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First Amendment to the Third Amended

 Exhibit 4.1 
 CHASE BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
 Transferor, Servicer and Administrator 
 CHASE ISSUANCE TRUST, 
 Issuing Entity

 and 
 WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
 Indenture Trustee and Collateral Agent 
 FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE 
 THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED 
 TRANSFER AND SERVICING AGREEMENT 
 Dated as of May 8, 2009 

 This FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED TRANSFER AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (this
“First Amendment”) among CHASE BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Bank” or “Chase USA”), a national banking association, as Transferor, Servicer and Administrator, CHASE ISSUANCE TRUST, a
statutory business trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware, as Issuing Entity and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as Indenture Trustee and Collateral Agent, is made and entered into as of
May 8, 2009. 
 RECITALS 
 WHEREAS, the predecessor to Chase USA, the Issuing Entity and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) and collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”) have
heretofore executed and delivered a Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2002 (as amended and supplemented or otherwise modified through the date hereof, including by the Assumption Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2004,
by Chase USA, as successor Transferor, Servicer and Administrator, in favor of and for the benefit of the Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee and the Collateral Agent, the “Original Transfer and Servicing Agreement”); 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto have heretofore executed and delivered an Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
October 15, 2004, as amended by the First Amendment thereto, dated as of May 10, 2005, and a Second Amendment thereto, dated as of February 1, 2006 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Amended and Restated
Transfer and Servicing Agreement”); 
 WHEREAS, the parties hereto have heretofore executed and delivered a Second Amended and
Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2006 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Second Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement”); 
 WHEREAS, the parties hereto have heretofore executed and delivered a Third Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
December 19, 2007 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Third Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement”); 
 WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Third Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement as set forth below; 
 WHEREAS, subsection 12.01(a) of the Third Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement provides that the Servicer, the Transferor, the Administrator and the Issuing Entity may amend the Third Amended and
Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement by a written instrument signed by each of them, without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Collateral 

 
Agent or any of the Noteholders; provided that (i) each Transferor shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate, dated the date of any such amendment, stating that such Transferor reasonably believes that such amendment will not have an Adverse Effect and (ii) the Note Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied; 
 WHEREAS, the Indenture Trustee and Owner Trustee have received from each Transferor an Officer’s Certificate, dated the date hereof, stating that
such Transferor reasonably believes that such amendment will not have an Adverse Effect and that the Note Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied; and 
 WHEREAS, all conditions precedent to the execution of this First Amendment have been complied with; 
 NOW,
THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby are executing and delivering this First Amendment in order to amend the Third Amended and Restated Transfer Agreement in the manner set forth below. 

 Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Third
Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement. 
 1. Amendment to Section 1.01. Section 1.01 of the Third Amended
and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement shall be amended by deleting the definition therein of “Discount Receivables Collections” and replacing it with the following: 
 “Discount Receivables Collections” means, with respect to any Asset Pool, on any Date of Processing on and after the initial Discount
Option Date, the product of (a) a fraction the numerator of which is the amount of Discount Receivables and the denominator of which is the Gross Principal Receivables in each case (for both numerator and denominator) as of the close of
business on the last day of the prior Monthly Period and (b) Collections of Gross Principal Receivables received on such Date of Processing. 
 2. No Waiver. The execution and delivery of this First Amendment shall not constitute a waiver of a past default under the Third Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement or impair any right consequent thereon.

 3. Third Amended and Restated Transfer Agreement in Full Force and Effect as Amended. Except as specifically amended or waived
hereby, all of the terms and conditions of the Third Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. All references to the Third Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement in any other document
or instrument shall be deemed to mean the Third Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement as amended by this First Amendment. This First Amendment shall not constitute a novation of the Third Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing
Agreement, but shall constitute an amendment thereof. The parties hereto agree to be bound by the terms and obligations of the Third Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement to which they are parties thereto, as amended by this First
Amendment, as though the terms and obligations of the Third Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement were set forth herein. 
 4. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. 
 5. Separability. In case any provision in this First Amendment shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected or impaired thereby. 

 6. Counterparts. This First Amendment may be executed simultaneously in any number of
counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument. 
 7. GOVERNING LAW. THIS FIRST AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK . 
 8. Effective Date. This First Amendment shall become effective as of the day and year first above written. 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferor, the Servicer, the Administrator, the Issuing Entity, the Indenture
Trustee and the Collateral Agent have caused this First Amendment to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	CHASE BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Transferor, Servicer and Administrator
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Keith W. Schuck

	Name:	 	Keith W. Schuck
	Title:	 	President
	
	CHASE ISSUANCE TRUST, as Issuing Entity
		
	By:	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Steven M. Barone

	Name:	 	Steven M. Barone
	Title:	 	Financial Services Officer
	
	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee and Collateral Agent
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Cheryl Zimmerman

	Name:	 	Cheryl Zimmerman
	Title:	 	Vice President

 Acknowledged and Accepted: 
  

			
	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Steven M. Barone

	Name:	 	Steven M. Barone
	Title:	 	Financial Services Officer

 First Amendment to TSASecond Amended and Restated Non-Employee Director Remuneration Plan

 EXHIBIT 10.1 
 METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 
 SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED 
 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR REMUNERATION PLAN 
 Effective as of January 1, 2008 
 In consideration of the services provided by certain non-employee members of
the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of MetroPCS Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) the Company establishes this Non-Employee Director Remuneration Plan (“Plan”). Each
member of the Board is a “Director.” 
 ARTICLE I 
 ELIGIBILITY 
 Each Non-Employee Director will be eligible to receive the
remuneration for Board services provided for in this Plan. “Non-Employee Director” means a Director who (a) is not a current officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (b) does not have a spouse, minor
child or children, or other adult living in their household who receive compensation from the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and (c) has not entered into an arrangement with the Company or any of its subsidiaries to receive compensation
from any such entity (through a consulting, equipment purchase, manufacturing services or other arrangement) other than through this Plan. 
 ARTICLE II 
 DIRECTOR MEETING FEES 
  

			
	Section 2.1	  	Board Meeting Fees.
		
	(a)	  	 Each Non-Employee Director will receive (collectively, the “Board Meeting Fees”):
  
 (i)     $2,000 for each Board
meeting that such Non-Employee Director attends in person; and
  
 (ii)   $1,000 for each Board meeting that such Non-Employee Director attends by telephone.

		
	(b)	  	Board Meeting Fees will be paid in cash and will be paid once every fiscal quarter in arrears.

  

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	(c)	  	Board Meeting Fees will only be paid with respect to any given Board meeting if (x) a quorum was in attendance at such meeting and (y) minutes are recorded at such
meeting.
		
	(d)	  	For purposes of this Plan, any series of Board meetings taking place on the same day and lasting in the aggregate less than four (4) hours will be deemed one and the same Board meeting
for purposes of Board Meeting Fee payment.
		
	Section 2.2	  	Standing Committee Meeting Fees.
		
	(a)	  	Each Non-Employee Director that is a member of the Audit Committee, Finance and Planning Committee, Compensation Committee and/or Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board
(collectively, the “Standing Committees” and each individually a “Standing Committee”) will receive with respect to any Standing Committee of which such Non-Employee Director is a duly elected member (collectively,
the “Standing Committee Fees”):
		
		  	 (i)     $2,000 for each such Committee meeting that such Non-Employee Director attends in person;
and

		
		  	 (ii)   $1,000 for each such Committee meeting that such Non-Employee Director attends by telephone.

		
	(b)	  	The fees described in Section 2.2(a) will be paid in cash and will be paid once every fiscal quarter in arrears.
		
	(c)	  	Standing Committee Fees will only paid with respect to any given Standing Committee meeting if (x) a quorum is in attendance at such meeting and (y) minutes are recorded at such
meeting.
		
	(d)	  	For purposes of this Plan, any series of Standing Committee meetings for the same Standing Committee taking place on the same day and lasting in the aggregate less than four (4) hours
will be deemed one and the same Standing Committee meeting for purposes of payment of Standing Committee Fees.
		
	Section 2.3	  	Bidding Committee Fees.
		
	(a)	  	Non-Employee Directors who are members of a Bidding Committee will receive a flat $10,000 fee to be paid at the end of the fiscal quarter in which the auction for which the Bidding Committee
was formed ends.
		
	(b)	  	The provisions of subsection (a) above represent the sole compensation provided for participation on a Bidding Committee and no Non-Employee Director will receive any other payments or
other compensation under any other provision of this Plan in connection with such participation.

  

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	Section 2.4	  	Ad Hoc Committee Fees

 If the Board establishes by resolution an ad hoc committee (an “Ad Hoc
Committee”), the Board will by resolution also establish the fees to be paid to the Non-Employee Directors named to such Ad Hoc Committee for attendance at meetings of such Ad Hoc Committee. 
 ARTICLE III 
 ANNUAL
RETAINER 
  

			
	Section 3.1	  	Annual Retainer.
		
	(a)	  	Each Non-Employee Director will receive an annual retainer (“Annual Retainer”). The amount of the Annual Retainer payable to a given Non-Employee Director will be equal to
the following, as modified by the remainder of this Article III:
		
		  	 (i)     $40,000; plus

		
		  	 (ii)     either:

		
		  	 (a)    $10,000, if, during the year to which such Annual Retainer relates, such Director serves as the Chairman of the
Finance and Planning Committee, Compensation Committee and/or Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee; or

		
		  	 (b)    $30,000, if, during the year to which such Annual Retainer relates, such Director serves as the Chairman of the
Audit Committee.

		
	(b)	  	The Annual Retainer paid to each Non-Employee Director will be paid in cash.
		
	Section 3.2	  	Time of Payment; Proration; Suspension of Payment
		
	(a)	  	If a Non-Employee Director is a Director at the beginning of a calendar year relating to an Annual Retainer, then said Non-Employee Director’s Annual Retainer for such calendar year will
be paid in full on or before January 31 of such calendar year.
		
	(b)	  	If a Non-Employee Director is not a Director at the beginning of a calendar year relating to an Annual Retainer, but becomes a Director during the course of that calendar year, said
Non-Employee Director’s Annual Retainer will be paid in full on or before the end of the fiscal quarter in which such Director became a Director.
		
	(c)	  	Annual Retainers paid in accordance with subsection (b) above will be reduced by the following percentages:
		
		  	 (i)     0% if said Non-Employee Director’s becomes a Director on or before
March 31;

  

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		  	 (ii)   25% if said Non-Employee Director’s becomes a Director on or before June 30 but after
March 31;

		
		  	 (iii)  50% if said Non-Employee Director’s becomes a Director on or before September 30 but after June 30; and

		
		  	 (iv)  75% if said Non-Employee Director’s becomes a Director on or after October 1.

		
	(d)	  	If a Non-Employee Director is a Director during a calendar year relating to an Annual Retainer, but subsequently ceases to be a Director during the course of that calendar year, and
subsequently becomes a Director again during the course of that calendar year, then:
		
		  	 (i)     said Non-Employee Director’s Annual Retainer for said calendar year
will be paid in full pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) and (b) above; and
  
 (ii)    said Non-Employee Director’s Annual Retainer for the following calendar year will be reduced by
25% for each full fiscal quarter the Director was absent from the Board during the preceding calendar year, provided that no such reduction will be imposed for periods of absence previously triggering reductions under subsection
(c) above.

		
	(e)	  	If a Non-Employee Director is not a chairman of a Standing Committee at the beginning of a calendar year relating to an Annual Retainer, but becomes such a chairman during the course of that
calendar year, then the portion of such Non-Employee Directors’ Annual Retainer attributable to his or her service as chairman of such Standing Committee will be paid in accordance with subsection (b) and reduced in accordance with
subsection (c). If such Non-Employee Director is a chairman of such a Standing Committee during a calendar year relating to an Annual Retainer, but subsequently ceases to be such a chairman during the course of that calendar year, and subsequently
becomes a chairman again during the course of that calendar year, then the portion of such Non-Employee Directors’ Annual Retainer attributable to his or her service as chairman of such Standing Committee will be paid in accordance with
subsection (d).

 ARTICLE IV 
 INITIAL/ANNUAL STOCK OPTION GRANTS 
  

			
	Section 4.1	  	Grant of Options.

 Each Non-Employee Director will receive, in addition to all other compensation provided for in
this Plan, grants of options to purchase shares (“Options”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), as follows (any and all such grants of Options to be made pursuant to and
in accordance with the terms and provisions set forth in this Plan, the Amended and Restated MetroPCS Communications, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan, as may be further amended or restated from time to time (the “2004
Plan”) and a Stock Option Grant Agreement entered into with respect to such grant): 
  

			
	(a)	  	an initial grant of Options (the “Initial Option Grant”) to purchase 33,600 shares of Common Stock upon the Director first becoming a member of the Board, with an exercise
price equal to the Common Stock’s closing price on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on the grant date; and

  

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	(b)	  	an annual grant of Options (each an “Annual Option Grant”) to purchase 16,800 shares of Common Stock, with an exercise price equal to the Common Stock’s closing price on
the NYSE on the grant date.
		
	Section 4.2	  	Timing of Grant.
		
	(a)	  	Initial Grants
		
		  	 (i)     Initial Option Grants will be granted to a Non-Employee Director at the first scheduled Board meeting
following the end of the fiscal quarter in which such Director becomes a Director.

		
	(b)	  	Annual Grants
		
		  	 (i)     Annual Option Grants will be made at the same time the Company makes
annual stock option grants to its employees and officers.
  
 (ii)   A Non-Employee Director who becomes a director after January 1 of a given calendar year will receive an Annual Option Grant for such calendar year at the first scheduled Board meeting
following the end of the fiscal quarter in which such Director becomes a Director.

		
	(c)	  	Under no circumstances will the Company make any Option grant during a “Blackout Period” as defined in the Company’s Insider Trading Policy, as amended from time to time; any
Option grant that would otherwise be scheduled during such a black-out period will be made as soon as practicable after the expiration of the Blackout Period.
		
	Section 4.3	  	Vesting and Term.
		
	(a)	  	Options grants made under this Plan will commence vesting (i) on the grant date and will vest ratably on a monthly basis over a three (3) year period beginning on the Option grant
date such that one thirty-sixth (1/36) of the Options will vest on each one month anniversary of such grant date.
		
	(b)	  	Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, no Options will vest or become exercisable after a Director’s cessation of service with the Company.
		
	(c)	  	All Options granted under this Plan will have an Option Expiration Date (as defined in the 2004 Plan) of ten years from the grant date.

  

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 ARTICLE V 
 TERMINATION OF PRIOR DIRECTOR REMUNERATION PROGRAMS AND PLANS 
 This Plan supersedes and
replaces all prior plans, agreements or other documents or programs (written or oral) with respect to the remuneration of Non-Employee Directors and is effective as of the date first written above. 
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