustee, as the case may be, and such opinion or certificate shall state
that the signer has read this definition and that the signer is Independent within the meaning hereof. 
  
 “Indirect Participant” means any financial institution for whom any Direct Participant holds an interest in any Note. 
  
 “Individual Note” means any Note registered in the name of a
holder other than the Securities Depository or its nominee. 
  
 “Initial Notes” means the Notes issued contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Indenture pursuant to the First Supplemental Indenture of Trust dated as of
[                    ], 2005 between the Issuer and the Trustee. 
  
 “Interest Account” means the Interest Account created and established by Section 4.01 hereof. 

 
 “Interest Payment Date” means each regularly scheduled
interest payment date on a Note (which dates shall be specified in the Supplemental Indenture providing for the issuance thereof) or, with respect to the payment of interest upon redemption or acceleration of a Note, purchase of a Note by the
Trustee on a Tender Date (to the extent such Tender Date is designated as an Interest Payment Date in the related Supplemental Indenture) or the payment of Defaulted Interest, such date on which such interest is payable under this Indenture or a
Supplemental Indenture. 
  
 “Investment Company
Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. 
  
 “Investment Securities” means any of the following: 
  
 (a) direct general obligations of, or obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to the timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, provided such
obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, FHA debentures, Freddie Mac senior debt obligations, Federal Home Loan Bank consolidated senior debt obligations, and Fannie Mae senior debt obligations, but excluding any of
such securities whose terms do not provide for payment of a fixed dollar amount upon maturity or call for redemption; 
  

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 (b) federal funds, certificates of deposit, time deposits and banker’s acceptances
(having original maturities of not more than 365 days) of any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, provided that the short-term debt obligations of such bank or trust company at the date of
acquisition thereof have been rated “A-1+” or better by S&P and “P-1” or better by Moody’s and “F-1+” by Fitch; 
  
 (c) deposits of any bank or savings and loan association which has combined capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least $3,000,000
which deposits are held only up to the limits insured by the Bank Insurance Fund or Savings Association Insurance Fund administered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, provided that the unsecured long-term debt obligations of such bank or
savings and loan association have been rated “BBB” or better by S&P and “Baa3” or better by Moody’s and “BBB” or better by Fitch; 
  
 (d) commercial paper (having original maturities of not more than 365 days) rated “A-1+” or better
by S&P and “P-1” or better by Moody’s and “F-1+” by Fitch; 
  
 (e) debt obligations rated “AAA” by S&P and “Aaa” by Moody’s and “AAA” by Fitch (other than any
such obligations that do not have a fixed par value and/or whose terms do not promise a fixed dollar amount at maturity or call date); 
  
 (f) investments in money market funds (including those funds managed or advised by the Trustee or an affiliate thereof) rated
“AAAm” by S&P and “Aaa” by Moody’s and “AA” by Fitch; 
  
 (g) guaranteed investment contracts or surety bonds for which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained and providing for the
investment of funds in an account or insuring a minimum rate of return on investments of such funds, which contract or surety bond shall: 
  
 (i) be an obligation of an insurance company or other corporation whose debt obligations or insurance financial strength or claims paying
ability are rated “AAA” by S&P and “Aaa” by Moody’s and “AAA” by Fitch; and 
  
 (ii) provide that the Trustee may exercise all of the rights of the Issuer under such contract or surety bond without the necessity of the
taking of any action by the Issuer; 
  
 (h) a
repurchase agreement between the Trustee and a dealer or bank or securities firm described in (A) or (B) below: 
  
 (A) primary dealers on the Federal Reserve reporting dealer list which are rated “A” or better by S&P and “Aa3” or
better by Moody’s and A” or better by Fitch; or 
  

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 (B) banks rated “A” or above by S&P and “Aa3” or above by
Moody’s and “A” or better by Fitch; and 
  
 (i) any other investment upon receipt of a Rating Agency Confirmation (provided, however, that if such other investment meets the rating criteria above for a particular Rating Agency but not all Rating Agencies, then a Rating Agency
Confirmation need be satisfied only with respect to any other Rating Agency for which such rating criteria has not been met). 
  
 “Issuer” means Goal Capital Funding Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, and any successor or assignee thereto under this Indenture.

  
 “Issuer Administrator” means Goal in its
capacity as administrator under the Administration Agreement, or any other Person providing similar services upon receipt of a Rating Agency Confirmation. 
  
 “Issuer Order” or “Issuer Certificate” means, respectively, a written order or certificate (which may be a standing
order or certificate) signed in the name of the Issuer by an Authorized Officer and delivered to the Trustee. 
  
 “Issuer Swap Payment” means a payment due to a Swap Counterparty from the Issuer pursuant to the applicable Swap Agreement (including,
but not limited to, payments in respect of any early termination of such Swap Agreement). 
  
 “Junior Subordinate Beneficiaries” means (a) the Holders of any Outstanding Junior Subordinate Notes and (b) any Other Junior Subordinate Beneficiary holding any Other Junior Subordinate Obligation
that is Outstanding. 
  
 “Junior Subordinate Credit
Enhancement Facility” means a Credit Enhancement Facility designated as a Junior Subordinate Credit Enhancement Facility in the Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which such Credit Enhancement Facility is furnished by the Issuer.

  
 “Junior Subordinate Credit Facility Provider”
means any Person who provides a Junior Subordinate Credit Enhancement Facility. 
  
 “Junior Subordinate Notes” means any Notes designated in a Supplemental Indenture as Junior Subordinate Notes. 
  

“Junior Subordinate Obligations” means, collectively, the Junior Subordinate Notes and any Other Junior Subordinate Obligations.

  
 “Junior Subordinate Swap Agreement” means a
Swap Agreement designated as a Junior Subordinate Swap Agreement in the Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which such Swap Agreement is furnished by the Issuer. 
  

“Junior Subordinate Swap Counterparty” means any Person who provides a Junior Subordinate Swap Agreement. 
  

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 “Lender” means any party from which the Issuer or the Depositor (or the Eligible Lender
Trustee on behalf of the Issuer or the applicable eligible lender trustee on behalf of the Depositor) acquires Financed Student Loans, which, in the case of Student Loans, must be an “eligible lender” (as defined in the Higher Education
Act). 
  
 “Letter of Representations” means any
Letter of Representations relating to Book-Entry Notes between the Issuer and the Securities Depository. 
  
 “Market Agent” means, with respect to any series of Notes, the Person identified as such in the related Supplemental Indenture, and its
successor or successors, and any Person at any time substituted in its place pursuant to such Supplemental Indenture. 
  
 “Market Agent Agreement” means, with respect to any series of Notes, an agreement between a Market Agent and the Trustee designated as
such in the Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which the issuance of such series of Notes is authorized. 
  
 “Maturity,” when used with respect to any Note, means the date on which the entire outstanding Principal Amount of such Note becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity thereof or by declaration of acceleration, redemption, distribution of principal or otherwise. 
  
 “Monthly Calculation Date” means the twenty-fifth day of each calendar month (or, in the event such
twenty-fifth day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day). 
  
 “Monthly Servicing Report” means a report prepared by the Issuer Administrator setting forth certain information with respect to the Financed Student Loans as of the end of each month. 
  
 “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.,
its successors and assigns, and, if such corporation shall be dissolved or liquidated or shall no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, “Moody’s” shall be deemed to refer to any other nationally recognized
securities rating agency designated by the Trustee, at the written direction of the Issuer. 
  
 “Note Fees” means the fees, costs and expenses (excluding Costs of Issuance), of the Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and any Eligible Lender Trustee, Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent, Remarketing
Agent, Tender Agent, Auction Agent, Market Agent, Broker-Dealer, Counsel, Note Registrar, Accountant, Verification Agent and other consultants and professionals incurred by the Issuer in carrying out and administering its powers, duties and
functions under (a) the Eligible Lender Trust Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Guarantee Agreements, the Verification Agent Agreement, the Higher Education Act or any requirement of the laws of the United States or any State, as such powers,
duties and functions relate to Financed Student Loans; (b) any Swap Agreement or Credit Enhancement Facility (other than any amounts payable thereunder which constitute Other Obligations); (c) any Remarketing Agreement, Tender Agent Agreement,
Auction Agent Agreement, Market Agent Agreement or Broker-Dealer Agreement; and (d) this Indenture. 
  
 “Note Register” means the register maintained by the Note Registrar pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof. 
  

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 “Note Registrar” means the Trustee, or, if so designated pursuant to the terms of a
Supplemental Indenture, an Authenticating Agent, serving in such capacity under the terms of this Indenture, unless and until an Issuer Order is delivered to the Authenticating Agent and the Trustee directing that the Authenticating Agent or the
Trustee, as the case may be, become the Note Registrar and the Authenticating Agent or the Trustee, as the case may be, agrees to serve in such capacity hereunder. 
  
 “Notes” means all notes, bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this Indenture in accordance with
the provisions of Article II hereof. 
  
 “Other
Beneficiary” means an Other Senior Beneficiary, an Other Subordinate Beneficiary or an Other Junior Subordinate Beneficiary. 
  
 “Other Junior Subordinate Beneficiary” means a Person who is a Junior Subordinate Beneficiary other than as a result of ownership of
Junior Subordinate Notes. 
  
 “Other Junior Subordinate
Obligations” means the Issuer’s obligations to pay any amounts under any Junior Subordinate Swap Agreements and any Junior Subordinate Credit Enhancement Facilities. 
  
 “Other Obligations” means, collectively, Other Senior Obligations, Other Subordinate Obligations and Other
Junior Subordinate Obligations. 
  
 “Other Senior
Beneficiary” means a Person who is a Senior Beneficiary other than as a result of ownership of Senior Notes. 
  
 “Other Senior Obligations” means the Issuer’s obligations to pay any amounts under any Senior Swap Agreements and any Senior Credit
Enhancement Facilities. 
  
 “Other Subordinate
Beneficiary” means a Person who is a Subordinate Beneficiary other than as a result of ownership of Subordinate Notes. 
  
 “Other Subordinate Obligations” means the Issuer’s obligations to pay any amounts under any Subordinate Swap Agreements and any
Subordinate Credit Enhancement Facilities. 
  
 “Outstanding,” (a) when used with respect to any Note, shall have the construction given to such word in Sections 1.06, 2.07 and 9.01 hereof, i.e., a Note shall not be Outstanding hereunder if such Note is at the time not
deemed to be Outstanding hereunder by reason of the operation and effect of Section 1.06, 2.07 or 9.01 hereof; and (b) when used with respect to any Other Obligation, means all Other Obligations which have become, or may in the future become, due
and payable and which have not been paid or otherwise satisfied. 
  
 “Participant” means a Person that has an account with DTC. 
  
 “Paying Agent” means the Trustee and any other commercial bank designated herein or in accordance herewith as the party from whom principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note is payable to
the Holders of the Notes. 
  

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 “Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, incorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. 
  
 “Premium” means for each Eligible Loan acquired by the Issuer or the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Issuer from a Lender, the
meaning set forth in a Supplemental Indenture. 
  
 “Prepayment Date,” when used with respect to any Note, all or any portion of the Principal Amount of which is to be prepaid prior to its Stated Maturity, means the date fixed for such prepayment by or pursuant to this
Indenture or a Supplemental Indenture. 
  
 “Prepayment
Price,” when used with respect to any Note to be prepaid, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which it has been issued. 
  
 “Principal Account” means the Principal Account created and
established by Section 4.01 hereof. 
  
 “Principal
Amount,” when used with respect to (a) a Note, means the original principal amount of such Note less all payments previously made to the Holder thereof in respect of principal; and (b) a Swap Agreement, shall have the meaning set forth in
the Supplemental Indenture relating to the Series of Notes for which the Issuer entered into such Swap Agreement. 
  
 “Principal Balance,” when used with respect to a Student Loan, means the unpaid principal amount thereof, including, in the case of
Student Loans, any unpaid capitalized interest thereon that is authorized to be capitalized under the Higher Education Act as of a given date. 
  
 “Principal Office” means (a) when used with respect to the Trustee, the office located at the address specified in Section 10.04 hereof,
or such other office as may, from time to time, be designated as such by the Trustee in writing to the Issuer; (b) when used with respect to the Issuer, its executive office located at the address specified in Section 10.04 hereof, or such other
office as may, from time to time, be designated as such by Issuer Order; and (c) when used with respect to a Paying Agent (other than the Trustee), an Authenticating Agent, the Note Registrar, a Tender Agent, a Remarketing Agent, an Auction Agent, a
Market Agent or a Broker-Dealer, its office located at the address specified in Section 10.04 hereof or such office as may, from time to time, be designated as such in writing to the Trustee and the Issuer as the location of its principal office for
the performance of its duties as Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent, Note Registrar, Tender Agent, Remarketing Agent, Auction Agent, Market Agent or Broker-Dealer, as the case may be. 
  
 “Principal Payment Date” means the Stated Maturity of principal of any Serial Note and the Sinking Fund
Payment Date for any Term Note. 
  
 “Public
Securities” means Notes that are or have been offered publicly pursuant to a registration statement filed by the Issuer with the Commission. 
  
 “Rating Agency” means (a) with respect to the Notes, any rating agency that shall have an outstanding rating on any of the Notes pursuant
to request by the Issuer; and (b) with respect to Investment Securities, any rating agency that shall have an outstanding rating on the applicable Investment Security. 
  

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 “Rating Agency Confirmation” means, with respect to any action, that each Rating Agency
shall have notified the Issuer Administrator, the Issuer or the Trustee in writing that such action will not result in a reduction, qualification or withdrawal of such Rating Agency’s then-current rating of any of the Notes. 
  
 “Rating Category” means one of the general rating categories
of a Rating Agency, without regard to any refinement or gradation of such rating category by a numerical modifier or otherwise. 
  
 “Regular Record Date” means, with respect to an Interest Payment Date for any series of Notes, unless the Supplemental Indenture
authorizing the issuance of such series of Notes otherwise provides, the fifteenth day (whether or not a Business Day) of the calendar month immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. 
  
 “Remaining Acquisition Amount” with respect to any series of
Notes means the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of proceeds of the issuance of such Notes deposited into the Acquisition Fund on the date of issuance of such series of Notes; over (b) the portion (which may be all) of such amount withdrawn from
the Acquisition Fund during the related Acquisition Period. 
  
 “Remarketing Agent” means, with respect to any series of Notes, any securities dealer designated as such with respect to such Notes pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.19 hereof and its successor or successors and any
securities dealer at any time substituted in its place pursuant to this Indenture. 
  
 “Remarketing Agreement” means an agreement between a Remarketing Agent and the Issuer setting forth the rights and obligations of the Remarketing Agent acting in such capacity under this Indenture and
otherwise meeting the requirements of Section 7.20 hereof, including any supplement thereto or amendment thereof entered into in accordance with the provisions thereof. 
  
 “Reserve Fund” means the Reserve Fund created and established by Section 4.01 hereof. 
  
 “Retirement Account” means the Retirement Account created
and established by Section 4.01 hereof. 
  
 “Revolving
Period” with respect to any series of Notes shall have the meaning set forth in the related Supplemental Indenture. 
  
 “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., its successors and assigns,
and, if such corporation shall be dissolved or liquidated or shall no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, “S&P” shall be deemed to refer to any other nationally recognized securities rating agency designated by
the Trustee, at the written direction of the Issuer. 
  

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 “Secretary of Education” means the Secretary of the United States Department of
Education (who succeeded to the functions of the Commissioner of Education pursuant to the Department of Education Organization Act), or any other officer, board, body, commission or agency succeeding to the functions thereof under the Higher
Education Act. 
  
 “Securities Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 
  
 “Securities
Depository” means The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, and its successors and assigns, or, if (a) the then-existing Securities Depository resigns from its functions as depository of the Notes or (b) the Issuer discontinues use
of the Securities Depository pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, then any other securities depository which agrees to follow the procedures required to be followed by a securities depository in connection with the Notes and which is selected by the
Issuer with the consent of the Trustee. 
  
 “Securities
Legend” means the following legend: “THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAW
OF ANY STATE. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS NOTE, AGREES THAT THIS NOTE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS AND ONLY (a) (i) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR A QIB PURCHASING FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF A QIB, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A; OR (b) TO AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a) UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) PURCHASING FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE RECEIPT BY THE TRUSTEE OF SUCH EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE
WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS; (ii) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER EXEMPTION AVAILABLE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS; OR (iii) PURSUANT TO A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT.”

  
 “Senior Asset Percentage” means, as of the
date of determination, the percentage resulting by dividing (a) the result of (x) the Aggregate Value less (y) the sum of (i) all accrued interest on Outstanding Senior Notes, (ii) all accrued Issuer Swap Payments with respect to Senior Swap
Agreements, (iii) all accrued fees with respect to Senior Credit Enhancement Facilities and (iv) all accrued fees and expenses to be paid out of the Administration Fund by (b) the aggregate Principal Amount of Outstanding Senior Notes. 

 
 “Senior Asset Requirement” means, at any time, any
requirement set forth as such in a Supplemental Indenture providing for the issuance of one or more series of Notes any of which are then Outstanding. 
  

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 “Senior Beneficiaries” means (a) the Holders of any Outstanding Senior Notes and (b) any
Other Senior Beneficiary holding any Other Senior Obligation that is Outstanding. 
  
 “Senior Credit Enhancement Facility” means a Credit Enhancement Facility designated as a Senior Credit Enhancement Facility in the Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which such Credit Enhancement
Facility is furnished by the Issuer. 
  
 “Senior Credit
Facility Provider” means any Person who provides a Senior Credit Enhancement Facility. 
  
 “Senior Notes” means any Notes designated in a Supplemental Indenture as Senior Notes. 
  
 “Senior Obligations” means, collectively, the Senior Notes
and any Other Senior Obligations. 
  
 “Senior Swap
Agreement” means a Swap Agreement designated as a Senior Swap Agreement in the Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which such Swap Agreement is furnished by the Issuer. 
  
 “Senior Swap Counterparty” means any Person who provides a Senior Swap Agreement. 
  
 “Serial Notes” means all Notes other than Term Notes.

  
 “Servicer” means Great Lakes Educational Loan
Services, Inc., ACS Education Services, Inc. and, subject to obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation, any other organization with which the Issuer has (or the Issuer and the Eligible Lender Trustee have) entered into a Servicing Agreement; in any
case, so long as such party acts as servicer of Financed Student Loans. 
  
 “Servicing Agreement” means the Student Loan Servicing Agreement dated as of [                    ], 2005 between
the Issuer and Great Lakes Educational Loan Services, Inc., the Servicing Agreement dated as of [                    ], 2005 between the
Issuer and ACS Education Services, Inc. and any other agreement between the Issuer and any Servicer (or among the Issuer, the Eligible Lender Trustee and any Servicer), under which such Servicer agrees to act as the Issuer’s agent in connection
with the administration and collection of Financed Student Loans in accordance with this Indenture. 
  
 “Servicing Fees” means any fees payable by the Issuer to (a) a Servicer in respect of Financed Student Loans pursuant to the provisions
of a Servicing Agreement and (b) a collection agent in respect of Financed Student Loans in default. 
  
 “Sinking Fund Payment Date” means the date on which any Term Note is to be mandatorily redeemed pursuant to the applicable provisions of
the Supplemental Indenture providing for the issuance thereof and from funds allocated as provided in Section 4.06(b) hereof, or, if not redeemed, the Stated Maturity thereof. 
  
 “Special Allowance Payments” means special allowance payments authorized to be made by the Secretary of
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 “Special Record Date” means, with respect to the payment of any Defaulted Interest, a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.02 hereof. 
  
 “Specified Reserve Account Balance” with respect to any series of Notes shall have the meaning set forth in the Supplemental Indenture authorizing the issuance of such series of Notes (or, in the case of the Supplemental
Indenture under which the Initial Notes were issued, shall mean “Reserve Fund Requirement”). In calculating the Specified Reserve Account Balance, all Notes to be defeased by a series of refunding Notes shall be deemed not Outstanding as
of the date of calculation. 
  
 “Stated
Maturity,” when used with respect to any Note or any installment of interest thereon, means the date specified in such Note as the fixed date on which principal of such Note or such installment of interest is due and payable. 
  
 “Student Loan” means a loan under the Higher Education Act
to an Eligible Borrower for education at an Eligible Institution (or a loan to consolidate the same). 
  
 “Student Loan Purchase Agreement” means (a) the Loan Purchase Agreement dated as of
[                    ], 2005 among the Issuer, the Depositor and the eligible lender trustees party thereto, as the same may be amended and
supplemented with a Rating Agency Confirmation, and (b) any other student loan purchase agreement in the form of Exhibit B hereto, as such form may be amended and supplemented with a Rating Agency Confirmation, with a seller as to which a Rating
Agency Confirmation has occurred. 
  
 “Student Loan
Repurchase Agreement” means the Student Loan Repurchase Agreement dated as of [                    ], 2005 between the Issuer and
Goal, as amended and supplemented pursuant to the terms thereof. 
  
 “Subordinate Asset Percentage” means, as of the date of determination, the percentage resulting by dividing (a) the result of (x) Aggregate Value less (y) the sum of (i) all accrued interest on Outstanding Senior Notes and
Outstanding Subordinate Notes, (ii) all accrued Issuer Swap Payments (other than with respect to Junior Subordinate Swap Agreements), (iii) all accrued fees with respect to Credit Enhancement Facilities (other than Junior Subordinate Credit
Enhancement Facilities) and (iv) all accrued fees and expenses to be paid out of the Administration Fund by (b) the aggregate Principal Amount of Outstanding Senior Notes and Outstanding Subordinate Notes. 
  
 “Subordinate Asset Requirement” means, at any time, any
requirement set forth as such in a Supplemental Indenture providing for the issuance of one or more series of Notes any of which are then Outstanding. 
  
 “Subordinate Beneficiaries” means (a) the Holders of any Outstanding Subordinate Notes and (b) any Other Subordinate Beneficiary holding
any Other Subordinate Obligation that is Outstanding. 
  
 “Subordinate Credit Enhancement Facility” means a Credit Enhancement Facility designated as a Subordinate Credit Enhancement Facility in the Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which such Credit Enhancement Facility is
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 “Subordinate Credit Facility Provider” means any Person who provides a Subordinate
Credit Enhancement Facility. 
  
 “Subordinate
Notes” means any Notes designated in a Supplemental Indenture as Subordinate Notes. 
  
 “Subordinate Obligations” means, collectively, the Subordinate Notes and any Other Subordinate Obligations. 
  
 “Subordinate Swap Agreement” means a Swap Agreement designated as a Subordinate Swap Agreement in the Supplemental Indenture pursuant to
which such Swap Agreement is furnished by the Issuer. 
  
 “Subordinate Swap Counterparty” means any Person who provides a Subordinate Swap Agreement. 
  
 “Subservicing Agreement” means any agreement between a Servicer and any subservicer relating to subservicing and/or administration of
Financed Student Loans, which Subservicing Agreement shall be approved by a Rating Agency Confirmation. 
  
 “Supplemental Indenture” means any amendment of or supplement to this Indenture made in accordance with Article VIII hereof. 

 
 “Surplus Fund” means the Surplus Fund created and
established by Section 4.01 hereof. 
  
 “Swap
Agreement” means an interest rate or other hedge agreement or derivative product agreement between the Issuer and a Swap Counterparty, as supplemented or amended from time to time. 
  
 “Swap Counterparty” means any Person with whom the Issuer
shall, from time to time, enter into a Swap Agreement. 
  
 “Swap Counterparty Guaranty” means a guarantee in favor of the Issuer given in connection with the execution and delivery of a Swap Agreement under this Indenture. 
  
 “Taxes” shall mean an amount reasonably estimated by the
Issuer Administrator which shall be equal to the hypothetical taxes which would be incurred by the Issuer as a direct consequence of this Indenture, the Notes or the Financed Student Loans if the Issuer were a taxpaying entity with a tax rate of 35%
(which percentage can be changed with a Rating Agency Confirmation), and shall not be based upon the actual taxes owed by any owners of the Issuer or the Depositor. 
  
 “Tender Agent” means, with respect to any series of Notes, any commercial bank or banking association
having trust powers or trust company designated as such with respect to such Notes pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.18 hereof and its successor or successors and any other commercial bank or banking association having trust powers or trust
company at any time substituted in its place pursuant to this Indenture. 
  

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 “Tender Agent Agreement” means an agreement among a Tender Agent, the Trustee, the
Issuer, any Remarketing Agent and/or any related Credit Facility Provider setting forth the rights and obligations of the Tender Agent acting in such capacity under this Indenture and otherwise meeting the requirements of Section 7.18 hereof,
including any supplement thereto or amendment thereof entered into in accordance with the provisions thereof. 
  
 “Tender Date” means, with respect to any Note, a date on which such Note is required to be tendered for purchase by or on behalf of the
Issuer, or has been tendered for purchase by or on behalf of the Issuer pursuant to a right given the Holder or Beneficial Owner of such Note, in accordance with the provisions in the Supplemental Indenture providing for the issuance thereof.

  
 “Term Notes” means Notes the payment of the
principal of which is provided for from moneys credited to the Principal Account pursuant to Section 4.06(b) hereof. 
  
 “TIA” is defined in the recitals. 
  
 “Trust Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement dated as of
[                    ], 2005 among the Delaware Trustee and the Depositor, as the same may be amended from time to time. 
  
 “Trust Estate” is defined in the paragraph preceding the
Granting Clauses hereof. 
  
 “Trust Funds” means,
in the aggregate, all of the Funds and Accounts. 
  
 “Trust Indenture Act” is defined in the recitals. 
  
 “Trustee” means [                    ], a banking corporation duly established, existing and
authorized to accept and execute trusts of the character herein set out under and by virtue of the laws of the State of New York, as trustee under this Indenture, and its successor or successors and any other corporation which may at any time be
substituted in its place pursuant to this Indenture. 
  
 “Unamortized Premium” means for each Eligible Loan, the portion of the related Premium that has not been amortized based upon an assumed average life for such Eligible Loan of seven years and straight line method of
amortization (or such other method approved by a Rating Agency Confirmation). 
  
 “Value” means, on any calculation date when required under this Indenture, the value of the Trust Estate calculated by the Issuer Administrator with respect to clauses (a) and (f) below and the
Trustee with respect to clauses (b) through (e) below, in accordance with the following: 
  
 (a) with respect to any Financed Eligible Loan, the Principal Balance thereof, plus accrued interest and Special Allowance Payments
thereon (or with respect to a Financed Student Loan which is no longer an Eligible Loan, zero); 
  
 (b) with respect to any funds of the Issuer held under this Indenture on deposit in any commercial bank or as to any banker’s
acceptance or repurchase agreement or investment agreement, the amount thereof plus accrued interest thereon; 
  

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 (c) with respect to any investment securities of an investment company, the bid price, or
the net asset value if there is no bid price, of the shares as reported by the investment company; 
  
 (d) as to other investments, (i) the bid price published by a nationally recognized pricing service; or (ii) if the bid and asked prices
thereof are published on a regular basis by Bloomberg Financial Markets Commodities News (or, if not there, then in The Wall Street Journal), the average of the bid and asked prices for such investments so published on or most recently prior
to such time of determination plus accrued interest thereon; 
  
 (e) as to investments the bid prices of which are not published by a nationally recognized pricing service and the bid and asked prices of which are not published on a regular basis by Bloomberg Financial Markets
Commodities News (or, if not there, then in The Wall Street Journal) the lower of the bid prices at such time of determination for such investments by any two nationally recognized government securities dealers (selected by the Issuer in its
absolute discretion) at the time making a market in such investments, plus accrued interest thereon; and 
  
 (f) any accrued but unpaid Counterparty Swap Payment, unless the Swap Counterparty is in default of its obligations under the Swap
Agreement. 
  
 “Variable Rate Notes” means Notes
whose interest rate is not fixed but varies on a periodic basis as specified in the Supplemental Indenture providing for the issuance thereof. 
  
 “Verification Agent” means Lord Securities Corporation in its capacity as verification agent under the Verification Agent Agreement, or
any other Person providing similar services as to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has occurred. 
  
 “Verification Agent Agreement” means the Verification Agent Agreement dated as of
[                    ], 2005 among the Issuer, the Issuer Administrator and the Verification Agent, as such agreement may be amended from time
to time. 
  
 Section 1.02. Definitions of General Terms.
Unless the context shall clearly indicate otherwise, or may otherwise require, in this Indenture the terms “herein,” “hereunder,” “hereby,” “hereto,” “hereof” and any similar terms refer to this
Indenture as a whole and not to any particular article, section or subdivision hereof. 
  
 Unless the context shall clearly indicate otherwise, or may otherwise require, in this Indenture: (a) references to articles, sections and other subdivisions, whether by number or letter or otherwise, are to the
respective or corresponding articles, sections or subdivisions of this Indenture as such articles, sections or subdivisions may be amended from time to time; (b) references to articles, chapters, subchapters and sections of the Statutes, or to any
public law or other statute of the United States or any section thereof, are to the respective or corresponding chapters, subchapters, sections and statutes as they may be amended from time to time; (c) the word “heretofore” means before
the date of execution of this Indenture, the word “now” means at the date of execution of this Indenture, and the word “hereafter” means after the date of execution of this Indenture; and (d) the word “or” is not
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 Section 1.03. Computations. Unless the facts shall then be otherwise, all computations required
for the purposes of this Indenture shall be made on the assumption that: (a) the principal of and interest on all Notes shall be paid as and when the same become due; (b) all credits required by this Indenture to be made to any Fund or Account shall
be made in the amounts and at the times required; (c) all Notes required by this Indenture to be paid from moneys credited to the Note Principal Account shall be paid on the respective Sinking Fund Payment Dates therefor in the amounts and at the
times as required by this Indenture; and (d) all Issuer Swap Payments and Counterparty Swap Payments (unless the Swap Counterparty is then in default of its obligations under the Swap Agreement) shall be paid when the same become due. 
  
 Section 1.04. Compliance Certificates and Opinions, Etc. Except as
otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, upon any application or request by the Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee an Issuer Certificate stating that all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such Counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

  
 Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include: 
  
 (a) a statement that each signatory of such certificate or opinion has read or has caused to be read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto; 
  
 (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based; 
  
 (c) a
statement that, in the opinion of each such signatory, such signatory has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such signatory to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and 
  
 (d) a statement as to whether, in the
opinion of each such signatory, such condition or covenant has been complied with. 
  
 In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one
such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or
give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. 
  
 Any certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Issuer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, Counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which such certificate of an Authorized Officer is based are erroneous. Any such certificate of an Authorized Officer or opinion of Counsel may be
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 representations by, an officer or officers of the Servicer or the Issuer, stating that the information with respect to
such factual matters is in the possession of the Servicer or the Issuer, unless such Authorized Officer or Counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous. 
  
 Where any Person is required to make,
give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. 
  
 Whenever in this Indenture, in connection with any application or certificate
or report to the Trustee, it is provided that the Issuer shall deliver any document as a condition of the granting of such application, or as evidence of the Issuer’s compliance with any term hereof, it is intended that the truth and accuracy,
at the time of the granting of such application or at the effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the facts and opinions stated in such document shall in such case be conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer to
have such application granted or to the sufficiency of such certificate or report. The foregoing shall not, however, be construed to affect the Trustee’s right to rely upon the truth and accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any
such document as provided in Article VII hereof. 
  
 Section
1.05. Evidence of Action by the Issuer. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any request, direction, command, order, notice, certificate or other instrument of, by or from the Issuer shall be effective and binding upon
the Issuer for the purposes of this Indenture if signed by an Authorized Officer. 
  
 Section 1.06. Exclusion of Notes Held By or For the Issuer. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite Principal Amount of Notes Outstanding have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Notes owned by the Issuer shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be disregarded. 
  
 Section 1.07. Exhibits. Exhibit A (Form of Eligible Loan Acquisition Certificate) and Exhibit B (Form of Student Loan Purchase Agreement) are
attached to and by reference made a part of this Indenture. 
  
 ARTICLE II 
  
 THE NOTES AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

  
 Section 2.01. General Title. There is hereby
created and established an issue of Notes of the Issuer to be known and designated as “Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes,” which Notes may be issued in series as hereinafter provided. With respect to the Notes of any particular series, the
Issuer may incorporate in or add to the general title of such Notes any words, letters or figures designed to distinguish that series. 
  
 Section 2.02. General Limitations; Issuable in Series; Purposes and Conditions for Issuance; Payment of Principal and Interest. The aggregate
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 may be authenticated and delivered and Outstanding under this Indenture is not limited, except as may be limited by law.
The Notes may be issued in series as from time to time authorized by Issuer Order. 
  
 Notes shall be issued only for the purposes of (a) providing funds for the acquisition by the Issuer of Eligible Loans (including, for this purpose, the acquisition under this Indenture of Eligible Loans previously
purchased by the Issuer or any affiliate of the Issuer from other available moneys of the Issuer or such affiliate) or for the payment of guarantee or origination fees with respect to Student Loans; (b) refunding at or before their Stated Maturity
any or all Outstanding Notes issued for that purpose; (c) paying Servicing Fees, Administration Fees, Note Fees, Costs of Issuance and capitalized interest on the Notes being issued; (d) making deposits to the Reserve Fund; and (e) such other
purposes relating to the Issuer’s loan programs as may be provided in a Supplemental Indenture. 
  
 The Notes, including the principal thereof, premium, if any, and interest thereon and any Carry-Over Amounts (and accrued interest thereon) with respect
thereto, and Other Obligations are limited obligations of the Issuer, payable solely from the revenues and assets of the Issuer pledged therefor under this Indenture. 
  
 In the event a default occurs in the due and punctual payment of any interest on any Note, interest shall be payable thereon
to the extent permitted by law on the overdue installment of interest, at the interest rate borne by the Note in respect of which such interest is overdue. 
  
 The principal of and premium, if any, on the Notes, together with interest payable on the Notes at the Maturity thereof if the date of such Maturity is
other than a regularly scheduled Interest Payment Date, shall, except as hereinafter provided or as otherwise provided in a Supplemental Indenture, be payable upon presentation and surrender of such Notes at the Principal Office of the Trustee or,
at the option of the Holder, at the Principal Office of a duly appointed Paying Agent. Interest due on the Notes on each regularly scheduled Interest Payment Date and payments of principal of and premium, if any, on the Notes prior to the Maturity
thereof shall, except as hereinafter provided or as otherwise provided in a Supplemental Indenture, be payable by check or draft drawn upon the Trustee mailed to the Person who is the Holder thereof as of 5:00 p.m. on the Regular Record Date
relating thereto, at the address of such Holder as it appears on the Note Register. Any interest not so timely paid or duly provided for (herein referred to as “Defaulted Interest”) shall cease to be payable to the Person who is the Holder
thereof at the close of business on the Regular Record Date and shall be payable to the Person who is the Holder thereof at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of any such defaulted interest. Such Special Record Date shall
be fixed by the Trustee whenever moneys become available for payment of the Defaulted Interest, and notice of the Special Record Date shall be given to the Holders of the Notes not less than 10 days prior thereto by first-class mail to each such
Holder as shown on the Note Register on a date selected by the Trustee, stating the date of the Special Record Date and the date fixed for the payment of such Defaulted Interest. All payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Notes shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America. 
  
 After the issuance of the Initial Notes, and from time to time, one or more additional series of Notes may be issued upon compliance with the provisions of Article II hereof (except 
  

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 where specifically indicated otherwise in this Section) in such Principal Amounts as may be determined by the Issuer for
any of the purposes hereinbefore specified in this Section upon compliance with the following conditions and any additional conditions specified in a Supplemental Indenture: 
  
 (a) An Authorized Officer of the Issuer shall have certified (as evidenced by an Issuer Certificate filed with the Trustee)
that the Issuer is not in default in the performance of any of its covenants and agreements in this Indenture made (unless, in the opinion of Counsel, any such default does not deprive any Beneficiary in any material respect of the security afforded
by this Indenture). 
  
 (b) A Rating Agency Confirmation shall
have been obtained with respect to the issuance of such additional series of Notes. 
  
 (c) An opinion of Counsel to the Issuer to the effect that: (i) this Indenture and such Supplemental Indenture have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuer and, assuming due authorization, execution
and delivery by the other parties thereto, is valid and binding upon the Issuer (subject to the operation of bankruptcy, insolvency, preferential transfer, fraudulent transfer, fraudulent conveyance or other laws relating to or affecting creditors
rights generally, now existing or hereafter enacted, and by the application of general principles of equity including those relating to equitable subordination and judicial discretion); (ii) pursuant to this Indenture the Issuer has granted a
security interest, and all necessary action on the part of the Issuer has been taken as required to grant a security interest under this Indenture, in all of the Trust Estate to the Trustee, subject to customary exceptions; (iii) upon the execution,
authentication and delivery thereof, such Notes will have been duly and validly authorized and issued in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; (iv) such Notes are valid and binding obligations of the Issuer; (v) the Notes will be
classified as debt for federal income tax purposes; and (vi) the Trustee will have a perfected security interest in all Financed Student Loans. 
  
 (d) A written order as to the delivery of such Notes, signed by an Authorized Officer. 
  
 Section 2.03. Terms of Particular Series. Each series of Notes shall be created by and issued pursuant to a
Supplemental Indenture and such Supplemental Indenture shall designate Notes of each series as Senior Notes, Subordinate Notes or Junior Subordinate Notes. The Notes of each series shall bear such date or dates, shall be payable at such place or
places, shall have such Stated Maturities and Sinking Fund Payment Dates, shall bear interest at such rate or rates, from such date or dates, payable in such installments and on Interest Payment Dates and at such place or places, may be subject to
redemption at such Prepayment Price or Prices and upon such terms, may be entitled to distributions of principal upon such terms, may have such provisions for accrual of Carry-Over Amounts (and interest thereon), payable in such installments and on
Interest Payment Dates and at such place or places, upon such terms as shall be provided for in the Supplemental Indenture creating that series. The Supplemental Indenture creating any series of Notes may contain a provision limiting the aggregate
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 All Notes of the same series shall be substantially identical in tenor and effect, except as to
denomination, the differences specified herein or in a Supplemental Indenture between interest rates, Stated Maturities and redemption and principal distribution provisions. 
  
 Section 2.04. Form and Denominations. The Notes of each series and the Trustee’s or Authenticating Agent’s
certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the forms set forth in the Supplemental Indenture providing for the issuance thereof, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture or such Supplemental Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing
such Notes, as evidenced by their signing of the Notes. Any portion of the text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Note. The Notes of each series shall be distinguished from
the Notes of other series and Term Notes shall be distinguished from Serial Notes in such manner as the Issuer may determine. 
  
 The Notes of any series may be issuable only as fully registered Notes. 
  
 The Notes of each series shall be issuable in such denominations as shall be provided in the provisions of the Supplemental
Indenture creating such series. 
  
 Section 2.05. Execution,
Authentication and Delivery. The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by the Delaware Trustee, which signature may be facsimiles. 
  
 Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers shall bind the Issuer, notwithstanding that such
individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such offices at the date of such Notes. 
  
 At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Issuer may deliver Notes executed
by the Issuer to the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent for authentication; and, upon Issuer Order, the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent, as the case may be, shall authenticate and deliver such Notes as in this Indenture provided and not
otherwise. 
  
 No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for in the Supplemental Indenture authorizing the issuance thereof executed by the Trustee or
the Authenticating Agent by manual signature of one of its authorized officers, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. 

 
 Section 2.06. Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of
definitive Notes, the Issuer may execute and, upon Issuer Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Notes which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any denomination, substantially of the
tenor of the definitive Notes in lieu of which they are issued, in fully registered form, without coupons, and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers of the Issuer executing such Notes may
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 If temporary Notes are issued, the Issuer will cause definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable
delay. After the preparation of definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the Principal Office of the Trustee, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for
cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like Principal Amount of definitive Notes of the same series and Stated Maturity of authorized
denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Notes. 
  
 Section 2.07. Registration, Transfer and Exchange. The Issuer shall cause to be kept at the Principal Office of the Note Registrar a Note Register
in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer shall provide for the registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes as herein provided. The Issuer may, in a Supplemental Indenture, appoint an Authenticating Agent
for the purpose of receiving, authenticating and delivering Notes in connection with transfers, exchanges and registrations as herein provided. Unless an Authenticating Agent is designated to serve in such capacity pursuant to a Supplemental
Indenture or is otherwise directed, and agrees, to so serve in accordance with an Issuer Order, the Trustee shall be Note Registrar for the purpose of registering Notes and transfer of Notes as herein provided. At reasonable times and under
reasonable regulations established by the Note Registrar, the Note Register may be inspected and copied by the Issuer or by the Holders (or a designated representative thereof) of 10% or more in Principal Amount of Notes then Outstanding.

  
 The Trustee and any Authenticating Agent shall adhere, with
respect to transfer of Notes, to the standards for efficiency in transfer agent performance established in Securities and Exchange Commission Rules 17Ad-2 through 17Ad-7 under the Exchange Act, most particularly Rule 17Ad-2, which requires that
registered transfer agents process at least 90% of routine items (such as certificates presented for transfer) received during any month within three business days of their receipt. 
  
 Upon surrender for transfer or exchange of any Note at the Principal Office of the Note Registrar or at the Principal Office
of any Authenticating Agent, or on a Tender Date with respect to Notes which are required to be tendered for purchase, whether or not surrendered on such date, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent, as the case may
be, shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, including transferees designated by a Tender Agent with respect to Notes required to be tendered for purchase, or in exchange for the Note surrendered, one
or more new fully registered Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations, of like aggregate Principal Amount, of the same series, having the same Stated Maturity and interest rate and bearing numbers not previously assigned. 
  
 All Notes executed, delivered and authenticated pursuant to the preceding
paragraph shall be registered in the name of the Holder presenting the Note for exchange or the designated transferee, as the case may be, on the Note Register on the date of such transfer or exchange. 
  

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 All Notes surrendered upon any exchange or transfer provided for in this Indenture shall be promptly
canceled by the Trustee upon receipt thereof from the Note Registrar or the Authenticating Agent, as the case may be, and thereafter disposed of as directed by Issuer Order. 
  
 All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange of Notes, including Notes issued in lieu of Notes required to be tendered for
purchase on a Tender Date, whether or not surrendered, shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same security and benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or
exchange or in lieu of which such Notes were issued. 
  
 Every
Note presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Note Registrar or the Authenticating Agent, as the case may be, duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar or the Authenticating Agent, as the case may be,
which requirements include membership or participation in a “signature guarantee program” determined by the Note Registrar or the Authenticating Agent, as the case may be, in accordance with the Exchange Act, and such other documents as
the Trustee may require. 
  
 No service charge shall be imposed on
a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of a Note. The Issuer may require payment by the Holder thereof of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange
of Notes, other than exchanges upon a partial redemption of, or distribution of principal with respect to, a Note not involving any transfer. All other expenses incurred by the Issuer, the Trustee, the Note Registrar or the Authenticating Agent in
connection with any transfer or exchange of Notes shall be paid by the Issuer. 
  
 Except in connection with a Tender Date, the Issuer shall not be required to transfer any Note (a) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Notes of the same series for
redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such selection, (b) selected for redemption in whole or in part, (c) after receipt by the Tender Agent of a properly completed demand for purchase of such Note in accordance with the
Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which it was issued and through the corresponding Tender Date, or (d) on or after the date notice of a Tender Date is given and through such Tender Date. In the event that a Note is transferred in connection with a
Tender Date either during the period referred to in clause (a) or after being selected for redemption in whole or in part, the Note Registrar or the Authenticating Agent, as appropriate, shall give written notice to any transferee thereof that such
Note may be, or has been, selected for redemption, as the case may be. 
  
 The Book-Entry Notes (a) shall be delivered by the Issuer to the Securities Depository or, pursuant to the Securities Depository’s instructions, shall be delivered by the Issuer on behalf of the Securities Depository to and deposited
with the DTC Custodian, and in each case shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co. and (b) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: 
  

“Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the
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 transfer, exchange or payment, and any Note issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as
is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.” 
  
 The Book-Entry Notes may be deposited with such other Securities Depository as the Issuer may from time to time designate, and shall bear such legend as
may be appropriate; provided that such successor Securities Depository maintains a book-entry system that qualifies to be treated as “registered form” under Section 163(f)(3) of the Code. 
  
 The Issuer and the Trustee are hereby authorized to execute and deliver a
Letter of Representations with the Securities Depository relating to the Notes of each series. 
  
 With respect to Notes registered in the Note Register in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the Securities Depository, the Issuer and the Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to Direct or Indirect
Participants or Beneficial Owners for which the Securities Depository holds Notes from time to time as a Securities Depository. Without limiting the immediately preceding sentence, the Issuer and the Trustee shall have no responsibility or
obligation with respect to (a) the accuracy of the records of the Securities Depository, Cede & Co., or any Direct or Indirect Participant with respect to the ownership interest in the Notes; (b) the delivery to any Direct or Indirect
Participant or any other Person, other than a Holder of a Note; (c) the payment to any Direct or Indirect Participant or any other Person, other than a Holder of a Note as shown in the Note Register, of any amount with respect to any distribution of
principal or interest on the Notes; or (d) the making of book-entry transfers among Participants of the Securities Depository with respect to Notes registered in the Note Register in the name of the nominee of the Securities Depository. No Person
other than a Holder of a Note as shown in the Note Register shall receive a Note evidencing such Note. 
  
 Upon delivery by the Securities Depository to the Trustee of written notice to the effect that the Securities Depository has determined to substitute a
new nominee in place of Cede & Co., and subject to the provisions hereof with respect to the payment of distributions by the mailing of checks or drafts to the Holders of Notes appearing as Holders in the Note Register, the name “Cede &
Co.” in this Indenture shall refer to such new nominee of the Securities Depository. 
  
 In the event that (a) the Securities Depository or the Issuer advises the Trustee in writing that the Securities Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities as nominee and
depository with respect to the Book-Entry Notes and the Issuer is unable to locate a qualified successor; or (b) the Issuer at its sole option elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Securities Depository, the Book-Entry Notes shall no
longer be restricted to being registered in the Note Register in the name of Cede & Co. (or a successor nominee) as nominee of the Securities Depository. At that time, the Issuer may determine that the Book-Entry Notes shall be registered in the
name of and deposited with a successor depository operating a global book-entry system, as may be acceptable to the Issuer, or such depository’s agent or designee but, if the Issuer does not select such alternative global 
  

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 book-entry system, then upon surrender to the Note Registrar of the Book-Entry Notes by the Securities Depository,
accompanied by the registration instructions from the Securities Depository for registration, the Issuer shall issue, and the Trustee shall at the Issuer’s expense authenticate, Individual Notes. Neither the Issuer nor the Trustee shall be
liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Individual Notes, the Trustee, the Note Registrar, the Issuer, any Paying Agent and the
Depositor shall recognize the Holders of the Individual Notes as Holders hereunder. 
  
 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture to the contrary, so long as any Book-Entry Notes are registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the Securities Depository, all distributions of
principal and interest on such Book-Entry Notes and all notices with respect to such Book-Entry Notes shall be made and given, respectively, in the manner provided in the applicable Letter of Representations. 
  
 Subject to the preceding paragraphs, upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Note at the office of the Note Registrar and, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth below, the Issuer shall execute in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, a new Note of the same Principal Amount and dated
the date of authentication by the Trustee. The Note Registrar, if not the Trustee, shall notify the Trustee of any such transfer. 
  
 By acceptance of an Individual Note which is not a Public Security, whether upon original issuance or subsequent transfer, each holder of such a Note
acknowledges the restrictions on the transfer of such Note set forth in the Securities Legend and agrees that it will transfer such a Note only as provided herein. 
  
 No transfer of any Note shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the Securities Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer of a Note that is not a Public Security, unless such transfer is made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the
Securities Act as evidenced by a certificate signed by such transferee in substantially the form provided in the Supplemental Indenture with respect to such Notes, (a) the Trustee may require a written opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house
counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and laws or is being
made pursuant to the Securities Act and laws, which opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Issuer or the Trust Estate; and (b) the Trustee shall require the transferee to execute a transferee letter certifying to the Issuer
and the Trustee the facts surrounding such transfer, which transferee letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Issuer or the Trust Estate. The holder of a Note desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the
Trustee, the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Issuer against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. None of the Issuer, the Trustee, the Eligible Lender Trustee or
the Depositor is obligated to register or qualify any Note under the Securities Act or any state securities laws. 
  

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 By acquiring a Note, each purchaser and transferee shall be deemed to represent, warrant and covenant
that either (a) it is not an employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement which is subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) and/or Section 4975 of the Code (each, a
“Plan”) and it is not acquiring a Note directly or indirectly for, or on behalf of, a Plan or any entity whose underlying assets include “plan assets” (within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101) by reason of a Plan’s
investment in the entity; or (b) if it is a Plan, that no non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or other similar, applicable law will result from the acquisition, holding or disposition of a Note.

  
 Section 2.08. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen
Notes. If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Note Registrar, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Note of the same series and of like
tenor and Principal Amount, Stated Maturity and interest rate, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. If the Issuer, the Note Registrar, any Authenticating Agent and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction,
loss or theft of any Note, and there is delivered to the Issuer, the Note Registrar, any Authenticating Agent and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the
Issuer, the Note Registrar, any Authenticating Agent or the Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Issuer shall execute and upon its request the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in
exchange for or in lieu of such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a new Note of the same series and of like tenor, Principal Amount, Stated Maturity and interest rate. 
  
 In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in
its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Note, pay such Note. 
  
 Every new Note issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any
time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes of such series duly issued and authenticated hereunder. Neither the Issuer, the Trustee, the Note
Registrar nor any Authenticating Agent shall be required to treat both the original Note and any duplicate Note as being Outstanding for the purpose of determining the Principal Amount of Notes which may be issued hereunder or for the purpose of
determining any percentage of Notes Outstanding hereunder, but both the original and duplicate Note shall be treated as one and the same. 
  
 Upon the issuance of any new Note under this Section, the Issuer may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Note Registrar, any Authenticating Agent and the Trustee) connected therewith. 
  
 The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with
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 Section 2.09. Interest Rights Preserved; Dating of Notes. Each Note delivered under this Indenture
upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry all the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Note. Each Note shall bear an original issue date as provided in the
Supplemental Indenture authorizing the issuance of the series of Notes of which such Note is a part and, upon the original delivery of a series of Notes or an exchange or transfer of Notes pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent, as the case may be, shall date each Note to be delivered as of the date of authentication thereof, except as may be otherwise provided in a Supplemental Indenture with respect to Notes of the series authorized to be issued
thereby. 
  
 Section 2.10. Persons Deemed Holders. The
Issuer, the Trustee, each Authenticating Agent, each Paying Agent, each Note Registrar, each Tender Agent and any other agent of the Issuer may treat the Person in whose name any Registered Note is registered as the owner of such Note for the
purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any), interest on and any Carry-Over Amounts (and accrued interest thereon) with respect to such Note and (except as may be provided in a Supplemental Indenture with respect to Beneficial
Ownership Interests) for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Note Registrar, any Tender Agent nor any other agent of the Issuer
shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
  
 Section 2.11.
Cancellation. All Notes surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer or exchange, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly canceled by it, and, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, shall be delivered to the Trustee and,
if not already canceled, shall be promptly canceled by it. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder, which Notes so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the
Trustee. All canceled Notes held by the Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by an Issuer Order. 
  
 Section 2.12. Credit Enhancement Facilities and Swap Agreements. The Issuer may from time to time, pursuant to a Supplemental Indenture, enter into
or obtain the benefit of any Credit Enhancement Facility with respect to any Notes of any series or any Swap Agreement; provided that (a) a Rating Agency Confirmation is obtained with respect to any such Credit Enhancement Facility or Swap Agreement
and (b) any such Credit Enhancement Facility or Swap Agreement satisfies any conditions specified in a prior Supplemental Indenture. 
  
 Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, (a) any Supplemental Indenture authorizing the execution by the Issuer of a Swap Agreement or
Credit Enhancement Facility may include provisions with respect to the application and use of all amounts to be paid thereunder; (b) no amounts paid under any such Credit Enhancement Facility shall be part of the Trust Estate except to the extent,
if any, specifically provided in such Supplemental Indenture and no Beneficiaries shall have any rights with respect to any such amounts so paid except as may be specifically provided in such Supplemental Indenture; (c) Notes of one or more series
or any portions thereof may be secured by a pledge of any or all amounts payable pursuant to such Credit Enhancement Facility, in the manner and to the extent provided in such Supplemental Indenture, and such Notes may be either Senior Notes or
Subordinate Notes for purposes hereof; and (d) except as otherwise provided in the Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which such Credit Enhancement Facility is obtained or such Swap Agreement is entered into, the Issuer’s 
  

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 obligations under any such Credit Enhancement Facility or Swap Agreement shall be limited obligations, payable solely
from the revenues and assets of the Issuer pledged therefor under this Indenture. 
  
 ARTICLE III 
  
 PREPAYMENT OF NOTES 
  
 Section 3.01. Right of
Prepayment. The Notes of any series shall be subject to redemption or principal distribution as provided in this Article and in the Supplemental Indenture creating such series. As used in this Article and elsewhere in this Indenture, references
to “prepay” shall mean to make payments of principal prior to Stated Maturity, and shall be deemed to include references to “redeem” or “make distributions of principal with respect to,” as appropriate. 
  
 Notes which may be prepaid before their Stated Maturity shall be prepaid in
accordance with their terms, this Indenture and (except as otherwise provided with respect to the Notes of any particular series by the provisions of the Supplemental Indenture creating such series) in accordance with this Article. 
  
 Section 3.02. Election To Prepay or Purchase; Notice to Trustee; Senior
Asset Requirement and Subordinate Asset Requirement. The election of the Issuer to prepay any Notes or cause any Notes then subject to prepayment to be purchased by the Trustee (other than on a Tender Date) shall be evidenced by an Issuer Order,
received by the Trustee no later than the tenth Business Day prior to the date on which notice of prepayment must be given in order to effect a prepayment on the Prepayment Date established with respect to a series of Notes in the Supplemental
Indenture authorizing the issuance of the Notes of such series, stating the Prepayment Date, the Principal Amount, the series of Notes, and, if applicable, the Stated Maturity within a series, to be prepaid. 
  
 Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary but apart from the
prepayment of Subordinate Notes which are no longer Outstanding by reason of Section 9.01 hereof or the prepayment of Subordinate Notes on a Sinking Fund Payment Date, no prepayment or purchase (other than on a Tender Date) of Subordinate Notes by
the Trustee shall be effected hereunder unless prior to the Trustee giving notice of redemption, transferring moneys to the Retirement Account to make a principal distribution or soliciting a purchase, as the case may be, the Issuer furnishes the
Trustee an Issuer Certificate to the effect that, as of the date Subordinate Notes are to be selected for prepayment or purchase or such determination to prepay is made, and after giving effect to such prepayment or purchase, the Senior Asset
Requirement will be met, and such Issuer Certificate shall contain the information used to calculate the Senior Asset Requirement and the Trustee shall verify that the Senior Asset Requirement will be met. Such Subordinate Notes may be prepaid on
the Prepayment Date or purchased on the purchase date therefor if the foregoing conditions are met on the date such Notes are selected for redemption or purchase or as of the date on which moneys are transferred to the Retirement Account to make any
distribution of principal with respect to such Notes, whether or not such conditions are met on the Prepayment Date or the date of purchase. Any election to prepay Notes of a series may also be conditioned upon such additional requirements as may be
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 Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary but apart from the prepayment of Junior Subordinate
Notes which are no longer Outstanding by reason of Section 9.01 hereof or the prepayment of Junior Subordinate Notes on a Sinking Fund Payment Date, no prepayment or purchase (other than on a Tender Date) of Junior Subordinate Notes by the Trustee
shall be effected hereunder unless prior to the Trustee giving notice of redemption, transferring moneys to the Retirement Account to make a principal distribution or soliciting a purchase, as the case may be, the Issuer furnishes the Trustee an
Issuer Certificate to the effect that, as of the date Junior Subordinate Notes are to be selected for prepayment or purchase or such determination to prepay is made, and after giving effect to such prepayment or purchase, both the Senior Asset
Requirement and the Subordinate Asset Requirement will be met, and such Issuer Certificate shall contain the information used to calculate the Senior Asset Requirement and the Subordinate Asset Requirement and the Trustee shall verify that the
Senior Asset Requirement and the Subordinate Asset Requirement will be met. Such Junior Subordinate Notes may be prepaid on the Prepayment Date or purchased on the purchase date therefor if the foregoing conditions are met on the date such Notes are
selected for redemption or purchase or as of the date on which moneys are transferred to the Retirement Account to make any distribution of principal with respect to such Notes, whether or not such conditions are met on the Prepayment Date or the
date of purchase. Any election to prepay Notes of a series may also be conditioned upon such additional requirements as may be set forth in the Supplemental Indenture authorizing the issuance of such Notes. 
  
 Section 3.03. Selection by Trustee of Notes To Be Prepaid. Subject to
Section 3.02 hereof, Balances deposited to the credit of the Retirement Account to provide for the payment of the Prepayment Price of Notes subject to mandatory redemption, or required distributions of principal with respect to Notes, shall be
applied to the payment of Notes of all series subject to such prepayment (or to the reimbursement of any Credit Facility Provider for such payment) in such order of priority as may be established by the Supplemental Indentures pursuant to which such
Notes have been issued or, in the absence of direction from such Supplemental Indentures, in the order of the Stated Maturities of such Notes, and among Notes with the same Stated Maturity, in the order in which such Notes were issued. 

 
 If less than all Notes of a series are to be prepaid, the Trustee shall
select the particular Notes to be prepaid as provided in the Supplemental Indenture providing for the issuance of such Notes. The Trustee may provide for the selection for prepayment of portions of the principal of Notes in the denomination larger
than the smallest authorized denomination of the Notes of that series or multiple thereof. 
  
 The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer and any Paying Agent in writing of the Notes selected for prepayment and, in the case of any Note selected for partial prepayment, the Principal Amount thereof to be
prepaid. 
  
 For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the
context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the prepayment of Notes shall relate, in the case of any Note prepaid or to be prepaid only in part, to the portion of the principal of such Note which has been or is to be prepaid. 

 

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 Section 3.04. Notice of Prepayment. Notice of prepayment with respect to any series of Notes shall
be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed by the date specified in the Supplemental Indenture creating such series to each Holder of Notes to be prepaid at the address of such Holder appearing in the Note Register; but neither failure to
give such notice nor any defect in any notice so given shall affect the validity of the proceedings for prepayment of any Note not affected by such failure or defect. 
  
 All notices of prepayment shall state: 
  
 (a) the Prepayment Date; 
  
 (b) the Prepayment Price; 
  
 (c) the name (including series designation), Stated Maturity and CUSIP numbers of the Notes to be prepaid,
the Principal Amount of Notes of each series to be prepaid, and, if less than all outstanding Notes of a series are to be prepaid, the identification (and, in the case of partial prepayment, the respective Principal Amounts) of the Notes of each
series to be prepaid; 
  
 (d) that, on the
Prepayment Date, the Prepayment Price of and accrued interest on each such Note will become due and payable and that interest on each such Note shall cease to accrue on and after such date; 
  
 (e) the place or places where such Notes are to be
surrendered for payment of the Prepayment Price thereof and accrued interest thereon; and 
  
 (f) if it be the case, that such Notes are to be prepaid by the application of certain specified trust moneys and for certain specified
reasons. 
  
 Within 60 days after any Prepayment Date, a second
notice of prepayment shall be given, in the manner described above, to the Holder of any Note that was not presented for prepayment within 30 days after the Prepayment Date. 
  
 Section 3.05. Notes Payable on Prepayment Date and Sinking Fund Payment Date. Notice of prepayment having been given
as aforesaid, the Notes so to be prepaid shall, on the Prepayment Date, become due and payable at the Prepayment Price specified plus accrued interest thereon to the Prepayment Date and on and after such date (unless the Issuer shall default in the
payment of the Prepayment Price and accrued interest) such Notes (or portions thereof) shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Note for redemption in accordance with such notice, such Note shall be paid at the Prepayment Price
thereof plus (unless the Prepayment Date is a regularly scheduled Interest Payment Date) accrued interest to the Prepayment Date. Installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Prepayment Date shall continue to be payable to
the applicable Holder. 
  
 If any Note called for redemption shall
not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the Prepayment Price and, to the extent lawful, interest thereon shall, until paid, bear interest from the Prepayment Date at the rate borne by the Note. 
  

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 Section 3.06. Notes Prepaid in Part. Any Note other than a Book-Entry Note which is to be redeemed
only in part shall (except as otherwise provided in the Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which the Notes of such series were issued) be surrendered to the Paying Agent (with, if the Paying Agent so requires, due endorsement by, or a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Paying Agent duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing) and the appropriate officers of the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee or an
Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Note, without service charge, a new Note or Notes of the same series, of any authorized denomination or denominations, having the same Stated Maturity and interest rate as
requested by such Holder, in aggregate Principal Amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Note so surrendered. 
  
 Any Note with respect to which a partial distribution of principal is made shall remain Outstanding in the then current Principal Amount. The Trustee
shall retain a record of the Principal Amount of each Note any portion of the principal of which has been distributed, and shall give the Note Registrar (if other than the Trustee) prompt written notice of the current Principal Amount of each such
Note as of the end of each calendar month. 
  
 Section 3.07.
Purchase of Notes. The Issuer may at any time, but subject to Section 3.02 hereof, and in the case of Book-Entry Notes, subject to Section 2.07 hereof, authorize and direct the Trustee to purchase Notes in the open market out of any funds
available for such purpose, such purchases to be made at a price not in excess of the amount specified in this Indenture or, if no amount is specified, the Principal Amount thereof plus accrued interest and any applicable prepayment premium. In
addition, the Issuer may, from time to time, direct the Trustee to request the submission of tenders following published notice requesting such submission prior to making the purchases authorized pursuant to this Section. The Issuer may specify the
maximum and minimum period of time which shall transpire between the date upon which such notice is to be given and the date upon which such tenders are to be accepted or may authorize the Trustee to determine the same in its discretion. No tenders
shall be considered or accepted at any price exceeding the maximum price specified by the Issuer for the purchase of Notes. The Trustee shall accept bids with the lowest price and, in the event the moneys available for purchase pursuant to such
tenders are not sufficient to permit acceptance of all tenders and if there shall be tenders at an equal price above the amounts of moneys available for purchase, then the Trustee shall, determine in its discretion, the Notes tendered which shall be
purchased. All Notes purchased by the Trustee pursuant to this Section shall be canceled and not reissued. 
  
 Section 3.08. Clean-Up Call. If the then current aggregate Principal Amount of all Outstanding Notes is less than ten percent (10%) of the
aggregate initial Principal Amount of all Notes previously issued by the Issuer, then the Issuer shall have the right, but not the obligation, to redeem all of the Outstanding Notes on any Prepayment Date at a Prepayment Price equal to one hundred
percent (100%) of the Principal Amount of such Notes plus accrued interest thereon to such Prepayment Date. 
  

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 ARTICLE IV 
  
 CREATION OF FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS; 
 CREDITS THERETO AND PAYMENTS THEREFROM 
  
 Section 4.01. Creation of Funds and Accounts. There are hereby created and established the following Funds and Accounts to be held by the Trustee and maintained in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture: 
  
 (a) an Acquisition Fund;

  
 (b) an Administration Fund; 
  
 (c) a Reserve Fund; 
  
 (d) a Collection Fund; 
  
 (e) a Debt Service Fund, within which there shall be an
Interest Account, a Principal Account and a Retirement Account; 
  
 (f) a Surplus Fund; and 
  
 (g) a Borrower Benefits Fund. 
  
 The Supplemental Indenture for any series of Notes may provide for the creation of additional Funds, separate Accounts within any Fund or separate subaccounts within any Account, into which moneys representing proceeds of such series,
moneys set aside for the payment of such series, or moneys otherwise allocable to such series shall be deposited or credited. Notwithstanding the creation of such Accounts or subaccounts, moneys therein shall (except as provided in this Section with
respect to amounts paid pursuant to a Credit Enhancement Facility and amounts set aside in an Escrow Account) be available for any purpose for which other moneys in the Fund of which such Account is a part or the Account of which such subaccount is
a part, as the case may be, are authorized to be applied or used. 
  
 Any Supplemental Indenture providing for the issuance of any series of Notes, the payment of which is to be provided pursuant to or secured by a Credit Enhancement Facility, shall also provide for the creation of separate subaccounts within
the Interest Account, the Principal Account and the Retirement Account. Any payment received pursuant to such Credit Enhancement Facility shall be deposited into such subaccounts, and moneys deposited therein shall be used only for the payment of
Debt Service on Notes of such series, or for such other purposes as may be permitted by such Supplemental Indenture, upon the conditions set forth in such Supplemental Indenture. 
  
 Any Supplemental Indenture providing for the issuance of any series of Notes which (or the Beneficial Ownership Interests in
which) must, upon the occurrence of certain circumstances, or may, at the option of the Holder or Beneficial Owner, be tendered for purchase by or on behalf of the Issuer shall also provide for the creation of a separate Fund for such purpose. Any
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 Supplemental Indenture (including proceeds of remarketing of such Notes or Beneficial Ownership Interests, amounts
provided pursuant to a Credit Enhancement Facility which provides liquidity for the payment of such purchase price, or amounts received from other sources) shall be deposited into such Fund, and moneys deposited therein shall be used only for the
payment of the purchase price of Notes of such series (or the Beneficial Ownership Interests therein) on a Tender Date, or for such other purposes as may be permitted by such Supplemental Indenture (including reimbursement of the Credit Facility
Provider for the payment of such purchase price). 
  
 In addition,
a Supplemental Indenture may provide for the creation of one or more Escrow Accounts within the Debt Service Fund, upon the defeasance of Notes pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof. Moneys deposited in any Escrow Account shall be used only for the
payment of the Notes with respect to which the Escrow Account was established. 
  
 Section 4.02. Acquisition Fund. With respect to each series of Notes, the Trustee shall, upon the issuance thereof and from the proceeds of issuance thereof, credit to the Acquisition Fund the amount, if any,
specified in the Supplemental Indenture providing for the issuance of such series of Notes. The Trustee shall also deposit in the Acquisition Fund: (a) any funds to be transferred thereto from the Collection Fund as provided in Section 4.05 hereof,
or from the Surplus Fund as provided in Section 4.07 hereof; and (b) any other amounts specified in a Supplemental Indenture to be deposited therein. 
  
 Balances in the Acquisition Fund shall be used only for (a) the acquisition of Eligible Loans including the payment of any related Premium and origination
fees, if any, and any related Add-On Loan; (b) the redemption or purchase of, or distribution of principal with respect to, Notes as provided in a Supplemental Indenture providing for the issuance of such Notes; (c) the payment of Debt Service on
the Notes and Other Obligations when due (upon transfer to the Debt Service Fund as set forth below in this Section); (d) following the Acquisition Period, the deposit of amounts into the Debt Service Fund; (e) the deposit of amounts into the
Administration Fund to pay Administration Fees, Servicing Fees and Note Fees as provided in Section 4.03 hereof; or (f) such other purposes related to the Issuer’s loan programs as may be provided in the Supplemental Indenture authorizing a
series of Notes. The Trustee shall make payments from the Acquisition Fund to Lenders for the acquisition of Eligible Loans, including all related Premiums, if any, in connection therewith, and any related Add-On Loan, upon receipt by the Trustee of
an Eligible Loan Acquisition Certificate and all documents and certificates required thereby. 
  
 If, on any Monthly Calculation Date, the Balance in the Acquisition Fund available for such purpose is less than the amount set forth in an Issuer Certificate as the amount expected to be needed to pay such
origination fees, related premiums and other fees due in the next month, the Trustee shall transfer to the Acquisition Fund an amount equal to such deficiency from the following Funds in the following order of priority: (i) the Collection Fund and
(ii) the Surplus Fund. 
  
 Balances in the Acquisition Fund (other
than any portion of such Balance consisting of Student Loans) shall be transferred to the credit of the Debt Service Fund on the Monthly Calculation Date of each calendar month to the extent required to provide for the payment of the 
  

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 Debt Service on the Notes and any Other Obligations, all as provided in Section 4.06 hereof. Transfers of amounts from
the Acquisition Fund to the Debt Service Fund pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be made by the Trustee without any further authorization or direction. If any amounts have been transferred to the Debt Service Fund pursuant to this paragraph,
the Trustee shall, to the extent necessary to cure the deficiency in the Acquisition Fund as a result of such transfer or transfers, transfer to the Acquisition Fund amounts from the Collection Fund as provided in Section 4.05 hereof. 
  
 Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Supplemental Indenture, on the
first Monthly Calculation Date following the end of the Acquisition Period relating to a series of Notes, the Trustee shall transfer from the Acquisition Fund to the Collection Fund an amount equal to the Remaining Acquisition Amount. 
  
 The Principal Balance of Financed Student Loans in the Acquisition Fund shall
be included in the Balance of the Acquisition Fund until such Financed Student Loans shall have been paid in full or sold or exchanged as herein provided. Interest and principal payments, including Guarantee payments, and Special Allowance Payments
received with respect to Financed Student Loans (excluding, except as otherwise provided in a Supplemental Indenture, any federal interest subsidy payments and Special Allowance Payments that accrued prior to the date on which such Student Loans
were Financed) and proceeds from the sale or other conveyance of Financed Student Loans shall be credited to the Collection Fund as provided in Section 4.05 hereof. 
  
 Except as otherwise set forth in a Supplemental Indenture (which Supplemental Indenture shall be executed by the Issuer only
after receipt of a Rating Agency Confirmation) or with Rating Agency Confirmation, the Issuer may direct the Trustee and the Eligible Lender Trustee to sell to any purchaser, free and clear of the lien of this Indenture, one or more Student Loans
Financed only in the following circumstances: (a) to the Depositor or other Person if the Depositor or such other Person is required to purchase or repurchase such Financed Student Loan pursuant to a Student Loan Purchase Agreement, a Servicing
Agreement or the Student Loan Repurchase Agreement; (b) in order to avoid an Event of Default hereunder; (c) to a Guarantee Agency; or (d) if all of the Financed Student Loans are sold at a price sufficient to defease all Obligations Outstanding
under this Indenture as described in Article IX hereof and such proceeds are so used. Prior to any such sale the Trustee shall have received an Issuer Certificate certifying that such sale will not materially adversely affect the Issuer’s
ability to pay Debt Service on the Outstanding Notes and Outstanding Other Obligations, Carry-Over Amounts (including accrued interest thereon) with respect to Outstanding Notes, Servicing Fees, Administration Fees or Note Fees. Any money received
by the Issuer in connection with a sale of Financed Student Loans pursuant to this paragraph, including those moneys representing the excess of the aggregate Principal Balance of and accrued borrower interest on such Financed Student Loans released
from this Indenture over the aggregate Principal Balance of and accrued borrower interest on the Eligible Loans transferred to this Indenture in exchange therefor, shall be deposited to the credit of the Collection Fund in accordance with the
preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer may not direct the Trustee or the Eligible Trustee to sell any Student Loans Financed with moneys in the Acquisition Fund to the Depositor pursuant to clause (a) of this paragraph
(unless the Depositor is required to repurchase such Student Loan pursuant to a Student Loan Purchase Agreement). 
  

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 Any acquisition or sale of Eligible Loans hereunder may be for an amount of principal, interest and
Special Allowance Payments as of a cut-off date determined by the Issuer, and, notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture to the contrary, compensatory payments and receipts may be made to and from the Acquisition Fund in amounts
necessary to reconcile the same. 
  
 Pending application of moneys
in the Acquisition Fund, such moneys shall be invested in Investment Securities, as provided in Section 4.11 hereof, and any earnings on or income from such investments shall be deposited in the Collection Fund as provided in Section 4.05 hereof.

  
 Section 4.03. Administration Fund. With respect to each
series of Notes, the Trustee shall, upon issuance thereof and from the proceeds of issuance thereof, credit to the Administration Fund the amount, if any, specified in the Supplemental Indenture providing for the issuance of such series of Notes.
The Trustee shall also credit to the Administration Fund all amounts transferred thereto from the Collection Fund as provided in Section 4.05 hereof and the Surplus Fund as provided in Section 4.07 hereof. Amounts in the Administration Fund shall be
used for the payment of Costs of Issuance, Servicing Fees, Administration Fees and Note Fees as provided in this Section. 
  
 On each Monthly Calculation Date, the Trustee shall transfer and credit to the Administration Fund moneys available hereunder for transfer thereto in such
amounts and at such times as an Authorized Officer of the Issuer shall direct by Issuer Order, for the payment of Servicing Fees, Administration Fees and Note Fees due during the next month. Deposits to the credit of the Administration Fund shall be
made from the following sources in the following order of priority: (i) the Collection Fund to the extent and in the manner provided in Section 4.05 hereof; and (ii) the Surplus Fund to the extent and in the manner provided in Section 4.07 hereof.

  
 Amounts in the Administration Fund may, subject to any
limitations specified in a Supplemental Indenture, be paid out for Servicing Fees, Administration Fees or Note Fees at any time upon receipt of an Issuer Order and shall be paid in the full amount designated therein. Amounts in the Administration
Fund may, as provided in a Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which Notes are issued, be paid out for Costs of Issuance related to such Notes upon receipt of an Issuer Order and shall be paid in the full amount designated therein. Upon receipt by
the Trustee of Issuer Orders directing the payment of Note Fees or Costs of Issuance to designated payees in designated amounts for stated services or, in the case of reimbursement of the Issuer for its payment of such Note Fees or Costs of Issuance
or the payment of Servicing Fees or Administration Fees, to the Issuer, and in each case certifying that such payment is authorized by this Indenture, be used for and applied only to pay Servicing Fees, Administration Fees, Note Fees and Costs of
Issuance or to reimburse another fund, account or other source of the Issuer for the previous payment of Administration Fees, Servicing Fees, Note Fees or Costs of Issuance. Payments from the Administration Fund for such purposes shall be made by
check or wire transfer by the Trustee in accordance with such Issuer Orders (which Issuer Order shall have attached thereto the appropriate invoice from the payee and the Trustee shall compare the amount stated in the invoice with the amount
requested by the Issuer Order). The Trustee shall calculate the fees payable to the Auction Agent, the Broker-Dealer, the Issuer Administrator and the Trustee and shall compare its calculations to the amounts requested in the Issuer Order.

  

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 Amounts in the Administration Fund in excess of amounts needed to pay Servicing Fees, Administration Fees or Note Fees
may, upon Issuer Order, be transferred to the Collection Fund. Any Administrative Fees payable to any subadministrator shall be paid directly to such subadministrator and not to or through the Issuer Administrator. 
  
 Pending application of moneys in the Administration Fund, the moneys therein
shall be invested in Investment Securities, as provided in Section 4.11 hereof, and any earnings on or income from such investments shall be deposited in the Collection Fund as provided in Section 4.05 hereof. 
  
 Section 4.04. Reserve Fund. Immediately upon the issuance of any
series of Notes, and from the proceeds of issuance thereof or, at the option of the Issuer, from any amounts to be transferred thereto from the Surplus Fund pursuant to Section 4.07 hereof or from any other available moneys of the Issuer not
otherwise credited to or payable into any Fund or Account under this Indenture or otherwise subject to the pledge and security interest created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall credit to the Reserve Fund the amount, if any, specified in the
Supplemental Indenture providing for the issuance of that series of Notes, such that upon issuance of such Notes, the Balance in the Reserve Fund shall not be less than the Specified Reserve Account Balance. 
  
 If on any Monthly Calculation Date the Balance in the Reserve Fund shall be
less than the Specified Reserve Account Balance, which shall be calculated by the Trustee on such Monthly Calculation Date with the most current information provided to the Trustee, the Trustee shall transfer and credit thereto an amount equal to
the deficiency from moneys available therefor in the following Funds and Accounts in the following order of priority (to the extent not required for credit to the Administration Fund, the Debt Service Fund or the Acquisition Fund): (i) the
Collection Fund and (ii) the Surplus Fund. 
  
 The Balance in the
Reserve Fund shall be used and applied solely for the payment when due of Debt Service on the Notes and the Other Obligations and the other purposes specified in Section 4.06 hereof. Amounts in the Reserve Fund shall be transferred by the Trustee to
the credit of the Debt Service Fund at any time and to the extent that the Balance therein and the Balances available for deposit to the credit thereof from the Collection Fund and the Surplus Fund are insufficient to meet the requirements specified
in Section 4.06 hereof for deposit to the credit of the Debt Service Fund at such time (provided, however, that such amounts shall be applied in the following order of priority: (a) to the payment of interest on the Senior Notes and the payment of
Other Senior Obligations payable from the Interest Account, (b) to the payment of principal and the purchase price of the Senior Notes and the payment of Other Senior Obligations payable from the Principal Account, (c) to the payment of interest on
the Subordinate Notes and the payment of Other Subordinate Obligations payable from the Interest Account, (d) to the payment of principal and the purchase price of the Subordinate Notes and the payment of Other Subordinate Obligations payable from
the Principal Account, (e) to the payment of interest on the Junior Subordinate Notes and the payment of Other Junior Subordinate Obligations payable from the Interest Account and (f) to the payment of principal and the purchase price of the Junior
Subordinate Notes and the payment of Other Junior Subordinate Obligations payable from the Principal Account). 
  

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 On the Stated Maturity or any Prepayment Date of any Notes, amounts in the Reserve Fund shall, upon
Issuer Order, be applied to the payment at Maturity or prepayment of all Outstanding Notes of a series, to the extent that such application will not reduce the Balance of the Reserve Fund below the Specified Reserve Account Balance (calculated as
though the Notes to be retired on such Stated Maturity or Prepayment Date were not Outstanding as of the date of such calculation), and, after giving effect to such payment or prepayment, the conditions of Section 3.02 will be met. In addition, at
any time when the aggregate of the Balances in the Debt Service Fund, the Reserve Fund and the Surplus Fund (exclusive of Financed Student Loans) equals an amount sufficient to discharge and satisfy the obligations of the Issuer with respect to all
of the Outstanding Notes and Other Obligations, all in the manner described in Section 9.01 hereof, said Balances shall, upon Issuer Order, be so applied. 
  
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on any Monthly Calculation Date the Balance in the Reserve Fund exceeds the Specified Reserve Account Balance, such
excess shall, upon Issuer Order, be transferred to the Collection Fund. 
  
 Pending application of moneys in the Reserve Fund, the moneys therein shall be invested in Investment Securities as provided in Section 4.11 hereof, and any earnings on or income from such investments shall be deposited in the Collection
Fund as provided in Section 4.05 hereof. 
  
 Section 4.05.
Collection Fund. The Trustee shall credit to the Collection Fund: (a) all amounts received as interest, including interest subsidy payments, late fees and principal payments with respect to Financed Student Loans, including all Guarantee
payments, and all Special Allowance Payments with respect to Financed Student Loans (excluding, unless otherwise provided in a Supplemental Indenture, any interest subsidy payments and Special Allowance Payments that accrued prior to the date on
which such Student Loans were Financed); (b) unless otherwise provided in a Supplemental Indenture, proceeds of any sale of any Financed Student Loans as permitted by Section 4.02 hereof; (c) amounts transferred thereto from the Acquisition Fund as
provided in Section 4.02 hereof, the Administration Fund as provided in Section 4.03 hereof, the Reserve Fund as provided in Section 4.04 hereof and the Borrower Benefits Fund as provided in Section 4.08 hereof; (d) all amounts received as earnings
on or income from Investment Securities in the Acquisition Fund, the Administration Fund, the Reserve Fund, the Collection Fund, the Debt Service Fund, the Surplus Fund and the Borrower Benefits Fund; (e) all Counterparty Swap Payments; and (f) any
amount representing proceeds of the Notes if and to the extent specified in a Supplemental Indenture. 
  
 The Issuer shall cause all amounts required to be credited to the Collection Fund, upon receipt by the Issuer or a Servicer, or any agent thereof, as the
case may be, to be forthwith transmitted to the Trustee for such credit. 
  
 On each Monthly Calculation Date, the Trustee shall transfer the moneys received during the preceding month in the Collection Fund as directed by Issuer Order in the following order of priority: 
  
 (a) to make any payments due and payable (or anticipated to
be due and payable prior to the next Monthly Calculation Date) by the Issuer to the U.S. Department of Education related to the Student Loans or any other payment due to another entity or 
  

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 trust estate if amounts due by the Issuer or the Eligible Lender Trustee to the U.S. Department of
Education or a Guarantee Agency with respect to the Student Loans were paid by or offset against such other entity or trust estate; 
  
 (b) to the credit of the Administration Fund to the extent and in the manner provided in Section 4.03 hereof; 
  
 (c) to the credit of the Interest Account to the extent and
in the manner provided in Section 4.06(a) hereof to provide for the payment of interest on Senior Notes or Other Senior Obligations (except termination payments due under Senior Swap Agreements as a result of a Swap Counterparty default);

  
 (d) to the credit of the Principal Account to
the extent and in the manner provided in Section 4.06(b) hereof to provide for the payment of principal of Senior Notes at their Stated Maturities or on a Sinking Fund Payment Date, or the reimbursement of Senior Credit Facility Providers for the
payment of principal of the Senior Notes; 
  
 (e)
to the credit of the Interest Account to the extent and in the manner provided in Section 4.06(a) hereof to provide for the payment of interest on Subordinate Notes or Other Subordinate Obligations (except termination payments due under Subordinate
Swap Agreements as a result of a Swap Counterparty default); 
  
 (f) to the credit of the Principal Account to the extent and in the manner provided in Section 4.06(b) hereof to provide for the payment of principal of Subordinate Notes at their Stated Maturities or on a Sinking
Fund Payment Date, or the reimbursement of Subordinate Credit Facility Providers for the payment of principal of the Subordinate Notes; 
  
 (g) to the credit of the Reserve Fund to the extent and in the manner provided in Section 4.04 hereof; 
  
 (h) to the credit of the Retirement Account, in accordance
with Section 4.06(c) hereof to provide for the distribution of principal with respect to Senior Notes identified in a Supplemental Indenture as a “Planned Amortization Class” as may be set forth in such Supplemental Indenture; 

 
 (i) (but only if the Senior Asset Percentage would be not
less than a percentage as to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained upon the application of such amounts) to the credit of the Retirement Account, in accordance with Section 4.06(c) hereof to provide for the distribution of principal
with respect to Subordinate Notes identified in a Supplemental Indenture as a “Planned Amortization Class” as may be set forth in such Supplemental Indenture; 
  
 (j) to the credit of the Interest Account to the extent and in the manner provided in Section 4.06(a) hereof
to provide for the payment of interest on Junior Subordinate Notes or Other Junior Subordinate Obligations (except termination payments due under Junior Subordinate Swap Agreements as a result of a Swap Counterparty default) payable therefrom;

  

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 (k) to the credit of the Principal Account to the extent and in the manner provided in
Section 4.06(b) hereof to provide for the payment of principal of Junior Subordinate Notes at their Stated Maturities or on a Sinking Fund Payment Date or the reimbursement of Junior Subordinate Credit Facility Providers for the payment of principal
of the Junior Subordinate Notes; 
  
 (l) to make
such other payments or distributions as may be set forth in a Supplemental Indenture; 
  
 (m) during a Revolving Period, if any, for a series of Notes, and to the extent directed by Issuer Order, to the credit of the Acquisition
Fund to acquire Eligible Loans and, after such Revolving Period, to the extent directed by Issuer Order, to the credit of the Acquisition Fund an amount equal to any Add-On Loans required to be funded; 
  
 (n) to the credit of the Interest Account to the extent and
in the manner provided in Section 4.06(a) for the payment of Carry-Over Amounts (and interest thereon) due with respect to the Senior Notes, if applicable; 
  
 (o) (but only if the Senior Asset Percentage would be at least 100% upon the application of such amounts), to the credit of the Interest
Account to the extent and in the manner provided in Section 4.06(a) for the payment of Carry-Over Amounts (and interest thereon) due with respect to the Subordinate Notes, if applicable; 
  
 (p) (but only if the Senior Asset Percentage and the Subordinate Asset Percentage would be at least 100%
upon the application of such amounts), to the credit of the Interest Account to the extent and in the manner provided in Section 4.06(a) for the payment of Carry-Over Amounts (and interest thereon) due with respect to the Junior Subordinate Notes;

  
 (q) to the credit of the Interest Account for
the payment of termination payments due under Senior Swap Agreements as a result of a Swap Counterparty default; 
  
 (r) to the credit of the Interest Account for the payment of termination payments due under Subordinate Swap Agreements as a result of a
Swap Counterparty default; 
  
 (s) to the credit
of the Interest Account for the payment of termination payments due under Junior Subordinate Swap Agreements as a result of a Swap Counterparty default; 
  
 (t) to the credit of the Retirement Account (but only until the Subordinate Asset Percentage would be at least one hundred one percent
(101%) upon the application of such amount), for the redemption of, or distribution of principal with respect to, Notes; and 
  
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 Pending application of moneys in the Collection Fund, such moneys shall be invested in Investment
Securities as provided in Section 4.11 hereof, and any earnings on or income from such investments shall be retained therein. 
  
 Section 4.06. Debt Service Fund. The Debt Service Fund shall be used only for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Notes, the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased in accordance with Section 3.07 hereof, Other Obligations and Carry-Over Amounts (including any accrued interest thereon). 
  
 (a) Interest Account. With respect to each series of Notes, the Trustee shall, upon the
issuance thereof and from the proceeds of the issuance thereof, credit to the Interest Account the amount, if any, specified in the Supplemental Indenture providing for the issuance of such series of Notes. The Trustee shall also deposit in the
Interest Account (i) that portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Issuer’s refunding bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, if any, to be used to pay interest on the Notes; (ii) all payments under any Credit Enhancement
Facilities by Credit Facility Providers to be used to pay interest on Notes; and (iii) all amounts required to be transferred thereto from the Funds and Accounts specified in this Section 4.06(a). 
  
 With respect to each series of Notes on which interest is paid at intervals
of less than every thirty (30) days, the Trustee shall deposit to the credit of the Interest Account on each Monthly Calculation Date an amount equal to the interest that will become payable on such Notes prior to or during the following calendar
month. With respect to each series of Notes on which interest is paid at intervals of every thirty (30) days or more than every thirty (30) days, the Trustee shall make equal monthly deposits to the credit of the Interest Account on each Monthly
Calculation Date preceding each Interest Payment Date, to aggregate the full amount of such interest. With respect to Variable Rate Notes for which any such amount cannot be determined on the Monthly Calculation Date, the Trustee will make such
deposit based upon assumptions set forth in the Supplemental Indenture authorizing such Notes. 
  
 With respect to each Swap Agreement under which Issuer Swap Payments are paid no less frequently than every thirty (30) days, the Trustee shall deposit to the credit of the Interest Account on each Monthly Calculation
Date an amount equal to the Issuer Swap Payments that will become payable under such Swap Agreement during the following calendar month. With respect to each Swap Agreement under which Issuer Swap Payments are paid less frequently than every thirty
(30) days, the Trustee shall make equal monthly deposits to the credit of the Interest Account on each Monthly Calculation Date preceding each date on which such Issuer Swap Payments are due, to aggregate the full amount of such Issuer Swap
Payments. With respect to any Swap Agreement for which any such amount cannot be determined on the Monthly Calculation Date, the Trustee will make such deposit based upon assumptions set forth in the Supplemental Indenture authorizing such Swap
Agreement. 
  
 With respect to each Credit Enhancement Facility
under which fees or premiums are due no less frequently than every thirty (30) days, the Trustee shall deposit to the credit of the 
  

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 Interest Account on each Monthly Calculation Date an amount equal to the fees or premiums that will become payable under
such Credit Enhancement Facility during the following calendar month. With respect to each Credit Enhancement Facility under which fees or premiums are paid less frequently than every thirty (30) days, the Trustee shall make equal monthly deposits
to the credit of the Interest Account on each Monthly Calculation Date preceding each Interest Payment Date, to aggregate the full amount of such fees or premiums. 
  
 In making the deposits required to be deposited and credited to the Interest Account, all other deposits and credits
otherwise made or required to be made to the Interest Account shall, to the extent available for such purpose, be taken into consideration and allowed for. Each deposit required by this Section 4.06(a) to pay the foregoing amounts or any deficiency
on an Interest Payment Date shall be made by transfer from the following Funds and Accounts, in the following order of priority: (i) the Collection Fund, (ii) the Surplus Fund, (iii) the Acquisition Fund (other than that portion of the Balance
thereof consisting of Student Loans) and (iv) the Reserve Fund. 
  
 On each Monthly Calculation Date, if any Carry-Over Amount (including any accrued interest thereon) will be due and payable with respect to a series of Notes during the next month, as provided in the related Supplemental Indenture, the
Trustee shall transfer to the Interest Account (to the extent amounts are available therefor in the Collection Fund or the Surplus Fund after taking into account all prior applications of moneys in such Funds on such Monthly Calculation Date in
accordance with Sections 4.06 and 4.08 hereof) an amount equal to such Carry-Over Amount (including any accrued interest thereon) so due and payable. 
  
 The moneys in the Interest Account required for the payment of interest on the Notes of any series (including, without limitation, the payment of that
portion of the purchase price of Notes purchased pursuant to Section 4.06(b) or 4.06(c) hereof attributable to accrued interest thereon), any Issuer Swap Payments or fees payable to a Credit Facility Provider under a Credit Enhancement Facility or
any Carry-Over Amount (including any accrued interest thereon) shall be applied by the Trustee to the payment of such interest or amounts when due without further authorization or direction, except that the Issuer shall provide written direction as
to any Issuer Swap Payments or fees payable to a Credit Facility Provider under a Credit Enhancement Facility. 
  
 Pending application of moneys in the Interest Account, such moneys shall be invested in Investment Securities as provided in Section 4.11 hereof, and any
earnings on or income from such investments shall be deposited in the Collection Fund as provided in Section 4.05 hereof. 
  
 (b) Principal Account. With respect to each series of Notes, the Trustee shall, upon the issuance thereof and from the
proceeds of the issuance thereof, credit to the Principal Account: (i) that portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Issuer’s bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, if any, to be used to pay principal of the Notes on a Principal
Payment Date; (ii) all payments under any Credit Enhancement Facility to be used to pay principal of Notes; and (iii) all amounts required to be transferred thereto from the Funds and Accounts specified in this Section 4.06(b). 
  

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 Each deposit required by this Section 4.06(b) to pay the foregoing amounts or any deficiency on an
Principal Payment Date shall be made by transfer from the following Funds, in the following order of priority (after transfers therefrom to the Interest Account required on the date of any such transfer): (i) the Collection Fund, (ii) the Surplus
Fund, (iii) the Acquisition Fund (other than that portion of the Balance thereof consisting of Student Loans) and (iv) the Reserve Fund. 
  
 The moneys in the Principal Account required for the payment of the principal of Notes at the Stated Maturity thereof or on a Sinking Fund Payment Date
therefor (or for the reimbursement to any Credit Facility Provider for the payment of such principal) shall be applied by the Trustee to such payment when due without further authorization or direction. 
  
 Subject to Section 3.02 hereof, Balances in the Principal Account may also be
applied to the purchase of Notes at a purchase price (including any brokerage or other charges) not to exceed the Principal Amount thereof plus accrued interest, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, or to the redemption of or
distribution of principal with respect to Notes at a Prepayment Price not to exceed the Principal Amount thereof plus accrued interest, upon transfer to the Retirement Account, as determined by the Issuer at such time, provided the Trustee shall
have first certified that no deficiency exists at such time in the Debt Service Fund. Any such purchase, redemption, or distribution of principal shall be limited to those Notes whose Stated Maturity or Sinking Fund Payment Date is the next
succeeding Principal Payment Date. If any moneys credited to the Principal Account for the retirement of the Term Notes are applied to the purchase or redemption of, or distribution of principal with respect to, such Notes as provided in this
Section 4.06(b), the Principal Amount of such Notes to be prepaid on the next respective Sinking Fund Payment Date shall be reduced by the Principal Amount of the Notes so purchased, redeemed or distributed; provided, however, that no Term Notes
shall be so purchased during the interval between the date on which notice of prepayment of said Notes on a Sinking Fund Payment Date is given and the date of prepayment set forth in such notice, unless the Notes so purchased are Notes called for
prepayment in such notice or are purchased from moneys other than those credited to the Principal Account with respect to sinking fund installments. 
  
 All Notes retired by prepayment, purchase or payment at Stated Maturity pursuant to this Section 4.06(b) shall be canceled and shall not be reissued. The
accrued interest to be paid on the prepayment, purchase or payment at Stated Maturity of such Notes shall be paid from the Interest Account. 
  
 Pending application of moneys in the Principal Account, such moneys shall be invested in Investment Securities as provided in Section 4.11 hereof, and any
earnings on or income from such investments shall be deposited in the Collection Fund as provided in Section 4.05 hereof. 
  
 (c) Retirement Account. The Trustee shall deposit to the credit of the Retirement Account (i) any amounts transferred
thereto from the Acquisition Fund, the Collection Fund, the Reserve Fund, the Surplus Fund or the Principal Account to provide for the redemption or purchase of, or the distribution of principal with respect to, Notes; (ii) that portion of the
proceeds from the sale of the Issuer’s bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, if any, to be used to pay the principal or Prepayment Price of Notes on a date other than the Stated Maturity thereof or a Sinking Fund Payment Date

  

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 therefor; (iii) that portion of the proceeds of the sale or securitization of an Eligible Loan, if any,
to be used to pay the principal or Prepayment Price of Notes on a date other than the Stated Maturity thereof or a Sinking Fund Payment Date thereof; and (iv) all payments made by a Credit Facility Provider under a Credit Enhancement Facility to be
used to pay the principal or Prepayment Price of Notes payable from the Retirement Account. 
  
 Subject to Section 3.02 hereof, all redemptions of and distributions of principal with respect to Notes (other than at Stated Maturity or on a Sinking Fund Payment Date), shall be made with moneys deposited to the
credit of the Retirement Account. Moneys in the Retirement Account shall also be used for the reimbursement to any Credit Facility Provider for the payment of such amounts pursuant to a Credit Enhancement Facility. 
  
 Subject to Section 3.02 hereof, Balances in the Retirement Account may also
be applied to the purchase of Notes at a purchase price (including any brokerage or other charges) not to exceed the Principal Amount thereof plus accrued interest plus any then applicable prepayment premium, in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3.07 hereof, as determined by the Issuer at such time; provided the Trustee shall have first certified that no deficiency exists at such time in the Debt Service Fund. 
  
 In the event that Notes are to be prepaid from the Retirement Account on a date other than a regularly scheduled Interest
Payment Date or are to be purchased from Balances in the Retirement Account pursuant to the preceding paragraph, accrued interest on such Notes shall be paid from the Interest Account. 
  
 The moneys in the Retirement Account required for the payment of the Prepayment Price of Notes to be redeemed, or required
distributions or principal with respect to Notes (or for the reimbursement to any Credit Facility Provider for the payment of such amounts) shall be applied by the Trustee to such payment when due without further authorization or direction.

  
 Pending application of moneys in the Retirement Account, such
moneys shall be invested in Investment Securities as provided in Section 4.11 hereof, and any earnings on or income from such investment shall be deposited in the Collection Fund as provided in Section 4.05 hereof. 
  
 Section 4.07. Surplus Fund. On each Monthly Calculation Date, the
Trustee shall transfer from the Collection Fund to the Surplus Fund any amounts permitted to be transferred to the Surplus Fund pursuant to Section 4.05 hereof. The Trustee shall also credit to the Surplus Fund any amounts transferred from the
Acquisition Fund pursuant to Section 4.02. 
  
 At any time there
is a deficiency in any of the other Funds or Accounts, Balances in the Surplus Fund shall be transferred to such Funds or Accounts to remedy such deficiency in the same order of priority as set forth in Section 4.05 hereof for the application of
moneys in the Collection Fund. 
  
 If the Subordinate Asset
Percentage is less than one hundred one percent (101%), Balances in the Surplus Fund shall be transferred to the Retirement Account for the redemption or purchase, or distribution of principal with respect to, Notes until the Subordinate Asset
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 Subject to Section 3.02 hereof, Balances in the Surplus Fund may also be applied to any one or more of
the following purposes at any time as determined by the Issuer at such time, provided the Trustee shall have first certified that no deficiencies exist at such time in the Administration Fund, the Debt Service Fund or the Reserve Fund: 

 
 (a) transfer to the Retirement Account for the redemption
or purchase of, or the distribution of principal with respect to, Notes; 
  
 (b) the purchase of Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.07 hereof; 
  
 (c) transfer to the Acquisition Fund for the acquisition of Eligible Loans pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof; or 
  
 (d) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and the Asset Release Requirement (or such different requirement set forth in a Rating Agency Confirmation) will be met, paid to the Issuer on a quarterly basis in an amount equal to the Taxes which would be theoretically incurred by the
Issuer during the preceding calendar quarter; provided, however, no amounts in the Surplus Fund shall be paid out for Taxes on amounts previously released by the Trustee to the Issuer in accordance with this Section. 
  
 Any amounts in the Surplus Fund shall, upon Issuer Order, be released to the
Issuer free and clear of the lien of this Indenture if, after taking into account any such release, the Asset Release Requirement will be met. The Issuer Order requesting such release shall identify the Senior Asset Percentage and the Subordinate
Asset Percentage used in making the calculation of the Asset Release Requirement and provide the Trustee with Issuer’s calculation of the Aggregate Value of the assets held under the Indenture, the principal amount of all Notes Outstanding, the
accrued interest on Outstanding Senior Notes, the accrued Issuer Swap Payments with respect to Senior Swap Agreements, the accrued fees with respect to Senior Credit Enhancement Facilities, the accrued interest on all Outstanding Subordinate Notes,
the accrued Issuer Swap Payments (other than with respect to Junior Subordinate Swap Agreements), the accrued fees with respect to Credit Enhancement Facilities (other than Junior Subordinate Credit Enhancement Facilities) and the Asset Release
Requirement. The Trustee shall verify the Asset Release Requirement using the numbers contained in the Issuer Order requesting the release. Amounts in the Surplus Fund may also be released free and clear of the lien of this Indenture to make
indemnity payments required pursuant to the terms of any Servicing Agreement, any Custodian Agreement, any Guaranty Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Eligible Lender Trust Agreement, any Auction Agency Agreement, any Note Purchase Agreement and
the Administration Agreement. The Trustee shall not release any moneys to the Issuer from the Surplus Fund pursuant to this Section if there are any unpaid indemnification amounts due and owing. 
  
 Pending application of moneys in the Surplus Fund, such moneys shall be
invested in Investment Securities as provided in Section 4.11 hereof, and any earnings on or income from such investments shall be deposited in the Collection Fund as provided in Section 4.05 hereof. 
  

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 Section 4.08. Borrower Benefits Fund. An amount identified in the Eligible Loan Acquisition
Certificate equal to 1% of the original principal amount of each Consolidation Loan with an interest rate of 5.00% or greater purchased with proceeds from the sale of Notes shall be transferred from the Acquisition Fund to the Borrower Benefits Fund
on the purchase date. Amounts on deposit in the Borrower Benefits Fund, unless released to the Collection Fund as provided in this Section, shall be used solely for the payment of the Borrower Benefit on such Consolidation Loans described in clause
(a)(i) of the definition of “Borrower Benefits” contained in Section 1 of the applicable Supplemental Indenture. Amounts on deposit in the Borrow Benefits Fund shall be transferred upon Issuer Order to an entity acceptable to the Rating
Agencies engaged by the Issuer to disburse such funds to borrowers under such Consolidation Loans who have qualified for the Borrower Benefit on such Consolidation Loans described in clause (a)(i) of the definition of “Borrower Benefits”
contained in Section 1 of the applicable Supplemental Indenture. Such Issuer Order shall identify the amount to be transferred and the Consolidation Loans to which such Borrower Benefit payments relate. Any amount returned by the entity engaged by
the Issuer to disburse such fund to borrowers under such Consolidation Loans (due to the borrower under the Consolidation Loan not cashing his or her disbursement check or otherwise) shall be deposited to the Borrower Benefits Fund and shall remain
in the Borrower Benefits Fund until the borrower under the related Consolidation Loan is unable to make a claim for such moneys against the Issuer. 
  
 Any amounts on deposit in the Borrower Benefits Fund which relate to Consolidation Loans for which the borrower under such Consolidation Loans has failed
to qualify for the Borrower Benefit on such Consolidation Loans described in clause (a)(i) of the definition of “Borrower Benefits” contained in Section 1 of the applicable Supplemental Indenture shall, upon Issuer Order, be transferred to
the Collection Fund. Such Issuer Order shall identify the amount to be transferred to the Collection Fund and the Consolidation Loans to which such payments relate. 
  
 Pending application of moneys in the Borrower Benefits Fund, such moneys shall be invested in Investment Securities as
provided in Section 4.11 hereof, and any earnings on or income from such investments shall be deposited in the Collection Fund as provided in Section 4.05 hereof. 
  
 Section 4.09. Termination. When no Notes remain Outstanding and no Other Obligations are Outstanding, the Trustee
shall transfer to the Issuer, or to the order of the Issuer, the Balances in all Funds and Accounts if, and to the extent that, such Balances are in excess of amounts needed to pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, and any Carry-Over
Amounts (and accrued interest thereon) due and payable with respect to the Notes, to satisfy any Other Obligations, and to pay the fees, compensation and expenses of the Trustee and any Authenticating Agent, Note Registrar, Remarketing Agents,
Tender Agents, Auction Agents, Market Agents, Broker-Dealers and Paying Agents. To the extent that such Balances are needed to pay such amounts or fees, the Trustee shall retain such Balances hereunder and pay such amounts or fees to the Persons to
whom such amounts are due and payable as provided hereunder. In the event that any portion or all of the Balances in the Funds and Accounts payable to the Issuer pursuant to this Section consist of Investment Securities which are payable solely to
the Trustee and cannot be effectively transferred to the Issuer, the Trustee shall continue to hold such Investment Securities under this Indenture on behalf of the Issuer until such time as 
  

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 such securities can be transferred to the Issuer or amounts payable thereunder received, whether by acceleration at the
option of the holder thereof, at maturity or otherwise, all at the direction of an Authorized Officer of the Issuer. 
  
 Section 4.10. Pledge. The Notes, including the principal thereof, premium, if any, and interest thereon and any Carry-Over Amounts (and accrued
interest thereon) with respect thereto, and Other Obligations shall be limited obligations of the Issuer specifically secured as provided in the Granting Clauses hereof. Financed Student Loans resold to a Lender pursuant to its repurchase
obligation, or sold (or exchanged for Eligible Loans) in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02 hereof, shall, contemporaneously with receipt by the Trustee of the purchase price thereof in freely transferable funds, including any Eligible
Loans to be received in exchange therefor, no longer be pledged to nor serve as security for the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on and any Carry-Over Amounts (and accrued interest thereon) with respect to the Notes or any Other
Obligations. Moneys paid out to the Issuer as provided in Section 4.03 hereof for Costs of Issuance, Servicing Fees, Administration Fees, and reimbursement for the prior payment of Note Fees, moneys on deposit in the Borrower Benefits Fund, moneys
released to the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.07 hereof, and other moneys applied as herein provided shall, upon such payment, release, or application, no longer be pledged to nor serve as security for the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on and any Carry-Over Amounts (and accrued interest thereon) with respect to the Notes or any Other Obligations. 
  
 The Issuer pledges and agrees with the Beneficiaries that the Issuer will not limit or alter its powers to fulfill the terms of any agreements made in
this Indenture or in any Notes or in any way impair the rights and remedies of the Beneficiaries until the Notes, together with interest thereon, including interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection
with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of the Holders and all amounts owing to Other Beneficiaries, are fully met and discharged. 
  
 The Notes, including the principal thereof, premium, if any, and interest thereon and any Carry-Over Amounts (and accrued interest thereon) with respect
thereto, and any Other Obligations shall be secured hereunder by the foregoing pledge of the Financed Student Loans, revenues, securities and other moneys hereby made, and by a lien thereon, subject to the priorities expressly provided herein. The
pledge in the Granting Clauses hereof shall constitute a prior and paramount lien and charge on such Financed Student Loans, revenues, contract rights, securities and other moneys from time to time held hereunder (subject only to the valid exercise
of the constitutional powers of the United States of America, valid bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’ rights, and to the provisions of this Indenture permitting the application of such
Financed Student Loans, revenues, securities and other moneys for the purposes and on the terms and conditions hereof), over and ahead of any claims (whether in tort, contract or otherwise irrespective of whether the parties possessing such claims
have notice of the foregoing pledges or charges), encumbrances or obligations of any nature hereafter arising or incurred, and over and ahead of all other indebtedness payable from or secured by such revenues which may hereafter be created or
incurred. The pledge of such Financed Student Loans, revenues, securities and other moneys made herein and hereby shall be valid and binding from the time of the delivery of and payment for the first series of Notes issued hereunder, and such
Financed Student Loans, revenues, securities and other moneys shall thereupon be immediately subject to the lien, pledge and charge hereof upon receipt thereof by the Issuer or Trustee, without any physical delivery or segregation thereof or further
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 No Beneficiary shall be required to see that the moneys derived from any Note are applied to the purpose
or purposes for which the Note is issued. The validity of the Notes shall neither be dependent upon nor affected by the use and application of the proceeds of such Notes. 
  
 The pledge of the Financed Student Loans, revenues, securities and other moneys made hereby includes the pledge of any
contract or any evidence of indebtedness or other rights of the Issuer to receive any of the same, whether now existing or hereafter coming into existence, and whether now or hereafter acquired, and the proceeds thereof. 
  
 Section 4.11. Investments. Moneys held by the Trustee for the credit
of any Fund or Account shall be invested by the Trustee, in accordance with the Sections hereof relating to such Funds and Accounts, as directed by the Issuer, to the fullest extent practicable and reasonable, in Investment Securities which shall
mature or be redeemable at the option of the holder prior to the respective times when the moneys held for the credit of such Fund or Account will be required for the purposes intended; provided, however, an amount equal to the interest due on the
next Interest Payment Date shall be held uninvested or shall be invested in Investment Securities which shall mature or be redeemed no later than such Interest Payment Date. 
  
 If the Issuer has not provided other investment directions to the Trustee, the moneys in the Funds or Accounts shall be
invested and reinvested by the Trustee in the Dreyfus Cash Management Fund/Class ”B”. The Investment Securities purchased shall be held by the Trustee and shall be deemed at all times to be part of such Fund or Account or combination
thereof, and the Trustee shall inform the Issuer of the details of all such investments. The Trustee shall sell at the best price obtainable, or present for redemption, any Investment Securities purchased by it as an investment whenever it shall be
necessary to provide moneys to meet any payment from such Fund or Account. The Trustee may purchase from or sell to itself or an affiliate, as principal or agent, any Investment Securities. The Trustee shall advise the Issuer of all investments held
for the credit of each Fund or Account in its custody under the provisions of this Indenture as provided in Section 7.14 hereof. 
  
 Any investment of funds in Investment Securities shall be held by a financial institution in accordance with the following requirements: 
  
 (a) all Investment Securities shall be held in an account
with such financial institution in the name of the Trustee; 
  
 (b) all Investment Securities held in such account shall be delivered to the Trustee in the following manner: 
  
 (i) with respect to bankers’ acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable certificates of deposit and other obligations that constitute
“instruments” within the meaning of Section 9-102(a)(47) of the UCC (other than certificated securities) and are susceptible of physical delivery, transferred to the Trustee by physical delivery to the Trustee, endorsed to, or registered
in the name of, the Trustee or its nominee or endorsed in blank; or such additional or alternative 
  

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 procedures as may hereafter become appropriate to effect the complete transfer of ownership of any such
Investment Securities to the Trustee free of any adverse claims, consistent with changes in applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof; 
  
 (ii) with respect to a “certificated security” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(4) of the UCC), transferred: 
  
 (A) by physical delivery of such certificated security to
the Trustee, provided that if the certificated security is in registered form, it shall be endorsed to, or registered in the name of, the Trustee or endorsed in blank; 
  
 (B) by physical delivery of such certificated security in registered form to a “securities
intermediary” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC) acting on behalf of the Trustee if the certificated security has been specially endorsed to the Trustee by an effective endorsement; 
  
 (iii) with respect to any security issued by the U.S.
Treasury, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or by the Federal National Mortgage Association that is a book-entry security held through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book entry regulations, the following procedures, all in
accordance with applicable law, including applicable federal regulations and Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC: book-entry registration of such property to an appropriate book-entry account maintained with a Federal Reserve Bank by a securities
intermediary which is also a “depositary” pursuant to applicable federal regulations and issuance by such securities intermediary of a deposit advice or other written confirmation of such book-entry registration to the Trustee of the
purchase by the securities intermediary on behalf of the Trustee of such book-entry security; the making by such securities intermediary of entries in its books and records identifying such book-entry security held through the Federal Reserve System
pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations as belonging to the Trustee and indicating that such securities intermediary holds such book-entry security solely as agent for the Trustee; or such additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter
become appropriate to effect complete transfer of ownership of any such Investment Securities to the Trustee free of any adverse claims, consistent with changes in applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof; 
  
 (iv) with respect to any “uncertificated security”
(as defined in Section 8-102(a)(18) of the UCC) that is not governed by clause (iii) above, transferred: 
  
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 (1) by registration to another Person (not a securities intermediary) that either
becomes the registered owner of the uncertificated security on behalf of the Trustee or, having become the registered owner, acknowledges that it holds for the Trustee; or 
  
 (B) by the issuer thereof having agreed that it will comply with instructions originated by the Trustee
without further consent of the registered owner thereof; 
  
 (v) with respect to any “security entitlement” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC): 
  
 (A) if a securities intermediary 
  
 (1) indicates by book entry that a “financial asset” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC) has been credited to the
Trustee’s “securities account” (as defined in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC), 
  
 (2) receives a financial asset (as so defined) from the Trustee or acquires a financial asset for the Trustee, and, in either case,
accepts it for credit to the Trustee’s securities account (as so defined), 
  
 (3) becomes obligated under other law, regulation or rule to credit a financial asset to the Trustee’s securities account, or

  
 (4) has agreed that it will comply with
“entitlement orders” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the UCC) originated by the Trustee, without further consent by the “entitlement holder” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the UCC), and 
  
 (B) such financial asset either is such Investment Security
or a security entitlement evidencing a claim thereto; and 
  
 (vi) in each case of delivery contemplated pursuant to clauses (i) through (v) above, the Trustee shall make appropriate notations on its records, and shall cause the same to be made on the records of its nominees,
indicating that such Investment Security is held in trust pursuant to and as provided in this Indenture. 
  
 Any cash held by the Trustee shall be considered a “financial asset” for purposes of this paragraph. Subject to the other provisions hereof, the
Trustee shall have sole control over each such investment and the income thereon, and any certificate or other instrument evidencing any such investment, if any, shall be delivered directly to the Trustee or its agent, together with each document of
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 The Trustee agrees that it has no security interest or other adverse claim to the Funds and Accounts or
the Investment Securities therein that are part of the Trust Estate other than pursuant to this Indenture and that it will not enter into any agreement that would give any Person or entity other than the Trustee the right to give entitlement orders
with respect to such Investment Securities or the Funds and Accounts. 
  
 Section 4.12. Transfer of Investment Securities. Whenever any transfer is required by this Indenture to be made from any Fund or Account to any other Fund or Account, the Trustee may use Investment Securities, or allocable portions
thereof, included in the Balance of the former to the extent necessary to make such transfer, but only to the extent such Investment Securities are permissible investments for the Fund or Account to which they are to be transferred. The amount of
any such transfer of Investment Securities shall be the Value determined with respect thereto as of the date of transfer. 
  
 Section 4.13. Verification of Investment Securities. The Trustee shall verify as of each January 1 and July 1 of each year that each investment of
moneys within any Fund constitutes a Permitted Investment. 
  
 Section 4.14. Release. The Trustee shall, upon Issuer Order and subject to the provisions of this Indenture, take all actions reasonably necessary to effect the release of any Financed Student Loans from the lien of this Indenture to
the extent the terms hereof permit the sale, disposition or transfer of such Financed Student Loans. 
  
 Subject to the payment of its fees and expenses pursuant to Sections 7.02 and 7.21 hereof, the Trustee may, and when required by the provisions of this
Indenture shall, execute instruments to release property from the lien of this Indenture, or convey the Trustee’s interest in the same, in a manner and under circumstances that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture. No
party relying upon an instrument executed by the Trustee as provided in this Article IV shall be bound to ascertain the Trustee’s authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any moneys.

  
 The Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Notes
Outstanding and all sums due the Trustee pursuant to Sections 7.02 and 7.21 hereof and as evidenced by an Issuer Order all amounts payable to the Servicer, the Issuer Administrator, the Auction Agents, the Broker-Dealers, the Delaware Trustee and
the Swap Counterparties have been paid, release any remaining portion of the Trust Estate that secured the Notes from the lien of this Indenture and release to the Issuer or any other Person entitled thereto any funds then on deposit in the Funds
and Accounts. 
  
 Subject to the provisions of this Indenture and
except for sales of Financed Student Loans pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof, the Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture only upon receipt of an Issuer Order, an opinion of Counsel and Independent certificates in accordance
with TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1) or an opinion of Counsel in lieu of such Independent certificates to the effect that the TIA does not require any such Independent certificates. 
  

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 Each Holder, by the acceptance of a Note, acknowledges that from time to time the Trustee shall release
the lien of this Indenture on any Financed Student Loan to be sold pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof, and each Holder, by the acceptance of a Note, consents to any such release. 
  
 ARTICLE V 
  
 COVENANTS TO SECURE NOTES, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 
  

Section 5.01. Eligible Lender Trustee to Hold Financed Student Loans. The Issuer shall cause all Financed Student Loans to be endorsed and
otherwise conveyed to the Issuer or the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Issuer. 
  
 Section 5.02. Enforcement and Amendment of Guarantee Agreements. So long as any Notes or Other Obligations are Outstanding and Financed Eligible Loans are guaranteed by a Guarantee Agency, the Issuer will (a)
from and after the date on which the Eligible Lender Trustee on its behalf shall have either entered into, or succeeded to the rights and interests of any Lender under, any Guarantee Agreement covering Financed Eligible Loans, cause the Eligible
Lender Trustee to maintain such Guarantee Agreement and diligently enforce the Eligible Lender Trustee’s rights thereunder; (b) cause the Eligible Lender Trustee to enter into such other similar or supplemental agreements as shall be required
to maintain benefits for all Financed Eligible Loans covered thereby; and (c) not voluntarily consent to or permit any rescission of or consent to any amendment to or otherwise take any action under or in connection with any such Guarantee Agreement
or any similar or supplemental agreement which in any manner will materially adversely affect the rights of the Holders from time to time of the Notes or Other Beneficiaries hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer may amend any
Guarantee Agreement, or may cause the Eligible Lender Trustee to amend any Guarantee Agreement, in any respect if a Rating Agency Confirmation is obtained with respect to such amendment. 
  
 Section 5.03. Acquisition, Collection and Assignment of Student Loans. The Issuer shall acquire only Eligible Loans
with moneys in any of the Funds and shall diligently cause to be collected all principal and interest payments (subject to any adjustments described in Section 5.04 hereof) on all the Financed Student Loans and other sums to which the Issuer is
entitled with respect to such Financed Student Loans, and all Special Allowance Payments and all defaulted payments guaranteed by any Guarantee Agency which relate to such Financed Student Loans. 
  
 Section 5.04. Enforcement of Financed Student Loans. The Issuer shall
cause to be diligently enforced, and shall cause to be taken all steps, actions and proceedings reasonably necessary for the enforcement of, all terms, covenants and conditions of all Financed Student Loans and agreements in connection therewith,
including the prompt payment of all principal and interest payments (as such payments may be adjusted to take into account (a) any discount the Issuer may cause to be made available to borrowers who make payments on Financed Student Loans through
automatic withdrawals; and (b) any reduction in the interest payable on Financed Student Loans provided for in any borrower incentive or other special program under which such loans were originated) and all other amounts due the Issuer thereunder.
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 and shall at all times, to the extent permitted by law, cause to be defended, enforced, preserved and protected the
rights and privileges of the Issuer, the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Trustee and the Beneficiaries under or with respect to each Financed Student Loan and agreement in connection therewith. The Issuer shall not consent or agree to or permit any
amendment or modification of any Financed Student Loan or agreement in connection therewith which will in any manner materially adversely affect the rights or security of the Beneficiaries; provided, that nothing in this Section or in Sections 5.03
and 5.05 hereof shall be construed to prevent the Issuer from (i) settling a default or from curing a delinquency on any Financed Student Loan on such terms as shall be required by law; (ii) amending the terms of a Financed Student Loan to provide
for a different rate of interest thereon to the extent required by law; or (iii) amending the terms of any Financed Student Loan or agreement in connection therewith in any manner if a Rating Agency Confirmation is obtained with respect to such
amendment. 
  
 Section 5.05. Administration and Collection of
Financed Student Loans. The Issuer shall service and collect, or shall enter into one or more Servicing Agreements pursuant to which the Servicers agree to service and collect, all Student Loans in accordance with all applicable requirements of
the Higher Education Act, the Secretary of Education and this Indenture, and each Guarantee Agreement, provided that each such Servicer shall (i) be in compliance with the laws of each state necessary to enable it to perform its obligations under
the related Servicing Agreement; and (ii) either have a net worth of at least $5,000,000 or be Goal or another affiliate of the Issuer. The Issuer may enter into the Administration Agreement with the Issuer Administrator and into other
administration agreements with other administrators, provided that the Issuer Administrator and each such other administrator shall (A) be in compliance with the laws of each state necessary to enable it to perform its obligations under the
Administration Agreement or related administration agreement (as applicable); and (B) either have a net worth of at least $5,000,000 or be an affiliate of the Issuer. 
  
 The Issuer shall cause to be diligently enforced, and take all reasonable steps, actions and proceedings necessary for the
enforcement of, all terms, covenants and conditions of all Servicing Agreements, the Administration Agreement, the Eligible Lender Trust Agreement, the Student Loan Repurchase Agreement, any Student Loan Purchase Agreement and all other
administration agreements, including, in the case of the Servicing Agreements, the prompt payment of all principal and interest payments and all other amounts due the Issuer or the Trustee thereunder, including all Special Allowance Payments and all
defaulted payments guaranteed by any Guarantee Agency which relate to any Financed Student Loans. The Issuer shall not permit the release of the obligations of any Servicer under any Servicing Agreement, the Eligible Lender Trustee under the
Eligible Lender Trust Agreement, Goal under the Student Loan Repurchase Agreement, any parties to any Student Loan Purchase Agreement or the Issuer Administrator or any other administrator under the Administration Agreement or the related
administration agreement, as applicable, except in accordance with the terms thereof, and shall at all times, to the extent permitted by law, cause to be defended, enforced, preserved and protected the rights and privileges of the Issuer, the
Trustee and the Beneficiaries under or with respect to each Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement and each other administration agreement. The Issuer shall not consent or agree to or permit any amendment or modification of any Servicing
Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Eligible Lender Trust Agreement, the Student Loan Repurchase Agreement, any Student Loan Purchase Agreement or any other administration agreement which will in any manner materially adversely affect the
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 security of the Beneficiaries, unless, in the case of the Administration Agreement or any other administration agreement,
the requisite amount of Beneficiaries vote in favor of such amendment or modification in accordance with the terms thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer may amend, or cause the Eligible Lender Trustee to amend, any Servicing Agreement,
the Administration Agreement or any other administration agreement in any respect if a Rating Agency Confirmation is obtained with respect to such amendment. 
  
 Each Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Financed Student Loans with any entity, upon receipt of a
Rating Agency Confirmation. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Financed Student Loans or
enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer. 
  
 Section 5.06. Punctual Payments. The Issuer shall duly and punctually pay, or cause to be paid, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on and any Carry-Over Amount (and accrued interest thereon) due and payable with respect
to each and every Note and each Other Obligation from the revenues and other assets pledged hereunder on the dates and at the places, and in the manner provided, in the Notes and with respect to each Other Obligation according to the true intent and
meaning thereof, and the Issuer shall faithfully do and perform and at all times fully observe and keep any and all of its covenants, undertakings, stipulations and provisions contained in the Notes, the Other Obligations and this Indenture. The
Issuer shall duly and punctually pay, or cause to be paid, the Note Fees, Servicing Fees and Administration Fees from the revenues and other assets pledged hereunder as and when the same become due in accordance with Section 4.03 hereof. 

 
 Section 5.07. Further Assurances. Each of the Issuer and the
Eligible Lender Trustee shall at any and all times, insofar as it may be authorized so to do, pass, make, do, execute, acknowledge and deliver all and every such further resolutions, indentures, acts, deeds, conveyances, assignments, transfers and
assurances as may be necessary or desirable for the better assuring, conveying, granting, assigning and confirming any and all of the rights, revenues, securities and other moneys hereby pledged or charged with or assigned to the payment of the
Notes or Other Obligations, or intended so to be, or which the Issuer and/or the Eligible Lender Trustee may hereafter become bound to pledge or charge or assign. 
  
 Section 5.08. Protection of Security; Power to Issue Notes and Pledge Revenues and Other Funds. The Issuer is duly
authorized under all applicable law to create and issue the Notes, to enter into this Indenture, to enter into Other Obligations and to pledge the revenues and other moneys, Financed Student Loans, securities, properties, rights, interests and
evidences of indebtedness purported to be pledged by this Indenture in the manner and to the extent provided in this Indenture. The revenues and other moneys, securities, evidences of indebtedness and properties so pledged are and will be free and
clear of any pledge, lien, charge or encumbrance thereon or with respect thereto prior to, or of equal rank with, the pledge created by this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, and all action on the part of the Issuer to that
end has been duly and validly taken. The Notes and the provisions of this Indenture, each Supplemental Indenture and each Other Obligation are and will be valid and legally enforceable obligations of the Issuer in accordance with their terms and the
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 Supplemental Indenture. The Issuer shall at all times, to the extent permitted by law, defend, preserve and protect the
pledge of the revenues and other moneys, Financed Student Loans, securities, properties, rights, interests and evidences of indebtedness pledged under this Indenture and each Supplemental Indenture and all the rights of the Beneficiaries hereto
against all claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever. 
  
 The
pledge of the revenues and other moneys, Financed Student Loans, securities, properties, rights, interests and evidences of indebtedness made hereby includes the pledge of any contract or any evidence of indebtedness or other rights of the Issuer to
receive any of the same, whether now existing or hereafter coming into existence, and whether now or hereafter acquired, and the proceeds thereof. 
  
 In consideration of the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by those who shall hold the same from time to time and the execution and delivery by Other
Beneficiaries of any Other Obligations, the provisions of this Indenture shall be a part of the contract of the Issuer with the Beneficiaries and shall be deemed to be and shall constitute a contract between the Issuer, the Trustee and the
Beneficiaries. 
  
 Section 5.09. No Encumbrances. The
Issuer will not create, or permit the creation of, any pledge, lien, charge or encumbrance upon the Financed Student Loans or the revenues and other moneys, securities, properties, rights, interests and evidences of indebtedness pledged under this
Indenture, except only as to a lien subordinate to the lien of this Indenture created by any other indenture authorizing the issuance of bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Issuer the proceeds of which have been or will be used to
refund or otherwise retire all or a portion of the Outstanding Notes (but only upon receipt by the Trustee of an opinion of Counsel that the creation of such lien will not be prejudicial to the Trustee or the Holders of any Outstanding Notes or any
Other Beneficiary) or as otherwise provided in or permitted by this Indenture. The Issuer will not issue any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, other than the Notes as permitted by this Indenture and other than Swap Agreements and Credit
Enhancement Facilities relating to Notes as permitted by this Indenture, secured by a pledge of the revenues and other moneys, securities, properties, rights, interests and evidences of indebtedness herein pledged or held aside by the Issuer or by a
fiduciary under this Indenture, creating a lien or charge on such revenues and other moneys, securities, properties, rights, interests and evidences of indebtedness equal or superior to the lien of this Indenture; provided that nothing in this
Indenture shall prevent the Issuer from issuing obligations secured by assets and revenues of the Issuer other than the revenues and other moneys, securities, properties, rights, interests and evidences of indebtedness pledged in this Indenture.

  
 Section 5.10. Continuing Existence; Merger and
Consolidation. The Issuer will maintain its existence as a Delaware statutory trust and will not dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (by sale, lease or otherwise), except as otherwise specifically authorized in this Indenture, or
consolidate with or merge into another entity or permit any other entity to consolidate with or merge into it unless either the Issuer is the surviving entity or each of the following conditions is satisfied: 
  
 (a) the surviving, resulting or transferee entity, as the
case may be, shall be a corporation, limited liability company or other legal entity organized under the laws of the United States or one of the states thereof; 
  

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 (b) at least thirty (30) days before such merger, consolidation or transfer of assets
becomes effective, the Issuer shall give the Trustee written notice of the proposed transaction; 
  
 (c) immediately after giving effect to such merger, consolidation or transfer of assets, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing; 
  
 (d) a Rating Agency Confirmation
shall have been obtained with respect to such merger, consolidation or transfer of assets; and 
  
 (e) prior to or concurrently with such merger, consolidation or transfer of assets, (i) any action as is necessary to maintain the lien
and security interest created in favor of the Trustee by this Indenture shall have been taken; (ii) the surviving, resulting or transferee entity, as the case may be, shall deliver to the Trustee an instrument assuming all of the obligations of the
Issuer under this Indenture, any Notes, any Swap Agreement, any Credit Enhancement Facility, any Remarketing Agreement, any Tender Agent Agreement, any Auction Agent Agreement and any Servicing Agreement, together with the consent of the other
parties, if any, to each such instrument to such assumption; and (iii) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee and each Rating Agency an Issuer Certificate and an opinion of Counsel (which shall describe the actions taken as required by
clause (i) of this paragraph or that no such action need be taken) each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such merger, consolidation or transfer of assets have been compiled with. 
  
 Section 5.11. Amendment of Remarketing Agreements and Tender Agent
Agreements. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee and any related Credit Facility Provider in writing of any proposed amendments to any Remarketing Agreement or Tender Agent Agreement. No such amendment shall become effective unless and until (a)
the Trustee consents in writing thereto, which consent shall not be given unless the Trustee receives an opinion of Counsel that such amendment is required by a Credit Enhancement Facility or this Indenture or is not to the material prejudice of the
Holders of the Notes; and (b) any related Credit Facility Provider consents in writing thereto, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, provided that no consent of the Credit Facility Provider shall be required if the Credit Facility
Provider receives an opinion of Counsel that such amendment is required by this Indenture. 
  
 Section 5.12. Tax Treatment. The Issuer has entered into this Indenture with the intention that (and each Holder, by its acceptance of a Note, will evidence its intention that), for federal, state and local
income, business and franchise tax purposes, the Notes will be indebtedness secured by the Student Loans. The Issuer, by entering into this Indenture, and each Holder, by its acceptance of its Note, agree to treat the Notes for federal, state and
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 Section 5.13. Representations and Warranties of the Issuer. By execution of this Indenture, the
Issuer makes the following representations and warranties: 
  
 (a) Organization and Good Standing. It has been duly organized and is validly existing as a Delaware statutory trust, with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such
properties are currently owned and as such business is currently conducted and is proposed to be conducted pursuant to this Indenture. 
  
 (b) Power and Authority. It has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Indenture and to perform its obligations
pursuant thereto; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Indenture, the Notes and each Other Obligation have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action. 
  
 (c) No Consent Required. No consent, license, approval or authorization of, or registration or
declaration with, any Person or any governmental authority, bureau or agency is required to be obtained by the Issuer in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Indenture, the Notes or any Other Obligation, except for such as
have been obtained, effected or made. 
  
 (d)
No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Indenture, the Notes and each Other Obligation and the fulfillment of its obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and each Other Obligation will not conflict
with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of or constitute (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) a default under, its certificate of incorporation or bylaws, or any indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other
instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument, or violate
any law, order, rule or regulation applicable to it of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over it or any of its properties. 
  
 (e) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings
or investigations pending or, to its knowledge, threatened against it before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other tribunal or governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over it or its properties (i) asserting the
invalidity of this Indenture, any Note or any Other Obligation; (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Indenture, any Note or any Other Obligation; or (iii) seeking any
determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect its performance of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Indenture, any Note or any Other Obligation. 
  
 (f) Place of Business. The principal offices
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 (g) Not an Investment Company. The Issuer is not an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or is exempt from all provisions of such Act. 
  
 (h) Binding Obligations. This Indenture, the Notes and each Other Obligation constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with its terms, except (i) as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in
effect, affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general; and (ii) as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in equity). 
  
 (i) Valid Security Interest. This Indenture
creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Delaware) in the Financed Student Loans in favor of the Trustee, and is enforceable as such against any creditors of the Issuer.

  
 Section 5.14. Use of Trustee Eligible Lender Number.
The Eligible Lender Trustee covenants and agrees if it holds any other Student Loans under the federal eligible lender number under which it holds any Financed Student Loans, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall segregate such Student Loans and
separately account for such Student Loans to the Issuer. 
  
 Section 5.15. Additional Covenants. The Issuer covenants that it will acquire or cause to be acquired Student Loans as described herein. The Holders of the Notes shall not in any circumstances be deemed to be the owner or holder of
the Financed Student Loan. 
  
 The Issuer, or its designated
agent, shall be responsible for each of the following actions: 
  
 (a) With respect to Financed Student Loans originated under the Higher Education Act, the Issuer, or its designated agent, shall be responsible for dealing with the Secretary of Education with respect to the rights,
benefits and obligations under the certificates of insurance and the contract of insurance with respect to Financed Student Loans originated under the Higher Education Act, and the Issuer, or its designated agent, shall be responsible for dealing
with the Guarantee Agency with respect to the rights, benefits and obligations under any Guarantee Agreement with respect to the Financed Student Loans. 
  
 (b) With respect to Financed Student Loans originated under the Higher Education Act, the Issuer, or its designated agent, shall comply,
and shall cause all of its officers, directors, employees and agents to comply, with the provisions of the Higher Education Act and any regulations or rulings thereunder, and with the provisions of any Guarantee Agreement with respect to the
Financed Student Loans. 
  
 (c) The Issuer, or
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 (d) The Trustee shall have no obligation to administer, service or collect the loans in
the Trust Estate or to maintain or monitor the administration, servicing or collection of such loans. 
  
 The Trustee shall not be deemed to be the designated agent for the purposes of this Section unless it has agreed in writing to be such agent. 

 
 Section 5.16. Covenant Regarding Financed Student Loans. The Issuer
hereby covenants that all Student Loans to be acquired hereunder will meet the following: 
  
 (a) Each Student Loan is evidenced by an executed promissory note (which may be in electronic form), which note is a valid and binding
obligation of the borrower, enforceable by or on behalf of the holder thereof in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights. 
  
 (b) The amount of the unpaid principal balance of each
Student Loan is due and owing, and no counterclaim, offset, defense or right to rescission exists with respect to any such Student Loan which can be asserted and maintained or which, with notice, lapse of time, or the occurrence or failure to occur
of any act or event, could be asserted and maintained by the borrower against the Issuer as assignee thereof. The Issuer shall take all reasonable actions to assure that no maker of a Student Loan has or may acquire a defense to the payment thereof.

  
 (c) No Student Loan has a payment that is
more than 60 days overdue. 
  
 (d) The Issuer has
full right, title and interest in each Student Loan free and clear of all liens, pledges or encumbrances whatsoever, and other than the security interest granted to the Trustee hereunder, the Issuer has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a
security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Student Loans to any other Person. The Issuer has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against it that include a description of collateral covering the
Student Loans, other than any financing statement relating to the security interest granted to the Trustee hereunder or any financing statement that has been terminated. The Issuer is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against it.

  
 (e) Each Student Loan was made in compliance
with all applicable local, state and federal laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, all applicable nondiscrimination, truth-in-lending, consumer credit and usury laws. 
  
 (f) Except as otherwise approved in writing by each Credit
Facility Provider, if any, all loan documentation shall be delivered to a custodian (as custodian for the Trustee) prior to payment of the purchase price of such Student Loan. 
  
 (g) Each Student Loan is accruing interest (whether or not such interest is being paid currently, either by
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 (h) Each Student Loan constitutes an “instrument” as defined in the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Delaware. 
  
 (i) The Issuer has received all consents and approvals required by the terms of each Student Loan to the pledge of such Student Loan hereunder to the Trustee. 
  
 (j) The Issuer has caused or will have caused, within ten days of the Closing Date, the filing of all
appropriate financing statements in the proper offices of all jurisdictions in which filing is necessary under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest of the Trustee in the Student Loans. 
  
 (k) The original executed copy of each promissory note that
constitutes or evidences a Student Loan will be delivered to the Custodian on behalf of and for the benefit of the Trustee. 
  
 (l) At the time each Student Loan is delivered to the Custodian, the Issuer will receive a written acknowledgment from the Custodian that
the Custodian is holding each promissory note that constitutes or evidences a Student Loan solely on behalf of and for the benefit of the Trustee. 
  
 (m) The promissory notes that constitute or evidence the Student Loans will not have any marks or notations indicating that they have been
pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Trustee. All financing statements filed or to be filed against the Issuer in favor of the Trustee in connection herewith describing the Student Loans contain the following
statement: “A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement will violate the rights of the Trustee.” 
  
 (n) Each Student Loan complies with the requirements of the Higher Education Act. 
  
 Section 5.17. Opinions as to Trust Estate. On or before January 1 in
each calendar year, beginning in 2007, the Issuer will furnish to the Trustee an opinion of Counsel at the expense of the Issuer either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing,
re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and with respect to the execution and filing of any financing statements and continuation statements as is necessary to maintain the
lien and security interest created by this Indenture and reciting the details of such action or stating that in the opinion of such counsel no such action is necessary to maintain such lien and security interest. Such opinion of Counsel shall also
describe the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and the execution and filing of any financing statements and continuation statements that will, in the
opinion of such counsel, be required to maintain the lien and security interest of this Indenture until January 1 in the following calendar year. 
  

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 Section 5.18. Representations of the Issuer Regarding the Trustee’s Security Interest.

  
 (a) This Indenture creates a valid and
continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of Delaware) in the Trust Estate in favor of the Trustee, which security interest is prior to all other liens, charges, security interests,
mortgages or other encumbrances, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the Issuer. 
  
 (b) The Higher Education Act deems the Financed Eligible Loans to constitute “accounts” within the meaning of the applicable UCC
for purposes of perfecting a security interest in the Financed Eligible Loans. 
  
 (c) The Issuer (or the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Issuer) owns and has good and marketable title to the Financed Eligible
Loans free and clear of any lien, charge, security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance or claim of any Person. 
  
 (d) The Issuer has previously caused the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate
jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the Financed Eligible Loans granted to the Trustee under this Indenture 
  
 (e) All executed copies of each promissory note that constitute or evidence the Financed Eligible Loans have been delivered to the Trustee
(or its agent or bailee pursuant to a Servicing Agreement or a Custodian Agreement). 
  
 (f) Other than the security interest granted to the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture, the Issuer has not pledged, assigned, sold,
granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Financed Eligible Loans. The Issuer has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the Issuer that include a description of collateral covering
the Financed Eligible Loans other than any financing statement relating to the security interest granted to the Trustee under this Indenture or that has been terminated. The Issuer is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Issuer.

  
 (g) The Issuer is an statutory trust
organized solely under the laws of the State of Delaware. 
  
 Section 5.19. Covenants of the Issuer Regarding the Trustee’s Security Interest. The Issuer hereby covenants for the benefit of the Trustee and the Registered Owners as follows: 
  
 (a) None of the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 5.18 hereof may be waived by the Trustee. 
  
 (b) The Issuer shall take all steps necessary, and shall cause each Servicer to take all steps necessary and appropriate, to maintain the perfection and priority of the Trustee’s security interest in the Financed Eligible Loans.

  

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 Section 5.20. Noteholder Lists. The Issuer covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to
be furnished to the Trustee, semiannually, not more than fifteen calendar days after each March first and each September first of each year, with the first such report due in March 2006, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within thirty calendar days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request (or such lesser time as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to enable it to timely provide any notice to be provided by it hereunder), a list in such form as the
Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders as of a date not more than fifteen calendar days (or such other date as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to so provide any such notices) prior to the time such
information is furnished, except that no such list need be furnished by the Issuer to the Trustee so long as the Trustee is acting as the sole Note Registrar. The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all such
information so furnished to it or received by it. 
  
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5.21. Reports by Issuer. The Issuer will: 
  
 (a) File with the Trustee, within fifteen (15) days after the Issuer is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of
the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe), if any, which the Issuer may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; 
  
 (b) File with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance
with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports, if any, with respect to compliance by the Issuer with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required
from time to time by such rules and regulations; and 
  
 (c) Transmit by mail to the Holders, within thirty (30) days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be
filed by the Issuer, if any, pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) above as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission. 
  
 The Trustee may conclusively rely and accept such reports from the Issuer as fulfilling the requirements of this Section
5.21, with no further duty to know, determine or examine such reports or comply with the prescribed timing, rules and regulations of the Commission. 
  
 Section 5.22. Statement as to Compliance. The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, within seventy-five (75) days after the end of each Fiscal Year,
a brief certificate from an Authorized Officer as to his or her knowledge stating the Issuer is in compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture and, in the event of any noncompliance, specifying such noncompliance and the nature
and status thereof. For purposes of this Section 5.22, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture. 
  

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 Section 5.23. Verification Agent’s Certificate. The Verification Agent Agreement provides
that, prior to each Monthly Calculation Date, the Verification Agent shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate certifying as to whether the Issuer Order to transfer moneys on such Monthly Calculation Date pursuant to Section 4.05 is accurate. In
the event that such certificate delivered by the Verification Agent indicates that such Issuer Order is not accurate, then the Trustee shall transfer moneys on such Monthly Calculation Date based on the applicable information that the Verification
Agent has certified to be the correct information; provided that the Trustee shall not transfer moneys based on such certificate from the Verification Agent if either: (i) the Issuer Administrator shows, to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Trustee, that such certification of the Verification Agent is incorrect, in which case the Trustee shall transfer moneys on such Monthly Calculation Date based on information provided by the Issuer Administrator; or (ii) the Issuer Administrator
shows, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Verification Agent, that such certification of the Verification Agent is incorrect and the Verification Agent provides a corrected certification to the Trustee, in which case the Trustee shall transfer
moneys on such Monthly Calculation Date based on such corrected certificate. 
  
 ARTICLE VI 
  
 DEFAULTS
AND REMEDIES 
  
 Section 6.01. Events of Default. If
any of the following events occur, it is hereby defined as and declared to be and to constitute an Event of Default, whatever the reason therefor and whether voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law: 
  
 (a) default in the due and punctual payment of any interest
on any Senior Note; or 
  
 (b) default in the due
and punctual payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, on, any Senior Note, whether at the Stated Maturity thereof, at the date fixed for prepayment or redemption thereof (including, but not limited to, Sinking Fund Payment Dates) or
otherwise upon the maturity thereof; or 
  
 (c)
default by the Issuer in its obligation to purchase any Senior Note on a Tender Date therefor; or 
  
 (d) default in the due and punctual payment of any amount owed by the Issuer to any Other Senior Beneficiary under a Senior Swap Agreement
or Senior Credit Enhancement Facility; or 
  
 (e)
if no Senior Obligations are Outstanding, default in the due and punctual payment of any interest on any Subordinate Note; or 
  
 (f) if no Senior Obligations are Outstanding, default in the due and punctual payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, on, any
Subordinate Note, whether at the Stated Maturity thereof, at the date fixed for prepayment or redemption thereof (including, but not limited to, Sinking Fund Payment Dates) or otherwise upon the maturity thereof; or 
  

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 (g) if no Senior Obligations are Outstanding, default by the Issuer in its obligation to
purchase any Subordinate Note on a Tender Date therefor; or 
  
 (h) if no Senior Obligations are Outstanding, default in the due and punctual payment of any amount owed by the Issuer to any Other Subordinate Beneficiary under a Subordinate Swap Agreement or Subordinate Credit
Enhancement Facility; or 
  
 (i) if no Senior
Obligations and no Subordinate Obligations are Outstanding, default in the due and punctual payment of any interest on any Junior Subordinate Note; or 
  
 (j) if no Senior Obligations and no Subordinate Obligations are Outstanding, default in the due and punctual payment of the principal of,
or premium, if any, on, any Junior Subordinate Note, whether at the Stated Maturity thereof, at the date fixed for prepayment thereof (including, but not limited to, Sinking Fund Payment Dates) or otherwise upon the maturity thereof; or 

 
 (k) if no Senior Obligations and no Subordinate
Obligations are Outstanding, default by the Issuer in its obligation to purchase any Junior Subordinate Note on a Tender Date therefor; or 
  
 (l) if no Senior Obligations and no Subordinate Obligations are Outstanding, default in the due and punctual payment of any amount owed by
the Issuer to any Other Junior Subordinate Beneficiary under a Junior Subordinate Swap Agreement or Junior Subordinate Credit Enhancement Facility; or 
  
 (m) default in the performance of any of the Issuer’s obligations with respect to the transmittal of moneys to be credited to the
Collection Fund, the Acquisition Fund or the Debt Service Fund under the provisions hereof and such default shall have continued for a period of thirty days; or 
  
 (n) default in the performance or observance of any other of the covenants, agreements or conditions on the
part of the Issuer in this Indenture or in the Notes contained, and such default shall have continued for a period of thirty days after written notice thereof, specifying such default, shall have been given to the Issuer by the Trustee (which may
give such notice in its discretion and shall give such notice at the written request of the Acting Beneficiaries Upon Default); provided that, if the default is such that it can be corrected, but not within such thirty days, it shall not constitute
an Event of Default if corrective action is instituted by the Issuer within such thirty days and is diligently pursued until the default is corrected; or 
  
 (o) if the Issuer shall: 
  
 (i) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due; or 
  
 (ii) consent to the appointment of a custodian (as that term
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 any substantial part of the Issuer’s property, or fail to stay, set aside or vacate within 90 days
from the date of entry thereof any order or decree entered by a court of competent jurisdiction ordering such appointment or assignment (it being understood and agreed that the custodial arrangements contemplated by the definition of Custodian in
this Indenture do not constitute an Event of Default); or 
  
 (iii) commence any proceeding or file a petition under the provisions of the federal Bankruptcy Code for liquidation, reorganization or adjustment of debts, or under any insolvency law or other statute or law
providing for the modification or adjustment of the rights of creditors or fail to stay, set aside or vacate within 90 days from the date of entry thereof any order or decree entered by a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to an involuntary
proceeding, whether under federal or state law, providing for liquidation or reorganization of the Issuer or modification or adjustment of the rights of creditors; or 
  
 (p) there occurs the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises
in respect of the Issuer or any substantial part of the Trust Estate 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, liquidation,
assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or for any substantial part of the Trust Estate, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer’s affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and
in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days. 
  
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6.02. Acceleration. Whenever any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee may (and upon the written request of the Acting Beneficiaries Upon Default, the Trustee shall), by notice in writing delivered to the Issuer,
declare the principal of and interest accrued on all Notes then Outstanding due and payable. A copy of such notice shall also be provided to any Tender Agent, any Remarketing Agent, any Auction Agent, any Market Agent and any Broker-Dealer. In the
event that the Trustee shall declare the principal of and interest accrued on all Notes then Outstanding due and payable in accordance with this Section, such principal and interest shall become immediately due and payable on the date of
declaration. At any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee, the Acting Beneficiaries Upon Default may, by written notice to the
Issuer and the Trustee, rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: 
  
 (a) There has been paid to or deposited with the Trustee by or for the account of the Issuer, or provision satisfactory to the Trustee has
been made for the payment of, a sum sufficient to pay: 
  
 (i) if Senior Obligations are Outstanding: 
  
 (A) all overdue installments of interest on all Senior Notes; 
  
 (B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Senior Notes which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, together with interest thereon at the rate or rates borne by such Senior Notes;

  

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 (C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue
installments of interest on the Senior Notes at the rate or rates borne by such Senior Notes; 
  
 (D) all Other Senior Obligations which have become due other than as a direct result of such declaration of acceleration; 
  
 (E) all other sums required to be paid to satisfy the
Issuer’s obligations with respect to the transmittal of moneys to be credited to the Collection Fund, the Acquisition Fund and the Interest Account under the provisions of this Indenture; and 
  
 (F) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee under this
Indenture and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any Paying Agents, Remarketing Agents, Tender Agents, Auction Agents, Market Agents and Broker-Dealers; or 
  
 (ii) if no Senior Obligations are Outstanding but
Subordinate Obligations are Outstanding: 
  
 (A)
all overdue installments of interest on all Subordinate Notes; 
  
 (B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Subordinate Notes which have become due other than by such declaration of acceleration, together with interest thereon at the rate or rates borne by such Subordinate
Notes; 
  
 (C) to the extent that payment of
such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue installments of interest on the Subordinate Notes at the rate or rates borne by such Subordinate Notes; 
  
 (D) all Other Subordinate Obligations which have become due other than as a direct result of such declaration of acceleration;

  
 (E) all other sums required to be paid to
satisfy the Issuer’s obligations with respect to the transmittal of moneys to be credited to the Collection Fund, the Acquisition Fund and the Interest Account under the provisions of this Indenture; and 
  
 (F) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee under this
Indenture and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any Paying Agents, Remarketing Agents, Tender Agents, Auction Agents and Broker-Dealers; or 
  

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 (iii) if no Senior Obligations and no Subordinate Obligations are Outstanding but Junior
Subordinate Notes are Outstanding: 
  
 (A) all
overdue installments of interest on all Junior Subordinate Notes; 
  
 (B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Junior Subordinate Notes which have become due other than by such declaration of acceleration, together with interest thereon at the rate or rates borne by such
Junior Subordinate Notes; 
  
 (C) to the extent
that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue installments of interest on the Junior Subordinate Notes at the rate or rates borne by such Junior Subordinate Notes; 
  
 (D) all Other Junior Subordinate Obligations which have become due otherwise as a direct result of such
declaration of acceleration; 
  
 (E) all other
sums required to be paid to satisfy the Issuer’s obligations with respect to the transmittal of moneys to be credited to the Collection Fund, the Acquisition Fund and the Interest Account under the provisions of this Indenture; and 

 
 (F) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee under this
Indenture and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any Paying Agents, Remarketing Agents, Tender Agents, Auction Agents and Broker-Dealers. 
  
 (b) All Events of Default, other than the non-payment of the
principal of Notes or Other Obligations which have become due solely by, or as a direct result of, such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.13 hereof. 
  
 No such rescission and annulment shall affect any subsequent default or
impair any right consequent thereon. 
  
 Section 6.03. Other
Remedies; Rights of Beneficiaries. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee may (a) institute judicial proceedings in its own name and as or on behalf of a trustee of an express trust for the collection of all amounts
then payable on the Notes and any Other Obligations or under this Indenture with respect thereto, whether by declaration or otherwise, enforce any judgment obtained, and collect from the Issuer and any other obligor upon such Notes and Other
Obligations moneys adjudged due; and (b) pursue any other available remedy by suit at law or in equity to enforce the covenants of the Issuer herein, including, without limitation, any remedy of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial

  

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 Code, foreclosure and mandamus, and may pursue such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most
effective to protect and enforce, or aid in the protection and enforcement of, the covenants and agreements herein. 
  
 If an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, and if it shall have been requested so to do by the Acting Beneficiaries Upon Default and
shall have been indemnified as provided in Section 7.01 hereof, the Trustee shall be obliged to exercise such one or more of the rights and powers conferred by this Section as the Trustee, being advised by its Counsel, shall deem most expedient in
the interests of the Beneficiaries; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have the right to decline to comply with any such request if the Trustee shall be advised by Counsel that the action so requested may not lawfully be taken or if the
Trustee receives, before exercising such right or power, contrary instructions from the Acting Beneficiaries Upon Default. 
  
 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article, if an “Event of Default” (as defined therein) occurs under a Swap Agreement or a Credit
Enhancement Facility and, as a result, the Other Beneficiary that is a party thereto is entitled to exercise one or more remedies thereunder, such Other Beneficiary may exercise such remedies, including, without limitation, the termination of such
agreement, as provided therein, in its own discretion; provided that the exercise of any such remedy shall not adversely affect the legal ability of the Trustee or Acting Beneficiaries Upon Default to exercise any remedy available hereunder.

  
 No remedy by the terms of this Indenture conferred upon or
reserved to the Trustee or to the Beneficiaries is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, but each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to any other remedy given to the Trustee or to the Beneficiaries hereunder
or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. 
  
 No delay or omission to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event
of Default shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Event of Default or acquiescence therein; and every such right and power may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient by
the Trustee or the Acting Beneficiaries Upon Default, as the case may be. 
  
 The Issuer covenants that if an Event of Default shall have happened and shall not have been remedied, the Issuer will continue to account, as a trustee of an express trust, for all other money, securities and
property pledged under this Indenture. 
  
 Section 6.04.
Direction of Proceedings by Acting Beneficiaries Upon Default. The Acting Beneficiaries Upon Default shall have the right, at any time, by an instrument or instruments in writing executed and delivered to the Trustee, to direct the method and
place of conducting all proceedings to be taken in connection with the enforcement of the terms and conditions of this Indenture; provided that (a) such direction shall not be otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of law and of this
Indenture; (b) the Trustee shall not determine that the action so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders of Notes or Other Beneficiaries not taking part in such direction, other than by effect of the subordination of any of their
interests hereunder; and (c) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction. 
  

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 Section 6.05. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. To the extent that such rights may lawfully be
waived, neither the Issuer nor anyone claiming through it or under it shall or will set up, claim, or seek to take advantage of any stay or extension laws now or hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or agreements contained in this
Indenture, or in the Notes, and the Issuer, for itself and all who may claim through or under it, hereby waives, to the extent that it lawfully may do so, the benefit of all such laws. 
  
 Section 6.06. Application of Moneys. All moneys received by the Trustee pursuant to any right given or action taken
under the provisions of this Article shall, after, except as otherwise provided in a Supplemental Indenture, payment of the cost and expenses of the proceedings resulting in the collection of such moneys and of the expenses, liabilities and advances
incurred or made by the Trustee with respect thereto and the payment of Servicing Fees (provided that any moneys or Investment Securities held pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof with respect to Notes no longer deemed Outstanding hereunder shall not be
available for, nor be applied to, the payment of any such costs, expenses, liabilities, advances or Servicing Fees), be applied as follows (except that moneys received with respect to Credit Enhancement Facilities shall be applied only to the
purposes for which such Credit Enhancement Facilities were provided, and shall be so applied prior to the application of other moneys as provided in this Section): 
  
 (a) Unless the principal of all the Outstanding Notes shall have become or shall have been declared due and
payable, all such moneys shall be applied as follows: 
  
 (i) first, to the payment to the Senior Beneficiaries of all installments of principal and interest then due on the Senior Notes and all Other Senior Obligations (except termination payments due under Swap Agreements as a result of Swap
Counterparty default), and if the amount available shall not be sufficient to pay all such amounts in full, then to the payment ratably, in proportion to the amounts due, without regard to due date, to the Holders of Senior Notes and to each Other
Senior Beneficiary, without any discrimination or preference (provided, that the Trustee shall apply the amount so apportioned to the Holders of Senior Notes, as follows: 
  
 (A) to the payment of all installments of interest (other than interest on overdue principal) then due and
payable in the order in which such installments became due and payable, and if the amount available shall not be sufficient to pay in full any particular installment, then to the payment, ratably, according to the amounts due on such installment and
other amounts, to the Holders of Senior Notes entitled thereto, without any discrimination or preference, and 
  
 (B) to the payment of the unpaid principal of any of the Senior Notes which shall have become due and payable (other than Senior Notes
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 the provisions of this Indenture) in the order of their stated payment dates, with interest on the
Principal Amount of such Notes at the respective rates specified therein from the respective dates upon which such Senior Notes became due and payable, and, if the amount available shall not be sufficient to pay in full the principal of the Senior
Notes by their stated terms due and payable on any particular date, then to the payment of such principal, ratably, according to the amount of such principal then due on such date, to the Holders of Senior Notes entitled thereto without any
discrimination or preference); 
  
 (ii) second
(but only if the Senior Asset Percentage would be at least 100% upon the application of such amounts or if there are no Senior Notes Outstanding), to the payment to the Subordinate Beneficiaries of all installments of principal and interest then due
on the Subordinate Notes and all Other Subordinate Obligations (except termination payments due under Swap Agreements as a result of Swap Counterparty default), and if the amount available shall not be sufficient to pay all such amounts in full,
then to the payment ratably, in proportion to the amounts due, without regard to due date, to the Holders of Subordinate Notes and to each Other Subordinate Beneficiary, without any discrimination or preference (provided, that the Trustee shall
apply the amount so apportioned to the Holders of Subordinate Notes, as follows: 
  
 (A) to the payment of all installments of interest (other than interest on overdue principal) then due and payable in the order in which
such installments became due and payable, and if the amount available shall not be sufficient to pay in full any particular installment, then to the payment, ratably, according to the amounts due on such installment and other amounts, to the Holders
of Subordinate Notes entitled thereto, without any discrimination or preference, and 
  
 (B) to the payment of the unpaid principal of any of the Subordinate Notes which shall have become due and payable (other than
Subordinate Notes called for redemption for the payment of which money is held pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture) in the order of their stated payment dates, with interest on the Principal Amount of such Notes at the respective rates
specified therein from the respective dates upon which such Subordinate Notes became due and payable, and, if the amount available shall not be sufficient to pay in full the principal of the Subordinate Notes by their stated terms due and payable on
any particular date, then to the payment of such principal, ratably, according to the amount of such principal then due on such date, to the Holders of Subordinate Notes entitled thereto without any discrimination or preference); 
  
 (iii) third (but only if the Subordinate Asset Percentage
would be at least 100% upon the application of such amounts or if there are no Senior Notes or Subordinate Notes Outstanding), to the payment to the Junior Subordinate 
  

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 Beneficiaries of all installments of principal and interest then due on the Junior Subordinate Notes and
all Other Junior Subordinate Obligations (except termination payments due under Swap Agreements as a result of Swap Counterparty default), and if the amount available shall not be sufficient to pay all such amounts in full, then to the payment
ratably, in proportion to the amounts due, without regard to due date, to the Holders of Junior Subordinate Notes and to each Other Junior Subordinate Beneficiary, without any discrimination or preference (provided, that the Trustee shall apply the
amount so apportioned to the Holders of Junior Subordinate Notes, as follows: 
  
 (A) to the payment of all installments of interest (other than interest on overdue principal) then due and payable in the order in which
such installments became due and payable, and if the amount available shall not be sufficient to pay in full any particular installment, then to the payment, ratably, according to the amounts due on such installment and other amounts, to the Holders
of Junior Subordinate Notes entitled thereto, without any discrimination or preference, and 
  
 (B) to the payment of the unpaid principal of any of the Junior Subordinate Notes which shall have become due and payable (other than
Junior Subordinate Notes called for redemption for the payment of which money is held pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture) in the order of their stated payment dates, with interest on the Principal Amount of such Notes at the respective
rates specified therein from the respective dates upon which such Junior Subordinate Notes became due and payable, and, if the amount available shall not be sufficient to pay in full the principal of the Junior Subordinate Notes by their stated
terms due and payable on any particular date, then to the payment of such principal, ratably, according to the amount of such principal then due on such date, to the Holders of Junior Subordinate Notes entitled thereto without any discrimination or
preference); 
  
 (iv) fourth, to the payment of
the Holders of the Senior Notes of all Carry-Over Amounts (together with interest thereon) then due and payable in the order in which such amounts became due and payable, and if the amount available shall not be sufficient to pay in full all such
Carry-Over Amounts (and interest thereon) which became due and payable on any particular date, then to the payment, ratably, according to the amounts due on such date, to the Holders of Senior Notes entitled thereto, without any discrimination or
preference; 
  
 (v) fifth (but only if the Senior
Asset Percentage would be at least 100% upon the application of such amounts or if there are no Senior Notes Outstanding), to the payment to the Holders of the Subordinate Notes of all Carry-Over Amounts (together with interest thereon) then due and
payable in the order in which such amounts became due and payable, and if the amount available shall not be sufficient to pay in full all such Carry-Over Amounts (and interest thereon) which became due and payable on any particular date, then to the
payment, ratably, according to the amounts due on such date, to the Holders of Subordinate Notes entitled thereto, without any discrimination or preference; 
  

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 (vi) sixth (but only if the Subordinate Asset Percentage would be at least 100% upon the
application of such amounts or if there are no Senior Notes or Subordinate Notes Outstanding), to the payment to the Holders of the Junior Subordinate Notes of all Carry-Over Amounts (together with interest thereon) then due and payable in the order
in which such amounts became due and payable, and if the amount available shall not be sufficient to pay in full all such Carry-Over Amounts (and interest thereon) which became due and payable on any particular date, then to the payment, ratably,
according to the amounts due on such date, to the Holders of Junior Subordinate Notes entitled thereto, without any discrimination or preference; 
  
 (vii) seventh, to the payment of termination payments then due and payable to Swap Counterparties under Senior Swap Agreements as a result
of Swap Counterparty default, in the order in which such termination payments became due and payable, and if the amount available shall not be sufficient to pay in full all such termination payments which became due and payable on any particular
date, then to the payment, ratably, according to the amounts due on such date, to the Senior Swap Counterparties entitled thereto, without any discrimination or preference; 
  
 (viii) eighth (but only if the Senior Asset Percentage would be at least 100% upon the application of such
amounts or if there are no Senior Notes Outstanding), to the payment of termination payments then due and payable to Swap Counterparties under Subordinate Swap Agreements as a result of Swap Counterparty default, in the order in which such
termination payments became due and payable, and if the amount available shall not be sufficient to pay in full all such termination payments which became due and payable on any particular date, then to the payment, ratably, according to the amounts
due on such date, to the Subordinate Swap Counterparties entitled thereto, without any discrimination or preference; and 
  
 (ix) ninth (but only if the Subordinate Asset Percentage would be at least 100% upon the application of such amounts or if there are no
Senior Notes or Subordinate Notes Outstanding), to the payment of termination payments then due and payable to Swap Counterparties under Junior Subordinate Swap Agreements as a result of Swap Counterparty default, in the order in which such
termination payments became due and payable, and if the amount available shall not be sufficient to pay in full all such termination payments which became due and payable on any particular date, then to the payment, ratably, according to the amounts
due on such date, to the Junior Subordinate Swap Counterparties entitled thereto, without any discrimination or preference. 
  

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 (b) If the principal of all Outstanding Notes shall have become due or shall have been
declared due and payable and such declaration has not been annulled and rescinded under the provisions of this Article, all such moneys shall be applied as follows: 
  
 (i) first, to the payment to the Senior Beneficiaries of the principal and interest then due and unpaid upon
the Senior Notes and all Other Senior Obligations (except termination payments due under Swap Agreements as a result of Swap Counterparty default), without preference or priority of principal over interest or of interest over principal, or of any
installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Senior Beneficiary over any other Senior Beneficiary, ratably, according to the amounts due, to the Persons entitled thereto without any discrimination or preference;

  
 (ii) second, to the payment to the
Subordinate Beneficiaries of the principal and interest then due and unpaid upon the Subordinate Notes and all Other Subordinate Obligations (except termination payments due under Swap Agreements as a result of Swap Counterparty default), without
preference or priority of principal over interest or of interest over principal, or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Subordinate Beneficiary over any other Subordinate Beneficiary, ratably, according
to the amounts due, to the Persons entitled thereto without any discrimination or preference; 
  
 (iii) third, to the payment to the Junior Subordinate Beneficiaries of the principal and interest then due and unpaid upon the Junior
Subordinate Notes and all Other Junior Subordinate Obligations (except termination payments due under Swap Agreements as a result of Swap Counterparty default), without preference or priority of principal over interest or of interest over principal,
or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Junior Subordinate Beneficiary over any other Junior Subordinate Beneficiary, ratably, according to the amounts due, to the Persons entitled thereto without any
discrimination or preference; 
  
 (iv) fourth, to
the payment of the Holders of the Senior Notes of all Carry-Over Amounts (together with interest thereon) then due and unpaid, without any preference or priority of Carry-Over Amounts over interest thereon or of interest thereon over Carry-Over
Amounts, ratably, according to the amounts due, to the Holders of Senior Notes entitled thereto, without any discrimination or preference; 
  
 (v) fifth, to the payment to the Holders of the Subordinate Notes of all Carry-Over Amounts (together with interest thereon) then due and
unpaid, without any preference or priority of Carry-Over Amounts over interest thereon or of interest thereon over Carry-Over Amounts, ratably, according to the amounts due, to the Holders of Subordinate Notes entitled thereto, without any
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 (vi) sixth, to the payment to the Holders of the Junior Subordinate Notes of all
Carry-Over Amounts (together with interest thereon) then due and unpaid, without any preference or priority of Carry-Over Amounts over interest thereon or of interest thereon over Carry-Over Amounts, ratably, according to the amounts due, to the
Holders of Junior Subordinate Notes entitled thereto, without any discrimination or preference; 
  
 (vii) seventh, to the payment of termination payments then due and unpaid to Swap Counterparties under Senior Swap Agreements as a result
of Swap Counterparty default, ratably, according to the amounts due on such date, to the Senior Swap Counterparties entitled thereto, without any discrimination or preference; 
  
 (viii) eighth, to the payment of termination payments then due and unpaid to Swap Counterparties under
Subordinate Swap Agreements as a result of Swap Counterparty default, ratably, according to the amounts due on such date, to the Subordinate Swap Counterparties entitled thereto, without any discrimination or preference; and 
  
 (ix) ninth, to the payment of termination payments then due
and unpaid to Swap Counterparties under Junior Subordinate Swap Agreements as a result of Swap Counterparty default, ratably, according to the amounts due on such date, to the Junior Subordinate Swap Counterparties entitled thereto, without any
discrimination or preference. 
  
 (c) If the
principal of all the Outstanding Notes shall have been declared due and payable and if such declaration shall thereafter have been rescinded and annulled under the provisions of Section 6.02 hereof, then (subject to the provisions of paragraph (b)
of this Section, in the event that the principal of all the Outstanding Notes shall later become or be declared due and payable) the money held by the Trustee hereunder shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (a) of this
Section. 
  
 Whenever moneys are to be applied by the Trustee
pursuant to the provisions of this Section, such moneys shall be applied by it at such times, and from time to time, as the Trustee shall determine, having due regard to the amount of such moneys available for application and the likelihood of
additional moneys becoming available for such application in the future. Whenever the Trustee shall apply such funds, it shall fix the date (which shall be an Interest Payment Date unless it shall deem another date more suitable) upon which such
application is to be made and upon such date interest on the amounts of principal to be paid shall cease to accrue. The Trustee shall give such notice as it may deem appropriate of the deposits with it of any such moneys and of the fixing of any
such date, and shall not be required to make payment to the Holder of any unpaid Note until such Note shall be presented to the Trustee for appropriate endorsement or for cancellation if fully paid. 
  

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 Whenever all Notes and interest thereon and all Other Obligations have been fully paid under the
provisions of this Section, and all expenses and charges of the Trustee have been paid, the Issuer and the Trustee shall be restored to their former positions hereunder. 
  
 Section 6.07. Remedies Vested in Trustee. All rights of action, including the right to file proof of claims under
this Indenture or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any trial or other proceedings relating thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the
Trustee shall be brought in its name as Trustee without the necessity of joining as plaintiffs or defendants any Beneficiaries, and any recovery of judgment shall be for the equal benefit of all Beneficiaries in respect of which such judgment has
been recovered. 
  
 Section 6.08. Limitation on Suits by
Beneficiaries. Except as may be permitted in a Supplemental Indenture with respect to an Other Beneficiary, no Holder of any Note or Other Beneficiary shall have any right to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law for the
enforcement of this Indenture or for the execution of any trust hereof or for the appointment of a receiver or any other remedy hereunder unless (a) an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (b) the Acting Beneficiaries Upon Default
shall have made written request to the Trustee; (c) such Beneficiary or Beneficiaries shall have offered to the Trustee indemnity, as provided in Section 7.01 hereof; (d) the Trustee shall have thereafter failed for a period of 60 days after the
receipt of the request and indemnification or refused to exercise the powers hereinbefore granted or to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name; and (e) no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to
the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of the Notes then Outstanding or by any Other Beneficiary; it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders of the Notes or
any Other Beneficiary shall have any right in any manner whatsoever to affect, disturb or prejudice the lien of this Indenture by his, her, its or their action or to enforce any right hereunder except in the manner herein provided, and that all
proceedings at law or in equity shall be instituted, had and maintained in the manner herein provided and for the benefit of the Holders of all Outstanding Notes and Other Beneficiaries hereunder as their interests may appear hereunder; provided,
however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.08, the Acting Beneficiaries Upon Default may institute any such suit, action or proceeding in their own names for the benefit of the Holders of all Outstanding Notes and
Other Beneficiaries hereunder. 
  
 Section 6.09. Unconditional
Right of Holders To Enforce Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Note shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on such Note in accordance with the terms thereof and hereof and, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect thereto, to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of
such Holder. 
  
 Section 6.10. Trustee May File Proofs of
Claims. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Issuer or the property of the Issuer, the Trustee
(irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Issuer for the payment of overdue
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 (a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal, premium, if any, and
interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes then Outstanding and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and Counsel and any Paying Agents, Authenticating Agents, Note Registrar, Remarketing Agents, Tender Agents, Auction Agents, Market Agents and Broker-Dealers) and of the Beneficiaries allowed in
such judicial proceeding, and 
  
 (b) to collect
and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; 
  
 and any receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses and
disbursements of the Trustee, its agents and Counsel and any Paying Agents, Authenticating Agents, Note Registrar, Remarketing Agents, Tender Agents, Auction Agents, Market Agents and Broker-Dealers. 
  
 Nothing herein shall affect the right of any Paying Agent, Authenticating
Agent, Note Registrar, Remarketing Agent, Tender Agent, Auction Agent, Market Agent or Broker-Dealer to file proofs of claim on their own behalf in any such proceeding. 
  
 Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of
any Holder or Other Beneficiary any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or Other Beneficiary, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Holder in any such proceeding. 
  
 Section 6.11. Undertaking
for Costs. The Issuer and the Trustee agree, and each Holder of any Note by his, her or its acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion
assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not
apply to (a) any suit instituted by the Trustee; (b) any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, in each case holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes; or (c) any suit instituted by any
Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note in accordance with Section 6.09 hereof. 
  

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 Section 6.12. Termination of Proceedings. In case the Trustee or any Beneficiary shall have
proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture by the appointment of a receiver, or otherwise, and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee or such
Beneficiary, then and in every such case the Issuer and the Trustee or such Beneficiary shall, subject to any final determination in such proceedings, be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder with respect to this Indenture, and all
rights, remedies and powers of the Trustee and the Beneficiaries shall continue as if no such proceedings had been taken. 
  
 Section 6.13. Waiver of Defaults and Events of Default. The Trustee shall, unless the Trustee has declared the principal of and interest on all
Outstanding Notes immediately due and payable in accordance with Section 6.02 hereof and a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee, waive any default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences but
only upon written request of the Acting Beneficiaries Upon Default; provided, however, that there shall not be waived (a) any Event of Default arising from the acceleration of the maturity of the Notes, except upon the rescission and annulment of
such declaration as described in Section 6.02 hereof; (b) any Event of Default in the payment when due of any amount owed to any Beneficiary (including payment of principal of or interest on any Note) except with the consent of such Beneficiary or
unless, prior to such waiver, the Issuer has paid or deposited (or caused to be paid or deposited) with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all amounts owed to such Beneficiary (including, to the extent permitted by law, interest upon overdue
installments of interest); (c) any Event of Default arising from the failure of the Issuer to pay unpaid expenses of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any Authenticating Agent, Paying Agents, Note Registrars, Remarketing Agents, Tender
Agents, Auction Agents, Market Agents and Broker-Dealers as required by this Indenture, unless, prior to such waiver, the Issuer has paid or deposited (or caused to be paid or deposited) with the Trustee sums required to satisfy such obligations of
the Issuer under the provisions of this Indenture; or (d) any default in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which, under Article VIII hereof, cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Note affected thereby. No
such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon. 
  
 Section 6.14. Inspection of Books and Records. The Issuer covenants that if an Event of Default shall have happened and shall not have been
remedied, the books of record and account of the Issuer relating to the Financed Student Loans and the Trust Estate, shall at all times be subject to the inspection and use of the Trustee and any Holder of at least 25% of the Principal Amount of the
Notes Outstanding and of their respective agents and attorneys. 
  
 ARTICLE VII 
  
 FIDUCIARIES 
  
 Section 7.01. Acceptance of the Trustee. The Trustee hereby accepts
the trusts imposed upon it by this Indenture, and agrees to perform said trusts, but only upon and subject to the following terms and conditions: 
  
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 (i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and 
  
 (ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically
required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture. 
  
 (b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the
rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. 
  
 (c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to
relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that: 
  
 (i) this subsection (c) shall not be construed to limit the effect of subsection (a) of this Section; 
  
 (ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a responsible officer or officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; 
  
 (iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good
faith in accordance with the direction of the Acting Beneficiaries Upon Default relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee,
under this Indenture; and 
  
 (iv) no provision
of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. 
  
 (d) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereof and perform any of its duties by or through attorneys, agents, receivers,
or employees but shall be answerable for the conduct of the same in accordance with the standard specified in subsection (b) above, and shall be entitled to advice of Counsel concerning all matters of trusts hereof and duties hereunder, and may in
all cases pay such reasonable compensation to any attorney, agent, receiver or employee retained or employed by it in connection herewith. The Trustee may act upon the opinion or advice of any Counsel or accountant selected by it in the exercise of
reasonable care. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from any action or inaction based on its good faith reliance upon such opinion or advice. 
  

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 (e) The Trustee shall not be responsible for any recital herein or in the Notes (except
with respect to the certificate of the Trustee endorsed on the Notes), or for the filing or refiling of this Indenture, or for the validity of the execution by the Issuer of this Indenture, or of any Supplemental Indenture or instrument of further
assurance, or for the sufficiency of the security for the Notes issued hereunder or intended to be secured hereby. 
  
 (f) The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of any of the Notes or the proceeds thereof or for the
use or application of any money paid over by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture or for the use and application of money received by any Paying Agent. 
  
 (g) The Trustee shall be protected in acting upon any notice, order, requisition, request, consent,
certificate, order, opinion (including an opinion of Counsel), affidavit, letter, telegram or other paper or document in good faith deemed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person or Persons. Any action
taken by the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture upon the request or authority or consent of any Person who at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent is the Holder of any Note shall be conclusive and binding upon all
future Holders of the same Note and Notes issued in exchange therefor or in place thereof. 
  
 (h) As to the existence or nonexistence of any fact or as to the sufficiency or authenticity of any instrument, paper or proceeding, the
Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon an Issuer Certificate as sufficient evidence of the facts stated therein. 
  
 (i) At any and all reasonable times, the Trustee, and its duly authorized agents, attorneys, experts, engineers, accountants and
representatives, shall have the right fully to inspect all books, papers and records of the Issuer pertaining to the Financed Student Loans, and to take such memoranda from and in regard thereto as may be desired. 
  
 (j) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or
surety in respect of the execution of the said trusts and powers or otherwise in respect of the premises. 
  
 (k) Notwithstanding anything elsewhere in this Indenture contained, the Trustee, in respect to the authentication of any Notes, the
withdrawal of any cash or any action whatsoever within the purview of this Indenture, and any Authenticating Agent, in respect of the authentication of Notes, shall have the right, but shall not be required, to demand any showings, certificates,
opinions (including opinions of Counsel), appraisals or other information, or corporate action or evidence thereof, in addition to that by the terms hereof required as a condition of such action by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent, as the
case may be, deemed desirable for the purpose of establishing the right of the Issuer to the authentication of any Notes, the withdrawal of any cash, or the taking of any other action by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent, as the case may be.

  

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 (l) Before taking any action hereunder requested by Holders or by any Other Beneficiary,
the Trustee may require that it be furnished an indemnity bond or other indemnity satisfactory to it for the reimbursement of all expenses to which it may be put and to protect it against all liability, except liability which results from the
negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee, by reason of any action so taken by the Trustee. 
  
 (m) The Trustee shall periodically file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements and take such other actions described in Section
4.11 hereof as required to maintain and continue the perfection of any security interests granted by the Issuer and the Eligible Lender Trustee as debtors to the Trustee as secured party hereunder. 
  
 Section 7.02. Fees, Charges and Expenses of the Trustee, Paying Agents,
Note Registrar, Authenticating Agents, Remarketing Agents, Tender Agents, Auction Agents, Market Agents and Broker-Dealers. The Trustee and each Paying Agent, Note Registrar, Authenticating Agent, Remarketing Agent, Tender Agent, Auction Agent,
Market Agent and Broker-Dealer shall be entitled to payment and/or reimbursement for reasonable fees for services rendered hereunder and all advances, legal fees and other expenses reasonably and necessarily made or incurred by it in and about the
execution of the trusts created by this Indenture and in and about the exercise and performance of the powers and duties of the Trustee and each Paying Agent, Note Registrar, Authenticating Agent, Remarketing Agent, Tender Agent, Auction Agent,
Market Agent and Broker-Dealer hereunder and for the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses incurred in defending any liability in the premises of any character whatsoever (unless such liability is adjudicated to have resulted from the
negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Note Registrar, the Authenticating Agent, the Remarketing Agent, the Tender Agent, the Auction Agent, the Market Agent or the Broker-Dealer); provided that any moneys or
Investment Securities held pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof with respect to Notes no longer deemed Outstanding hereunder, shall not be available for, nor be applied to, the payment of any such fees, advances, costs or expenses. 
  
 Section 7.03. Notice to Beneficiaries if Default Occurs. The Trustee
shall give to all Beneficiaries, in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), notice of all Events of Default, and of all events which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would become an Event of Default,
known to the Trustee, within 90 days after the occurrence of such Event of Default or other event unless such Event of Default or other event shall have been cured before the giving of such notice; provided that, except in the case of Events of
Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes, or in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund installment with respect to the Notes, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and
so long as a trust committee of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Beneficiaries. 
  
 Section 7.04. Intervention by Trustee. In any judicial proceeding to which the Issuer is a party and which in the opinion of the Trustee and its
Counsel has a substantial bearing on the interest of the Beneficiaries, the Trustee may intervene on behalf of Beneficiaries and shall do so if requested in writing by the Acting Beneficiaries Upon Default. The rights and obligations of the Trustee
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 Section 7.05. Successor Trustee, Paying Agents, Authenticating Agents, and Tender Agents. Any
corporation, association or agency into which the Trustee and any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent or any Tender Agent may be converted or merged, or with which it may be consolidated, or to which it may sell or transfer its trust business and
assets as a whole or substantially as a whole, or any corporation or association resulting from any such conversion, sale, merger, consolidation or transfer to which it is a party, ipso facto, shall be and become successor Trustee, Paying Agent,
Note Registrar, Authenticating Agent, or Tender Agent hereunder and vested with all of the trusts, powers, discretions, immunities, privileges and all other matters as was its predecessor, without the execution or filing of any instrument or any
further act, deed or conveyance on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided that no such merger, conversion or consolidation shall relieve the Trustee of its obligation to comply with Section
7.13 hereof. 
  
 Section 7.06. Resignation by Trustee, Paying
Agents, Authenticating Agents, and Tender Agents. The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent and any Tender Agent may at any time resign from the trusts and be discharged of the duties and obligations hereby created by giving 60
days’ written notice to the Issuer and the Rating Agencies and, in the case of the Trustee, a Paying Agent, an Authenticating Agent or a Tender Agent, by first-class mail to all Holders and Other Beneficiaries and such resignation shall take
effect upon the appointment of a successor Trustee, Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent or Tender Agent. No such resignation of the Trustee shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee under Section 7.09 hereof.
Upon the appointment and acceptance of a successor Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent or Tender Agent, the Trustee shall promptly cause written notice of such appointment to be given to all Holders and Other Beneficiaries in the manner
provided in Section 10.04 hereof, which notice shall include the address of the Principal Office of such successor. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee, Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent or Tender Agent shall not have been
delivered to the resigning Trustee, Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent or Tender Agent within 60 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee, Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent or Tender Agent may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor and any attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with any such petition shall be payable by the Issuer. 
  
 Section 7.07. Removal of Trustee. The Issuer may, with a Rating Agency Confirmation, at any time, subject to the
provisions of this Article, remove the Trustee by Issuer Order. The Issuer shall remove the Trustee if at any time so requested by an instrument or concurrent instruments in writing, filed with the Trustee and the Issuer, and signed by the Holders
of a majority in Principal Amount of the Notes then Outstanding or their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee may not be removed during the existence of an Event of Default. 
  
 In case the Trustee shall be dissolved, fail to comply with Section 7.13
hereof or otherwise become incapable of acting hereunder, or in case it shall be taken under the control of any public officer or officers, or of a receiver appointed by a court, any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
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 No removal of the Trustee, and no appointment of a successor Trustee, pursuant to the provisions of this
Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 7.09 hereof. 
  
 Section 7.08. Appointment of Successor Trustee. If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur
in the office of Trustee for any cause, the Issuer shall, by Issuer Order, promptly appoint a successor trustee. If, within one year of such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, the Holders of a majority in
aggregate Principal Amount of the then Outstanding Notes, by an instrument or concurrent instruments in writing signed by such Holders, or by their attorney-in-fact duly authorized, appoint a successor, such successor shall, upon its acceptance of
such appointment, supersede the successor appointed by the Issuer. If no successor trustee has been appointed and accepted appointment as herein provided after 60 days from the mailing of notice of resignation by the Trustee under Section 7.06
hereof, or from the date the Trustee is removed or otherwise incapable of acting hereunder, any Beneficiary may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor trustee. No appointment of a successor Trustee shall be effective
without the written consent of all Other Beneficiaries, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. 
  
 The Issuer shall promptly notify any Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent, Remarketing Agent and Tender Agent as to the appointment of any successor trustee
and shall promptly cause written notice of such appointment to be given to all Holders and Other Beneficiaries in the manner provided in Section 10.04 hereof, which notice shall include the address of the Principal Office of the successor Trustee.
The appointment of a successor trustee shall not be effective until the Issuer has received a Rating Agency Confirmation. 
  
 Section 7.09. Concerning any Successor Trustee. Every successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to its
predecessor, and to the Issuer, an instrument in writing accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor, without any further act, assignment or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the estates, properties, rights,
powers, trusts, duties and obligations of its predecessor as Trustee; but such predecessor shall, nevertheless, on the written request of the Issuer, or of its successor Trustee, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor
Trustee all the estates, properties, rights, powers and trusts of such predecessor hereunder, and every predecessor Trustee shall deliver all securities and moneys and Balances held by it as Trustee hereunder to its successor together with an
accounting of the Balances held by it hereunder and shall take such actions as may be necessary to cause any Credit Enhancement Facility to be transferred to the successor Trustee. Should any instrument in writing from the Issuer be required by any
successor Trustee for more fully and certainly vesting in such successor the estates, rights, powers and duties hereby vested or intended to be vested in the predecessor trustee, any and all such instruments in writing shall, on request, be
executed, acknowledged and delivered by the Issuer. 
  
 Section
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 of this Indenture may be accepted by the Trustee as conclusive evidence of the facts and conclusions stated therein and
shall be full warrant, protection and authority to the Trustee for the withdrawal of cash hereunder. The Trustee shall not, however, comply with any Issuer Order which does not comply with the terms and provisions of this Indenture or which directs
the Trustee to take an action which is not permitted by the terms and provisions of this Indenture. 
  
 Section 7.11. Successor Trustee as Custodian of Funds. In the event of a change in the office of Trustee the predecessor Trustee which has resigned
or been removed shall cease to be custodian of the Funds and Accounts, and the successor Trustee shall be and become such custodian. 
  
 Section 7.12. Co-Trustee. At any time or times, for the purpose of (a) meeting any legal requirements of any state in which the Trustee determines
it necessary to take any action hereunder; or (b) establishing the eligibility of any Financed Student Loans for receipt of federal payments with respect thereto, the Trustee shall have power to appoint, and, upon the request of the Trustee or of
the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate Principal Amount of Notes Outstanding or of any Other Beneficiary, the Issuer shall for such purpose join with the Trustee in the execution, delivery and performance of all instruments and agreements
necessary or proper to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Trustee either to act as co-trustee or co-trustees, jointly with the Trustee of all or any part of the trust estate, or to act as separate trustee or separate trustees of all or any
part of the trust estate, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity, such title to the trust estate or any part thereof, and such rights, powers, duties, trusts or obligations as the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable, subject
to the remaining provisions of this Section. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor Trustee under Section 7.13 hereof and no notice to Holders of the appointment of any
co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under Section 7.08 hereof. 
  
 If the Issuer shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, or in case an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have
power to make such appointment. 
  
 The Issuer shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver all such instruments as may be required by any such co-trustee or separate trustee. 
  
 Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following terms, namely:

  
 (a) The Notes shall be authenticated and
delivered, and all rights, powers, trusts, duties and obligations by this Indenture conferred upon the Trustee in respect of the custody, control and management of moneys, papers, securities and other personal property shall be exercised, solely by
the Trustee. 
  
 (b) All rights, powers, trusts,
duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the trustees shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee, or by the Trustee and such co-trustee or co-trustees or separate trustee or separate trustees jointly, as
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 or co-trustees or separate trustee or separate trustees, except to the extent that, under the law of any
jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed, the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such act or acts shall be performed by such co-trustee or co-trustees or separate
trustee or separate trustees. 
  
 (c) Any request
in writing by the Trustee to any co-trustee or separate trustee to take or to refrain from taking any action hereunder shall be sufficient warrant for the taking, or the refraining from taking, of such action by such co-trustee or separate trustee.

  
 (d) Any co-trustee or separate trustee may
delegate to the Trustee the exercise of any right, power, trust, duty or obligations, discretionary or otherwise. 
  
 (e) The Trustee at any time, by any instrument in writing, may accept the resignation of or remove any co-trustee or separate trustee
appointed under this Section. Upon the request of the Trustee, the Issuer shall join with the Trustee in the execution, delivery and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to effectuate such resignation or removal.

  
 (f) No trustee hereunder shall be personally
liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder. 
  
 (g) Any demand, request, direction, appointment, removal, notice, consent, waiver or other action in writing delivered to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been delivered to each such co-trustee or separate trustee.

  
 (h) Any moneys, papers, securities or other
items of personal property received by any such co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall forthwith, so far as may be permitted by law, be turned over to the Trustee. 
  
 Upon the acceptance in writing of such appointment by any such co-trustee or separate trustee, it or he or she shall be
vested with such title to the trust estate or any part thereof, and with such rights, powers, duties or obligations, as shall be specified in the instrument of appointment jointly with the Trustee (except insofar as local law makes it necessary for
any such co-trustee or separate trustee to act alone) subject to all the terms of this Indenture. Every such acceptance shall be filed with the Trustee. Any co-trustee or separate trustee may, at any time by an instrument in writing, constitute the
Trustee, his, her or its attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power and authority to do all acts and things and to exercise all discretion on his, her or its behalf and in his, her or its name. 
  
 In case any co-trustee or separate trustee shall die, become incapable of
acting, resign or be removed, the title to the trust estate, and all rights, powers, trusts, duties and obligations of said co-trustee or separate trustee shall, so far as permitted by law, vest in and be exercised by the Trustee unless and until a
successor co-trustee or separate trustee shall be appointed in the manner herein provided. 
  
 Section 7.13. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Disqualification. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which (i) shall be a bank or banking association organized 
  

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 and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state, authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trust powers, (ii) shall satisfy the requirements of subsection (a)(4)(i) of Rule 3a-7 of the Investment Company Act, (iii) shall comply with the Trust Indenture Act and (iv) shall be an “eligible lender” under the Higher
Education Act, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by a federal or state authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital stock, capital surplus and undivided profits as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.13, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in
this Article VII. Neither the Issuer nor any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under common control with, the Issuer shall serve as Trustee. If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning
of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. 
  
 Section 7.14. Statement by Trustee of Funds and Accounts and Other
Matters. Not more than 30 days after the close of each Fiscal Year the Trustee shall furnish the Issuer and any Holder or Other Beneficiary filing with the Trustee a written request for a copy, a statement setting forth (to the extent
applicable) in respect to such Fiscal Year, (a) all transactions relating to the receipt, disbursement and application of all moneys received by the Trustee pursuant to all terms of this Indenture; (b) the Balances held by the Trustee at the end of
such Fiscal Year to the credit of each Fund and Account; (c) a brief description of all moneys, Student Loans and Investment Securities held by the Trustee as part of the Balance of each Fund and Account as of the end of such Fiscal Year; (d) the
Principal Amount of Notes of each series purchased by the Trustee during such Fiscal Year from moneys available therefor in any Fund pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture and the respective purchase price of such Notes; (e) the Principal
Amount of Notes of each series retired, at their Stated Maturity or by prepayment, during such Fiscal Year and the Prepayment Prices thereof, if any; and (f) any other information which the Issuer may reasonably request. 
  
 In addition, the Trustee shall furnish the Issuer on or before the fifteenth
day of each calendar month (but no sooner than three Business Days after receipt of the monthly report with respect to the Financed Eligible Loans from the Issuer Administrator or Servicers) a brief description of all moneys, Financed Student Loans
and Investment Securities to the credit of each Fund and Account as of the last day of the preceding month. 
  
 In addition: 
  
 (a) Within sixty calendar days after March first of each year commencing with the year 2006, the Trustee shall transmit to the Holders such reports dated
as of March first of the year in which such reports are made concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant
thereto. In the event that no events have occurred under such Section of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall be under no duty or obligation to provide such reports. 
  

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 (b) The Trustee shall transmit to the Holders reports contemplated by Section 313(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act within the times specified therein. 
  
 (c) Reports
contemplated by clauses (a) and (b) above shall be transmitted and filed by the Trustee in accordance with Sections 313(c) and 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act. 
  
 Section 7.15. Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Note Registrar, Paying Agents, Remarketing Agents, Tender Agents, Auction
Agents, Market Agents and Broker-Dealers May Buy, Hold, Sell or Deal in Notes. Subject to compliance with subsection (a)(4)(i) of Rule 3a-7 of the Investment Company Act: the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Note Registrar, any Paying
Agent, any Remarketing Agent, any Tender Agent, any Auction Agent, any Market Agent or any Broker-Dealer and its directors, officers, employees or agents may, in good faith, buy, sell, own, hold and deal in any of the Notes and may join in any
action which any Holder of a Note may be entitled to take, with like effect as if such Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Note Registrar, Paying Agent, Remarketing Agent, Tender Agent, Auction Agent, Market Agent or Broker-Dealer were not the Trustee,
an Authenticating Agent, a Note Registrar, a Paying Agent, a Remarketing Agent, a Tender Agent, an Auction Agent, a Market Agent or a Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, under this Indenture. 
  
 Section 7.16. Authenticating Agent and Paying Agents; Paying Agents To
Hold Moneys in Trust. Any Paying Agent for a series of Notes shall be appointed by or pursuant to a Supplemental Indenture providing for the issuance of such series of Notes. Each Paying Agent (i) shall hold in trust for the benefit of the
Holders of the Notes and the Trustee any sums held by such Paying Agent for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on and any Carry-Over Amounts (and accrued interest thereon) with respect to the Notes, and (ii) shall give to
the Trustee notice of any default by the Issuer in the making of any such payment. Anything in this paragraph to the contrary notwithstanding, the Issuer may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture,
or for any other reason, cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust by any Paying Agent hereunder as required by this paragraph, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained, and such Paying Agent shall thereupon
be released from all further liability with respect to such sums. 
  
 Any Authenticating Agent for a series of Notes shall be appointed by or pursuant to a Supplemental Indenture providing for the issuance of such series of Notes. The Authenticating Agent shall have the power to act in the receipt,
authentication and delivery of Notes in connection with transfers, exchanges and registrations hereunder. 
  
 Each Authenticating Agent and Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall designate its Principal Office and signify its acceptance of the duties and
obligations imposed upon it by this Indenture by executing and delivering to the Issuer a written acceptance thereof under which, in the case of the Paying Agent, the Paying Agent will agree particularly: 
  
 (a) to hold all sums held by it pursuant to this Indenture
in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes until such sums shall be paid to such Holders or otherwise disposed of as herein provided; 
  

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 (b) at any time during the continuance of any Event of Default, upon the written request
of the Trustee, to forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent; and 
  
 (c) in the event of the resignation or removal of such Paying Agent, pay over, assign and deliver any moneys, records or securities held
by it as Paying Agent to its successor or, if there be no successor, to the Trustee. 
  
 No Paying Agent shall be obligated to expend its own funds in paying Debt Service on, or Carry-Over Amounts (including accrued interest thereon) with respect to, the Notes. 
  
 Section 7.17. Removal of Authenticating Agent and Paying Agents;
Successors. Any Authenticating Agent and any Paying Agent may be removed at any time by an instrument filed with such Authenticating Agent or Paying Agent, as the case may be, and the Trustee and signed by the Issuer. Any successor
Authenticating Agent or Paying Agent shall be appointed by the Issuer and shall be a bank having trust powers or trust company duly organized under the laws of any state of the United States or a national banking association having trust powers,
having, in the case of a successor paying agent, a capital stock and surplus aggregating at least $25,000,000, and willing and able to accept the office on reasonable and customary terms and authorized by law to perform all the duties imposed upon
it by this Indenture and any Supplemental Indenture. Upon the appointment and acceptance of a successor Authenticating Agent or Paying Agent, the Issuer shall promptly give written notice of such appointment to the Trustee and the Trustee shall
promptly cause written notice thereof to be given to all Holders in the manner provided in Section 10.04 hereof, which notice shall include the address of the Principal Office of such successor. 
  
 In the event of the resignation or removal of any Authenticating Agent or any
Paying Agent, such Authenticating Agent or Paying Agent shall pay over, assign and deliver any moneys, records or securities held by it as Authenticating Agent (and Note Registrar, if appropriate) or Paying Agent, as the case may be, to its
successors or, if there be no successor, to the Trustee. 
  
 Section 7.18. Appointment and Qualifications of Tender Agents. The Issuer may, in a Supplemental Indenture, appoint a Tender Agent with respect to one or more series of Notes. The Tender Agent shall, by entering into a Tender Agent
Agreement, designate to the Trustee its Principal Offices for the purposes of its functions as Tender Agent and, if applicable, Authenticating Agent and Note Registrar hereunder and signify its acceptance of the duties and obligations imposed upon
it hereunder (including, if applicable, those of Authenticating Agent and Note Registrar) and under the Tender Agent Agreement, and under which the Tender Agent will agree, particularly: 
  
 (a) to hold all Notes delivered to it hereunder in trust for the benefit of the respective Holders which
shall have so delivered such Notes until moneys representing the purchase price of such Notes shall have been delivered to or for the account of or to the order of such Holders; 
  

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 (b) to hold all moneys delivered to it hereunder for the purchase of Notes in trust for
the benefit of the Person which shall have so delivered such moneys until the Notes purchased with such moneys shall have been delivered to or for the account of such Person; and 
  
 (c) to keep such books and records as shall be consistent with prudent industry practice and to make such
books and records available for inspection by the Issuer and the Trustee at all reasonable times. 
  
 The Issuer shall cooperate with the Tender Agent and the Trustee to cause the necessary arrangements to be made and to be thereafter continued whereby
funds from the sources specified herein will be made available for the purchase of the Notes which are required to be tendered on a Tender Date and whereby Notes, executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent,
shall be made available to the Remarketing Agent, the Trustee or the Tender Agent to the extent necessary for delivery pursuant the applicable provisions of the related Supplemental Indenture. 
  
 The Tender Agent shall be a commercial bank or trust company duly organized
under the laws of the United States or any state or territory thereof, having its Principal Office for the performance of its functions as Tender Agent hereunder located in New York, New York, having a combined capital stock, surplus and undivided
profits of at least $100,000,000 and authorized by law to perform all the duties imposed upon it by this Indenture (including, if applicable, those of Authenticating Agent and Note Registrar) and the Tender Agent Agreement. The Tender Agent may at
any time resign and be discharged of the duties and obligations created by this Indenture and the Tender Agent Agreement (including such duties and obligations as Note Registrar and Authenticating Agent hereunder) by giving at least 60 days’
notice to the Issuer, the Trustee and any related Credit Facility Provider, provided that such resignation shall not be effective until the appointment of a successor Tender Agent by the Issuer. The Tender Agent may be replaced at any time, at the
direction of the Issuer, by an instrument, signed by an Authorized Officer of the Issuer, filed with the Remarketing Agent, the Tender Agent, the Trustee and any related Credit Facility Provider at least 60 days prior to the effective date of such
replacement, provided that such replacement shall not be effective until the appointment of a successor Tender Agent by the Issuer. Upon the appointment and acceptance of a successor Tender Agent, the Issuer shall promptly give written notice of
such appointment to the Trustee and the Trustee shall promptly cause written notice thereof to be given to all Holders in the manner provided in Section 10.04 hereof, which notice shall include the address of the Principal Office of such successor.

  
 In the event of the resignation or removal of the Tender
Agent, the Tender Agent shall pay over, assign and deliver any moneys, Notes and records held by it in such capacity (including any such moneys, Notes and records held by it as Authenticating Agent and Note Registrar) to its successor or, if there
be no successor, to the Trustee. 
  
 In the event that the Tender
Agent shall be removed or be dissolved, or if the property or affairs of the Tender Agent shall be taken under the control of any state or federal court or administrative body because of bankruptcy or insolvency, or for any other reason, and the
Issuer shall not have appointed its successor as Tender Agent, the Trustee, notwithstanding the 
  

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 foregoing provisions of this Section, shall ipso facto be deemed to be the Tender Agent for all purposes of this
Indenture until the appointment by the Issuer of the successor Tender Agent, and the Trustee shall be required to perform the functions of the Tender Agent (and, if applicable, of Note Registrar and Authenticating Agent) as set forth in this
Indenture and the Tender Agent Agreement. 
  
 Section 7.19.
Remarketing Agents. The Issuer may, in a Supplemental Indenture, appoint a Remarketing Agent with respect to one or more series of Notes. The Remarketing Agent shall designate its Principal Office and signify its acceptance of the duties and
obligations imposed upon it hereunder by entering into a Remarketing Agreement under which the Remarketing Agent will agree, particularly: 
  
 (a) to determine any variable interest rate in accordance with the applicable provisions of the related Supplemental Indenture;

  
 (b) to determine any fixed interest rate in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the related Supplemental Indenture; 
  
 (c) to hold all Notes delivered to it hereunder in trust for the benefit of the respective Holders which shall have so delivered such
Notes until moneys representing the purchase price of such Notes shall have been delivered to or for the account of or to the order of such Holders; 
  
 (d) to hold all moneys delivered to it hereunder for the purchase of Notes in trust for the benefit of the Person which shall have so
delivered such moneys until the Notes purchased with such moneys shall have been delivered to or for the account of such Person; and 
  
 (e) to keep such books and records as shall be consistent with prudent industry practice and to make such books and records available for
inspection by the Issuer and the Trustee at all reasonable times. 
  
 Section 7.20. Qualifications of Remarketing Agents. The Remarketing Agent shall be a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., have a capitalization of at least $50,000,000 and be authorized by law to perform
all the duties imposed upon it by this Indenture and the Remarketing Agreement. The Remarketing Agent may at any time resign and be discharged of the duties and obligations created by this Indenture and the Remarketing Agreement (a) by giving at
least 60 days’ notice to the Issuer, the Trustee, the Tender Agent and any related Credit Facility Provider, provided that such resignation shall not be effective until a successor Remarketing Agent has been appointed by the Issuer and any
related Credit Facility Provider has consented in writing thereto, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; or (b) by giving notice to the Issuer, the Trustee and the Tender Agent under the circumstances set forth in the Remarketing
Agreement. The Remarketing Agent may be replaced at any time, at the direction of the Issuer, by an instrument signed by an Authorized Officer of the Issuer, filed with the Remarketing Agent, the Trustee, the Tender Agent and any related Credit
Facility Provider, provided that such replacement shall not be effective until a successor Remarketing Agent has been appointed by the Issuer and any related Credit Facility Provider has consented in writing thereto, which consent shall not be
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 In the event of the resignation or removal of the Remarketing Agent, the Remarketing Agent shall pay
over, assign and deliver any moneys and Notes held by it in such capacity to its successor or, if there be no successor, to the Trustee. 
  
 In the event that the Remarketing Agent shall resign, be removed or be dissolved, or if the property or affairs of the Remarketing Agent shall be taken
under the control of any state or federal court or administrative body because of bankruptcy or insolvency, or for any other reason, and the Issuer shall not have appointed its successor as Remarketing Agent, the Trustee, notwithstanding the
provisions of the first paragraph of this Section, shall ipso facto be deemed to be the Remarketing Agent for all purposes of this Indenture until the appointment by the Issuer of the successor Remarketing Agent; provided, however, that the Trustee,
in its capacity as Remarketing Agent, shall not be required to sell Notes or to determine the interest rate on the Notes. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as conferring on the Trustee additional duties other than as set forth herein.

  
 Section 7.21. Indemnification of the Trustee. Other
than with respect to its duties to make payment on the Notes and Other Obligations when due, and its duty to pursue the remedy of acceleration as provided in Section 6.02 hereof, for each of which no additional security or indemnity may be required,
the Trustee shall be under no obligation or duty to perform any act at the request of the Beneficiaries or to institute or defend any suit in respect thereof unless properly indemnified and provided with security to its satisfaction as provided in
Section 7.01 hereof. However, the Trustee may begin suit, or appear in and defend suit, execute any of the trusts hereby created, enforce any of its rights or powers hereunder, or do anything else in its judgment proper to be done by it as Trustee,
without assurance of reimbursement or indemnity, and in such case the Trustee shall be reimbursed or indemnified by the Beneficiaries requesting such action, if any, or the Issuer (but solely out of the Trust Estate) in all other cases, for all
fees, costs and expenses, liabilities, outlays and counsel fees and other reasonable disbursements properly incurred in connection therewith, unless such costs and expenses, liabilities, outlays and attorneys’ fees and other reasonable
disbursements properly incurred in connection therewith are adjudicated to have resulted from the negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee. In furtherance and not in limitation of this Section, the Trustee shall not be liable for, and shall
be held harmless by the Issuer from, following any Issuer Orders, instructions or other directions upon which the Trustee is authorized to rely pursuant to this Indenture or any other agreement to which it is a party with the Issuer or an affiliate
of the Issuer. If the Issuer or the Beneficiaries, as appropriate, shall fail to make such reimbursement or indemnification, the Trustee may reimburse itself from any money in its possession under the provisions of this Indenture, subject only to
the prior lien of the Notes for the payment of the principal thereof, premium, if any, and interest thereon from the Collection Fund, except as otherwise provided in Section 6.03 hereof. None of the provisions contained in this Indenture or any
other agreement to which it is a party shall require the Trustee to act or to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur individual financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if
the Beneficiaries shall not have offered security and indemnity acceptable to it or if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that prompt repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured
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 The Issuer agrees to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or
expenses incurred without negligence or bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against
any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder arising from the Trust Estate, provided, however, that any such indemnification shall be payable solely out of the Trust Estate. The
Issuer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee against any and all claims, demands, suits, actions or other proceedings and all liabilities, costs and expenses whatsoever caused by any untrue statement or misleading statement or alleged
untrue statement or alleged misleading statement of a material fact contained in any offering document distributed in connection with the issuance of the Notes or caused by any omission or alleged omission from such offering document of any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, provided, however, that no indemnification is made by the Issuer as to
information contained in any such offering document relating to, and provided by, the Trustee. 
  
 Section 7.22. Preferential Collection of Claims. If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the
Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of its claims against the Issuer (or any such other obligor). 
  
 Section 7.23. Communication Among Holders. The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this
Indenture or under the Notes, and the corresponding rights and duties of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act. Neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any
mailing of materials, or any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders, pursuant to or as contemplated by the Trust Indenture Act. 
  
 ARTICLE VIII 
  
 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES 
  
 Section 8.01. Supplemental Indentures Not Requiring Consent of Beneficiaries. The Issuer and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, any of the Holders or any
Other Beneficiary (except to the extent, if any, required pursuant to a Supplemental Indenture authorizing the issuance of a series of Notes), and when so required by this Indenture shall, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental to this
Indenture (which Supplemental Indenture or Indentures shall thereafter form a part hereof), so as to thereby (a) cure any ambiguity or formal defect or omission in this Indenture or in any Supplemental Indenture; (b) grant to or confer upon the
Trustee for the benefit of the Beneficiaries any additional rights, remedies, powers, authority or security that may lawfully be granted to or conferred upon the Beneficiaries or the Trustee; (c) describe or identify more precisely any part of the
Trust Estate or subject additional revenues, properties or collateral to the lien and pledge of this Indenture; (d) evidence the appointment of a separate trustee or a co-trustee or the succession of a new Trustee hereunder; (e) authorize issuance
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 of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to effect the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as then amended, or under any similar Federal statute enacted after the date of this Indenture, and to add to this Indenture such other provisions as may be expressly permitted by said Trust Indenture Act of 1939, excluding,
however, the provisions referred to in Section 316(a)(2) of said Trust Indenture Act of 1939; (g) modify, eliminate and/or add to the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary or advisable in order to acquire Eligible Loans
described in the proviso to the definition thereof in Section 1.01 hereof; (h) modify this Indenture (including deletions of or changes to provisions of this Indenture or additions to this Indenture or any combination of deletions, changes and
additions) as required by any Credit Facility Provider or Swap Counterparty, or otherwise necessary to give effect to any Credit Enhancement Facility, Swap Agreement or Swap Counterparty Guaranty authorized to be obtained or entered into under
Section 2.12 hereof, at the time of issuance of a series of Notes to which such agreements relate; provided that no such modifications described in this clause (h) shall be effective (i) if the consent of any Holders would be required therefor under
the proviso contained in Section 8.02 hereof and such consent has not been obtained; or (ii) if the Trustee in its sole discretion shall determine that such modifications are to the prejudice of any Other Beneficiary; (i) create additional Funds,
Accounts or subaccounts as authorized by Section 4.01 hereof; (j) to provide for the creation of one or more additional classes of Notes to be part of a previously existing series of Notes or Other Obligations relating to such previously existing
series of Notes; provided, (i) that no such class of Notes or Other Obligations may be senior in any respect to any previously created such class of Notes or Other Obligations any of which are then Outstanding, except to the extent specifically
authorized or permitted by the Supplemental Indenture authorizing such previously created class or except to the extent consented to by each Beneficiary who would be adversely affected thereby; and (ii) that a Rating Agency Confirmation is obtained
with respect to such additional classes of Notes or Other Obligations; (k) to enable the Issuer, the Depositor or any of their respective affiliates to obtain more favorable treatment under any current or future law, rule or regulation; or (l) make
any other change in this Indenture which is not materially adverse to the Holders. An amendment shall be deemed not to be materially adverse to the Holders if a Rating Agency Confirmation occurs with respect to such amendment. 
  
 Section 8.02. Supplemental Indentures Requiring Consent of
Beneficiaries. Exclusive of Supplemental Indentures covered by Section 8.01 hereof and subject to the terms and provisions contained in this Section, and not otherwise, the Trustee (upon receipt of an instrument evidencing the consent to the
below-mentioned Supplemental Indenture by: (a) if they are affected thereby, the Holders of not less than two-thirds of the aggregate Principal Amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes; (b) if they are affected thereby, the Holders of not less than
two-thirds of the aggregate Principal Amount of the Outstanding Subordinate Notes; (c) if they are affected thereby, the Holders of not less than two-thirds of the Aggregate Principal Amount of the Outstanding Junior Subordinate Notes; and (d) each
other Person which must consent to such Supplemental Indenture as provided in any then outstanding Supplemental Indenture authorizing the issuance of a series of Notes or any Other Obligation) shall join with the Issuer in the execution of such
other indenture or indentures supplemental hereto as shall be deemed necessary and desirable for the purpose of modifying, altering, amending, adding to or rescinding, in any particular, any of the terms or provisions contained in this Indenture;
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 thereby (i) a specific extension of the maturity of the principal of or the interest on any Note, whether at the Stated
Maturity thereof, on a Sinking Fund Payment Date or otherwise; or (ii) a specific reduction in the Principal Amount, Prepayment Price or purchase price of any Note or the rate of interest thereon; or (iii) a privilege or priority of any Senior
Obligation over any other Senior Obligation; (iv) a privilege or priority of any Subordinate Obligation over any other Subordinate Obligation; or (v) a privilege of any Senior Notes over any Subordinate Notes or Junior Subordinate Notes, other than
as provided herein; or (vi) a privilege of any Subordinate Notes over any Junior Subordinate Notes, other than as provided herein; or (vii) the surrendering of a privilege or a priority granted hereby if, in the judgment of the Trustee, to the
detriment of another Beneficiary hereunder; or (viii) a reduction or an increase in the aggregate Principal Amount of the Notes required for consent to such Supplemental Indenture; or (ix) the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on a parity
with the lien of this Indenture on the Trust Estate or any part thereof, except as hereinbefore expressly permitted; or (x) any Beneficiary to be deprived of the lien hereby created on the rights, title, interest, privileges, revenues, moneys and
securities pledged hereunder; or (xi) the modification of any of the provisions of this Section 8.02; or (xii) the modification of any provision of a Supplemental Indenture which states that it may not be modified without the consent of the Holders
of Notes issued pursuant thereto or any Notes of the same class or any Beneficiary that has provided a Credit Enhancement Facility or Swap Agreement of such class. 
  
 For purposes of this Indenture, Notes are deemed “affected” by an amendment if such amendment adversely affects or
diminishes the rights of the Holders thereof to be assured of the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on and any Carry-Over Amount (and accrued interest thereon) with respect to such Notes, taking into account the priorities
between classes of Notes theretofore prescribed hereby. The Trustee may in its discretion determine whether any Notes would be affected by any amendment and any such determination shall be conclusive upon the Holders of all Notes, whether
theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. The Trustee shall not be liable for any such determination made in good faith. 
  
 If at any time the Issuer shall request the Trustee to enter into any such Supplemental Indenture for any of the purposes of this Section 8.02 that would
require the consent of any Holder, the Trustee shall, upon being satisfactorily indemnified with respect to expenses, cause notice of the proposed execution of such Supplemental Indenture to be mailed to each Holder of an Outstanding Note in
accordance with the provisions of Section 10.04 hereof and to each Other Beneficiary. Such notice shall briefly set forth the nature of the proposed Supplemental Indenture and shall state that copies thereof are on file at the Principal Office of
the Trustee for inspection by all Beneficiaries. The Trustee shall not, however, be subject to any liability to any Holder or any Other Beneficiary by reason of its failure to mail such notice, and any such failure shall not affect the validity of
such Supplemental Indenture when consented to and approved as provided in this Section. If, at the time of the execution of any such Supplemental Indenture, the Holders of Notes and each other Beneficiary shall have consented to and approved the
execution thereof as herein provided, no Beneficiary shall have any right to object to any of the terms and provisions contained therein, or the operation thereof, or in any manner to question the propriety of the execution thereof, or to enjoin or
restrain the Trustee or the Issuer from executing the same or from taking any action pursuant to the provisions thereof. Upon the execution of any such Supplemental Indenture as in this Section permitted and provided this Indenture shall be and be
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 Section 8.03. Rights of Trustee. If, in the opinion of the Trustee, any Supplemental Indenture
provided for in this Article adversely affects the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee under this Indenture or otherwise, the Trustee may, in its sole discretion, decline to execute such Supplemental Indenture, except to the extent that this
may be required in the case of a Supplemental Indenture entered into under Section 8.01 hereof. The Trustee shall not be liable for any such determination made in good faith. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in
relying upon, an opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such Supplemental Indenture conforms to the requirements of this Indenture. 
  
 Section 8.04. Consent of Tender Agents. So long as any Tender Agent Agreement is in effect, (a) no Supplemental Indenture which materially
adversely affects the rights, duties or immunities of the Tender Agent created by this Indenture or the Tender Agent Agreement (including, if applicable, such duties and obligations as Note Registrar and Authenticating Agent hereunder) shall become
effective with respect to such Tender Agent unless and until delivery to the Trustee of a written consent of the Tender Agent to such Supplemental Indenture; and (b) the Trustee shall promptly furnish to the Tender Agent a copy of each Supplemental
Indenture. 
  
 Section 8.05. Consent of Remarketing Agents.
So long as any Remarketing Agreement is in effect, (a) no Supplemental Indenture which materially adversely affects the rights, duties or immunities of the Remarketing Agent created by this Indenture or the Remarketing Agreement shall become
effective with respect to such Remarketing Agent unless and until delivery to the Trustee of a written consent of the Remarketing Agent to such Supplemental Indenture; and (b) the Trustee shall promptly furnish to the Remarketing Agent a copy of
each Supplemental Indenture. 
  
 Section 8.06. Consent of
Auction Agents. So long as any Auction Agent Agreement is in effect, (a) no Supplemental Indenture which materially adversely affects the rights, duties or immunities of the Auction Agent created by this Indenture or the Auction Agent Agreement
shall become effective with respect to such Auction Agent unless and until delivery to the Trustee of a written consent of the Auction Agent to such Supplemental Indenture; and (b) the Trustee shall promptly furnish to the Auction Agent a copy of
each Supplemental Indenture. 
  
 Section 8.07. Consent of
Broker-Dealers. So long as any Broker-Dealer Agreement is in effect, (a) no Supplemental Indenture which materially adversely affects the rights, duties or immunities of the Broker-Dealer created by this Indenture or the Broker-Dealer Agreement
shall become effective with respect to such Broker-Dealer unless and until delivery to the Trustee of a written consent of the Broker-Dealer to such Supplemental Indenture; and (b) the Trustee shall promptly furnish to the Broker-Dealer a copy of
each Supplemental Indenture. 
  
 Section 8.08. Consent of
Market Agents. So long as any Market Agent Agreement is in effect, (a) no Supplemental Indenture which materially adversely affects the rights, duties or immunities of the Market Agent created by this Indenture or the Market Agent Agreement
shall become effective with respect to such Market Agent unless and until delivery to the Trustee of a written consent of the Market Agent to such Supplemental Indenture; and (b) the Trustee shall promptly furnish to the Market Agent a copy of each
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 Section 8.09. Effect of No Objection. The consent of the Trustee, any Tender Agent, any
Remarketing Agent, any Auction Agent, any Broker-Dealer, and any Market Agent shall be deemed to have been given pursuant to this Article VIII if the Issuer does not receive a written objection from such Person within ten (10) Business Days after a
written request for such consent shall have been given to such Person. 
  
 ARTICLE IX 
  
 DEFEASANCE; MONEYS HELD FOR
PAYMENT OF DEFEASED NOTES 
  
 Section 9.01. Discharge of
Liens and Pledges; Notes No Longer Outstanding and Deemed To Be Paid Hereunder. The obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture, and the liens, pledges, charges, trusts, covenants and agreements of the Issuer herein made or provided for,
shall be fully discharged and satisfied as to any Note and such Note shall no longer be deemed to be Outstanding hereunder: 
  
 (a) when such Note shall have been canceled, or shall have been purchased by the Trustee from moneys held by it under this Indenture; or

  
 (b) as to any Note not canceled or so
purchased, when payment of the principal of and the applicable prepayment premium, if any, on such Note, plus interest on such principal to the due date thereof (whether such due date be by reason of Stated Maturity or upon prepayment, or
otherwise); either (i) shall have been made or caused to be made in accordance with the terms hereof; or (ii) shall have been provided for by irrevocably depositing with the Trustee in an escrow account (an “Escrow Account”) and
irrevocably appropriating and setting aside exclusively for such payment; (A) moneys sufficient to make such payment; or (B) Government Obligations maturing as to principal and interest in such amount and at such times as will ensure the
availability of sufficient moneys to make such payment, and all necessary and proper fees, compensation and expenses of the Trustee, any Remarketing Agents, any Tender Agents, any Auction Agents, any Market Agents, any Broker-Dealers, any
Authenticating Agents, the Note Registrar and any Paying Agents pertaining to the Note with respect to which such deposit is made shall have been paid or the payment thereof provided for to the satisfaction of the Trustee, said Remarketing Agents,
said Tender Agents, said Auction Agents, said Market Agents, said Broker-Dealers, said Authenticating Agents, said Note Registrar and said Paying Agents. 
  
 Any deposit under the preceding clause (ii) shall be accompanied by an Issuer Certificate certifying that the moneys and Government Obligations so
appropriated and set aside are sufficient, and will mature as needed, to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest due on the Note with respect to which such deposit has been made on the Stated Maturity or Prepayment Date thereof and on each
Interest Payment Date on and prior to such Stated Maturity or Prepayment Date. At such time as a Note shall be deemed to be no longer Outstanding hereunder, as aforesaid, such Note shall cease to draw interest from the due date thereof (whether

  

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such due date be by reason of Stated Maturity, or upon prepayment or by declaration as aforesaid, or otherwise) and, except for the purposes of any such
payment from such moneys or Investment Securities, shall no longer be secured by or entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. 
  
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) in the case of Notes which by their terms may be prepaid prior to their Stated Maturities, no deposit under clause (ii)
of subparagraph (b) above shall constitute such payment, discharge and satisfaction as aforesaid, as to all such Notes which are to be paid prior to their respective Stated Maturities, until proper notice of such prepayment shall have been
previously given in accordance with Section 3.04 hereof or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been irrevocably made for the giving of such notice, and (b) in the case of Notes which may be required to be purchased on a Tender Date, no
deposit under clause (ii)(B) of subparagraph (b) above shall constitute such payment, discharge and satisfaction as aforesaid. 
  
 Any such moneys so deposited with the Trustee as provided in this Section 9.01 may at the direction of the Issuer also be invested and reinvested in
Government Obligations maturing in the amounts and time as hereinbefore set forth, and all income from all Government Obligations in the hands of the Trustee pursuant to this Section which is not required for the payment of the Notes and interest
and premium thereon with respect to which such moneys shall have been so deposited shall (a) if any Notes are then Outstanding, be deposited in the Collection Fund as and when realized and collected, for use and application as are other moneys
credited to such Fund and (b) if no Notes are then Outstanding and no amounts are owed to any Other Beneficiaries hereunder, be paid to the Issuer. 
  
 Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to any Note, the right to transfer and exchange such Note pursuant to
Section 2.07, and any rights to have such Note purchased on a Tender Date, shall survive. 
  
 Notwithstanding any provision of any other Section of this Indenture which may be contrary to the provisions of this Section, all moneys or Investment Securities set aside and held in trust pursuant to the provisions
of this Section for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on Notes shall be applied to and used solely for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the particular Note with respect to which such
moneys and Investment Securities have been so set aside in trust. 
  
 Anything in Article VIII hereof to the contrary notwithstanding, if moneys or Government Obligations have been deposited or set aside with the Trustee pursuant to this Section for the payment of Notes and such Notes shall be deemed to have
been paid and to be no longer Outstanding hereunder as provided in this Section, but such Notes shall not have in fact been actually paid in full, no amendment to the provisions of this Article shall be made without the consent of the Holder of each
Note affected thereby. 
  
 The Issuer may at any time cause to be
canceled any Notes previously executed and delivered, which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatever, and such Notes upon such surrender for cancellation shall be deemed to be paid and no longer Outstanding hereunder. 
  

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 The obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture, and the liens, pledges, charges, trusts, covenants
and agreements of the Issuer herein made or provided for, shall be fully discharged and satisfied as to any Credit Enhancement Facility or Swap Agreement in the manner and with the effect provided in the Supplemental Indenture providing for such
Credit Enhancement Facility or Swap Agreement. 
  
 Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section, no Note shall be defeased hereunder if, after giving effect to the defeasance, the requirements in Section 3.02 hereof are not met on the date such Note is to be defeased, treating, for purposes of said
Section 3.02, any Note that is to be defeased as being prepaid on the date it is to be defeased at an assumed Prepayment Price equal to the Principal Amount thereof with interest accrued thereon to the date of defeasance, plus, if the Note is to be
prepaid under this Section at a Prepayment Price greater than the Principal Amount thereof, a premium equal to the amount by which the Prepayment Price exceeds such Principal Amount. 
  
 Section 9.02. Notes Not Presented for Payment When Due; Moneys Held for the Notes after Due Date of Notes. Subject to
the provisions of the next sentence of this paragraph, if any Note shall not be presented for payment when the principal thereof shall become due, whether at Stated Maturity, at the date fixed for redemption in full or otherwise, and if moneys or
Investment Securities described in subdivision (a) of the definition thereof in Section 1.01 hereof shall at such due date be held by the Trustee, or a Paying Agent therefor, in trust for that purpose sufficient and available to pay the principal of
and premium, if any, on such Note, together with all interest due on such principal to the due date thereof or to the date fixed for redemption thereof, all liability of the Issuer for such payment shall forthwith cease, determine and be completely
discharged, and thereupon it shall be the duty of the Trustee, or such Paying Agent, to hold said moneys or Investment Securities without liability to the Holder of such Note for interest thereon, in trust for the benefit of the Holder of such Note,
who thereafter shall be restricted exclusively to said moneys or Investment Securities for any claim of whatever nature on his, her or its part on or with respect to said Note, including any claim for the payment thereof. In the event any such
moneys or Investment Securities, or any other moneys or Investment Securities with respect to interest due and payable on any Note prior to the Maturity thereof, held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent for the Holders of such Notes remain unclaimed
as of (a) 55 days after the principal of or interest on the respective Notes with respect to which such moneys or Investment Securities have been so set aside has become due and payable (whether at Stated Maturity, redemption or otherwise), the
Trustee shall, within five days thereafter, give notice thereof to the Holders of such Notes in the same manner as a notice of redemption given in accordance with Section 3.04 hereof; and (b) two years after the principal of or interest on such
Notes has become due and payable as aforesaid, the Trustee or such Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall, without further request by the Issuer, pay such moneys and Investment Securities, to the extent permitted by law, to the Issuer against a
written receipt therefor, and otherwise hold or dispose of such moneys and Investment Securities as required by law; provided that, if applicable law requires the Trustee or any Paying Agent to dispose of any such moneys or Investment Securities
prior to the end of the period described in the preceding clause (b), disposition of such moneys and Investment Securities shall be made at the time and otherwise in accordance with such law. 
  

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 ARTICLE X 
  

MISCELLANEOUS 
  
 Section 10.01. Consent, etc., of Holders. Any consent, request, direction, approval, objection or other instrument required by this Indenture to be
signed and executed by Holders may be in any number of writings of similar tenor and may be signed or executed by such Holders in person or by agent appointed in writing. Proof of the execution of any such consent, request, direction, approval,
objection or other instrument or of the writing appointing any such agent and of the ownership of Notes, if made in the following manner, shall be sufficient for any of the purposes of this Indenture, and shall be conclusive in favor of the Issuer,
any Paying Agent, any Remarketing Agent, any Tender Agent, any Auction Agent, any Market Agent, any Broker-Dealer or the Trustee with regard to any action taken by it under such consent, request, direction, approval, objection or other instrument,
namely: 
  
 (a) The fact and date of the
execution by any Person of any such writing may be proved by the certificate of any officer in any jurisdiction who by law has power to take acknowledgements within such jurisdiction that the Person signing such writing acknowledged before him the
execution thereof, or by an affidavit of any witness to such execution. 
  
 (b) The fact of ownership of Notes, the numbers and other identification of such Notes, and the date of holding the same shall be proved by the Note Register. 
  
 Section 10.02. Limitation of Rights. With the exception of rights
herein conferred, nothing expressed or mentioned in or to be implied from this Indenture or the Notes is intended or shall be construed to give to any Person other than the parties hereto, any Authenticating Agent, each Paying Agent, each
Remarketing Agent, each Tender Agent, each Auction Agent, each Market Agent, each Broker-Dealer and the Beneficiaries, any legal or equitable right, remedy, or claim under or in respect to this Indenture or any covenants, conditions and provisions
herein contained; this Indenture and all of the covenants, conditions and provisions hereof being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto, any Authenticating Agent, each Paying Agent, each Remarketing Agent,
each Tender Agent, each Auction Agent, each Market Agent, each Broker-Dealer and the Beneficiaries as herein provided. 
  
 Section 10.03. Severability. If any provision of this Indenture shall be held or deemed to be or shall, in fact, be inoperative or unenforceable as
applied in any particular case in any jurisdiction or jurisdictions or in all jurisdictions or in all cases because it conflicts with any provisions of any constitution or statute or rule of public policy, or for any other reason, such circumstances
shall not have the effect of rendering the provision in question inoperative or unenforceable in any other case or circumstance, or of rendering any other provision or provisions herein contained invalid, inoperative, or unenforceable to any extent
whatever. 
  
 The invalidity of any one or more phrases,
sentences, clauses or paragraphs in this Indenture contained shall not affect the remaining portions of this Indenture or part thereof. 
  

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 Section 10.04. Notices. 
  
 (a) All notices, certificates, Issuer Orders or other communications hereunder shall be sufficiently given
and shall be deemed given when mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid, with proper address as indicated below or, as to Other Beneficiaries, to a proper address specified in or pursuant to a Supplemental Indenture; provided, however, any notices,
certificates, Issuer Orders or other communications hereunder to the Trustee may be given by facsimile. The Issuer, the Trustee and any Rating Agency may, by written notice given by each to the others, designate any other address or addresses to
which notices, certificates, Issuer Orders or other communications to them shall be sent when required as contemplated by this Indenture. Until otherwise provided by the respective parties, all notices, certificates, Issuer Orders and communications
to each of them shall be addressed as follows: 
  

			
	To the Issuer:	  	Goal Capital Funding Trust
	 	  	c/o Wilmington Trust Company,
	 	  	as Delaware Trustee
	 	  	Rodney Square North
	 	  	1100 North Market Street
	 	  	Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001
		
	 	  	With a copy to:
		
	 	  	Goal Financial, LLC
	 	  	9477 Waples Street, Suite 100
	 	  	San Diego, California 92121
	 	  	Attention: Ryan Katz
		
	To the Eligible	  	 
	    Lender Trustee:	  	[                                      
          ]
	 	  	[                                      
          ]
	 	  	[                                      
          ]
		
	To the Trustee:	  	[                                      
          ]
	 	  	[                                      
          ]
	 	  	[                                      
          ]
		
	To the	  	 
	    Delaware Trustee:	  	Wilmington Trust Company
	 	  	Rodney Square North
	 	  	1100 North Market Street
	 	  	Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001
		
	To the Depositor:	  	Goal Capital Funding, LLC
	 	  	9477 Waples Street, Suite 100
	 	  	San Diego, California 92121
	 	  	Attention: Ryan Katz

  

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	 To S&P:
	  	Standard & Poor’s
	 	  	55 Water Street
	 	  	New York, New York 10041
	 	  	Attention: Asset-Backed Surveillance Group
		
	 To Moody’s:
	  	Moody’s Investors Service
	 	  	99 Church Street
	 	  	4th Floor
	 	  	New York, New York 10007
	 	  	Attention: Structured Finance Group
		
	 To Fitch:
	  	Fitch, Inc.
	 	  	One State Street Plaza
	 	  	New York, NY 10004
	 	  	Attention: Structured Finance

  
 (b)
Except as is otherwise provided in this Indenture, any provision in this Indenture for the mailing of notice or other instrument to Holders of Notes shall be fully complied with if it is mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder of
Notes outstanding at the address appearing on the Note Register. 
  
 Section 10.05. Counterparts. This Indenture may be simultaneously executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument. 
  
 Section 10.06. Indenture Constitutes a Security Agreement. An executed
counterpart or certified copy of this Indenture delivered to and accepted by the Trustee shall constitute a security agreement pursuant to and for all purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware and of any other state or
jurisdiction. 
  
 Section 10.07. Payments Due on Non-Business
Days. Except as may be otherwise provided in a Supplemental Indenture, in any case where the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes or amounts due to any Beneficiary shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, then payment
of such principal, premium and interest may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date due and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. 
  
 Section 10.08. Notices to Rating Agencies. So long as any Outstanding
Notes are rated by a Rating Agency, the Trustee agrees to give the Rating Agency prompt written notice of the appointment of any successor Trustee. 
  
 Section 10.09. Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE CONSTRUED BY AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING
SECTION 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW, AND THE RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK. 
  

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 Section 10.10. Consent to Jurisdiction. ANY LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY MAY BE INSTITUTED IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK AND EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO
THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, AND, SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS INDENTURE, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING. 
  
 Section 10.11. Trust Indenture Act. This Indenture is hereby made
subject to, and shall be governed by, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act required to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provisions
hereof which is required to be included in an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control. 
  
 Section 10.12. Rights of Other Beneficiaries. All rights of any Other Beneficiary under this Indenture to consent to or direct certain remedies,
waivers, actions and amendments hereunder shall cease for so long as such Other Beneficiary is in default of any of its obligations or agreements under the Swap Agreement or the Credit Enhancement Facility by reason of which such Person is an Other
Beneficiary. 
  
 Section 10.13. Subcontracting by Issuer.
The Issuer may contract with other Persons to assist it in performing its duties under this Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person identified to the Trustee in an Issuer Certificate shall be deemed to be action taken by the
Issuer. 
  
 Section 10.14. Role of Eligible Lender Trustee.
The Eligible Lender Trustee has entered into this Indenture for the sole purpose of pledging, hypothecating, assigning and granting a security interest in its right, title and interest in the Financed Student Loans and related documentation and
contracts, all as provided in the Granting Clauses and Sections 5.07 and 5.15 hereof. The Eligible Lender Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability for the payment of the Note or the performance of any other obligation of the Issuer
hereunder, except to the extent of such pledge, hypothecation, assignment and grant. 
  
 Section 10.15. Limitation of Liability. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (a) this Indenture is executed and delivered by Wilmington Trust Company, not individually or personally
but solely as Delaware Trustee of the Issuer, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it; (b) each of the representations, undertakings and agreement herein made on the part of the Issuer is made and intended not as
personal representations, undertakings and agreements by Wilmington Trust Company but is made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Issuer; (c) nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any liability on Wilmington Trust
Company, individually or personally, to perform any covenant either expressed or implied contained herein, all such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and by any Person claiming by, through or under the parties hereto;
and (d) under no circumstances shall Wilmington Trust Company be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Issuer or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligations, representation, warranty or covenant made or
undertaken by the Issuer under this Indenture or the other related documents. 
  

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 Section 10.16. Filings by Depositor. The Depositor is hereby authorized to file with or deliver to
the Commission or any other Person any report, certification or other item that the Issuer may or must file under any current or future law, rule or regulation. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Depositor and/or the Issuer Administrator are
hereby authorized to prepare, execute and deliver all certificates or other documents required to be delivered by the Issuer pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. 
  
 Section 10.17. Provision of Information and Certifications. Each of
the Trustee, the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Delaware Trustee hereby agrees to provide and sign, if applicable, any information, letters and certifications reasonably requested by Goal, the Depositor or the Issuer in order to enable Goal, the
Depositor or the Issuer to comply with or obtain more favorable treatment under any current or future law, rule or regulation. Without limiting the foregoing, in the event that an accounting firm, in connection with procedures or the scope of
services being performed at the direction of or pursuant to its engagement by Goal, the Depositor, the Issuer, the Issuer Administrator or other Person, requests the Trustee, the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Delaware Trustee to agree in writing to
or to provide or to confirm account balances, payments or other facts known to it in its capacity hereunder, the Issuer Administrator or the Issuer may direct the Trustee, the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Delaware Trustee to so agree, provide or
confirm; it being understood and agreed that the Trustee, the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Delaware Trustee (i) shall deliver such writing or letter in reliance upon the direction of the Issuer Administrator or the Issuer and (ii) shall have no
obligation to make any independent inquiry or investigation as to such accounting firm’s procedures or the scope of its services. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither Trustee, the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the
Delaware Trustee, nor any agent, employee, director or officer of the Trustee, the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, shall have any obligation hereunder to execute on behalf of Goal, the Depositor, the Issuer or other third party any
certificates or other documents required pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the refusal to comply with any such instructions shall not constitute a default or breach hereunder.

  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, as of the day and
year first above written. 
  

			
	GOAL CAPITAL FUNDING TRUST
		
	By	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely as Delaware Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	  

	Title:	 	  

  

					
	 	 	S-1	 	A/R INDENTURE

			
	[                                      
      ], as Eligible Lender Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 
	
	[                                      
      ], as Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  

					
	 	 	S-2	 	A/R INDENTURE

 Exhibit A 
  

Eligible Loan Acquisition Certificate 
  
 This Eligible Loan Acquisition Certificate is submitted to the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.02 of the Indenture of Trust, dated as of
[                    ], 2005 (as amended and supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Indenture”), from
Goal Capital Funding Trust (the “Issuer”) and [                            ], as eligible
lender trustee, to [                            ] as indenture trustee. All capitalized terms used in
this Certificate and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Indenture. In your capacity as Trustee, you are hereby authorized and requested to disburse (i) to the Lender(s) identified in the
schedule attached hereto (the “Student Loan Acquisition Schedule”) the amount(s) specified in such Schedule from the Acquisition Fund for the acquisition of Eligible Loans, and any related Add-On Loan; (ii) to the Depositor, the amount of
Premium set forth in such Schedule (less an amount equal to the origination fees set forth in the Schedule which are payable to the Secretary of Education on any Consolidation Loan set forth in the Student Loan Acquisition Schedule attached hereto),
(iii) to [                            ], as eligible lender trustee pursuant to an Eligible Lender
Trust Agreement, dated as of [                    ], between the Depositor and
[                            ] for deposit to the Depositor Trust Account established thereunder, an
amount equal to the origination fees set forth in the Student Loan Acquisition Schedule which are payable to the Secretary of Education on the Eligible Loans set forth in the Student Loan Acquisition Schedule attached hereto and (iv) to the Borrower
Benefits Fund established pursuant to the Indenture, an amount equal to [        ] percent (        )% of any Consolidation Loans set forth on the Student
Loan Acquisition Schedule attached hereto identified as having an interest rate of [        ] percent (        )% or greater. With respect to the Eligible
Loans so to be acquired, the Issuer hereby certifies as follows: 
  
 (a) The Eligible Loans to be acquired are those specified in the Student Loan Acquisition Schedule (the “Acquired Eligible Loans”). 
  
 (b) The amount to be disbursed pursuant to this Certificate does not exceed the amount permitted under the
provisions of Section 4.02 of the Indenture. 
  
 (c) Each Acquired Eligible Loan is an Eligible Loan authorized so to be acquired by the Indenture and does not exceed any limitations imposed on the acquisition of Eligible Loans contained in any Supplemental Indenture. 
  
 (d) You (or your agent) have been previously, or are
herewith, provided with the following items: 
  
 (i) with respect to each Acquired Eligible Loan, a copy of the Student Loan Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the Issuer acquired such Acquired Eligible Loan; 
  
 (ii) with respect to each Guaranteed Loan included among the Acquired Eligible Loans, a certified copy of
the Guarantee Agreement relating thereto; 
  

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 (iii) evidence in form satisfactory to the Trustee that each action necessary to perfect
a first security interest in each of the Acquired Eligible Loans in favor of the Trustee has been accomplished; and 
  
 (iv) instruments duly assigning the Acquired Eligible Loans to the Issuer or the Eligible Lender Trustee. 
  
 (e) The Issuer is not, on the date hereof, in default under
the Indenture or any other agreement relating to the Acquired Eligible Loans, and, to the best knowledge of the Issuer, the Depositor is not in default under any agreement relating to the Acquired Eligible Loans. The Issuer is not aware of any
default existing on the date hereof under any of the other documents referred to in paragraph (d) hereof. 
  
 (f) All of the conditions specified in the Student Loan Purchase Agreement relating to the Acquired Eligible Loans and the Indenture for
the acquisition of the Acquired Eligible Loans and the disbursement hereby authorized and requested have been satisfied. 
  
 (g) The undersigned is authorized to sign and submit this Certificate on behalf of the Issuer. 
  
 Witness my hand this        day of
                    ,             . 
  

			
	GOAL CAPITAL FUNDING TRUST
		
	By:	 	GOAL FINANCIAL, LLC,
	 	 	as Issuer Administrator
		
	By	 	  

	Name	 	  

	Title	 	  

  

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 Schedule I 
  
 STUDENT LOAN ACQUISITION SCHEDULE 

 Exhibit B 
  

FORM OF LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT 
  
 This loan purchase agreement is made and entered into as of [            ] (this “Loan Purchase
Agreement”) by and among [                    ], as seller (“Seller”), GOAL CAPITAL FUNDING TRUST, as purchaser
(“Purchaser”), [                    ], not in its individual capacity but as eligible lender trustee for Seller (in such
capacity, “Seller ELT”), and [                    ], not in its individual capacity but as eligible lender trustee for
Purchaser (in such capacity, “Purchaser ELT”). 
  
 WITNESSETH: 
  
 WHEREAS, Seller, through its eligible
lender trustee, is engaged in a program of funding, purchasing, holding and selling Eligible Loans; 
  
 WHEREAS, Purchaser, through its eligible lender trustee, is engaged in a program of purchasing, holding and selling Eligible Loans; 
  
 WHEREAS, Seller, through its eligible lender trustee, desires to sell to Purchaser, through its eligible lender trustee, certain
Eligible Loans in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; 
  
 WHEREAS, Seller ELT holds legal title to, and serves as eligible lender trustee with respect to, Eligible Loans on behalf of Seller; 
  
 WHEREAS, Purchaser ELT holds legal title to, and serves as eligible lender trustee with respect to, Eligible Loans on behalf of Purchaser. 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and mutual covenants herein
contained, the parties agree as follows: 
  
 ARTICLE I

  
 DEFINITIONS 
  
 Unless the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms defined in the Indenture of Trust
and used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture of Trust. The following words and terms used in this Agreement shall have the following meanings unless otherwise provided herein or unless the context or
use clearly indicates another or different meaning or intent: 
  
 “Act”
shall mean Title IV, Part B of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 USC § 1071 et. seq.), and includes insofar as the context requires Title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 USC. §292 et seq.), as either
is amended and in effect from time to time, or any successor enactment thereto, the effective administrative regulations promulgated thereunder, and any binding directives issued by the Secretary pursuant thereto. 
  

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 “Agreement” shall mean this Loan Purchase Agreement, including the exhibit attached hereto, and any supplements
or amendments hereto. 
  
 “Certificate of Insurance” shall mean a
certificate of federal loan insurance issued with respect to an Eligible Loan by the Secretary pursuant to the Act. 
  
 “Commitment” shall mean Seller’s commitment to sell Eligible Loans to Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof. 
  
 “Contract of Insurance” shall mean a contract of insurance under the Act between
the Secretary and the Eligible Lender Trustee for the benefit of the Seller or the Secretary and the Eligible Lender Trustee for the benefit of the Purchaser, providing for the Insurance of Student Loans. 
  
 “Eligible Lender Trust Agreement” means (i) the Eligible Lender Trust Agreement,
dated as of [                    ], between the Purchaser and the Purchaser ELT, as trustee, and any similar agreement entered into by the
Purchaser and an “eligible lender” under the Higher Education Act pursuant to which such “eligible lender” holds Student Loans as legal owner in trust for the Purchaser as beneficial owner, in each case as supplemented or amended
from time to time; or (ii) the Eligible Lender Trust Agreement, dated as of [                    ], between the Seller and the Seller ELT, as
trustee, and any similar agreement entered into by the Seller and an “eligible lender” under the Higher Education Act pursuant to which such “eligible lender” holds Student Loans as legal owner in trust for the Seller as
beneficial owner, in each case as supplemented or amended from time to time; as is applicable. 
  
 “Eligible Lender Trustee” means, for Seller, Seller ELT, as trustee under the applicable Eligible Lender Trust Agreement, and its successors and assigns in such capacity and, for Purchaser, Purchaser ELT as
trustee under the applicable Eligible Lender Trust Agreement, and its successors and assigns in such capacity. 
  
 “Indenture of Trust” means the Indenture of Trust dated as of [                    ], 2005, among
the Purchaser, as issuer, the Purchaser ELT, as eligible lender trustee, and [                    ], as indenture trustee (the “Indenture
Trustee”), as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time. 
  
 “Insurance” or “Insured” or “Insure” shall mean, with respect to a Student Loan, the insurance by the Secretary under the Act (as evidenced by a Contract of Insurance issued or entered into under the provisions
of the Act) of the maximum percentage of the principal of and accrued interest on such Student Loan allowed under the Act with respect to such Student Loan. 
  
 “Insured Loan” shall mean a Student Loan which is Insured. 
  
 “Loan Transfer Document” shall mean a loan transfer addendum, a seller’s closing certificate, a bill of sale and a blanket endorsement of student loan
promissory notes substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. 
  
 “Portfolio” shall mean a group of Eligible Loans sold pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof on a Scheduled Sale Date. 
  

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 “Principal Balance” shall mean the original principal amount of a Student Loan, plus capitalized
interest (if any) and items which may not be guaranteed or insured (such as late charges), less payments by or on behalf of the Student Borrower. 
  
 “Purchase Price” shall mean the price as set forth in the Loan Transfer Document. 
  
 “Purchaser” is defined in the preamble. 
  

“Purchaser ELT” is defined in the preamble. 
  
 “Scheduled Sale Date” shall mean any date designated as such in a communication delivered pursuant to Section 4.3(a) of this Agreement and in an applicable Loan
Transfer Document for purchase of a Portfolio of Eligible Loans pursuant to this Agreement, unless such date is changed by mutual agreement of the parties, in which case Scheduled Sale Date shall be any new date so agreed to by the parties.

  
 “Secretary” shall mean the Secretary of the United States Department
of Education or any successor to the pertinent functions of that official or department under the Act, or, when the context so requires, the former Commissioner of Education of the former United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare and
includes the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. 
  
 “Seller” is defined in the preamble. 
  
 “Seller ELT”
is defined in the preamble. 
  
 “Student Borrower” shall mean the
obligor on a Student Loan. 
  
 ARTICLE II 
  
 LOAN SALE COMMITMENT 
  
 Section 2.01. Loan Sale Commitment. Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, and in express reliance upon the representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein, Seller (and, with respect to legal title thereto, Seller ELT on behalf of Seller) agrees to sell, and Purchaser (and, with
respect to legal title thereto, Purchaser ELT on behalf of Purchaser) agrees to purchase, on the applicable Scheduled Sale Date all Student Loans identified in the loan transfer schedule attached to the applicable Loan Transfer Document to the
extent such Student Loans meet all eligibility requirements and to the extent the Purchaser has the funds available to purchase such Student Loans. 
  
 ARTICLE III 
  
 SERVICING 
  
 Section 3.01. Servicing of Other Eligible Loans. All of the Eligible Loans that are sold pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof are currently serviced (or will be serviced on the Scheduled Sale Date) by the Servicer(s) identified in
the Loan Transfer Document. Such Servicer shall either be 
  

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 Great Lakes Educational Loan Services, Inc., ACS Education Services Inc. or another servicer with whom Purchaser has a
servicing agreement that is satisfactory to (i) the Indenture Trustee or its successor as indenture trustee under the Indenture and (ii) the Purchaser ELT or its successor as eligible lender trustee for the Purchaser. On the effective date for the
sale of those Eligible Loans, Purchaser shall cause the current servicer(s) or such other servicer(s) as Purchaser may select to commence servicing such Portfolio at Purchaser’s expense and under the identification number of Purchaser or its
designee. 
  
 ARTICLE IV 
  
 SALE/PURCHASE OF PORTFOLIOS 
  
 Section 4.01. Tender of Eligible Loans to Purchaser. With
respect to a Portfolio of Eligible Loans to be sold pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof, prior to or on the applicable Scheduled Sale Date (or at such other time as the parties may agree), Seller shall furnish Purchaser or its designee with a list of the
Eligible Loans to be included in such Portfolio, and shall authorize and direct the Servicer of the Eligible Loans to release such information and documentation to Purchaser or its designee, in its reasonable judgment, deems necessary and
appropriate to undertake a review of such loans to determine whether (i) such loans constitute Eligible Loans, and (ii) the Portfolio, aggregated with the other Eligible Loans that have been sold to Purchaser by Seller if appropriate, comply with
the requirements set forth in Section 3.1 hereof. 
  
 Section
4.02. Conditions of Purchase. Purchaser’s obligation to purchase and pay for a Student Loan in a Portfolio hereunder shall be subject to the following conditions precedent: 
  
 (a) the Eligible Loans in the Portfolio, aggregated with the
other Eligible Loans that have been sold to Purchaser by Seller if appropriate, shall meet the requirements described in Section 3.1 hereof; 
  
 (b) all representations, warranties and statements by or on behalf of Seller contained in this Agreement with respect to such Student Loan
are true on the Scheduled Sale Date relating to such Student Loan; 
  
 (c) any notification to or approval by the Secretary or Guarantee Agency required by the Act or the Guarantee Agreement as a condition to the assignment of such Student Loan shall have been made or received and
evidence thereof delivered to both Purchaser and Purchaser ELT; 
  
 (d) without a prior Rating Agency Confirmation, all Student Loans purchased pursuant to this Agreement shall have been originated by Great Lakes Educational Loan Services, Inc. or ACS Education Services, Inc.; and

  
 (e) the entire interest of Seller in such
Student Loan shall have been duly assigned by endorsement, such endorsement to be without recourse except as provided in Article V hereof. 
  
 Section 4.03. Consummation of Sale and Purchase of Portfolio. To consummate the sale and purchase of a Portfolio of Eligible Loans, on or
before the applicable Scheduled Sale 
  

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 Date, Seller shall deliver via facsimile to Purchaser ELT a Loan Transfer Document a form of which is attached as Exhibit
A. Seller shall retain all ownership rights with respect to Eligible Loans in a Portfolio at all times prior to the effective sale of such Portfolio. Purchaser shall pay for any reasonable transfer fees as may be required to be paid to the Secretary
or to the Servicer. 
  
 (a) On each Scheduled
Sale Date, Seller shall arrange for the Servicer of the Eligible Loans to notify the Eligible Lender Trustees via facsimile, by no later than 12:00 noon EST or EDT, as is applicable, that (i) such day is a Scheduled Sale Date and (ii) the dollar
amount of the Eligible Loans which are going to be disbursed by the Servicer on such Scheduled Sale Date. Seller shall also arrange for the Servicer of the Eligible Loans to email to the Seller and Purchaser ELT a detailed roster of the Eligible
Loans that were so disbursed. 
  
 (b) By 12:00
noon EST or EDT, as is applicable, on such Scheduled Sale Date, Seller shall deliver to Purchaser ELT a Loan Transfer Document. 
  
 (c) On such Scheduled Sale Date, after receipt of the aforesaid Loan Transfer Document and the documentation required to be provided by
this Section, Purchaser shall arrange for a transfer into an Account or Accounts maintained at The Bank of New York, designated by Seller and satisfactory to Purchaser, or wire transfer as directed by the Purchaser, the amount necessary for the
purchase of the Eligible Loans. The purchase and sale of the Portfolio shall be effective simultaneously with the payment of the Purchase Price. 
  
 Section 4.04. Other Information and Documents. Seller shall furnish or make available to Purchaser such additional information concerning
Seller’s Student Loan portfolio as Purchaser may reasonably request. Seller and Seller ELT shall execute all other documents and take all other steps as may be reasonably requested by Purchaser or Purchaser ELT from time to time to effect the
sale hereunder of a Portfolio of Eligible Loans. 
  
 ARTICLE V

  
 REPURCHASE OBLIGATION OF SELLER 
  
 Section 5.01. Conditions Precedent to Repurchase Obligation. At
the request of Purchaser or its Eligible Lender Trustee, Seller shall repurchase any Student Loan purchased by Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement if: 
  
 (a) any representation or warranty made or furnished by Seller in or pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Student Loan shall
prove to have been materially incorrect as to such Student Loan, unless resulting from an act or omission of Purchaser; 
  
 (b) the Secretary or a Guarantee Agency, as the case may be, refuses to honor all or part of a claim filed with respect to such Student
Loan (including any claim for interest subsidy, Special Allowance Payments, Insurance, reinsurance or Guarantee payments) on account of any circumstance or event that occurred prior to the sale of such Student Loan to Purchaser, unless resulting
from an act or omission of Purchaser; or 
  

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 (c) On account of any wrongful or negligent act or omission of Seller or its servicing
agent that occurred prior to the sale of such Student Loan to Purchaser, a defense is asserted by a maker (or endorser, if any) of such Student Loan with respect to his or her obligation to pay all or any part of such Student Loan, and Purchaser or
Purchaser ELT in good faith believes that the facts reported, if true, raise a reasonable doubt as to the enforceability of such Student Loan. 
  
 Section 5.02. Repurchase by Seller. Upon the occurrence of any of the conditions set forth in Section 5.1 hereof with respect
to a Student Loan and upon the request of Purchaser or Purchaser ELT, Seller shall pay to Purchaser ELT, for the account of Purchaser, an amount equal to the then-outstanding principal balance of such Student Loan, plus any premium in excess of par
paid as part of the Purchase Price with respect to such Student Loan, plus interest and Special Allowance Payments accrued and unpaid with respect to such Student Loan from the applicable Scheduled Sale Date to and including the date of repurchase,
plus any attorneys’ fees, legal expenses, court costs, servicing fees or other expenses incurred by Purchaser, Purchaser ELT or the appropriate successors or assigns in connection with such Student Loans. Upon payment of such amount, Purchaser
and Purchaser ELT shall take all necessary action to release and re-convey to Seller (and Seller ELT) all of their respective interests in such Student Loan free and clear of any lien or security interest created by Purchaser or Purchaser ELT.

  
 ARTICLE VI 
  
 ONGOING OBLIGATIONS OF SELLER 
  
 Section 6.01. Obligation of Seller to Forward Payments. Seller
shall promptly remit, or cause to be remitted, to Purchaser ELT as it may direct, all funds received by Seller after the Scheduled Sale Date for a Student Loan sold pursuant to this Agreement which constitute payments of principal, or interest or
Special Allowance Payments accrued after such Scheduled Sale Date with respect to such Student Loan. 
  
 Section 6.02. Obligation of Seller to Forward Communications. Seller shall immediately transmit to Purchaser any communication received by
Seller after the Scheduled Sale Date with respect to a Student Loan or the borrower under such a Student Loan. Such communication shall include, but not be limited to, letters, notices of death or disability, adjudication of bankruptcy and similar
documents and forms requesting deferment of repayment or loan cancellations. 
  
 Section 6.03. Notification to Student Borrowers. Seller and Purchaser shall cause the Servicers to provide each borrower under the Eligible Loans purchased under this Agreement with notice of the
assignment and transfer to Purchaser ELT for the account and on behalf of Purchaser of Seller’s interest in such Eligible Loans as required by the Act. 
  
 Section 6.04. No Modification of Lender Agreements. Seller will consent to no amendments to, or modifications of, the Contract of Insurance
or Guarantee Agreement that may affect Eligible Loans which are sold or listed on a Loan Transfer Document for sale pursuant to this Agreement without (i) the prior written consent of Purchaser, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld and
(ii) Rating Agency Confirmation. Amendments or modifications required by the Act are excluded from the requirement of this Section 6.4. 
  

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 ARTICLE VII 
  
 REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS 
  
 Section 7.01. Representations. Warranties and Covenants of Seller. Seller hereby represents, covenants, and
warrants to Purchaser that: 
  
 (a)
Organization and Authority of Seller. Seller is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and has all necessary statutory power and authority to own its assets and carry on its business as
now being conducted; Seller has, and its officers and Seller ELT acting on its behalf have, all necessary statutory power and authority to make and perform this Agreement, and has the power and authority to sell, assign and transfer Student Loans to
Purchaser and Purchaser ELT, and to repurchase Student Loans as required under the terms hereof. 
  
 (b) Eligible Lender Status. Seller ELT, if applicable, is an “eligible lender” under the Act. 
  
 (c) Legal and Binding Obligation. The execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement by Seller have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do not require any stockholder approval or approval or consent of, or notice to, any trustee or holders of indebtedness or
obligations of Seller; upon due execution and delivery by the parties hereto, this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of Seller, enforceable in accordance with its terms. 
  
 (d) No Conflicts. Neither the execution, delivery or
performance by Seller of this Agreement, nor the consummation or performance by Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby, will conflict with, result in a violation of, or constitute a default (or an event which could constitute a default with
the passage of time or notice or both) under, (i) any of the terms of Seller’s charter or bylaws, or (ii) any indenture, mortgage, contract or other agreement to which Seller is a party or by which it or its properties are bound, or any law or
regulation by which it or its properties are bound, where, in the case of this clause (ii), such conflict, violation or default could have a material adverse effect on Seller’s ability for perform its obligations hereunder. Seller is not a
party to or bound by any agreement or instrument or subject to any charter or other corporate restrictions or judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, law, rule or regulation which may materially and adversely affect the ability of Seller to
perform its obligations under this Agreement. 
  
 (e) No Defaults or Violations. Seller is not in default under any mortgage, deed of trust, indenture or other instrument or agreement to which Seller is a party or by which it or its properties are bound, or in violation of any law
or regulation, which default or violation could have a material adverse effect on Seller’s ability for perform its obligations hereunder. 
  

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 (f) No Consents. No consent, approval or authorization of any government or
governmental body, including (without limitation) the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any state bank regulatory agency,
is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. 
  
 (g) No Litigation. There are no pending or threatened actions or proceedings by or before any court, administrative agency or
arbitrator, that could if adversely determined, materially and adversely affect the ability of Seller to perform its obligations hereunder, and there are no presently existing orders of any court, administrative agency or arbitrator that could have
a material and adverse effect on the ability of Seller to perform its obligations hereunder. 
  
 (h) Continuing Obligations of Seller. Seller agrees that during the term of this Agreement, it will (i) remain in good standing and
qualified to do business under the laws of the State of Delaware and the jurisdictions in which it operates, (ii) conduct its business in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws and (iii) continue to be qualified to carry out this
Agreement. 
  
 Section 7.02. Representations, Warranties
and Covenants of Seller with Respect to Student Loans. Seller hereby represents, covenants, and warrants to Purchaser with respect to each Student Loan to be sold hereunder that, except for any condition resulting from an act or omission of
Purchaser, as of the Scheduled Sale Date for such Student Loan: 
  
 (a) Accuracy of Information. Any information furnished by Seller to Purchaser or its agents with respect to such Student Loan is true, complete and correct. 
  
 (b) Validity of Loans. Such Student Loan has been
duly executed and delivered and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker (and the endorser, if any) thereof, enforceable in accordance with its terms. 
  
 (c) No Defenses Against Repayment of Loans. The amount of the unpaid principal balance of such
Student Loan is true and owing, and no counterclaim, offset, defense or right to rescission exists with respect to such Student Loan which can be asserted and maintained or which, with notice, lapse of time, or the occurrence or failure to occur of
any act or event, could be asserted and maintained by the borrower against the Eligible Lender Trustee as assignee thereof. Seller shall take all reasonable actions to assure that no maker of such Student Loan has or may acquire a defense to the
payment thereof. The rate of interest carried by such Student Loan is the maximum which was allowable by law at the time the loan was made, and such Student Loan does not carry a rate of interest in excess of that permitted by the provisions of the
Act or such other rate as was applicable under a borrower’s benefit program. 
  
 (d) Ownership and Location of Loans: Existence of Liens. Seller is the sole owner and holder of title to such Student Loan and has
full right and authority to sell and assign the same free and clear of all liens, pledges or encumbrances, and upon the 
  

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 endorsement and delivery of promissory notes evidencing such Student Loan to Purchaser ELT pursuant to
this Agreement, Purchaser ELT will acquire full right, title and interest in such Student Loan free and clear of all liens, pledges or encumbrances whatsoever. All documentation relating to such Student Loan, including the original promissory note
for such Student Loan, is now in the possession of the servicer thereof. 
  
 (e) Guarantee and Insurance on Loans. Such Student Loan is either Insured or Guaranteed. If such Student Loan is an Insured Loan, a Contract of Insurance is in full force and effect with respect thereto, the
applicable Certificates of Insurance are valid and binding upon the parties thereto in all respects, Seller is not in default in the performance of any of its covenants and agreements made in respect thereof, and such Insurance is freely
transferable as an incident to the sale of such Student Loan. With respect to all Guaranteed Loans being acquired, a Guarantee Agreement is in full force and effect with respect thereto and is valid and binding upon the parties thereto in all
material respects, Seller is not in default in the performance of any of its covenants and agreements made in such Guarantee Agreement, and such Guarantee is freely transferable as an incident to the sale of such Student Loan. All amounts due and
payable to the Secretary or the Guarantee Agency, as the case may be, have been or will be paid in full by Seller at the time such Student Loan is sold to Purchaser, and such Student Loan has not at any time been tendered to either the Secretary or
the Guarantee Agency for payment. Seller will not, with respect to such Student Loan, agree to release the Guarantee Agency or the Secretary from any of its contractual obligations to Guarantee or Insure such loan, or agree to otherwise alter, amend
or renegotiate any terms or conditions under which such Student Loan is Guaranteed or Insured, without the express prior written consent of Purchaser and Purchaser ELT. 
  
 (f) Compliance with the Act. Such Student Loan complies in all respects with the requirements of the
Act and is an Eligible Loan. 
  
 (g)
Compliance with Federal Laws. Such Student Loan was made in compliance with all applicable local, state and federal laws, rules and regulations, including without limitation all applicable nondiscrimination, truth-in-lending, consumer credit
and usury laws and is an Eligible Loan. 
  
 (h)
No Discrimination. In making such Student Loan, Seller has not discriminated based upon the educational institutions attended by, or the age, sex, race, national origin, color, religion, handicapped status, income, attendance at a particular
eligible institution within the area served by Purchaser, length of the Student Borrower’s educational program, or the Student Borrower’s academic year in school. 
  
 (i) Due Diligence in Servicing Loans. Seller and any independent servicer have each exercised and
shall continue until the Scheduled Sale Date for such Student Loan to exercise due diligence and reasonable care in making, administering, servicing and collecting such Student Loan and Seller has conducted a reasonable investigation of sufficient
scope and content to enable it duly to make the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement. Seller shall be solely responsible for the payment of the costs and expenses incident to origination of such Student Loan, without any right
of reimbursement therefor from Purchaser. 
  

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 (j) Origination Fees. Seller has reported or shall report the amount of
origination fees (if any) authorized to be collected with respect to such Student Loan pursuant to the Act to the Secretary for the period in which such fee was authorized to be collected; and Seller has made and shall make any refund of an
origination fee collected in connection with such Student Loan which may be required pursuant to the Act. 
  
 (k) Insurance Premium. For such Student Loan Seller has reported or shall report the amount of the insurance premium authorized to
be collected, and has paid or shall pay said premium to the Guarantee Agency or the Secretary with all rights therein inuring to Purchaser; and in the event that on or prior to the Scheduled Sale Date for such Student Loan the applicable Student
Borrower withdraws within the period specified as qualifying for a cancellation refund by the Guarantee Agency, Seller agrees to pay the amount of the premium to be refunded to Purchaser. 
  
 Section 7.03. Representations Warranties and Covenants of Purchaser. Purchaser hereby represents, covenants,
and warrants to Seller that: 
  
 (a)
Organization and Authority of Purchaser. Purchaser is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware; Purchaser has, and its Eligible Lender Trustee and officers acting on its behalf have, all
necessary statutory power and authority to make and perform this Agreement, including (without limitation) the power and authority to purchase Student Loans from Seller under the terms and conditions of this Agreement. 
  
 (b) Legal and Binding Obligation. The execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement by Purchaser have been duly authorized by all necessary action, and do not require any member approval or approval or consent of, or notice to, any trustee or holders of indebtedness or obligations of
Purchaser; upon due execution and delivery by the parties hereto, this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of Purchaser, enforceable in accordance with its terms. 
  
 (c) No Conflict. Neither the execution, delivery and
performance by Purchaser of this Agreement, nor the consummation or performance by Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby, will conflict with, result in a violation of, or constitute a default (or an event which could constitute a default
with the passage of time or notice or both) under, (i) any of the terms of Purchaser’s organizational documents or (ii) any indenture, mortgage, contract or other agreement to which Purchaser is a party or by which it or its properties are
bound, or any law or regulation by which it or its properties are bound, where, in the case of this clause (ii), such conflict, violation or default could have a material adverse effect on Purchaser’s ability for perform its obligations
hereunder. Purchaser is not a party to or bound by any agreement or instrument or subject to any charter or other corporate restrictions or judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, law, rule or regulation which may materially and adversely affect
the ability of Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement. 
  

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 (d) No Defaults or Violations. Purchaser is not in default under any mortgage,
deed of trust, indenture or other instrument or agreement to which Purchaser is a party or by which it or its properties are bound, or in violation of any law or regulation, which default or violation could have a material adverse effect on
Purchaser’s ability for perform its obligations hereunder. 
  
 (e) No Consents. No consent, approval or authorization of any government or governmental body is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby. 
  
 (f) No
Litigation. There are no pending or threatened actions or proceedings by or before any court, administrative agency or arbitrator, that could if adversely determined, materially and adversely affect the ability of Purchaser to perform its
obligations hereunder, and there are no presently existing orders of any court, administrative agency or arbitrator that could have a material and adverse affect on the ability of Purchaser to perform its obligations hereunder. 
  
 (g) Continuing Obligation of Purchaser. Purchaser
agrees that during the term of this Agreement, it will (i) remain in good standing and qualified to do business under the laws of the state of its organization and any other jurisdictions in which it operates, (ii) conduct its business in accordance
with all applicable state and federal laws, and (iii) continue to be qualified to carry out this Agreement. 
  
 Section 7.04. Representations Warranties and Covenants with Respect to Eligible Lender Trustees. Seller and Purchaser hereby represent,
covenant and warrant that if and to the extent that they are acting via Eligible Lender Trustees, then each such Eligible Lender Trustee has no personal liability for any representation, covenant, warranty or other obligation undertaken in this
Agreement and that such Eligible Lender Trustee acts only for the Seller or Purchaser (as applicable) and that recourse (if any) may be had only against such Seller or Purchaser and not against such Eligible Lender Trustee or its separate assets.
Each Eligible Lender Trustee shall be a third-party beneficiary of this Section 7.4. 
  
 ARTICLE VIII 
  
 MISCELLANEOUS 
  
 Section 8.01.
Communications and Notices. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices, requests, demands or other instruments which may or are required to be given by either party to the other or to the Eligible Lender Trustee, shall be in
writing, and each shall be deemed to have been properly given when served personally on an officer of the party to whom such notice is to be given, or upon expiration of a period of 48 hours from and after the postmark thereof when mailed postage
prepaid by registered or certified mail, requesting return receipt, addressed as follows: 
  

			
	 If to Seller:

		
	 	  	[                                      
  ]
	 	  	[                                      
  ]
	 	  	[                                      
  ]
		
	 	  	with a copy to Seller ELT

  

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	 If to Seller ELT:

		
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  ]
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  ]
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  ]
	
	If to Purchaser:
		
	 	  	Goal Capital Funding Trust
	 	  	Attention: Mr. Ryan D. Katz
	 	  	9477 Waples Street, Suite 100
	 	  	San Diego, CA 92121
	 	  	Facsimile: (858) 909-0284
	 	  	e-mail: rkatz@goalfinancial.net
		
	 	  	with a copy to Purchaser ELT
	
	If to Purchaser ELT:
	 	  	[                                      
  ]
	 	  	[                                      
  ]
	 	  	[                                      
  ]
	
	If to Issuer Administrator:
		
	 	  	Goal Financial, LLC
	 	  	Attention: Mr. Ryan D. Katz
	 	  	9477 Waples Street, Suite 100
	 	  	San Diego, CA 92121
	 	  	Facsimile: (858) 909-0284
	 	  	e-mail: rkatz@goalfinancial.net

  
 Any party may change the address and
name of the addressee to which subsequent notices are to be sent to it, by notice to the others given as aforesaid, but any such notice of change, if sent by mail, shall not be effective until the 5th day after it is mailed. 
  

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 Section 8.02. Forms of Instruments, Proceedings. All instruments relating to the sale and
purchase of the Student Loans pursuant to this Agreement, and all proceedings to be taken in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein, shall be in form and substance mutually satisfactory to Seller and Purchaser and
their respective counsel. 
  
 Section 8.03. Payment of
Expenses. Each party to this Agreement shall pay its own expenses incurred in connection with transactions herein contemplated. 
  
 Section 8.04. Non-Business Days. If the date for taking any action required hereunder is not a Business Day, then such action can be taken,
without interest or penalty, on the next succeeding Business Day, with the same force and effect as if such action was taken on the required date. 
  
 Section 8.05. Amendments, Modifications and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement cannot be amended, waived or modified unless such
amendment, waiver or modification be in writing and signed by the parties hereto. Inaction or failure to demand strict performance shall not be deemed a waiver. 
  

Section 8.06. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held, or deemed to be or shall, in fact, be inoperative or
unenforceable as applied in any particular situation, such circumstance shall not have the effect of rendering the provision in question inoperative or unenforceable in any other situation or of rendering any other provision or provisions herein
contained invalid, inoperative or unenforceable to any extent whatsoever. The invalidity of any one or more phrases, sentences, clauses or paragraphs herein contained shall not affect the remaining portions of this Agreement or any part hereof.

  
 Section 8.07. Remedies. Unless otherwise
expressly provided herein, no remedy by the terms of this Agreement conferred upon or reserved to Purchaser ELT or Purchaser is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, but each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every
other remedy given under this Agreement or existing at law or in equity (including, without limitation, the right to such equitable relief by way of injunction), or statute on or after the date of this Agreement. 
  
 Section 8.08. Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned or
otherwise transferred, in whole or in part, by one party without the prior written consent of the other parties, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld; provided, however, that this Agreement may be pledged and assigned by Purchaser and
Purchaser ELT without the prior written consent of the parties to the extent necessary or appropriate to effect the provisions of the Indenture of Trust. 
  
 Section 8.09. Binding Effect. All covenants and agreements herein contained shall extend to and be obligatory upon all successors of the
respective parties hereto. 
  
 Section 8.10. Governing
Law. THIS LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED BY AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW, AND THE RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
  

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 Section 8.11. Consent to Jurisdiction. ANY LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT, OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, MAY BE INSTITUTED IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK AND EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR
HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, AND, SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION
OR PROCEEDING. 
  
 Section 8.12. Entire Agreement.
This Agreement embodies and constitutes the entire understanding between the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and all prior or contemporaneous agreements, understandings, representations and statements between
the parties, written or oral, are merged into and superseded by this Agreement. 
  
 Section 8.13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be simultaneously executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

  
 Section 8.14. Limited Role of the Delaware
Trustee. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that this Loan Purchase Agreement is executed and delivered by Wilmington Trust Company, not individually or personally but solely as Delaware Trustee of the Purchaser, in the
exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it; (b) each of the representations, undertakings and agreement herein made on the part of the Purchaser is made and intended not as personal representations, undertakings and agreements
by Wilmington Trust Company but is made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Purchaser; (c) nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any liability on Wilmington Trust Company, individually or personally, to perform any
covenant either expressed or implied contained herein, all such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and by any person claiming by, through or under the parties hereto; and (d) under no circumstances shall Wilmington Trust
Company be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Purchaser or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligations, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Purchaser under this Agreement.

  
 Section 8.15. True Sale. 
  
 (a) All purchases hereunder shall be made without recourse
except as provided in Article V. Each party hereto intends that the transactions hereunder constitute the sales of the Student Loans by Seller to Purchaser (and by Seller ELT to Purchaser ELT). No party hereto intends the transactions contemplated
hereby to be, or for any purpose to be characterized as, a loan from Purchaser to Seller (or from Purchaser ELT to Seller ELT). 
  

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 (b) In the event (but only to the extent) that the conveyance of any Student Loan
hereunder is characterized by a court, governmental authority or regulatory body as a loan rather than a sale, Seller shall be deemed to have granted to Purchaser (and Seller ELT shall be deemed to have granted to Purchaser ELT), and Seller hereby
grants to Purchaser (and Seller ELT hereby grants to Purchaser ELT), a security interest in all of its right, title and interest in, to and under such Student Loan. Each of Seller and Seller ELT authorizes Purchaser and Purchaser ELT to file any and
all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements deemed necessary by Purchaser (or the Issuer Administrator) to perfect the ownership interests described herein. 
  
  

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

			
	 [                                      
  ], as Seller

		
	        By:	 	  

	        Name:	 	  

	        Title:	 	  

  

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	GOAL CAPITAL FUNDING TRUST,
	as Purchaser
		
	        By:	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely as Delaware Trustee
			
	 	 	By:	 	  

	 	 	Name:	 	  

	 	 	Title:	 	  

  

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	[                                      
  ],
	 not in its individual capacity but as
 Eligible Lender Trustee for Seller

		
	        By:	 	  

	        Name:	 	  

	        Title:	 	  

  

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	[                                      
  ],
	 not in its individual capacity but as
 Eligible Lender Trustee for Purchaser

		
	        By:	 	  

	        Name:	 	  

	        Title:	 	  

  

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 EXHIBIT A 
 FORM OF LOAN TRANSFER DOCUMENT 
  
 This loan transfer addendum, seller’s closing certificate, bill of sale and blanket endorsement of student loan promissory notes (collectively, this “Loan Transfer Document”) is made and entered into as of the
     day of             , 20    , by and among
[                            ] (the “Seller”), Goal Capital Funding Trust (the
“Purchaser”), [                    ], not in its individual capacity but as eligible lender trustee for the Seller (in such
capacity, the “Seller ELT”), and [                    ], not in its individual capacity but as eligible lender trustee for the
Purchaser (in such capacity, the “Purchaser ELT”). 
  
 WHEREAS, the parties hereto entered into that certain loan purchase agreement, dated as of [                    ], 2005 (as the same
may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan Purchase Agreement”), and the Seller wishes to sell a portfolio of student loans to the Purchaser, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Loan
Purchase Agreement. 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
foregoing premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
  
 1. Definitions. All capitalized terms in this Loan Transfer Document shall have the same meanings given to them in (or by reference in) the
Loan Purchase Agreement, unless otherwise specifically stated herein. 
  
 2. Sale of Student Loans. For value received and subject to the terms and conditions of the Loan Purchase Agreement and in reliance upon the representations, warranties and covenants set forth therein, the Seller (and, with
respect to legal title thereto, Seller ELT on behalf of Seller) does hereby grant, sell, assign, transfer and convey to the Purchaser (and, with respect to legal title thereto, to Purchaser ELT on behalf of the Purchaser), and its successors and
assigns, all right, title and interest of the Seller (and with respect to legal title thereto, of the Seller ELT on behalf of Seller) in and to the following: 
  

(a) the loans identified in the loan transfer schedule attached hereto as Schedule I, having an aggregate outstanding Principal
Balance of approximately          (collectively, the “Portfolio”), including any guarantees and Certificates of Insurance applicable to the Portfolio; 
  
 (b) all promissory notes and master notes (or copies
thereof) and related documentation evidencing the indebtedness represented by the Portfolio; and 
  
 (c) all proceeds of the foregoing including, without limitation, all payments made by the obligor thereunder or with respect thereto, all
guarantee payments made by any Guarantee Agency with respect thereto, if any, and all interest benefit payments and Special Allowance Payments with respect thereto made under Title IV, Part B, of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended,
and all rights to receive such payments, but excluding any proceeds of the sale made hereby, 
  

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 to have and to hold the same unto the Purchaser (and, with respect to legal title thereto, unto Purchaser ELT on behalf
of the Purchaser), its successors and assigns, forever. Except as provided in the Loan Purchase Agreement, the sale contemplated by this Section 2 is without recourse. 
  
 3. Purchase Price. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Loan Purchase Agreement, the Purchaser (and,
with respect to legal title thereto, Purchaser ELT on behalf of the Purchaser) agrees to purchase the Portfolio at a purchase price equal to [             dollars
($            )]. 
  
 4. Scheduled Sale Date. The Scheduled Sale Date applicable to the Portfolio shall be the date hereof. 
  
 5. Non-Consolidation Loans. Student Loans that are not Consolidation Loans [check one] 
  
 are        
  
 are not        
  
 included in the Portfolio. 
  
 6. Servicer. The Servicer[s] of the Eligible Loans in the Portfolio [is/are]  
  
 ______________ 
  
 7. Guarantee Agency. The Guarantee Agenc[ies] with respect to the Eligible 
  
 Loans in the Portfolio [is/are] 
  
 ______________ 
  
 8. Representations and Warranties. The Seller does hereby represent and warrant that all representations, warranties and statements by or on
behalf of the Seller contained in the Loan Purchase Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date hereof with respect to each of the Student Loans in the Portfolio. 
  
 The Seller does further hereby represent and warrant that the documents listed on Schedule II hereto, to the extent
applicable to any Student Loan acquired under the Loan Purchase Agreement, have heretofore been furnished to the Purchaser or are simultaneously herewith being delivered in accordance with the instructions of the Purchaser, pursuant to Section 4.3
of the Loan Purchase Agreement. 
  

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 9. Blanket Endorsement. By its execution of this Loan Transfer Document, the Seller (and,
with respect to legal title, Seller ELT on behalf of the Seller) hereby endorses in blank, unrestricted form and without recourse, except as provided for in the Loan Purchase Agreement, all promissory notes and related documents purchased by the
Purchaser (and, with respect to legal title, by Purchaser ELT on behalf of the Purchaser) pursuant to the Loan Purchase Agreement and this Loan Transfer Document. The endorsement contemplated by this Section 9 is without recourse, except as provided
under the terms of the Loan Purchase Agreement. All right, title, and interest of Seller (and, with respect to legal title thereto, of Seller ELT on behalf of the Seller) in and to such promissory notes and related documentation are hereby
transferred and assigned to the Purchaser (and, with respect to legal title thereto, to Purchaser ELT on behalf of the Purchaser). 
  
 The endorsement contemplated by this Section 9 may be further manifested by attaching this Loan Transfer Document or a facsimile hereof to each or any of
the promissory notes and master notes (or copies thereof) and related documentation acquired by the Purchaser (and, with respect to legal title thereto, by Purchaser ELT on behalf of the Purchaser) from Seller (and, with respect to legal title
thereto, from Seller ELT on behalf of the Seller), or by attaching this Loan Transfer Document to Schedule I hereof, as the Purchaser may require or deem necessary. 
  
 10. Effect on Loan Purchase Agreement. This Loan Transfer Document sets forth the terms of purchase and sale
solely with respect to the Portfolio. This Loan Transfer Document shall have no effect upon any other sale or purchase of any Student Loans consummated or contemplated prior to or after the date hereof, and all other terms, conditions and agreements
contained in the Loan Purchase Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. Prior or subsequent purchases and sales of Student Loans shall each be governed by a separate Loan Transfer Document. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Loan Transfer Document has been duly executed as of the date first above
written. 
  

			
	[                                      
  ], as Seller
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	  

	Title:	 	  

  

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	GOAL CAPITAL FUNDING TRUST,
	as Purchaser
		
	By:	 	GOAL FINANCIAL, LLC,
	 	 	as Issuer Administrator
			
	 	 	By:	 	  

	 	 	Name:	 	  

	 	 	Title:	 	  

  

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	[                                      
  ],
	not in its individual capacity but as Eligible
	Lender Trustee for the Seller
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	  

	Title:	 	  

  

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	[                                      
  ],
	not in its individual capacity but as Eligible
	Lender Trustee for the Purchaser
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	  

	Title:	 	  

  

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 Schedule I 
  
 LOAN TRANSFER SCHEDULE 
  

			
	Loan Number / Identification	 	Principal Balance

  

 Schedule I 

 Schedule II 
  
 * * * 
  
 The Department of Education application or Guarantee Agency application, as supplemented 
  
 Interim note(s) for each Student Loan 
  
 Payout note(s) for each Student Loan 
  
 Disclosure and Student Loan information statement 
  
 Certificate of Insurance and Contract of Insurance with respect to each Insured Student Loan (or certified copy thereof)

  
 Guarantee Agreement, Agreement for Participation in the
Guaranteed Loan Program and Notification of Loan Approval by the Guarantee Agency with respect to each Guaranteed Student Loan (or certified copy thereof) 
  
 Any other documentation held by the Seller relating to the history of such Student Loan 
  
 Secretary or Guarantee Agency Loan Transfer Statements, if any 
  
 Uniform Commercial Code financing statement, if any, securing any interest in a Student Loan to be Financed, and an executed
termination statement related thereto 
  
 Evidence of Student Loan
disbursement 
  
 Any other document required to be submitted with
a claim to the Guarantee Agency. 
  
 * * * 
  

 Schedule II

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