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Exhibit 10.8

 

INDENTURE

between

OPTION ONE OWNER TRUST 2005-9,

as Issuer

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,

as Indenture Trustee

Dated as of December 30, 2005

OPTION ONE OWNER TRUST 2005-9

MORTGAGE-BACKED NOTES

      

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
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	Article I                  DEFINITIONS	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Section 1.01.
	 	Definitions
	 	 	2	 
	 

	 	Section 1.02.
	 	Rules of Construction
	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article II                GENERAL PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE NOTES	 	 	8	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Section 2.01.
	 	Method of Issuance and Form of Notes
	 	 	8	 
	 

	 	Section 2.02.
	 	Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
	 	 	8	 
	 

	 	Section 2.03.
	 	Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange
	 	 	9	 
	 

	 	Section 2.04.
	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes
	 	 	10	 
	 

	 	Section 2.05.
	 	Persons Deemed Noteholders
	 	 	11	 
	 

	 	Section 2.06.
	 	Payment of Principal and/or Interest; Defaulted Interest
	 	 	11	 
	 

	 	Section 2.07.
	 	Cancellation
	 	 	12	 
	 

	 	Section 2.08.
	 	Conditions Precedent to the Authentication of the Notes
	 	 	12	 
	 

	 	Section 2.09.
	 	Release of Collateral
	 	 	13	 
	 

	 	Section 2.10.
	 	Additional Note Principal Balance
	 	 	14	 
	 

	 	Section 2.11.
	 	Tax Treatment
	 	 	14	 
	 

	 	Section 2.12.
	 	Limitations on Transfer of the Notes
	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article III                 COVENANTS	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Section 3.01.
	 	Payment of Principal and/or Interest
	 	 	15	 
	 

	 	Section 3.02.
	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency
	 	 	15	 
	 

	 	Section 3.03.
	 	Money for Payments to Be Held in Trust
	 	 	15	 
	 

	 	Section 3.04.
	 	Existence
	 	 	17	 
	 

	 	Section 3.05.
	 	Protection of Collateral
	 	 	17	 
	 

	 	Section 3.06.
	 	Negative Covenants
	 	 	18	 
	 

	 	Section 3.07.
	 	Performance of Obligations: Servicing of Loans
	 	 	19	 
	 

	 	Section 3.08.
	 	Reserved
	 	 	20	 
	 

	 	Section 3.09.
	 	Annual Statement as to Compliance
	 	 	21	 
	 

	 	Section 3.10.
	 	Covenants of the Issuer
	 	 	21	 
	 

	 	Section 3.11.
	 	Servicer’s Obligations
	 	 	21	 
	 

	 	Section 3.12.
	 	Restricted Payments
	 	 	21	 
	 

	 	Section 3.13.
	 	Treatment of Notes as Debt for All Purposes
	 	 	22	 
	 

	 	Section 3.14.
	 	Notice of Events of Default
	 	 	22	 
	 

	 	Section 3.15.
	 	Further Instruments and Acts
	 	 	22	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article IV                SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE	 	 	22	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Section 4.01.
	 	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	 	 	22	 
	 

	 	Section 4.02.
	 	Application of Trust Money
	 	 	23	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
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	 	Section 4.03.
	 	Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent
	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article V                 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES	 	 	24	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Section 5.01.
	 	Events of Default
	 	 	24	 
	 

	 	Section 5.02.
	 	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
	 	 	26	 
	 

	 	Section 5.03.
	 	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee
	 	 	26	 
	 

	 	Section 5.04.
	 	Remedies; Priorities
	 	 	28	 
	 

	 	Section 5.05.
	 	Optional Preservation of the Collateral
	 	 	30	 

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	 	Section 5.06.
	 	Limitation of Suits
	 	 	30	 
	 

	 	Section 5.07.
	 	Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and/or Interest
	 	 	31	 
	 

	 	Section 5.08.
	 	Restoration of Rights and Remedies
	 	 	31	 
	 

	 	Section 5.09.
	 	Rights and Remedies Cumulative
	 	 	31	 
	 

	 	Section 5.10.
	 	Delay or Omission Not a Waiver
	 	 	31	 
	 

	 	Section 5.11.
	 	Control by Noteholders
	 	 	31	 
	 

	 	Section 5.12.
	 	Waiver of Past Defaults
	 	 	32	 
	 

	 	Section 5.13.
	 	Undertaking for Costs
	 	 	32	 
	 

	 	Section 5.14.
	 	Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
	 	 	33	 
	 

	 	Section 5.15.
	 	Action on Notes
	 	 	33	 
	 

	 	Section 5.16.
	 	Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations
	 	 	33	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article VI                  THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE	 	 	34	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Section 6.01.
	 	Duties of Indenture Trustee
	 	 	34	 
	 

	 	Section 6.02.
	 	Rights of Indenture Trustee
	 	 	35	 
	 

	 	Section 6.03.
	 	Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee
	 	 	36	 
	 

	 	Section 6.04.
	 	Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer
	 	 	36	 
	 

	 	Section 6.05.
	 	Notices of Default
	 	 	36	 
	 

	 	Section 6.06.
	 	Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders
	 	 	36	 
	 

	 	Section 6.07.
	 	Compensation and Indemnity
	 	 	36	 
	 

	 	Section 6.08.
	 	Replacement of Indenture Trustee
	 	 	37	 
	 

	 	Section 6.09.
	 	Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger
	 	 	38	 
	 

	 	Section 6.10.
	 	Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee
	 	 	38	 
	 

	 	Section 6.11.
	 	Eligibility
	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article VII                 NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Section 7.01.
	 	Issuer to Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders
	 	 	39	 
	 

	 	Section 7.02.
	 	Preservation of Information
	 	 	40	 
	 

	 	Section 7.03.
	 	144A Information
	 	 	40	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article VIII                ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES	 	 	40	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Section 8.01.
	 	Collection of Money
	 	 	40	 
	 

	 	Section 8.02.
	 	Trust Accounts; Distributions
	 	 	40	 
	 

	 	Section 8.03.
	 	General Provisions Regarding Trust Accounts
	 	 	41	 
	 

	 	Section 8.04.
	 	The Paying Agent
	 	 	42	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
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	 	Section 8.05.
	 	Release of Collateral
	 	 	42	 
	 

	 	Section 8.06.
	 	Opinion of Counsel
	 	 	42	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article IX                 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES	 	 	43	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Section 9.01.
	 	Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of the Noteholders
	 	 	43	 
	 

	 	Section 9.02.
	 	Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders
	 	 	43	 
	 

	 	Section 9.03.
	 	Execution of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	45	 
	 

	 	Section 9.04.
	 	Effect of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	45	 
	 

	 	Section 9.05.
	 	Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	45	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article X
                 REDEMPTION OF NOTES; PUT OPTION	 	 	45	 

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	 	Section 10.01.	 	Redemption	 	 	45	 
	 
	 	Section 10.02.	 	Form of Redemption Notice	 	 	46	 
	 
	 	Section 10.03.	 	Notes Payable on Redemption Date	 	 	46	 
	 
	 	Section 10.04.	 	Put Option	 	 	46	 
	 
	 	Section 10.05.	 	Form of Put Option Notice	 	 	46	 
	 
	 	Section 10.06.	 	Notes Payable on Put Date	 	 	46	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article XI                 MISCELLANEOUS	 	 	47	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Section 11.01.	 	Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc	 	 	47	 
	 
	 	Section 11.02.	 	Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee	 	 	47	 
	 
	 	Section 11.03.	 	Acts of Noteholders	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	Section 11.04.	 	Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee and Issuer	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	Section 11.05.	 	Notices to Noteholders, Waiver	 	 	49	 
	 
	 	Section 11.06.	 	Effect of Headings and Table of Contents	 	 	49	 
	 
	 	Section 11.07.	 	Successors and Assigns	 	 	49	 
	 
	 	Section 11.08.	 	Separability	 	 	50	 
	 
	 	Section 11.09.	 	Benefits of Indenture	 	 	50	 
	 
	 	Section 11.10.	 	Legal Holidays	 	 	50	 
	 
	 	Section 11.11.	 	GOVERNING LAW	 	 	50	 
	 
	 	Section 11.12.	 	Counterparts	 	 	50	 
	 
	 	Section 11.13.	 	Recording of Indenture	 	 	50	 
	 
	 	Section 11.14.	 	Trust Obligation	 	 	50	 
	 
	 	Section 11.15.	 	No Petition	 	 	51	 
	 
	 	Section 11.16.	 	Inspection	 	 	51	 
	 
	 	Section 11.17.	 	Third Party Beneficiary	 	 	51	 
	 
	 	Section 11.18.	 	Limitation on Liability	 	 	51	 

EXHIBITS

	 	 	 
	Exhibit A-1

	 	Form of Notes
	Exhibit B-1

	 	Form of Transferor Affidavit (144A) Transfer Certificate
	Exhibit B-2

	 	Form of Transferee Certificate For Institutional Accredited Investor
	Exhibit B-3

	 	Form of Rule 144A Transferee Certificate Investor

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Exhibit C    Form of Securities Legend

INDENTURE

          INDENTURE, dated and effective as of December 30, 2005 (the “Indenture”), between OPTION ONE
OWNER TRUST 2005-9, a Delaware statutory trust, as Issuer (the “Issuer”), and WELLS FARGO BANK,
N.A., as Indenture Trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H T H A T:

          In consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the Issuer has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of Notes, issuable as provided
in this Indenture. All covenants and agreements made by the Issuer herein are for the benefit and
security of the Noteholders.

GRANTING CLAUSE

          Subject to the terms of this Indenture, the Issuer hereby Grants on the Closing Date, to the
Indenture Trustee, as Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, all of the Issuer’s
right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to: (i) such Loans as
from time to time are subject to the Sale and Servicing Agreement as listed in the Loan Schedule,
as the same may be amended or supplemented on each Transfer Date and by the removal of Deleted
Loans and Unqualified Loans and by the addition of Qualified Substitute Loans, together with the
Servicer’s Loan Files and the Custodial Loan Files relating thereto and all proceeds thereof, (ii)
the Mortgages and security interests in the Mortgaged Properties, (iii) all payments in respect of
interest and principal with respect to each Loan received on or after the related Transfer Cut-off
Date, (iv) such assets as from time to time are identified as Foreclosure Property, (v) such assets
and funds as are from time to time deposited in or credited to the Distribution Account, the
Collection Account, the Advance Account and the Transfer Obligation Account, including, without
limitation, amounts on deposit in or credited to such accounts that are invested in Permitted
Investments (including, without limitation, all security entitlements (as defined in Section
8-102(17) of the UCC) of the Issuer therein), (vi) lenders’ rights under all Mortgage Insurance
Policies and to any Mortgage Insurance Proceeds, (vii) Net Liquidation Proceeds and Released
Mortgaged Property Proceeds, (viii) all right, title and interest of the Trust (but none of the
obligations) in and to the obligations of Hedging Counterparties under Hedging Instruments (if
any); (ix) all right, title and interest of each of the Depositor, the Loan Originator and the
Trust in and under the Basic Documents including, without limitation, the obligations of the Loan
Originator under the Loan Purchase and Contribution Agreement, the Master Disposition Confirmation
Agreement, and all proceeds of any of the foregoing, (x) all right, title and interest of the
Issuer in and to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, including the Issuer’s right to cause the Loan
Originator to repurchase Loans from the Issuer under certain circumstances described therein, (xi)
all other property of the Trust from time to time, and (xii) all present and future claims,
demands, causes of action and choses in action in respect of any or all of the foregoing and all
payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all
of the foregoing, including all proceeds of the conversion thereof, voluntary or involuntary, into
cash or other liquid property, all cash and noncash proceeds (each as defined in Section 9-102(a)
of the UCC), accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks,
deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, payment intangibles, securities accounts, condemnation
awards, rights to payment of any and every kind and other forms of obligations and receivables,
instruments and other property which at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the
proceeds of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Collateral”).

          The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure the payment of principal of and interest on,
and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Notes, and to secure compliance with the provisions
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this Indenture, all as provided in this Indenture.

          The Indenture Trustee, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, acknowledges such
Grant, accepts the trusts hereunder and agrees to perform its duties required in this Indenture to
the best of its ability to the end that the interests of the Noteholders may adequately and
effectively be protected.

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

          Section 1.01. Definitions.

          (a) Except as otherwise specified herein, the following terms have the respective
meanings set forth below for all purposes of this Indenture.

          “Act of Noteholders” has the meaning specified in Section 11.03(a) hereof.

          “Additional Note Principal Balance” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.

          “Administration Agreement” means the Administration Agreement dated as of December 30,
2005, between the Issuer and the Administrator.

          “Administrator” means Option One Mortgage Corporation, or any successor Administrator
under the Administration Agreement.

          “Authorized Officer” means, with respect to the Issuer, any officer of the Owner
Trustee who is authorized to act for the Owner Trustee in matters relating to the Issuer and who is
identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Owner Trustee to the Indenture
Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time
thereafter) and, so long as the Administration Agreement is in effect, any Vice President or more
senior officer of the Administrator who is authorized to act for the Administrator in matters
relating to the Issuer and to be acted upon by the Administrator pursuant to the Administration
Agreement and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Administrator
to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from
time to time thereafter).

          “Basic Documents” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

          “Certificate of Trust” means the certificate of trust of the Issuer substantially in
the form of Exhibit C to the Trust Agreement.

          “Change of Control” means the acquisition by any Person, or two or more Persons acting
in concert (other than a direct or indirect subsidiary of H&R Block), of beneficial ownership
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) of outstanding shares of voting stock of the Loan Originator at any time if
after giving effect to such acquisition (i) such Person or Persons owns twenty percent (20%) or
more of such outstanding voting stock or (ii) H&R Block, Inc. does not own directly or indirectly
more than fifty percent (50%) of such outstanding shares of voting stock.

          “Clean-up Call Date” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

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          “Closing Date” means December 30, 2005.

          “Collateral” has the meaning specified in the Granting Clause of this Indenture.

          “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

          “Committed Note Principal Balance” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.

          “Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Indenture Trustee at which
at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date
of execution of this Indenture is located, for note transfer purposes, at Sixth Street and
Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, Attention: Option One Owner Trust 2005-9, telecopy
number: (612) 667-6282, telephone number: (800) 344-5128, and for all other purposes, at 9062 Old
Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, Attention: Option One Owner Trust 2005-9, telecopy
number: (410) 715-2380, telephone number: (410) 884-2000, or at such other address as the Indenture
Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders and the Issuer, or the
principal corporate trust office of any successor Indenture Trustee at the address designated by
such successor Indenture Trustee by notice to the Noteholders and the Issuer.

          “Default” means any occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of time or both
would become, an Event of Default.

          “Depositor” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

          “Depository Institution” means any depository institution or trust company, including
the Indenture Trustee, that (a) is incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or
any State thereof, (b) is subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking
authorities and (c) has outstanding unsecured commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt
obligations that are rated at a rating to which the Majority Noteholders consent in writing.

          “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01 hereof.

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

          “Executive Officer” means, with respect to (i) the Depositor, the Servicer, the Loan
Originator or any Affiliate of any of them, the President, any Vice President or the Treasurer of
such corporation; and with respect to any partnership, any general partner thereof, (ii) the Note
Registrar, any Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, (iii) any other corporation, the Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, Executive Vice
President, any Vice President, the Secretary or the Treasurer of such entity and (iv) any
partnership, any general partner thereof.

          “Grant” means mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, release,
convey, assign, transfer, create and grant a lien upon and a security interest in and right of
set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm pursuant to this Indenture. A Grant of the
Collateral or of any other agreement or instrument shall include all rights, powers and options
(but none of the obligations) of the granting party thereunder, including the immediate and
continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for
principal and interest payments in respect of the Collateral and all other moneys payable
thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make waivers or other
agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring Proceedings in the name of the granting
party or otherwise, and generally to

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do and receive anything that the granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder
or with respect thereto.

          “Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note Register.

          “ICA Owner” means “beneficial owner” as such term is used in Section 3(c)(1) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (other than any persons who are excluded from such term
or from the 100-beneficial owner test of Section 3(c)(1) by law or regulations adopted by the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

          “Indenture” means this Indenture and any amendments hereto.

          “Indenture Trustee” means Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., a national banking association, as
Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, or any successor Indenture Trustee hereunder.

          “Issuer” means Option One Owner Trust 2005-9.

          “Issuer Order” and “Issuer Request” mean a written order or request signed in
the name of the Issuer by any one of its Authorized Officers and delivered to the Indenture
Trustee.

          “Loan Originator” means Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California corporation.

          “Majority Certificateholders” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.

          “Maturity Date” means, with respect to the Notes, 364 days after the commencement of
the Revolving Period.

          “Maximum Note Principal Balance” has the meaning set forth in the Pricing Letter.

          “Note” means any Note authorized by and authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.

          “Note Interest Rate” has the meaning set forth in the Pricing Letter.

          “Note Principal Balance” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.

          “Note Purchase Agreement” means the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 30,
2005, among the Issuer, the Depositor, DB Structured Products, Inc., Gemini Securitization Corp.,
LLC, Aspen Funding Corp. and Newport Funding Corp., as the same may be amended from time to time.

          “Note Redemption Amount” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.

          “Note Register” and “Note Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in
Section 2.03 hereof.

          “Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note Register.

          “Noteholder Agent” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

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          “Officer’s Certificate” when used in this Indenture, means a certificate signed by any
Authorized Officer of the Issuer or the Administrator, under the circumstances described in, and
otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 11.01 hereof, and
delivered to the Indenture Trustee. Unless otherwise specified, any reference in this Indenture to
an Officer’s Certificate shall be to an Officer’s Certificate of any Authorized Officer of the
Issuer or the Administrator.

          “Opinion of Counsel,” when used in this Indenture, means one or more written opinions
of counsel who may, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, be an employee of or
counsel to the Issuer, and which opinion or opinions shall be addressed to the Indenture Trustee,
as Indenture Trustee, and shall comply with any applicable requirements of Section 11.01
hereof and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Noteholder Agent.

          “Outstanding” means, with respect to any Note and as of the date of determination, any
Note theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture except:

     (i) Notes theretofore canceled by the Note Registrar or delivered to the
Note Registrar for cancellation;

     (ii) Notes or portions thereof the payment for which money in the necessary
amount has theretofore been deposited with the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in
trust for the Noteholders (provided, however, that if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice
of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision for such
notice satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee has been made); and

     (iii) Notes in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the
Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Noteholders representing the requisite
Percentage Interests of the Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or under any Basic Document,
Notes owned by the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Depositor or any Affiliate
of any of the foregoing Persons shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding,
except that, in determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying
upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Notes that the Indenture Trustee actually knows to be owned in such manner shall be
disregarded. Notes owned in such manner that have been pledged in good faith may be
regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee certifies to the Indenture, Trustee (y) that the
pledgee has the right so to act with respect to such Notes and (z) that the pledgee is not
the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Depositor or any Affiliate of any of the
foregoing Persons.

          “Owner Trustee” means Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but
solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, or any successor Owner Trustee under the Trust
Agreement.

          “Paying Agent” (unless the Paying Agent is the Servicer) means a Person that meets the
eligibility standards for the Indenture Trustee specified in Section 6.11 hereof and is
authorized by the
Issuer to make payments to and distributions from the Collection Account and the Distribution
Account, including payment of principal of or interest on the Notes on behalf of the Issuer. The
initial Paying Agent shall be the Servicer; provided that if the Servicer is terminated as Paying
Agent for any reason, the Indenture Trustee shall be the Paying Agent until another Paying Agent is
appointed by the Noteholder Agent pursuant to Section 8.04 herein. The Indenture Trustee
shall be entitled to reasonable additional compensation for assuming the role of Paying Agent.

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          “Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

          “Percentage Interest” means, with respect to any Note and as of any date of
determination, the percentage equal to a fraction, the numerator of which is the principal balance
of such Note as of such date of determination and the denominator of which is the Note Principal
Balance.

          “Person” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

          “Predecessor Note” means, with respect to any particular Note, every previous Note
evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for
the purpose of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.04
hereof in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same
debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.

          “Pricing Letter” means the Pricing Letter among the Issuer, the Depositor, Option One
and the Indenture Trustee, dated December 30, 2005 and any amendments thereto.

          “Proceeding” means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or
administrative proceeding.

          “Record Date” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

          “Redemption Date” means in the case of a redemption of the Notes pursuant to
Section 10.01 hereof, the Payment Date specified by the Servicer pursuant to such
Section 10.01.

          “Registered Holder” means the Person in the name of which a Note is registered on the
Note Register on the applicable Record Date.

          “Revolving Period” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

          “Sale Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11 hereof.

          “Sale and Servicing Agreement” means the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
December 30, 2005, among the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Loan Originator and the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, as the same may be further amended or supplemented
from time to time.

          “Servicer” shall mean Option One Mortgage Corporation, in its capacity as servicer
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and any successor servicer thereunder.

          “State” means any one of the States of the United States of America or the District of
Columbia.

          “Termination Price” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

          “Transfer Date” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

          “Trust Agreement” means the Trust Agreement dated as of December 30, 2005, between the
Depositor and the Owner Trustee.

          “Trust Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.1 of
the Trust Agreement.

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

          (b) Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may otherwise require,
capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in
the Sale and Servicing Agreement for all purposes of this Indenture.

          Section 1.02. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:

     (i) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

     (ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned
to it in accordance with GAAP;

     (iii) “or” is not exclusive;

     (iv) “including” means including without limitation;

     (v) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include
the singular; and

     (vi) any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in
any instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means such agreement,
instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented (as provided
in such agreements) and includes (in the case of agreements or instruments) references to
all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein; references to a Person are
also to its permitted successors and assigns.

ARTICLE II

GENERAL PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE NOTES

          Section 2.01. Method of Issuance and Form of Notes.

          (a) The Notes shall be designated generally as the “Option One Owner Trust 2005-9
Mortgage-Backed Notes” of the Issuer. Each Note shall bear upon its face the designation so
selected for the Notes. All Notes shall be identical in all respects except for the denominations
thereof. All Notes issued under this Indenture shall be in all respects equally and ratably
entitled to the benefits thereof without preference, priority or distinction on account of the
actual time or times of authentication and delivery, all in accordance with the terms and
provisions of this Indenture.

          The Notes may be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination
of these methods, all as determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their
execution of such Notes.

          Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Notes shall be set
forth in this Indenture.

          The Notes shall be in definitive form and shall bear a legend substantially in the form of
Exhibit C attached hereto.

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          Section 2.02. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The Notes shall be
executed on behalf of the Issuer by an Authorized Officer of the Owner Trustee or the
Administrator. The signature of any such Authorized Officer on the Notes may be manual or
facsimile.

          Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were at any time Authorized
Officers of the Owner Trustee or the Administrator 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.

          Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.08 hereof, the
Indenture Trustee shall, upon Issuer Order, authenticate and deliver the Notes.

          The Notes that are authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee to or upon the order
of the Issuer on the Closing Date shall be dated as of such Closing Date. All other Notes that are
authenticated after the Closing Date for any other purpose under the Indenture shall be dated the
date of their authentication. The Notes shall be issued in such denominations as may be agreed by
the Issuer and the Noteholder Agent.

          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 herein executed by the Indenture Trustee by the manual signature of one of its
authorized signatories, 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 2.03. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Issuer
shall cause to be kept a register (the “Note Register”) in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer shall provide for the registration of Notes
and the registration of transfers of Notes. The Indenture Trustee initially shall be the “Note
Registrar” for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. Upon
any resignation of any Note Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly
appoint a successor or, if it elects not to make such an appointment, assume the duties of the
Note Registrar.

          If a Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Issuer as Note Registrar, the
Issuer will give the Indenture Trustee prompt written notice of the appointment of such Note
Registrar and of the location, and any change in the location, of the Note Register, and the
Indenture Trustee shall have the right to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times and to
obtain copies thereof, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to rely upon a certificate
executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by an Executive Officer thereof as to the names and
addresses of the Noteholders and the principal amounts and number of the Notes.

          Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Issuer
to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02 hereof, the Issuer shall execute, and the
Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, in
the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes in any authorized
denominations, of a like aggregate Note Principal Balance.

          At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes in any authorized
denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at
such office or agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall
execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the
Indenture Trustee, the Notes which the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

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          All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid
obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

          Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly
endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in the form attached to the form
of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto duly executed by the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney
duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution”
meeting the requirements of the Securities Transfer Agents’ Medallion Program (“STAMP”).

          No service charge shall be made to a Noteholder for any registration of transfer or exchange
of Notes, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange
of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 9.05 hereof not involving any transfer.

          The preceding provisions of this Section 2.03 notwithstanding, the Issuer shall not be
required to make, and the Note Registrar need not register, transfers or exchanges of Notes
selected for redemption or of any Note for a period of 15 days preceding the due date for any
payment with respect to such Note.

          Section 2.04. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. If (i) any mutilated
Note is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee receives evidence to its
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and (ii) there is delivered to the
Issuer and Indenture Trustee such security or indemnity as may reasonably be required by it to hold
the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, harmless, then, in the absence of notice to
the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a bona
fide purchaser, an Authorized Officer of the Owner Trustee or
the Administrator on behalf of the Issuer shall execute, and upon its written request the
Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a replacement Note; provided, however, that if any such destroyed,
lost or stolen Note, but not a mutilated Note, shall have become or within seven days shall be due
and payable, or shall have been called for redemption, instead of issuing a replacement Note, the
Issuer may pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Note when so due or payable or upon the Redemption
Date without surrender thereof. If, after the delivery of such replacement Note or payment of a
destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, a bona fide
purchaser of the original Note in lieu of which such replacement Note was issued presents for
payment such original Note, the Issuer shall be entitled to recover such replacement Note (or such
payment) from the Person to which it was delivered or any Person taking such replacement Note from
such Person to which such replacement Note was delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a
bona fide purchaser, and the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to recover upon the
security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred
by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection therewith.

          Upon the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section 2.04, the Issuer may
require the payment by the Holder of such Note of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses
(including the fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee) connected therewith.

          Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.04 in replacement of any
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual
obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, 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 duly issued hereunder.

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          The provisions of this Section 2.04 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent
lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.

          Section 2.05. Persons Deemed Noteholders. Prior to due presentment for
registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer
or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in the name of which any Note is registered (as of
the day of determination) as the Noteholder for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of
and interest, if any, on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note
be overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

          Section 2.06. Payment of Principal and/or Interest; Defaulted Interest.

          (a) The Notes shall accrue interest at the Note Interest Rate, and such interest
shall be payable on each Payment Date, subject to Section 3.01 hereof. Any installment of
interest or principal, if any, payable on any Note that is punctually paid or duly provided for by
the Issuer on the applicable Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in the name of which such
Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the next preceding Record Date based on
the Percentage Interest represented by its respective Note, without preference or priority of any
kind, and, except as otherwise provided in the next succeeding sentence, shall be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Noteholder, if such Noteholder shall
own of record Notes having a Percentage Interest of at least 20% and shall have so notified the
Paying Agent and the Indenture Trustee, and otherwise by check mailed to the
address of such Noteholder appearing in the Note Register no less than five days preceding the
related Record Date. The final installment of principal payable with respect to such Note shall be
payable as provided in Section 2.06(b) below. The funds represented by any such checks
returned undelivered shall be held in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof.

          (b) The principal of each Note shall be payable in installments on each Payment Date
as provided in Sections 5.01 and 5.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Section 5.04(b)
hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes shall be due
and payable, if not previously paid, on the earlier of (i) the Maturity Date, (ii) the Redemption
Date, (iii) the Final Put Date and (iv) the date on which an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, if the Indenture Trustee or the Majority Noteholders shall have declared the
Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section 5.02 hereof.

          All principal payments on the Notes shall be made pro rata to the Noteholders based on their
respective Percentage Interests. The Paying Agent shall notify the Person in the name of which a
Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date preceding the Payment Date on which
the Issuer expects that the final installment of principal of and interest on such Note will be
paid. Such notice shall be mailed or transmitted by facsimile prior to such final Payment Date and
shall specify that such final installment will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of
such Note and shall specify the place where such Note may be presented and surrendered for payment
of such installment. Notices in connection with redemption of Notes shall be provided to
Noteholders as set forth in Section 10.02 hereof.

          Section 2.07. Cancellation. All Notes surrendered for payment, registration of
transfer, exchange or redemption shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Indenture
Trustee, be delivered to the Indenture Trustee and shall promptly be canceled by the Indenture
Trustee. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Notes
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner
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delivered shall promptly be canceled by the Indenture Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated in
lieu of or in exchange for any Notes canceled as provided in this Section 2.07, except as
expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Notes may be held or disposed of by the
Indenture Trustee in accordance with its standard retention or disposal policy as in effect at the
time unless the Issuer shall direct by an Issuer Order that they be destroyed or returned to it;
provided, however, that such Issuer Order is timely and the Notes have not been previously disposed
of by the Indenture Trustee.

          Section 2.08. Conditions Precedent to the Authentication of the Notes. The Notes
may be authenticated by the Indenture Trustee upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee of the
following:

          (a) An Issuer Order authorizing authentication of such Notes by the Indenture
Trustee;

          (b) All of the items of Collateral which are to be delivered pursuant to the Basic
Documents to the Indenture Trustee or its designee by the related Closing Date shall have been
delivered;

          (c) An executed counterpart of each Basic Document;

          (d) One or more Opinions of Counsel addressed to the Indenture Trustee to the effect
that:

	 	(i)	 	the Owner Trustee has power and authority to execute, deliver and perform
its obligations under the Trust Agreement;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Issuer has been duly formed, is validly existing as a statutory trust
under the laws of the State of Delaware, 12 Del. C. Section 3801 et seq.,
and has power, authority and legal right to execute and deliver this
Indenture, the Note Purchase Agreement, the Custodial Agreement, the
Administration Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	assuming due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the Indenture
Trustee, the Indenture is a valid, legal and binding obligation of the
Issuer, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium, fraudulent or
preferential conveyance and other similar laws of general application
affecting the rights of creditors generally and to general principles of
equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a Proceeding
in equity or at law);
	 
	 	(iv)	 	the Notes, when executed and authenticated as provided herein and delivered
against payment therefor, will be the valid, legal and binding obligations
of the Issuer pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture, and will be enforceable in accordance with their
terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement,
moratorium, fraudulent or preferential conveyance and other similar laws of
general application affecting the rights of creditors generally and to
general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is
considered in a Proceeding in equity or at law);
	 
	 	(v)	 	this Indenture is not required to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act;

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	 	(vi)	 	no authorization, approval or consent of any governmental body
having jurisdiction in the premises which has not been obtained by
the Issuer is required to be obtained by the Issuer for the valid
issuance and delivery of the Notes, except that no opinion need be
expressed with respect to any such authorizations, approvals or
consents as may be required under any state securities or “blue
sky” laws; and
	 
	 	(vii)	 	any other matters that the Indenture Trustee may reasonably request.

          (e) An Officer’s Certificate complying with the requirements of Section
11.01 hereof and stating that:

	 	(i)	 	the Issuer is not in Default under
this Indenture and the issuance of
the Notes applied for will not
result in any breach of any of the
terms, conditions or provisions of,
or constitute a default under, the
Trust Agreement, any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust or other
agreement or instrument to which the
Issuer is a party or by which it is
bound, or any order of any court or
administrative agency entered in any
Proceeding to which the Issuer is a
party or by which it may be bound or
to which it may be subject, and that
all conditions precedent provided in
this Indenture relating to the
authentication and delivery of the
Notes applied for have been complied
with;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Issuer is the owner of all of
the Loans, has not assigned any
interest or participation in the
Loans (or, if any such interest or
participation has been assigned, it
has been released) and has the right
to Grant all of the Loans to the
Indenture Trustee;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the Issuer has Granted to the
Indenture Trustee all of its right,
title and interest in and to the
Collateral, and has delivered or
caused the same to be delivered to
the Indenture Trustee; and
	 
	 	(iv)	 	all conditions precedent provided
for in this Indenture relating to
the authentication of the Notes have
been complied with.

          Section 2.09. Release of Collateral.

          (a) Except as otherwise provided by the terms of the Basic Documents, the Indenture
Trustee shall release the Collateral from the lien of this Indenture only upon receipt of an Issuer
Request accompanied by the written consent of the Noteholder Agent in accordance with the
procedures set forth in the Custodial Agreement.

          (b) The Indenture Trustee shall, if requested by the Servicer, temporarily release
or cause the Custodian temporarily to release to the Servicer the Custodial Loan File pursuant to
the provisions of Section 5(b) of the Custodial Agreement upon compliance by the Servicer
with the provisions thereof; provided, however, that the Custodian’s records shall indicate the
Issuer’s pledge to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture.

          Section 2.10. Additional Note Principal Balance. In the event of payment of
Additional Note Principal Balance by the Noteholders as provided in Section 2.01(c) of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, each Noteholder shall, and is hereby authorized to, record on the
schedule attached

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to its Note the date and amount of any Additional Note Principal Balance advanced by it, and each
repayment thereof; provided that failure to make any such recordation on such schedule or any error
in such schedule shall not adversely affect any Noteholder’s rights with respect to its Additional
Note Principal Balance and its right to receive interest payments in respect of the Additional Note
Principal Balance held by such Noteholder.

          Absent manifest error, the Note Principal Balance of each Note as set forth in the notations
made by the related Noteholder on such Note shall be binding upon the Indenture Trustee and the
Issuer; provided that failure by a Noteholder to make such recordation on its Note or any error in
such notation shall not adversely affect any Noteholder’s rights with respect to its Note Principal
Balance and its right to receive principal and interest payments in respect thereof.

          Section 2.11. Tax Treatment. The Issuer has entered into this Indenture, and the
Notes will be issued, with the intention that for all purposes, including federal, state and local
income, single business and franchise tax purposes, the Notes will qualify as indebtedness of the
Issuer secured by the Collateral. The Issuer, by entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder,
by its acceptance of a Note, agrees to treat the Notes for all purposes, including federal, state
and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes, as indebtedness of the Issuer. The
Indenture Trustee will have no responsibility for filing or preparing any tax returns.

          Section 2.12. Limitations on Transfer of the Notes.

          (a) The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and
will not be listed on any exchange. No transfer of a Note shall be made unless such transfer is
made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and all applicable
state securities laws or is exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act and
such state securities laws. In order to assure compliance with the Securities Act and state
securities laws, any transfer of a Note shall be made (A) in reliance on Rule 144A under the
Securities Act, in which case, the Indenture Trustee shall require that the transferor deliver a
certification substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto and that the transferee
deliver a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit B-3 hereto, or (B) to an
institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of
Regulation D under the Securities Act that is not a “qualified institutional buyer,” in which case
the Indenture Trustee shall require that the transferee deliver a certification substantially in
the form of Exhibit B-2 hereto. The Indenture Trustee shall not make any transfer or
re-registration of the Notes if after such transfer or re-registration, there would be more than
five Noteholders. Each Noteholder shall, by its acceptance of a Note, be deemed to have represented
and warranted that the number of ICA Owners with respect to all of its Notes shall not exceed four.

          (b) The Note Registrar shall not register the transfer of any Note unless the
Indenture Trustee has received a certificate from the transferee to the effect that either (i) the
transferee is not an employee benefit plan or other retirement plan or arrangement subject to Title
I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or Section 4975 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (each, a “Plan”), and is not acting on behalf of
or investing the assets of a Plan or (ii) if the transferee is a Plan or is acting on behalf of or
investing the assets of a Plan, either that no prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section
406(a) of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code would occur upon the transfer of the Note or that the
conditions for exemptive relief under a prohibited transaction exemption has been satisfied,
including, but not limited to: Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (“PTCE”) 96-23
(relating to transactions effected by an “in-house asset manager”), PTCE 95-60 (relating to
transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTCE 91-38 (relating to transactions
involving bank collective investment funds), PTCE 90-1 (relating to transactions involving
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company pooled separate accounts) and PTCE 84-14 (relating to transactions effected by a “qualified
professional asset manager”).

ARTICLE III

COVENANTS

          Section 3.01. Payment of Principal and/or Interest. The Issuer will duly and
punctually pay (or will cause to be paid duly and punctually) the principal of and interest on the
Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes, this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Amounts properly withheld under the Code by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder of interest
and/or principal shall be considered as having been paid by the Issuer to such Noteholder for all
purposes of this Indenture. The Notes shall be non-recourse obligations of the Issuer and shall be
limited in right of payment to amounts available from the Collateral, as provided in this
Indenture. The Issuer shall not otherwise be liable for payments on the Notes. If any other
provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to conflict with the provisions of this Section
3.01, the provisions of this Section 3.01 shall control.

          Section 3.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Indenture Trustee shall
maintain at the Corporate Trust Office an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect
of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written
notice to the Issuer of the location, and of any change in the location, of any such office or
agency.

          Section 3.03. Money for Payments to Be Held in Trust. As provided in
Section 8.02(a) and (b) hereof, all payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any
Notes that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Distribution Account pursuant to
Section 8.02(c) hereof shall be made on behalf of the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by
the Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from the Distribution Account for payments of Notes
shall be paid over to the Issuer except as provided in this Section 3.03.

          Any Paying Agent shall be appointed by the Noteholder Agent with written notice thereof to the
Indenture Trustee. The Issuer shall not appoint any Paying Agent (other than the Indenture Trustee
or Servicer) which is not, at the time of such appointment, a Depository Institution.

          The Issuer will cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee to execute and
deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the
Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture Trustee acts as Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees), subject
to the provisions of this Section 3.03, that such Paying Agent will:

     (i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to
the Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be
paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and pay such sums to such
Persons as herein provided;

     (ii) give the Indenture Trustee notice of any Default by the Issuer (or any
other obligor upon the Notes) of which it has actual knowledge in the making of any payment
required to be made with respect to the Notes;

     (iii) at any time during the continuance of any such Default, upon the written
request of the Majority Noteholders or the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the
Indenture Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent;

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     (iv) immediately resign as a Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Indenture
Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment of Notes if at any time it ceases to
meet the standards required to be met by a Paying Agent at the time of its appointment; and

     (v) comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to the withholding
from any payments made by it on any Notes of any applicable withholding taxes imposed
thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in connection therewith;
provided, however, that with respect to withholding and reporting requirements applicable
to original issue discount (if any) on the Notes, the Issuer shall have first provided the
calculations pertaining thereto to the Indenture Trustee.

          The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer Order direct any Paying Agent to pay to the
Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the
Indenture Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which the sums were held by such Paying Agent;
and upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such money.

          Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds or abandoned property, any money
held by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment of any amount due with
respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such amount has become due and
payable shall be discharged from such trust and be paid to the Issuer on Issuer Request; and the
Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for
payment thereof (but only to the extent of the amounts so paid to the Issuer), and all liability of
the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease;
provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make
any such repayment, shall at the expense and direction of the Issuer cause to be published, once in
a newspaper of general circulation in the City of New York customarily published in the English
language on each Business Day, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any
unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee
shall also adopt and employ any other reasonable means of notification of such repayment
(including, but not limited to, mailing notice of such repayment to Noteholders whose Notes have
been called but have not been surrendered for redemption or whose right to or interest in moneys
due and payable but not claimed at the last address of record for each such Noteholder determinable
from the records of the Indenture Trustee or of any Paying Agent). Any costs and expenses of the
Indenture Trustee and the Paying Agent incurred in the holding of such funds shall be charged
against such funds. Monies so held shall not bear interest.

          Section 3.04. Existence.

          (a) Subject to subparagraph (b) of this Section 3.04, the Issuer will keep
in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a statutory trust under the laws of the
State of Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuer hereunder is or becomes, organized
under the laws of any other State or of the United States of America, in which case the Issuer will
keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises under the laws of such other jurisdiction)
and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this
Indenture, the Notes and the Collateral. The Issuer shall comply in all respects with the covenants
contained in the Trust Agreement, including without limitation, the “special purpose entity” set
forth in Section 4.1 thereof.

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          (b) Any successor to the Owner Trustee appointed pursuant to Section 10.2 of
the Trust Agreement shall be the successor Owner Trustee under this Indenture without the execution
or filing of any paper, instrument or further act to be done on the part of the parties hereto.

          (c) Upon any consolidation or merger of or other succession to the Owner Trustee,
the Person succeeding to the Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement may exercise every right and
power of the Owner Trustee under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Person had been
named as the Owner Trustee herein.

          Section 3.05. Protection of Collateral. The Issuer will from time to time execute
and deliver all such reasonable supplements and amendments hereto and all such financing
statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other instruments, and
will take such other action necessary or advisable to:

     (i) provide further assurance with respect to the Grant of all or any
portion of the Collateral;

     (ii) maintain or preserve the lien and security interest (and the priority
thereof) of this Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes hereof;

     (iii) perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant made or
to be made by this Indenture;

     (iv) enforce any rights with respect to the Collateral; and

     (v) preserve and defend title to the Collateral and the rights of the
Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in such Collateral against the claims of all Persons
and parties.

          The Issuer hereby designates the Administrator, its agent and attorney-in-fact to execute any
financing statement, continuation statement or other instrument required to be executed pursuant to
this Section 3.05.

          Section 3.06. Negative Covenants. Without the written consent of the Majority
Noteholders, so long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not:

     (i) except as expressly permitted by the Basic Documents, sell, transfer,
exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the properties or assets of the Issuer, including
those included in any part of the Trust Estate, unless directed to do so by the Noteholders
as permitted herein;

     (ii) claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or
interest payable in respect of, the Notes (other than amounts properly withheld from such
payments under the Code) or assert any claim against any present or former Noteholder by
reason of the payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Trust Estate;

     (iii) engage in any business or activity other than as expressly permitted by
this Indenture and the other Basic Documents, other than in connection with, or relating
to, the issuance of Notes pursuant to this Indenture, or amend this Indenture as in effect
on the Closing Date other than in accordance with Article IX hereof;

     (iv) issue any debt obligations except under this Indenture;

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     (v) incur or assume any indebtedness or guaranty any indebtedness of any
Person, except for such indebtedness as may be incurred by the Issuer in connection with
the issuance of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture;

     (vi) dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part or merge or consolidate with
any other Person;

     (vii) (A) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to be
impaired, or permit the lien of this Indenture to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated,
terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be released from any covenants or
obligations with respect to the Notes except as may expressly be permitted hereby, (B)
except as provided in the Basic Documents, permit any lien, charge, excise, claim, security
interest, mortgage or other encumbrance to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise
upon or burden the Trust Estate or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds
thereof (other than tax liens, mechanics’ liens and other liens that arise by operation of
law, in each case, on any Mortgaged Property and arising solely as a result of an action or
omission of the related Borrowers) or (C) except as provided in the Basic Documents, permit
any Person other than itself, the Owner Trustee and the Noteholders to have any right,
title or interest in the Trust Estate;

     (viii) remove the Administrator without the prior written consent of the
Majority Noteholders; or

     (ix) take any other action or fail to take any action which may cause the
Trust to be taxable as (a) an association pursuant to Section 7701 of the Code and the
corresponding regulations, or (b) as a taxable mortgage pool pursuant to Section 7701(i) of
the Code.

          Section 3.07. Performance of Obligations: Servicing of Loans.

          (a) The Issuer will not take any action and will use its best efforts not to permit
any action to be taken by others that would release any Person from any of such Person’s material
covenants or obligations under any instrument or agreement included in the Collateral or that would
result in the amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the
validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as expressly provided in the
Basic Documents or such other instrument or agreement.

          (b) The Issuer may contract with or otherwise obtain the assistance of other Persons
(including, without limitation, the Administrator under the Administration Agreement) to assist it
in performing its duties under this Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person
identified to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer shall be deemed to be
action taken by the Issuer. Initially, the Issuer has contracted with the Servicer and the
Administrator to assist the Issuer in performing its duties under this Indenture.

          (c) The Issuer will punctually perform and observe all of its obligations and
agreements contained in this Indenture, in the Basic Documents and in the instruments and
agreements included in the Collateral, including but not limited to (i) filing or causing to be
filed all UCC financing statements and continuation statements required to be filed by the terms of
this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement and (ii) recording or causing to be recorded
all Mortgages, Assignments of Mortgage, all intervening Assignments of Mortgage and all assumption
and modification agreements required to be recorded by the terms of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, in accordance with and within the time periods provided for in this Indenture and/or the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, as applicable. Except as otherwise expressly provided therein, the
Issuer shall not waive, amend, modify, supplement or

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terminate any Basic Document or any provision thereof without the consent of the Indenture Trustee
and the Majority Noteholders.

          (d) If the Issuer shall have knowledge of the occurrence of a Servicing Event of
Default, the Issuer shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholder Agent thereof,
and shall specify in such notice the action, if any, the Issuer is taking with respect to such
default. If a Servicing Event of Default shall arise from the failure of the Servicer to perform
any of its duties or obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Loans,
the Issuer shall take all reasonable steps available to it to remedy such failure.

          (e) Upon any termination of the Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to the Sale
and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee. As soon as a
successor servicer is appointed, the Issuer shall notify the Indenture Trustee of such appointment,
specifying in such notice the name and address of such successor servicer.

          (f) Without derogating from the absolute nature of the assignment granted to the
Indenture Trustee under this Indenture or the rights of the Indenture Trustee hereunder, the Issuer
agrees (i) that it will not, without the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee, amend,
modify, waive, supplement, terminate or surrender, or agree to any amendment, modification,
supplement, termination, waiver or surrender of, the terms of any Collateral (except to the extent
otherwise permitted by the Sale and Servicing Agreement) or the Basic Documents, or waive timely
performance or observance by the Servicer or the Depositor under the Sale and Servicing Agreement;
and (ii) that any such amendment shall not (A) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or
accelerate or delay the timing of, distributions that are required to be made for the benefit of
the Noteholders or (B) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Notes that is required to consent to
any such amendment, without the consent of Noteholders evidencing 100% Percentage Interests of the
Outstanding Notes. If any such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver shall so be consented
to by the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer agrees, promptly following a request by the Indenture
Trustee to do so, to execute and deliver, in its own name and at its own expense, such agreements,
instruments, consents and other documents as the Indenture Trustee may deem necessary or
appropriate in the circumstances.

          Section 3.08. Reserved.

          Section 3.09. Annual Statement as to Compliance. So long as the Notes are
Outstanding, the Issuer will deliver to the Indenture Trustee, within 120 days after the end of
each fiscal year of the Issuer (commencing with the fiscal year beginning on May 1, 2006), an
Officer’s Certificate stating, as to the Authorized Officer signing such Officer’s Certificate,
that:

     (i) a review of the activities of the Issuer during such year and of its
performance under this Indenture has been made under such Authorized Officer’s supervision;
and

     (ii) to the best of such Authorized Officer’s knowledge, based on such
review, the Issuer has materially complied with all conditions and covenants under this
Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in its compliance with any
such condition or covenant, specifying each such default known to such Authorized Officer
and the nature and status thereof.

          Section 3.10. Covenants of the Issuer. All covenants of the Issuer in this
Indenture are covenants of the Issuer and are not covenants of the Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee
is, and any successor Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement will be, entering into this Indenture
solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement and not in its respective individual capacity,
and in no case whatsoever shall the Owner Trustee or any such successor Owner Trustee be personally
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any loss in respect of, any of the statements, representations, warranties or obligations of the
Issuer hereunder, as to all of which the parties hereto agree to look solely to the property of the
Issuer.

          Section 3.11. Servicer’s Obligations. The Issuer shall cause the Servicer to
comply with the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

          Section 3.12. Restricted Payments. The Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly,
(i) pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in
cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, to the Owner Trustee or any owner of a
beneficial interest in the Issuer or otherwise with respect to any ownership or equity interest or
security in or of the Issuer or to the Servicer, (ii) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire
for value any such ownership or equity interest or security or (iii) set aside or otherwise
segregate any amounts for any such purpose; provided, however, that the Issuer may make, or cause
to be made, (x) distributions to the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the
Noteholders and the holders of the Trust Certificates as contemplated by, and to the extent funds
are available for such purpose under, the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Trust Agreement and
(y) payments to the Administrator pursuant to Section 4 of the Administration Agreement.
The Issuer will not, directly or indirectly, make or cause to be made payments to or distributions
from the Distribution Account except in accordance with this Indenture and the Basic Documents.

          Section 3.13. Treatment of Notes as Debt for All Purposes. The Issuer shall, and
shall cause the Administrator to, treat the Notes as indebtedness for all purposes.

          Section 3.14. Notice of Events of Default. The Issuer shall give the Indenture
Trustee and the Noteholder Agent prompt written notice of each Event of Default hereunder and each
default on the part of the Servicer or the Loan Originator of their respective obligations under
any of the Basic Documents.

          Section 3.15. Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Indenture
Trustee, the Issuer will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as
may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

ARTICLE IV

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

          Section 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall cease
to be of further effect with respect to the Notes (except as to (i) rights of registration of
transfer and exchange, (ii) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (iii)
rights of Noteholders to receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon, (iv)
Sections 3.03, 3.04 and 3.10 hereof, (v) the rights, obligations and
immunities of the Indenture Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the Indenture Trustee under
Section 6.07 hereof and the obligations of the Indenture Trustee under Section 4.02
hereof) and (vi) the rights of Noteholders as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so
deposited with the Indenture Trustee payable to all or any of them), and the Indenture Trustee, on
demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments satisfactory to it,
and prepared and delivered to it by the Issuer, acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture with respect to the Notes, when all of the following have occurred:

          (A) either

	 	(1)	 	all Notes theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (i) Notes that
have been destroyed, lost or stolen and
that have been replaced or

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	 	 	 	paid as provided in Section 2.04 hereof and (ii) Notes for
the payment of which money has theretofore been deposited in trust
or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter
repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in
Section 3.03 hereof) shall have been delivered to the
Indenture Trustee for cancellation; or

	 	(2)	 	all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation

	 	a.	 	shall have become due and payable, or
	 
	 	b.	 	are to be called for redemption within
one year under arrangements
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee
for the giving of notice of redemption
by the Indenture Trustee in the name,
and at the expense, of the Issuer,
	 
	 	c.	 	and the Issuer, in the case of clause
a. or b. above, has irrevocably
deposited or caused irrevocably to be
deposited with the Indenture Trustee
cash or direct obligations of or
obligations guaranteed by the United
States of America (which will mature
prior to the date such amounts are
payable), in trust for such purpose,
in an amount sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on
such Notes not theretofore delivered
to the Indenture Trustee for
cancellation when due to the
applicable Maturity Date or the
Redemption Date (if Notes shall have
been called for redemption pursuant to
Section 10.01 hereof), as the case may
be; and

          (B) the latest of (a) the payment in full of all outstanding obligations under the
Notes, (b) the payment in full of all unpaid Trust Fees and Expenses and (c) the date on which the
Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer; and

          (C) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each meeting the applicable requirements of Section 11.01 hereof
and, subject to Section 11.02 hereof, each stating that all conditions precedent herein
provided for, relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the
Notes, have been complied with.

          Section 4.02. Application of Trust Money. All moneys deposited with the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to Sections 3.03 and 4.01 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it,
in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly
or through any Paying Agent, as the Indenture Trustee may determine, to the Noteholders for the
payment or redemption of which such moneys have been deposited with the Indenture Trustee, of all
sums due and to become due thereon for principal and/or interest; but such moneys need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required herein or in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement or required by law.

          Section 4.03. Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent. In connection with the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, all moneys then held by any
Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee under the provisions of this Indenture with respect
to such Notes shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be paid to the Indenture Trustee to be held and
applied according to Section 3.03 hereof and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such moneys.

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ARTICLE V

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

          Section 5.01. Events of Default. “Event of Default,” wherever used herein, means
any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall
be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree
or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

          (a) notwithstanding any insufficiency of funds in the Distribution Account for
payment thereof on the related Payment Date, default in the payment of any interest on any Note
when the same becomes due and payable; or

          (b) notwithstanding any insufficiency of funds in the Distribution Account for
payment thereof on the related Payment Date, default in the payment of any installment of the
Overcollateralization Shortfall of any Note (i) on any Payment Date or (ii) on the Maturity Date,
or, to the extent that there are funds available in the Distribution Account therefor, default in
the payment of any installment of the principal of any Note from such available funds, as a result
of the occurrence of a Rapid Amortization Trigger; or

          (c) the occurrence of a Servicer Event of Default; or

          (d) default in the observance or performance of any covenant or agreement of the
Issuer made in any Basic Document to which it is a party (other than a covenant or agreement, a
default in the observance or performance of which is elsewhere in this Section 5.01
specifically dealt with), or any representation or warranty of the Issuer made in any Basic
Document to which it is a party or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant thereto
or in connection therewith proving to have been incorrect in any material respect as of the time
when the same shall have been made, and such default shall continue or not be cured, or the
circumstance or condition in respect of which such misrepresentation or warranty was incorrect
shall not have been eliminated or otherwise cured, for a period of 30 days after there shall have
been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee, or to the
Issuer, the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee by Noteholders evidencing at least 25% Percentage
Interests of the Outstanding Notes, a written notice specifying such default or incorrect
representation or warranty and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a notice
of Default hereunder; or

          (e) default in the observance or performance of any covenant or agreement of the
Depositor or the Loan Originator made in any Basic Document to which it is a party or any
representation or warranty of the Depositor (except as otherwise expressly provided in the Basic
Documents with respect to representations and warranties regarding the Loans) or Loan Originator
made in any Basic Document to which it is a party, proving to have been incorrect in any material
respect as of the time when the same shall have been made, and such default shall continue or not
be cured, or the circumstance or condition in respect of which such misrepresentation or warranty
was incorrect shall not have been eliminated or otherwise cured, for a period of 30 days (or 5 days
in the case of the failure of the Loan Originator to make a payment in respect of the Transfer
Obligation) after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer and
the Depositor by the Indenture Trustee, or to the Issuer, the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee
by Noteholders evidencing at least 25% Percentage Interests of the Outstanding Notes, a
written notice specifying such Default or incorrect representation or warranty and requiring
it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a notice of Default hereunder; or

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          (f) default in the observance or performance of any covenant or agreement of the
Loan Originator or any direct or indirect subsidiary (other than any domestic or offshore entities
established for the purpose of issuing net interest margin securities) made in any repurchase
agreement, loan and security agreement or other similar credit facility agreement entered into by
the Loan Originator or any such subsidiary and any third party for borrowed funds in excess of
$30,000,000, including any default which entitles any party to require acceleration or prepayment
of any indebtedness thereunder; or

          (g) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction over
the Issuer, the Depositor or the Loan Originator or all or substantially all of the Collateral in
an involuntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law now or hereafter in effect, or the appointing of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer, the Depositor or the Loan Originator or
for all or substantially all of the Collateral, or the ordering of the winding-up or liquidation of
the affairs of the Issuer, the Depositor or the Loan Originator, and such decree or order shall
remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

          (h) the commencement by the Issuer, the Depositor or the Loan Originator of a
voluntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law
now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by the Issuer, the Depositor or the Loan Originator to
the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by the
Issuer to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer, the Depositor or the Loan Originator or
for any substantial part of the Collateral, or the making by the Issuer, the Depositor or the Loan
Originator of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by the Issuer,
the Depositor or the Loan Originator generally to pay its respective debts as such debts become
due, or the taking of any action by the Issuer, the Depositor or the Loan Originator in furtherance
of any of the foregoing; or

          (i) the Notes shall be Outstanding on the day after the end of the Revolving
Period; or

          (j) a Change of Control of the Loan Originator.

     The Loan Originator shall deliver to the Noteholders and Noteholder Agent written notice of
any Event of Default as set forth above under clauses (a) through (j). The Issuer shall deliver to
the Indenture Trustee, within five days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of
an Officer’s Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice and the lapse of time would
become an Event of Default under clauses (d) or (e) above, the status of such event and what action
the Issuer or the Depositor, as applicable, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

          Section 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of
Default should occur and be continuing, then and in every such case the Indenture Trustee, at the
direction or upon the prior written consent of the Majority Noteholders, may declare all the Notes
to be immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Indenture
Trustee if given by Noteholders), and upon any such declaration, the unpaid principal amount of
such Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the date of acceleration,
shall become immediately due and payable.

          At any time after such declaration of acceleration of maturity has been made and before a
judgment or decree for payment of the moneys due has been obtained by the Indenture Trustee as
hereinafter in this Article V provided, the Majority Noteholders, by written notice to the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

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          (a) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Indenture Trustee a sum sufficient to
pay:

	 	1.	 	all payments of principal of and/or interest on all
Notes and all other amounts that would then be due
hereunder or upon such Notes if the Event of Default
giving rise to such acceleration had not occurred; and
	 
	 	2.	 	all sums paid or advanced by the Indenture Trustee
hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee
and its agents and counsel; and

          (b) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of the Notes
that has become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in
Section 5.12 hereof. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any
right consequent thereto.

          Section 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture
Trustee.

          (a) The Issuer covenants that if (i) default is made in the payment of any interest
on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of five
days, or (ii) default is made in the payment of the principal of or any installment of the
principal of any Note when the same becomes due and payable, the Issuer will, upon demand of the
Indenture Trustee, pay to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders, the whole
amount then due and payable on such Notes for principal and/or interest, with interest upon the
overdue principal and, to the extent payment at such rate of interest shall be legally enforceable,
upon overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Notes and in addition thereto, such
further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its
agents and counsel.

          (b) In case the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand,
the Indenture Trustee shall at the direction of the Majority Noteholders, subject to Section
5.06(c) institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute
such Proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Issuer or other
obligor upon such Notes and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer
or other obligor upon such Notes, wherever situated, the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable.

          (c) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall at
the direction of the Majority Noteholders, as more particularly provided in Section 5.04
hereof, subject to Section 5.06(c) hereof, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and
the rights of the Noteholders by such appropriate Proceedings as the Indenture Trustee shall deem
most effective to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any
covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal or
equitable right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

          (d) In case there shall be pending, relative to the Issuer or any other obligor upon
the Notes or any Person having or claiming an ownership interest in the Collateral, Proceedings
under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or
reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken
possession of the Issuer or its property or such other obligor or Person, or in case of any other
comparable judicial Proceedings relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon the Notes, or to the
creditors or property of the Issuer or such other

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obligor, the Indenture Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of any Notes shall then be
due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the
Indenture Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section
5.03, shall be entitled and empowered by intervention in such Proceedings or otherwise:

     (i) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal
and/or interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and to file such other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture
Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee, each
predecessor Indenture Trustee, and its agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement
of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee
and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, except as a result of negligence or bad faith) and
of the Noteholders allowed in such Proceedings;

     (ii) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf
of the Noteholders in any election of a trustee, a standby trustee or Person performing
similar functions in any such Proceedings;

     (iii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the
claims of the Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee on their behalf; and

     (iv) to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee or the
Noteholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer, its creditors and
its property; and any trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in
any such Proceeding is hereby authorized by each of such Noteholders to make payments to
the Indenture Trustee and, in the event that the Indenture Trustee shall consent to the
making of payments directly to such Noteholders, to pay to the Indenture Trustee such
amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee,
each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel; and
all other expenses and liabilities incurred and all advances made by the Indenture Trustee
and each predecessor Indenture Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith.

          (e) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture Trustee to
authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Noteholder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any
Holder thereof or to authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Noteholder in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in
bankruptcy or similar Person.

          (f) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any
of the Notes, may be enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes
or the production thereof in any trial or other Proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or
Proceedings instituted by the Indenture Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an
express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements
and compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective
agents, attorneys and counsel, shall be for the ratable benefit of the Noteholders.

          (g) In any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (and also any Proceedings
involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Indenture Trustee
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party), the Indenture Trustee shall be held to represent all the Noteholders, and it shall not be
necessary to make any Noteholder a party to any such Proceedings.

          Section 5.04. Remedies; Priorities.

          (a) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture
Trustee, at the direction of the Majority Noteholders shall, do one or more of the following
(subject to Section 5.05 hereof):

     (i) institute Proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an express trust
for the collection of all amounts then payable on the Notes 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 moneys adjudged due;

     (ii) institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete or partial
foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to the Collateral;

     (iii) exercise any remedies of a secured party under the UCC and take any
other appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the Indenture
Trustee or the Noteholders; and

     (iv) sell the Collateral or any portion thereof or rights or interest therein
in a commercially reasonable manner, at one or more public or private sales called and
conducted in any manner permitted by law; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee may
not sell or otherwise liquidate the Collateral following an Event of Default, unless (A)
the Holders of 100% Percentage Interests of the Outstanding Notes consent thereto, (B) the
proceeds of such sale or liquidation distributable to the Noteholders are sufficient to
discharge in full all amounts then due and unpaid upon such Notes for principal and/or
interest or (C) the Indenture Trustee determines that the Collateral will not continue to
provide sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes as they
would have become due if the Notes had not been declared due and payable, and the Indenture
Trustee obtains the consent of Holders of not less than 66-2/3% Percentage Interests of the
Outstanding Notes. In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency with respect to clause
(B) and (C) of this subsection (a)(iv), the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and
rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national
reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the
Collateral for such purpose.

          (b) If the Indenture Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this
Article V, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:

     FIRST: in the following order of priority: (a) to the Indenture Trustee, an amount
equal to all unreimbursed Indenture Trustee Fees and indemnities and any other amounts
payable to the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Basic Documents and to the Indenture Trustee or Sale
Agents, as applicable, all reasonable fees and expenses incurred by them and their agents
and representatives in connection with the enforcement of the remedies provided for in this
Article V, (b) to the Custodian, an amount equal to all unpaid Custodian Fees and
indemnities and any other amounts payable to the Custodian pursuant to the Basic Documents,
(c) to the Owner Trustee, an amount equal to all unreimbursed Owner Trustee Fees and
indemnities and any other amounts payable to the Owner Trustee pursuant to the Basic
Documents, and (d) to the Servicer, an amount equal to (i) all unreimbursed Servicing
Compensation and (ii) all unreimbursed Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances;

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     SECOND: the Hedge Funding Requirement to the appropriate Hedging Counterparties (if
any);

     THIRD: to the Noteholders pro rata, all amounts in respect of interest due and
owing under the Notes;

     FOURTH: to the Noteholders pro rata, all amounts in respect of unpaid
principal of the Notes;

     FIFTH: to the Purchasers or any other Indemnified Party (as each such term is defined
in the Note Purchase Agreement), amounts in respect of Issuer/Depositor Indemnities (as
defined in the Trust Agreement) and to the Noteholder Agent, amounts in respect of Due
Diligence Fees (as set forth in Section 11.15 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement)
until such amounts are paid in full;

     SIXTH: to the Owner Trustee, for any amounts to be distributed pro rata to the holders
of the Trust Certificates pursuant to the Trust Agreement.

          The Indenture Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to be made to the
Noteholders pursuant to this Section 5.04. At least 15 days before such record date, the
Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder and the Issuer a notice that states the record
date, the payment date and the amount to be paid.

          Section 5.05. Optional Preservation of the Collateral. If the Notes have been
declared to be due and payable under Section 5.02 hereof following an Event of Default and
such declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled, the Indenture Trustee
may, but need not, elect to maintain possession of the Collateral. It is the desire of the parties
hereto and the Noteholders that there be at all times sufficient funds for the payment of principal
of and interest on the Notes, and the Indenture Trustee shall take such desire into account when
determining whether or not to maintain possession of the Collateral. In determining whether to
maintain possession of the Collateral, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely
upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as
to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Collateral for such
purpose.

          Section 5.06. Limitation of Suits. No Noteholder shall have any right to
institute any Proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

          (a) such Noteholder has previously given written notice to the Indenture Trustee of
a continuing Event of Default;

          (b) the Noteholders evidencing not less than 25% Percentage Interests of the
Outstanding Notes have made written request to the Indenture Trustee to institute such Proceeding
in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Indenture Trustee hereunder;

          (c) such Noteholder or Noteholders have offered to the Indenture Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in complying with such
request;

          (d) the Indenture Trustee for 30 days after its receipt of such notice, request and
offer of indemnity has failed to institute such Proceeding; and

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          (e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the
Indenture Trustee during such 30-day period by the Majority Noteholders.

          It is understood and intended that no one or more Noteholders shall have any right in any
manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb
or prejudice the rights of any other Noteholders or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other Noteholders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the
manner herein provided.

          In the event the Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests and
indemnity from two or more groups of Noteholders, neither of which evidences Percentage Interests
of the Outstanding Notes greater than 50%, the Indenture Trustee in its sole discretion may
determine what action, if any, shall be taken, notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Indenture and shall have no obligation or liability to any such group of Noteholders for such
action or inaction.

          Section 5.07. Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and/or
Interest. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, any Noteholder shall have the
right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and interest, if
any, on such Note on or after the applicable Maturity Date thereof expressed in such Note or in
this Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date) and to institute
suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired without the
consent of such Noteholder.

          Section 5.08. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Indenture Trustee or any
Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and
such Proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason or has been determined adversely
to the Indenture Trustee or to such Noteholder, then and in every such case the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall, subject to any determination in such Proceeding, be
restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights
and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall continue as though no such
Proceeding had been instituted.

          Section 5.09. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein conferred
upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders is intended to be exclusive of any
other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.

          Section 5.10. Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. No delay or omission of the
Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Default or
Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Default
or Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article V or
by law to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture Trustee or by the Noteholders, as the case may
be.

          Section 5.11. Control by Noteholders. The Majority Noteholders shall have the
right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to
the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes or exercising any trust or power conferred on the
Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that:

          (a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture;

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          (b) subject to the express terms of Section 5.04(a)(iv) hereof, any
direction to the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Collateral shall be by Noteholders
representing Percentage Interests of the Outstanding Notes of not less than 100%;

          (c) if the conditions set forth in Section 5.05 hereof have been satisfied
and the Indenture Trustee elects to retain the Collateral pursuant to such Section, then any
direction to the Indenture Trustee by Noteholders representing Percentage Interests of the
Outstanding Notes of less than 100% to sell or liquidate the Collateral shall be of no force and
effect; and

          (d) the Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Indenture
Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction.

          In connection with any sale of the Collateral in accordance with paragraph (c) above, the
Majority Noteholders may, in their sole discretion appoint agents to effect the sale of the
Collateral (such agents, “Sale Agents”), which Sale Agents may be Affiliates of any
Noteholder. The Sale Agents shall be entitled to reasonable compensation in connection with such
activities from the proceeds of such sale.

     Notwithstanding the rights of the Noteholders set forth in this Section 5.11, subject
to Section 6.01 hereof, the Indenture Trustee need not take any action that it determines
might involve it in liability or might materially adversely affect the rights of any Noteholders
not consenting to such action.

          Section 5.12. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Majority Noteholders may waive any
past Default or Event of Default and its consequences, except a Default (a) in the payment of
principal of or interest on any of the Notes or (b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof
that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each Noteholder. In the case of any such
waiver, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, and Noteholders shall be restored to their former
positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

          Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured and
not to have occurred, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured
and not to have occurred, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to
any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

          Section 5.13. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and
each Noteholder by such Noteholder’s 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 Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted
by it as Indenture 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 5.13 shall not apply to (a) any suit instituted by the Indenture Trustee,
(b) any suit instituted by any Noteholder, or group of Noteholders, in each case holding in the
aggregate Percentage Interests of the Outstanding Notes of more than 10% or (c) any suit instituted
by any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any Note on or
after the respective due dates expressed in such Note and in this Indenture (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).

          Section 5.14. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer covenants (to the
extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead or in any
manner whatsoever, claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever
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hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the
Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage
of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power
herein granted to the Indenture Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such
power as though no such law had been enacted.

          Section 5.15. Action on Notes. The Indenture Trustee’s right to seek and recover
judgment on the Notes or under this Indenture shall not be affected by the seeking, obtaining or
application of any other relief under or with respect to this Indenture. Neither the lien of this
Indenture nor any rights or remedies of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders shall be impaired
by the recovery of any judgment by the Indenture Trustee against the Issuer or by the levy of any
execution under such judgment upon any portion of the Collateral or upon any of the assets of the
Issuer. Any money or property collected by the Indenture Trustee shall be applied in accordance
with Section 5.04(b) hereof.

          Section 5.16. Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations.

          (a) Promptly following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so and at the
Administrator’s expense, the Issuer shall take all such lawful action as the Indenture Trustee may
request to compel or secure the performance and observance by the Loan Originator and the Servicer,
as applicable, of each of their obligations to the Issuer under or in connection with the Sale and
Servicing Agreement or the Loan Purchase and Contribution Agreement, and to exercise any and all
rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to the Issuer under or in connection
with the Sale and Servicing Agreement to the extent and in the manner directed by the Indenture
Trustee, including the transmission of notices of default on the part of the Loan Originator or the
Servicer thereunder and the institution of legal or administrative actions or proceedings to compel
or secure performance by the Loan Originator or the Servicer of each of their obligations under the
Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Loan Purchase and Contribution Agreement.

          (b) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee
may, and at the direction (which direction shall be in writing or by telephone, confirmed in
writing promptly thereafter) of the Majority Noteholders shall, subject to Section 5.06(c)
exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer against the Loan
Originator or the Servicer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Loan
Purchase and Contribution Agreement, including the right or power to take any action to compel or
secure performance or observance by the Loan Originator or the Servicer, as the case may be, of
each of their obligations to the Issuer thereunder and to
give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension, or waiver under the Sale
and Servicing Agreement, and any right of the Issuer to take such action shall be suspended.

ARTICLE VI

THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE

          Section 6.01. Duties of Indenture Trustee.

          (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee
shall exercise 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 person would exercise or use under the circumstances in
the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

          (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

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     (i) the Indenture Trustee shall undertake 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 Indenture Trustee; and

     (ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Indenture 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 Indenture Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee shall examine the certificates and
opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture to the
extent specifically set forth herein.

          (c) The Indenture Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

     (i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 6.01;

     (ii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer unless it is proved that the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining
the pertinent facts; and

     (iii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 5.11
hereof.

          (d) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it and held in
a Trust Account except as may be provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or as the Indenture
Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer.

          (e) Money held in trust by the Indenture Trustee shall be segregated from other funds except to the
extent permitted by law or the terms of this Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

          (f) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Indenture Trustee to expend or risk its own
funds or otherwise incur 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 to believe that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably
assured to it; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee shall not refuse or fail to perform
any of its duties hereunder solely as a result of nonpayment of its normal fees and expenses and
provided, further, that nothing in this Section 6.01(f) shall be construed to limit the
exercise by the Indenture Trustee of any right or remedy permitted under this Indenture or
otherwise in the event of the Issuer’s failure to pay the Indenture Trustee’s fees and expenses
pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof.

          (g) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Indenture Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section 6.01.

          (h) The Indenture Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be deemed to have notice or
knowledge of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default pursuant to Section 5.01(a)
or (b) hereof) unless a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee shall have received
written notice thereof or otherwise shall have actual knowledge thereof. In the absence of receipt
of notice or such knowledge, the Indenture Trustee may conclusively assume that there is no Event
of Default.

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          Section 6.02. Rights of Indenture Trustee. (a) The Indenture Trustee may rely on any
document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person.
The Indenture Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

          (b) Before the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s
Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it
takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on an Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

          (c) The Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys or a custodian or nominee.

          (d) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for (i) any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that
such action or omission by the Indenture Trustee does not constitute willful misconduct, negligence
or bad faith; or (ii) any action or inaction on the part of the Custodian.

          (e) The Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or opinion of counsel with
respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes shall be full and complete
authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by
it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

          Section 6.03. Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal
with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Indenture
Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Note Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with
like rights. However, the Indenture Trustee must comply with Section 6.11 hereof.

          Section 6.04. Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Indenture Trustee shall not be
responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the
Notes, shall not be accountable for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, or responsible
for any statement of the Issuer in the Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the
sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication.

          Section 6.05. Notices of Default. If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is
actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall mail
to each Noteholder and each party to the Master Disposition Confirmation Agreement notice of the
Default within two Business Days after it receives actual notice of such occurrence.

          Section 6.06. Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders. The Indenture Trustee shall deliver
to each Noteholder such information specifically requested by each Noteholder and in the Indenture
Trustee’s possession and as may be reasonably required to enable such Noteholder to prepare its
federal and state income tax returns.

          Section 6.07. Compensation and Indemnity. As compensation for its services hereunder, the
Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive, on each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee’s Fee
pursuant to Section 8.02(c) hereof (which compensation shall not be limited by any law on
compensation of a trustee of an express trust) and shall be entitled to reimbursement by the
Servicer for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of
collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the
reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee’s agents,
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experts. The Issuer agrees to cause the Servicer to indemnify the Indenture Trustee, the
Custodian, the Paying Agent and their officers, directors, employees and agents against any and all
loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by it or them in
connection with the administration of this trust and the performance of its or their duties under
the Basic Documents. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Issuer and the Servicer promptly of any
claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Indenture Trustee so to notify the Issuer and
the Servicer shall not relieve the Issuer or the Servicer of its or their obligations hereunder.
The Issuer shall, or shall cause the Servicer to, defend any such claim; provided, however, that if
the defendants with respect to any such claim include the Issuer and/or the Servicer and the
Indenture Trustee, and the Indenture Trustee shall have reasonably concluded that there may be
legal defenses available to it which are different from or in addition to those defenses available
to the Issuer or the Servicer, as the case may be, the Indenture Trustee shall have the right, at
the expense of the Servicer, to select separate counsel to assert such legal defenses and to
otherwise defend itself against such claim. Neither the Issuer nor the
Servicer need reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by
the Indenture Trustee through the Indenture Trustee’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad
faith.

          The Issuer’s payment obligations to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.07
shall survive the discharge of this Indenture and the termination or resignation of the Indenture
Trustee. When the Indenture Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in
Section 5.01(e) or (f) hereof with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other
applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.

          Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.07 to the contrary, all amounts due the
Indenture Trustee hereunder shall be payable in the first instance by the Servicer and, if not paid
by the Servicer within 60 days after payment is requested from the Servicer by the Indenture
Trustee, in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 5.01 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.

          Section 6.08. Replacement of Indenture Trustee. No resignation or removal of the Indenture
Trustee and no appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.08.
The Indenture Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Issuer. The Majority Noteholders
may remove the Indenture Trustee (with the consent of the Majority Certificateholders, not to be
unreasonably withheld) by so notifying the Indenture Trustee and may appoint a successor Indenture
Trustee; provided, that all of the reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Indenture Trustee
in connection with such removal shall be reimbursed to it prior to the effectiveness of such
removal. The Issuer shall remove the Indenture Trustee if

	 	(a)	 	the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11 hereof,
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Indenture Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent;
	 
	 	(c)	 	a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Indenture Trustee or its property; or
	 
	 	(d)	 	the Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.

          If the Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Indenture
Trustee for any reason (the Indenture Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the
retiring Indenture Trustee), the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Indenture Trustee.

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          A successor Indenture Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the
retiring Indenture Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring
Indenture Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Indenture Trustee shall have all the
rights, powers and duties of the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Indenture
Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Noteholders. The retiring Indenture Trustee shall
promptly transfer all property held by it as Indenture Trustee to the successor Indenture Trustee.

          If a successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Indenture
Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Indenture Trustee, the Issuer or the Majority
Noteholders may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Indenture Trustee.

          If the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11 hereof, any Noteholder may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the
appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.

          Notwithstanding the replacement of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.08, the
Issuer’s and the Administrator’s obligations under Section 6.07 hereof shall continue for
the benefit of the retiring Indenture Trustee.

          Section 6.09. Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger. If the Indenture Trustee consolidates
with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business
or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee
corporation without any further act shall be the successor Indenture Trustee; provided, however,
that such corporation or banking association shall otherwise be qualified and eligible under
Section 6.11 hereof. The Indenture Trustee shall provide the Majority Noteholders prior
written notice of any such transaction.

          In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the
Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Notes shall have
been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Indenture
Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such
Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been
authenticated, any successor to the Indenture Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the
name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Indenture Trustee; and in
all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Notes or in
this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Indenture Trustee shall have.

          Section 6.10. Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee.

          (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, at any time, for the purpose of meeting
any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Collateral may at the time be
located, the Indenture Trustee shall have the power and may execute and deliver all instruments to
appoint one or more Persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate trustee or separate
trustees, of all or any part of the Trust, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity
and for the benefit of the Noteholders, such title to the Collateral, or any part hereof, and,
subject to the other provisions of this Section 6.10, such powers, duties, obligations,
rights and trusts as the Indenture Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or
separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor
trustee under Section 6.11 hereof and no notice to Noteholders of the appointment of any
co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under Section 6.08 hereof.

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          (b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed
and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:

     (i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Indenture Trustee
shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Indenture Trustee and such
separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or
co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Indenture Trustee joining in such act),
except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are
to be performed the Indenture Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or
acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to
the Collateral or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed
singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Indenture
Trustee;

     (ii) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other
trustee hereunder; and

     (iii) the Indenture Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate
trustee or co-trustee.

          (c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have
been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to
each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this
Indenture and the conditions of this Article VI. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon
its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in
its instrument of appointment, jointly with the Indenture Trustee, subject to all the provisions of
this Indenture, specifically including every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct
of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Indenture Trustee. Every such
instrument shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee.

          (d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the Indenture Trustee its agent
or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any
lawful act under or in respect of this Indenture on its behalf and in its name. If any separate
trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its
estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Indenture
Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.

          Section 6.11. Eligibility. The Indenture Trustee shall (i) have a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of
condition or (ii) otherwise be acceptable in writing to the Majority Noteholders.

ARTICLE VII

NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS

          Section 7.01. Issuer to Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders. The
Issuer will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee (a) not more than five days
after the earlier of (i) each Record Date and (ii) three months after the last Record Date, a list,
in such form as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Noteholders as of such Record Date, (b) at such other times as the Indenture Trustee may request in
writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and
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of a date not more than 10 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however,
that so long as the Indenture Trustee is the Note Registrar, no such list shall be required to be
furnished.

          Section 7.02. Preservation of Information. The Indenture Trustee shall preserve, in as
current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of the Noteholders contained
in the most recent list furnished to the Indenture Trustee as provided in Section 7.01
hereof and the names and addresses of Noteholders received by the Indenture Trustee in its capacity
as Note Registrar. The Indenture Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in such
Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

          Section 7.03. 144A Information.

          (a) To permit compliance with the Securities Act in connection with the sale of the Notes sold in
reliance on Rule 144A, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee the information required
to be delivered under Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act, if the Issuer is neither a
reporting company under Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the United States Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, nor exempt from reporting pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Exchange Act.

          (b) The Indenture Trustee, to the extent it has any such information in its possession, shall
provide to any Noteholder and any prospective transferee designated by any such Noteholder
information regarding the Notes and the Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to
satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act for
transfer of any such Note without registration thereof under the Securities Act pursuant to the
registration exemption provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

ARTICLE VIII

ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES

          Section 8.01. Collection of Money. General. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, the Indenture Trustee may demand payment or delivery of, and shall receive and collect,
directly and without intervention or assistance of any intermediary, all money and other property
payable to or receivable by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee
shall apply all such money received by it as provided in this Indenture. Except as otherwise
expressly provided in this Indenture, if any default occurs in the making of any payment or
performance under any agreement or instrument that is part of the Collateral, the Indenture Trustee
may take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including the
institution and prosecution of appropriate Proceedings. Any such action shall be without prejudice
to any right to claim a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture and any right to proceed
thereafter as provided in Article V hereof.

          Section 8.02. Trust Accounts; Distributions.

          (a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Issuer shall cause the Servicer to establish and maintain,
in the name of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, or on behalf of the Owner
Trustee for the benefit of the Securityholders, the Trust Accounts as provided in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement. The Servicer shall deposit amounts into each of the Trust Accounts in
accordance with the terms hereof, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Payment Statements.

          (b) Collection Account. With respect to the Collection Account, the Paying Agent shall make
such withdrawals and distributions as specified in Section 5.01(c)(1) of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof.

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          (c) Distribution Account. With respect to the Distribution Account, the Paying Agent
shall make (i) such deposits as specified in Sections 5.01(c)(2)(i), 5.01(c)(2)(ii), 5.05(e),
5.05(f), 5.05(g), and 5.05(h) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and (ii) such withdrawals and
distributions as specified in Section 5.01(c)(3) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement in accordance
with the terms thereof.

          (d) Transfer Obligation Account. With respect to the Transfer Obligation Account, the
Paying Agent shall make (i) such deposits as specified in Section 5.01(c)(3)(vii) of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement and (ii) such withdrawals and distributions as specified in Sections 5.05(d),
5.05(e), 5.05(f), 5.05(g), 5.05(h), and 5.05(i) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement in accordance
with the terms thereof.

          (e) Advance Account. With respect to the Advance Account, the Issuer shall cause the
Servicer to make such withdrawals specified in Section 2.06 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.

          Section 8.03. General Provisions Regarding Trust Accounts.

          (a) All or a portion of the funds in the Collection Account and the Transfer Obligation Account
shall be invested in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.03(b) of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee will not make any investment of any funds
or sell any investment held in the Collection Account and the Transfer Obligation Account (other
than in Permitted Investments in accordance with Section 5.03(b) of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement) unless the security interest Granted and perfected in such account will continue to be
perfected in such investment or the proceeds of such sale, in either case without any further
action by any Person, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Indenture Trustee by
the Noteholder Agent or the Servicer, as the case may be.

          (b) Subject to Section 6.01(c) hereof, the Indenture Trustee shall not in any way be held liable by
reason of any insufficiency in the Collection Account or the Transfer Obligation Account resulting
from any loss on any Permitted Investments included therein.

          (c) If (i) the Noteholder Agent or the Servicer, as the case may be, shall have failed to give
investment directions for any funds on deposit in the Collection Account or the Transfer Obligation
Account to the Indenture Trustee by 2:00 p.m. New York City time (or such other time as may be
agreed by the Issuer and Indenture Trustee) on any Business Day or (ii) a Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Notes but the Notes shall not
have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof or (iii) if such Notes
shall have been declared due and payable following an Event of Default, amounts collected or
receivable from the Collateral are being applied in accordance with Section 5.05 hereof as
if there had not been such a declaration, then the Indenture Trustee shall, to the fullest extent
practicable, invest and reinvest funds in the Collection Account and the Transfer Obligation
Account in one or more Permitted Investments specified in item (3) in the definition thereof.

          Section 8.04. The Paying Agent. The initial Paying Agent shall be the Servicer. The Paying
Agent may be removed by the Noteholder Agent in its sole discretion at any time. Upon removal of
the Paying Agent, the Noteholder Agent will appoint a successor Paying Agent within 30 days which,
if other than the Servicer, must be a Person that is a Depository Institution and meets the
eligibility standards for the Indenture Trustee specified in Section 6.11 hereof; provided
that the Indenture Trustee will be the Paying Agent until such successor is appointed. Upon
receiving written notice from the Noteholder Agent that the Paying Agent has been terminated, the
Indenture Trustee will immediately terminate the Paying Agent’s access to any and all Trust
Accounts. If the Servicer or any subsequent Paying Agent is terminated as Paying Agent, the
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another Paying Agent is appointed by the Noteholder Agent pursuant to this Section
8.04. The Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to reasonable additional compensation for
assuming the role of Paying Agent.

          Section 8.05. Release of Collateral.

          (a) Subject to the payment of its reasonable fees and expenses pursuant to Section 6.07
hereof, the Indenture Trustee may, and when required by the provisions of this Indenture shall,
execute instruments acceptable to it and prepared and delivered to it by the Issuer to release
property from the lien of this Indenture, or convey the Indenture Trustee’s interest in the same,
without recourse, representation or warranty in a manner as provided in the Custodial Agreement and
under circumstances that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture and the other
Basic Documents. No party relying upon an instrument executed by the Indenture Trustee as provided
in this Article VIII shall be bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustee’s authority, inquire
into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any moneys.

          (b) The Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Notes Outstanding and all sums due to
the Noteholders (and their Affiliates), the Noteholder Agent, the Sales Agents, the Indenture
Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Custodian under the Basic Documents have been paid, release any
remaining portion of the Collateral 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 Trust
Accounts. At such time as the lien of this Indenture is released, the Indenture Trustee shall cause
a termination statement to be filed in any jurisdiction where a UCC financing statement has been
filed hereunder with respect to the Collateral. The Indenture Trustee shall release property from
the lien of this Indenture pursuant to this subsection (b) only upon receipt of an Issuer
Request accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel meeting the applicable
requirements of Section 11.01 hereof.

          Section 8.06. Opinion of Counsel. Except to the extent specifically permitted by the terms
of the Basic Documents, the Indenture Trustee shall receive at least seven (7) Business Days’ prior
notice when requested by the Issuer to take any action pursuant to Section 8.05(a) hereof,
accompanied by copies of any instruments involved, and the Indenture Trustee may also require, as a
condition to such action, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Indenture Trustee, from the Issuer concluding that all conditions precedent to the taking of such
action have been complied with and such action will not materially and adversely impair the
security for the Notes or the rights of the Noteholders in contravention of the provisions of this
Indenture; provided, however, that such Opinion of Counsel shall not be required to express an
opinion as to the fair value of the Collateral. Counsel rendering any such opinion may rely,
without independent investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any certificate or other
instrument delivered to the Indenture Trustee in connection with any such action.

ARTICLE IX

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

          Section 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of the Noteholders. Without the
consent of any Noteholder but with prior notice to the Majority Noteholders, the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, for any of the following
purposes:

     (i) to correct or amplify the description of any property at any time subject to the lien of this
Indenture, or better to assure, convey and confirm unto the Indenture Trustee any property subject
or required to be subjected to the lien of this Indenture, or to subject to the lien of this
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     (ii) to evidence the succession, in compliance with the applicable provisions hereof, of
another Person to the Issuer, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the
Issuer herein and in the Notes contained;

     (iii) to add to the covenants of the Issuer, for the benefit of the Noteholders, or to surrender
any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer;

     (iv) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Indenture Trustee;

     (v) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein or in any supplemental
indenture that may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or in any supplemental indenture
or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture
or in any supplemental indenture; provided, however, that such action shall not adversely affect
the interests of the Noteholders; or

     (vi) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment hereunder by a successor trustee
with respect to the Notes and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall
be necessary to facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee,
pursuant to the requirements of Article VI hereof.

          The Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of any such supplemental
indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein
contained.

          Section 9.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders. The Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, also may, with the consent of the Majority
Noteholders, by an Act of Noteholders delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, enter into
an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or of modifying in
any manner the rights of any Noteholder under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such
supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of each Noteholder affected thereby:

          (a) change the date of payment of any installment of principal of or interest on any Note, or
reduce the principal balance thereof, the interest rate thereon or the Termination Price with
respect thereto, change the provisions of this Indenture relating to the application of collections
on, or the proceeds of the sale of, the Collateral to payment of principal of or interest on the
Notes, or change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Note or the
interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of the
provisions of this Indenture requiring the application of funds available therefor, as provided in
Article V hereof, to the payment of any such amount due on the Notes on or after the
respective due dates thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date);

          (b) reduce the Percentage Interest, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such
supplemental indenture, or the consent of the Holders of which is required for any waiver of
compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences provided for in this Indenture;

          (c) modify or alter the provisions of the definition of the term “Outstanding” or “Percentage
Interest”

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          (d) reduce the Percentage Interest of the Outstanding Notes, the consent of the Holders of
which is required to direct the Indenture Trustee to direct the Issuer to sell or liquidate the
Collateral pursuant to Section 5.04 hereof;

          (e) modify any provision of this Section 9.02 except to increase any percentage specified
herein or to provide that certain additional provisions of this Indenture or the Basic Documents
cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected
thereby;

          (f) modify any of the provisions of this Indenture in such manner as to affect the calculation of
the amount of any payment of interest or principal due on any Note on any Payment Date (including
the calculation of any of the individual components of such calculation). or to adversely affect
the rights of the Noteholders to the benefit of any provisions for the mandatory redemption of the
Notes contained herein; or

          (g) permit the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the lien of this Indenture
with respect to any part of the Collateral or, except as otherwise permitted or contemplated
herein, terminate the lien of this Indenture on any property at any time subject hereto or deprive
any Noteholder of the security provided by the lien of this Indenture.

          The Indenture Trustee may in its discretion determine whether or not any Notes would be affected by
any supplemental indenture and any such determination shall be conclusive upon each Noteholder,
whether theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder. The Indenture Trustee
shall not be liable for any such determination made in good faith.

          In connection with requesting the consent of the Noteholders pursuant to this Section 9.02,
the Indenture Trustee shall mail to the Noteholders to which such amendment or supplemental
indenture relates a notice prepared by the Issuer setting forth in general terms the substance of
such supplemental indenture. It shall not be necessary for any Act of Noteholders under this
Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it
shall be sufficient if such Act of Noteholders shall approve the substance thereof.

          Section 9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or permitting the
additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article IX or
the modification thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be
entitled to receive, and subject to Sections 6.01 and 6.02 hereof, shall be fully
protected in, relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental
indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Indenture Trustee’s own
rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

          Section 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture shall be and shall be deemed to be
modified and amended in accordance therewith with respect to the Notes affected thereby, and the
respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties, liabilities and immunities under
this Indenture of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Noteholders shall thereafter be
determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and
amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be
deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

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          Section 9.05. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures. Notes authenticated and
delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article IX
may, and if required by the Indenture Trustee shall, bear a notation in form approved by the
Indenture Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Issuer or
the Indenture Trustee shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of
the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and
executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee in exchange for
Outstanding Notes.

ARTICLE X

REDEMPTION OF NOTES; PUT OPTION

          Section 10.01. Redemption. The Servicer may, at its option, effect an early redemption of
the Notes on any Payment Date on or after the Clean-up Call Date. The Servicer shall effect such
early termination in the manner specified in and subject to the provisions of Section 10.02 of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement.

          The Servicer shall furnish the Indenture Trustee with notice of any such redemption in order to
facilitate the Indenture Trustee’s compliance with its obligation to notify the Noteholders of such
redemption in accordance with Section 10.02 hereof.

          Section 10.02. Form of Redemption Notice. Notice of redemption under Section 10.01 hereof
shall be by first-class mail, postage prepaid, or by facsimile mailed or transmitted not later than
10 days prior to the applicable Redemption Date to each Noteholder, as of the close of business on
the Record Date preceding the applicable Redemption Date, at such Noteholder’s address or facsimile
number appearing in the Note Register.

          All notices of redemption shall state:

     (i) the Redemption Date;

     (ii) that on the Redemption Date Noteholders shall receive the Note Redemption Amount; and

     (iii) the place where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Termination Price (which
shall be the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02
hereof).

          Notice of redemption of the Notes shall be given by the Indenture Trustee in the name of the Issuer
and at the expense of the Servicer. Failure to give to any Noteholder notice of redemption, or any
defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of the redemption of any other Note.

          Section 10.03. Notes Payable on Redemption Date. The Notes to be redeemed shall, following
notice of redemption as required by Section 10.02 hereof (in the case of redemption
pursuant to Section 10.01) hereof, on the Redemption Date become due and payable at the
Note Redemption Amount and (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the Note Redemption
Amount) no interest shall accrue thereon for any period after the date to which accrued interest is
calculated for purposes of calculating the Note Redemption Amount. The Issuer may not redeem the
Notes unless all outstanding obligations under the Notes have been paid in full.

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          Section 10.04. Put Option. The Majority Noteholders may, at their option, put all or
any portion of the Note Principal Balance of the Notes to the Issuer on any date upon giving notice
in the manner set forth in Section 10.05. On each Put Date, the Issuer shall purchase the Note
Principal Balance in the manner specified in and subject to the provisions of Section 10.04 of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement.

          Section 10.05. Form of Put Option Notice. Notice of exercise of a Put Option under Section
10.04 hereof shall be given by the Majority Noteholders (including to the Indenture Trustee) by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, or by facsimile mailed or transmitted not later than 5 days
prior to the date on which the Notes shall be repurchased by the Issuer.

          Section 10.06. Notes Payable on Put Date. The Note Principal Balance to be put to the
Issuer shall, following notice of the exercise of the Put Option as required by Section
10.05 hereof, on the Put Date become due and payable at the Note Redemption Amount and (unless
the Issuer shall default in the payment of the Note Redemption Amount) no interest shall accrue
thereon for any period after the date to which accrued interest is calculated for purposes of
calculating the Note Redemption Amount.

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

          Section 11.01. Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc. Upon any application or request
by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture
(except with respect to the Servicer’s servicing activity in the ordinary course of its business),
the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee (i) an Officer’s Certificate stating that all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have
been complied with and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all
such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with.

          Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for
in this Indenture shall include:

	 	(1)	 	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;
	 
	 	(2)	 	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;
	 
	 	(3)	 	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
	 
	 	(4)	 	a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such signatory, such
condition or covenant has been complied with.

          Section 11.02. Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee. 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
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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 or opinion 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 officer’s certificate or
opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate of an Authorized Officer or Opinion of Counsel
may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters,
upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Servicer,
the Loan Originator, the Issuer or the Administrator, stating that the information with respect to
such factual matters is in the possession of the Servicer, the Loan Originator, the Issuer or the
Administrator, unless such 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
Indenture 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 Indenture Trustee’s right to rely upon the truth and accuracy
of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided in Article VI,
hereof.

          Section 11.03. Acts of Noteholders. (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Noteholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar
tenor signed by such Noteholders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing; and except as
herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or
instruments are delivered to the Indenture Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to
the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby)
are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act of Noteholders” signing such instrument or
instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent
shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01 hereof)
conclusive in favor of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this
Section 11.03.

          (b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved in any manner that the Indenture Trustee deems sufficient.

          (c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.

          (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by any
Noteholder shall bind the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration thereof or in exchange
therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the
Indenture Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Note.

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          Section 11.04. Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee and Issuer. Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Noteholders or other documents provided
or permitted by this Indenture shall be in writing and if such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Noteholders is to be made upon, given or furnished to
or filed with:

     (i) the Indenture Trustee by any Noteholder or by the Issuer shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder, if made, given, furnished or filed in writing (including by facsimile) to or with the
Indenture Trustee at P.O Box 98, Columbia, Maryland 21046, Attention: Option One Owner Trust
2005-9, with a copy to it at its Corporate Trust Office, or

     (ii) the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by any Noteholder shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if in writing and made, given, furnished, filed or transmitted via facsimile to the
Issuer at: Option One Owner Trust 2005-9, c/o Wilmington Trust Company as Owner Trustee, One Rodney
Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Corporate Trust
Department, telephone number: (302) 636-1000, telecopy number: (302) 636-4144, or at any other
address or facsimile number previously furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee by the Issuer
or the Administrator. The Issuer shall promptly transmit any notice received by it from the
Noteholders to the Indenture Trustee.

          Section 11.05. Notices to Noteholders, Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for notice to
Noteholders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid to each Noteholder
affected by such event, at his address as it appears on the Note Register, not later than the
latest date, and not earlier than
the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to
Noteholders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice
so mailed to any particular Noteholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Noteholders, and any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall conclusively
be presumed to have duly been given.

          Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by any
Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be
the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Noteholders shall be filed with the Indenture
Trustee but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such a waiver.

          In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a result of a strike, work stoppage
or similar activity, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event to Noteholders when such
notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of
giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to be a
sufficient giving of such notice.

          Section 11.06. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings
herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof.

          Section 11.07. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture and
the Notes by the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. All
agreements of the Indenture Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors, co-trustees and
agents.

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          Section 11.08. Separability. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

          Section 11.09. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder,
and the Noteholders and the Noteholder Agent, and any other party secured hereunder, and any other
Person with an ownership interest in any part of the Collateral, any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

          Section 11.10. Legal Holidays. In any case where the date on which any payment is due shall
not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of the Notes or this Indenture)
payment need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the
same force and effect as if made on the date on which nominally due, and no interest shall accrue
for the period from and after any such nominal date.

          Section 11.11. GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION
5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

          Section 11.12. Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument.

          Section 11.13. Recording of Indenture. If this Indenture is subject to recording in any
appropriate public recording offices, such recording is to be effected by the Issuer and at its
expense accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel (which may be counsel to the Indenture Trustee or any
other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that the expense
of such Opinion of Counsel shall in no event be an expense of the Indenture Trustee) to the effect
that such recording is necessary either for the protection of the Noteholders or any other Person
secured hereunder or for the enforcement of any right or remedy granted to the Indenture Trustee
under this Indenture.

          Section 11.14. Trust Obligation. No recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with
respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes
or, except as expressly provided for in Article VI hereof, under this Indenture or
any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against (i) the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (ii) any owner of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director,
employee, agent or “control person” within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act,
of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a
beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor
or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any
such Person may expressly have agreed (it being understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner
Trustee have no such obligations in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner,
owner or beneficiary of the Issuer shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law,
for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any
installment or call owing to such entity. For all purposes of this Indenture, in the performance of
any duties or obligations of the Issuer hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and
entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Trust
Agreement.

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          Section 11.15. No Petition. The Indenture Trustee, by entering into this Indenture,
and each Noteholder, by accepting a Note, hereby covenant and agree that they will not at any time
institute against the Depositor or the Issuer, or join in any institution against the Depositor or
the Issuer of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings,
or other proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law, in
connection with any obligations relating to the Notes, this Indenture or any of the Basic
Documents.

          Section 11.16. Inspection. The Issuer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it will
permit any representative of the Indenture Trustee, during the Issuer’s normal business hours, to
examine all the books of account, records, reports and other papers of the Issuer, to make copies
and extracts therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by Independent certified public
accountants, and to discuss the Issuer’s affairs, finances and accounts with the Issuer’s officers,
employees, and Independent certified public accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often
as may reasonably be requested and at the expense of the Servicer. The Indenture Trustee shall and
shall cause its representatives to hold in confidence all such information except to the extent
disclosure may be required by law (and all reasonable applications for confidential treatment are
unavailing) and except to the extent that the Indenture Trustee may reasonably determine that such
disclosure is consistent with its obligations hereunder.

          Section 11.17. Third Party Beneficiary. The Noteholders and the Noteholder Agent are
intended third party beneficiaries of this Indenture and shall be entitled to rely upon and
directly enforce the provisions of this Indenture as if parties hereto.

          Section 11.18. Limitation on 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 Owner Trustee of Option One Owner Trust 2005-9, in the
exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it, (b) each of the representations,
undertakings and agreements 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 for 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 obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Issuer
under this Indenture or any other related documents.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed by their respective officers, thereunto duly authorized and duly attested, all as of the
day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	OPTION ONE OWNER TRUST 2005-9,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	Wilmington Trust Company not in its individual capacity but solely as

Owner Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	          /s/
 

	 	 
	 	 	Name: Joann A. Rozell	 	 
	 	 	Title: Assistant Vice President	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,	 	 
	 	 	as Indenture Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	          /s/
 

	 	 
	 	 	Name: Darron C. Woodus	 	 
	 	 	Title: Assistant Vice President	 	 

Indenture

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	STATE OF DELAWARE

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	)	 	 	ss.:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	COUNTY OF NEWCASTLE

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

          BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for said county and state, on this day
personally appeared        Joann A. Rodell
       , known to me to be the person and officer whose name is
subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that the same was the act of the said
Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Owner Trustee on behalf of OPTION ONE OWNER-TRUST 2005-9, a Delaware statutory trust, and
that such person executed the same as the act of said statutory trust for the purpose and
consideration therein expressed, and in the capacities therein stated.

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this___23___ day of _December___, 2005.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	          /s/
	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	               Notary Public
	 

	 	 	 	Janel R. Havrilla
	 

	 	 	 	Notary Public – State of Delaware
	 

	 	 	 	My Comm. Expires Feb. 2, 2009

(Seal)

My commission expires:

                                                                                

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	STATE OF MARYLAND

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	)	 	 	ss.:
	COUNTY OF ANN ARUNDEL

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

          BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for said county and state, on this day
personally appeared Darron C. Woodus, known to me to be the person and officer whose name is
subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that the same was the act of WELLS
FARGO BANK, N.A., and that such person executed the same as the act of said corporation for the
purpose and consideration therein stated.

          GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this 29th day of December, 2005.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	/s/	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Notary Public	 	 

(Seal)

     Joanne K Stahling

My commission expires 10/14/2009

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF NOTES

THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM NOTE
PRINCIPAL BALANCE SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF. ANY PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE MAY ASCERTAIN THE
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT HEREOF BY INQUIRY OF THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE.

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933 ACT”), OR
ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE
REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE
OF SUCH REGISTRATION, UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION.

THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH
NOTE ONLY (A) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE 1933
ACT, (B) FOR SO LONG AS THIS NOTE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE 1933 ACT,
TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A
UNDER THE 1933 ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE
144A OR (C) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A)(1),
(2),(3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE 1933 ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THE NOTE FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR
FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR,” FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT
WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE 1933
ACT, IN EACH CASE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE INDENTURE AND APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS.

THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE HAS RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE FROM THE
TRANSFEREE TO THE EFFECT THAT EITHER (I) THE TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
RETIREMENT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF
1974, AS AMENDED, OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (EACH, A
“PLAN”), AND IS NOT ACTING ON BEHALF OF OR INVESTING THE ASSETS OF A PLAN OR (II) IF THE TRANSFEREE
IS A PLAN OR IS ACTING ON BEHALF OF OR INVESTING THE ASSETS OF A PLAN, EITHER THAT NO PROHIBITED
TRANSACTION WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 406(a) OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WOULD OCCUR
UPON THE TRANSFER OF THE NOTE OR THAT THE CONDITIONS FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF UNDER A PROHIBITED
TRANSACTION EXEMPTION HAS BEEN SATISFIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS
EXEMPTION (“PTCE”) 96-23 (RELATING TO TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED BY AN “IN-HOUSE ASSET MANAGER”), PTCE
95-60 (RELATING TO TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNTS), PTCE 91-38 (RELATING
TO TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING BANK COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT FUNDS), PTCE 90-1 (RELATING TO TRANSACTIONS
INVOLVING INSURANCE COMPANY POOLED SEPARATE ACCOUNTS) AND PTCE 84-14

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(RELATING TO TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED BY A “QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL ASSET MANAGER”).

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Maximum Note Principal Balance: $                                         

Initial Percentage Interest: ___%

No. ___

OPTION ONE OWNER TRUST 2005-9

MORTGAGE-BACKED NOTES

          OPTION ONE OWNER TRUST 2005-9, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to                                         , or registered assigns (the
“Noteholder”), the principal sum of                                          ($                    ) or so much
thereof as may be advanced and outstanding hereunder and to pay interest on such principal sum or
such part thereof as shall remain unpaid from time to time, at the rate and at the times provided
in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Indenture. Principal of this Note is payable on each
Payment Date in an amount equal to the result obtained by multiplying (i) the Percentage Interest
of this Note by (ii) the principal amount distributed in respect of such Payment Date.

          The Outstanding Note Principal Balance of this Note bears interest at the Note Interest Rate. On
each Payment Date amounts in respect of interest on this Note will be paid in an amount equal to
the result obtained by multiplying (i) the Percentage Interest of this Note by (ii) the aggregate
amount paid in respect of interest on the Notes with respect to such Payment Date.

          Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Indenture (the
“Indenture”), dated as of December 30, 2005, between the Issuer and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
as Indenture Trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) or, if not defined therein, the Sale and
Servicing Agreement (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), dated as of December 30, 2005,
among the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Loan Originator and the Indenture Trustee on
behalf of the Noteholders.

          By its acceptance of this Note, each Noteholder covenants and agrees, until the earlier of (a) the
termination of the Revolving Period and (b) the Maturity Date, on each Transfer Date to advance
amounts in respect of Additional Note Principal Balance hereunder to the Issuer, subject to and in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Note Purchase
Agreement.

          In the event of an advance of Additional Note Principal Balance by the Noteholders as provided in
Section 2.01(c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, each Noteholder shall, and is hereby
authorized to, record on the schedule attached to its Note the date and amount of any Additional
Note Principal Balance advanced by it, and each repayment thereof; provided that failure to make
any such recordation on such schedule or any error in such schedule shall not adversely affect any
Noteholder’s rights with respect to its Additional Note Principal Balance and its right to receive
interest payments in respect of the Additional Note Principal Balance held by such Noteholder.

          Absent manifest error, the Note Principal Balance of each Note as set forth in the notations made
by the related Noteholder on such Note shall be binding upon the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer;
provided that failure by a Noteholder to make such recordation on its Note or any error in such
notation shall not adversely affect any Noteholder’s rights with respect to its Note Principal
Balance and its right to receive principal and interest payments in respect thereof.

          The Servicer may, at its option, effect an early redemption of the Notes for an amount equal to the
Note Redemption Amount on any Payment Date on or after the Clean-up Call Date. The

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Servicer shall effect such early termination by providing notice thereof to the Indenture
Trustee and Owner Trustee and by purchasing all of the Loans at a purchase price, payable in cash,
equal to the Termination Price.

          Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof,
which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

          The statements in the legend set forth above are an integral part of the terms of this Note and by
acceptance hereof each Holder of this Note agrees to be subject to and bound by the terms and
provisions set forth in such legend.

          Unless the Certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed by an authorized officer
of the Indenture Trustee, by manual signature, this Note shall not entitle the Noteholder hereof to
any benefit under the Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement and/or be valid for any
purpose.

          THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT
TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW).

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed, manually or in facsimile,
by its Authorized Officer, as of the date set forth below.

Date:                     , 200__

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	OPTION ONE OWNER TRUST 2005-9,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	Wilmington Trust Company not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Authorized Signatory
	 	 

INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Date:                     , 200__

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Authorized Signatory
	 	 

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[Reverse of Note]

          This Note is one of the duly authorized Notes of the Issuer, designated as its Mortgage-Backed
Notes (herein called the “Notes”), all issued under the Indenture. Reference is hereby made
to the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto, and the Sale and Servicing Agreement for
a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and the Noteholders. To the extent that any provision of this Note contradicts or is
inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the
provisions of the Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, as applicable, shall control and
supersede such contradictory or inconsistent provision herein. The Notes are subject to all terms
of the Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

          The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note shall be applied in accordance
with the Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

          The entire unpaid principal amount of this Note shall be due and payable on the earlier of the
Maturity Date, the Redemption Date and the Final Put Date, if any, pursuant to Article X of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire
unpaid principal amount of the Notes shall be due and payable on the date on which an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Indenture Trustee, at the direction or upon
the prior written consent of the Majority Noteholders, has declared the Notes to be immediately due
and payable in the manner provided in Section 5.02 of the Indenture. All principal payments
on the Notes shall be made pro rata to the Noteholders entitled thereto.

          The Collateral secures this Note and all other Notes equally and ratably without prejudice,
priority or distinction between any Note and any other Note. The Notes are non-recourse obligations
of the Issuer and are limited in right of payment to amounts available from the Collateral, as
provided in the Indenture. The Issuer shall not otherwise be liable for payments on the Notes, and
none of the owners, agents, officers, directors, employees, or successors or assigns of the Issuer
shall be personally liable for any amounts payable, or performance due, under the Notes or the
Indenture.

          Any installment of interest or principal on this Note shall be paid on the applicable Payment Date
to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered in the Note
Register as of the close of business on the related Record Date by wire transfer in immediately
available funds to the account specified in writing by the related Noteholder to the extent
provided by the Indenture and otherwise by check mailed to the Noteholder.

          Any reduction in the principal amount of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) effected
by any payments made on any Payment Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and
of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu
hereof, whether or not noted hereon. Any increase in the principal amount of this Note (or any one
or more Predecessor Notes) effected by payments to the Issuer of Additional Note Principal Balances
shall be binding upon the Issuer and shall inure to the benefit of all future Holders of this Note
and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu
hereof, whether or not noted hereon.

          As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the transfer of
this Note may be registered on the Note Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of
transfer at the office or agency designated by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed
by, or

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accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in the form attached hereto duly executed by,
the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature
guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Securities
Transfer Agent’s Medallion Program (“STAMP”), and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized
denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees. No service charge will be charged for any registration of transfer or
exchange of this Note, but the Issuer may require the Noteholder to pay a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such registration
of transfer or exchange.

          Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note, covenants and agrees
that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the
Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under the Indenture or any
certificate or other writing delivered in connection therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee
or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (ii) any owner of a beneficial interest in the
Issuer or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee or “control
person” within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the Exchange Act of the Indenture Trustee or the
Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the
Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or
the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed
and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent
provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or
failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity.

          Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note, covenants and agrees
by accepting the benefits of the Indenture that such Noteholder will not at any time institute
against the Issuer, or join in any institution against the Issuer of, any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under any United States federal
or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Notes or the
Basic Documents.

          The Issuer has entered into the Indenture and this Note is issued with the intention that, for
federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes, the Notes will qualify
as indebtedness of the Issuer secured by the Collateral. Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note,
agrees to treat the Notes for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax
purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer. Each Noteholder, by its acceptance of a Note, represents
and warrants that the number of ICA Owners with respect to all of its Notes shall not exceed four.

          Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
this Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other date as may be specified in the
Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue,
and none of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.

          The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the
modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Noteholders under
the Indenture at any time by the Issuer with the consent of the Majority Noteholders. The Indenture
also contains provisions permitting the Holders of Notes representing specified Percentage
Interests of the Outstanding Notes, on behalf of all of the Noteholders, to waive compliance by the
Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and
their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (or any one or more
Predecessor Notes) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of
this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or
in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. The
Indenture also permits the Indenture Trustee to

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amend or waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of
any Noteholder.

          The term “Issuer” as used in this Note includes any successor to the Issuer under the
Indenture.

          The Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture,
subject to certain limitations therein set forth.

          No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall
alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency
herein prescribed.

          Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as expressly provided in the Basic
Documents, none of the Issuer in its individual capacity, the Owner Trustee in its individual
capacity, any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, or any of their respective partners,
beneficiaries, agents, officers, directors, employees or successors or assigns shall be personally
liable for, nor shall recourse be had to any of them for, the payment of principal of or interest
on this Note or performance of, or omission to perform, any of the covenants, obligations or
indemnifications contained in the Indenture. The Holder of this Note by its acceptance hereof
agrees that, except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, in the case of an Event of
Default under the Indenture, the Holder shall have no claim against any of the foregoing for any
deficiency, loss or claim therefrom; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be
taken to prevent recourse to, and enforcement against, the assets of the Issuer for any and all
liabilities, obligations and undertakings contained in the Indenture or in this Note.

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ASSIGNMENT

Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee:

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto:

                                                                                                                                                                

(name and address of assignee)

the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints,
attorney, to transfer said Note on

the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	*/	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Signature Guaranteed:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	*/	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

			
	*/	 	NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as
it appears on the face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or
any change whatever. Such signature must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution”
meeting the requirements of STAMP.

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Schedule to Note

dated as of                     , 200__

of OPTION ONE OWNER TRUST 2005-9

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Date of advance of	 	Amount of advance	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Additional Note	 	of Additional Note	 	 	 	 	 	 	Aggregate Note	 	 	Note Principal	 
	Principal Balance	 	Principal Balance	 	 	Percentage Interest	 	 	Principal Balance	 	 	Balance of Note	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	100%	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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EXHIBIT B-1

FORM OF RULE 144A TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479

Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Option One Owner Trust 2005-9

          Re: Option One Owner Trust 2005-9

          Reference is hereby made to the Indenture dated as of December 30, 2005, (the “Indenture”)
between Option One Owner Trust 2005-9 (the “Trust”) and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (the “Indenture
Trustee”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in
the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 30, 2005, among the Trust, Option One Loan
Warehouse Corporation (the “Depositor”), Option One Mortgage Corporation (the “Servicer” and the
“Loan Originator”) and the Indenture Trustee.

          The
undersigned (the “Transferor”) has requested a
transfer of $ _________ current principal
balance Notes to [insert name of transferee].

          In connection with such request, and in respect of such Notes, the Transferor hereby certifies
that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with (i) the transfer restrictions set forth in
the Indenture and the Notes and (ii) Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended to a
purchaser that the Transferor reasonably believes is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the
meaning of Rule 144A purchasing for its own account or for the account of a “qualified
institutional buyer,” which purchaser is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance upon
Rule 144A, in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with any
applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction.

          This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit
of the Depositor.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	[Name of Transferor]	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:
	 	 	, ____	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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EXHIBIT B-2

FORM OF TRANSFEREE CERTIFICATE FOR

INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479

Attention: Corporate Trust Services — Option One Owner Trust 2005-9

     Re: Option One Owner Trust 2005-9

     In connection with our proposed purchase of $                                         Note Principal Balance
Mortgage-Backed Notes (the “Offered Notes”) issued by Option One Owner Trust 2005-9, we confirm
that:

	(1)	 	We understand that the Offered Notes have not been, and will not be,
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933
Act”) or any state securities laws, and may not be sold except as
permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and
on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter
stated, that if we should sell any Offered Notes we will do so only
(A) pursuant to a registration statement which has been declared
effective under the 1933 Act, (B) for so long as the Offered Notes are
eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, to a
Person we reasonably believe is a “qualified institutional buyer” as
defined in Rule 144A that purchases for its own account or for the
account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given
that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or (C) to an
institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of subparagraph
(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the 1933 Act (an
“Institutional Accredited Investor”) that is acquiring the Offered
Notes for its own account, or for the account of such an Institutional
Accredited Investor, for investment purposes and not with a view to,
or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation
of the 1933 Act, in each case in compliance with the requirements of
the Indenture dated as of December 30, 2005, between Option One Owner
Trust 2005-9 and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee, and
applicable state securities laws; and we further agree, in the
capacities stated above, to provide to any person purchasing any of
the Offered Notes from us a notice advising such purchaser that
resales of the Offered Notes are restricted as stated herein.
	 
	(2)	 	We understand that, in connection with any proposed resale of any
Offered Notes to an Institutional Accredited Investor, we will be
required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee and the Depositor a
certification from such transferee as provided in Section 2.12 of the
Indenture to confirm that the proposed sale is being made pursuant to
an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the
registration requirements of the 1933 Act and applicable state
securities laws. We further understand that the Offered Notes
purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.
	 
	(3)	 	We are acquiring the Offered Notes for investment purposes and not
with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any
distribution in violation of the 1933 Act. We have such knowledge and
experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Offered
Notes, and we and any account for which we are acting are each able to
bear the economic risk of such investment.

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	(4)	 	We are an Institutional Accredited Investor and we are acquiring the Offered Notes purchased by
us for our own account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an Institutional
Accredited Investor) as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion.
	 
	(5)	 	We have received such information as we deem necessary in order to make our investment decision.
	 
	(6)	 	We either (i) are not, and are not acquiring the Offered Notes on behalf of or with the assets
of, an employee benefit plan or other retirement plan or arrangement subject to Title I of
ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or (ii) are, or are acquiring the Offered Notes on behalf of
or with the assets of, an employee benefit plan or other retirement plan or arrangement subject
to Title I of ERISA of Section 4975 of the Code and either no prohibited transaction within the
meaning of Section 406(a) of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code will occur upon the transfer of
the Note or the conditions for exemptive relief under a prohibited transaction exemption has
been satisfied, including but not limited to, Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (“PTCE”)
96-23 (relating to transactions effected by an “in-house asset manager”), PTCE 95-60 (relating
to transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTCE 91-38 (relating to
transactions involving bank collective investment funds), PTCE 90-1 (relating to transactions
involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), and PTCE 84-14 (relating to transactions
effected by a “qualified professional asset manager”).Terms used in this letter which are not
otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture.

You and the Depositor are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to
produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal
proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	[Name of Transferor]	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:
	 	 	, ____	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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EXHIBIT B-3

[FORM OF RULE 144A TRANSFEREE CERTIFICATE]

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479

Attention: Corporate Trust Services — Option One Owner Trust 2005-9

          Re: Option One Owner Trust 2005-9

          1. The undersigned is the                      of                      (the
“Investor”), a [corporation duly organized] and existing under the laws of 
on behalf of which he makes this affidavit.

          2. The Investor either (i) is not, and is not acquiring the Option One Owner Trust
2005-9 Notes (the “Offered Notes”) on behalf of or with the assets of, an employee benefit plan or
other retirement plan or arrangement subject to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or
(ii) is, or is acquiring the Offered Notes on behalf of or with the assets of, an employee benefit
plan or other retirement plan or arrangement subject to Title I of ERISA of Section 4975 of the
Code and either no prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406(a) of ERISA or Section
4975 of the Code would occur upon the transfer of the Note or the conditions for exemptive relief
under a prohibited transaction exemption has been satisfied, including but not limited to,
Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (“PTCE”) 96-23 (relating to transactions effected by an
“in-house asset manager”), PTCE 95-60 (relating to transactions involving insurance company general
accounts), PTCE 91-38 (relating to transactions involving bank collective investment funds), PTCE
90-1 (relating to transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), and PTCE
84-14 (relating to transactions effected by a “qualified professional asset manager”).

          3. The Investor understands that the Offered Notes have not been, and will not be,
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) or any state securities
laws, and may not be sold except as permitted in the following sentence. The Investor agrees, on
its own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which it is acting as hereinafter stated, that if
it should sell any Offered Notes it will do so only (A) pursuant to a registration statement which
has been declared effective under the 1933 Act, (B) for so long as the Offered Notes are eligible
for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, to a Person it reasonably believes is a
“qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A that purchases for its own account or for
the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the transfer is being
made in reliance on Rule 144A, (C) to an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of
subparagraph (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the 1933 Act (an “Institutional Accredited
Investor”) that is acquiring the Offered Notes for its own account, or for the account of such an
Institutional Accredited Investor, for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or
sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the 1933 Act, in each case in compliance
with the requirements of the Indenture dated as of December 30, 2005, between Option One Owner
Trust 2005-9 and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee, and applicable state securities
laws; and the Investor further agrees, in the capacities stated above, to provide to any person
purchasing any of the Offered Notes from it a notice advising such purchaser that resales of the
Offered Notes are restricted as stated herein.

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[FOR TRANSFERS IN RELIANCE UPON RULE 144A]

          4. The Investor is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as such term is defined under
Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and is acquiring the
Offered Notes for its own account or as a fiduciary or agent for others (which others also are
“qualified institutional buyers”). The Investor is familiar with Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, and
is aware that the transferor of the Offered Notes and other parties intend to rely on the
statements made herein and the exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933 ‘Act
provided by Rule 144A.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	[Name of Transferor]	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:
	 	 	, ____	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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EXHIBIT C

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933 ACT”), OR
ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE
REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE
OF SUCH REGISTRATION, UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION.

THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH
NOTE ONLY (A) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE 1933
ACT, (B) FOR SO LONG AS THIS NOTE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE 1933 ACT,
TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A
UNDER THE 1933 ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE
144A OR (C) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF
SUBPARAGRAPH (A)(1), (2),(3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE 1933 ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THE NOTE FOR
ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN
VIOLATION OF THE 1933 ACT, IN EACH CASE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE INDENTURE AND
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE HAS RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE FROM THE
TRANSFEREE TO THE EFFECT THAT EITHER (I) THE TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO TITLE
I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR SECTION 4975 OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (EACH, A “PLAN”), AND IS NOT ACTING ON BEHALF OF OR
INVESTING THE ASSETS OF A PLAN OR (II) IF THE TRANSFEREE IS A PLAN, OR IS ACTING ON BEHALF OF OR
INVESTING THE ASSETS OF A PLAN, EITHER THAT NO PROHIBITED TRANSACTION WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION
406(a) OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WOULD OCCUR UPON THE TRANSFER OF THE NOTE OR THAT THE
CONDITION FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF UNDER A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION EXEMPTION HAS BEEN SATISFIED
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION (“PTCE”) 96-23 (RELATING TO
TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED BY AN “IN-HOUSE ASSET MANAGER”), PTCE 95-60 (RELATING TO TRANSACTIONS
INVOLVING INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNTS), PTCE 91-38 (RELATING TO TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING BANK
COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT FUNDS), PTCE 90-1 (RELATING TO TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING INSURANCE COMPANY
POOLED SEPARATE ACCOUNTS) AND PTCE 84-14 (RELATING TO TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED BY A “QUALIFIED
PROFESSIONAL ASSET MANAGER”).

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Exhibit 10.39

AMDL, Inc.

2006 Equity Incentive Plan

1. Purpose.

The purpose of the AMDL, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is to strengthen AMDL, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), by providing to employees, officers, directors, consultants
and independent contractors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined below) (including
dealers, distributors, and other business entities or persons providing services on behalf of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries) added incentive for high levels of performance and unusual
efforts to increase the earnings of the Company. The Plan seeks to accomplish this purpose by
enabling specified persons to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock, $.001 par value,
thereby increasing their proprietary interest in the Company’s success and encouraging them to
remain in the employ or service of the Company.

2. Definitions.

     “Affiliate” means any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, whether now or hereafter existing.

     “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

     “Change in Control” means (i) the consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company
with or into another entity or any other corporate reorganization, if more than 50% of the combined
voting power of the continuing or surviving entity’s securities outstanding immediately after such
merger, consolidation or other reorganization is owned by persons who were not shareholders of the
Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or other reorganization; or (ii) the sale,
transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. A transaction
shall not constitute a Change in Control if its sole purpose is to change the jurisdiction of the
Company’s incorporation or to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same
proportions by the persons who held the Company’s securities immediately before such transaction.

     “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board, which shall administer the Plan and
consist of a majority of Independent Directors.

     “Consultant” means any person, including an advisor, (i) engaged by the Company or an
Affiliate to render consulting or advisory services and who is compensated for such services,
including members of any advisory board constituted by the Company, or (ii) who is a member of the
Board of Directors of an Affiliate. However, the term “Consultant” shall not include either
Directors who are not compensated by the Company for their services as Directors or Directors who
are merely paid a director’s fee by the Company for their services as Directors.

     “Continuous Service” means, with respect to Employees, service with the Company or an
Affiliate that is not interrupted or terminated. With respect to Directors or Consultants,
Continuous Service means service with the Company, or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company,
whether as a
Director or Consultant, that is not interrupted or terminated. The Board or the chief
executive officer of the Company, in that party’s sole discretion, may determine whether Continuous
Service shall be

 

 

considered interrupted in the case of any leave of absence approved by that party,
including sick leave, military leave or any other personal leave.

     “Director” means a member of the Board.

     “Disability” means the permanent and total disability of a person within the meaning of
Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

     “Eligible Recipient” means any Employee, Officer, Director or Consultant of the Company, or of
a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company.

     “Employee” means any person employed by the Company or an Affiliate. Mere service as a
Director or payment of a director’s fee by the Company or an Affiliate shall not be sufficient to
constitute “employment” by the Company or an Affiliate.

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

     “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of the Ordinary Shares determined as
follows:

     The fair market value per share of the Ordinary Shares as determined by the Committee in good
faith. The Committee is authorized to make its determination as to the fair market value per share
of the Ordinary Shares on the following basis: (i) if the Ordinary Shares are traded only otherwise
than on a securities exchange and are not quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers’
Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”), but are quoted on the bulletin board or in the “pink sheets”
published by the National Daily Quotation Bureau, the greater of (a) the average of the mean
between the average daily bid and average daily asked prices of the Ordinary Shares during the
thirty (30) day period preceding the date of grant of an Option, as quoted on the bulletin board or
in the “pink sheets” published by the National Daily Quotation Bureau, or (b) the mean between the
average daily bid and average daily asked prices of the Ordinary Shares on the date of grant, as
published on the bulletin board or in such “pink sheets;” (ii) if the Ordinary Shares are traded on
a securities exchange or on the NASDAQ, the greater of (a) the average of the daily closing prices
of the Ordinary Shares during the ten (10) trading days preceding the date of grant of an Option,
or (b) the closing price of the Ordinary Shares on the last trading day preceding the date of grant
of an Option; or (iii) if the Ordinary Shares are traded only otherwise than as described in (i) or
(ii) above, or if the Ordinary Shares are not publicly traded, the value determined by the
Committee in good faith based upon the fair market value as determined by completely independent
and well qualified experts.

     “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option intended to qualify as an incentive stock option
within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

     “Independent Director” means an independent director as defined in Section 121 of the American
Stock Exchange Company Guide, or any successor rule, as in effect from time to time.

     “Nonstatutory Stock Option” means an Option not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock
Option.

     “Officer” means a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

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     “Option” means a stock option granted pursuant to Section 6 of the Plan.

     “Option Agreement” means a written agreement between the Company and an Optionholder
evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option grant. Each Option Agreement shall be
subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

     “Optionholder” means a person to whom an Option is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if
applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Option.

     “Ordinary Shares” means the shares of common stock, $.001 par value, of the Company.

     “Outside Director” means a Director who either (i) is not a current employee of the Company or
an “affiliated corporation” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section
162(m) of the Code), is not a former employee of the Company or an “affiliated corporation”
receiving compensation for prior services (other than benefits under a tax qualified pension plan),
was not an officer of the Company or an “affiliated corporation” at any time and is not currently
receiving direct or indirect remuneration from the Company or an “affiliated corporation” for
services in any capacity other than as a Director, or (ii) is otherwise considered an “outside
director” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.

     “Parent” means a “parent corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in
Section 424(e) of the Code.

     “Participant” means a person to whom a Stock Award is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if
applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Stock Award.

     “Plan” means this 2006 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.

     “Restricted Stock” shall mean a grant of Ordinary Shares pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan.

     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     “Stock Award” means any Option or grant of Restricted Stock governed by the Plan.

     “Stock Award Agreement” means a written agreement between the Company and a holder of a Stock
Award evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Stock Award grant. Each Stock Award
Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

     “Subsidiary” means (1) in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, a “subsidiary corporation,”
whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code, and (2) in the case of
any other Stock Award, in addition to a subsidiary corporation as defined in clause (1), (A) a
limited liability company, partnership or other entity in which the Company controls fifty percent
(50%) or more of the voting power or equity interests, or (B) an entity with respect to which the
Company possesses the power, directly or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies, whether through the Company’s ownership of voting securities, by contract
or otherwise.

     “Ten Percent Shareholder” means a person who owns (or is deemed to own pursuant to Section
424(d) of the Code) stock comprising more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power
of all classes of stock of the Company or of any of its Affiliates.

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3. Administration.

     (a) Administration by the Committee. This Plan shall be administered by the Committee. Any
action of the Committee with respect to administration of the Plan shall be taken pursuant to (i) a
majority vote at a meeting of the Committee (to be documented by minutes), or (ii) the unanimous
written consent of its members.

     (b) Powers of the Committee. Subject to the express provisions of this Plan, the Committee
shall have the authority to: (i) construe and interpret the Plan, decide all questions and settle
all controversies and disputes which may arise in connection with the Plan and to define the terms
used therein; (ii) prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to administration of
the Plan; (iii) determine the purchase price of the Shares covered by each Stock Award and the
method of payment of such price, individuals to whom, and the time or times at which, Stock Awards
shall be granted and exercisable and the number of Ordinary Shares covered by each Stock Award;
(iv) determine the terms and provisions of the respective Stock Award Agreements (which need not be
identical); (v) determine the duration and purposes of leaves of absence which may be granted to
participants without constituting a termination of their employment for purposes of the Plan; and
(vi) make all other determinations necessary or advisable to the administration of the Plan.
Determinations of the Committee on matters referred to in this Section 3 shall be conclusive and
binding on all parties howsoever concerned. With respect to Incentive Stock Options, the Committee
shall administer the Plan in compliance with the provisions of Code Section 422 as the same may
hereafter be amended from time to time. No member of the Committee shall be liable for any action
or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Stock Award.

     (c) Effect of the Committee’s Decision. All determinations, interpretations and constructions
regarding the Plan or any Stock Award made by the Committee in good faith shall not be subject to
review by any person and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons.

4. Shares Subject to the Plan.

     (a) Share Reserve. Subject to the provisions of Section 13 relating to adjustments upon
changes in Ordinary Shares, the number of Ordinary Shares that may be issued under the Plan shall
not exceed 5,000,000 in the aggregate.

     (b) Reversion of Shares and Availability of Shares to the Share Reserve. If any Stock Award
granted under the Plan or under any other equity incentive plan of the Company shall for any reason
expire or otherwise terminate, in whole or in part, without having been exercised in full, or if
any Ordinary Shares issued to a Participant pursuant to a Stock Award granted under the Plan or
under any other equity incentive plan of the Company are forfeited back to or repurchased by the
Company, including, but not limited to, any repurchase or forfeiture caused by the failure to meet
a contingency or condition required for the vesting or exercise of such shares, then the Ordinary
Shares not acquired under such Stock Award shall become available for issuance under the Plan,
subject to the limitation in Section 4(a).

     (c) Source of Shares. The Ordinary Shares subject to the Plan may be unissued shares or
reacquired shares, bought on the market or otherwise.

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5. Eligibility.

     (a) Eligibility for Specific Stock Awards. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to
Employees. Nonstatutory Stock Options and Restricted Stock awards may be granted to all Eligible
Recipients. Within the foregoing limits, the Committee, from time to time, shall determine and
designate persons to whom Stock Awards may be granted. All such designations shall be made in the
absolute discretion of the Committee and shall not require the approval of the stockholders, except
to the extent such approval is required pursuant to applicable securities laws or rules of an
applicable securities exchange. In determining (i) the number of Ordinary Shares to be covered by
each Stock Award, (ii) the purchase price for such Ordinary Shares and the method of payment of
such price (subject to the other sections hereof), (iii) the individuals of the eligible class to
whom Stock Awards shall be granted, (iv) the terms and provisions of the respective Stock Award
Agreements, and (v) the times at which such Stock Awards shall be granted, the Committee shall take
into account such factors as it shall deem relevant in connection with accomplishing the purpose of
the Plan as set forth in Section 1. An individual who has been granted a Stock Award may be
granted additional Stock Awards if the Committee shall so determine. No Stock Award shall be
granted under the Plan after March 14, 2016 but Stock Awards granted before such date may be
exercisable after such date.

     (b) Ten Percent Shareholders. A Ten Percent Shareholder shall not be granted an Incentive
Stock Option unless the exercise price of such Option is at least one hundred ten percent (110%) of
the Fair Market Value of the Ordinary Shares at the date of grant and the Option is not exercisable
after the expiration of five (5) years from the date of grant.

     (c) Consultants. A Consultant shall not be eligible for the grant of a Stock Award if, at the
time of grant, a Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act (“Form S-8”) is not
available to register either the offer or the sale of the Company’s securities to such Consultant
because of the nature of the services that the Consultant is providing to the Company, or because
the Consultant is not a natural person, or as otherwise provided by the rules governing the use of
Form S-8, unless the Company determines both (i) that such grant (A) shall be registered in another
manner under the Securities Act (e.g., on a Form S-3 Registration Statement) or (B) does not
require registration under the Securities Act in order to comply with the requirements of the
Securities Act, if applicable, and (ii) that such grant complies with the securities laws of all
other relevant jurisdictions. Form S-8 generally is available to consultants and advisors only if
(i) they are natural persons, (ii) they provide bona fide services to the issuer, its parents, its
majority-owned subsidiaries or majority-owned subsidiaries of the issuer’s parent, and (iii) the
services are not in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising
transaction, and do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the issuer’s
securities.

     (d) Foreign Participants. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in order
to comply with the laws in other countries in which the Company and its subsidiaries operate or
have Employees, Officers, Directors or Consultants, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall
have the power and authority to: (i) determine which subsidiaries shall be covered by the Plan;
(ii) determine which Employees, Officers, Directors or Consultants outside the United States are
eligible to participate in the Plan; (iii) modify the terms and conditions of any Stock Award
granted to Employees, Officers, Directors or Consultants outside the United States to comply with
applicable foreign laws; (iv) establish subplans and modify exercise procedures and other terms and
procedures, to the extent such actions may be necessary
or advisable (any such subplans and/or modifications shall be attached to this subplan as
appendices); provided, however, that no such subplans and/or modifications shall increase the
number of Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Plan as set forth in Section 4 of the
Plan; and (v) take any action, before or after a Stock Award is granted, that it deems advisable to
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with any applicable foreign laws. If the terms of any Stock Award
Agreement delivered to a foreign Participant conflict with the terms of this Plan, the terms of
such Stock Award Agreement will control.

6. Option Provisions.

     Each Option shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Committee
shall deem appropriate. All Options shall be separately designated Incentive Stock Options or
Nonstatutory Stock Options at the time of grant, and, if certificates are issued, a separate
certificate or certificates will be issued for Ordinary Shares purchased on exercise of each type
of Option. The provisions of separate Options need not be identical, but each Option shall include
(through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the Option Agreement or otherwise) the
substance of each of the following provisions:

     (a) Term. Subject to the provisions of Section 5(b) regarding Ten Percent Shareholders, no
Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date it was granted.

     (b) Exercise Price of an Incentive Stock Option. Subject to the provisions of Section 5(b)
regarding Ten Percent Shareholders, the exercise price of each Incentive Stock Option shall be not
less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Ordinary Shares subject to the
Option on the date the Option is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Incentive Stock Option
may be granted with an exercise price lower than that set forth in the preceding sentence if such
Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in a manner
satisfying the provisions of Section 424(a) of the Code.

     (c) Exercise Price of a Nonstatutory Stock Option. The exercise price of Nonstatutory Stock
Options shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Ordinary
Shares subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted.

     (d) Consideration. The purchase price of Ordinary Shares acquired pursuant to an Option shall
be paid, to the extent permitted by applicable statutes and regulations, either (i) in cash at the
time the Option is exercised, or (ii) at the discretion of the Committee at the time of the grant
of the Option (or subsequently in the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option) (A) by delivery to the
Company of other Ordinary Shares, (B) according to a deferred payment or other similar arrangement
with the Optionholder, subject to compliance with applicable state and federal securities laws, (C)
pursuant to a cashless exercise program implemented by the Company in connection with the Plan, if
any, or (D) in any other form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Committee.
Unless otherwise specifically provided in the Option Agreement, the purchase price of Ordinary
Shares acquired pursuant to an Option that is paid by delivery to the Company of other Ordinary
Shares acquired, directly or indirectly from the Company, shall be paid only by shares of the
Ordinary Shares of the Company that have been held for more than six (6) months (or such longer or
shorter period of time required to avoid a charge to earnings for financial accounting purposes).

     In the case of any deferred payment arrangement, interest shall be compounded at least
annually and shall be charged at the minimum rate of interest necessary to avoid the treatment as
interest, under
any applicable provisions of the Code, of any amounts other than amounts stated to be interest
under the deferred payment arrangement.

     (e) Transferability of an Incentive Stock Option. An Incentive Stock Option shall not be
transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable
during the lifetime of the Optionholder only by the Optionholder. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
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may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the
Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the Optionholder, shall
thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option.

     (f) Transferability of a Nonstatutory Stock Option. A Nonstatutory Stock Option shall be
transferable only to the extent provided in the Option Agreement (subject to applicable securities
laws). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionholder may, by delivering written notice to the
Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the
death of the Optionholder, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option.

     (g) Vesting Generally. The total number of Ordinary Shares subject to an Option may, but need
not, vest and therefore become exercisable in periodic installments that may, but need not, be
equal. The Option may be subject to such other terms and conditions on the time or times when it
may be exercised (which may be based on performance or other criteria) as the Committee may deem
appropriate. The vesting provisions of individual Options may vary. The provisions of this
Section 6(g) are subject to any Option provisions governing the minimum number of Ordinary Shares
as to which an Option may be exercised.

     (h) Termination of Continuous Service. In the event an Optionholder’s Continuous Service
terminates (other than upon the Optionholder’s death or Disability), the Optionholder may exercise
his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of
the date of termination) but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date
three (3) months following the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service (or, except
with respect to Incentive Stock Options, such longer or shorter period specified in the Option
Agreement), or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement.
If, after termination, the Optionholder does not exercise his or her Option within the time
specified in the Option Agreement, the Option shall terminate.

     (i) Extension of Termination Date. Except with respect to Incentive Stock Options, an
Optionholder’s Option Agreement may also provide that if the exercise of the Option following the
termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service (other than upon the Optionholder’s death or
Disability) would be prohibited at any time solely because the issuance of Ordinary Shares would
violate the registration requirements under the Securities Act, then the Option shall terminate on
the earlier of (i) the expiration of the term of the Option set forth in Section 6(a), or (ii) the
expiration of a period of three (3) months after the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous
Service during which the exercise of the Option would not be in violation of such registration
requirements.

     (j) Disability of Optionholder. In the event that an Optionholder’s Continuous Service
terminates as a result of the Optionholder’s Disability, the Optionholder may exercise his or her
Option (to the extent that the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of
termination), but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date twelve (12)
months following such termination (or, except with respect to Incentive Stock Options, such longer
or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement) or (ii) the expiration of the term of the
Option as set forth in the Option
Agreement. If, after termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service, the Optionholder
does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

     (k) Death of Optionholder. In the event (i) an Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates
as a result of the Optionholder’s death or (ii) the Optionholder dies within the period (if any)
specified in the Option Agreement for exercising an outstanding Option following the termination of
the Optionholder’s Continuous Service for a reason other than death, then the Option may be
exercised (to

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the extent the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of
death) by the Optionholder’s estate, by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by
bequest or inheritance or by a person designated to exercise the option upon the Optionholder’s
death pursuant to Section 6(e) or 6(f), but only within the period ending on the earlier of (A) the
date eighteen (18) months following the date of death (or, except with respect to Incentive Stock
Options, such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement) or (B) the expiration of
the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after death, the Option is not
exercised within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

     (l) Early Exercise. The Option may, but need not, include a provision whereby the
Optionholder may elect at any time before the Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates to
exercise the Option as to any part or all of the Ordinary Shares subject to the Option prior to the
full vesting of the Option. The early purchase of any unvested Ordinary Shares will be pursuant to
an early exercise provision in the Option Agreement which may provide for a repurchase option in
favor of the Company and other restrictions the Committee determines to be appropriate. Any
repurchase option so provided for will be subject to the repurchase provisions set forth in Section
12(h) herein.

7. Provisions of Restricted Stock Awards.

     (a) Designation. Restricted Stock may be granted under the Plan. Restricted Stock may
include a dividend equivalent right, as permitted by Section 13(a). After the Committee determines
that it will offer Restricted Stock, it will advise the Participant in writing or electronically,
by means of a Stock Award Agreement, of the terms, conditions and restrictions, including vesting,
if any, related to the offer, including the number of Ordinary Shares that the Participant shall be
entitled to receive or purchase, the price to be paid, if any, and, if applicable, the time within
which the Participant must accept the offer. The offer shall be accepted by execution of a Stock
Award Agreement or as otherwise directed by the Committee. The term of each award of Restricted
Stock shall be at the discretion of the Committee.

     (b) Restrictions. Subject to the performance criteria below, the Committee may impose such
conditions or restrictions on the Restricted Stock granted pursuant to the Plan as it may determine
advisable, including the achievement of specific performance goals, time based restrictions on
vesting, or others. If the Committee has established performance goals, the Committee shall
determine whether a Participant has satisfied the performance goals.

     (c) Performance Criteria. Restricted Stock granted pursuant to the Plan that are intended to
qualify as “performance based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code shall be subject to
the attainment of performance goals relating to the Performance Criteria selected by the Committee
and specified at the time such Restricted Stock is granted. For purposes of this Plan,
“Performance Criteria” means any one criterion or multiple criteria for measuring performance
selected by the Committee in its sole discretion, the measurement of which may be based upon
Company, Subsidiary or business unit performance, or the individual performance of the Participant,
either absolute or by relative comparison to other companies, other Participants or any other
external measure of the selected criteria. Performance
Criteria may include, without limitation, one or more of the following (as selected by the
Committee): (1) cash flow; (2) earnings per share; (3) earnings before interest, taxes, and
amortization; (4) return on equity; (5) total shareholder return; (6) share price performance; (7)
return on capital; (8) return on assets or net assets; (9) revenue; (10) revenue growth; (11)
earnings growth; (12) operating income; (13) operating profit; (14) profit margin; (15) return on
operating revenue; (16) return on invested capital; (17) operating efficiency; or (18)
productivity.

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     (d) Transferability. Restricted Stock shall be transferable by the Participant only upon such
terms and conditions as are set forth in the Stock Award Agreement, as the Committee shall
determine in its discretion.

     (e) Vesting. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, the Stock Award Agreement shall
provide for the forfeiture of the non-vested Ordinary Shares underlying Restricted Stock upon
termination of a Participant’s Continuous Service. To the extent that the Participant purchased
the Ordinary Shares granted under any such Restricted Stock award and any such Ordinary Shares
remain non-vested at the time of termination of a Participant’s Continuous Service, the termination
of Participant’s Continuous Service shall cause an immediate sale of such non-vested Ordinary
Shares to the Company at the original price per share of Ordinary Shares paid by the Participant.

     8. Change in Control. Upon a Change in Control, Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan
may be subject to the following:

          (a) Assumption by Surviving Corporation. If a Change in Control of the Company occurs, then,
to the extent permitted by applicable law, any surviving corporation may assume all Stock Awards
outstanding under the Plan, or may substitute similar stock awards in lieu of such Stock Awards.

          (b) Acceleration of Vesting. Without limiting the authority of the Committee under any
provision of the Plan, if a Change in Control of the Company occurs, then, if approved by the
Committee in its sole discretion either in a Stock Award Agreement at the time a Stock Award is
granted, or at any time after the grant of a Stock Award, all Stock Awards that have been
outstanding for at least six months will become immediately exercisable in full and will remain
exercisable in accordance with their terms

          (c) Cash Payment. If a Change in Control of the Company occurs, then the Committee, if
approved by the Committee in its sole discretion either in Stock Award Agreement at the time a
Stock Award is granted, or at any time after the grant of a Stock Award, and without the consent of
any Participant affected thereby, may determine that:

               (i) Some or all Participants holding outstanding Stock Awards will receive, with respect to
some or all of the Ordinary Shares subject to such Stock Awards (“Award Shares”), either (i) as of
the effective date of any such Change in Control, cash in an amount equal to the excess of the Fair
Market Value of such Award Shares on the last business day prior to the effective date of such
Change in Control over the exercise price per share of such Award Shares, (ii) immediately prior to
such Change of Control, a number of Ordinary Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to
the excess of the Fair Market Value of the Award Shares as of the last business day prior to the
effective date of such Change in Control over the exercise price per share of such Award Shares; or
(iii) any combination of cash or Ordinary Shares with the amount of each component to be determined
by the Committee not inconsistent with the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), as proportionally
adjusted; and

               (ii) Any Stock Awards which, as of the effective date of any such Change in Control, are
“underwater” shall terminate as of the effective date of any such Change in Control. For purposes
of this Section, a Stock Award will be deemed to be “underwater” at any time when the Fair Market
Value of the Ordinary Shares is less than the exercise price of the Stock Award.

          (d) Limitation of Change in Control Payments. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the
contrary, if, with respect to a Participant, the acceleration of the exercisability of a Stock
Award as provided in subsection (b) above, or the payment of cash or Ordinary Shares in exchange
for all or part of a Stock Award as provided in subsection (c) (which acceleration or payment could
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“payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code), together with any
other “payments” that such Participant has the right to
receive from the Company or any
corporation that is a member of an “affiliated group” (as defined in Section 1504(a) of the Code
without regard to Section 1504(b) of the Code) of which the Company is a member, would constitute a
“parachute payment” (as defined in Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code), then the “payments” to such
Participant pursuant to this Section 8 will be reduced to the largest amount as will result in no
portion of such “payments” being subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code;
provided, however, that if a Participant is subject to a separate agreement with the Company or a
Subsidiary which specifically provides that payments attributable to one or more forms of employee
stock incentives or to payments made in lieu of employee stock incentives will not reduce any other
payments under such agreement, even if it would constitute an excess parachute payment, or provides
that the Participant will have the discretion to determine which payments will be reduced in order
to avoid an excess parachute payment, then the limitations of this Section 8(d) will, to that
extent, not apply.

9. Covenants of the Company.

     (a) Availability of Shares. During the time any Stock Award remains outstanding, the Company
shall keep available at all times the number of Ordinary Shares required to satisfy such Stock
Awards upon exercise thereof.

     (b) Securities Law Compliance. The Company shall seek to obtain from each regulatory
commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to grant
Stock Awards and to issue and sell Ordinary Shares upon exercise of the Stock Awards; provided,
however, that this undertaking shall not require the Company to register under the Securities Act
the Plan, any Stock Award or any Ordinary Shares issued or issuable pursuant to any such Stock
Award. If, after reasonable efforts, the Company is unable to obtain from any such regulatory
commission or agency the authority which counsel for the Company deems necessary for the lawful
issuance and sale of Ordinary Shares under the Plan, the Company shall be relieved from any
liability for failure to issue and sell Ordinary Shares upon exercise of such Stock Awards unless
and until such authority is obtained.

10. Use of Proceeds from Stock.

     Proceeds from the sale of Ordinary Shares pursuant to exercises of Stock Awards granted
hereunder shall constitute general funds of the Company.

11. Effective Date of Plan.

     The Plan shall become effective as determined by the Board, but no Stock Awards shall be
exercised unless and until the Plan has been approved by the stockholders of the Company, which
approval shall be within twelve (12) months before or after the date the Plan is adopted by
the Board.

12. Miscellaneous.

     (a) Acceleration of Exercisability and Vesting. The Committee shall have the power to
accelerate the time at which a Stock Award may first be exercised or the time during which a Stock
Award or any part thereof will vest in accordance with the Plan, notwithstanding the provisions in
the applicable Stock Award Agreement stating the time at which it may first be exercised or the
time during which it will vest.

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     (b) Shareholder Rights. No Participant shall be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of
the rights of a holder with respect to, any Ordinary Shares subject to a Stock Award unless and
until such Participant has satisfied all requirements for exercise of the Stock Award pursuant to
the applicable Stock Award Agreement.

     (c) No Employment or other Service Rights. Nothing in the Plan or any instrument executed or
Stock Award granted pursuant thereto shall confer upon any Participant any right to continue to
serve the Company or an Affiliate in the capacity in effect at the time the Stock Award was granted
or shall affect the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate (i) the employment of an
Employee with or without notice and with or without cause, (ii) the service of a Consultant
pursuant to the terms of such Consultant’s agreement with the Company or an Affiliate, or (iii) the
service of an Officer or Director pursuant to the Bylaws of the Company or an Affiliate, and/or the
provisions of any contract governing such services, and/or any applicable provisions of the
corporate law of the state in which the Company or the Affiliate is incorporated, as the case may
be.

     (d) Incentive Stock Option $100,000 Limitation. To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market
Value (determined at the time of grant) of Ordinary Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock
Options are exercisable for the first time by any Option holder during any calendar year (under all
plans of the Company and its Affiliates) exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the
Options or portions thereof which exceed such limit (according to the order in which they were
granted) shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options.

     (e) Maximum Award Amounts. In no event shall a Participant receive Stock Awards during any
one (1) calendar year covering in the aggregate more than 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares.

     (f) Investment Assurances. The Company may require a Participant, as a condition of
exercising or acquiring Ordinary Shares under any Stock Award (i) to give written assurances
satisfactory to the Company as to the Participant’s knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters and/or to employ a purchaser representative reasonably satisfactory to the Company
who is knowledgeable and experienced in financial and business matters and that he or she is
capable of evaluating, alone or together with the purchaser representative, the merits and risks of
exercising the Stock Award, and (ii) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company stating
that the Participant is acquiring Ordinary Shares subject to the Stock Award for the Participant’s
own account and not with any present intention of selling or otherwise distributing the Ordinary
Shares. The foregoing requirements, and any assurances given pursuant to such requirements, shall
be inoperative if (1) the issuance of the Ordinary Shares upon the exercise or acquisition of
Ordinary Shares under the Stock Award has been registered under a then currently effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, or (2) as to any particular requirement, a
determination is made by counsel for the Company that such requirement need not be met in the
circumstances under the then applicable securities laws. The Company may, upon advice of
counsel to the Company, place legends on stock certificates issued under the Plan as such counsel
deems necessary or appropriate in order to comply with applicable securities laws, including, but
not limited to, legends restricting the transfer of the Ordinary Shares.

     (g) Withholding Obligations. To the extent provided by the terms of the applicable Stock
Award Agreement, the Participant may satisfy any federal, state or local tax withholding obligation
relating to the exercise or acquisition of Ordinary Shares under a Stock Award by any of the
following means (in addition to the Company’s right to withhold from any compensation paid to the
Participant by the Company) or by a combination of such means: (i) tendering a cash payment, (ii)
authorizing the Company to withhold Ordinary Shares from the Ordinary Shares otherwise issuable to
the Participant as a result of the exercise or acquisition of Ordinary Shares under the Stock
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no Ordinary Shares are withheld with a value exceeding the minimum
amount of tax required to be withheld by law, or (iii) delivering to the Company owned and
unencumbered Ordinary Shares.

     (h) Repurchase Provisions. The Company shall exercise any repurchase option specified in a
Stock Award Agreement by giving the Participant written notice of intent to exercise the repurchase
option. Payment may be cash or cancellation of purchase money indebtedness for the Ordinary
Shares. The terms of any repurchase option shall be specified in the applicable Stock Award
Agreement and may be either at Fair Market Value at the time of repurchase or at not less than the
original purchase price.

     (i) Plan Unfunded. The Plan shall be unfunded. Except for the Board’s reservation of a
sufficient number of authorized shares to the extent required by law to meet the requirements of
the Plan, the Company shall not be required to establish any special or separate fund or to make
any other segregation of assets to assure satisfaction of any Stock Award.

13. Adjustments upon Changes in Stock.

     (a) Capitalization Adjustments. In the event that any dividend or other distribution (whether
in the form of cash, shares of the Ordinary Shares, other securities, or other property),
recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation,
split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, exchange of Ordinary Shares or other securities of the
Company, or other change in the corporate structure of the Company affecting the Ordinary Shares
occurs, the Committee, in order to prevent diminution or enlargement of the benefits or potential
benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, may, in its sole discretion, adjust the
number and class of Ordinary Shares that may be delivered under the Plan and/or the number, class,
and price of Ordinary Shares covered by each outstanding Stock Award.

     (b) Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of
the Company, the Committee will notify each Participant as soon as practicable prior to the
effective date of such proposed transaction. To the extent they have not been previously
exercised, outstanding Stock Awards will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such
proposed action.

     (c) No Limitations. The grant of Options will in no way affect the Company’s right to adjust,
reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge,
consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

14. Amendment of the Plan and Stock Awards.

     (a) Amendment of Plan. The Committee at any time, and from time to time, may amend the Plan.
However, except as provided in Section 13 relating to adjustments upon changes in Ordinary Shares,
no amendment shall be effective unless approved by the shareholders of the Company to the extent
shareholder approval is necessary to satisfy the applicable requirements of Section 422 or 162(m)
of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act or any
Nasdaq or securities exchange listing requirements. For purposes of clarity, any increase in the
number of shares reserved for issuance hereunder in accordance with the provisions of Section 4(a)
hereof shall not be deemed to be an amendment to the Plan.

     (b) Contemplated Amendments. It is expressly contemplated that the Committee may amend the
Plan in any respect the Committee deems necessary or advisable to provide eligible Employees with
the maximum benefits provided or to be provided under the provisions of the Code and

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the
regulations promulgated thereunder relating to Incentive Stock Options and/or to bring the Plan
and/or Incentive Stock Options granted under it into compliance therewith.

     (c) No Impairment of Rights. Rights under any Stock Award granted before amendment of the
Plan shall not be impaired by any amendment of the Plan unless (i) the Company requests the consent
of the Participant and (ii) the Participant consents in writing.

15. Termination or Suspension of the Plan.

     (a) Plan Term. The Committee may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. Unless sooner
terminated, the Plan shall terminate on the day before the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date the
Plan is adopted by the Board or approved by the shareholders of the Company, whichever is later.
No Stock Award may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated.

     (b) No Impairment of Rights. Suspension or termination of the Plan shall not impair rights
and obligations under any Stock Award granted while the Plan is in effect except with the written
consent of the Participant.

16. Choice of Law.

     The law of Delaware shall govern all questions concerning the construction, validity and
interpretation of this Plan, without regard to such state’s conflict of laws rules.

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