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Exhibit 10.1

Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc.

2007 Management Incentive Plan

For Executive Management Summary

Introduction:

The Management Incentive Plan is a supplemental compensation program in accordance with our pay for
performance philosophy designed to reward officers of Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc. (MBHI) for their
contributions in the achievement of bank profitability and strategic objectives.

Purpose:

To maximize achievement of key corporate strategic and annual business goals through the payment of
incentives to participants based on their contribution to the attainment of those goals.

Eligibility:

Cash Based Incentives: Officers are eligible to receive cash incentives under the Plan.
Commissioned associates are not eligible for participation.

Long Term Stock Based Incentives: Vice President and higher level officers are eligible to
receive long term incentive (LTI) awards under the Plan. All stock based awards will be granted in
accordance with the Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc. Stock and Incentive Plan.

CEO and COO incentive awards are governed by their employment agreements. All individuals promoted
after June 30, 2007 will participate on a pro-rata basis (1/12 per month of eligibility). New
Associates hired after March 31, 2007 will participate on a pro-rata basis (1/12 per month of
eligibility). Incentives are only paid to participants who are on the payroll through December 31,
2007.

Structure: (Attachment I)

Executive Management 12-15 participants including the most senior positions such as
Executive Vice President, CFO or related positions. The combined payout of cash and LTI is
targeted at 46% of annual salary and may range between 0%-80% based on performance. The majority
of this group will receive 60% of their award based on company performance and the balance based on
division/individual performance against established goals.

 

 

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2007 Management Incentive Plan

For Executive Management Summary (cont’d)

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Performance Measurement Factors:

Company Performance Goals

Company performance is measured by two to three financial and operating ratios as approved by the
Compensation Committee and reported to the Board of Directors. These goals are tied to the 2007
budget, which does not include any significant changes impacted by merger, acquisition or other
changes. The target goals for 2007 are:

	Ø	 	Return on Average Assets (ROAA) of                     %

	Ø	 	Diluted Earnings per Share (EPS) of $                    

	Ø	 	Meet Budget

Individual Performance Goals

Individual Goals may incorporate both financial and non-financial factors determined to measure
individual performance and contributions towards meeting the Company’s strategic objectives.

	 	 	 	 	 
	Sample Goals:

	Ø	 	Deposit growth

	Ø	 	Commercial loan growth

	Ø	 	Net charge offs

	Ø	 	Fee income

	Ø	 	Improve credit quality measures to at least peer levels.

Each participant will have specific weighting factors related to these performance objectives.
Executive goals and weighting factors will be approved by the CEO and reported to the Compensation
Committee. All other participant goals and weighting factors will be approved by the Division
Heads and reported to the CEO and COO. All goals will be set and necessary approvals obtained by
the March Compensation Committee meeting.

Incentive Award Elements

Base Award: Calculated award based upon performance against goals;

Discretionary Awards: Up to 25% of the Base Award for qualitative considerations as recommended by
the division head and determined at the discretion of the CEO and/or Compensation Committee and
approved by the Board of Directors.

 

 

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2007 Management Incentive Plan

For Executive Management Summary (cont’d)

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Incentive Award Restrictions:

Please note that no incentive payments will be made under the Company Performance Goals portion of
the participant’s incentive if the Bank does not achieve minimum earnings per share, return on
average assets (ROAA) and budget targets during 2007. The participant will receive payments earned
under the Individual Performance Goals portion of the incentive. For example, an executive officer
whose incentive is based 60% on Company Performance Goals and 40% on Individual Performance Goals
will forfeit 60% of their incentive.

Timing of Payouts

All cash and stock payments under the 2007 Management Incentive Plan will be made no later than
March 15, 2008 after review of final 2007 financial results.

Mid-Year Reviews

All participants will receive at minimum a mid-year review of their progress toward meeting goals
under the Plan.

Extraordinary Occurrences

Goals may be adjusted if appropriate due to extraordinary occurrences. Adjustments need the
approval of the division head. The participant and their manager must agree upon the adjustments
in writing. The mid-year review time may be used to assess the need for adjustments. Adjustments
to company goals must be approved by the Compensation Committee. Adjustments to an executive’s
individual goals must be approved by the CEO and reported to the Compensation Committee.

Extraordinary occurrences are defined as events outside the influence or control of plan
participants which may create a significant unintended effect —positive or negative— on
financial, operating or individual performance.

In the event of retirement, permanent disability or death, the requirement of being an active
employee as of December 31, 2007 will be waived and incentives will be paid on a pro-rata basis.

 

 

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2007 Management Incentive Plan

For Executive Management Summary (cont’d)

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Administration:

The incentive plan payout pools and individual awards for the CEO, COO and executive officers are
reviewed and approved by the Compensation Committee and then the Board of Directors. The Senior
Vice President—Human Resources and Executive Vice President & CFO will administer and manage the
Plan.

The Compensation Committee, to the extent permitted by governing law, will have the sole and
absolute authority to make retroactive adjustments to any cash or equity based incentive
compensation paid to executive officers and certain other officers where the payment was predicated
upon the achievement of certain financial results that were subsequently the subject of a
restatement. Where applicable, the Company will seek to recover any amount determined to have been
inappropriately received by the individual executive.

In the event of a significant change in organization by reason of merger, acquisition, or other
changes, the CEO will recommend appropriate actions for the Compensation Committee’s approval to
assure that awards under the 2007 Incentive Plan will not be inappropriately enhanced or adversely
affected.

The Compensation Committee can change, amend or terminate the Incentive Plan at any time, except
that no such action will adversely affect outstanding payments owed under the Plan. The 2007
Incentive Plan will be established retroactive to January 1, 2007 and will terminate at December
31, 2007.

Definitions:

For purposes of this plan, the following definitions will apply:

Return on Average Assets—Net Income minus Extraordinary Items divided by Total Average Assets.

Earnings per Share—Net Income minus Extraordinary Items divided by Weighted Average Number of
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DISCOVER CARD EXECUTION NOTE TRUST

TRUST AGREEMENT

Dated as of July 2, 2007

between

DISCOVER BANK,

as Beneficiary and

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

as Owner Trustee

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.01 Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II. ORGANIZATION; DECLARATION OF TRUST BY THE OWNER TRUSTEE
	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.01 Formation of Trust; Name
	 	 	5	 
	Section 2.02 Transfer of Property to Trust; Initial Capital Contribution of Trust Estate
	 	 	6	 
	Section 2.03 Purposes and Powers; Trust To Operate as a Limited Purpose Entity
	 	 	6	 
	Section 2.04 Appointment of Owner Trustee
	 	 	8	 
	Section 2.05 Declaration of Trust
	 	 	8	 
	Section 2.06 Title to Trust Estate
	 	 	9	 
	Section 2.07 Nature of Interest in the Trust Estate
	 	 	9	 
	Section 2.08 Continuation of Trust; Principal Office of Owner Trustee
	 	 	9	 
	Section 2.09 Tax Matters
	 	 	9	 
	Section 2.10 Fiscal Year
	 	 	9	 
	Section 2.11 Closing
	 	 	9	 
	Section 2.12 Books and Records
	 	 	9	 
	Section 2.13 Limitation on Liability of Beneficiary and Others
	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BENEFICIARY
	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.01 Representations and Warranties of the Beneficiary
	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV. DISTRIBUTIONS OF FUNDS
	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.01 Distribution of Funds
	 	 	11	 
	Section 4.02 Payments from Trust Estate Only
	 	 	11	 
	Section 4.03 Method of Payment
	 	 	11	 
	Section 4.04 Establishment of Account
	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V. DUTIES OF THE OWNER TRUSTEE
	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.01 Action Upon Instructions
	 	 	12	 
	Section 5.02 No Duty to Act Under Certain Circumstances
	 	 	13	 
	Section 5.03 No Duties Except Under Specified Agreements or Instructions
	 	 	13	 
	Section 5.04 Trust Operation
	 	 	14	 
	Section 5.05 Execution of Documents
	 	 	15	 

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(continued)

	 	 	 	 	 
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	ARTICLE VI. CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE BANK
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.01 Acceptance of Trust and Duties
	 	 	15	 
	Section 6.02 Furnishing of Documents
	 	 	17	 
	Section 6.03 No Representations and Warranties as to the Trust Estate
	 	 	17	 
	Section 6.04 Signature of Periodic Filings
	 	 	17	 
	Section 6.05 Reliance; Advice of Counsel
	 	 	17	 
	Section 6.06 Not Acting in Individual Capacity
	 	 	17	 
	Section 6.07 Representations and Warranties
	 	 	18	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII. TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT
	 	 	18	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.01 Termination of Trust Agreement
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII. SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES, CO-TRUSTEES AND SEPARATE OWNER TRUSTEES
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.01 Resignation and Removal of the Owner Trustee; Appointment of Successors
	 	 	19	 
	Section 8.02 Transfer Procedures
	 	 	19	 
	Section 8.03 Qualification of Owner Trustee
	 	 	20	 
	Section 8.04 Co-trustees and Separate Owner Trustees
	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS
	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.01 Amendments
	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X. BENEFICIAL INTERESTS AND CERTIFICATES
	 	 	21	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.01 Issuance of Trust Certificates
	 	 	21	 
	Section 10.02 Beneficial Interest; Prohibitions on Transfer
	 	 	22	 
	Section 10.03 Lost or Destroyed Trust Certificate
	 	 	22	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XI. COMPENSATION OF TRUSTEE BANK AND INDEMNIFICATION
	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.01 Trustee Bank Fees and Expenses
	 	 	23	 
	Section 11.02 Indemnification
	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XII. MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	24	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.01 Conveyance by the Owner Trustee is Binding
	 	 	24	 
	Section 12.02 Instructions; Notices
	 	 	24	 
	Section 12.03 Severability
	 	 	25	 

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	Section 12.04 Limitation of Liability
	 	 	25	 
	Section 12.05 Separate Counterparts
	 	 	25	 
	Section 12.06 Successors and Assigns
	 	 	25	 
	Section 12.07 Headings
	 	 	26	 
	Section 12.08 Governing Law
	 	 	26	 
	Section 12.09 Nonpetition Covenants
	 	 	26	 
	Section 12.10 No Recourse
	 	 	26	 
	Section 12.11 Acceptance of Terms of Agreement
	 	 	26	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XIII. COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION AB
	 	 	27	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 13.01 Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness
	 	 	27	 
	Section 13.02 Additional Representations and Warranties of the Trustee Bank
	 	 	27	 
	Section 13.03 Information to Be Provided by the Owner Trustee
	 	 	27	 

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EXHIBITS

	 	 	 	 	 
	EXHIBIT A FORM OF TRUST CERTIFICATE
	 	 	A-1	 
	EXHIBIT B CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF DISCOVER CARD EXECUTION NOTE TRUST
	 	 	B-1	 
	EXHIBIT C FORM OF TRUSTEE BANK’S LITIGATION CERTIFICATE
	 	 	C-1	 

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     TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of July 2, 2007, between DISCOVER BANK, a Delaware banking
corporation, as Beneficiary (“Discover Bank”), and WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware
banking corporation, as owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”) for DISCOVER CARD EXECUTION
NOTE TRUST (the “Note Issuance Trust”).

     WHEREAS, the parties desire to form the Note Issuance Trust as a Delaware statutory trust
pursuant to the Delaware Statutory Trust Act;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

     Section 1.01 Definitions. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

     (a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article
I, and include the plural as well as the singular;

     (b) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Indenture either directly or by
reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

     (c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and, except as otherwise herein expressly
provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation
required or permitted hereunder means such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the
United States of America at the date of such computation;

     (d) all references in this Agreement to designated “Articles,” “Sections” and other
subdivisions are to the designated Articles, Sections and other subdivisions of this Agreement. The
words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement
as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;

     (e) in the event that any term or provision contained herein shall conflict with or be
inconsistent with any term or provision contained in the Indenture, the terms and provisions of
this Agreement shall control; and

     (f) “including” and words of similar import will be deemed to be followed by “without
limitation.”

     “Affiliate” is defined in the Indenture.

     “Agreement” means this Trust Agreement for the Discover Card Execution Note Trust, as
the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise
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     “Beneficial Interest” means the undivided beneficial interest of the Beneficiary in
the assets of the Note Issuance Trust.

     “Beneficiary” means Discover Bank, as beneficial owner of the Note Issuance Trust, and
each Permitted Affiliate Transferee under Section 10.02.

     “Beneficiary Trust Account” means the account established by the Owner Trustee in the
name and on behalf of the Note Issuance Trust in accordance with Section 4.04.

     “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions are required or permitted by law to be closed in the following jurisdictions:
(v) New York, New York, (w) the County of New Castle, Delaware, (x) the city in which the Corporate
Trust Office is located, (y) St. Paul, Minnesota or (z) the city in which the principal executive
office of any Seller with respect to any Master Trust is located.

     “Certificate of Trust” means the Certificate of Trust of the Note Issuance Trust in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit B which will be filed for the Note Issuance Trust
pursuant to Section 3810(a) of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.

     “Class” means, with respect to any Note, the Class specified in the applicable
Indenture Supplement.

     “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended from time to
time.

     “Collateral Account Control Agreement” means the Collateral Account Control Agreement,
to be dated as of the date of the first issuance of Notes by the Note Issuance Trust, between the
Note Issuance Trust, the Indenture Trustee and U.S. Bank National Association as securities
intermediary, substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit 4.16 to the Registration Statement, as
the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise
modified from time to time.

     “Collateral Certificate Transfer Agreement” means the Collateral Certificate Transfer
Agreement, to be dated as of the date of the first issuance of Notes by the Note Issuance Trust,
between Discover Bank and the Note Issuance Trust, substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit
4.15 to the Registration Statement, as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated,
supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.

     “Corporate Trust Office” is defined in the Indenture.

     “Commission” is defined in the Indenture.

     “Delaware Statutory Trust Act” means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12
Del.C. §§ 3801, et seq., as amended from time to time, and any successor statute
thereto.

     “Deliveries” is defined in Section 12.02.

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     “Disqualification Event,” with respect to the Owner Trustee, means (a) the bankruptcy,
insolvency or dissolution of the Owner Trustee, (b) the occurrence of the date of resignation of
the Owner Trustee, as set forth in a notice of resignation given pursuant to Section 8.01,
(c) the delivery to the Owner Trustee of the instrument of removal referred to in Section
8.01 (or, if such instrument specifies a later effective date of removal, the occurrence of
such later date), or (d) failure of the Owner Trustee to qualify under the requirements of
Section 8.03.

     “Fitch” is defined in the Indenture.

     “Governmental Authority” means any governmental department, commission, board, bureau,
agency, court or other instrumentality of any nation, state, province, territory, commonwealth,
municipality or other political subdivision thereof having jurisdiction over the Person in
question.

     “Indemnified Person” is defined in Section 11.02.

     “Indenture” means the Indenture, to be dated as of the date of the first issuance of
Notes by the Note Issuance Trust, between the Note Issuance Trust and the Indenture Trustee, in
substantially the form set forth as Exhibit 4.7 to the Registration Statement, as the same may be
amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to
time, including by Indenture Supplement for the issuance of Series of Notes.

     “Indenture Supplement” is defined in the Indenture.

     “Indenture Trustee” means U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, and each successor Indenture Trustee
under such Indenture, or such other party identified as the Indenture Trustee within the Indenture.

     “Issuer Certificate” is defined in the Indenture.

     “Issuer Tax Opinion” is defined in the Indenture.

     “Master Trust” is defined in the Indenture.

     “Master Trust Tax Opinion” is defined in the Indenture.

     “Master Trust Trustee” is defined in the Indenture.

     “Material Adverse Effect” means, whenever used in this Agreement with respect to any
Series, Class or Tranche of Notes with respect to any action, that such action will at the time of
its occurrence (a) result in the occurrence of an Early Redemption Event or Event of Default (each
as defined in the Indenture) relating to such Series, Class or Tranche of Notes, as applicable, (b)
materially adversely affect the amount of funds available to be distributed to the Noteholders of
any such Series, Class or Tranche of Notes pursuant to the Indenture or the timing of such
distributions, or (c) materially adversely affect the security interest of the
Indenture Trustee in the collateral securing the Notes, unless otherwise permitted by the
Indenture.

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     “Moody’s” is defined in the Indenture.

     “Note” is defined in the Indenture.

     “Note Rating Agency” is defined in the Indenture.

     “Noteholder” is defined in the Indenture.

     “Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount” is defined in the Indenture.

     “Owner Trustee” means Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but
solely as owner trustee under this Agreement (unless otherwise specified herein), and each
successor trustee under Article VIII, in its capacity as owner trustee hereunder, and each
co-trustee under and to the extent provided in Section 8.04, in its capacity as owner
trustee hereunder.

     “Payment Date” is defined in the Indenture.

     “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
limited liability partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, business trust,
statutory trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof, or other entity of similar nature.

     “Periodic Filing” means any filing or submission that the Note Issuance Trust is
required to make with any federal, state or local authority or regulatory agency.

     “Permitted Affiliate Transferee” is defined in Section 10.02.

     “Pooling and Servicing Agreement” is defined in the Indenture.

     “Ratings Effect” is defined in the Indenture.

     “Registration Statement” means Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-3 of Discover Bank as Depositor, Discover Card Master Trust I as the issuing entity of the
collateral certificate and the Note Issuance Trust as the issuing entity of the Notes, Registration
Statement Nos. 333-141703 and 333-141703- 01, as filed with the Commission on June 7, 2007.

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

     “Secretary of State” means the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware.

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

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     “Securitization Transaction” means any issuance of new Notes of any Series, Class or
Tranche pursuant to the Indenture and an Indenture Supplement, whether publicly offered or
privately placed, rated or unrated.

     “Seller” means Discover Bank and its successors and assigns, and any other Seller
designated in any applicable Pooling and Servicing Agreement or other applicable transfer or
pooling agreement.

     “Series” means, with respect to any Note, the Series specified in the applicable
Indenture Supplement.

     “Standard & Poor’s” is defined in the Indenture.

     “Terms Document” is defined in the Indenture.

     “Tranche” means, with respect to any Class of Notes, Notes of such Class which have
identical terms, conditions and Tranche designation. Notes of a single Tranche may be issued on
different dates.

     “Transaction Documents” means the Indenture, any Indenture Supplement thereto, any
Terms Document thereto, the Collateral Certificate Transfer Agreement, the Collateral Account
Control Agreement, the Trust Certificate, the Certificate of Trust and other documents delivered in
connection herewith and therewith.

     “Trust” means the statutory trust created by this Agreement and the filing of the
Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State and continued hereby.

     “Trust Certificate” is defined in Section 10.01.

     “Trust Estate” is defined in Section 2.05.

     “Trustee Bank” means Wilmington Trust Company in its individual capacity, each bank
appointed as successor Owner Trustee under Article VIII in its individual capacity and each
bank appointed as co-trustee under and to the extent provided in Section 8.04 in its
individual capacity.

     “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Delaware and any
other applicable jurisdiction.

ARTICLE II.

ORGANIZATION;

DECLARATION OF TRUST BY THE OWNER TRUSTEE

     Section 2.01 Formation of Trust; Name. The Note Issuance Trust is hereby formed, and
is hereby named “Discover Card Execution Note Trust”, under which name the Owner Trustee or the
Beneficiary may conduct any activities and business of the Note Issuance Trust

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contemplated hereby,
execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Note Issuance Trust and sue and be sued on
behalf of the Note Issuance Trust.

     Section 2.02 Transfer of Property to Trust; Initial Capital Contribution of Trust
Estate. The Beneficiary hereby assigns, grants and transfers over to the Owner Trustee, as of
the date hereof, $1.00. The Owner Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt in trust from the
Beneficiary, as of the date hereof, of the foregoing contribution, which constitutes the initial
Trust Estate.

     Section 2.03 Purposes and Powers; Trust To Operate as a Limited Purpose Entity.

     (a) The purpose of the Note Issuance Trust is to engage solely in a program of receiving
transfers of assets comprising the Trust Estate, owning the Trust Estate, issuing Notes under the
Indenture and related activities. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Note
Issuance Trust may and shall have the power and authority to:

     (i) accept transfers of any assets comprising all or a portion of the Trust Estate and hold
the Trust Estate;

     (ii) from time to time, in connection with its issuance of Notes, to enter into the Indenture,
any Indenture Supplement thereto, and any Terms Document thereto, and to grant a security interest
in the Trust Estate and grant a security interest in collateral accounts, collections accounts,
funding accounts, reserve accounts, payment accounts and other trust accounts established under the
Indenture, in each case consistent with the direction of the Beneficiary;

     (iii) from time to time authorize and approve the issuance of, and issue, Series, Classes or
Tranches of Notes pursuant to the Indenture without limitation to aggregate amounts, the terms of
which shall be determined by the Beneficiary, together with any registration statements,
underwriting or similar agreements, prospectuses, offering memoranda or other documents necessary
to permit the offering and sale of such notes on terms and conditions approved by the Beneficiary
or the qualification of the Indenture under applicable law;

     (iv) from time to time receive payments and proceeds with respect to the Trust Estate and the
Indenture and either invest or distribute those payments and proceeds, in each case as required by
the terms of this Agreement and the Indenture;

     (v) from time to time make deposits to and withdrawals from collateral accounts, collections
accounts, funding accounts, reserve accounts, payment accounts and other trust accounts established
under the Indenture;

     (vi) from time to time make and receive payments pursuant to derivative agreements,
supplemental credit enhancement agreements and supplemental liquidity agreements;

     (vii) from time to time make payments on the Notes;

     (viii) from time to time accept transfers of additional collateral to be included in the Trust
Estate;

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          (ix) from time to time perform such obligations and exercise and enforce such rights and
pursue such remedies as may be appropriate by virtue of the Note Issuance Trust being party to any
of the agreements contemplated in clauses (i) through (viii) above;

          (x) execute, deliver and perform the Transaction Documents and all other documents,
certificates and agreements necessary or incidental in connection therewith (including, without
limitation, the documents listed in Section 2.03(b));

          (xi) issue the Trust Certificate to the Beneficiary in accordance with Section 10.01;
and

          (xii) subject to compliance with the Transaction Documents, engage in such other related
activities as may be required or convenient in connection with conservation of the Trust Estate and
the making of payments to the Noteholders and distributions to the Beneficiary.

In connection with any of the foregoing, the Note Issuance Trust may (x) execute and deliver,
and/or accept, such instruments, agreements, certificates, UCC financing statements and other
documents, and create such security interests, as may be necessary or desirable in connection
therewith, and (y) subject to the terms of this Agreement, take such other action as may be
necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

     (b) The Note Issuance Trust, and each of the Beneficiary, on behalf of the Note Issuance
Trust, and the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Note Issuance Trust, are hereby authorized and shall
have the power to execute and deliver from time to time loan agreements, underwriting agreements,
terms agreements, selling agent agreements, purchase agreements, private placement agreements,
dealer agreements, issuing and paying agency agreements, swap and other derivative agreements,
including performance agreements, indentures, indenture supplements, liquidity facilities, terms
documents, notes, security agreements, and other agreements and instruments as are consistent with
the purposes of the Note Issuance Trust. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Note Issuance Trust, and each of the Beneficiary, on behalf of the Note Issuance Trust, and the
Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Note Issuance Trust, are specifically authorized to execute and
deliver without any further act, vote or approval, and notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, the Delaware Statutory Trust Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation,
agreements, documents or securities relating to the purposes of the Note Issuance Trust including:

          (i) the Transaction Documents and each Issuer Certificate;

          (ii) the Notes;

          (iii) each interest rate, basis or currency swap, cap, collar, guaranteed investment contract
or other derivative agreement, including agreements related thereto, between the Note Issuance
Trust and a counterparty to manage interest rate or currency risk relating to the Notes;

          (iv) the Trust Certificate;

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          (v) any documents relating to listing securities on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, the Irish
Stock Exchange or another applicable exchange; and

          (vi) any other document necessary or desirable in connection with the fulfillment of the
purposes of the Note Issuance Trust described in, and pursuant to, Section 2.03(a).

     The authorization set forth in the preceding sentence will not be deemed a restriction on the
power and authority of the Beneficiary, on behalf of the Note Issuance Trust, and the Owner
Trustee, on behalf of the Note Issuance Trust, to execute and deliver other agreements, documents,
instruments and securities or to take other actions on behalf of the Note Issuance Trust in
connection with the fulfillment of the purposes of the Note Issuance Trust described in, and
pursuant to, Section 2.03(a).

     (c) Each of the Beneficiary, on behalf of the Note Issuance Trust, and the Owner Trustee, at
the written direction of the Beneficiary and on behalf of the Note Issuance Trust, is hereby
authorized and shall have the power to execute and file any Periodic Filings on behalf of the Note
Issuance Trust.

     (d) Each of the Owner Trustee and the Beneficiary, on behalf of the Note Issuance Trust, is
authorized to appoint calculation agents, notification agents and other agents (which may be the
Beneficiary, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any affiliate thereof) to notify any
Master Trust servicer or trustee of issuances of Notes, increases in any collateral certificate,
and amounts due under or to be reallocated from or to the Notes, and to make any other
determinations with respect to the application of funds under any indenture.

     (e) Each of the Owner Trustee and the Beneficiary will at all times maintain any books,
records and accounts of the Note Issuance Trust separate and apart from those of any other Person,
and each of the Beneficiary and the Owner Trustee will cause the Note Issuance Trust to hold itself
out as being a Person separate and apart from any other Person.

     (f) The Note Issuance Trust will not engage in any business or own any assets unrelated to the
purposes of the Note Issuance Trust.

     Section 2.04 Appointment of Owner Trustee. The Beneficiary hereby appoints Wilmington
Trust Company as Owner Trustee of the Note Issuance Trust effective as of the date hereof, to have
all the rights, powers and duties set forth herein and, to the extent not inconsistent with this
Agreement, in the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.

     Section 2.05 Declaration of Trust. The Owner Trustee hereby declares that it will
hold the contribution described in Section 2.02, and the other documents and assets
described in Section 2.03, together with any payments, proceeds or income of any kind from
such documents or assets or any other source and any other property transferred, assigned, set
over, pledged or otherwise conveyed to, and held by, the Note Issuance Trust pursuant to this
Agreement, the Indenture or any Assignment of
Additional Assets thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Estate”), upon the trust set
forth herein and for the sole use and benefit of the Beneficiary. It is the intention of the
parties hereto that the Note Issuance Trust constitute a statutory trust under the Delaware
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such statutory
trust. The parties hereto agree that they will take no action contrary to the foregoing intention.
Effective as of the date hereof, the Owner Trustee shall have all rights, powers and duties set
forth herein and, to the extent not inconsistent herewith, in the Delaware Statutory Trust Act with
respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Note Issuance Trust.

     Section 2.06 Title to Trust Estate. Title to all of the Trust Estate will be vested
in the Note Issuance Trust as a separate legal entity until this Agreement terminates pursuant to
Article VII; provided, however, that if the laws of any jurisdiction
require that title to any part of the Trust Estate be vested in the trustees of a trust, then title
to that part of the Trust Estate will be deemed to be vested in the Owner Trustee or any co-trustee
or separate trustee, as the case may be, appointed pursuant to Article VIII.

     Section 2.07 Nature of Interest in the Trust Estate. The Beneficiary will not have
any legal title to or right to possession of any part of the Trust Estate.

     Section 2.08 Continuation of Trust; Principal Office of Owner Trustee. The Owner
Trustee will file the Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State and will maintain the Owner
Trustee’s principal office in the State of Delaware. Nothing herein, however, shall restrict or
prohibit the Owner Trustee from having employees within or without the State of Delaware. Payments
will be received by the Note Issuance Trust only in Delaware or New York and payments will be made
by the Note Issuance Trust only from Delaware or New York, unless otherwise specified with respect
to any Collateral Certificates or Notes in the related Indenture Supplement or Terms Document. The
Note Issuance Trust will be located in Delaware and administered in Delaware and New York.

     Section 2.09 Tax Matters. The parties hereto intend that, for income and franchise
tax purposes, the Note Issuance Trust will be treated as a security device and disregarded as an
entity and its assets shall be treated as owned in whole by the Beneficiary, and the parties hereto
will file all their tax returns in a manner consistent with that intent unless otherwise required
by a taxing authority. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any tax elections required
or permitted to be made by the Note Issuance Trust under the Code or otherwise will be made by the
Beneficiary. The Note Issuance Trust will not elect to be treated as a corporation for any tax
purpose.

     Section 2.10 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Note Issuance Trust will end on the
last day of November of each year.

     Section 2.11 Closing. The transfer, assignment, set-over, pledge and conveyance of
the Trust Estate and the initial issuance of Notes will take place at the offices of Latham &
Watkins LLP, Sears Tower Suite 5800, 233 S. Wacker, Chicago, IL 60606.

     Section 2.12 Books and Records. The Beneficiary agrees to record and file, at its own
expense, any financing statements (and amendments with respect to such financing statements when
applicable) required to be filed with respect to the Trust Estate assigned by the Beneficiary
pursuant to this Agreement, meeting the requirements of applicable law in such manner and in such
jurisdictions as are necessary under the applicable UCC to perfect the transfer, assignment,
set-over, pledge and conveyance of the Trust Estate to the Note Issuance Trust, and to deliver a

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file-stamped copy of such financing statements or amendments or other evidence of such filings to
the Note Issuance Trust (excluding such amendments, which shall be delivered promptly after
filing).

     Section 2.13 Limitation on Liability of Beneficiaries and Others. Any Beneficiary and
any director or officer or employee or agent of such Beneficiary may rely in good faith on the
advice of counsel or on any document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted by
any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. To the extent permitted by applicable law,
any Beneficiary, in its capacity as such, shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute
or defend any legal action that shall not be incidental to its obligations under this Agreement,
and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability. The Beneficiary shall be
entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of private
corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE III.

REPRESENTATIONS AND

WARRANTIES OF THE BENEFICIARY

     Section 3.01 Representations and Warranties of the Beneficiary. The Beneficiary
hereby represents and warrants to the Owner Trustee as of the date of this Agreement that:

     (a) The Beneficiary has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a Delaware banking
corporation, and has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and
any other documents related hereto to which it is a party and to perform the terms and provisions
hereof and thereof.

     (b) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Beneficiary and the
consummation by the Beneficiary of the transactions provided for in this Agreement and in the other
Transaction Documents to which the Beneficiary is a party have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action, do not require any approval or consent of any
governmental agency or authority, do not and will not conflict with any material provision of
the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Beneficiary, and do not and will not conflict
with or result in a breach which would constitute a material default under, any agreement for
borrowed money binding upon or applicable to it or such of its property that is material to it, or
to the best of the Beneficiary’s knowledge, any law or governmental regulation or court decree
applicable to it or such material property, and this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
to which the Beneficiary is a party are the valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the
Beneficiary, except as the same may be limited by receivership, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other laws relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general
equity principles.

     (c) To the best of the knowledge of the Beneficiary, there are no proceedings or
investigations pending against the Beneficiary before any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency, or other tribunal or governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Beneficiary
(i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents, (ii) seeking to
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Agreement or any of the
Transaction Documents, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling which in the Beneficiary’s
judgment would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Beneficiary of its
obligations under this Agreement or the Transaction Documents, or (iv) seeking any determination or
ruling that would materially and adversely affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement
or the Transaction Documents.

ARTICLE IV.

DISTRIBUTIONS OF FUNDS

     Section 4.01 Distribution of Funds. All funds received by the Note Issuance Trust to
the extent not encumbered by the Indenture and otherwise available for distribution (or if
encumbered by the Indenture, which have been released by the relevant parties benefiting from such
encumbrance) will be distributed to the Beneficiary, including without limitation interest and
earnings (net of losses and investment expenses) on funds on deposit in the Collections Account in
accordance with Section 403(e) of the Indenture and funds specified to be payable to the
Beneficiary under step (78) (Allocation of Series Finance Charge Amounts) of Section 3.01,
Section 3.04(5) and Section 3.05(5) of the Indenture Supplement for the
DiscoverSeries Notes.

     Section 4.02 Payments from Trust Estate Only. All payments to be made by the Note
Issuance Trust under this Agreement will be made only from the income and the capital proceeds
derived from the Trust Estate and only to the extent that the Note Issuance Trust will have
received income or capital proceeds from the Trust Estate. The Beneficiary agrees that it will
look solely to the income and capital proceeds derived from the Trust Estate (to the extent
available for payment as herein provided) and that, except as specifically provided herein, the
Owner Trustee will not be subject to any liability in its individual capacity under this Agreement
to the Beneficiary or to any other Person.

     Section 4.03 Method of Payment. All amounts payable to the Beneficiary pursuant to
this Agreement will be paid by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Note Issuance Trust to the
Beneficiary or a nominee therefor in such manner as the Beneficiary may from time to time designate
in written instructions to the Owner Trustee. All funds received by the Owner Trustee on behalf of
the Note Issuance Trust not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day will be
applied by the Owner Trustee on that Business Day. Funds received after that time will be applied
on the next following Business Day.

     Section 4.04 Establishment of Account. The Beneficiary hereby authorizes the Owner
Trustee to establish and maintain an account in the name and on behalf of the Note Issuance Trust,
into which all funds received by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Note Issuance Trust shall be
deposited. Such account shall be designated the Beneficiary Trust Account.

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ARTICLE V.

DUTIES OF THE OWNER TRUSTEE

     Section 5.01 Action Upon Instructions.

     (a) It is the intention of the Beneficiary that the powers and duties of the Owner Trustee are
to be purely ministerial only. Accordingly, subject to Section 5.01(b) and 5.01(c)
the Beneficiary will direct the Owner Trustee in the management of the Note Issuance Trust and the
Trust Estate. Such direction shall be exercised at any time only by written instruction of the
Beneficiary delivered to the Owner Trustee pursuant to this Article V. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement, the Owner Trustee shall not take any action including but not
limited to the execution of any documents, certificates or other instruments (other than the
Transaction Documents and any documents, certificates or other instruments attached thereto or
contemplated thereby), unless it receives written instructions from the Beneficiary.

     (b) The Owner Trustee will take such action or actions as may be specified in any instructions
delivered in accordance with Section 5.01(a); provided, however, that the
Owner Trustee will not be required to take any such action if the Trustee Bank will have been
advised by counsel that such action (i) is contrary to the terms hereof or of any document
contemplated hereby to which the Note Issuance Trust or the Owner Trustee is a party or is
otherwise contrary to law, or (ii) is reasonably likely to result in liability on the part of the
Trustee Bank, unless the Trustee Bank will have received additional indemnification or security
satisfactory to the Trustee Bank from the Beneficiary against all costs, expenses and liabilities
arising from the Owner Trustee’s taking such action.

     (c) The Beneficiary will not direct the Owner Trustee to take or refrain from taking any
action contrary to this Agreement, nor will the Owner Trustee be obligated to follow any such
direction.

     (d) In the event that the Owner Trustee is unsure as to the application of any provision of
this Agreement or any Transaction Document, or such provision is ambiguous as to its application,
or is, or appears to be, in conflict with any other applicable provision, or this Agreement permits
any determination by the Owner Trustee or is silent or is incomplete as to the course of action to
be adopted, the Owner Trustee will promptly give notice to the Beneficiary requesting written
instructions as to the course of action to be adopted and, to the extent the Owner Trustee acts in
good faith in accordance with such written instructions received from the Beneficiary, the Owner
Trustee shall not be liable on account of such action to any Person. If the Owner Trustee will not
have received appropriate written instructions within 30 days of such notice (or within such
shorter period of time as reasonably may be specified in such notice) it may, but shall be under no
duty to, take or refrain from taking such action, not inconsistent with this Agreement, as it deems
to be in the best interests of the Beneficiary, and will have no liability to any Person for such
action or inaction.

     (e) The Owner Trustee will, subject to this Section 5.01, act in accordance with the
instructions given to it by the Beneficiary pursuant to Section 5.01(a), and to the extent
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Owner Trustee acts in good faith in accordance with such instructions, the Owner Trustee will
not be liable on account of such action to any Person.

     Section 5.02 No Duty to Act Under Certain Circumstances. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, neither the Trustee Bank nor the Owner Trustee, except a Trustee
Bank authorized as co-trustee, will be required to take any action in any jurisdiction other than
in the State of Delaware if the taking of such action would (i) require the consent, approval,
authorization or order of, the giving of notice to, or the registration with or taking of any
action in respect of, any state or other governmental authority or agency of any jurisdiction other
than the State of Delaware; (ii) result in any fee, tax or governmental charge under the laws of
any jurisdiction or any political subdivisions thereof in existence on the date hereof other than
the State of Delaware becoming payable by the Trustee Bank; or (iii) subject the Trustee Bank to
personal jurisdiction in any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware for causes of action
arising from acts unrelated to the consummation of the transactions by the Trustee Bank or the
Owner Trustee, as the case may be, contemplated hereby. The Owner Trustee shall be entitled to
obtain advice of counsel (which advice shall be at the reasonable expense of the Beneficiary) to
determine whether any action required to be taken pursuant to this Agreement results in the
consequences described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the preceding sentence. In the event that
said counsel advises the Owner Trustee that such action will result in such consequences, the Owner
Trustee may, or if instructed to do so by the Beneficiary, shall, appoint an additional trustee
pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof to proceed with such action.

     Section 5.03 No Duties Except Under Specified Agreements or Instructions.

     (a) The Owner Trustee will not have any duty or obligation to manage, control, use, make any
payment in respect of, register, record, insure, inspect, sell, dispose of, create, maintain or
perfect any security interest or title in or otherwise deal with any part of the Trust Estate,
prepare, file or record any document or report (including any tax related filing for any holder of
Notes), or to otherwise take or refrain from taking any action under, or in connection with, this
Agreement, the Note Issuance Trust or any document contemplated hereby to which the Note Issuance
Trust or the Owner Trustee is a party, except as expressly provided by the terms of this Agreement
or in written instructions from the Beneficiary received pursuant to Section 5.01; and no
implied duties or obligations will be read into this Agreement against the Owner Trustee. Unless
otherwise directed by the Beneficiary in accordance with Section 5.01(a), the Owner Trustee
shall have no obligation or duty to take any action the Note Issuance Trust is authorized and
empowered to take pursuant to Section 2.03(a). The Trustee Bank nevertheless agrees that
it will, in its individual capacity and at its own cost and expense, promptly take all action as
may be necessary to discharge any lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance on any part
of the Trust Estate which results from actions by or claims against the Trustee Bank not related to
the Note Issuance Trust or the Owner Trustee’s ownership of any part of the Trust Estate.

     (b) The Owner Trustee agrees that it will not manage, control, use, lease, sell, dispose of or
otherwise deal with any part of the Trust Estate except (i) in accordance with the powers granted
to, or the authority conferred upon, the Owner Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, or (ii) in
accordance with the express terms hereof or with written instructions from the Beneficiary pursuant
to Section 5.01. Unless otherwise directed by the Beneficiary in accordance with
Section 5.01(a), the Owner Trustee shall not be required to perform any obligations or
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Note Issuance Trust under the Indenture, which duties and obligations shall be the
sole responsibility of the Beneficiary.

     Section 5.04 Trust Operation. The operations of the Note Issuance Trust will be
conducted in accordance with the following standards:

     (a) the Note Issuance Trust will conduct its own affairs in its own name through the Owner
Trustee or the Beneficiary, or any agent appointed by either of them in accordance with this
Agreement;

     (b) the Note Issuance Trust will not commingle its assets with those of the Beneficiary or any
Affiliate of the Beneficiary;

     (c) the Note Issuance Trust will not own any asset or property other than the Trust Estate;

     (d) the Note Issuance Trust will have its own principal executive and administrative office or
space through which its business is conducted (which, however, may be within the premises of and
leased from the Beneficiary) separate from that of the Beneficiary;

     (e) the Note Issuance Trust will maintain books and records and bank accounts separate from
those of any other person, except as contemplated by the Transaction Documents;

     (f) the Note Issuance Trust will pay its own liabilities out of its own funds;

     (g) the Note Issuance Trust will endeavor to maintain adequate capital for the normal
obligations reasonably foreseeable in a business of its size and character and in light of its
contemplated business operations;

     (h) the Note Issuance Trust will not incur debt except in connection with the purposes set
forth in Section 2.03 of this Agreement;

     (i) the Note Issuance Trust will maintain an “arms-length relationship” with the Beneficiary;

     (j) the Note Issuance Trust will use telephone numbers separate from those of the Beneficiary;

     (k) the Note Issuance Trust will not pledge its assets for the benefit of any other Person,
except as contemplated under the Indenture;

     (l) the Note Issuance Trust will hold itself out as a separate legal entity and correct any
known misunderstanding regarding its separate identity;

     (m) the Note Issuance Trust will not engage, directly or indirectly, in any business or
purposes other than those set forth in Section 2.03 of this Agreement;

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     (n) the Note Issuance Trust will not enter into any transactions with any other Person other
than authorized under or incidental to the Transaction Documents (which authorized transactions
include without limitation any transactions or agreements contemplated by Section 2.03(b) of this
Agreement);

     (o) the Note Issuance Trust will not guarantee or become obligated for the debts of any other
Person or hold out its credit as being available to satisfy the obligations of others; and

     (p) the Note Issuance Trust will use stationery through which all business correspondence and
communication are conducted separate from those of the Beneficiary, and any forms of checks used by
the Note Issuance Trust or that will be used by the Note Issuance Trust shall identify the Note
Issuance Trust as the payor thereunder.

     Section 5.05 Execution of Documents. The Owner Trustee will, at the written direction
of the Beneficiary, execute and deliver on behalf of the Note Issuance Trust such instruments,
agreements and certificates contemplated hereby to which the Note Issuance Trust is a party (such
direction to be conclusively evidenced by the Owner Trustee’s execution and delivery of such
documents to, and acceptance by, the Beneficiary). The Beneficiary hereby instructs the Owner
Trustee to execute, on behalf of the
Note Issuance Trust, the Transaction Documents to which the Note Issuance Trust is a party and
any documents, certificates or other instruments attached thereto or contemplated thereby.

ARTICLE VI.

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE BANK

     Section 6.01 Acceptance of Trust and Duties. The Trustee Bank accepts the trust
hereby created and agrees to perform the same but only upon the terms of this Agreement. The
Trustee Bank also agrees to disburse all moneys actually received by it constituting part of the
Trust Estate in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Trustee Bank will not be
answerable or accountable under any circumstances in its individual capacity, except (i) for its
own willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence, (ii) in the case of the inaccuracy of any
representation or warranty contained in Section 6.07, (iii) for the failure by the Owner
Trustee to perform obligations expressly undertaken by it in the last sentence of Section
5.03(a), or (iv) for taxes, fees or other charges on, based on or measured by, any fees,
commissions or other compensation earned by the Trustee Bank for acting as trustee hereunder. In
particular, but not by way of limitation:

     (a) The Trustee Bank will not be personally liable for any error of judgment made in good
faith by an authorized officer of the Owner Trustee so long as the same will not constitute gross
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct;

     (b) The Trustee Bank will not be personally liable with respect to any action taken or omitted
to be taken by the Owner Trustee in good faith in accordance with the instructions of the
Beneficiary;

     (c) No provision of this Agreement or any Transaction Document will require the Trustee Bank
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performance
of any of its rights or powers hereunder, if the Trustee Bank will have reasonable grounds for
believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured or provided to it, including such advances as the Trustee Bank may reasonably
request;

     (d) Under no circumstance will the Trustee Bank be personally liable for the accuracy or
performance of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or other obligation, including any
indebtedness, of the Note Issuance Trust;

     (e) The Trustee Bank will not be personally responsible or liable for or in respect of the
validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or for the due execution hereof by the Beneficiary or
with respect to any agreement entered into by the Note Issuance Trust;

     (f) Under no circumstances will the Trustee Bank be personally responsible or liable for the
action or inaction of the Beneficiary, nor will the Trustee Bank be responsible for monitoring the
performance of the Beneficiary’s duties hereunder or of any other Person acting for or on behalf of
the Note Issuance Trust;

     (g) In no event shall the Trustee Bank be personally liable for special, consequential or
punitive damages unless such damages result from its willful misconduct, bad faith or gross
negligence, for the acts or omissions of its nominees, correspondents, clearing agencies or
securities depositories, for the acts or omissions of brokers or dealers, and for any losses due to
forces beyond the control of the Trustee Bank, including strikes, work stoppages, acts of war or
terrorism, insurrection, revolution, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God and
interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and
hardware) services. The Trustee Bank shall have no responsibility for the accuracy of any
information provided to the Beneficiary or any other Person that has been obtained from, or
provided to the Trustee Bank by, any other Person unless the Trustee Bank has actual knowledge that
such information is incorrect;

     (h) The Trustee Bank shall not be personally liable for the default or misconduct of the
Indenture Trustee under any of the Transaction Documents or otherwise, and the Trustee Bank shall
have no obligation or liability to perform the obligations of the Note Issuance Trust under this
Agreement or the Transaction Documents, in each case that are required to be performed by the
Indenture Trustee under the Indenture; and

     (i) The Trustee Bank shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Agreement, or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this
Agreement or otherwise or in relation to this Agreement or any Transaction Document, at the
request, order or direction of the Beneficiary, unless the Beneficiary has offered to the Trustee
Bank security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may
be incurred by the Trustee Bank therein or thereby. The right of the Trustee Bank to perform any
discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement or in any Transaction Document shall not be
construed as a duty, and the Trustee Bank shall not be answerable for other than its gross
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in the performance of any such act.

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     Section 6.02 Furnishing of Documents. The Owner Trustee will furnish to the
Beneficiary, within a reasonable time under the circumstances after receipt thereof, duplicates or
copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates, financial statements and any other
instruments furnished to the Owner Trustee with respect to the Note Issuance Trust or the Trust
Estate.

     Section 6.03 No Representations and Warranties as to the Trust Estate. The Owner
Trustee makes no representation or warranty as to, and shall not be liable for, the title, value,
condition, design, operation, merchantability or fitness for use of the Trust Estate (or any part
thereof) or any other representation or warranty, express or implied, whatsoever with respect to
the Trust Estate (or any part thereof) except that the Owner Trustee, in its individual capacity,
hereby represents and warrants to the Beneficiary that it will comply with the last sentence of
Section 5.03(a).

     Section 6.04 Signature of Periodic Filings. The Beneficiary will sign on behalf of
the Note Issuance Trust any Periodic Filings of the Note Issuance Trust.

     Section 6.05 Reliance; Advice of Counsel. The Owner Trustee will incur no liability
to anyone in acting upon any signature, instrument, notice, resolution, request, consent, order,
certificate, report, opinion, bond or other document or paper believed by it to be genuine and
believed by it to be signed by the proper party or parties. The Owner Trustee may accept a
certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of any entity as
conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by such body and that the same is in
full force and effect. As to any fact or matter the manner of ascertainment of which is not
specifically prescribed herein, the Owner Trustee may for all purposes rely on an officer’s
certificate of the relevant party as to such fact or matter, and such officer’s certificate will
constitute full protection to the Owner Trustee for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it
in good faith in reliance thereon. In the administration of the Note Issuance Trust, the Owner
Trustee may, at the expense of the Note Issuance Trust (i) execute the trust or any of the powers
hereof and perform its powers and duties hereunder directly or through agents or attorneys, and the
Owner Trustee will not be liable for the default or misconduct of any agent or attorney selected by
the Owner Trustee with reasonable care; and (ii) consult with counsel, accountants and other
skilled persons to be selected with reasonable care and employed by it, and the Owner Trustee will
not be liable for anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the
advice or opinion of any such counsel, accountants or other skilled persons.

     Section 6.06 Not Acting in Individual Capacity. Except as provided in this
Article VI, in accepting the trust hereunder the Trustee Bank acts solely as Owner Trustee
hereunder and not in its individual capacity; and all Persons having any claim against the Note
Issuance Trust or the Owner Trustee, whether by reason of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or otherwise, will look only to the Trust Estate (or a part thereof, as the case may be)
for payment or satisfaction thereof, except as specifically provided in this Article VI.

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     Section 6.07 Representations and Warranties. The Trustee Bank, other than a Trustee
Bank appointed as a co-trustee, hereby represents and warrants to the Beneficiary that:

     (a) The Trustee Bank is a Delaware banking corporation duly organized and validly existing in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Trustee Bank has all requisite
corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

     (b) The Trustee Bank has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution and
delivery by it of this Agreement, and this Agreement will be executed and delivered by one of its
officers who is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on its behalf.

     (c) Neither the execution nor the delivery by it of this Agreement, the performance by it of
its obligations under this Agreement, nor the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated
hereby nor compliance by the Trustee Bank with any of the terms or provisions
hereof will contravene any federal or Delaware law, governmental rule or regulation governing
the banking or trust powers of the Owner Trustee or any judgment or order binding on the Trustee
Bank, or constitute any default under its charter documents or by-laws or any indenture, mortgage,
lease, license, contract, agreement or instrument to which the Trustee Bank is a party or by which
the Trustee Bank or any of the Trustee Bank’s properties may be bound.

     (d) The Trustee Bank complies with all of the requirements of Chapter 38, Title 12 of the
Delaware Code relating to the qualification of a trustee of a Delaware statutory trust.

ARTICLE VII.

TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT

     Section 7.01 Termination of Trust Agreement.

     (a) The Note Issuance Trust shall dissolve upon the final distribution by the Owner Trustee of
all moneys or other property or proceeds of the Trust Estate in accordance with the Delaware
Statutory Trust Act. Any money or other property held as part of the Trust Estate following such
distribution shall be distributed to the Beneficiary. The bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership,
conservatorship, dissolution, termination or incapacity of the Beneficiary shall not (x) operate to
terminate this Agreement or the Note Issuance Trust, or (y) entitle the Beneficiary’s legal
representatives to claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a
partition or winding up of all or any part of the Note Issuance Trust or Trust Estate or (z)
otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto.

     (b) The Beneficiary shall not be entitled to revoke or terminate the Note Issuance Trust.

     (c) Upon completion of the winding up of the Note Issuance Trust in accordance with the
Delaware Statutory Trust Act, the Owner Trustee shall cause the Certificate of Trust to be canceled
by filing a certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State in accordance with the
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Trust and this Agreement (other than Article XI) shall terminate; provided,
however, that any terms of this Agreement that by their terms purport to survive such
termination (including, without limitation, Sections 11.02, 12.04, 12.09 and 12.10), shall
continue in full force and effect.

ARTICLE VIII.

SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES, CO-TRUSTEES

AND SEPARATE OWNER TRUSTEES

     Section 8.01 Resignation and Removal of the Owner Trustee; Appointment of Successors. The Owner
Trustee may resign at any time without cause by giving at least thirty (30) days
prior written notice to the Beneficiary. The Beneficiary may remove the Owner Trustee at any time
without cause upon the delivery to the Owner Trustee of a written instrument of removal. No such
removal or resignation shall become effective until a successor Owner Trustee, however appointed,
becomes vested as Owner Trustee hereunder pursuant to Section 8.02. Upon the occurrence of
a Disqualification Event with respect to the Owner Trustee, the Beneficiary shall remove the Owner
Trustee and appoint a successor Owner Trustee by an instrument signed by the Beneficiary. If a
successor Owner Trustee has not been appointed within 30 days after the giving of written notice of
such resignation or the delivery of the written instrument with respect to such removal, the Owner
Trustee or the Beneficiary may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor
Owner Trustee to act until such time, if any, as a successor Owner Trustee has been appointed as
above provided. Any successor Owner Trustee so appointed by such court will immediately and,
except as provided in Section 8.02 below, without further act be superseded by any
successor Owner Trustee appointed as above provided within one year from the date of the
appointment by such court. The Beneficiary will notify the Note Rating Agencies promptly after the
resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee and promptly after the appointment of a successor Owner
Trustee.

     Section 8.02 Transfer Procedures. Any successor Owner Trustee, however appointed,
will execute and deliver to the predecessor Owner Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment,
and such other documents of transfer as may be necessary, and thereupon such successor Owner
Trustee, without further act, will become vested with all the estates, properties, rights, powers,
duties and trust of the predecessor Owner Trustee in the trust hereunder with like effect as if
originally named an Owner Trustee herein and the predecessor Owner Trustee will be fully discharged
of its duties and obligations to serve as Owner Trustee hereunder. The predecessor Owner Trustee
shall promptly deliver to the successor Owner Trustee all documents, statements and monies held by
it under this Agreement. The successor Owner Trustee shall promptly file an amendment to the
Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State identifying the name and principal place of
business of such successor Owner Trustee in the State of Delaware.

     Section 8.03 Qualification of Owner Trustee. Any Owner Trustee will at all times (i)
be a trust company or a banking corporation under the laws of its state of incorporation or a
national banking association, having all corporate powers and all material governmental licenses,
authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on a trust business in the State of
Delaware, (ii) comply with Section 3807 (and any other applicable Section) of the Delaware
Statutory Trust Act, (iii) have a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 (or

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have its obligations and liabilities irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed by an affiliated
Person having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000) and (iv) have (or have a
parent which has) a rating of at least Baa3 by Moody’s, at least BBB- by Standard & Poor’s or, if
not rated, otherwise satisfactory to each Note Rating Agency.

     Section 8.04 Co-trustees and Separate Owner Trustees. Whenever the
Owner Trustee or the Beneficiary shall deem it necessary or prudent in order
either to conform to any law of any jurisdiction in which all or any part of the Trust Estate shall
be situated or to make any claim or bring any suit with respect to the Trust Estate, or whenever
the Owner Trustee or the Beneficiary shall be advised by counsel satisfactory to them that such
action is necessary or prudent, the Owner Trustee and the Beneficiary shall execute and deliver an
agreement supplemental hereto and all other instruments and agreements, and shall take all other
actions, necessary or proper to appoint one or more Persons either as co-trustee or co-trustees
jointly with the Owner Trustee of all or any part of the Trust Estate, or as a separate trustee or
separate trustees of all or any part of the Trust Estate, and to vest in such Persons, in such
capacity, such title to the Trust Estate or any part thereof, and such rights or duties, as may be
necessary or desirable, all for such period and under such terms and conditions as are satisfactory
to the Owner Trustee and the Beneficiary. In case a Disqualification Event shall occur with
respect to any such co-trustee or separate trustee, the title to the Trust Estate and all rights
and duties of such co-trustee or separate trustee shall, so far as permitted by law, vest in and be
exercised by the Owner Trustee, without the appointment of a successor to such co-trustee or
separate trustee.

ARTICLE IX.

AMENDMENTS

     Section 9.01 Amendments.

     (a) This Agreement may be amended from time to time, by a written instrument executed by the
Owner Trustee, at the written direction of the Beneficiary, and the Beneficiary, without the
consent or the entitlement to vote of the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholders, so long as the
Beneficiary has received written confirmation from Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, Fitch and any other
rating agency that rates at least 25% of the Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the Notes that
such amendment will not cause a Ratings Effect; provided, however, that such
amendment will not significantly change the permitted activities of the Note Issuance Trust as set
forth in Section 2.03. The Owner Trustee shall not be responsible for determining whether
any such amendment to this Agreement will significantly change the permitted activities of the Note
Issuance Trust as set forth in Section 2.03.

     (b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time, by a written instrument executed by
the Owner Trustee, at the written direction of the Beneficiary, and the Beneficiary, so long as the
Beneficiary has received written confirmation from each Note Rating Agency that such amendment will
not cause a Ratings Effect, in the case of a significant change to the permitted activities of the
Note Issuance Trust as set forth in Section 2.03(a), with the consent of holders of a
majority of the Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of each Series, Class or Tranche of Notes
affected by such change, voting as a single class (such majority to be calculated without taking
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any Note beneficially owned by
any Beneficiary or any Affiliate or agent of any Beneficiary); provided, however,
that, without the consent of the holders of all of the Notes then outstanding,
no such amendment shall reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Outstanding Dollar Principal
Amount of the Notes, the holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment.

     (c) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Beneficiary, on behalf
of the Note Issuance Trust, shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment
or consent to the Indenture Trustee and each Note Rating Agency.

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

     (e) Promptly after the execution of any amendment to the Certificate of Trust, the Owner
Trustee shall cause the filing of such amendment with the Secretary of State.

     (f) The Owner Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying
upon, an officer’s certificate of the Beneficiary to the effect that the conditions to such
amendment have been satisfied. The Owner Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into
any such amendment which affects the Owner Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this
Agreement or otherwise.

ARTICLE X.

BENEFICIAL INTERESTS AND CERTIFICATES

     Section 10.01 Issuance of Trust Certificates.

     (a) Promptly following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Owner Trustee on
behalf of the Note Issuance Trust will issue and deliver to the Beneficiary a certificate of
beneficial ownership of the Trust Estate substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the
“Trust Certificate”) evidencing the Beneficiary’s Beneficial Interest in the Note Issuance
Trust. The Beneficiary, in its capacity as the holder of the Trust Certificate, (i) shall be the
sole beneficial owner of the Note Issuance Trust and (ii) shall be bound by the provisions of this
Agreement.

     (b) The Beneficiary will be entitled to all rights provided to it under this Agreement and in
the Trust Certificate and will be subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement
and in the Trust Certificate.

     (c) The Owner Trustee will maintain at its office referred to in Section 2.08, or at
the office of any agent appointed by it and approved in writing by the Beneficiary, a register for
the registration of the Trust Certificate. Such register will show the name and address of the
holder of the Trust Certificate, and the Owner Trustee will treat such register as definitive and
binding for all purposes hereunder.

     (d) When the Trust Certificate is duly executed and issued by the Note Issuance Trust and duly
authenticated by the Owner Trustee in accordance with this Agreement, the Trust

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Certificate will be fully paid, validly issued, non-assessable and entitled to the benefits of
this Agreement.

     Section 10.02 Beneficial Interest; Prohibitions on Transfer.

     (a) The Beneficial Interest will initially be beneficially owned by Discover Bank. Transfers
of all or a portion of the Beneficial Interest and the Trust Certificate may be made between
Discover Bank and any other Person who is an Affiliate of Discover Bank (a “Permitted Affiliate
Transferee”) upon delivery to the Master Trust Trustee and the Owner Trustee of a Master Trust
Tax Opinion and an Issuer Tax Opinion with respect to such transfer. The Beneficiary may not sell,
participate, transfer, assign, exchange or otherwise pledge or convey all or any part of its right,
title and interest in and to the Trust Certificate or its Beneficial Interest to any other Person,
except to any Permitted Affiliate Transferee. Any purported transfer by the Beneficiary of all or
any part of its right, title and interest in and to the Trust Certificate to any Person will be
effective only upon the issuance of a Master Trust Tax Opinion and an Issuer Tax Opinion to the
Master Trust Trustee and the Owner Trustee, which will not be an expense of the Owner Trustee or
the Trustee Bank. Any purported transfer by the Beneficiary of all or any part of its right, title
and interest in and to the Trust Certificate which is not in compliance with the terms of this
Section 10.02 will be null and void.

     (b) The Trust Certificate will bear a legend setting forth the restriction on the
transferability of the Beneficial Interest substantially as follows:

“THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, EXCHANGED OR OTHERWISE PLEDGED
OR CONVEYED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT REFERRED TO
BELOW. IN ADDITION, THE BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE TRUST REPRESENTED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY
NOT BE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OFFERED OR SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF BY THE HOLDER
HEREOF UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS.”

     (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be required to ascertain whether any purported transfer of the
Beneficial Interest and the Trust Certificate complies with the Securities Act.

     Section 10.03 Lost or Destroyed Trust Certificate. If the Trust Certificate shall
become mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Note Issuance Trust
will, upon the written request of the Beneficiary, and compliance with all applicable terms of this
paragraph, execute and deliver to such holder in replacement thereof a new Trust Certificate dated
the same date as on the Trust Certificate so
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen. If the Trust Certificate being replaced has been
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, the Beneficiary will furnish to the Owner Trustee such
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Owner Trustee to save the Owner Trustee
harmless from any damage, loss or liability in connection with such Trust Certificate, and the
Owner Trustee may require from the Beneficiary payment of a sum to reimburse the Owner Trustee for,
or to provide funds for, the payment of any costs, fees and expenses and any tax or other
governmental charge in connection therewith and any charges paid or payable by the Owner Trustee.

ARTICLE XI.

COMPENSATION OF TRUSTEE BANK AND INDEMNIFICATION

     Section 11.01 Trustee Bank Fees and Expenses. The Beneficiary will pay to the Trustee
Bank all fees and other charges described in a separate fee agreement dated as of the date hereof
between the Beneficiary and the Trustee Bank promptly when due thereunder and reimburse the Trustee
Bank for all other reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel) incurred by it in connection with its acting as Owner Trustee of the Note
Issuance Trust. Except to the extent specifically provided in Section 703 of the
Indenture, payment of such fees and expenses will not be a recourse obligation of the Note Issuance
Trust and will not be payable out of the Trust Estate.

     Section 11.02 Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the
Beneficiary hereby agrees, whether or not any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
will be consummated, to assume liability for, and hereby indemnifies, protects, saves and keeps
harmless the Trustee Bank and its officers, directors, successors, assigns, legal representatives,
agents and servants (each an “Indemnified Person”), from and against any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, actions, investigations, proceedings,
costs, expenses or disbursements (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of any kind and
nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted at any time against an
Indemnified Person (whether or not also indemnified against by any other Person) in any way
relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any other related documents or the enforcement of
any of the terms of any thereof, the administration of the Trust Estate or the action or inaction
of the Owner Trustee, or the Trustee Bank under this Agreement, except, in any such case, to the
extent that any such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, actions,
investigations, proceedings, costs, expenses and disbursements are the result of any of the matters
described in the third sentence of Section 6.01; provided, however, that
the Beneficiary shall not be liable for or required to indemnify an Indemnified Person from and
against expenses arising or resulting from (i) the Indemnified Person’s own willful misconduct, bad
faith or gross negligence, or (ii) the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty contained in
Section 6.07 made by the Indemnified Person.

     In case any such action, investigation or proceeding will be brought involving an Indemnified
Person, the Beneficiary will assume the defense thereof, including the employment
of counsel and the payment of all expenses. The Trustee Bank will have the right to employ
separate counsel in any such action, investigation or proceeding and to participate in the defense
thereof and the reasonable counsel fees and expenses of such counsel will be paid by the
Beneficiary. In the event of any claim, action or proceeding for which indemnity will be sought
pursuant to this Section 11.02, the Trustee Bank’s choice of legal counsel shall be subject
to the approval of the Beneficiary, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.

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     Except to the extent specifically provided in Section 703 of the Indenture, the
payment of such indemnified amounts will not be a recourse obligation of the Note Issuance Trust
and will not be payable out of the Trust Estate.

     The indemnification set forth herein will survive the termination of this Agreement and the
resignation or removal of the Trustee Bank.

ARTICLE XII.

MISCELLANEOUS

     Section 12.01 Conveyance by the Owner Trustee is Binding. Any sale or other
conveyance of any part of the Trust Estate by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Note Issuance
Trust made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement will bind the Beneficiary and will be effective
to transfer or convey all beneficial interest of the Owner Trustee and the Beneficiary in and to
such part of the Trust Estate, as the case may be. No purchaser or other grantee will be required
to inquire as to the authorization, necessity, expediency or regularity of such sale or conveyance
or as to the application of any sale or other proceeds with respect thereto by the Owner Trustee or
the officers.

     Section 12.02 Instructions; Notices. All instructions, notices, requests or other
communications (“Deliveries”) desired or required to be given under this Agreement will be
in writing and will be sent by (a) certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, (b) national prepaid overnight delivery service, (c) telecopy or other facsimile
transmission, (d) electronic mail or (e) personal delivery, with receipt acknowledged in writing,
to the following addresses:

	 	(i)	 	if to Discover Bank:
	 
	 	 	 	Discover Bank

12 Read’s Way

New Castle, Delaware 19720

Attention: Secretary

Facsimile: (302) 323-7393

E-mail: discoversecuritzation@discoverfinancial.com
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if to the Owner Trustee:
	 
	 	 	 	Wilmington Trust Company

Rodney Square North

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

Fax: (302) 636-4140

E-mail: jluce@wilmingtontrust.com

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     All Deliveries will be deemed given when actually received or refused by the party to whom the
same is directed (except to the extent sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, in which event such Deliveries will be deemed given three days after
the date of mailing and except to the extent sent by telecopy or other facsimile transmission, in
which event such Deliveries will be deemed given when answer back is received). Either party may
designate a change of address or supplemental address by notice to the other party, given at least
fifteen (15) days (or such shorter period of time as such other party shall agree to) before such
change of address is to become effective.

     Section 12.03 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction will, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction will not invalidate or render
unenforceable any provision hereof in any other jurisdiction.

     Section 12.04 Limitation of Liability.

     (a) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, neither the Beneficiary nor any
officer, director, employee, agent, partner, shareholder, trustee or principal of the Beneficiary,
the Note Issuance Trust or any Person owning, directly or indirectly, any legal or beneficial
interest in the Beneficiary, will have any liability or obligation with respect to the Note
Issuance Trust or the performance of this Agreement or any other agreement, document or instrument
executed by the Note Issuance Trust, and the creditors of the Note Issuance Trust and all other
Persons will look solely to the Trust Estate for the satisfaction of any claims with respect
thereto. The foregoing limitation of liability is subject to Section 12.06 and is in
addition to, and not exclusive of, any limitation of liability applicable to the Persons referred
to above by operation of law. The provisions of this Section 12.04 shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Trustee Bank.

     (b) All agreements entered into by the Note Issuance Trust under which the Note Issuance Trust
would have any material liability will contain an exculpatory provision substantially to the
following effect (provided, however, that the failure of any agreement to contain
such an exculpatory provision shall not be deemed nor construed as evidence that a contrary result
is intended):

Neither any trustee nor any beneficiary of Discover Card Execution Note Trust nor
any of their respective officers, directors, employers or agents will have any
liability with respect to this agreement, and recourse may be had solely to the
assets of Discover Card Execution Note Trust with respect thereto.

     Section 12.05 Separate Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered will be an original,
but all such counterparts will together constitute but one and the same instrument.

     Section 12.06 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements contained herein
will be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the Owner Trustee and its successors and assigns
and the Beneficiary and its successors and permitted assigns, all as herein provided. Any

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request,
notice, direction, consent, waiver or other instrument or action by the Beneficiary will bind the
successors and assigns of the Beneficiary.

     Section 12.07 Headings. The headings of the various Sections herein are for
convenience of reference only and will not limit any of the terms or provisions herein.

     Section 12.08 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES OF
SUCH STATE.

     Section 12.09 Nonpetition Covenants. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, notwithstanding any prior termination of the Note Issuance Trust or this Agreement, the Owner
Trustee and the Beneficiary, by its acceptance of the Beneficial Interest, shall not at any time
with respect to the Note Issuance Trust or any applicable Master Trust acquiesce, petition or
otherwise invoke or cause the Note Issuance Trust or any applicable Master Trust to invoke the
process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case
against the Note Issuance Trust or any applicable Master Trust under any Federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, conservator, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Note Issuance Trust or any
applicable Master Trust or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of the affairs of the Note Issuance Trust or any applicable Master Trust;
provided, that this Section 12.09 shall not operate to preclude any remedy
described in Article VII of the Indenture. The provisions of this Section 12.09
shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Trustee Bank.

     Section 12.10 No Recourse. The holder of the Trust Certificate by
accepting the Trust Certificate acknowledges that
the Trust Certificate does not represent an interest in or obligation of the Beneficiary, the Owner
Trustee (in its individual capacity), the Indenture Trustee or any Affiliate thereof, and no
recourse may be had against such parties or their assets, or against the assets pledged under the
Indenture. The provisions of this Section 12.10 shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Trustee Bank.

     Section 12.11 Acceptance of Terms of Agreement. THE RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE
TRUST CERTIFICATE BY THE BENEFICIARY, WITHOUT ANY SIGNATURE OR FURTHER MANIFESTATION OF ASSENT,
SHALL CONSTITUTE THE UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE BY THE BENEFICIARY OF ALL THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF
THIS AGREEMENT, AND SHALL CONSTITUTE THE AGREEMENT OF THE TRUST THAT THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE BINDING, OPERATIVE AND EFFECTIVE AS BETWEEN THE TRUST AND THE BENEFICIARY.

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ARTICLE XIII.

COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION AB

     Section 13.01 Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness. Discover Bank as the Beneficiary
and the Trustee Bank acknowledge and agree that the purpose of this Article XIII is to
facilitate compliance by Discover Bank with the provisions of Regulation AB and related rules and
regulations of the Commission. Discover Bank shall not exercise its right to request delivery of
information or other performance under these provisions other than in good faith, or for purposes
other than Discover Bank’s compliance with the Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (or the provision in a private offering of
disclosure comparable to that required under the Securities Act). The Trustee Bank agrees to
cooperate in good faith with any reasonable request by Discover Bank for information regarding the
Trustee Bank which is required in order to enable Discover Bank to comply with the provisions of
Regulation AB as it relates to the
Trustee Bank or to the Trustee Bank’s obligations under this Agreement. Terms used in this
Article XIII that are defined in Regulation AB but are not defined in Section 1.01 of this
Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Regulation AB.

     Section 13.02 Additional Representations and Warranties of the Trustee Bank. The
Trustee Bank shall be deemed to represent to Discover Bank, as of the date on which information is
provided under Section 1503 of the Indenture that, except as disclosed in writing to Discover Bank
prior to such date to the best of its knowledge: (i) neither the execution, delivery and
performance by the Trustee Bank of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents, the
performance by the Trustee Bank of its obligations under this Agreement or any of the Transaction
Documents nor the consummation of any of the transactions by the Trustee Bank contemplated thereby,
is in violation of any indenture, mortgage, bank credit agreement, note or bond purchase agreement,
long-term lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which the Trustee Bank is a party or
by which it is bound, which violation would have a material adverse effect on the Trustee Bank’s
ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents, or of
any judgment or order applicable to the Trustee Bank; and (ii) there are no proceedings pending or
threatened against the Trustee Bank in any court or before any governmental authority, agency or
arbitration board or tribunal which, individually or in the aggregate, would have a material
adverse effect on the right, power and authority of the Trustee Bank to enter into this Agreement
or any of the Transaction Documents or to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any of
the Transaction Documents.

     Section 13.03 Information to Be Provided by the Owner Trustee.

     (a) The Trustee Bank shall (i) on or before the fifth Business Day of each month, provide to
Discover Bank, in writing, such information regarding the Trustee Bank as is requested for the
purpose of compliance with Item 1117 of Regulation AB, including but not limited to a letter
addressed to Discover Bank in substantially the form (with appropriate insertions) of Exhibit C
hereto, and (ii) as promptly as practicable following notice to or discovery by the Trustee Bank of
any changes to such information, provide to Discover Bank, in writing, such updated information.

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     (b) The Trustee Bank shall (i) in connection with any Securitization Transaction which
requires a prospectus, prospectus supplement, offering memorandum or related documents, provide to
Discover Bank such information regarding the Trustee Bank as is requested and within the timeframe
as is reasonably requested for purposes of compliance with Items 1109(a), 1109(b), 1117 and 1119 of
Regulation AB, and (ii) as promptly as practicable following notice to or discovery by the Trustee
Bank of any material changes to such previously provided information or to the business operations
of the Trustee Bank, provide to Discover Bank, in writing (with a copy to Moody’s in the case of
clause (C) below), such updated information, and such other information as may be reasonably
requested for purposes of satisfying Exchange Act reporting obligations of the Note Issuance Trust.
Such information shall include, at a minimum:

          (A) the Trustee Bank’s name and form of organization;

          (B) a description of the extent to which the Trustee Bank has had prior experience serving as
a trustee for asset-backed securities transactions involving credit card receivables;

          (C) a description of any affiliation between the Trustee Bank and any of the following parties
to a Securitization Transaction, as such parties are identified by name to the Trustee Bank by
Discover Bank in writing at least three Business Days in advance of such Securitization
Transaction:

	 	(1)	 	the sponsor;
	 
	 	(2)	 	any depositor;
	 
	 	(3)	 	the issuing entity;
	 
	 	(4)	 	any servicer;
	 
	 	(5)	 	any trustee;
	 
	 	(6)	 	any originator;
	 
	 	(7)	 	any significant obligor;
	 
	 	(8)	 	any enhancement or support provider; and
	 
	 	(9)	 	any other material transaction party.

In connection with the above-listed parties, a description of whether there is, and if so the
general character of, any business relationship, agreement, arrangement, transaction or
understanding between the Trustee Bank and any of the above specified parties that is entered into
outside the ordinary course of business or is on terms other than would be obtained in an arm’s
length transaction with an unrelated third party, apart from such Securitization Transaction, the
Agreement and any of the Transaction Documents that currently exists or that existed during the
past two years, and that is material to an investor’s understanding of the asset-backed securities.

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     With respect to the information required to be provided under this Section 13.03, the
Trustee Bank shall not be required to provide such information in the event that there has been no
change to the information previously provided by the Trustee Bank to Discover Bank but shall at
Discover Bank’s request confirm that there has been no change. In connection with each Report on
Form 10-K with respect to the Notes and each Report on Form 10-D with respect to the Notes filed by
or on behalf of Discover Bank, the Trustee Bank shall be deemed to represent and warrant, as of
February 13th of each year for the Report on Form 10-K and as of the related Payment
Date for each Report on Form 10-D, that any information previously provided by the Trustee Bank
under this Article XIII is materially correct and does not have any material omissions unless the
Trustee Bank has provided an update to such information.

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	DISCOVER BANK	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Michael F. Rickert
 

Name: Michael F. Rickert

Title: Vice President, Chief Financial 

Officer and Treasurer
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Jeanne M. Oller
 

Name: Jeanne M. Oller

Title: Senior Financial Services Officer
	 	 

[Signature Page to the Trust Agreement for Discover Card Execution Note Trust]

 

 

EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF] TRUST CERTIFICATE

THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, EXCHANGED OR OTHERWISE PLEDGED OR CONVEYED
EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW. IN ADDITION, THE
BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE TRUST REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OFFERED OR SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF BY
THE HOLDER HEREOF UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

DISCOVER CARD EXECUTION NOTE TRUST

TRUST CERTIFICATE

(This Certificate does not represent an interest in or obligation of Discover Bank or any of its
affiliates, except to the extent described below.)

     THIS CERTIFIES THAT Discover Bank is the registered beneficial owner of one hundred percent
(100%) of the beneficial interest in Discover Card Execution Note Trust (the “Note Issuance
Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust created by Discover Bank, a Delaware banking corporation
(“Discover Bank”).

     The Note Issuance Trust was created and exists pursuant to (i) the filing of the Certificate
of Trust with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and (ii) the Trust Agreement for the
Discover Card Execution Note Trust, dated as of July 2, 2007 (the “Trust Agreement”),
between Discover Bank, as Beneficiary, and Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee (the
“Owner Trustee”). To the extent not otherwise defined herein, the capitalized terms used
herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Trust Agreement as specified in Section
1.01.

     This Certificate is the duly authorized Certificate evidencing a beneficial interest in the
Note Issuance Trust (herein called the “Certificate”). This Certificate is issued under
and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Trust Agreement, to which Trust
Agreement the Beneficiary by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Beneficiary
is bound.

     Notwithstanding any prior termination of the Trust Agreement, the Beneficiary, by its
acceptance of this Certificate, covenants and agrees that, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, it shall not at any time with respect to the Note Issuance Trust or any applicable
Master Trust, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Note Issuance Trust or any
applicable Master Trust to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose
of commencing or sustaining a case against the Note Issuance Trust or any applicable Master Trust
under any Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver,
conservator, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar

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official of the Note Issuance Trust or any applicable Master Trust or any substantial part of
its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Note Issuance Trust
or any applicable Master Trust.

     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed by an authorized
officer of the Owner Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not entitle the Holder
hereof to any benefit under the Trust Agreement or any Transaction Document or be valid for any
purpose.

     THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE TRUST AGREEMENT WILL IN ALL RESPECTS BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICT-OF-LAW
PROVISIONS AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS, AND REMEDIES OF THE BENEFICIARY SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Note Issuance Trust and not in its
individual capacity pursuant to the Trust Agreement, has caused this Certificate to be issued by
the Note Issuance Trust as of the date hereof.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	DISCOVER CARD EXECUTION NOTE TRUST	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	Wilmington Trust Company, not in its	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	individual capacity but solely as Owner	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

Date: ____ __, 200_

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is the Certificate referred to in the within-mentioned Trust Agreement.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Wilmington Trust Company, not in its	 	or	 	Wilmington Trust Company, not in its	 	 
	individual capacity but solely as Owner	 	 	 	individual capacity but solely as Owner	 	 
	Trustee	 	 	 	Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

Authenticating Agent
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Authorized Signatory
	 	 
	 	 	 	 

Authorized Signatory
	 	 

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ANNEX I to EXHIBIT A

Registered Owner and address:

Discover Bank

12 Read’s Way

New Castle, Delaware 19720

Tax Identification Number: 51-0020270

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EXHIBIT B

CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF

DISCOVER CARD EXECUTION NOTE TRUST

     THIS Certificate of Trust of Discover Card Execution Note Trust (the “Note Issuance
Trust”) has been duly executed and is being filed by Wilmington Trust Company, as owner
trustee, to create a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12 Del. C., §
3801 et seq.).

     1. Name. The name of the statutory trust created hereby is Discover Card Execution Note
Trust.

     2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the owner trustee of the Note Issuance
Trust in the State of Delaware are Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market
Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attn: Corporate Trust Administration.

     3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective on July 2, 2007.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, has executed this Certificate of Trust in accordance with
Section 3811(a) of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual	 	 
	 	 	capacity but solely as Owner Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF TRUSTEE BANK’S LITIGATION CERTIFICATE

DISCOVER CARD EXECUTION NOTE TRUST

     The undersigned, a [                    ] of Wilmington Trust
Company (the “Trustee Bank”), a banking corporation organized under the laws of the
Delaware, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY as follows:

     To my knowledge, during the calendar month preceding the calendar month of the date hereof[,
except as set forth on Exhibit A hereto,] no legal proceeding (including proceedings of
governmental authorities) against the Trustee Bank or against the property of the Trustee Bank that
is material to security holders of any series of Notes issued by Discover Card Execution Note
Trust, was initiated, terminated or experienced any developments that are material to such security
holders.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Certificate to be duly executed this [___]
day of [                    ], [___].

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

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