Document:

Class C(2005-3) Terms Document

 Exhibit 4.1 
  
 EXECUTION COPY 
  
 MBNA CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE TRUST 
  
 as Issuer 
  
 CLASS C(2005-3) TERMS DOCUMENT 
  
 dated as of October 20, 2005 
  
 to 
  
 MBNASERIES INDENTURE SUPPLEMENT 
  
 dated as of May 24, 2001 
  
 to 
  
 INDENTURE 
  
 dated as of May 24, 2001 
  
 THE BANK OF NEW YORK 
  
 as Indenture Trustee 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

					
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	ARTICLE I
	
	Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
			
	Section 1.01.	  	Definitions	  	1
			
	Section 1.02.	  	Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Agent for Service of Process	  	5
			
	Section 1.03.	  	Counterparts	  	6
			
	Section 1.04.	  	Ratification of Indenture and Indenture Supplement	  	6
	
	ARTICLE II
	The Class C(2005-3) Notes
			
	Section 2.01.	  	Creation and Designation	  	7
			
	Section 2.02.	  	Interest Payment	  	7
			
	Section 2.03.	  	Calculation Agent; Determination of LIBOR	  	7
			
	Section 2.04.	  	Payments of Interest and Principal	  	8
			
	Section 2.05.	  	Targeted Deposit to the Class C Reserve Account	  	8
			
	Section 2.06.	  	Form of Delivery of Class C(2005-3) Notes; Depository; Denominations	  	9
			
	Section 2.07.	  	Delivery and Payment for the Class C(2005-3) Notes	  	9
			
	Section 2.08.	  	Targeted Deposits to the Accumulation Reserve Account	  	9
	
	ARTICLE III
	Representations and Warranties
			
	Section 3.01.	  	Issuer’s Representations and Warranties	  	10

  

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 THIS CLASS C(2005-3) TERMS DOCUMENT (this “Terms Document”), by and between MBNA CREDIT
CARD MASTER NOTE TRUST, a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Issuer”), having its principal office at Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, and THE BANK OF NEW
YORK, a New York banking corporation ( the “Indenture Trustee”), is made and entered into as of October 20, 2005. 
  
 Pursuant to this Terms Document, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall create a new tranche of Class C Notes and shall specify the principal terms
thereof. 
  
 ARTICLE I 
  
 Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application 
  
 Section 1.01. Definitions. For all purposes of this Terms
Document, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: 
  
 (1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;

  
 (2) all other terms used herein which are
defined in the Indenture Supplement or the Indenture, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein; 
  
 (3) 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; 
  
 (4) all references in this Terms Document to designated “Articles,” “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Articles, Sections and other subdivisions of this Terms Document as
originally executed; 
  
 (5) the words
“herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Terms Document as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; 
  
 (6) 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 Supplement or the Indenture, the terms and provisions of this Terms Document shall be controlling; 
  
 (7) each capitalized term defined herein shall relate only
to the Class C(2005-3) Notes and no other tranche of Notes issued by the Issuer; and 

 (8) “including” and words of similar import will be deemed to be followed by
“without limitation.” 
  
 “Accumulation Reserve
Funding Period” shall mean, (a) if the Accumulation Period Length is determined to be one (1) month, there shall be no Accumulation Reserve Funding Period and (b) otherwise, the period (x) commencing on the earliest to
occur of (i) the Monthly Period beginning three (3) calendar months prior to the first Transfer Date for which a budgeted deposit is targeted to be made into the Principal Funding sub-Account of the Class C(2005-3) Notes pursuant to
Section 3.10(b) of the Indenture Supplement, (ii) the Monthly Period following the first Transfer Date following and including the September 2006 Transfer Date for which the Quarterly Excess Available Funds Percentage is less than
2%, but in such event the Accumulation Reserve Funding Period shall not be required to commence earlier than 24 months prior to the Expected Principal Payment Date, (iii) the Monthly Period following the first Transfer Date following and
including the March 2007 Transfer Date for which the Quarterly Excess Available Funds Percentage is less than 3%, but in such event the Accumulation Reserve Funding Period shall not be required to commence earlier than 18 months prior to the
Expected Principal Payment Date, and (iv) the Monthly Period following the first Transfer Date following and including the May 2007 Transfer Date for which the Quarterly Excess Available Funds Percentage is less than 4%, but in such event the
Accumulation Reserve Funding Period shall not be required to commence earlier than 16 months prior to the Expected Principal Payment Date and (y) ending on the close of business on the last day of the Monthly Period preceding the earlier to
occur of (i) the Expected Principal Payment Date for the Class C(2005-3) Notes and (ii) the date on which the Class C(2005-3) Notes are paid in full. 
  

“Base Rate” means, with respect to any Monthly Period, the sum of (i) the Weighted Average Interest Rates for the Outstanding
MBNAseries Notes, (ii) the Net Servicing Fee Rate (as such term is defined in the Series 2001-D Supplement) and (iii) so long as MBNA or The Bank of New York is the Servicer, the Servicer Interchange Rate, in each case, for such Monthly
Period. 
  
 “Calculation Agent” is defined in
Section 2.03(a). 
  
 “Class C Reserve Account
Percentage” means, (i) zero, if the Quarterly Excess Available Funds Percentage on such Transfer Date is greater than or equal to 4.50%, (ii) 1.25%, if the Quarterly Excess Available Funds Percentage on such Transfer Date is less
than 4.50% and greater than or equal to 4.00%, (iii) 2.00%, if the Quarterly Excess Available Funds Percentage on such Transfer Date is less than 4.00% and greater than or equal to 3.50%, (iv) 2.75%, if the Quarterly Excess Available Funds
Percentage is less than 3.50% and greater than or equal to 3.00%, (v) 3.50%, if the Quarterly Excess Available Funds Percentage on such Transfer Date is less than 3.00% and greater than or equal to 2.50%, (vi) 4.50%, if the Quarterly
Excess Available Funds Percentage is less than 2.50% and greater than or equal to 2.00%, and (vii) 6.00%, if the Quarterly Excess Available Funds Percentage on such Transfer Date is less than 2.00%. 
  
 “Class C(2005-3) Note” means any Note, substantially in the
form set forth in Exhibit A-3 to the Indenture Supplement, designated therein as a Class C(2005-3) Note and duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the Indenture. 
  

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 “Class C(2005-3) Noteholder” means a Person in whose name a Class C(2005-3) Note is
registered in the Note Register. 
  
 “Class C(2005-3)
Termination Date” means the earliest to occur of (a) the Principal Payment Date on which the Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the Class C(2005-3) Notes is paid in full, (b) the Legal Maturity Date and (c) the date on
which the Indenture is discharged and satisfied pursuant to Article VI thereof. 
  
 “Controlled Accumulation Amount” means $25,000,000.00; provided, however, if the Accumulation Period Length is determined to be less than twelve (12) months pursuant to
Section 3.10(b)(ii) of the Indenture Supplement, the Controlled Accumulation Amount shall be the amount specified in the definition of “Controlled Accumulation Amount” in the Indenture Supplement. 
  
 “Excess Available Funds Percentage” means, with respect to
any Transfer Date, the amount, if any, by which the Portfolio Yield for the preceding Monthly Period exceeds the Base Rate for such Monthly Period. 
  
 “Expected Principal Payment Date” means October 15, 2008. 
  
 “Initial Dollar Principal Amount” means $300,000,000. 
  
 “Interest Payment Date” means the fifteenth day of each
month commencing December 15, 2005, or if such fifteenth day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day. 
  
 “Interest Period” means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date, the period from and including the previous Interest Payment Date (or
in the case of the initial Interest Payment Date, from and including the Issuance Date) through the day preceding such Interest Payment Date. 
  
 “Issuance Date” means October 20, 2005. 
  
 “Legal Maturity Date” means March 15, 2011. 
  

“LIBOR” means, for any Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate for one-month United States dollar deposits determined by
the Calculation Agent on the LIBOR Determination Date for each Interest Period in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.03. 
  
 “LIBOR Determination Date” means (i) October 18, 2005 for the period from and including the Issuance Date to but excluding
November 15, 2005, (ii) November 10, 2005 for the period from and including November 15, 2005 to but excluding December 15, 2005 and (iii) for each Interest Period thereafter, the second London Business Day prior to the
Interest Payment Date on which such Interest Period commences. 
  

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 “London Business Day” means any Business Day on which dealings in deposits in United
States Dollars are transacted in the London interbank market. 
  
 “MBNAseries Servicer Interchange” means, with respect to any Monthly Period, an amount equal to the product of (a) the Servicer Interchange (as such term is defined in the Series 2001-D Supplement) with respect to such
Monthly Period and (b) a fraction the numerator of which is the Weighted Average Available Funds Allocation Amount for the MBNAseries for such Monthly Period and the denominator of which is the Weighted Average Available Funds Allocation Amount
for all series of Notes for such Monthly Period. 
  
 “Note
Interest Rate” means a per annum rate equal to 0.27% in excess of LIBOR as determined by the Calculation Agent on the related LIBOR Determination Date with respect to each Interest Period. 
  
 “Paying Agent” means The Bank of New York. 
  
 “Portfolio Yield” means, with respect to any Monthly Period,
the annualized percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is (a) the amount of Available Funds allocated to the MBNAseries pursuant to Section 501 of the Indenture, plus (b) any Interest Funding
sub-Account Earnings on the related Transfer Date, plus (c) any amounts to be treated as MBNAseries Available Funds pursuant to Sections 3.20(d) and 3.27(a) of the Indenture Supplement, plus (d) the MBNAseries
Servicer Interchange for such Monthly Period, minus (e) the excess, if any, of the sum of the PFA Prefunding Earnings Shortfall plus the PFA Accumulation Earnings Shortfall over the sum of the aggregate amount to be treated as
MBNAseries Available Funds for such Monthly Period pursuant to Sections 3.04(a)(ii) and 3.25(a) of the Indenture Supplement plus any other amounts applied to cover earnings shortfalls on amounts in the Principal Funding
sub-Account for any tranche of MBNAseries Notes for such Monthly Period, minus (f) the MBNAseries Investor Default Amount for such Monthly Period, and the denominator of which is the Weighted Average Available Funds Allocation Amount for
the MBNAseries for such Monthly Period. 
  
 “Predecessor
Note” means, with respect to any particular Note, every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purpose of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered
under Section 306 of the Indenture in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note. 
  
 “Quarterly Excess Available Funds Percentage” means, with
respect to the December 2005 Transfer Date and each Transfer Date thereafter, the percentage equivalent of a fraction the numerator of which is the sum of the Excess Available Funds Percentages with respect to the immediately preceding three Monthly
Periods and the denominator of which is three. 
  
 “Record
Date” means, for any Transfer Date, the last Business Day of the preceding Monthly Period. 
  

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 “Reference Banks” means four major banks in the London interbank market selected by the
Beneficiary. 
  
 “Required Accumulation Reserve
sub-Account Amount” means, with respect to any Monthly Period during the Accumulation Reserve Funding Period, an amount equal to (i) 0.5% of the Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the Class C(2005-3) Notes as of the close of
business on the last day of the preceding Monthly Period or (ii) any other amount designated by the Issuer; provided, however, that if such designation is of a lesser amount, the Note Rating Agencies shall have provided prior
written confirmation that a Ratings Effect will not occur with respect to such change. 
  
 “Servicer Interchange Rate” means, for any Monthly Period, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the MBNAseries Servicer Interchange for such Monthly Period, and the
denominator of which is the Weighted Average Available Funds Allocation Amount for the MBNAseries for such Monthly Period. 
  
 “Stated Principal Amount” means $300,000,000. 
  
 “Telerate Page 3750” means the display page currently so designated on the Moneyline Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace
that page on that service for the purpose of displaying comparable rates or prices). 
  
 “Weighted Average Interest Rates” means, with respect to any Outstanding Notes of a class or tranche of the MBNAseries, or of all of the Outstanding Notes of the MBNAseries, on any date, the weighted
average (weighted based on the Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the related Notes on such date) of the following rates of interest: 
  
 (a) in the case of a tranche of Dollar Interest-bearing Notes with no Derivative Agreement for interest, the rate of interest applicable to that tranche
on that date; 
  
 (b) in the case of a tranche of Discount Notes,
the rate of accretion (converted to an accrual rate) of that tranche on that date; 
  
 (c) in the case of a tranche of Notes with a payment due under a Performing Derivative Agreement for interest, the rate at which payments by the Issuer to the applicable Derivative Counterparty accrue on that date
(prior to the netting of such payments, if applicable); and 
  
 (d) in the case of a tranche of Notes with a non-Performing Derivative Agreement for interest, the rate specified for that date in the related terms document. 
  
 Section 1.02. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Agent for Service of Process. This Terms Document shall
be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to principles of conflict of laws. The parties hereto declare that it is their intention that this Terms Document shall be regarded as made under the
laws of the State of Delaware and that the laws of said State shall be applied in interpreting its provisions in all cases where legal interpretation shall be required. Each of the parties hereto 
  

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 agrees (a) that this Terms Document involves at least $100,000.00, and (b) that this Terms Document has been
entered into by the parties hereto in express reliance upon 6 DEL. C. § 2708. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees (a) to be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware and
of the federal courts sitting in the State of Delaware, and (b)(1) to the extent such party is not otherwise subject to service of process in the State of Delaware, to appoint and maintain an agent in the State of Delaware as such party’s agent
for acceptance of legal process, and (2) that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, service of process may also be made on such party by prepaid certified mail with a proof of mailing receipt validated by the United States Postal
Service constituting evidence of valid service, and that service made pursuant to (b)(1) or (2) above shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, have the same legal force and effect as if served upon such party personally within
the State of Delaware. 
  
 Section 1.03. Counterparts.
This Terms Document may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed will be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts will together constitute but one and the same instrument. 
  
 Section 1.04. Ratification of Indenture and Indenture Supplement.
As supplemented by this Terms Document, each of the Indenture and the Indenture Supplement is in all respects ratified and confirmed and the Indenture as so supplemented by the Indenture Supplement as so supplemented and this Terms Document shall be
read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument. 
  
 [END
OF ARTICLE I] 
  

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 ARTICLE II 
  
 The Class C(2005-3) Notes 
  
 Section 2.01. Creation and Designation. There is hereby created a tranche of MBNAseries Class C Notes to be issued pursuant to the Indenture
and the MBNAseries Indenture Supplement to be known as the “MBNAseries Class C(2005-3) Notes.” 
  
 Section 2.02. Interest Payment. 
  
 (a) For each Interest Payment Date, the amount of interest due with respect to the Class C(2005-3) Notes shall be an amount equal to the product of (i)(A)
a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days in the related Interest Period and the denominator of which is 360, times (B) the Note Interest Rate in effect with respect to the related Interest Period, times
(ii) the Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the Class C(2005-3) Notes determined as of the Record Date preceding the related Transfer Date. Interest on the Class C(2005-3) Notes will be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days
in the related Interest Period and a 360-day year. 
  
 (b)
Pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Indenture Supplement, on each Transfer Date, the Indenture Trustee shall deposit into the Class C(2005-3) Interest Funding sub-Account the portion of MBNAseries Available Funds allocable to the Class
C(2005-3) Notes. 
  
 Section 2.03. Calculation Agent;
Determination of LIBOR. 
  
 (a) The Issuer hereby agrees that
for so long as any Class C(2005-3) Notes are Outstanding, there shall at all times be an agent appointed to calculate LIBOR for each Interest Period (the “Calculation Agent”). The Issuer hereby initially appoints the Indenture
Trustee as the Calculation Agent for purposes of determining LIBOR for each Interest Period. The Calculation Agent may be removed by the Issuer at any time. If the Calculation Agent is unable or unwilling to act as such or is removed by the Issuer,
or if the Calculation Agent fails to determine LIBOR for an Interest Period, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a replacement Calculation Agent that does not control or is not controlled by or under common control with the Issuer or its Affiliates.
The Calculation Agent may not resign its duties, and the Issuer may not remove the Calculation Agent, without a successor having been duly appointed. 
  
 (b) On each LIBOR Determination Date, the Calculation Agent shall determine LIBOR on the basis of the rate for deposits in United States dollars for a
one-month period which appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such date. If such rate does not appear on Telerate Page 3750, the rate for that LIBOR Determination Date shall be determined on the basis of the rates at which
deposits in United States dollars are offered by the Reference Banks at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on that day to prime banks in the London interbank market for a one-month period. The Calculation Agent shall request the principal London
office of each of the Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, the rate for that LIBOR Determination Date shall be the arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are
provided as requested, the rate for that LIBOR Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by four 
  

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 major banks in New York City, selected by the Beneficiary, at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on that day
for loans in United States dollars to leading European banks for a one-month period. 
  
 (c) The Note Interest Rate applicable to the then current and the immediately preceding Interest Periods may be obtained by telephoning the Indenture Trustee at its corporate trust office at (212) 815-3247 or
such other telephone number as shall be designated by the Indenture Trustee for such purpose by prior written notice by the Indenture Trustee to each Noteholder from time to time. 
  
 (d) On each LIBOR Determination Date, the Calculation Agent shall send to the Indenture Trustee and the Beneficiary, by
facsimile transmission, notification of LIBOR for the following Interest Period. 
  
 Section 2.04. Payments of Interest and Principal. 
  
 (a) Any installment of interest or principal, if any, payable on any Class C(2005-3) Note which is punctually paid or duly provided for by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee on the applicable Interest Payment Date
or Principal Payment Date shall be paid by the Paying Agent to the Person in whose name such Class C(2005-3) Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such
Person’s account as has been designated by written instructions received by the Paying Agent from such Person not later than the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the date of payment or, if no such account has been so
designated, by check mailed first-class, postage prepaid to such Person’s address as it appears on the Note Register on such Record Date, except that with respect to Notes registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee of
Cede & Co., payment shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee. 
  
 (b) The right of the Class C(2005-3) Noteholders to receive payments from the Issuer will terminate on the first Business Day following the Class
C(2005-3) Termination Date. 
  
 Section 2.05. Targeted
Deposit to the Class C Reserve Account. The deposit targeted to be made to the Class C Reserve sub-Account for the Class C(2005-3) Notes for any Transfer Date will be an amount equal to (i) to the product of (A) Class C Reserve Account
Percentage for the related Monthly Period times (B) the sum of the Initial Outstanding Dollar Principal Amounts of each tranche of Outstanding MBNAseries Notes as of the last day of the preceding Monthly Period times (C) a
fraction, the numerator of which is the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Class C(2005-3) Notes as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding Monthly Period and the denominator of which is the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all Class C
Notes in the MBNAseries as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding Monthly Period, minus (ii) any amount previously on deposit in the Class C(2005-3) Reserve sub-Account prior to such targeted deposit; provided
however, that if an Early Redemption Event or Event of Default occurs with respect to the Class C(2005-3) Notes, the deposit targeted will be the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the Class C(2005-3) notes minus the amount
then on deposit in such sub-Account. 
  

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 Section 2.06. Form of Delivery of Class C(2005-3) Notes; Depository; Denominations.

  
 (a) The Class C(2005-3) Notes shall be delivered in the form
of a global Registered Note as provided in Sections 202 and 301(i) of the Indenture, respectively. 
  
 (b) The Depository for the Class C(2005-3) Notes shall be The Depository Trust Company, and the Class C(2005-3) Notes shall initially be registered in the
name of Cede & Co., its nominee. 
  
 (c) The Class
C(2005-3) Notes will be issued in minimum denominations of $5,000 and multiples of $1,000 in excess of that amount. 
  
 Section 2.07. Delivery and Payment for the Class C(2005-3) Notes. The Issuer shall execute and deliver the Class C(2005-3) Notes to the
Indenture Trustee for authentication, and the Indenture Trustee shall deliver the Class C(2005-3) Notes when authenticated, each in accordance with Section 303 of the Indenture. 
  
 Section 2.08. Targeted Deposits to the Accumulation Reserve
Account. The deposit targeted to be made to the Accumulation Reserve Account for any Monthly Period during the Accumulation Reserve Funding Period will be an amount equal to the Required Accumulation Reserve sub-Account Amount. 
  
 [END OF ARTICLE II] 
  

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 ARTICLE III 
  
 Representations and Warranties 
  
 Section 3.01. Issuer’s Representations and Warranties. The Issuer makes the following representations and warranties as to the Collateral
Certificate on which the Indenture Trustee is deemed to have relied in acquiring the Collateral Certificate. Such representations and warranties speak as of the execution and delivery of this Terms Document, but shall survive until the termination
of this Terms Document. Such representations and warranties shall not be waived by any of the parties to this Terms Document unless the Issuer has obtained written confirmation from each Note Rating Agency that there will be no Ratings Effect with
respect to such waiver. 
  
 (a) The Indenture creates a valid and
continuing security interest (as defined in the Delaware UCC) in the Collateral Certificate in favor of the Indenture Trustee, which security interest is prior to all other liens, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers
from the Issuer. 
  
 (b) The Collateral Certificate constitutes
either an “account,” a “general intangible,” an “instrument,” or a “certificated security,” each within the meaning of the Delaware UCC. 
  
 (c) At the time of the transfer and assignment of the Collateral Certificate to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture, the Issuer owned and had good and marketable title to the Collateral Certificate free and clear of any lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person. 
  
 (d) The Issuer has caused, within ten days of the execution of the Indenture, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing
office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the Collateral Certificate granted to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. 
  
 (e) Other than the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to the Indenture, the Issuer has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed the Collateral Certificate. The Issuer has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against
the Issuer that include a description of collateral covering the Collateral Certificate other than any financing statement relating to the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture or any financing statement that
has been terminated. The Issuer is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Issuer. 
  
 (f) All original executed copies of the Collateral Certificate have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee. 
  

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 (g) At the time of the transfer and assignment of the Collateral Certificate to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to the Indenture, the Collateral Certificate had no marks or notations indicating that it has been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee. 
  
 [END OF ARTICLE III] 
  

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

			
	 MBNA CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE TRUST, by MBNA AMERICA BANK,
 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
 as Beneficiary and not in its individual capacity

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Kevin F. Sweeney

	 	 	Kevin F. Sweeney
	 	 	First Vice President
	
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Indenture Trustee and not in its individual capacity
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Catherine Cerilles

	Name:	 	Catherine Cerilles
	Title:	 	Assistant Vice President

  
 [Signature Page
to the Class C(2005-3) Terms Document]Employment Agreement with Karl W. Benzer

 Exhibit 10.6 
  
 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
  
 THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into effective as of the 25th day of August, 2005 (“Effective Date”)
by and among BRONCO DRILLING COMPANY, INC., a Delaware Corporation (the “Company”) and KARL W. BENZER, an individual (the “Employee”). 
  
 WITNESSETH: 
  
 WHEREAS, the Company has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company to employ the Employee, and the Employee desires to be employed by the
Company, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

  
 1. EMPLOYMENT. The Company hereby agrees to employ
the Employee, and the Employee hereby accepts such employment with the Company, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. 
  
 2. TERM. The employment of Employee by the Company as provided in Section “1” shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue for
a term of five (5) years, unless sooner terminated as hereinafter provided. This Agreement and Employee’s employment with the Company shall be terminable at will at any time for any reason by either party, subject to the terms set forth in
this Agreement. 
  
 3. POSITION AND DUTIES. During the
period in which Employee is employed with the Company (the “Employment Period”) Employee shall have management duties related to Company operations, including the financial performance of operations of the Company (“the
Position”), and in any such other capacity, title or position as the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company may designate, approve or appoint from time to time. Employee shall have such power, authority, duties and
responsibilities as are reasonably necessary for the Position, subject to the power of the Company to expand or limit such power, authority, duties and responsibilities and to override actions of the Employee. Employee shall report directly to the
CEO. Should the CEO order any material, detrimental change or reduction in Employee’s responsibilities, Employee shall be entitled to notify CEO of his consideration of that fact, and if not remedied within a reasonable time, Employee shall be
entitled to treat such change as a Termination By The Company Without Good Cause pursuant to Section 6.2 of this Agreement. Employee shall devote his best efforts and full business time and attention (except for permitted vacation periods and
reasonable periods of illness or other incapacity) exclusively to the business and affairs of the Company and any duty, task or responsibility assigned or given to Employee by the Company, and Employee shall perform his duties and responsibilities
to the best of his abilities in a diligent, trustworthy, businesslike and efficient manner. 
  
 3.1 Outside Directorships. In the event Employee is invited, solicited or otherwise asked to become a director, advisor or
consultant for any entity or 

 
organization of any type or function whatsoever other than the Company or a related entity of the Company, Employee shall notify the CEO in writing of such
invitation, the entity or organization extending such invitation and the capacity to be served by Employee for such entity or organization. The CEO shall have the sole power and authority to authorize Employee to accept such invitation based on such
criteria and standards as the CEO may determine, and Employee shall not accept such invitation without the CEO’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. 
  
 3.2 Delegation by Company. Whenever this
Agreement calls for action on the part of the Company, the Company may delegate responsibility for such action to a duly appointed officer or committee of the Company, and Employee agrees to treat, comply with and be bound by any action taken by
such officer or committee as if the Company had taken such action directly. 
  
 3.3 Relocation of Employee. In the event employee is requested by the Company to relocate, employee shall be given reasonable notice of relocation. In addition, employee will not be asked on behalf of Company
to relocate without reasonable justification for such action. 
  
 4. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS. In consideration for the services to be provided by Employee to the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, Employee shall be paid or receive compensation and benefits during the Employment
Period as follows: 
  
 4.1 Base
Salary. The base salary for Employee shall be $180,000.00 per year (“Base Salary”). Employee shall be eligible, but is not guaranteed, to receive salary increases based on merit, as determined by the Company’s CEO, the
Company’s financial performance, as determined by the Company’s monthly profit and loss statements, market conditions, and other industry factors. The Base Salary shall be payable in regular installments in accordance with the
Company’s general payroll practices and shall be subject to customary withholding for applicable taxes. Subsequent adjustments to the Base Salary shall be determined by the Company or its designated representative in its sole discretion.

  
 4.2 Bonus. 
  
 (i) Employee shall receive a one-time year-end bonus of
$50,000.00 (“Year-end Bonus”) on December 31, 2005 and a one-time first quarter 2006 bonus of $40,000.00 paid on January 16, 2006 (“First Quarter 2006 Bonus”). Employee shall forfeit one hundred percent
(100%) of the Year-end and First Quarter 2006 Bonuses ($90,000.00) in the event Employee fails to complete one (1) year of employment with the Company by voluntarily (actually or constructively) leaving the Company. Employee shall forfeit
fifty percent (50%) of the Year-end and First Quarter 2006 Bonuses ($45,000) in the event Employee fails to complete more than two (2) years of employment with the Company, by voluntarily (actually or constructively) leaving the Company.
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be required to forfeit the Year-end and First Quarter 2006 Bonuses or any portion of the Year-end and First Quarter 2006 Bonuses once the Employee has
completed two (2) years of employment with the Company. As provided in Section “2” of this Agreement, Employee’s employment with the Company shall commence on the Effective Date of this Agreement. 
  
 (ii) Beginning in 2006, in addition to the First Quarter 2006
Bonus referenced above, Employee shall be eligible for bonuses based on individual merit, as determined by the CEO and the Company, as well as the Company’s financial performance, as determined by the Company’s monthly profit and loss
statements, market conditions, and other industry factors, said bonuses to be reasonably proportionate, and consistent in terms of award criteria, with bonuses awarded to other executives in the Company (“Bonus”). 
  
 4.3 Stock Options. Employee shall be eligible to
receive Company stock options (“Stock Options”). Employee shall receive 70,000 Stock Options, with an exercise price determined by the closing price of the stock on the Effective Date of this Agreement. Employee may from time to
time be eligible to receive additional awards of Stock Options, consistent with the Company’s existing stock option plan. All Stock Options that Employee receives shall vest consistent with the Company’s then existing stock option plan.

  
 4.3 Medical, Dental and Other
Benefits. Employee may participate in any and all Company sponsored employee benefit plans as may be in effect from time to time during the Employment Period, including but not necessarily limited to the Company sponsored Medical Insurance,
Dental Insurance, 401k Plan and Life Insurance, provided, that Employee understands and agrees that the Company shall not be obligated to offer any such employee benefit plans other than as such plans required by law. Medical insurance will be
effective from Employee’s first date of employment. 
  
 4.5 Business Travel and Expenses. Employee shall from time to time engage in business travel. The Company shall provide Employee with a Company vehicle and a Company credit card which shall be used for all
reasonable travel, entertainment and other business expenses incurred by Employee in the course of performing the duties of the Position. 
  
 5. TERMINATION DUE TO DEATH OR DISABILITY. 
  
 5.1 Death of Employee. If Employee dies during the term of this Agreement, the Company may thereafter terminate this Agreement
without compensation to Employee’s executor, personal representative or heirs, as the case may be, except for the amount of any earned but unpaid compensation as provided hereunder for the period prior to the effective date of such termination
and benefits accrued through such effective date of such termination under the employee benefit plans, if any, of Company. 
  
 5.2 Disability of Employee. Employee may separate from the employ of the Company at his option, or be separated at the
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Employee is disabled, either mentally or physically, from performing his essential job functions with the Company. For purposes of this Agreement,
(i) such disability must first have prevented Employee from performing his essential job functions for an aggregate of at least thirty (30) days out of any twelve (12) month period, and (ii) a doctor mutually agreed upon by
Employee and the Company shall certify that Employee is not qualified to perform his essential job functions, with or without reasonable accommodation. The Company shall pay for any examination fee or other charges that may be incurred in connection
with such certification. If the doctor’s certification is to the effect that Employee is disabled as defined by this Paragraph 5.2, then either may party terminate this Agreement upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to the other
party. During such thirty (30) day period, Employee shall continue to receive the Base Salary and shall be entitled to receive all such other benefits due to Employee pursuant to the terms of any then existing employee benefit plans in which
Employee is participating. 
  
 6. TERMINATION; EFFECTS OF
TERMINATION. This Agreement and Employee’s employment with the Company shall be terminable at will at any time for any reason by either party by providing written notice to the other party of such termination, which termination shall
become effective on the date contained in such notice. Upon such termination, the rights of Employee to receive the monies and benefits from the Company shall be determined in accordance with the terms and provisions contained in this
Section 6, and Employee agrees that such monies and benefits are fair and reasonable and are the sole monies and benefits which shall be due to him from the Company in the event of termination. 
  
 6.1 By Company For Good Cause. Upon written
notice, Company may immediately terminate this Agreement and the Employment Period for “Good Cause” (as hereafter defined). Upon such termination, Employee shall be entitled to receive any Base Salary earned through the date of such
termination, and no other monies or benefits shall be payable or owed to Employee under this Agreement, except that the employee shall be permitted to exercise any stock options then vested within ten (10) days of such termination (so long as
this does not violate any provision of the applicable Stock Incentive Plan, and in the case that it does, then as soon as is permitted in the Plan). 
  
 6.2 By Company Without Good Cause. Upon ten (10) days prior written notice, Company may terminate this Agreement and the
Employment Period without “Good Cause” (as hereafter defined), and Employee shall be entitled to receive the Base Salary earned through the date of such termination and Base Salary for the remainder of the five year term of this
agreement, in regular installments in accordance with the Company’s general payroll practices, subject to customary withholding for applicable taxes, as well as Major Medical benefits which the Employee had been enjoying prior to the
termination. Employee agrees that no other monies or benefits shall be payable or owed to Employee under this Agreement for termination without good cause, except that the employee shall be permitted to exercise any stock options then vested within
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the applicable Stock Incentive Plan, and in the case that it does, then as soon as is permitted in the Plan). 
  
 6.3 By Employee. Upon ten (10) days prior
written notice, Employee may terminate this Agreement and the Employment Period, and Employee shall be entitled to receive any Base Salary earned through the date of such termination. Upon such termination by Employee, Employee agrees that no other
monies or benefits shall be payable or owed to Employee under this Agreement. 
  
 6.4 Good Cause Defined. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Cause” means (a) Employee’s conviction of any criminal violation involving dishonesty, fraud or moral turpitude;
(b) Employee’s gross negligence; (c) Employee’s willful and serious misconduct; (d) Employee’s breach of trust or fiduciary duty in the performance of his duties or responsibilities; (e) Employee’s willful
failure to comply with reasonable directives of the Company; or (f) Employee’s material breach of any term or provision of this Agreement. 
  
 6.5 Continuation of Employment. Employee may continue employment with the Company at the expiration of this Agreement, contingent
on Employee’s satisfactory performance as determined by the CEO. Employee understands and agrees Company shall not be obligated to continue Employee’s employment prior to the expiration of this Agreement. Employee’s termination from
employment for good cause shall be an automatic bar to Employee’s continued employment with Company. 
  
 7. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
  
 7.1 Confidential Information. Employee acknowledges that, in and as a result of his employment by the Company, Employee will
have access to, use or be privy to confidential information of a special and unique nature and value, including, without limitation, the Company’s and its Affiliates’ trade secrets, bid prices, contractual terms (prospective or otherwise),
marketing plans, financial information, results and forecasts, systems, business decisions, plans, procedures, strategies and policies, legal matters, manuals, guides, personnel, confidential reports and communications, and lists and contact
information of customers (collectively, the “Confidential Information”). Employee acknowledges and agrees that any information and materials received from, by or on behalf of the Company or any other party in confidence (or subject
to nondisclosure covenants) or prepared, designed or created for the benefit of the Company shall be deemed to be and shall be included in the definition of Confidential Information. Employee acknowledges and agrees the Confidential Information is
and shall remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company. Employee shall not, except with the prior written consent of the Company, as applicable, or except if Employee is acting as an employee of the Company solely for the benefit of the
Company in connection with the Company’s business and in accordance with the Company’s business practices and employee policies, at any time during or following the term of his employment with the Company, directly or indirectly, 

  

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use, divulge, reveal, report, publish, transfer or disclose, for any purposes whatsoever, any Confidential Information. 
  
 7.2 Non-Recruitment of Other Company Employees. During
the term of Employee’s employment under this Agreement and for a period of two (2) years thereafter or, if longer, a period of two (2) years following the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company, whether such
termination be by the Company or by Employee, with or without good cause, Employee will not directly or indirectly (i) recruit, solicit, encourage or induce any employee of the Company or its Affiliates to terminate such employment
(ii) otherwise disrupt any such employee’s relationship with the Company or its Affiliates, or (iii) whether individually or as owner, agent, employee, consultant or otherwise, hire, employ or offer employment to any person who is or
was employed by the Company or an Affiliate thereof, whether or not such engagement is solicited by Employee. 
  
 7.3 Non-Solicitation of Customers, Suppliers or Other Persons. 
  
 (i) During the term of Employee’s employment under this Agreement and for a period of two
(2) years thereafter or, if longer, a period of two (2) years following the termination of Employee’s employment, whether such termination be by Company or by Employee, with or without good cause, Employee shall not solicit, induce or
attempt to induce any past, current customer of the Company or its Affiliates to cease doing business in whole or in part with or through the Company or its Affiliates or otherwise disrupt any previously established relationship existing between
such customer and the Company or its Affiliates. 
  
 (ii) During the term of the Employee’s employment under this Agreement and for a period of two (2) years thereafter or, if longer, a period of two (2) years following the termination of Employee’s employment with the
Company, whether such termination be by Company or by Employee, with or without good cause, Employee shall not solicit, induce or attempt to induce any supplier, lessor, licensor, or other person who has a business relationship with the Company or
its Affiliates, or who on the date Employee’s employment hereunder is terminated is engaged in discussions or negotiations to enter into a business relationship with the Company or its Affiliates, to discontinue or reduce the extent of such
relationship with the Company or its Affiliates. 
  
 7.4 Injunctive Relief. Employee specifically acknowledges and agrees that the remedy at law for any breach of the provisions of Sections 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 hereof will be inadequate and that Company shall be entitled to temporary and
permanent injunctive relief without the necessity of proving actual damage. 
  
 7.5 Reformation. In the event that the provisions of this Section 7 should ever be deemed to exceed the time or geographic limitations permitted by applicable law, then such provision shall be deemed
reformed to the maximum time or geographic limitations permitted by applicable law. 
  

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 8. TAXES. Employee shall be solely and exclusively responsible for and shall fully and timely
pay and discharge any and all taxes, costs, fees, fines, penalties and interest of any type whatsoever related to or associated with the compensation paid to Employee by the Company (collectively, “Taxes”) which may be or become due
or payable by Employee or any of his successors, heirs or assigns directly or indirectly as a result or, arising out of or related to this Agreement or as a result of any funds or benefits paid to or for the benefit of Employee under this Agreement.

  
 9. NOTICES. Any notice provided for in this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be either personally delivered, or mailed by first class mail, return receipt requested, to the recipients at the addresses indicated below: 
  

			
	 To Employee:
	  	Karl W. Benzer
	 	  	2801 S. Air Depot
	 	  	Edmond, Oklahoma 73013
		
	 To Company:
	  	Bronco Drilling Company, Inc.
	 	  	14313 North May Avenue, Suite 100
	 	  	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73134
	 	  	Attention: Joel H. McNatt, General Counsel

  
 or such other addresses or to the
attention of such other person as the recipient party shall have specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Any notice under this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given when so delivered or mailed. 
  
 10. GOVERNING LAW. All issues and questions concerning the
construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Oklahoma, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions
(whether of the State of Oklahoma or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Oklahoma. In furtherance of the foregoing, the internal law of the State of Oklahoma shall control
the interpretation and construction of this Agreement, even though under the jurisdiction’s choice of law or conflict of law analysis, the substantive law of some other jurisdiction would ordinarily apply. 
  
 11. PREVAILING PARTY. In the event either party commences an
action alleging any violation of this Agreement, or seeking to enforce, construe, modify or interpret this Agreement, the non-prevailing party shall pay all costs, expenses and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the prevailing party in
connection with such proceeding. 
  
 12.
SEVERABILITY. Each section, subsection and lesser section of this Agreement constitutes a separate and distinct undertaking, covenant or provision hereof. In the event that any provision of this Agreement shall be determined to be
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effect to the minimum extent necessary to render the same valid and enforceable, and, in the event such a limiting construction is impossible, such invalid
or unenforceable provision shall be deemed severed from this Agreement, but every other provision of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. 
  
 13. AMENDMENTS; MODIFICATIONS. Neither this Agreement nor any term or provision in it may be changed, waived, discharged, rescinded or
terminated orally, but only by an agreement in writing signed by the party against whom or which the enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge, rescission or termination is sought. 
  
 14. WAIVER. No failure on the part of either party to this Agreement to exercise, and no delay in exercising,
any right, power or remedy created hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy by any such party preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right, power or remedy. No waiver by any party hereto to any breach of, or default in, any term or condition of this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of or assent to any succeeding breach of or default in the same or any other term or condition
hereof. The terms and provisions of this Agreement, whether individually or in their entirety, may only be waived in writing and signed by the party against whom or which the enforcement of such waiver is sought. 
  
 15. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding upon
the successors, assigns, heirs, legatees, devisees, executors, administrators, receivers, trustees and representatives of Employee and shall inure to the benefit of the Company and its subsidiaries and their respective successors, assigns,
administrators, receivers, trustees and representatives. 
  
 16.
CHANGE OF CONTROL. In the event of a “change in control” of the Company, Employee shall be given notice of such change within ten days, and the Employee shall have the option of continuing employment or treating the change in
control as a Termination By The Company Without Good Cause, pursuant to Section 6.2. For purposes of this Agreement only, “change of control” shall have the identical meaning as Section 2.8(a), (c), (d), or substitution of at
least two of the three individuals in their respective capacities, serving as CEO, CFO, and Chairman of the Board of Directors (the individuals serving in said capacities as of the effective date of this Agreement). Provided that it is not in
conflict with any provision of the Bronco Drilling Company, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, any options granted to Employee pursuant to this Agreement shall immediately vest upon a “change of control” under the meaning of that term for
purposes of this Agreement. 
  
 17. HEADINGS. The
headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. 
  
 18. MULTIPLE COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which is deemed to be an original and all of
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 19. FEES AND EXPENSES. All costs and expenses incurred by either party in the preparation,
negotiation or performance of this Agreement shall be borne solely by the party incurring such expense without right of reimbursement. 
  
 20. FURTHER ASSURANCES. Employee and the Company covenant and agree that each will execute any additional instruments and take any actions as
may be reasonably requested by the other party to confirm or perfect or otherwise to carry out the intent and purpose of this Agreement. 
  
 21. CONSTRUCTION. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted
jointly by Employee and the Company, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring either by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement. 
  
 22. SURVIVAL. Employee and the Company agree that the terms and
conditions of Sections 7 through 22 (inclusive) shall survive and continue in full force and effect, notwithstanding any expiration or termination of the Employment Period or this Agreement. 
  
 23. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement contains and constitutes the
entire agreement between Employee and the Company and supersedes and cancels any prior agreements, representations, warranties, or communications, whether oral or written, between Employee and the Company relating to the subject matter hereof in any
way. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and
delivered this Agreement as of the date first above written. 
  

					
	 “COMPANY”
	  	 BRONCO DRILLING COMPANY, Inc.

	 	  	 a Delaware Corporation

			
	 	  	By:	  	     /s/ D. Frank Harrison

			
	 “EMPLOYEE”
	  	 	  	             /s/ Karl W. Benzer

	 	  	 	  	 Karl W. Benzer, an individual

  

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