Document:

EX-4.1

 EXHIBIT 4.1 
 [CEI FUNDING LLC,] [OE FUNDING LLC,] 
 [TE FUNDING LLC,] 

as Bond Issuer 
 and 
 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 

as Bond Trustee and Securities Intermediary 
 [FORM OF] 
 BOND INDENTURE 

Dated as of                     ,
2013 
 $      ,000,000 

[CEI FUNDING LLC] [OE FUNDING LLC] 
 [TE FUNDING LLC] BONDS 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

ARTICLE I 

Definitions and Incorporation by Reference 
  

							
	 	  	 	  	Page	 
	 Section 1.01
	  	Definitions	  	 	2	  
	 Section 1.02
	  	Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act	  	 	9	  
	 Section 1.03
	  	Rules of Construction	  	 	10	  
			
		  	 ARTICLE II
 The Bonds
	  			
			
	 Section 2.01
	  	Terms of the Bonds	  	 	10	  
	 Section 2.02
	  	Form	  	 	11	  
	 Section 2.03
	  	Execution, Authentication and Delivery	  	 	12	  
	 Section 2.04
	  	Temporary Bonds	  	 	12	  
	 Section 2.05
	  	Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange	  	 	12	  
	 Section 2.06
	  	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Bonds	  	 	13	  
	 Section 2.07
	  	Persons Deemed Owner	  	 	14	  
	 Section 2.08
	  	Payment of Principal and Interest; Interest on Overdue Principal; Principal and Interest Rights Preserved	  	 	14	  
	 Section 2.09
	  	Cancellation	  	 	15	  
	 Section 2.10
	  	Authentication and Delivery of Bonds	  	 	15	  
	 Section 2.11
	  	Release of Collateral	  	 	18	  
	 Section 2.12
	  	Tax Treatment	  	 	18	  
	 Section 2.13
	  	State Pledge	  	 	18	  
	 Section 2.14
	  	Security Interest	  	 	19	  
			
		  	 ARTICLE III
 Covenants
	  			
			
	 Section 3.01
	  	Payment of Principal and Interest	  	 	20	  
	 Section 3.02
	  	Maintenance of Office or Agency	  	 	20	  
	 Section 3.03
	  	Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust	  	 	20	  
	 Section 3.04
	  	Existence	  	 	21	  
	 Section 3.05
	  	Protection of Collateral	  	 	21	  
	 Section 3.06
	  	Opinions as to Collateral	  	 	22	  
	 Section 3.07
	  	Performance of Obligations; Servicing; Commission Filings	  	 	22	  
	 Section 3.08
	  	Negative Covenants	  	 	25	  
	 Section 3.09
	  	Annual Statement as to Compliance	  	 	25	  
	 Section 3.10
	  	Bond Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms	  	 	25	  
	 Section 3.11
	  	Successor or Transferee	  	 	27	  
	 Section 3.12
	  	No Other Business	  	 	27	  
	 Section 3.13
	  	No Borrowing	  	 	27	  
	 Section 3.14
	  	Servicer’s Obligations	  	 	27	  
	 Section 3.15
	  	No Additional Bonds	  	 	27	  
	 Section 3.16
	  	Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities	  	 	27	  
	 Section 3.17
	  	Capital Expenditures	  	 	27	  
	 Section 3.18
	  	Intentionally Omitted	  	 	28	  
	 Section 3.19
	  	Restricted Payments	  	 	28	  
	 Section 3.20
	  	Notice of Events of Default	  	 	28	  
	 Section 3.21
	  	Further Instruments and Acts	  	 	28	  
	 Section 3.22
	  	Change in Chief Executive Office or Jurisdiction of Organization	  	 	28	  

  
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		  	 ARTICLE IV
 Satisfaction and Discharge; Defeasance
	  			
			
	 Section 4.01
	  	Satisfaction and Discharge of Bond Indenture; Defeasance	  	 	28	  
	 Section 4.02
	  	Conditions to Defeasance	  	 	29	  
	 Section 4.03
	  	Application of Trust Money	  	 	30	  
	 Section 4.04
	  	Repayment of Moneys Held by Paving Agent	  	 	30	  
			
		  	 ARTICLE V
 Remedies
	  			
			
	 Section 5.01
	  	Events of Default	  	 	31	  
	 Section 5.02
	  	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment	  	 	31	  
	 Section 5.03
	  	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Bond Trustee	  	 	32	  
	 Section 5.04
	  	Remedies; Priorities	  	 	34	  
	 Section 5.05
	  	Optional Possession of the Collateral	  	 	34	  
	 Section 5.06
	  	Limitation of Suits	  	 	34	  
	 Section 5.07
	  	Unconditional Rights of Bondholders To Receive Principal and Interest	  	 	35	  
	 Section 5.08
	  	Restoration of Rights and Remedies	  	 	35	  
	 Section 5.09
	  	Rights and Remedies Cumulative	  	 	35	  
	 Section 5.10
	  	Delay or Omission Not a Waiver	  	 	35	  
	 Section 5.11
	  	Control by Bondholders	  	 	36	  
	 Section 5.12
	  	Waiver of Past Defaults	  	 	36	  
	 Section 5.13
	  	Undertaking for Costs	  	 	36	  
	 Section 5.14
	  	Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws	  	 	37	  
	 Section 5.15
	  	Action on Bonds	  	 	37	  
	 Section 5.16
	  	Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations	  	 	37	  
			
		  	 ARTICLE VI
 The Bond Trustee
	  			
			
	 Section 6.01
	  	Duties of Bond Trustee	  	 	38	  
	 Section 6.02
	  	Rights of Bond Trustee	  	 	39	  
	 Section 6.03
	  	Individual Rights of Bond Trustee	  	 	40	  
	 Section 6.04
	  	Bond Trustee’s Disclaimer	  	 	41	  
	 Section 6.05
	  	Notice of Defaults	  	 	41	  
	 Section 6.06
	  	Reports by Bond Trustee to Holders	  	 	41	  
	 Section 6.07
	  	Compensation and Indemnity	  	 	42	  
	 Section 6.08
	  	Replacement of Bond Trustee and Securities Intermediary	  	 	43	  
	 Section 6.09
	  	Successor Bond Trustee by Merger	  	 	44	  
	 Section 6.10
	  	Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee	  	 	44	  
	 Section 6.11
	  	Eligibility; Disqualification	  	 	45	  
	 Section 6.12
	  	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Bond Issuer	  	 	45	  
	 Section 6.13
	  	Representations and Warranties of Bond Trustee	  	 	45	  
	 Section 6.14
	  	Custody of Collateral	  	 	45	  
			
		  	 ARTICLE VII
 Bondholders’ Lists and Reports
	  			
			
	 Section 7.01
	  	Bond Issuer To Furnish Bond Trustee Names and Addresses of Bondholders	  	 	46	  
	 Section 7.02
	  	Preservation of Information: Communications to Bondholders	  	 	46	  
	 Section 7.03
	  	Reports by Bond Issuer	  	 	46	  
	 Section 7.04
	  	Reports by Bond Trustee	  	 	47	  

  
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		  	 ARTICLE VIII
 Accounts, Disbursements and Releases
	  			
			
	 Section 8.01
	  	Collection of Money	  	 	47	  
	 Section 8.02
	  	Collection Account	  	 	47	  
	 Section 8.03
	  	General Provisions Regarding the Collection Account	  	 	50	  
	 Section 8.04
	  	Release of Collateral	  	 	50	  
	 Section 8.05
	  	Opinion of Counsel	  	 	51	  
	 Section 8.06
	  	Reports by Independent Registered Accountants	  	 	51	  
			
		  	 ARTICLE IX
 Supplemental Bond Indentures
	  			
			
	 Section 9.01
	  	Supplemental Bond Indentures Without Consent of Bondholders	  	 	51	  
	 Section 9.02
	  	Supplemental Bond Indentures with Consent of Bondholders	  	 	52	  
	 Section 9.03
	  	Execution of Supplemental Bond Indentures	  	 	53	  
	 Section 9.04
	  	Effect of Supplemental Bond Indenture	  	 	54	  
	 Section 9.05
	  	Conformity with Trust Indenture Act	  	 	54	  
			
		  	 ARTICLE X
 Redemption of Bonds
	  			
			
	 Section 10.01
	  	Optional Redemption by Bond Issuer	  	 	54	  
			
		  	 ARTICLE XI
 Miscellaneous
	  			
			
	 Section 11.01
	  	Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc.	  	 	54	  
	 Section 11.02
	  	Form of Documents Delivered to Bond Trustee	  	 	55	  
	 Section 11.03
	  	Acts of Bondholders	  	 	56	  
	 Section 11.04
	  	Notices	  	 	56	  
	 Section 11.05
	  	Notices to Bondholders: Waiver	  	 	58	  
	 Section 11.06
	  	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act	  	 	58	  
	 Section 11.07
	  	Effect of Headings and Table of Contents	  	 	58	  
	 Section 11.08
	  	Successors and Assigns	  	 	58	  
	 Section 11.09
	  	Severability	  	 	59	  
	 Section 11.10
	  	Benefits of Bond Indenture	  	 	59	  
	 Section 11.11
	  	Legal Holidays	  	 	59	  
	 Section 11.12
	  	Governing Law	  	 	59	  
	 Section 11.13
	  	Counterparts	  	 	59	  
	 Section 11.14
	  	Recording of Bond Indenture	  	 	59	  
	 Section 11.15
	  	Bond Issuer Obligation	  	 	59	  
	 Section 11.16
	  	No Recourse to Bond Issuer	  	 	60	  
	 Section 11.17
	  	Inspection	  	 	60	  
	 Section 11.18
	  	No Petition	  	 	60	  
	 Section 11.19
	  	Securities Intermediary	  	 	61	  
	 Section 11.20
	  	Trustee Capacities; Affiliated Parties	  	 	61	  
	 Section 11.21
	  	Waiver of Jury Trial.	  	 	61	  
	 Section 11.22
	  	Rule 17g-5 Compliance.	  	 	61	  
		  		  			

  
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 SIGNATURE PAGE 
  

					
	 SCHEDULE A
	  	—	  	Expected Amortization Schedule
	 EXHIBIT A-1
	  	—	  	Form of Sale Agreement
	 EXHIBIT A-2
	  	—	  	Form of Servicing Agreement
	 EXHIBIT B
	  	—	  	Form of Bond
	 EXHIBIT C
	  	—	  	Servicing Criteria to be Addressed by Bond Trustee in Assessment of Compliance

  
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 TRUST INDENTURE ACT CROSS REFERENCE TABLE 

 

					
	 TIA SECTION
	  	 INDENTURE SECTION

	310	  	(a)(1)	  	6.11
		  	(a)(2)	  	6.11
		  	(a)(3)	  	6.10(b)(i)
		  	(a)(4)	  	N.A.
		  	(a)(5)	  	6.11
		  	(b)	  	6.11
	311	  	(a)	  	6.12
		  	(b)	  	6.12
	312	  	(a)	  	7.01 and 7.02
		  	(b)	  	7.02(b)
		  	(c)	  	7.02(c)
	313	  	(a)	  	7.04
		  	(b)(1)	  	7.04
		  	(b)(2)	  	7.04
		  	(c)	  	7.04
		  	(d)	  	7.04
	314	  	(a)	  	3.09, 4.01, and 7.03(a)
		  	(b)	  	3.06 and 4.01
		  	(c)(1)	  	2.10, 4.01, 8.04(b) and 11.01(a)
		  	(c)(2)	  	2.10, 4.01, 8.04(b) and 11.01(a)
		  	(c)(3)	  	2.10, 4.01 and 11.01(a)
		  	(d)	  	2.10, 8.04(b) and 11.01(b)
		  	(e)	  	11.01(a)
		  	(f)	  	11.01(a)
	315	  	(a)	  	6.01(b)(i) and (ii)
		  	(b)	  	6.05
		  	(c)	  	6.01 (a)
		  	(d)	  	6.01(c)(i)-(iii)
		  	(e)	  	5.13
	316	  	(a) (last
sentence)	  	1.01 (definition of “Outstanding”)
		  	(a)(1)(A)	  	5.11

  
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	 TIA SECTION
	  	 INDENTURE SECTION

		  	(a)(1)(B)	  	5.12
		  	(a)(2)	  	N/A
		  	(b)	  	5.07
		  	(c)	  	1.01 (definition of “Record Date”)
	317	  	(a)(1)	  	5.03(a), (b) and (c)
		  	(a)(2)	  	5.03(d)(i)
		  	(b)	  	3.03
	318	  	(a)	  	11.06
		  	(b)	  	11.06
		  	(c)	  	11.06

 ** “N.A.” shall mean “not applicable.” 

THIS CROSS REFERENCE TABLE SHALL NOT, FOR ANY PURPOSE, BE DEEMED TO BE 

PART OF THIS INDENTURE. 

  
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 BOND INDENTURE dated as of
                    , 2013, between [CEI Funding LLC] [OE Funding LLC] [TE Funding LLC], a Delaware limited liability company (the “Bond
Issuer”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, in its capacity as bond trustee (the “Bond Trustee”) and in its capacity as a securities intermediary (the “Securities
Intermediary”). 
 RECITALS 
 The Bond Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Bond Indenture to provide for the issuance of its Bonds with an aggregate principal amount of
$            ,000,000 and the Bond Issuer and the Bond Trustee are executing and delivering this Bond Indenture in order to provide for the issuance of the Bonds. 

GRANTING CLAUSE 
 The Bond Issuer hereby Grants to the Bond Trustee at the Issuance Date, as Bond Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Bonds and the Bond Trustee, all of the Bond Issuer’s right, title
and interest in and to (a) the Phase-In-Recovery Property (created by Sections 4928.232, 4928.234 and 4928.2312 of the Statute and paragraph VI.A(6) of the Financing Order) transferred by the Seller to the Bond Issuer pursuant to the Sale
Agreement and all proceeds thereof, (b) the Statutory Lien, (c) the Sale Agreement, (d) the Servicing Agreement, (e) the Administration Agreement, (f) the Collection Account (including all subaccounts thereof) and all
amounts or investment property on deposit therein or credited thereto from time to time, (g) all other property of whatever kind owned from time to time by the Bond Issuer, including accounts, general intangibles, equipment, deposit accounts,
securities accounts and inventory, (h) the security interest with respect to the Phase-In-Recovery Property granted by the Seller to the Bond Issuer in the Sale Agreement, (i) all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses in
action in respect of any or all of the foregoing and all payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of the foregoing, including all proceeds of the conversion thereof, voluntary or involuntary,
into cash or other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, securities accounts, insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, rights to payment of any and
every kind, and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property which at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing and (j) all proceeds of the foregoing (collectively,
the “Collateral”; it being understood that the following do not constitute Collateral: (i) amounts required to be released pursuant to or contemplated in the terms hereof, including net investment earnings on the Capital
Subaccount that are required to be released to the Bond Issuer pursuant to Article VIII and (ii) proceeds from the sale of the Bonds required to pay the purchase price of the Phase-In-Recovery Property paid pursuant to the Sale Agreement
and the costs of issuance with respect to the Bonds or an allocable portion of the Certificates as set forth on the flow of funds memorandum delivered on the Issuance Date (together with any interest earnings thereon), it being understood that such
amounts described in clauses (i) and (ii) above shall not be subject to Section 3.19.  
 The
foregoing Grants are made to the Bond Trustee in trust to secure the payment of principal of, interest on, and all other amounts (which shall include all amounts payable to the Bond Trustee under this Bond Indenture, the Certificate Indenture, the
Fee and Indemnity Agreement and the other Basic Documents) owing in respect of, the Bonds, including all amounts payable to the Bond Trustee, the Certificate Trustee and the Delaware Trustee under this Bond Indenture, the Certificate Indenture, the
Fee and Indemnity Agreement and the other Basic Documents, equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction, except as expressly provided in this Bond Indenture, and to secure compliance with the provisions of this Bond Indenture with
respect to the Bonds, all as provided in this Bond Indenture (collectively, the “Secured Obligations”). This Bond Indenture constitutes a security agreement within the meaning of the UCC or the Statute to the extent that, under Ohio
law, the provisions of the UCC or the Statute are applicable hereto. 
 The Bond Trustee, as trustee on behalf of the Holders of
the Bonds and as agent for itself, acknowledges such Grants, accepts the trusts hereunder in accordance with the provisions hereof and agrees to perform its duties specifically required herein. 

 AND IT IS HEREBY COVENANTED, DECLARED AND AGREED between the parties hereto that all Bonds
are to be issued, countersigned and delivered and that all of the Collateral is to be held and applied, subject to the further covenants, conditions, releases, uses and trusts hereinafter set forth, and the Bond Issuer, for itself and any successor,
does hereby covenant and agree to and with the Bond Trustee and its successors in said trust, for the benefit of the Holders and the Bond Trustee, as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 
 Definitions and Incorporation by Reference 

Section 1.01 Definitions. 
 Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may otherwise require, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below for all purposes of this Bond Indenture. 

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

“Administration Agreement” means the Administration Agreement dated as of
                    , 2013, between [The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company] [Ohio Edison Company] [The Toledo Edison Company], as
Administrator, and the Bond Issuer, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time. 
 “Administration
Fee” means the fee payable to the Administrator pursuant to the Administration Agreement. 
 “Administrative
Trustee” means [             ]. 

“Administrator” means [The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company] [Ohio Edison Company] [The Toledo Edison Company],
an Ohio corporation, or any successor Administrator under the Administration Agreement. 
 “Affiliate” means,
with respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person
means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. 
 “Authorized Officer” means, with
respect to the Bond Issuer, any officer of the Bond Issuer who is authorized to act for the Bond Issuer in matters relating to the Bond Issuer and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Bond Issuer to the Bond Trustee
on the Issuance Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented by the Bond Issuer from time to time thereafter). 

“Basic Documents” means, collectively, this Bond Indenture, the Certificate Indenture, the Declaration of Trust, the
Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Bond Purchase Agreement, the Fee and Indemnity Agreement, the Cross-Indemnity Agreement and the Underwriting Agreement. 

“Bondholder” or “Holder” means the Person in whose name a Bond is registered on the Bond Register.

 “Bond Indenture” or “this Bond Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and,
as from time to time supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, as so supplemented or amended, or both, and shall include the forms and terms of the Bonds
established hereunder. 
 “Bond Interest Rate” means, with respect to any Tranche of Bonds, Bond Interest Rate
therefor, as specified in Section 2.01(b). 
 “Bond Issuer” means the party named as such in this
Bond Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of any provision contained herein and required by the Trust Indenture Act, each other obligor on the Bonds. 

  
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 “Bond Purchase Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Certificate
Indenture. 
 “Bond Register” and “Bond Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in
Section 2.05. 
 “Bonds” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a). 

“Bond Trustee” means U.S. Bank National Association, as Bond Trustee under this Bond Indenture, or any successor Bond
Trustee under this Bond Indenture. 
 “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on
which banking institutions or trust companies in New York, New York, Chicago, Illinois, St. Paul, Minnesota, Akron, Ohio or Wilmington, Delaware are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. 

“Cap” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(e). 

“Capital Subaccount” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02(a). 

“Certificate Indenture” means the Certificate Indenture dated as of
                    , 2013, between the Certificate Issuer and the Certificate Trustee, as the same may be further amended and supplemented from time
to time. 
 “Certificate Issuer” has the meaning set forth in the Certificate Indenture. 

“Certificate Trustee” means the Person acting as certificate trustee under the Certificate Indenture. 

“Certificates” has the meaning set forth in the Certificate Indenture. 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder. 
 “Collateral” has the meaning specified in the Granting Clause of this Bond Indenture.

 “Collection Account” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(a). 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Bond Trustee at which at any particular time this
Bond Indenture shall be administered, which office at the date of the execution of this Bond Indenture is located at 190 South LaSalle Street, 7th Floor, Mail Code MK-IL-SL 7R, Chicago, IL 60603, Attention: FirstEnergy Ohio PIRB Special Purpose Trust 2013, or at
such other address as the Bond Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Bondholders and the Bond Issuer, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Bond Trustee (the address of which the successor Bond Trustee will
notify the Bondholders and the Bond Issuer). 
 “Covenant Defeasance Option” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.01(b). 
 “Cross-Indemnity Agreement” means the Cross-Indemnity Agreement dated as of
                    , 2013 between the Bond Issuer and [other two bond issuers], as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.

 “Declaration of Trust” has the meaning set forth in the Certificate Indenture. 

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

 “Delaware Trustee” means the Person acting as Delaware trustee under the Declaration of Trust. 

“Delaware UCC” means the Delaware Uniform Commercial Code. 

  
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 “DTC Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Certificate Indenture.

 “Eligible Account” means a segregated trust account with an Eligible Institution. 

“Eligible Institution” means (a) the corporate trust department of the Bond Trustee so long as any securities of
the Bond Trustee have either a short-term credit rating from Moody’s of at least “P-1” or a long-term unsecured debt rating from Moody’s of at least “A2” and have a credit rating from each other rating agency in one of
its generic categories which signifies investment grade, or (b) a depository institution organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), (i) which
has either (A) a long-term issuer rating of “AA-” or higher by Standard & Poor’s and “A2” or higher by Moody’s, and, if rated by Fitch, the equivalent of the lower of those two ratings by Fitch, or
(B) a short-term issuer rating of “A-1+” or higher by Standard & Poor’s and “P-1” or higher by Moody’s, and, if Fitch provides a rating thereon, “F1+” by Fitch, or any other long-term, short-term
or certificate of deposit rating acceptable to Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s and (ii) whose deposits are insured by the FDIC. If so qualified under clause (b) above, the Bond Trustee may be considered an Eligible
Institution for the purposes of clause (a) of the definition of Eligible Account. 
 “Eligible
Investments” mean instruments and investment property denominated in United States currency which mature on or before the business day preceding the next payment date and meet the criteria described below: 

(a) direct obligations of, or obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to timely payment by, the United States of America;

 (b) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit and bankers’ acceptances of Eligible Institutions
(including the Bond Trustee in its commercial capacity); 
 (c) commercial paper (other than commercial paper of The Cleveland
Electric Illuminating Company, Ohio Edison Company or The Toledo Edison Company and their respective affiliates) having, at the time of the investment or contractual commitment, a rating of not less than “A-1” from Standard &
Poor’s, not less than “Aa3” by Moody’s and not less than “F1” by Fitch (including commercial paper issued by the Bond Trustee); 
 (d) money market funds which have the highest rating from each of the Rating Agencies from which a rating is available (including funds for which the Bond Trustee or any of its Affiliates is an investment
manager or advisor); 
 (e) repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is a direct obligation of, or fully
guaranteed by, the United States of America or certain of its agencies or instrumentalities, entered into with Eligible Institutions; 
 (f) repurchase obligations with respect to any security or whole loan entered into with an Eligible Institution or a registered broker-dealer, acting as principal and that meets certain ratings criteria
set forth below: 
 (i) a broker/dealer (acting as principal) registered as a broker or dealer under
Section 15 of the Exchange Act (any broker/dealer being referred to in this definition as a “broker/dealer”), the unsecured short-term debt obligations of which are rated at least “Aa3” by Moody’s, “A-1+” by
Standard & Poor’s and, if Fitch provides a rating thereon, “F-1+” by Fitch at the time of entering into this repurchase obligation, or 
 (ii) an unrated broker/dealer acting as principal, that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a non-bank or bank holding company the unsecured short-term debt obligations of which are rated at least
“Aa3” by Moody’s, “A-1+” by Standard & Poor’s and, if Fitch provides a rating thereon, “F-1+” by Fitch at the time of purchase so long as the obligations of such unrated broker/dealer are
unconditionally guaranteed by such non-bank or bank holding company; and 
 (g) any other investment permitted by each of the
Rating Agencies. 

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

 “Excess Funds Subaccount” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(a). 

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

“Expected Amortization Schedule” means, with respect to each Tranche of Bonds, the schedule attached as Schedule A
hereto. 
 “FDIC” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor. 

“Fee and Indemnity Agreement” means the fee and indemnity agreement dated as of
                    , 2013, among the Bond Issuer, [other two bond issuers], the Delaware Trustee, the Certificate Trustee and the Certificate
Issuer. 
 “Final Maturity Date” means, with respect to any Tranche of Bonds, the Final Maturity Date therefor,
as specified in Section 2.01(b). 
 “financial asset” has the meaning given such term in
Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC. 
 “Financing Costs” has the meaning specified in Section 4928.23(E)
of the Statute and the Financing Order. 
 “Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, or its successor. 

“General Subaccount” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02(a). 

“Grant” means mortgage, pledge, collaterally assign and grant a Lien upon and a security interest pursuant to this Bond
Indenture. A Grant of the Collateral or of any other agreement or instrument shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the obligations) of the Granting party thereunder, including the immediate and continuing right to claim for,
collect, receive and give receipt for payments in respect of the Collateral and all other moneys payable thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to
bring Proceedings in the name of the Granting party or otherwise and generally to do and receive anything that the Granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder or with respect thereto. 

“Independent” means, when used with respect to any specified Person, that the Person (a) is in fact independent of
the Bond Issuer, any other obligor upon the Bonds, the Seller, the Servicer and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons, (b) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Bond Issuer, any
such other obligor, the Seller, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons and (c) is not connected with the Bond Issuer, any such other obligor, the Seller, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons as an
officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions (other than service as an Independent director of [other two bond issuers]). 

“Independent Certificate” means a certificate or opinion to be delivered to the Bond Trustee under the circumstances
described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 11.01, made by an Independent appraiser or other expert appointed by an Issuer Order and consented to by the Bond Trustee, and such opinion or certificate
shall state that the signer has read the definition of “Independent” in this Bond Indenture and that the signer is Independent within the meaning thereof. 
 “investment property” has the meaning given such term in the UCC. 

“Issuance Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(c)(i). 

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

  
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 “Legal Defeasance Option” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.01(b). 
 “Lien” means a security interest, Lien, mortgage, charge, pledge, claim, or
encumbrance of any kind. 
 “LLC Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement
of [CEI Funding LLC] [OE Funding LLC] [TE Funding LLC], dated as of                     , 2013, as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. 
 “Member” means [The Cleveland Electric Illuminating
Company] [Ohio Edison Company] [Toledo Edison Company]. 
 “Minimum Denomination” means $100,000 or in integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. 
 “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service Inc. or its
successor. 
 “Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Authorized Officer of the Bond
Issuer, under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 11.01, and delivered to the Bond Trustee. 
 “Ohio UCC” means the Ohio Uniform Commercial Code. 

“Operating Expenses” means all fees, costs and expenses of, and indemnities owed by, the Bond Issuer, including all
amounts owed by the Bond Issuer to the Bond Trustee, the Certificate Issuer, the Certificate Trustee, the Delaware Trustee, [other two bond issuers] and the Rating Agencies, the Servicing Fee, the Administration Fee, any fees, costs and expenses
payable or reimbursable by the Bond Issuer to the Administrator, Seller or Servicer and legal and accounting fees, taxes, costs and expenses of the Bond Issuer and the Certificate Issuer that are allocable to the Bond Issuer. 

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

“Outstanding” means, as of the date of determination, all Bonds theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Bond
Indenture except: 
 (b) Bonds theretofore cancelled by the Bond Registrar or delivered to the Bond Registrar for cancellation;

 (c) Bonds or portions thereof the payment for which money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Bond
Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Bonds; and 
 (d) Bonds in exchange for or in lieu of other Bonds
which have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Bond Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Bond Trustee is presented that any such Bonds are held by a bona fide purchaser; provided, however, that in determining
whether the Holders of the requisite Outstanding Amount of the Bonds or any Tranche thereof have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or under any Basic Document, Bonds owned by the Bond Issuer,
any other obligor upon the Bonds, the Seller or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons (other than the Certificate Issuer, the Delaware Trustee or the Certificate Trustee) shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in
determining whether the Bond Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Bonds that the Bond Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Bonds so
owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Bond Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Bonds and that the pledgee is not the Bond Issuer,
any other obligor upon the Bonds, the Seller or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons (other than the Certificate Issuer, the Delaware Trustee or the Certificate Trustee). 

  
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 “Outstanding Amount” means the aggregate principal amount of all Bonds or,
if the context requires, all Bonds of a Tranche, Outstanding at the date of determination. 
 “Paying Agent”
means the Bond Trustee or any other Person that meets the eligibility standards for the Bond Trustee specified in Section 6.11 and is authorized by the Bond Issuer to make payment of principal of or interest on the Bonds on behalf of the
Bond Issuer. 
 “Payment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(c)(ii). 

“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, estate, partnership, joint venture, association,
joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof), unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. 
 “Predecessor Bond” means, with respect to any particular Bond, every previous Bond evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Bond; and, for the
purpose of this definition, any Bond authenticated and delivered under Section 2.06 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Bond shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Bond.

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

 “Projected Principal Balance” means, as of any Payment Date on any Tranche of Bonds, the projected
outstanding principal amount of such Tranche of Bonds for such Payment Date set forth in the Expected Amortization Schedule. 

“PUCO” means the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and any successor thereto. 

“Rating Agency” means, collectively, Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch. If no such organization or
successor is any longer in existence, “Rating Agency” shall be a nationally recognized statistical rating organization or other comparable Person designated by the Bond Issuer, notice of which designation shall be given to the Bond
Trustee, the Certificate Trustee and the Servicer. 
 “Rating Agency Condition” means, with respect to any
action, not less than ten Business Days’ prior written notification to each Rating Agency of such action, and written confirmation from each of Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s to the Servicer, the Bond Trustee and the Bond
Issuer that such action will not result in a suspension, reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating by such Rating Agency of any Tranche of Bonds and that prior to the taking of the proposed action no other Rating Agency shall have provided
written notice to the Bond Issuer that such action has resulted or would result in the suspension, reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating of any Tranche of Bonds; provided, that if within such ten Business Day period, any Rating Agency
(other than Standard & Poor’s) has neither replied to such notification nor responded in a manner that indicates that such Rating Agency is reviewing and considering the notification, then (i) the Bond Issuer shall be required to
confirm that such Rating Agency has received the Rating Agency Condition request, and if it has, promptly request the related Rating Agency Condition confirmation and (ii) if the Rating Agency neither replies to such notification nor responds
in a manner that indicates it is reviewing and considering the notification within five Business Days following such second request, the applicable Rating Agency Condition requirement shall not be deemed to apply to such Rating Agency. For the
purposes of this definition, any confirmation, request, acknowledgment or approval that is required to be in writing may be in the form of electronic mail or a press release (which may contain a general waiver of a Rating Agency’s right to
review or consent). 
 “Record Date” means, with respect to a Payment Date, the close of business on the last
day of the calendar month preceding the calendar month in which such Payment Date occurs. 

  
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 “Registered Holder” means the Person in whose name a Bond is registered on
the Bond Register on the applicable Record Date. 
 “Required Capital Level” means, as of any Payment Date, .50
percent of the initial principal amount of the Bonds. 
 “Responsible Officer” means, with respect to the Bond
Trustee, any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office, including any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or any other officer of the Bond Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers, in each case having direct responsibility for the administration of this Bond Indenture. 
 “Sale Agreement” means the Phase-In-Recovery Property Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of , 2013, between the Bond Issuer and the Seller, in the form of Exhibit A-1, as amended and
supplemented from time to time. 
 “Scheduled Final Payment Date” means, with respect to any Tranche of Bonds,
the Scheduled Final Payment Date therefor, as specified in Section 2.01(b). 
 “Secured
Obligations” has the meaning specified in the Granting Clause of this Bond Indenture. 
 “Securities
Account” means the Collection Account (to the extent it constitutes a “securities account”) as defined in Section 8-501 of the UCC). 
 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

“Securities Intermediary” means U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, solely in its capacity
as a “securities intermediary” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC, or any successor securities intermediary. 
 “Security Entitlement” means “security entitlement” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC, with respect to financial assets now or hereafter credited to the
Securities Account. 
 “Seller” means [The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company] [Ohio Edison Company] [The
Toledo Edison Company]. 
 “Semiannual Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(c)(iv).

 “Semiannual Principal” means, with respect to any Payment Date on any Tranche of Bonds, the excess, if any,
of the Outstanding Amount of such Tranche of Bonds over the outstanding principal balance of such Tranche of Bonds specified for such Payment Date in the Expected Amortization Schedule. 

“Servicing Agreement” means the Phase-In-Recovery Property Servicing Agreement dated as of
                    , 2013, between the Bond Issuer and the Servicer, in the form of Exhibit A-2, as amended and supplemented from time to time.

 “Standard & Poor’s” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. or its successor. 
 “State” means any one of the 50 states of the United States of
America or the District of Columbia. 
 “State Pledge” has the meaning specified in Section 2.13.

 “Statute” means Ohio Revised Code, Sections 4928.23 through 4928.2318. 

  
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 “Statutory Lien” means the Lien on the Phase-In-Recovery Property created
by Section 4928.2312 of the Statute and the Financing Order. 
 “Successor Servicer” has the meaning
specified in Section 3.07(d). 
 “Tranche” means any one of the tranches of Bonds. 

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force on the date hereof, unless otherwise
specifically provided. 
 “UCC” means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Uniform Commercial Code, as
in effect in the relevant jurisdiction, as amended from time to time. 
 “Underwriting Agreement” means the
Underwriting Agreement dated as of                     , 2013, among the Certificate Issuer, Seller, the Bond Issuer, [other two Sellers], [other two
bond issuers] and the underwriters named therein. 
 “U.S. Government Obligations” means direct obligations (or
certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged.

 “17g-5 Website” has the meaning specified in Section 11.22. 

Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may otherwise require, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth
in the Servicing Agreement as in effect on the Issuance Date for all purposes of this Bond Indenture, and the definitions of such terms are equally applicable both to the singular and plural forms of such terms: 

 

					
	 Term
	  	 Section of

Servicing Agreement
	 
	 Adjustment Letter
	  	 	Section 1.01	  
	 Estimated Phase-In-Recovery Charge Payments
	  	 	Section 1.01	  
	 Financing Order
	  	 	Section 1.01	  
	 Issuance Advice Letter
	  	 	Section 1.01	  
	 Principal Balance
	  	 	Section 1.01	  
	 Phase-In-Recovery Charge
	  	 	Section 1.01	  
	 Phase-In-Recovery Charge Collections
	  	 	Section 1.01	  
	 Phase-In-Recovery Property
	  	 	Section 1.01	  
	 Regulation AB
	  	 	Section 1.01	  
	 Seller
	  	 	Section 1.01	  
	 Semiannual Servicer Certificate
	  	 	Section 1.01	  
	 Servicer
	  	 	Section 1.01	  
	 Servicer Default
	  	 	Section 1.01	  
	 Servicing Fee
	  	 	Section 1.01	  
	 Sponsor
	  	 	Section 1.01	  
	 True-Up Adjustments
	  	 	Section 1.01	  

 Section 1.02 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. 

Whenever this Bond Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a
part of this Bond Indenture. The following Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Bond Indenture have the following meanings: 

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

  
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 “indenture securities” means the Bonds. 

“indenture security holder” means a Bondholder. 

“indenture to be qualified” means this Bond Indenture. 

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Bond Trustee. 

“obligor” on the indenture securities means the Bond Issuer and any other obligor on the indenture securities.

 All other Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Bond Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by Trust
Indenture Act reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions. 
 Section 1.03 Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires: 
 (a) a term has the meaning assigned to it; 
 (b) an accounting term not otherwise
defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time; 
 (c) “or” is not exclusive; 
 (d) “including”
means including without limitation; 
 (e) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular;

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

(h) except as otherwise specified herein, UCC terms shall have the meanings given to such terms in the UCC. 

ARTICLE II  
 The Bonds 
 Section 2.01 Terms of the Bonds. 

(a) Authorization; Designation. The issuance of the Bonds in an aggregate initial principal amount of $_,000,000 is hereby
authorized and the Bonds shall be designated as the [CEI Funding LLC] [OE Funding LLC] [TE Funding LLC] Bonds (the “Bonds”), and further denominated as Tranches A-1 through A-[ ]. 

(b) Initial Principal Amount: Bond Interest Rate: Scheduled Final Payment Date: Final Maturity Date. The Bonds of each Tranche
shall have the aggregate initial principal amount, bear interest at the rates per annum and shall have Scheduled Final Payment Dates and Final Maturity Dates as set forth below: 

 

									
	 Tranche
	 	 Initial Principal

Amount
	 	 Bond Interest

Rate
	 	 Scheduled

Final Payment Date
	 	 Final Maturity

Date

  
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 The Bond Interest Rate shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months. 
 The Bonds shall be issuable in not less than Minimum Denominations. 

(c) Authentication Date; Payment Dates: Expected Amortization Schedule for Principal; Semiannual Interest. 

(i) Authentication Date. The Bonds that are authenticated and delivered by the Bond Trustee to or upon the order of
the Bond Issuer on                     , 2013 (the “Issuance Date”) shall have as their date of authentication
                    , 2013. 
 (ii) Payment Dates. The Payment Dates for the Bonds shall be [            ] and
[            ] of each year or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing on
[            ] and continuing until the earlier of repayment of the Bonds in full or the Final Maturity Date for Tranche
A-[            ] of the Bonds. 
 (iii) Expected
Amortization Schedule for Principal. Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the unpaid principal amount of all Bonds and accrued interest thereon has been declared to be due and payable, on each Payment Date, the
Bond Trustee shall pay to the Bondholders of record as of the related Record Date amounts payable pursuant to Section 8.02(e) as principal, in the following order and priority: (1) to the holders of the Tranche A-1 Bonds, until the
Outstanding Amount of such Tranche of Bonds thereof has been reduced to zero; (2) to the holders of the Tranche A-2 Bonds, until the Outstanding Amount of such Tranche of Bonds thereof has been reduced to zero; and (3) to the holders of
the Tranche A-[            ] Bonds until the Outstanding Amount of such Tranche of Bonds thereof has been reduced to zero; provided, however, that in no event shall a
principal payment pursuant to this Section 2.01(c)(iii) on any Tranche on a Payment Date be greater than the amount that reduces the Outstanding Amount of such Tranche of Bonds to the amount specified in the Expected Amortization
Schedule. Partial payments of any scheduled amortization payment shall be allocated within any Tranche of Bonds pro rata. 
 (iv) Semiannual Interest. Semiannual Interest will be payable on each Tranche of Bonds on each Payment Date in an amount equal to one-half of the product of (A) the applicable Bond Interest
Rate and (B) the Outstanding Amount of the related Tranche of Bonds as of the close of business on the preceding Payment Date after giving effect to all payments of principal made to the Holders of the related Tranche of Bonds on such preceding
Payment Date; provided, however that with respect to the initial Payment Date or, if no payment has yet been made, interest on the outstanding principal balance will accrue from and including the Issuance Date to, but excluding, that
Payment Date. 
 Section 2.02 Form. 
 The Bonds and the Bond Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the forms set forth in Exhibit B, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by this Bond Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing
such Bonds, as evidenced by their execution of such Bonds. Any portion of the text of any Bond may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Bond. 

  
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 The Bonds shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any
combination of these methods (with or without steel engraved borders), all as determined by the officers executing such Bonds, as evidenced by their execution of such Bonds. 
 The terms of the Bonds set forth in Exhibit B are part of the terms of this Bond Indenture. 
 Section 2.03 Execution, Authentication and Delivery. 
 The Bonds shall
be executed on behalf of the Bond Issuer by any of its Authorized Officers. The signature of any such Authorized Officer on the Bonds may be manual or facsimile. 
 Bonds bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were at any time Authorized Officers of the Bond Issuer shall bind the Bond Issuer, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them
have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Bonds or did not hold such offices at the date of such Bonds. 
 At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Bond Indenture, the Bond Issuer may deliver Bonds executed by the Bond Issuer to the Bond Trustee pursuant to an Issuer Order for
authentication; and the Bond Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Bonds as provided in this Bond Indenture and not otherwise. 
 No Bond shall be entitled to any benefit under this Bond Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Bond a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
provided for herein executed by the Bond Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Bond shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Bond has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder. 
 Section 2.04 Temporary Bonds. 

Pending the preparation of definitive Bonds, the Bond Issuer may execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order the Bond Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, temporary Bonds which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, of the tenor of the definitive Bonds in lieu of which they are issued and with such variations not inconsistent with the
terms of this Bond Indenture as the officers executing such Bonds may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Bonds. 

If temporary Bonds are issued, the Bond Issuer will cause definitive Bonds to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of definitive Bonds, the temporary Bonds shall be exchangeable for definitive Bonds upon surrender of the temporary Bonds at the office or agency of the Bond Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02, without charge
to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Bonds, the Bond Issuer shall execute and the Bond Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Bonds of Minimum
Denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Bonds shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Bond Indenture as definitive Bonds. 
 Section 2.05 Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange. 
 The
Bond Issuer shall cause to be kept a register (the “Bond Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Bond Issuer shall provide for the registration of Bonds and the registration of transfers
of Bonds. The Bond Trustee shall be “Bond Registrar” for the purpose of registering Bonds and transfers of Bonds as herein provided. Upon any resignation of any Bond Registrar, the Bond Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor or,
if it elects not to make such an appointment, assume the duties of Bond Registrar. 

  
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 If a Person other than the Bond Trustee is appointed by the Bond Issuer as Bond Registrar,
the Bond Issuer will give the Bond Trustee prompt written notice of the appointment of such Bond Registrar and of the location, and any change in the location, of the Bond Register, and the Bond Trustee shall have the right to inspect the Bond
Register at all reasonable times and to obtain copies thereof, and the Bond Trustee shall have the right to rely upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Bond Registrar by a Responsible Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the
Holders of the Bonds and the principal amounts and number of such Bonds. 
 Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any
Bond at the office or agency of the Bond Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02, the Bond Issuer shall execute, and the Bond Trustee shall authenticate and the Bondholder shall obtain from the Bond Trustee, in the name of
the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Bonds in any Minimum Denominations, of a like Tranche and aggregate principal amount. 
 At the option of the Holder, Bonds may be exchanged for other Bonds in any Minimum Denominations, of a like Tranche and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Bonds to be exchanged at such
office or agency. Whenever any Bonds are so surrendered for exchange, the Bond Issuer shall execute, and the Bond Trustee shall authenticate and the Bondholder shall obtain from the Bond Trustee, the Bonds which the Bondholder making the exchange is
entitled to receive. 
 All Bonds issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Bonds shall be the valid obligations
of the Bond Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Bond Indenture, as the Bonds surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. 

Every Bond presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by (a) a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Bond Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an institution which is a member of one of the
following recognized Signature Guaranty Programs: (i) The Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) The New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MSP); (iii) The Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP); or
(iv) in such other guarantee program acceptable to the Bond Trustee, and (b) such other documents as the Bond Trustee may require. 
 No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of Bonds, but the Bond Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Bonds, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.04 not involving any transfer. 
 The preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the Bond Issuer shall not be required to make and the Bond Registrar need not register transfers or exchanges of any Bond for a period of 15 days
preceding the date for any payment with respect to the Bond. 
 Section 2.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Bonds. 
 If (i) any mutilated Bond is surrendered to the Bond Trustee, or the Bond Trustee receives evidence to its
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Bond, and (ii) there is delivered to the Bond Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by it to hold the Bond Issuer and the Bond Trustee harmless, then, in the absence of
notice to the Bond Issuer, the Bond Registrar or the Bond Trustee that such Bond has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Bond Issuer shall execute and, upon its request, the Bond Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in
lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bond, a replacement Bond of like Tranche, tenor and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding; provided, however, that if any such destroyed, lost or
stolen Bond, but not a mutilated Bond, shall have become or within seven days shall be due and payable, instead of issuing a replacement Bond, the Bond Issuer may pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Bond when so due or payable, without surrender
thereof. If, after the delivery of such replacement Bond or payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen Bond pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, a protected purchaser of the original Bond in lieu of which such replacement Bond was issued
presents for payment such original Bond, the Bond Issuer and the Bond Trustee shall be entitled to recover such replacement Bond (or such payment) from the Person to whom it was delivered or any Person taking such replacement Bond from such Person
to whom such replacement Bond was delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a protected purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred
by the Bond Issuer or the Bond Trustee in connection therewith. 

  
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 Upon the issuance of any replacement Bond under this Section, the Bond Issuer may require
the payment by the Holder of such Bond of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Bond Trustee) connected
therewith. 
 Every replacement Bond issued pursuant to this Section in replacement of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Bond shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Bond Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bond shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Bond
Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Bonds duly issued hereunder. 
 The provisions of this Section are
exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bonds. 
 Section 2.07 Persons Deemed Owner. 
 Prior to due presentment for
registration of transfer of any Bond, the Bond Issuer, the Bond Trustee and any agent of the Bond Issuer or the Bond Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Bond is registered (as of the day of determination) as the owner of such Bond for the
purpose of receiving payments of principal of and interest on such Bond and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Bond be overdue, and neither the Bond Issuer, the Bond Trustee nor any agent of the Bond Issuer or the Bond Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
 Section 2.08 Payment of Principal and Interest; Interest on Overdue
Principal; Principal and Interest Rights Preserved. 
 (a) Any installment of interest or principal payable on any Bond
which is punctually paid or duly provided for by the Bond Issuer on the applicable Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Bond (or one or more Predecessor Bonds) is registered on the Record Date for such Payment Date, by check
mailed first-class, postage prepaid to such Person’s address as it appears on the Bond Register on such Record Date, except that with respect to Bonds registered on the Record Date in the name of the Certificate Trustee payments will be made by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by the Certificate Trustee and except for the final installment of principal payable with respect to such Bond on a Payment Date which shall be payable as provided below. The
funds represented by any such checks returned undelivered shall be held in accordance with Section 3.03. 
 (b) The
principal of each Bond of each Tranche shall be paid, to the extent funds are available therefor in the Collection Account, in installments on each Payment Date specified in Section 2.01. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid
principal amount of the Bonds shall be due and payable, if not previously paid, on the date on which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if the Bond Trustee or the Holders of the Bonds representing not less than a majority of
the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds have declared the Bonds to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section 5.02. In such event, all payments of principal on the Bonds shall be made pro rata. The Bond Trustee shall
notify the Person in whose name a Bond is registered at the close of business on the Record Date preceding the Payment Date on which the Bond Issuer expects that the final installment of principal of and interest on such Bond will be paid. Such
notice shall be sent no later than five days prior to such final Payment Date and shall specify that such final installment will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of such Bond and shall specify the place where such Bond may be
presented and surrendered for payment of such installment. 
 (c) If the Bond Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the
Bonds when due, the Bond Issuer shall be required to pay such defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest at the applicable Bond Interest Rate to the extent lawful) to the Persons who are Bondholders on a subsequent special record
date, which date shall be at least five Business Days prior to the payment date. The Bond Issuer shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date, and, at least 20 days before any such special record date, the Bond Issuer
shall mail to each affected Bondholder a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest) to be paid. 

  
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 Section 2.09 Cancellation. 

All Bonds surrendered for payment, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Bond Trustee,
be delivered to the Bond Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by the Bond Trustee. The Bond Issuer may at any time deliver to the Bond Trustee for cancellation any Bonds previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Bond Issuer may
have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Bonds so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Bond Trustee. No Bonds shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Bonds cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly
permitted by this Bond Indenture. All cancelled Bonds may be held or disposed of by the Bond Trustee in accordance with its standard retention or disposal policy as in effect at the time. 

Section 2.10 Authentication and Delivery of Bonds. 
 On the Issuance Date, the Bonds shall be executed by the Bond Issuer and delivered to the Bond Trustee for authentication and thereupon the same shall be authenticated and delivered by the Bond Trustee
upon Issuer Request and upon receipt by the Bond Trustee or satisfaction of the following upon which the Bond Trustee may conclusively rely to the extent permitted to so rely under Article VI hereof: 

(a) Bond Issuer Action. An Issuer Order authorizing and directing the authentication and delivery of the Bonds by the Bond Trustee
and specifying the principal amount of Bonds to be authenticated. 
 (b) Authorizations. 

(i) An Opinion of Counsel that no authorization, approval or consent of any Ohio, Delaware or federal governmental body or
bodies at the time having jurisdiction in the premises is required to be obtained by the Bond Issuer for the valid issuance, authentication and delivery of such Bonds, except for such registrations as are required under the blue sky and securities
laws of any State or such authorizations, approvals or consents of governmental bodies that have been obtained. 

(ii) An Opinion of Counsel that no authorization, approval or consent of any governmental body or bodies at the time
having jurisdiction in the premises is required for the valid execution and delivery by the Bond Issuer of each of the Basic Documents to which the Bond Issuer is a party, except for such authorizations, approvals or consents of governmental bodies
that have been obtained. 
 (c) Authorizing Certificate. A certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Bond Issuer
certifying that the Bond Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Bond Indenture and the execution, authentication and delivery of the Bonds. 
 (d) The Collateral. The Bond Issuer shall have made or caused to be made all filings with the Delaware Secretary of State, the Ohio Secretary of State, PUCO and all other filings necessary to
perfect the Grant of the Collateral to the Bond Trustee and the Lien of this Bond Indenture. 
 (e) Certificates of the Bond
Issuer and the Seller. 
 (i) An Officer’s Certificate from the Bond Issuer, dated as of the Issuance
Date: 
 (A) to the effect that the Bond Issuer is not in Default under this Bond Indenture and that the issuance of the Bonds
applied for will not result in any Default or in any material breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of or constitute a default under any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Bond
Issuer is a party or by which it or its property is bound or any order of any court or administrative agency entered in any Proceeding to which the Bond Issuer is a party or by which it or its property may be bound or to which it or its property may
be subject; and that all conditions precedent provided in this Bond Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of the Bonds applied for have been complied with; 

  
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 (B) to the effect that all instruments furnished to the Bond Trustee pursuant to this Bond
Indenture conform to the requirements set forth in this Bond Indenture and constitute all of the documents required to be delivered hereunder for the Bond Trustee to authenticate and deliver the Bonds applied for, and all conditions precedent
provided for in this Bond Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of the Bonds have been complied with; 
 (C) to
the effect that the Bond Issuer has not assigned any interest or participation in the Collateral except for the Lien of this Bond Indenture and of the Statute; the Bond Issuer has the power and right to Grant the Collateral to the Bond Trustee as
security hereunder; and the Bond Issuer, subject to the terms of this Bond Indenture, has Granted to the Bond Trustee all of its right, title and interest in and to such Collateral free and clear of any Lien, mortgage, pledge, charge, security
interest, adverse claim or other encumbrance, except the Lien of this Bond Indenture and of the Statute; 
 (D) to the effect
that the Bond Issuer has appointed a firm of Independent certified public accountants as contemplated in Section 8.06 hereof; 
 (E) to the effect that attached thereto are duly executed, true and complete copies of the Sale Agreement and the Servicing Agreement; and 

(F) stating that all filings with the PUCO pursuant to the Statute, the Financing Order and all UCC financing statements with respect to
the Collateral, which are required to be filed to cause the Bond Trustee to have a first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral, have been filed. 

(ii) An Officer’s Certificate (as defined in the Sale Agreement) from the Seller, dated as of the Issuance Date, to
the effect that (A) the representations and warranties set forth in Article III of the Sale Agreement are true and correct and (B) the attached copies of the Financing Order creating the Phase-In-Recovery Property and Issuance Advice
Letter are true and correct. 
 (f) Opinion of Counsel. An Opinion of Counsel, portions of which may be delivered by
counsel for the Bond Issuer, portions of which may be delivered by counsel for the Seller and the Servicer, and portions of which may be delivered by counsel to the Certificate Issuer, dated the Issuance Date, in each case subject to the customary
exceptions, qualifications and assumptions contained therein (and upon which the Certificate Trustee shall be entitled to rely), to the collective effect that: 
 (i) the Bond Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; 
 (ii) the Bond Issuer has the limited liability company power and authority to execute and deliver this Bond Indenture and to issue the Bonds, and this Bond Indenture and the Bonds have been duly
authorized and the Bond Issuer is duly formed and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization; 
 (iii) the Bond Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Bond Issuer; 
 (iv) the Bonds applied for have been duly authorized and executed and, when authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Bond Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price
therefor, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Bond Issuer, entitled to the benefits of the Bond Indenture subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and other laws relating to or affecting the
rights of creditors generally and general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); 

  
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 (v) this Bond Indenture, the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the
Fee and Indemnity Agreement and the Cross-Indemnity Agreement are valid and binding agreements of the Bond Issuer, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability against the Bond Issuer may be subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law); 
 (vi)(A) the provisions of the Bond Indenture create a valid security interest
securing the Secured Obligations in favor of the Bond Trustee in the Collateral, (B) the financing statements to be filed with the Delaware Secretary of State and the Ohio Secretary of State include all of the information required by
Section 9-502(a) of the UCC and Section 4928.2312 of the Statute, (C) the financing statements have been presented for filing and all filing fees required in connection therewith have been paid, (D) the security interest granted
by the Bond Issuer under this Bond Indenture which can be perfected by the filing of financing statements under the UCC are perfected, (E) the provisions of the Bond Indenture are effective to create in favor of the Bond Trustee a perfected
security interest in the Collection Account to the extent constituting a securities account under the UCC, (F) search reports set forth the proper filing offices and proper debtor necessary to identify the persons who under the UCC have on file
financing statements covering the Collateral, or a portion thereof, (G) by operation of Section 4928.2312 thereof, the Statute creates, upon the effective date of the Financing Order, a first priority Statutory Lien on the
Phase-In-Recovery Property securing the Secured Obligations, and (H) the Statutory Lien is valid, perfected and enforceable against the Bond Issuer and all third parties without any further public notice; 

(vii) either (A) the Registration Statement covering the Bonds and the Certificates is effective under the Securities
Act and, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge and information, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement has been issued under the Securities Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been initiated or are
pending or threatened by the Commission or (B) the Bonds and the Certificates are exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act; 
 (viii) the Bond Issuer is not an “investment company” or under the “control” of an “investment company” as such terms are defined under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended; 
 (ix) the Sale Agreement is a valid and binding agreement of the Seller
enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms except as such enforceability may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors
generally and general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); 
 (x) the Servicing Agreement is a valid and binding agreement of the Servicer enforceable against the Servicer in accordance with its terms except as such enforceability may be subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or
at law); 
 (xi) upon the delivery of the fully executed Sale Agreement to the Bond Issuer and the payment of the
purchase price of the Phase-In-Recovery Property by the Bond Issuer to the Seller pursuant to the Sale Agreement, then (A) the transfer of the Phase-In-Recovery Property by the Seller to the Bond Issuer pursuant to the Sale Agreement conveys
all of the Seller’s right, title and interest in the Phase-In-Recovery Property to the Bond Issuer and such transfer will be treated under the laws of the State of Ohio as an absolute transfer and true sale of all of the Seller’s right,
title, and interest in the Phase-In-Recovery Property, other than for federal and state income and franchise tax purposes, and (B) such transfer and true sale of the Phase-In-Recovery Property is effective and perfected against all third
parties pursuant to Section 4928.2313 of the Statute; 
 (xii)(A) the Financing Order has been duly issued
and authorized by the PUCO and the Financing Order, giving effect to the Issuance Advice Letter, is effective; (B) in reliance on the opinion of [            ] that the Bonds are
“bonds” under Section 4928.23(C) of the Statute, as of the issuance of the Bonds, the Bonds are entitled to the protections provided in Sections 4928.235 and 4928.2315 of the Statute and the Financing Order, and that the Certificate
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trustee of an express trust, as Holder of the Bonds shall be, to the extent permitted by state and federal law, entitled to enforce the protections of such Sections of the Statute; (C) the
Financing Order is no longer subject to appeal by any person in the state courts of the State of Ohio; and (D) the Servicer is authorized to file True-Up Adjustments to the Phase-In-Recovery Charge to the extent necessary to ensure the timely
recovery of revenues sufficient to provide for the payment of all principal and interest on the Bonds and all other approved Financing Costs; 
 (xiii) any state action (whether by legislative, PUCO, citizen initiative or otherwise) to revoke or limit the Financing Order, the Issuance Advice Letter, the Phase-In-Recovery Property or the
Phase-In-Recovery Charge in a manner which would substantially impair the rights of Bondholders would be subject to a successful constitutional contracts clause defense; and 

(xiv) such other matters as the Bond Trustee may reasonably require. 

(g) Accountant’s Letter. A letter addressed to the Bond Issuer and the Bond Trustee complying with the requirements of
Section 11.01(a) hereof, of a firm of Independent registered public accountants of recognized national reputation to the effect that (i) such accountants are Independent with respect to the Bond Issuer within the meaning of the Bond
Indenture, and are independent public accountants within the meaning of the standards of The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and (ii) with respect to the Collateral, they have made certain specified recalculations of
calculations and information provided by the Seller for the purpose of determining that, based on certain specified assumptions used in calculating estimated collections based on the initial Phase-In-Recovery Charge, as of the Issuance Date such
estimated collections based on the initial Phase-In-Recovery Charge are sufficient to pay (i) assumed Operating Expenses when incurred, plus (ii) interest on the Bonds at their respective Bond Interest Rates when due as set forth in the
Final Prospectus, plus (iii) principal of the Bonds in accordance with the Expected Amortization Schedule set forth in the Final Prospectus and found the calculations to be mathematically correct. 

(h) Rating Agency Condition. The Bond Trustee shall receive a letter from each of the Rating Agencies confirming that the Bonds
have received the ratings from the Rating Agencies required by the Underwriting Agreement as a condition to the issuance of the Bonds. 
 (i) Other Requirements. Such other documents, certificates, agreements, instruments or opinions as the Bond Trustee may reasonably require. 

(j) Satisfaction of Conditions. Payment of the purchase price for the Bonds by the Certificate Issuer in accordance with the Bond
Purchase Agreement shall constitute satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 2.10. 
 Section 2.11
Release of Collateral. 
 Subject to Section 11.01, the Bond Trustee shall release property from the Lien of
this Bond Indenture only as specified in Section 8.04. 
 Section 2.12 Tax Treatment. 

The Bond Issuer and the Bond Trustee, by entering into this Bond Indenture, and the Bondholders and any Persons holding a beneficial
interest in any Bond, by acquiring any Bond or interest therein, (a) express their intention that, solely for the purposes of federal taxes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state, local and other tax law, solely for the purposes of
state, local and other taxes, the Bonds qualify under applicable tax law as indebtedness of the Member secured by the Collateral and (b) solely for the purposes of federal taxes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state, local and
other tax law, solely for purposes of state, local and other taxes, so long as any of the Bonds are Outstanding, agree to treat the Bonds as indebtedness of the Member secured by the Collateral unless otherwise required by appropriate taxing
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 Section 2.13 State Pledge. 

Section 4928.2315 of the Statute (the “State Pledge”) provides as follows: 

“The state pledges to and agrees with the bondholders, any assignee, and any financing parties under
a final financing order that the state will not take or permit any action that impairs the value of phase-in-recovery property under the final financing order or revises the phase-in costs for which recovery is authorized under the final financing
order or, except as allowed under section 4928.238 of the Revised Code, reduce, alter, or impair phase-in-recovery charges that are imposed, charged, collected, or remitted for the benefit of the bondholders, any assignee, and any financing parties,
until any principal, interest, and redemption premium in respect of phase-in-recovery bonds, all financing costs, and all amounts to be paid to an assignee or financing party under an ancillary agreement are paid or performed in full.”

 The Bond Issuer hereby acknowledges that the purchase of any Bond by a Holder or the purchase of any beneficial interest in a Bond by any
Person and the Bond Trustee’s obligations to perform hereunder are made in reliance on such agreement and pledge by the State of Ohio. The Bond Issuer hereby represents and warrants to the Bond Trustee, for the benefit of the Bondholders that
it constitutes an “assignee” under Section 4928.23(B) of the Statute, that the Bonds constitute “bonds” under Section 4928.23(C) of the Statute, that the Bonds are entitled to the protections provided in Sections
4928.235 and 4928.2315 of the Statute, and that the Certificate Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, as Holder of the Bonds shall be, to the extent permitted by state and federal law, entitled to enforce such sections of the
Statute. 
 Section 2.14 Security Interest. 
 The Bond Issuer hereby makes the following representations and warranties. Other than the security interest granted to the Bond Trustee pursuant to this Bond Indenture, the Bond Issuer has not pledged,
granted, sold, conveyed or otherwise assigned any interest or security interest in the Collateral and no security agreement, financing statement or equivalent security or Lien instrument listing the Bond Issuer as debtor covering all or any part of
the Collateral is on file or of record in any jurisdiction, except such as may have been filed, recorded or made by the Bond Issuer in favor of the Bond Trustee for the benefit of the Bondholders, the Bond Trustee and any other holders of Secured
Obligations, in connection with this Bond Indenture. This Bond Indenture constitutes a valid and continuing Lien on, and first priority perfected security interest in, the Collateral in favor of the Bond Trustee for the benefit of the
Bondholders, the Bond Trustee and any other holders of Secured Obligations, which Lien and security interest is prior to all other Liens and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the Bond Issuer in accordance with its
terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles, whether considered
in a proceeding at law or in equity and by an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. With respect to all Collateral, this Bond Indenture creates a valid and continuing first priority perfected security interest (as defined in the UCC
and as such term is used in the Statute) in such Collateral, which security interest is prior to all other Liens and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the Bond Issuer in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles, whether considered in a proceeding at
law or in equity and by an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The Bond Issuer has good and marketable title to the Collateral free and clear of any Lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person other than the Lien of this Bond
Indenture. All of the Collateral constitutes either Phase-In-Recovery Property or accounts, deposit accounts, securities accounts, investment property or general intangibles (as each such term is defined in the UCC) except that proceeds of the
Collateral may also take the form of instruments. The Bond Issuer has taken, or caused the Servicer to take, all action necessary to perfect the security interest in the Collateral granted to the Bond Trustee, for the benefit of the
Bondholders, the Bond Trustee and any other holders of Secured Obligations. The Bond Issuer has filed (or has caused the Servicer to file) all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing offices in the appropriate jurisdictions under
applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the Collateral granted to the Bond Trustee. The Bond Issuer has not authorized the filing of and is not aware, after due inquiry, of any financing statements against the Bond Issuer that
include a description of the Collateral other than those filed in favor of the Bond Trustee. The Bond Issuer is not aware of any judgment or tax Lien filings against the Bond Issuer. The Collection Account (including all subaccounts
thereof) constitutes a “securities account” within the meaning of the UCC. The Bond Issuer has taken all steps necessary to cause the Securities Intermediary of each such securities account to identify in its records the Bond Trustee
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 a security entitlement against the Securities Intermediary in such securities account, neither the
Collection Account or any subaccount thereof is in the name of any person other than the Bond Trustee, and the Bond Issuer has not consented to the Securities Intermediary of the Collection Account to comply with entitlement orders of any person
other than the Bond Trustee. All of the Collateral constituting investment property has been and will have been credited to the Collection Account or a subaccount thereof, and the Securities Intermediary for the Collection Account has agreed to
treat all assets credited to the Collection Account as “financial assets” within the meaning of the UCC. Accordingly, the Bond Trustee has a first priority perfected security interest in the Collection Account, all funds and financial
assets on deposit therein, and all securities entitlements relating thereto. The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.14 shall survive the execution and delivery of this Bond Indenture and the issuance of any
Bonds, shall be deemed re-made on each date on which any funds in the Collection Account are distributed to the Bond Issuer or otherwise released from the Lien of the Bond Indenture. 

ARTICLE III  
 Covenants 
 Section 3.01 Payment of Principal and
Interest. 
 The Bond Issuer will duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds in accordance with the
terms of the Bonds and this Bond Indenture. Amounts properly withheld under the Code by any Person from a payment to any Bondholder of interest or principal shall be considered as having been paid by the Bond Issuer to such Bondholder for all
purposes of this Bond Indenture. 
 Section 3.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency. 

The Bond Issuer will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where Bonds may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange. The Bond Issuer hereby initially appoints the Bond Trustee to serve as its agent for the foregoing purposes. The Bond Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Bond Trustee of the location, and of any change
in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Bond Issuer shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Bond Trustee with the address thereof, such surrenders may be made at the Corporate Trust
Office, and the Bond Issuer hereby appoints the Bond Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders. 
 Section 3.03
Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust. 
 As provided in Section 8.02(a), all payments of amounts due and
payable with respect to any Bonds that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 8.02(e) shall be made on behalf of the Bond Issuer by the Bond Trustee or by another Paying Agent, and no
amounts so withdrawn from the Collection Account for payments of Bonds shall be paid over to the Bond Issuer except as provided in this Section 3.03 and Section 8.02. 

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

(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the Bonds in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and pay such sums to such Persons as herein provided; 
 (b) give the Bond Trustee and the Certificate Trustee notice of any Default by the Bond Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Bonds) of which it has actual knowledge in the making of any payment required
to be made with respect to the Bonds; 
 (c) at any time during the continuance of any such Default, upon the written request of
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 (d) immediately resign as a Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Bond Trustee all sums held
by it in trust for the payment of Bonds if at any time it ceases to meet the standards required to be met by a Paying Agent at the time of its appointment; and 
 (e) comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to the withholding from any payments made by it on any Bonds of any applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any
applicable reporting requirements in connection therewith. 
 The Bond Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Bond Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer Order direct any Paying Agent to pay to the Bond Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Bond Trustee upon the same trusts
as those upon which the sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Bond Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money. 

Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds, any money held by the Bond Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the
payment of any amount due with respect to any Bond and remaining unclaimed for two years after such amount has become due and payable shall be discharged from such trust and be paid to the Bond Issuer on Issuer Request; and, subject to
Section 11.16, the Holder of such Bond shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Bond Issuer for payment thereof (but only to the extent of the amounts so paid to the Bond Issuer), and all liability of the Bond
Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Bond Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Bond Issuer
cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified
therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Bond Issuer. The Bond Trustee may also adopt and employ, at the expense of the Bond Issuer, any
other reasonable means of notification of such repayment (including mailing notice of such repayment to Holders whose right to or interest in moneys due and payable but not claimed is determinable from the records of the Bond Trustee or of any
Paying Agent, at the last address of record for each such Holder). 
 Section 3.04 Existence. 

The Bond Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a limited liability company under the laws of the State
of Delaware (unless, subject to the provisions of Section 3.10 hereof, it becomes, or any successor Bond Issuer hereunder is or becomes, organized under the laws of any other State or of the United States of America, in which case the
Bond Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises under the laws of such other jurisdiction) and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be
necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Bond Indenture, the Bonds, the Collateral and each other instrument or agreement included in the Collateral. 
 Section 3.05 Protection of Collateral. 
 The Bond Issuer will from time
to time execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto and except to the extent required to be made by the Seller or Servicer, make all such filings with the PUCO pursuant to the Statute or the Financing Order, UCC financing
statements, UCC continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other instruments, and will take such other action necessary or advisable to: 
 (a) maintain or preserve the Lien and security interest (and the priority thereof) of this Bond Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes hereof; 

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

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 (d) preserve and defend title to the Collateral and the rights of the Bond Trustee and the
Bondholders in such Collateral against the claims of all Persons and parties, including the challenge by any party to the validity or enforceability of the Financing Order, any Adjustment Letter or the Phase-In-Recovery Property or any proceeding
relating thereto and institute any action or proceeding necessary to compel performance by the PUCO or the State of Ohio of any of its obligations or duties under the Statute, the Financing Order or any Adjustment Letter; or 

(e) pay any and all taxes levied or assessed upon all or any part of the Collateral. 

The Bond Issuer hereby designates the Bond Trustee its agent and attorney-in-fact with authorization to execute and/or file on behalf of
the Bond Issuer any filings with the PUCO pursuant to the Statute or, except to the extent required to be filed or furnished by the Seller or Servicer, the Financing Order, UCC financing statement, UCC continuation statement or other instrument
required by the Bond Trustee pursuant to this Section, it being understood that the Bond Trustee shall have no such obligation. 

Section 3.06 Opinions as to Collateral. 
 (a) On the Issuance Date, the Bond Issuer shall furnish to the Bond Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, (i) such action has been taken (and reciting the
details of such action) with respect to the recording and filing of this Bond Indenture and any other requisite documents, and with respect to the execution and filing of any filings with the PUCO pursuant to the Statute or, except to the extent
required to be filed or furnished by the Seller or Servicer, the Financing Order, UCC financing statements and UCC continuation statements, as are necessary to perfect the Lien and security interest of this Bond Indenture, or (ii) no such
action is necessary to make such Lien and security interest effective. The delivery of the Opinion of Counsel referenced in Section 2.10 shall be deemed to satisfy this requirement. 

(b) Within ninety days after the beginning of each calendar year beginning with the calendar year beginning January 1, 2014, the
Bond Issuer shall furnish to the Bond Trustee an Opinion of Counsel of counsel of the Bond Issuer either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of
this Bond Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and with respect to the execution and filing of any filings with the PUCO pursuant to the Statute and the Financing Order and any financing statements and
continuation statements as are necessary to maintain the Lien and the first priority perfected security interest created by this Bond Indenture and reciting the details of such action or stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action
is necessary to maintain such Lien and security interest. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Bond Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and
the execution and filing of any filings with the PUCO, financing statements and continuation statements that will, in the opinion of such counsel, be required within the twelve-month period following the date of such opinion to maintain the Lien and
the first priority perfected security interest created by this Bond Indenture. 
 (c) Prior to the effectiveness of any
amendment to the Sale Agreement, the Bond Issuer shall furnish to the Bond Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either (i) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all filings, including filings with the PUCO pursuant to the Statute or the
Financing Order and any UCC financing statements, have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Bond Issuer and the Bond Trustee in the Phase-In-Recovery Property and the proceeds thereof, and
reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (ii) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest.

  
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 Section 3.07 Performance of Obligations; Servicing; Commission Filings.

 The Bond Issuer (i) will diligently pursue any and all actions to enforce its rights under each instrument or agreement
included in the Collateral and (ii) will not take any action and will use its reasonable efforts not to permit any action to be taken by others that would release any Person from any of such Person’s covenants or obligations under any such
instrument or agreement or that would result in the amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except, in each case, as expressly permitted in
this Bond Indenture, the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement or such other instrument or agreement. 
 (a) The Bond Issuer
may contract with other Persons to assist it in performing its duties under this Bond Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person identified to the Bond Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate of the Bond Issuer shall be deemed to be
action taken by the Bond Issuer. Initially, the Bond Issuer has contracted with the Administrator and the Servicer to assist the Bond Issuer in performing its duties under this Bond Indenture. 

(b) The Bond Issuer will punctually perform and observe all of its obligations and agreements contained in this Bond Indenture, the Basic
Documents and in the instruments and agreements included in the Collateral, including filing or causing to be filed all filings with the PUCO pursuant to the Statute or the Financing Order, UCC financing statements and continuation statements
required to be filed by it by the terms of this Bond Indenture, the Sale Agreement and the Servicing Agreement in accordance with and within the time periods provided for herein and therein. Except as otherwise expressly permitted therein, the Bond
Issuer shall not waive, amend, modify, supplement or terminate any Basic Document or any provision thereof without the written consent of the Bond Trustee (which consent shall not be withheld if (i) the Bond Trustee shall have received an
Officer’s Certificate stating that such waiver, amendment, modification, supplement or termination shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Bondholders or the holders of Certificates and (ii) the Rating
Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect thereto) or the Holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of Bonds. 
 (c) If the Bond Issuer shall have knowledge of the occurrence of a Servicer Default under the Servicing Agreement, the Bond Issuer shall promptly give written notice thereof to the Bond Trustee, the
Certificate Trustee and the Rating Agencies, and shall specify in such notice the action, if any, the Bond Issuer is taking with respect of such default. If a Servicer Default shall arise from the failure of the Servicer to perform any of its duties
or obligations under the Servicing Agreement with respect to the Phase-In-Recovery Property, including the Phase-In-Recovery Charge, the Bond Issuer shall take all reasonable steps available to it to remedy such failure. 

(d) As promptly as possible after the giving of notice to the Servicer, the Bond Trustee, the Certificate Trustee and the Rating Agencies
of termination of the Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Servicing Agreement, the Bond Issuer, subject to the approval of the PUCO pursuant to the Financing Order and certain other conditions set forth in the
Servicing Agreement, shall appoint a successor Servicer (the “Successor Servicer”) with the Bond Trustee’s prior written consent thereto (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld and shall be given upon the written
direction of Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds), and such Successor Servicer shall accept its appointment by a written assumption in a form acceptable to the Bond Issuer and the Bond Trustee. If within 30
days after the delivery of the notice referred to above, the Bond Issuer shall not have obtained such a new Servicer, the Bond Trustee, at the expense of the Bond Issuer, may petition the PUCO or a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a
Successor Servicer. In connection with any such appointment, the Bond Issuer may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor as it and such successor shall agree, subject to the limitations set forth below and in the Servicing
Agreement, and in accordance and in compliance with Section 7.02 of the Servicing Agreement, the Bond Issuer shall enter into an agreement with such successor for the servicing of the Phase-In-Recovery Property (such agreement to be in form and
substance satisfactory to the Bond Trustee). 
 (e) Upon any termination of the Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to
the Servicing Agreement, the Bond Trustee shall promptly notify the Bond Issuer, the Bondholders, the Certificate Trustee and the Rating Agencies. As soon as a Successor Servicer is appointed, the Bond Issuer shall notify the Bond Trustee, the
Bondholders, the Certificate Trustee and the Rating Agencies of such appointment, specifying in such notice the name and address of such Successor Servicer. 

  
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 (f) Without derogating from the absolute nature of the assignment granted to the Bond
Trustee under this Bond Indenture or the rights of the Bond Trustee hereunder, the Bond Issuer agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the Bond Trustee or the Holders of at least a majority in Outstanding Amount of the Bonds,
amend, modify, waive, supplement, terminate or surrender, or agree to any amendment, modification, supplement, termination, waiver or surrender of, the terms of any Collateral or the Basic Documents, or waive timely performance or observance of any
material term by the Seller or the Servicer under the Sale Agreement or the Servicing Agreement, respectively. If any such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver shall be so consented to by the Bond Trustee or such Holders, the Bond Issuer
agrees to execute and deliver, in its own name and at its own expense, such agreements, instruments, consents and other documents as shall be necessary or appropriate in the circumstances. The Bond Issuer agrees that no such amendment, modification,
supplement or waiver shall adversely affect the rights of the Holders of the Bonds or Certificates Outstanding at the time of any such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver, except as otherwise agreed to by the Holders in accordance with the
Basic Documents. 
 (g) The Bond Issuer shall (or shall cause the Sponsor to) post on a collective website (the Bond Issuer
together with [other two bond issuers]) and, to the extent consistent with the Bond Issuer’s and the Sponsor’s obligations under applicable law, file with or furnish to the Commission in periodic reports and other reports as are required
from time to time under Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and shall direct the Bond Trustee to post on such website for Bondholders the following information (other than any such information filed with the Commission and
publicly available unless the Bond Issuer specifically requests such items to be posted) with respect to the Outstanding Bonds, in each case to the extent such information is reasonably available to the Bond Issuer: 

(i) statements of any remittances of Phase-In-Recovery Charges made to the Bond Trustee (to be included in a Form 10-D or
Form 10-K, or successor forms thereto); 
 (ii) a statement reporting the balances in the Collection Account and
in each subaccount of the Collection Account as of the end of each quarter or the most recent date available (to be included in a Form 10-D or Form 10-K, or successor forms thereto); 

(iii) a statement showing the balance of Outstanding Bonds that reflects the actual periodic payments made on the Bonds
during the applicable period (to be included in the next Form 10-D or Form 10-K filed, or successor forms thereto); 
 (iv) the Semiannual Servicer Certificate as required to be submitted pursuant to the Servicing Agreement (to be filed with a Form 10-D, Form 10-K or Form 8-K, or successor forms thereto); 

(v) the Monthly Servicer Certificate as required to be submitted pursuant to the Servicing Agreement; 

(vi) the text (or a link to the website where a reader can find the text) of each filing of a True-Up Adjustment and the
results of each such filing; 
 (vii) any change in the long-term or short-term credit ratings of the Servicer
assigned by the Rating Agencies; 
 (viii) material legislative or regulatory developments directly relevant to
the Outstanding Bonds (to be filed or furnished in a Form 8-K); 
 (ix) any reports and other information
that the Bond Issuer is required to file with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and 

(x) the final prospectus for the Certificates. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall preclude the Bond Issuer from voluntarily suspending or terminating its filing obligations as Bond Issuer with the Commission to the extent permitted by
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 For purposes of this Section 3.07, the address of the Bond Trustee’s
website is https://www.usbank.com/abs. The Bond Trustee shall immediately notify the Bond Issuer, the Bondholders and the Rating Agencies of any change to the address of such website. 

(h) The Bond Issuer shall make all filings required under the Statute or the Financing Order relating to the transfer of the ownership or
the grant of a security interest in the Phase-In-Recovery Property other than those required to be made by the Seller or the Servicer pursuant to the Basic Documents. 
 Section 3.08 Negative Covenants. 
 So long as any Bonds are
Outstanding, the Bond Issuer shall not: 
 (a) except as expressly permitted by this Bond Indenture, sell, transfer, exchange or
otherwise dispose of any of the properties or assets of the Bond Issuer, including those included in the Collateral, unless directed to do so by the Bond Trustee in accordance with Article V; 

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

(c) terminate its existence or dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part; or 

(d)(i) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Bond Indenture to be impaired, or permit the Lien of this Bond Indenture to be
amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be released from any covenants or obligations with respect to the Bonds under this Bond Indenture except as may be expressly permitted hereby, (ii) permit
any Lien, charge, excise, claim, security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (other than the Lien of this Bond Indenture and the Statutory Lien) to be created by the Bond Issuer on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Collateral
or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof or (iii) subject to the Statutory Lien, permit the Lien of this Bond Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority security interest in the Collateral. 

Section 3.09 Annual Statement as to Compliance. 
 The Bond Issuer will deliver to the Bond Trustee, the Certificate Trustee and the Rating Agencies not later than [March 30] of each year (commencing with [March 30, 2014]), an Officer’s Certificate
stating, as to the Authorized Officer signing such Officer’s Certificate, that 
 (a) a review of the activities of the Bond
Issuer during the preceding twelve months ended [December 31] (or, in the case of the first Officer’s Certificate, since the date of this Bond Indenture), and of performance under this Bond Indenture has been made; and 

(b) to the best of such Authorized Officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Bond Issuer has in all material respects complied
with all conditions and covenants under this Bond Indenture throughout such twelve month period (or shorter period in the case of the first such Officer’s Certificate), or, if there has been a default in so complying with any such condition or
covenant, specifying each such default known to such Authorized Officer and the nature and status thereof. 

  
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 Section 3.10 Bond Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.

 (a) The Bond Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, unless 

(i) the Person (if other than the Bond Issuer) formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger shall be a Person
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Bond Trustee, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Bond Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Bonds and the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Bond Indenture on the part of the Bond Issuer to be
performed or observed, all as provided herein; 
 (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; 
 (iii) the transaction shall not result in a reduction
or withdrawal of the then current ratings on any Tranche of Bonds or Certificates; 
 (iv) the Bond Issuer shall
have received an Opinion of Counsel (and shall have delivered copies thereof to the Bond Trustee) to the effect that such transaction will not have any material adverse tax consequence to the Bond Issuer, the Certificate Issuer, any Bondholder or
any Certificateholder; 
 (v) any action as is necessary to maintain the Lien and security interest created by
this Bond Indenture shall have been taken; and 
 (vi) the Bond Issuer shall have delivered to the Bond Trustee
an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation or merger and such supplemental bond indenture comply with this Section 3.10 and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to
such transaction have been complied with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act). 
 (b) Except as specifically
provided herein, the Bond Issuer shall not convey or transfer any of its properties or assets, including those included in the Collateral, to any Person, unless 
 (i) the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of the Bond Issuer the conveyance or transfer of which is hereby restricted shall (A) be a United States citizen or a
Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State or the District of Columbia, (B) expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Bond Trustee, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Bond Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Bonds and the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Bond Indenture on the part of the Bond Issuer to be
performed or observed, all as provided herein, (C) expressly agree by means of such supplemental bond indenture that all right, title and interest so conveyed or transferred shall be subject and subordinate to the rights of Holders of the
Bonds, (D) unless otherwise provided in the supplemental bond indenture referred to in clause (B) above, expressly agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Bond Trustee against and from any loss, liability or expense arising under
or related to this Bond Indenture and the Bonds and (E) expressly agree by means of such supplemental bond indenture that such Person (or if a group of Persons, then one specified Person) shall make all filings with the Commission (and any
other appropriate Person) required by the Exchange Act in connection with the Bonds; 
 (ii) immediately after
giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; 
 (iii) the
transaction will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the then current ratings on any Tranche of Bonds or Certificates; 
 (iv) the Bond Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and shall have delivered copies thereof to the Bond Trustee) to the effect that such transaction will not have any material adverse tax
consequence to the Bond Issuer, the Certificate Issuer, any Bondholder or any Certificateholder; 

  
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 (v) any action as is necessary to maintain the Lien and security interest
created by this Bond Indenture shall have been taken; and 
 (vi) the Bond Issuer shall have delivered to the
Bond Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such conveyance or transfer and such supplemental bond indenture comply with this Section 3.10 and that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to such transaction have been complied with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act). 
 Section 3.11
Successor or Transferee. 
 (a) Upon any consolidation or merger of the Bond Issuer in accordance with
Section 3.10(a), the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the Bond Issuer) shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Bond Issuer under this Bond
Indenture with the same effect as if such Person had been named as the Bond Issuer herein. 
 (b) Except as set forth in
Section 6.07, upon a conveyance or transfer of all the assets and properties of the Bond Issuer pursuant to Section 3.10(b), Bond Issuer will be released from every covenant and agreement of this Bond Indenture to be observed
or performed on the part of the Bond Issuer with respect to the Bonds immediately upon the delivery of written notice by Bond Issuer to the Bond Trustee stating that Bond Issuer is to be so released. 

Section 3.12 No Other Business. 
 The Bond Issuer shall not engage in any business other than financing, purchasing, owning and managing the Phase-In-Recovery Property in the manner contemplated by this Bond Indenture and the Basic
Documents and activities incidental thereto. 
 Section 3.13 No Borrowing. 

The Bond Issuer shall not issue, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any indebtedness except
for the Bonds. 
 Section 3.14 Servicer’s Obligations. 

The Bond Issuer shall enforce the Servicer’s compliance with all of the Servicer’s material obligations under the Servicing
Agreement. 
 Section 3.15 No Additional Bonds. 

The Bond Issuer shall not issue any additional Bonds hereunder, except pursuant to Section 2.05 or Section 2.06.

 Section 3.16 Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities. 

Except as otherwise contemplated by the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement or this Bond Indenture, the Bond Issuer shall not make any
loan or advance or credit to, or guarantee (directly or indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of assuring another’s payment or performance on any obligation or capability of so doing or otherwise), endorse or otherwise become
contingently liable, directly or indirectly, in connection with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, or own, purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree contingently to do so) any stock, obligations, assets or securities of, or any other interest
in, or make any capital contribution to, any other Person. 

  
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 Section 3.17 Capital Expenditures. 

Other than expenditures [(a)] in connection with the Bond Issuer’s purchase of Phase-In-Recovery Property from the Seller [and
(b) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25,000 in any calendar year], the Bond Issuer shall not make any expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets (either realty or personalty). 

Section 3.18 Intentionally Omitted. 
 Section 3.19 Restricted Payments. 
 The Bond Issuer shall not, directly
or indirectly, while the Bonds are Outstanding (a) pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, to any owner of a beneficial interest in the
Bond Issuer or otherwise with respect to any ownership or equity interest or security in or of the Bond Issuer, (b) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value any such ownership or equity interest or security or (c) set aside
or otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose; provided, however that, if no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Bond Issuer may make, or cause to be made, any such distributions to any owner of a
beneficial interest in the Bond Issuer or otherwise with respect to any ownership or equity interest or security in or of the Bond Issuer using funds distributed to the Bond Issuer pursuant to Section 8.02 to the extent that such
distributions would not cause the amount of the Capital Subaccount to decline below the Required Capital Level. The Bond Issuer will not, directly or indirectly, make payments to or distributions from the Collection Account except in accordance with
this Bond Indenture and the Basic Documents. 
 Section 3.20 Notice of Events of Default. 

The Bond Issuer agrees to give the Bond Trustee, the Certificate Trustee and the Rating Agencies prompt written notice of each Event of
Default hereunder and each default on the part of the Seller or the Servicer of its obligations under the Sale Agreement or the Servicing Agreement, respectively. 
 Section 3.21 Further Instruments and Acts. 
 Upon request of the Bond
Trustee, the Bond Issuer will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Bond Indenture. The Bond Issuer will take all actions, and
make all filings, necessary to obtain and maintain a first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral in favor of the Bond Trustee. 
 Section 3.22 Change in Chief Executive Office or Jurisdiction of Organization. 
 The Bond Issuer shall not change its chief executive office or the jurisdiction of its formation without previously having delivered to the Bond Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that all
actions have been taken, and all filings have been made, as are necessary to continue and maintain the first priority perfected security interest of the Bond Trustee in the Collateral. 

ARTICLE IV 

Satisfaction and Discharge; Defeasance 
 Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Bond Indenture; Defeasance. 

(a) This Bond Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Bonds and the Bond Trustee, on reasonable written demand
of and at the expense of the Bond Issuer, shall execute such instruments as the Bond Issuer reasonably requests acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Bond Indenture with respect to the Bonds, when 

  
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 (i) either 

(A) all Bonds theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Bonds that have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and
that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.06 and (ii) Bonds for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Bond Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Bond Issuer
or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 3.03) have been delivered to the Bond Trustee for cancellation; or 

(B) the Scheduled Final Payment Date has occurred with respect to all Bonds not theretofore delivered to the Bond Trustee for
cancellation, and the Bond Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Bond Trustee cash, in trust for such purpose, in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Bonds not
theretofore delivered to the Bond Trustee for cancellation on the Scheduled Final Payment Date therefor; 
 (ii)
the Bond Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Bond Issuer; and 
 (iii)
the Bond Issuer has delivered to the Bond Trustee an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the Trust Indenture Act or the Bond Trustee) an Independent Certificate from a firm of registered public accountants, each
meeting the applicable requirements of Section 11.01(a) and each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Bond Indenture with respect to the Bonds have been complied
with. 
 (b) Subject to Sections 4.01(c) and 4.02, the Bond Issuer at any time may terminate (i) all its
obligations under this Bond Indenture with respect to the Bonds (“Legal Defeasance Option”) or (ii) its obligations under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 3.08, 3.09, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, 3.15, 3.16 and 3.17 and the
operation of Section 5.01(c) (“Covenant Defeasance Option”) with respect to the Bonds. The Bond Issuer may exercise the Legal Defeasance Option notwithstanding its prior exercise of the Covenant Defeasance Option.

 If the Bond Issuer exercises the Legal Defeasance Option, the maturity of the Bonds may not be accelerated because of an
Event of Default. If the Bond Issuer exercises the Covenant Defeasance Option, the maturity of the Bonds may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(c). 

Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein to the exercise of the Legal Defeasance Option or the Covenant Defeasance Option,
the Bond Trustee, on reasonable written demand of and at the expense of the Bond Issuer, shall execute such instruments as the Bond Issuer reasonably requests acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of the obligations that are terminated pursuant
to such exercise. 
 (c) Notwithstanding Sections 4.01(a) and 4.01(b) above, (i) rights of registration of
transfer and exchange, (ii) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bonds, (iii) rights of Bondholders to receive payments of principal and interest, (iv) Sections 4.03 and 4.04, (v) the rights,
obligations and immunities of the Bond Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the Bond Trustee under Section 6.07 and the obligations of the Bond Trustee under Section 4.03) and (vi) the rights of Bondholders as
beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property deposited with the Bond Trustee payable to all or any of them, shall survive until the Bonds, as to which this Bond Indenture or certain obligations hereunder have been satisfied and discharged
pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or 4.01(b), have been paid in full. Thereafter, the obligations in Sections 6.07 and 4.04 shall survive. 
 Section 4.02 Conditions to Defeasance. 
 The Bond Issuer may exercise
the Legal Defeasance Option or the Covenant Defeasance Option of Bonds only if: 
 (a) the Bond Issuer irrevocably deposits or
causes to be deposited in trust with the Bond Trustee cash or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal of and interest on each such Bond to the Scheduled Maturity Date; 

  
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 (b) the Bond Issuer delivers to the Bond Trustee a certificate from a nationally recognized
firm of Independent accountants expressing its opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and without reinvestment on the deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus any deposited cash without investment will provide cash at such
times and in such amounts (but, in the case of the Legal Defeasance Option only, not more than such amounts) as will be sufficient to pay in respect of the Bonds (i) subject to clause (ii), principal in accordance with the Expected Amortization
Schedule therefor, and (ii) interest when due; 
 (c) in the case of the Legal Defeasance Option, 91 days pass after the
deposit is made and during the 91-day period no Default specified in Section 5.01(d) or (e) occurs which is continuing at the end of the period; 
 (d) no Default has occurred and is continuing on the day of such deposit and after giving effect thereto; 
 (e) in the case of an exercise of the Legal Defeasance Option, the Bond Issuer shall have delivered to the Bond Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Bond Issuer has received from, or
there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution of this Bond Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based
thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Bonds will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such legal defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same
manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such legal defeasance had not occurred; 
 (f) in the case of an
exercise of the Covenant Defeasance Option, the Bond Issuer shall have delivered to the Bond Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of the Bonds will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a
result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred; and 

(g) the Bond Issuer delivers to the Bond Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent to the satisfaction and discharge of the Bonds to the extent contemplated by this Article IV have been complied with. 
 Section 4.03 Application of Trust Money. 
 All moneys or U.S.
Government Obligations deposited with the Bond Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 or 4.02 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Bonds and this Bond Indenture, to the payment,
either directly or through any Paying Agent, as the Bond Trustee may determine, to the Holders of the particular Bonds for the payment of which such moneys or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited with the Bond Trustee, of all sums due and
to become due thereon for principal and interest, but such moneys need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required herein or in the Servicing Agreement or required by law. 

Section 4.04 Repayment of Moneys Held by Paving Agent. 

In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Bond Indenture or the Covenant Defeasance Option or Legal Defeasance Option with
respect to the Bonds, all moneys then held by any Paying Agent other than the Bond Trustee under the provisions of this Bond Indenture with respect to such Bonds shall, upon demand of the Bond Issuer, be paid to the Bond Trustee to be held and
applied according to Section 3.03 and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys. 

  
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 ARTICLE V 
 Remedies 
 Section 5.01 Events of Default. 

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

(a) default in the payment of any interest on any Bond when the same becomes due and payable, and such default shall continue for a period
of five days; or 
 (b) default in the payment of the then unpaid principal of any Bond on the Final Maturity Date; or

 (c) default in the observance or performance in any material respect of any covenant or agreement of the Bond Issuer made in
this Bond Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement, a default in the observance or performance of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), or any representation or warranty of the Bond Issuer made in this Bond Indenture or
in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith proving to have been incorrect in any material respect as of the time when the same shall have been made, and such default shall continue or not be cured, or the
circumstance or condition in respect of which such misrepresentation or warranty was incorrect shall not have been eliminated or otherwise cured, for a period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Bond
Issuer by the Bond Trustee or to the Bond Issuer and the Bond Trustee by the Holders of at least 25 percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds, a written notice specifying such default or incorrect representation or warranty and requiring it to
be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or 
 (d) the filing of a decree or
order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the Bond Issuer or any substantial part of the Collateral in an involuntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Bond Issuer or for any substantial part of the Collateral, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the Bond
Issuer’s affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or 

(e) the commencement by the Bond Issuer of a voluntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by the Bond Issuer to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by the Bond Issuer to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidation,
assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestration or similar official of the Bond Issuer or for any substantial part of the Collateral, or the making by the Bond Issuer of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by the Bond
Issuer generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by the Bond Issuer in furtherance of any of the foregoing; or 
 (f) any act or failure to act by the State of Ohio or any of its agencies (including the PUCO), which violates or is not in accordance with the State Pledge. 

The Bond Issuer shall deliver to a Responsible Officer of the Bond Trustee, the Certificate Trustee and the Rating Agencies, within five
days after an Authorized Officer has knowledge of the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of any event (i) which is an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (d), (e) or (f) or
(ii) which with the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both would become an Event of Default under clause (b) or (c), including, in each case, the status of such Default or Event of Default and what action the Bond Issuer is taking or
proposes to take with respect thereto. 

  
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 Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. 

If an Event of Default should occur and be continuing, then and in every such case the Bond Trustee or the Holders of Bonds representing
not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds may declare all the Bonds to be immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing to the Bond Issuer (and to the Bond Trustee if given by Bondholders), and upon any such declaration
the unpaid principal amount of the Bonds, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the date of acceleration, shall become immediately due and payable. 
 At any time after such declaration of acceleration of maturity has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Bond Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article V provided, the Holders of Bonds representing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds, by written notice to the Bond Issuer and the Bond Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if 

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

(i) all payments of principal of and interest on all Bonds and all other amounts that would then be due hereunder or upon
such Bonds if the Event of Default giving rise to such acceleration had not occurred; and 
 (ii) all sums paid
or advanced by the Bond Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Bond Trustee and its agents and counsel and all amounts due under the Fee and Indemnity Agreement; and 

(b) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of the Bonds that has become due solely by such acceleration, have
been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.12. 
 No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or
impair any right consequent thereto. 
 Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Bond
Trustee. 
 (a) The Bond Issuer covenants that if (i) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Bond when
the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of five days or (ii) default is made in the payment of the then unpaid principal of any Bond on the Final Maturity Date for such Bond, the Bond Issuer will, upon demand
of the Bond Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of the Bonds, the whole amount then due and payable on such Bonds for principal and interest, with interest upon the overdue principal and, to the extent payment at such rate of interest
shall be legally enforceable, upon overdue installments of interest, at the respective rate borne by the Bonds of the applicable Tranche and in addition thereto such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of
collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Bond Trustee and its agents and counsel and an amount sufficient to cover all amounts required to be paid by the Bond Issuer under the Fee and Indemnity
Agreement. 
 (b) Subject to Section 11.16 and Section 11.18, in case the Bond Issuer shall fail forthwith to
pay such amounts upon such demand, the Bond Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such Proceeding to judgment or final decree, and
may enforce the same against the Bond Issuer or other obligor upon such Bonds and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Bond Issuer or other obligor upon such Bonds, wherever situated, the moneys adjudged or decreed to be
payable. 
 (c) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Bond Trustee may, as more particularly provided in
Section 5.04, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Bondholders, by such appropriate Proceedings as the Bond Trustee shall deem most effective to protect and enforce any such rights, whether
for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Bond Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal or equitable right vested in the Bond Trustee by this Bond
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 (d) In case there shall be pending, relative to the Bond Issuer or any other obligor upon
the Bonds or any Person having or claiming an ownership interest in the Collateral, Proceedings under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or in case a receiver,
assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Bond Issuer or its property or such other obligor or Person, or in case of any other
comparable judicial Proceedings relative to the Bond Issuer or other obligor upon the Bonds, or to the creditors or property of the Bond Issuer or such other obligor, the Bond Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of any Bonds shall then be
due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Bond Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such
Proceedings or otherwise: 
 (i) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and
interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Bonds and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of (A) the Bond Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation to the Bond
Trustee and each predecessor Bond Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Bond Trustee and each predecessor Bond Trustee, except as a
result of negligence or willful misconduct), (B) the Bondholders and (C) each Person for whom a claim may be made under this Bond Indenture and the Fee and Indemnity Agreement, allowed in such Proceedings; 

(ii) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of the Holders of Bonds in any election of a
trustee, a standby trustee or Person performing similar functions in any such Proceedings; and 
 (iii) to
collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims of the Bondholders and of the Bond Trustee on their behalf; 

and any trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in any such Proceeding is hereby authorized by each of such Bondholders to
make payments to the Bond Trustee, and, in the event that the Bond Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to such Bondholders, to pay to the Bond Trustee (or such other beneficiary under this Bond Indenture and the Fee and
Indemnity Agreement) such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation and other amounts owing hereunder to the Bond Trustee or such Person, each predecessor Bond Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all
other reasonable expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Bond Trustee and each predecessor Bond Trustee except as a result of negligence or willful misconduct. 

(e) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Bond Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on
behalf of any Bondholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Bonds or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Bond Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Bondholder in any such
proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar Person. 
 (f) All rights of
action and of asserting claims under this Bond Indenture, or under any of the Bonds, may be enforced by the Bond Trustee without the possession of any of the Bonds or the production thereof in any trial or other Proceedings relative thereto, and any
such action or proceedings instituted by the Bond Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements and compensation of the Bond Trustee, each
predecessor Bond Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Bonds. 
 (g) In any Proceedings brought by the Bond Trustee (and also any Proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Bond Indenture to which the Bond Trustee shall be a party), the Bond
Trustee shall be held to represent all the Holders of the Bonds, and it shall not be necessary to make any Bondholder a party to any such Proceedings. 

  
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 Section 5.04 Remedies; Priorities. 

(a) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Bond Trustee may do one or more of the following (subject to
Section 5.05): 
 (i) institute Proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an express trust for
the collection of all amounts then payable on the Bonds or under this Bond Indenture with respect thereto, whether by declaration or otherwise, enforce any judgment obtained, and collect from the Bond Issuer and any other obligor upon such Bonds
moneys adjudged due; 
 (ii) institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete or partial foreclosure of
this Bond Indenture with respect to the Collateral; 
 (iii) exercise any remedies of a secured party under the
UCC, the Statute or other applicable law and take any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the Bond Trustee and the Holders of the Bonds; and 

(iv) sell the Collateral or any portion thereof or rights or interest therein, at one or more public or private sales
called and conducted in any manner permitted by law; 
 provided, however, that the Bond Trustee may not sell or otherwise
liquidate any portion of the Collateral following an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default described in Section 5.01(a) or (b) unless (A) the Holders of 100 percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds consent
thereto, (B) the proceeds of such sale or liquidation distributable to the Bondholders are sufficient to discharge in full all amounts then due and unpaid upon such Bonds for principal and interest after taking into account payment of all
amounts due prior thereto pursuant to the priorities set forth in Section 8.02(e) or (C) the Bond Trustee determines that the Collateral will not continue to provide sufficient funds for all payments on the Bonds as they would have
become due if the Bonds had not been declared due and payable, and the Bond Trustee obtains the consent of Holders of at least 66 2/3 percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds. In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency with respect
to clause (B) and (C), the Bond Trustee may, but need not, obtain and conclusively rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the
sufficiency of the Collateral for such purpose. 
 (b) If the Bond Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article V,
it shall pay out such money in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 8.02(d). 
 Section 5.05
Optional Possession of the Collateral. 
 If the Bonds have been declared to be due and payable under
Section 5.02 following an Event of Default and such declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled, the Bond Trustee may, but need not, elect to maintain possession of the Collateral. It is the desire of the
parties hereto and the Bondholders that there be at all times sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and interest on the Bonds, and the Bond Trustee shall take such desire into account when determining whether or not to maintain possession
of the Collateral. In determining whether to maintain possession of the Collateral, the Bond Trustee may, but need not, obtain and conclusively rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to
the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Collateral for such purpose. 
 Section 5.06
Limitation of Suits. 
 No Holder of any Bond shall have any right to institute any Proceeding, judicial or otherwise,
with respect to this Bond Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder and each Holder agrees, by its acceptance of any Bond, to the fullest extent permitted by law, not to avail itself of any
remedies in the Statute or to utilize or enforce the Statutory Lien, unless: 

  
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 (a) such Holder previously has given written notice to the Bond Trustee of a continuing
Event of Default; 
 (b) the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds have made written request
to the Bond Trustee to institute such Proceeding in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Bond Trustee hereunder; 

(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Bond Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred in complying with such request; 
 (d) the Bond Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer
of indemnity has failed to institute such Proceedings; and 
 (e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been
given to the Bond Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds; 
 it being
understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Bonds shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Bond Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Bonds
or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Bond Indenture, except in the manner herein provided. 
 In the event the Bond Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Bonds, each representing less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount
of the Bonds, the Bond Trustee in its sole discretion may determine what action, if any, shall be taken, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Bond Indenture. 
 Section 5.07 Unconditional Rights of Bondholders To Receive Principal and Interest. 
 Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Bond Indenture, the Holder of any Bond shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, (a) to receive payment of (i) the interest, if any,
on such Bond on or after the due dates thereof expressed in such Bond or in this Bond Indenture or (ii) the unpaid principal, if any, of such Bonds on or after the Final Maturity Date therefor and (b) to institute suit for the enforcement
of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. 
 Section 5.08
Restoration of Rights and Remedies. 
 If the Bond Trustee or any Bondholder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any
right or remedy under this Bond Indenture and such Proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason or has been determined adversely to the Bond Trustee or to such Bondholder, then and in every such case the Bond Issuer, the Bond Trustee
and the Bondholders shall, subject to any determination in such Proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Bond Trustee and the Bondholders shall continue as
though no such Proceeding had been instituted. 
 Section 5.09 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. 

No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Bond Trustee or to the Bondholders is intended to be exclusive of any other
right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. 
 Section 5.10 Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. 
 No delay or omission of
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Default or Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article V or by law to the Bond Trustee or to the Bondholders may be exercised from time to
time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Bond Trustee or by the Bondholders, as the case may be. 

Section 5.11 Control by Bondholders. 
 The Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds (or, if less than all Tranches are affected, the affected Tranche or Tranches) shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to the Bond Trustee with respect to the Bonds of such Tranche or Tranches or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Bond Trustee with respect to such Tranche or Tranches; provided,
however, that 
 (a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Bond Indenture and not
involve the Bond Trustee in any personal liability or expense; 
 (b) subject to the express terms of Section 5.04,
any direction to the Bond Trustee to sell or liquidate the Collateral shall be by the Holders of Bonds representing not less than 100 percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds; 

(c) if the conditions set forth in Section 5.05 have been satisfied and the Bond Trustee elects to retain the Collateral
pursuant to such Section 5.05, then any direction to the Bond Trustee by Holders of Bonds representing less than 100 percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds to sell or liquidate the Collateral shall be of no force and effect; and

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

 provided, however, that, subject to Section 6.01, the Bond Trustee need not take any action that it determines
might involve it in liability or might materially adversely affect the rights of any Bondholders not consenting to such action. Furthermore and without limiting the foregoing, the Bond Trustee shall not be required to take any action for which it
reasonably believes that it will not be indemnified to its satisfaction against any cost, expense or liability. 

Section 5.12 Waiver of Past Defaults. 
 Prior to the declaration of the acceleration of the maturity of the Bonds as provided in Section 5.02, the Holders of Bonds of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds
may waive any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences except a Default (a) in payment of principal of or interest on any of the Bonds or (b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended
without the consent of the Holder of each Bond of all Tranches affected. In the case of any such waiver, the Bond Issuer, the Bond Trustee and the Holders of the Bonds shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively;
but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto. 

Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, for every purpose of this Bond Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereto. 
 Section 5.13 Undertaking for Costs. 

All parties to this Bond Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Bond by such Holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have
agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Bond Indenture, or in any suit against the Bond Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Bond Trustee, the
filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the 

  
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costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion[, subject to applicable law,] assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such
suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 5.13 shall not apply to (a) any suit instituted by the Bond Trustee, (b) any suit
instituted by any Bondholder, or group of Bondholders, in each case holding in the aggregate more than 10 percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds or (c) any suit instituted by any Bondholder for the enforcement of the payment of
(i) interest on any Bond on or after the due dates expressed in such Bond and in this Bond Indenture or (ii) the unpaid principal, if any, of any Bond on or after the Final Maturity Date therefor. 

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

 Section 5.15 Action on Bonds. 
 The Bond Trustee’s right to seek and recover judgment on the Bonds or under this Bond Indenture shall not be affected by the seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief under or with
respect to this Bond Indenture. Neither the Lien of this Bond Indenture nor any rights or remedies of the Bond Trustee or the Bondholders shall be impaired by the recovery of any judgment by the Bond Trustee against the Bond Issuer or by the levy of
any execution under such judgment upon any portion of the Collateral or upon any of the assets of the Bond Issuer. 

Section 5.16 Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations. 

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

(b) If an Event of Default has occurred, the Bond Trustee may, and, at the direction (which direction shall be in writing, sent
electronically or by telephone (confirmed in writing promptly thereafter)) of the Holders of at least 66 2/3 percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds shall, subject to Article VI, exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges
and claims of the Bond Issuer against the Seller or the Servicer under or in connection with the Sale Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, respectively, including the right or power to take any action to compel or secure performance or observance
by the Seller or the Servicer of each of their obligations to the Bond Issuer thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension or waiver under the Sale Agreement or the Servicing Agreement, respectively, and any
right of the Bond Issuer to take such action shall be suspended. 

  
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 ARTICLE VI 
 The Bond Trustee 
 Section 6.01 Duties of Bond Trustee.

 (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Bond Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it
by this Bond Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs. 

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

(i) the Bond Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Bond
Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Bond Indenture against the Bond Trustee; and 
 (ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Bond Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions
furnished to the Bond Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Bond Indenture; however, the Bond Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they appear on their face to conform to the requirements of
this Bond Indenture. 
 (c) The Bond Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own bad faith,
its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that: 
 (i) this paragraph does not limit
the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section; 
 (ii) the Bond Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it is proved that the Bond Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and 
 (iii) the Bond Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it hereunder. 

(d) Every provision of this Bond Indenture that in any way relates to the Bond Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and
(c) of this Section 6.01. 
 (e) The Bond Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it
except as the Bond Trustee may agree in writing with the Bond Issuer. 
 (f) Money held in trust by the Bond Trustee need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law or the terms of this Bond Indenture, the Sale Agreement or the Servicing Agreement. 
 (g) No provision of this Bond Indenture shall require the Bond Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayments of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. 

(h) Every provision of this Bond Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Bond
Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section and to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act. 
 (i) In the event
that the Bond Trustee is also acting as Paying Agent or Bond Registrar hereunder, this Article VI shall also be afforded to such Paying Agent or Bond Registrar. 

  
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 (j) Under no circumstances shall the Bond Trustee be liable for any indebtedness of the Bond
Issuer, the Servicer or the Seller evidenced by or arising under the Bonds or any Basic Document. 
 (k) Commencing with
March 15, 2014, and to the extent required by law, on or before March 15th of each fiscal year ending December 31, the Bond Trustee shall (i) deliver to the Bond Issuer a report (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Bond Issuer and addressed to the Bond Issuer and signed by an authorized officer of the Bond Trustee) regarding the Bond Trustee’s assessment of compliance, during the immediately preceding fiscal year ending December 31, with each of
the applicable servicing criteria specified on Exhibit C hereto as required under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB and (ii) deliver to the Bond Issuer a report of an Independent registered
public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Bond Issuer that attests to and reports on, in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, the assessment of compliance made by the
Bond Trustee and delivered pursuant to clause (i). 
 Section 6.02 Rights of Bond Trustee. 

Subject to the provisions of Trust Indenture Act § 315: 
 (a) the Bond Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting in reliance upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, paper or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties and the Bond Trustee need not investigate any matter or fact stated in such
document; 
 (b) any request or direction of the Bond Issuer mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Issuer
Request; 
 (c) before the Bond Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require and shall be entitled to receive an
Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Bond Issuer (at no cost or expense to the Bond Trustee) that such action is required or permitted hereunder. The Bond Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes
or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. 
 (d) the Bond Trustee may
consult with counsel, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Bond Indenture and the Bonds shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or
suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. 
 (e) the Bond Trustee
shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Bond Indenture or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request or direction of any of the Bondholders pursuant
to this Bond Indenture, unless such Bondholders shall have offered to the Bond Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the cost, expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in
compliance with such request or direction; 
 (f) the Bond Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, paper or other document; 
 (g) the Bond Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees and the Bond Trustee shall
not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for the supervision of, any agent, attorney custodian or nominee appointed with due care by it hereunder; and the Bond Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the Rating
Agencies of the appointment of any such agent, custodian or nominee to whom it delegates any of its express duties under this Bond Indenture (it being understood that the hiring of outside agents to perform tasks which the trustee reasonably deems
to be ministerial and the retention of counsel to advise or represent the trustee shall not be deemed a delegation of duties for purposes of this Section 6.02 (g)), provided, that the Bond Trustee

  
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shall not be obligated to give such notice (i) if the Bond Issuer or the Holders have directed the Bond Trustee to appoint such agent, custodian or nominee (in which event the Bond Issuer
shall give prompt notice to the Rating Agencies of any such direction) or (ii) of the appointment of any agents, custodians or nominees made at any time that an Event of Default on account of non-payment of principal or interest on the Bonds or
insolvency of the Bond Issuer has occurred and is continuing. 
 (h) the Bond Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of Bonds relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Bond Trustee, or exercising any
trust or power conferred upon the Bond Trustee, under this Bond Indenture; 
 (i) the Bond Trustee shall not be required to
expend or risk its own funds in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it against
such risk is not reasonably assured to it; 
 (j) the Bond Trustee shall not be personally liable for any action taken or
suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Bond Indenture; provided, however, that the Bond
Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith; 
 (k) in the event that the Bond Trustee
is also acting as Paying Agent, authenticating agent or Bond Registrar hereunder, the rights and protections afforded to the Bond Trustee pursuant to this Article VI shall also be afforded to such Paying Agent, authenticating agent or Bond
Registrar; 
 (l) the Bond Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of an Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer
obtains actual knowledge of such event or the Bond Trustee receives written notice of such event from the Bond Issuer, the Servicer or a majority of the Holders of Bonds of the Tranche or Tranches so affected; 

(m) without limiting its rights under bankruptcy law, when the Bond Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with the
insolvency or bankruptcy of any party hereto or with the Basic Documents to which it is a party such expenses (including the fees and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any bankruptcy or insolvency law; 
 (n) the Bond Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety
in respect of the execution of the trust created herby or the power granted hereunder; 
 (o) in no event shall the Bond Trustee
be liable for special, punitive, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Bond Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the
form of action; 
 (p) the right of the Bond Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Bond Indenture shall not
be construed as a duty, and the Bond Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of any such act; 
 (q) the Bond Trustee shall have no duty to file any financing statement or continuation statement evidencing a security interest or to maintain any such filing, or to maintain any insurance; and

 (r) the Bond Trustee shall have no obligation to supervise the Servicer or act as successor Servicer, and shall not be liable
for any default or misconduct of the Servicer. 
 Section 6.03 Individual Rights of Bond Trustee. 

  
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 The Bond Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of
Bonds and may otherwise deal with the Bond Issuer or its affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Bond Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Bond Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Bond
Trustee must comply with Sections 6.11 and 6.12. 
 Section 6.04 Bond Trustee’s Disclaimer.

 Except as set forth in Section 6.13, the Bond Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the
validity or adequacy of this Bond Indenture or the Bonds, it shall not be accountable for the Bond Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Bonds, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Bond Issuer in the Bond Indenture or in any
document issued in connection with the sale of the Bonds or in the Bonds other than the Bond Trustee’s certificate of authentication. The Bond Trustee shall not be responsible for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or validity
of any of the Collateral, for the validity, priority or perfection of any lien or security interest granted to it hereunder (except to the extent impaired by action or omission constituting negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Bond
Trustee, or for or in respect of the Bonds (other than the certificate of authentication for the Bonds) or the Basic Documents and the Bond Trustee shall in no event assume or incur any liability, duty or obligation to any Holder, other than as
expressly provided in this Bond Indenture. The Bond Trustee shall not be liable for the default or misconduct of the Bond Issuer or the Servicer under the Basic Documents or otherwise, and the Bond Trustee shall have no obligation or liability to
perform the obligations of such Persons. 
 Section 6.05 Notice of Defaults. 

If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Bond Trustee, the Bond Trustee shall
transmit to each Holder of Bonds and to the Rating Agencies notice of the Default within 30 days after actual notice of such Default was received by a Responsible Officer of the Bond Trustee (provided that the Bond Trustee shall give the Rating
Agencies prompt written notice of any payment Default in respect of the Bonds). Except in the case of a Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Bond, the Bond Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its
Responsible Officers in good faith after consultation with the Certificate Trustee determines that prompt notice of the Default is not likely to be material to Holders and the Default is likely to be cured and therefore that withholding the notice
is in the interests of Bondholders and the Certificateholders. 
 Section 6.06 Reports by Bond Trustee to Holders.

 (a) So long as the Bond Trustee is the Bond Registrar and Paying Agent, upon the written request of a Bondholder the Bond
Trustee shall deliver to such Bondholder such information in its possession as may be required to enable such Holder to prepare its federal and state income tax returns. 
 (b) On or prior to each Payment Date therefor, the Bond Trustee will provide to each Holder of Bonds on such Payment Date a statement prepared by the Servicer and provided to the Bond Trustee which will
include (to the extent applicable) the following information as to the Bonds with respect to such Payment Date or the period since the previous Payment Date, as applicable: 

(i) the amount of the payment to Bondholders allocable to principal; 

(ii) the amount of the payment to Bondholders allocable to interest; 

(iii) the Outstanding Amount, after giving effect to payments allocated to principal reported under (i) above;

 (iv) the difference, if any, between the Outstanding Amount and the Projected Principal Balance as of such
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 (v) the amount on deposit in the Capital Subaccount as of the Payment Date;

 (vi) the amount, if any, on deposit in the Excess Funds Subaccount as of the Payment Date; 

(vii) the amount paid to the Bond Trustee, the Delaware Trustee, and the Certificate Trustee since the previous Payment
Date; 
 (viii) the amount paid to the Servicer since the previous Payment Date; 

(ix) the amount paid to the Administrator since the previous Payment Date; and 

(x) any other transfers and payments to be made pursuant to the Bond Indenture since the previous Payment Date.

 (c) The Bond Issuer shall send a copy of each Certificate of Compliance delivered to it pursuant to Section 3.03 of the
Servicing Agreement and Annual Accountant’s Report delivered to it pursuant to Section 3.04 of the Servicing Agreement to the Bond Trustee, the Certificate Trustee, the Bondholders and the Rating Agencies and to the Servicer for posting on
the 17g-5 Website in accordance with Rule 17g-5 of the Commission. 
 (d) The Bond Trustee will provide to the Certificate
Trustee the statement required to be sent to Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.03 of the Certificate Indenture, such statement to be prepared by the Servicer and provided to the Bond Trustee with the statement referenced in 6.06(b)
above. 
 Section 6.07 Compensation and Indemnity. 

Subject to Section 8.02(e), the Bond Issuer shall pay to the Bond Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services.
The Bond Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. 

Subject to Section 8.02(e), the Bond Issuer shall reimburse the Bond Trustee for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Bond
Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. Subject to Section 8.02(e), the Bond Issuer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Bond Trustee and any of its affiliates, officials, officers, directors, employees, consultants,
counsel and agents (the “Indemnified Persons”) from and against any and all losses, claims, actions, suits, taxes, damages, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and expenses) and liabilities (including
liabilities under state or federal securities laws) of any kind and nature whatsoever (collectively, “Expenses”), to the extent that such Expenses arise out of or are imposed upon or asserted against such Indemnified Persons with
respect to the creation, administration, operation or termination of this trust and the performance by the Bond Trustee of its duties hereunder, the failure of the Bond Issuer or any other Person (other than the Person being indemnified) to perform
its obligations hereunder or under any of the Basic Documents, or otherwise in connection with the Basic Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby, provided, however , that the Bond Issuer is not required to indemnify any
Indemnified Person for any Expenses that result from the willful misconduct or negligence of such Indemnified Person. The willful misconduct or negligence of any Bond Trustee shall not affect the rights of any predecessor or successor Bond Trustee
hereunder. The Indemnified Person shall notify the Bond Issuer as soon as is reasonably practicable of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Indemnified Person to so notify the Bond Issuer shall not relieve the Bond Issuer of its
obligations hereunder. The Bond Issuer shall defend the claim and the Indemnified Person may have separate counsel and the Bond Issuer shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. The Bond Issuer will not, without the prior written consent of
the Indemnified Person, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification may be sought under this Section 6.07,
(whether or not the Indemnified Person is an actual or potential party to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of the Indemnified Person from all liability arising out of such claim,
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 The Bond Issuer’s payment obligations to the Bond Trustee pursuant to this Section
shall survive the discharge of this Bond Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Bond Trustee. When the Bond Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(d) or
(e) with respect to the Bond Issuer, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under Title Il of the United States Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law. 

The Bond Issuer acknowledges and agrees that under the Certificate Indenture the Certificate Trustee shall pay the fees and expenses of,
and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Bond Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, to the extent that payments required to be made by the Bond Issuer to the Bond Trustee under this Section 6.07 or to the Delaware Trustee under the Fee and
Indemnity Agreement, as the case may be, are not made by the Bond Issuer when due. 
 Section 6.08 Replacement of Bond
Trustee and Securities Intermediary. 
 The Bond Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Bond Issuer,
provided, however, that no such resignation shall be effective until either (a) the Collateral has been completely liquidated and the proceeds of the liquidation distributed to the Bondholders or (b) a successor trustee having the
qualifications set forth in Section 6.11 has been designated and has accepted such trusteeship. The Holders of a majority in Outstanding Amount of the Bonds may remove the Bond Trustee by so notifying the Bond Trustee and may appoint a
successor Bond Trustee. The Bond Issuer shall remove the Bond Trustee if: 
 (a) the Bond Trustee fails to comply with
Section 6.11; 
 (b) the Bond Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent; 

(c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Bond Trustee or its property; 

(d) the Bond Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting; or 
 (e) the Bond Trustee fails to provide to the Bond Issuer any information reasonably requested by Bond Issuer pertaining to the Bond Trustee and necessary for the Bond Issuer or the Sponsor to comply with
its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act and Regulation AB and such failure is not resolved to the Bond Issuer’s and the Bond Trustee’s mutual satisfaction within a reasonable period of time. 

Any removal or resignation of the Bond Trustee shall also constitute a removal or resignation of the Securities Intermediary. 

If the Bond Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Bond Trustee for any reason (the Bond Trustee in such
event being referred to herein as the retiring Bond Trustee), the Bond Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Bond Trustee and Securities Intermediary. 
 A successor Bond Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Bond Trustee and to the Bond Issuer. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Bond Trustee shall
become effective, and the successor Bond Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Bond Trustee and Securities Intermediary under this Bond Indenture. The successor Bond Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Bondholders
and to the Rating Agencies. The retiring Bond Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Bond Trustee to the successor Bond Trustee. 
 If a successor Bond Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Bond Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Bond Trustee, the Bond Issuer or the Holders of a majority in
Outstanding Amount of the Bonds may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Bond Trustee. 
 If the Bond Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11, any Bondholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Bond Trustee and the appointment of a successor
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 Notwithstanding the replacement of the Bond Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Bond
Issuer’s obligations under Section 6.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Bond Trustee. 

Section 6.09 Successor Bond Trustee by Merger. 
 If the Bond Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting,
surviving or transferee corporation or banking association without any further act shall be the successor Bond Trustee. The successor Bond Trustee shall mail a notice of its merger, conversion, consolidation or transfer to the Rating Agencies.

 In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion, consolidation or transfer to the Bond Trustee shall
succeed to the trusts created by this Bond Indenture any of the Bonds shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Bond Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such
Bonds so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Bonds shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Bond Trustee may authenticate such Bonds either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the
Bond Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall be valid for all purposes hereunder and under the Bonds. 

Section 6.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee. 

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Bond Indenture, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any
jurisdiction in which any part of the Collateral may at the time be located or to address divergent or conflicting interests among Holders of Certificates of separate Tranches of Certificates as a result of variations in terms of the respective
underlying Bonds of corresponding Tranches, the Bond Trustee shall have the power and may execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or
any part of the Collateral, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Bondholders, such title to the Collateral, or any part hereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 6.10, such
powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Bond Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under
Section 6.11 and no notice to Bondholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under Section 6.08 hereof. Notice of any such appointment shall be promptly given to each Rating Agency by
the Bond Trustee. 
 (b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act
subject to the following provisions and conditions: 
 (i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred
or imposed upon the Bond Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Bond Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act
separately without the Bond Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed the Bond Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or
acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Collateral or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but
solely at the direction of the Bond Trustee; 
 (ii) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of
any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and 
 (iii) the Bond Trustee may at any time accept the
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 (c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Bond Trustee shall be deemed to have
been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Bond Indenture and the conditions of this Article
VI. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Bond Trustee or separately, as may be
provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Bond Indenture, specifically including every provision of this Bond Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Bond Trustee. Every such
instrument shall be filed with the Bond Trustee. 
 (d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the Bond
Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Bond Indenture on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall
die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Bond Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor
trustee. 
 Section 6.11 Eligibility; Disqualification. 

The Bond Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of Trust Indenture Act Section 310(a) and Section 310(a)(5). The
Bond Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition and it shall have a long term debt rating of at least “A” (or the equivalent thereof) or
better by the Rating Agencies. The Bond Trustee shall comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 310(b), including the optional provision permitted by the second sentence of Trust Indenture Act Section 310(b)(9); provided,
however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of Trust Indenture Act Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities of the Bond Issuer are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set
forth in Trust Indenture Act Section 310(b)(1) are met. 
 Section 6.12 Preferential Collection of Claims Against
Bond Issuer. 
 The Bond Trustee shall comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in Trust Indenture Act Section 311(b). A Bond Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Trust Indenture Act Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein. 

Section 6.13 Representations and Warranties of Bond Trustee. 

The Bond Trustee hereby represents and warrants that: 
 (a) the Bond Trustee is a national banking association validly existing in good standing under the laws of the United States; and 
 (b) the Bond Trustee has full power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform this Bond Indenture and the Basic Documents to which the Bond Trustee is a party and has taken all necessary
action to authorize the execution, delivery, and performance by it of this Bond Indenture and such Basic Documents. 

Section 6.14 Custody of Collateral. 
 The Bond Trustee shall hold such of the Collateral (and any other collateral that may be granted to the Bond Trustee) as consists of instruments, deposit accounts, securities accounts, negotiable
documents, money, goods, letters of credit, and advices of credit in the State of New York. The Bond Trustee shall hold such of the Collateral as constitutes investment property through the Securities Intermediary (which, as of the date hereof, is
U.S. Bank National Association). The initial Securities Intermediary, hereby agrees (and each future Securities Intermediary shall agree) with the Bond Trustee that (a) such investment property shall at all times be credited to a securities
account of the Bond Trustee, (b) the Securities Intermediary shall treat the Bond Trustee as entitled to exercise the rights that comprise each financial asset credited to such securities account, (c) all property credited to such
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entitlement orders originated by the Bond Trustee without the further consent of any other Person, (e) the Securities Intermediary will not agree with any Person other than the Bond Trustee
to comply with entitlement orders originated by such other Person, (f) such securities accounts and the property credited thereto shall not be subject to any Lien or right of set-off in favor of the Securities Intermediary or anyone claiming
through it (other than the Bond Trustee), and (g) such securities accounts shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York. Terms used in the preceding sentence that are defined in the UCC and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meaning set forth in the UCC. Except as permitted by this Section 6.14, or elsewhere in this Bond Indenture, the Bond Trustee shall not hold Collateral through an agent or a nominee. 

ARTICLE VII 

Bondholders’ Lists and Reports 
 Section 7.01 Bond Issuer To Furnish Bond Trustee Names and Addresses of Bondholders. 
 The Bond Issuer will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Bond Trustee (a) not more than five days after the earlier of (i) each Record Date and (ii) six months after the last Record
Date, a list, in such form as the Bond Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Bonds as of such Record Date, (b) at such other times as the Bond Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after receipt
by the Bond Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 10 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided however that so long as the Bond Trustee is the Bond Registrar, no such list shall be
required to be furnished. 
 Section 7.02 Preservation of Information: Communications to Bondholders. 

(a) The Bond Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of the Holders of Bonds
contained in the most recent list furnished to the Bond Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders of Bonds received by the Bond Trustee in its capacity as Bond Registrar. The Bond Trustee may destroy any
list furnished to it as provided in such Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished. 
 (b) Bondholders
may communicate pursuant to Trust Indenture Act Section 312(b) with other Bondholders with respect to their rights under this Bond Indenture or under the Bonds. 
 (c) The Bond Issuer, the Bond Trustee and the Bond Registrar shall have the protection of Trust Indenture Act Section 312(c). 
 Section 7.03 Reports by Bond Issuer. 
 (a) The Bond Issuer shall:

 (i) so long as the Bond Issuer is required to file such documents with the Commission, file with the Bond
Trustee, within 15 days after the Bond Issuer is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission
may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Bond Issuer may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; 

(ii) provide to the Bond Trustee and file with the Commission in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from
time to time by the Commission such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Bond Issuer with the conditions and covenants of this Bond Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and
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 (iii) supply to the Bond Trustee (and the Bond Trustee shall transmit to all
Bondholders described in Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c)) such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Bond Issuer pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 7.03(a) as may
be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission. 
 (b) Unless the Bond Issuer otherwise
determines and provides written notice to the Bond Trustee, the fiscal year of the Bond Issuer shall end on December 31 of each year. 
 Section 7.04 Reports by Bond Trustee. 
 If required by Trust Indenture
Act Section 313(a), within 60 days after December 31 of each year, commencing [                    ], the Bond Trustee shall transmit to
each Holder of Bonds as required by Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c) a brief report dated as of such date that complies with Trust Indenture Act Section 313(a). The Bond Trustee also shall comply with Trust Indenture Act
Section 313(b); provided, however, that the initial report so issued shall be delivered not more than twelve (12) months after the date hereof. 
 A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Bondholders shall be filed by the Bond Trustee with the Commission and each stock exchange, if any, on which the Bonds are listed. The Bond Issuer shall
notify the Bond Trustee if and when the Bonds are listed on any stock exchange. 
 ARTICLE VIII  

Accounts, Disbursements and Releases 
 Section 8.01 Collection of Money. 
 Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, the Bond Trustee may demand payment or delivery of, and shall receive and collect, directly and without intervention or assistance of any fiscal agent or other intermediary, all money and other property payable to or receivable by
the Bond Trustee, the Certificate Trustee or the Delaware Trustee pursuant to this Bond Indenture, the Certificate Indenture and the Fee and Indemnity Agreement. The Bond Trustee shall apply all such money received by it as provided in this Bond
Indenture. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Bond Indenture, if any default occurs in the making of any payment or performance under any agreement or instrument that is part of the Collateral, the Bond Trustee may take such action as
may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, subject to Article VI, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate Proceedings. Any such action shall be without prejudice to any right to claim a Default or Event of
Default under this Bond Indenture and any right to proceed thereafter as provided in Article V. 
 Section 8.02
Collection Account. 
 (a)(i) Prior to the Issuance Date, the Bond Trustee shall cause to be established with the
Securities Intermediary, in the Bond Trustee’s name, located at the Bond Trustee’s Corporate Trust Office, or at another Eligible Institution, one or more segregated trust accounts in the Bond Trustee’s name for the deposit of
Estimated Phase-In-Recovery Charge Payments and other amounts remitted under the Servicing Agreement (collectively, the “Collection Account”). The Bond Trustee shall hold the Collection Account for the benefit of Bondholders, the
Bond Trustee and the other Persons indemnified hereunder or under the Fee and Indemnity Agreement. The Collection Account will consist of three subaccounts: a general subaccount (the “General Subaccount”), an excess funds subaccount
(the “Excess Funds Subaccount” and a capital subaccount (the “Capital Subaccount”). All amounts in the Collection Account not allocated to any other subaccount shall be allocated to the General Subaccount. Prior to
the initial Payment Date, all amounts in the Collection Account shall be allocated to the General Subaccount. All references to the Collection Account shall be deemed to include reference to all subaccounts contained therein. Withdrawals from and
deposits to each of the foregoing subaccounts of the Collection Account shall be made as set forth in this Section 8.02. The Collection Account shall at all times be maintained in an Eligible Account and only the Bond Trustee shall have
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Indenture. Funds in the Collection Account shall not be commingled with any other moneys. Except as provided in Section 8.03, all moneys deposited from time to time in the Collection
Account, all deposits therein pursuant to this Bond Indenture, and all investments made in Eligible Investments with such moneys, including all income or other gain from such investments, shall be held by the Bond Trustee in the Collection Account
as part of the Collateral as herein provided. 
 (ii) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms that (A) the Collection
Account is, or at inception will be established as, a “securities account” as such term is defined in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC, (B) it is a “securities intermediary” (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)
(14) of the UCC) and is acting in such capacity with respect to such accounts, and (C) the Bond Trustee for the benefit of the Bondholders is the sole “entitlement holder” (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(7) of
the UCC) with respect to such accounts and no other Person shall have the right to give “entitlement orders” (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(8)) with respect to such accounts. The Securities Intermediary hereby further
agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) received by it will be credited to the Collection Account and shall be treated by it as a “financial asset” within the meaning
of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, [New York State] shall be deemed to be the jurisdiction of the Securities Intermediary for purposes of Section 8-110 of the UCC, and the Collection Account (as
well as the securities entitlements related thereto) shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York. 
 (b) The Bond
Trustee shall have sole dominion and exclusive control over all moneys in the Collection Account and shall apply such amounts therein as provided in this Section 8.02. The Bond Trustee shall also pay from the Collection Account any
amounts requested to be paid by the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.03(b) of the Servicing Agreement. 
 (c) All Estimated
Phase-In-Recovery Charge Payments and other remittances under the Servicing Agreement shall be deposited in the General Subaccount as provided in Section 4.03 of the Servicing Agreement. All deposits to and withdrawals from the Collection
Account and all allocations to the subaccounts of the Collection Account shall be made by the Bond Trustee in accordance with the written instructions provided by the Servicer in the Semiannual Servicer Certificate or as otherwise provided herein.

 (d) On any Business Day upon which the Bond Trustee receives a written request from the Administrator stating that any
Operating Expense payable by the Bond Issuer (but only as described in clauses (i) through (iv) below) will become due and payable prior to the next succeeding Payment Date, and setting forth the amount and nature of such
Operating Expenses, as well as any supporting documentation that the Bond Trustee may reasonably request, the Bond Trustee, upon receipt of such information and subject to the Cap, will make payment of such Operating Expenses on or before the date
such payment is due from amounts on deposit in the General Subaccount, the Excess Funds Subaccount and the Capital Subaccount, in that order and only to the extent required to make such payment. 

(e) On each semiannual Payment Date, or for any amount payable under clauses (i) through (iv) below, on any
Business Day, the Bond Trustee shall apply, at the direction of the Servicer and subject to the Cap if applicable, all amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, including all earnings thereon, to allocate or pay the following amounts, in
accordance with the Semiannual Servicer Certificate, in the following priority: 
 (i) first, all fees, costs,
expenses (including legal fees and expenses) and indemnity amounts owed by the Bond Issuer to the Bond Trustee, Certificate Trustee and Delaware Trustee under the applicable Basic Documents shall be paid to the Bond Trustee, Certificate Trustee and
Delaware Trustee (subject to Section 6.07), respectively, and, second, all fees, costs, expenses (including legal fees and expenses) and indemnity amounts owed by the Bond Issuer to the Certificate Issuer under the applicable Basic
Documents shall be paid to the Certificate Issuer; provided that the total of the foregoing amounts paid shall not exceed $100,000 annually; 
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 (iii) the Administration Fee and all unpaid Administration Fees from prior
Payment Dates shall be paid to the Administrator and amounts due independent directors of the Bond Issuer shall be paid to such independent directors; 
 (iv) the payment of all other Operating Expenses for such Payment Date shall be paid to the Persons entitled thereto; 

(v) first, any overdue Semiannual Interest (together with, to the extent lawful, interest on such overdue Semiannual
Interest at the applicable Bond Interest Rate) and second, Semiannual Interest for such Payment Date shall be paid to the Bondholders; 
 (vi)(A) first, principal due and payable on the Bonds as a result of an Event of Default or on the Final Maturity Date of a Tranche of the Bonds, shall be paid to the Bondholders and (B) second,
Semiannual Principal for such Payment Date shall be paid to the Bondholders (subject to Section 2.01(c)); 
 (vii) unpaid Operating Expenses (including, without limitation, fees, expenses and indemnity amounts) owed by the Bond Issuer under the Basic Documents shall be paid first, to the Persons entitled thereto
(other than the Bond Trustee, Delaware Trustee and Certificate Trustee) and second, to the Bond Trustee, Delaware Trustee and Certificate Trustee; 
 (viii) the amount, if any, by which the Required Capital Level exceeds the amount in the Capital Subaccount as of such Payment Date shall be allocated to the Capital Subaccount; 

(ix) an amount equal to one-half of 6.85% of the Required Capital Level shall be paid to the Seller; 

(x) reimbursement of the Servicer for any amounts paid by the Servicer to the Bond Trustee, Delaware Trustee or
Certificate Trustee pursuant to Section 6.02(f) of the Servicing Agreement; 
 (xi) the balance, if any,
shall be allocated to the Excess Funds Subaccount for distribution on subsequent Payment Dates; and 
 (xii)
after, first, the payment of all principal of and interest on all Bonds and all other approved Financing Costs, and second, the payment of any unpaid amounts due the Bond Trustee, the Certificate Trustee or the Delaware Trustee under clause
(i) above that exceeded the Cap, then the balance, if any, shall be paid to the Bond Issuer, free from the Lien of this Bond Indenture. 
 All payments of interest pursuant to clause (v), shall be allocated among each Tranche of Bonds pro rata based upon the respective amounts of interest owed on the Bonds of each Tranche, and
allocated and paid to holders within each Tranche pro rata based upon the respective principal amount of Bonds held. All payments of principal pursuant to clause (vi)(A) shall be made to such holders pro rata based on the respective principal
amounts of Bonds held by such Holders. All payments of principal pursuant to clause (vi)(B) above shall be made to the Holders of the Tranche then entitled to payment, based upon the Expected Amortization Schedule in accordance with the
priority set forth in Section 2.01(c)(iii). 
 In accordance with the Financing Order, certain approved ongoing
Financing Costs recoverable through Phase-In-Recovery Charges (including, without limitation, those referenced in clauses (i) through (iv), (vii), (ix) and (x) above) may not exceed on an annual
basis the aggregate amount approved for such ongoing Financing Costs by more than 5%. The sum of such approved annual ongoing Financing Costs ($1,072,732) plus an amount equal to 5% of such costs is equal to $1,126,369, which amount is referred to
as the “Cap”. The ongoing Financing Costs referenced in clauses (i) through (iv), (vii), (ix) and (x) above, to the extent in excess of the Cap for any given annual period, may be
recovered in any subsequent annual period (subject to the annual Cap in such subsequent period). Unused Cap amounts in a given year will not be available for recovery of any ongoing Financing Costs in a subsequent year. In the case of a non-utility
Servicer with a servicing fee of 0.75% of the initial principal balance of the Bonds (the maximum permitted to be paid to a non-utility Servicer under the Financing Order), as compared to 0.10% to be paid to the initial Servicer, the Cap would be
$4,277,550. 

  
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 (f) If on any Payment Date, or for any amounts payable under clauses (i) through
(iv) above, on any Business Day, funds on deposit in the General Subaccount are insufficient to make the payments contemplated by clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 8.02(e), the Bond Trustee shall
(i) first, draw from amounts on deposit in the Excess Funds Subaccount and (ii) second, draw from amounts on deposit in the Capital Subaccount, in each case, up to the amount of such shortfall in order to make the payments contemplated by
clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 8.02(e). In addition, if on any Payment Date funds on deposit in the General Subaccount are insufficient to make the allocation contemplated by clause (viii) of
Section 8.02(e), the Bond Trustee shall draw from amounts on deposit in the Excess Funds Subaccount to make such allocation. If on any Payment Date funds on deposit in the Collection Account are insufficient to make the transfers
contemplated by clause (v) of Section 8.02(e), the Bond Trustee will allocate the funds drawn pursuant to the first sentence of this paragraph among the Tranches pro rata as provided in Section 8.02(e).

 Section 8.03 General Provisions Regarding the Collection Account. 

(a) So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all or a portion of the funds in the Collection
Account shall be invested in Eligible Investments and reinvested by the Bond Trustee upon Issuer Order. All income or other gain from investments of moneys deposited in the Collection Account shall be deposited by the Bond Trustee in the Collection
Account, and any loss resulting from such investments shall be charged to the Collection Account. The Bond Issuer will not direct the Bond Trustee to make any investment of any funds or to sell any investment held in the Collection Account unless
the security interest Granted and perfected in such Collection Account will continue to be perfected in such investment or the proceeds of such sale, in either case without any further action by any Person, and, in connection with any direction to
the Bond Trustee to make any such investment or sale, if requested by the Bond Trustee, the Bond Issuer shall deliver to the Bond Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Bond Trustee, to such effect. In no event shall the Bond
Trustee be liable for the selection of Eligible Investments or for investment losses incurred thereon. The Bond Trustee shall have no liability in respect of losses incurred as a result of the liquidation of any Eligible Investment prior to its
stated maturity or the failure of the Bond Issuer to provide timely written investment direction. The Bond Trustee shall have no obligation to invest or reinvest any amounts held hereunder in the absence of written investment direction pursuant to
an Issuer Order. If the rating of the Eligible Institution, which may be the Bond Trustee’s Corporate Trust Office, falls below the rating requirements set forth in clause (b) of the definition of Eligible Institution, the [Bond
Issuer] [Servicer] shall, within one month after notice of such rating change, cause the Collection Account to be transferred to an institution meeting the requirements set forth in clause (b) of the definition of “Eligible
Institution.” 
 (b) Subject to Section 6.01(c), the Bond Trustee shall not in any way be held liable by
reason of any insufficiency in the Collection Account resulting from any loss on any Eligible Investment included therein except for losses attributable to the Bond Trustee’s failure to make payments on such Eligible Investments issued by the
Bond Trustee, in its commercial capacity as principal obligor and not as trustee, in accordance with their terms. 
 (c) If
(i) the Bond Issuer shall have failed to give written investment directions for any funds on deposit in the Collection Account to the Bond Trustee by 11:00 am. Eastern Time (or such other time as may be agreed by the Bond Issuer and Bond
Trustee) on any Business Day; or (ii) a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Bonds but the Bonds shall not have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 5.02; then the Bond
Trustee shall, to the fullest extent practicable, invest and reinvest funds in the Collection Account in the money market fund (described in clause (d) of the definition of “Eligible Investments”) specified in the most recent
investment directions delivered by the Bond Issuer to the Bond Trustee with respect to such type of Eligible Investments; provided that if the Bond Issuer has never delivered written investment directions to the Bond Trustee, the Bond Trustee
shall not invest or reinvest such funds in any investments. 

  
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 Section 8.04 Release of Collateral. 

(a) The Bond Trustee may, and when required by the provisions of this Bond Indenture shall, execute instruments to release property from
the Lien of this Bond Indenture, or convey the Bond Trustee’s interest in the same, in a manner and under circumstances that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Bond Indenture. No party relying upon an instrument executed by the
Bond Trustee as provided in this Article VIII shall be bound to ascertain the Bond Trustee’s authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any moneys. 

(b) The Bond Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Bonds Outstanding and all sums payable by the Bond Issuer to the Bond Trustee,
the Certificate Trustee and the Delaware Trustee under this Bond Indenture have been paid, release any remaining portion of the Collateral that secured the Bonds from the Lien of this Bond Indenture and release to the Bond Issuer or any other Person
entitled thereto any funds then on deposit in the Collection Account. The Bond Trustee shall release property from the Lien of this Bond Indenture pursuant to this Section 8.04(b) only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an
Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the Trust Indenture Act) Independent Certificates in accordance with Trust Indenture Act Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(I) meeting the applicable requirements of
Section 11.01. 
 Section 8.05 Opinion of Counsel. 

The Bond Trustee shall receive at least seven days’ notice when requested by the Bond Issuer to take any action pursuant to
Section 8.04 (a), accompanied by copies of any instruments involved, and the Bond Trustee shall also require, as a condition to such action, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Bond Trustee,
stating the legal effect of any such action, outlining the steps required to complete the same, and concluding that all conditions precedent to the taking of such action have been complied with and such action will not materially and adversely
impair the security for the Bonds or the rights of the Bondholders in contravention of the provisions of this Bond Indenture; provided, however that such Opinion of Counsel shall not be required to express an opinion as to the fair
value of the Collateral. Counsel rendering any such opinion may rely, without independent investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any certificate or other instrument delivered to the Bond Trustee in connection with any such action.

 Section 8.06 Reports by Independent Registered Accountants. 

As of the Issuance Date, the Bond Issuer shall appoint a firm of Independent registered public accountants of recognized national
reputation for purposes of preparing and delivering the reports or certificates of such accountants required by this Bond Indenture. Upon any resignation by such firm the Bond Issuer shall provide written notice thereof to the Bond Trustee and shall
promptly appoint a successor thereto that shall also be a firm of Independent registered public accountants of recognized national reputation. If the Bond Issuer shall fail to appoint a successor to a firm of Independent registered public
accountants that has resigned within 15 days after such resignation, the Bond Trustee shall promptly notify the Bond Issuer of such failure in writing. If the Bond Issuer shall not have appointed a successor within 10 days thereafter the Bond
Trustee shall promptly appoint a successor firm of Independent registered public accountants of recognized national reputation; provided, however, that the Bond Trustee shall have no liability with respect to such appointment if the
Bond Trustee acted with due care with respect thereto. The fees of such Independent registered public accountants and its successor shall be payable by the Bond Issuer. 

  
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 ARTICLE IX 
 Supplemental Bond Indentures 
 Section 9.01 Supplemental
Bond Indentures Without Consent of Bondholders. 
 (a) Without the consent of the Holders of any Bonds but with prior notice
to the Rating Agencies, the Bond Issuer, the Bond Trustee and the Certificate Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as in force at the date of the execution thereof), in form reasonably satisfactory to the Bond Trustee, for any of the following purposes: 

(i) to correct or amplify the description of any property at any time subject to the Lien of this Bond Indenture, or
better to assure, convey and confirm unto the Bond Trustee any property subject or required to be subjected to the Lien of this Bond Indenture, or to subject to the Lien of this Bond Indenture additional property; 

(ii) to evidence the succession, in compliance with the applicable provisions hereof, of another person to the Bond
Issuer, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Bond Issuer herein and in the Bonds contained; 
 (iii) to add to the covenants of the Bond Issuer, for the benefit of the Holders of the Bonds, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Bond Issuer; 

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

(v) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein or in any supplemental bond indenture which may
be inconsistent with any other provision herein or in any supplemental bond indenture or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Bond Indenture or in any supplemental bond indenture; provided,
however, that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Bonds or holders of the Certificates; 
 (vi) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the Bonds and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Bond Indenture as shall
be necessary to facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Article VI; or 
 (vii) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this Bond Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to effect the qualification of this Bond Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act or under
any similar federal statute hereafter enacted and to add to this Bond Indenture such other provisions as may be expressly required by the Trust Indenture Act. 
 The Bond Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of any such supplemental bond indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained.

 (b) The Bond Issuer and the Bond Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, may, also without the consent of any of the
Holders of the Bonds, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Bond Indenture or of modifying in any manner the
rights of the Holders of the Bonds under this Bond Indenture; provided, however, that (i) such action shall not, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the
Bondholders or the holders of Certificates and (ii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect thereto. 
 Section 9.02 Supplemental Bond Indentures with Consent of Bondholders. 

The Bond Issuer and the Bond Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, also may, with prior notice to the Rating Agencies and with the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds of each Tranche to be affected, by Act of such Holders delivered to the Bond Issuer and the Bond Trustee, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental
hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Bond Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Bonds under this Bond Indenture;
provided, however, that no such supplemental bond indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Bond of each Tranche affected thereby: 

  
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 (i) change the date of payment of any installment of principal of or
interest on any Bond, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest rate thereon, change the provisions of this Bond Indenture relating to the application of collections on, or the proceeds of the sale of, the Collateral to payment of
principal of or interest on the Bonds, or change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Bond or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of the provisions of this Bond
Indenture requiring the application of funds available therefor, as provided in Article V, to the payment of any such amount due on the Bonds on or after the respective due dates thereof; 

(ii) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds or of a Tranche thereof, the consent of the Holders of
which is required for any such supplemental bond indenture, or the consent of the Holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Bond Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences provided
for in this Bond Indenture; 
 (iii) modify or alter the provisions of the proviso to the definition of the term
“Outstanding”; 
 (iv) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds required to
direct the Bond Trustee to direct the Bond Issuer to sell or liquidate the Collateral pursuant to Section 5.04; 
 (v) modify any provision of this Section 9.02 except to increase any percentage specified herein or to provide that certain additional provisions of this Bond Indenture or the Basic Documents
cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Bond affected thereby; 
 (vi)
modify any of the provisions of this Bond Indenture in such manner as to affect the calculation of the amount of any payment of interest or principal due on any Bond on any Payment Date (including the calculation of any of the individual components
of such calculation); or 
 (vii) permit the creation of any Lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the Lien
of this Bond Indenture with respect to any part of the Collateral or, except as otherwise permitted or contemplated herein, terminate the Lien of this Bond Indenture on any property at any time subject hereto or deprive the Holder of any Bond of the
security provided by the Lien of this Bond Indenture. 
 The Bond Trustee, after consultation with the Certificate Trustee, may
in its discretion determine whether or not any Bonds or Certificates of a Tranche would be affected by any supplemental bond indenture and any such determination shall be conclusive upon the Holders of all Bonds and holders of all Certificates of
such Tranche, whether theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder. Neither the Bond Trustee nor the Certificate Trustee shall be liable for any such determination made in good faith. 

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Bondholders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed
supplemental bond indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof. 
 Promptly after the
execution by the Bond Issuer and the Bond Trustee of any supplemental bond indenture pursuant to this Section 9.02, the Bond Issuer shall send to the Rating Agencies, the Certificate Trustee and the Holders of the Bonds to which such
amendment or supplemental bond indenture relates a copy such supplemental bond indenture. Any failure of the Bond Trustee to send such copy, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental
bond indenture. 
 Section 9.03 Execution of Supplemental Bond Indentures. 

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

  
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 Section 9.04 Effect of Supplemental Bond Indenture. 

Upon the execution of any supplemental bond indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Bond Indenture shall be and be deemed to be
modified and amended in accordance therewith with respect to each Tranche of Bonds affected thereby, and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties, liabilities and immunities under this Bond Indenture of the Bond Trustee, the
Bond Issuer and the Holders of the Bonds shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental bond indenture shall be
and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Bond Indenture for any and all purposes. If required by the Bond Trustee, Bonds may bear a notation in form approved by the Bond Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental
bond indenture. If the Bond Issuer or the Bond Trustee shall so determine, new Bonds so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Bond Trustee and the Bond Issuer, to any such supplemental bond indenture may be prepared and executed by the Bond
Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Bond Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Bonds. 
 Section 9.05 Conformity
with Trust Indenture Act. 
 Every amendment of this Bond Indenture and every supplemental bond indenture executed pursuant
to this Article IX shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect so long as this Bond Indenture shall then be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. 

ARTICLE X  
 Redemption of Bonds 
 Section 10.01 Optional Redemption by
Bond Issuer. 
 This Bond Indenture does not permit optional redemption of Bonds under any circumstances. 

ARTICLE XI  
 Miscellaneous 
 Section 11.01 Compliance Certificates and
Opinions, etc. 
 (a) Upon any application or request by the Bond Issuer to the Bond Trustee to take any action under any
provision of this Bond Indenture, the Bond Issuer shall furnish to the Bond Trustee (i) an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Bond Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with, (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with and (iii) (if required by the Trust Indenture Act) an Independent Certificate from a firm
of registered public accountants meeting the applicable requirements of this Section 11.01, except that, in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any
provision of this Bond Indenture, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished. 
 Every certificate or opinion with
respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Bond Indenture shall include: 
 (i) a
statement that each signatory of such certificate or opinion has read or has caused to be read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto; 

(ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or
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 (iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such signatory, such
signatory has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such signatory to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and 

(iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such signatory, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 (b) (i) Prior to the deposit of any Collateral or other property or securities with the Bond Trustee that is to be made the
basis for the release of any property or securities subject to the Lien of this Bond Indenture, the Bond Issuer shall, in addition to any obligation imposed in Section 11.01(a) or elsewhere in this Bond Indenture, furnish to the Bond
Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each person signing such certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days of such deposit) to the Bond Issuer of the Collateral or other property or securities to be so
deposited. 
 (ii) Whenever the Bond Issuer is required to furnish to the Bond Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as to the matters described in clause (i) above, the Bond Issuer shall also deliver to the Bond Trustee an Independent Certificate as to the same matters, if the fair
value to the Bond Issuer of the securities to be so deposited and of all other such securities made the basis of any such withdrawal or release since the commencement of the then-current fiscal year of the Bond Issuer, as set forth in the
certificates delivered pursuant to clause (i) above and this clause (ii), is ten percent or more of the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds, but such a certificate need not be furnished with respect to any securities so deposited, if
the fair value thereof to the Bond Issuer as set forth in the related Officer’s Certificate is less than [$25,000] or less than one percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds. 

(iii) Whenever any property or securities are to be released from the Lien of this Bond Indenture other than pursuant to
Section 8.02, the Bond Issuer shall also furnish to the Bond Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each person signing such certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days of such release) of the
property or securities proposed to be released and stating that in the opinion of such person the proposed release will not impair the security under this Bond Indenture in contravention of the provisions hereof. 

(iv) Whenever the Bond Issuer is required to furnish to the Bond Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or
stating the opinion of any signer thereof as to the matters described in clause (iii) above, the Bond Issuer shall also furnish to the Bond Trustee an Independent Certificate as to the same matters if the fair value of the property or
securities and of all other property, or securities released from the Lien of this Bond Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 8.02 hereof) since the commencement of the then-current calendar year, as set forth in the certificates
required by clause (iii) above and this clause (iv), equals 10 percent or more of the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds, but such certificate need not be furnished in the case of any release of property or securities if the fair
value thereof as set forth in the related Officer’s Certificate is less than [$25,000] or less than one percent of the then Outstanding Amount of the Bonds. 

(v) Notwithstanding Section 2.11 or any other provision of this Section 11.01, the Bond Issuer may
(A) collect, liquidate, sell or otherwise dispose of the Phase-In-Recovery Property and the Phase-In-Recovery Charge as and to the extent permitted or required by the Basic Documents and (B) cause the Bond Trustee to make cash payments out
of the Collection Account as and to the extent permitted or required by the Basic Documents. 
 Section 11.02 Form of
Documents Delivered to Bond Trustee. 
 In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an
opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. 

  
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 Any certificate or opinion of an Authorized Officer of the Bond Issuer may be based, insofar
as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the
matters upon which his or her certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate of an Authorized Officer or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Servicer, the Seller, the Bond Issuer or the Administrator, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Servicer, the Seller, the Bond Issuer or the
Administrator, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. 

Whenever in this Bond Indenture, in connection with any application or certificate or report to the Bond Trustee, it is provided
that the Bond Issuer shall deliver any document as a condition of the granting of such application, or as evidence of the Bond Issuer’s compliance with any term hereof, it is intended that the truth and accuracy, at the time of the granting
of such application or at the effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the facts and opinions stated in such document shall in such case be conditions precedent to the right of the Bond Issuer to have such application
granted or to the sufficiency of such certificate or report. The foregoing shall not, however, be construed to affect the Bond Trustee’s right to rely upon the truth and accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as
provided in Article VI. 
 Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Bond Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. 
 Section 11.03 Acts of Bondholders. 
 (a) Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Bond Indenture to be given or taken by Bondholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such
Bondholders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing; and except as herein otherwise expressly provided such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Bond Trustee, and, where it is hereby
expressly required, to the Bond Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Bondholders signing such instrument or instruments.
Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Bond Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Bond Trustee and the Bond Issuer, if
made in the manner provided in this Section 11.03. 
 (b) The fact and date of the execution by any person of any
such instrument or writing may be proved in any manner that the Bond Trustee deems sufficient. 
 (c) The ownership of Bonds
shall be proved by the Bond Register. 
 (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action by the Holder of any Bonds shall bind the Holder of every Bond issued upon the registration thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Bond Trustee or the Bond Issuer
in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Bond. 
 Section 11.04 Notices.

 (a) Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, all notices, directions, consents and waivers required under the terms and
provisions of this Bond Indenture shall be in English and in writing, and any such notice, direction, consent or waiver may be given by United States mail, courier service, facsimile transmission or electronic mail (confirmed by telephone, United
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service in the case of notice by facsimile transmission or electronic mail) or any other customary means of communication, and any such notice, direction, consent or waiver shall be effective
when delivered, or if mailed, three days after deposit in the United States mail with proper postage for ordinary mail prepaid, 

if to the Certificate Issuer, to: 
 U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Delaware Trustee for FirstEnergy Ohio PIRB Special Purpose Trust 2013 
 190 S. LaSalle Street, 7th Floor 
 Mail Code: MK-IL-SL7R 

Chicago, IL 60603 

Attention: First Energy Ohio PIRB Special Purpose Trust 2013 
 Facsimile: 312-332-7996 
 Telephone: 312-332-7496 

E-Mail: melissa.rosal@usbank.com 
 With a copy to the Administrative Trustee 
 if to the Bond Issuer, to: 

[CEI Funding LLC] [OE Funding LLC] 
 [TE Funding LLC] 
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

 

Attention:
                                         
                    

Facsimile:
                                         
                     

Telephone:
                                         
                  
 if to the Bond
Trustee or the Certificate Trustee, to: 
 U.S. Bank National Association 

190 S. LaSalle Street, 7th Floor 
 Mail Code: MK-IL-SL7R 
 Chicago, IL 60603 

Attention: First Energy Ohio PIRB Special Purpose Trust 2013 
 Facsimile: 312-332-7996 
 Telephone: 312-332-7496 

E-Mail: melissa.rosal@usbank.com 
 if to the Rating Agencies, to: 
 Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services

 55 Water Street 
 New York, New York 10041 
 Attention: Structured Credit Surveillance 

E-mail: servicer-report@standardandpoors.com 
 Telephone: (212) 438-8991 
 and 

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. 
 25th Floor, 7
World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich 
 New York, New York 10007 

Attention: ABS/RMBS Monitoring Department 
 E-mail: ServicerReports@moodys.com 

  
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 and 
 Fitch Ratings 
 One State Street Plaza 

New York, New York 10004 
 Attention: ABS Surveillance 
 Telephone: (212) 908-0500 

Facsimile: (212) 908-0355 
 Section 11.05 Notices to Bondholders: Waiver. 
 Where this Bond
Indenture provides for notice to Bondholders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid to each Bondholder affected by such event, at such
Bondholder’s address as it appears on the Bond Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Bondholders is given by mail, neither the
failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Bondholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Bondholders, and any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall
conclusively be presumed to have been duly given. 
 Where this Bond Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice
may be waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Bondholders shall be filed with the Bond Trustee but such filing
shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such a waiver. 
 In case, by reason of
the suspension of regular mail service as a result of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event of Bondholders when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Bond
Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Bond Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice. 
 Where this Bond Indenture provides for notice to the Rating Agencies, failure to give such notice shall not affect any other rights or obligations created hereunder, and shall not under any circumstance
constitute a Default or Event of Default. 
 Section 11.06 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. 

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof that is required to be included in this Bond
Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control. 
 The provisions of Trust
Indenture Act Sections 310 through 317 that impose duties on any person (including the provisions automatically deemed included herein unless expressly excluded by this Bond Indenture) are a part of and govern this Bond Indenture, whether or not
physically contained herein. 
 Section 11.07 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. 

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

 Section 11.08 Successors and Assigns. 

  
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 All covenants and agreements in this Bond Indenture and the Bonds by the Bond Issuer shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. All agreements of the Bond Trustee in this Bond Indenture shall bind its successors. 
 Section 11.09 Severability. 
 In case any provision in this Bond
Indenture or in the Bonds shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 

Section 11.10 Benefits of Bond Indenture. 
 Nothing in this Bond Indenture or in the Bonds, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, and the Bondholders, and any other party secured
hereunder, and any other Person with an ownership interest in any part of the Collateral, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Bond Indenture. 

Section 11.11 Legal Holidays. 
 In any case where the date on which any payment is due shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of the Bonds or this Bond Indenture) payment need not be made on such date,
but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date on which nominally due, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after any such nominal date. 

Section 11.12 Governing Law. 
 THIS BOND INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF OHIO, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF
THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS. [PURSUANT TO NEW YORK UCC SECTION 8-110(e)(1) AND, TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, NEW YORK UCC SECTION 9-304(b)(1), THE STATE OF NEW YORK IS THE JURISDICTION OF THE BOND TRUSTEE, AS
BANK OR SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY WITH RESPECT TO ANY SECURITIES ACCOUNT, AND THE PERFECTION, EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR NONPERFECTION AND THE PRIORITY OF THE SECURITY INTEREST IN THE SECURITIES ACCOUNT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.] 
 Section 11.13 Counterparts. 
 This Bond Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument. 
 Section 11.14 Recording of Bond Indenture. 

If this Bond Indenture is subject to recording in any appropriate public recording offices, such recording is to be effected by the Bond
Issuer and at its expense accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel (which may be counsel to the Bond Trustee or any other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Bond Trustee) to the effect that such recording is necessary either for the protection of the
Bondholders or any other Person secured hereunder or for the enforcement of any right or remedy granted to the Bond Trustee under this Bond Indenture. 
 Section 11.15 Bond Issuer Obligation. 
 No recourse may be taken,
directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Bond Issuer or the Bond Trustee on the Bonds or under this Bond Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against (i) any owner of
a membership interest in the Bond Issuer or (ii) any shareholder, partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of the Bond Trustee, the managers of the Bond 

  
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Issuer or any owner of a membership interest in the Bond Issuer in its respective individual capacity, or of any successor or assign of any of them in their respective individual or corporate
capacities, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed in writing. Each Bondholder by accepting a Bond specifically confirms the non recourse nature of these obligations and waives and releases all such liability. These waivers and releases
are part of the consideration for issuance of the Bonds. 
 Section 11.16 No Recourse to Bond Issuer. 

Notwithstanding any provision of this Bond Indenture or any Supplemental Bond Indenture to the contrary, Bondholders shall have no
recourse against the Bond Issuer, but shall look only to the Collateral, with respect to any amounts due to the Bondholders hereunder and under the Bonds. Each Bondholder by accepting a Bond specifically confirms the non recourse nature of these
obligations and waives and releases all such liability. These waivers and releases are part of the consideration for issuance of the Bonds. 
 Section 11.17 Inspection. 
 The Bond Issuer agrees that, on reasonable
prior notice, it will permit any representative of the Bond Trustee, during the Bond Issuer’s normal business hours, to examine all the books of account, records, reports, and other papers of the Bond Issuer, to make copies and extracts
therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by Independent certified public accountants, and to discuss the Bond Issuer’s affairs, finances and accounts with the Bond Trustee’s officers, employees, and Independent certified public
accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested. The Bond Trustee shall and shall cause its representatives to hold in confidence all such information except to the extent disclosure may be required by law (and
all reasonable applications for confidential treatment are unavailing) and except to the extent that the Bond Trustee may reasonably determine that such disclosure is consistent with its obligations hereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the foregoing shall not be construed to prohibit (i) disclosure of any and all information that is or becomes publicly known, or information obtained by the Bond Trustee from sources other than the Bond Issuer, provided such parties
are rightfully in possession of such information and do not have an obligation of confidentiality, (ii) disclosure of any and all information (A) if required to do so by any applicable statute, law, rule or regulation, (B) pursuant to
any subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar demand or request of any court or regulatory authority exercising its proper jurisdiction, (C) in any preliminary or final offering circular, registration statement or contract or other
document pertaining to the transactions contemplated by this Bond Indenture or the Basic Documents approved in advance by the Bond Issuer or (D) to any affiliate, independent or internal auditor, agent, employee or attorney of the Bond Trustee
having a need to know the same, provided that such parties agree to be bound by the confidentiality provisions contained in this Section 11.17, or (iii) any other disclosure authorized by the Bond Issuer. 

Section 11.18 No Petition. 
 The Bond Trustee, by entering into this Bond Indenture, each Holder, by accepting a Bond (or interest therein) issued hereunder, hereby covenant and agree that they shall not, prior to the date which is
one year and one day after the termination of this Bond Indenture, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Bond Issuer or any manager under the LLC Agreement to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of
commencing or sustaining a case against the Bond Issuer under any insolvency law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Bond Issuer or any substantial part of its respective
property, or ordering the dissolution, winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Bond Issuer. Nothing in this paragraph shall preclude, or be deemed to estop, such Holder or the Bond Trustee (A) from taking or omitting to take any action
prior to such date in (i) any case or proceeding voluntarily filed or commenced by or on behalf of the Bond Issuer under or pursuant to any such law or (ii) any involuntary case or proceeding pertaining to the Bond Issuer which is filed or
commenced by or on behalf of a Person other than such Holder and is not joined in by such Holder (or any person to which such holder shall have assigned, transferred or otherwise conveyed any part of the obligations of the Bond Issuer hereunder)
under or pursuant to any such law, or (B) from commencing or prosecuting any legal action which is not an involuntary case or proceeding under or pursuant to any such law against the Bond Issuer or any of its properties. 

  
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 Section 11.19 Securities Intermediary. The Securities Intermediary, in acting
under this Bond Indenture, is entitled to all rights, benefits, protections, immunities and indemnities accorded U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, in its capacity as Bond Trustee under this Bond Indenture. 

Section 11.20 Trustee Capacities; Affiliated Parties Each of the Bondholders by accepting the Bonds shall be deemed to
acknowledge and consent to U.S. Bank Trust National Association acting in the capacity of Delaware Trustee and U.S. Bank National Association acting in the capacities of Bond Trustee and Certificate Trustee. 

Section 11.21 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE BOND ISSUER AND THE BOND TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS BOND INDENTURE, THE BONDS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. 

Section 11.22 Rule 17g-5 Compliance. 
 (a) The Bond Trustee agrees that any notice, report, request for satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition, document or other information provided by the Bond Trustee to any Rating Agency under this
Bond Indenture or any other Basic Document to which it is a party for the purpose of determining the initial credit rating of the Bonds or undertaking credit rating surveillance of the Bonds shall be provided, substantially concurrently, to the
Servicer for posting on a password-protected website (the “17g-5 Website”). The Servicer shall be responsible for posting all of the information on the 17g-5 Website. 

(b) The Bond Trustee will not be responsible for creating or maintaining the 17g-5 Website, posting any information to the 17g-5 Website
or assuring that the 17g-5 Website complies with the requirements of this Bond Indenture, Rule 17g-5 or any other law or regulation. In no event shall the Bond Trustee be deemed to make any representation in respect of the content of the 17g-5
Website or compliance by the 17g-5 Website with this Bond Indenture, Rule 17g-5 or any other law or regulation. The Bond Trustee shall have no obligation to engage in or respond to any oral communications with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby, any transaction documents relating hereto or in any way relating to the Bonds or for the purposes of determining the initial credit rating of the Bonds or undertaking credit rating surveillance of the Bonds with any Rating
Agency or any of its respective officers, directors or employees. The Bonds Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for the dissemination of any identification numbers or passwords for the 17g-5 Website, including by the Servicer, the Rating
Agencies, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”), any of their respective agents or any other party. Additionally, the Bond Trustee shall not be liable for the use of the information posted on the 17g-5
Website, whether by the Servicer, the Rating Agencies, an NRSRO or any other third party that may gain access to the 17g-5 Website or the information posted thereon. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bond Issuer and the Bond Trustee have caused this Bond Indenture to
be duly executed by their respective officers, thereunto duly authorized and duly attested, all as of the day and year first above written. 
 [CEI Funding LLC] [OE Funding LLC] [TE Funding LLC] 
 By:
                                         
                                         
                
 Name:
                                         
                                        

Title:
                                         
                                         
             
 U.S. Bank National Association, 

as Bond Trustee and Securities Intermediary, 
 By:
                                         
                                         
                
 Name:
                                         
                                        

Title:
                                         
                                         
             

					
	STATE OF [                         
                   ]	 	§	  	
		 	§	  	
	COUNTY OF [                         
               ]	 	§	  	

 On the ___ day of ________________________, 2013, before me, a Notary Public in and for said county and
state, personally appeared , personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person and officer whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his
authorized capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument [CEI Funding LLC] [OE Funding LLC] [TE Funding LLC], a Delaware limited liability company and the entity upon which the person acted, executed this instrument. 

WITNESS my hand and official seal. 
  

 
 Notary Public 

My commission expires:
                                         
        

					
	STATE OF [                         
                   ]	 	§	  	
		 	§	  	
	COUNTY OF [                         
               ]	 	§	  	

 On the ___ day of ________________________, 2013, before me, a Notary Public in and for said county and
state, personally appeared , personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person and officer whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his
authorized capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, and the entity upon which the person acted, executed this instrument. 

WITNESS my hand and official seal. 
  

 
 Notary Public 

My commission expires:
                                         
        

 SCHEDULE A 
 Expected Amortization Schedule 
 Outstanding Principal Balance 

 

									
	 Payment Date
	  	Tranche A-1	  	Tranche A-2	  	Tranche A-[others]	  	Issuance Date

  
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 EXHIBIT B 
 FORM OF BOND 
  

			
	 REGISTERED
	  	$[                           
 ]

 NO.
[                    ] 
 SEE
REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS 
 THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS TRANCHE
A-[            ] BOND WILL BE PAID IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS TRANCHE
A-[            ] BOND AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF. THE HOLDER OF THIS BOND HAS NO RECOURSE TO THE BOND ISSUER HEREOF AND AGREES TO LOOK ONLY TO THE
COLLATERAL, AS DESCRIBED IN THE BOND INDENTURE, FOR PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNTS DUE HEREUNDER. ALL OBLIGATIONS OF THE BOND ISSUER OF THIS TRANCHE A-[            ] BOND UNDER THE TERMS OF THE
BOND INDENTURE WILL BE RELEASED AND DISCHARGED UPON PAYMENT IN FULL HEREOF OR AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THE BOND INDENTURE. THE HOLDER OF THIS TRANCHE A-[            ] BOND HEREBY COVENANTS
AND AGREES THAT PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS ONE (1) YEAR AND ONE (1) DAY AFTER THE PAYMENT IN FULL OF THE TRANCHE A-[ ] BONDS, IT WILL NOT INSTITUTE AGAINST, OR JOIN ANY OTHER PERSON IN INSTITUTING AGAINST, THE BOND ISSUER ANY
BANKRUPTCY, REORGANIZATION, ARRANGEMENT, INSOLVENCY OR LIQUIDATION PROCEEDINGS OR OTHER SIMILAR PROCEEDING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL PRECLUDE, OR BE DEEMED TO ESTOP, SUCH
HOLDER (A) FROM TAKING OR OMITTING TO TAKE ANY ACTION PRIOR TO SUCH DATE IN (I) ANY CASE OR PROCEEDING VOLUNTARILY FILED OR COMMENCED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE BOND ISSUER UNDER OR PURSUANT TO ANY SUCH LAW OR (II) ANY INVOLUNTARY CASE OR
PROCEEDING PERTAINING TO THE BOND ISSUER WHICH IS FILED OR COMMENCED BY OR ON BEHALF OF A PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH HOLDER AND IS NOT JOINED IN BY SUCH HOLDER (OR ANY PERSON TO WHICH SUCH HOLDER SHALL HAVE ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE CONVEYED
ANY PART OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE BOND ISSUER HEREUNDER) UNDER OR PURSUANT TO ANY SUCH LAW, OR (B) FROM COMMENCING OR PROSECUTING ANY LEGAL ACTION WHICH IS NOT AN INVOLUNTARY CASE OR PROCEEDING UNDER OR PURSUANT TO ANY SUCH LAW AGAINST THE
BOND ISSUER OR ANY OF ITS PROPERTIES. 
 [CEI FUNDING LLC] [OE FUNDING LLC] 

[TE FUNDING LLC] BONDS 
 TRANCHE A-[    ] 
  

					
	 Interest Rate
	  	Original Principal Amount	 	Final Maturity Date
			
	[    ]%	  	$[                           
 ]	 	

 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: 
 [CEI Funding LLC] [OE Funding LLC] [TE Funding LLC], a limited liability company formed and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the “Bond Issuer”), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to FirstEnergy Ohio PIRB Special Purpose Trust 2013, or registered assigns, the Original Principal Amount shown above in semiannual installments on the Payment Dates and in the amounts specified on the reverse
hereof or, if less, the amounts determined pursuant to Section 8.02 of the Bond Indenture, in each year, commencing on the date determined as provided on the reverse hereof and ending on or before the Final Maturity Date and to pay
interest, at the Interest Rate shown above, on each [                    ] and
[                    ] or if any such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing on
[                    ], 2014 and continuing until the earlier of the 

  
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payment of the principal hereof or the Final Maturity Date (each a “Payment Date”), on the principal amount of this Tranche
A-[                    ] Bond. Interest on this Tranche A-[    ] Bond will accrue for each Payment Date from the most recent
Payment Date on which interest has been paid to but excluding such Payment Date or, if no interest has yet been paid, from [                    ],
2014. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Such principal of and interest on this Tranche A-[    ] Bond shall be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof. 

The principal of and interest on this Tranche A-[    ] Bond are payable in such coin or currency of the United States
of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by the Bond Issuer with respect to this Tranche A-[    ] Bond shall be applied first to interest due and payable on
this Tranche A-[    ] Bond as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Tranche A-[    ] Bond, all in the manner set forth in Section 8.02 of the Bond Indenture. 

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Tranche A-[    ] Bond set forth on the reverse hereof, which
shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Tranche A-[    ] Bond. 
 The
Holder of this Tranche A-[    ] Bond by the acceptance hereof agrees to be bound by the terms of the Bond Indenture. 
 Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Bond Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Tranche A-[    ] Bond shall not be entitled to
any benefit under the Bond Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bond Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed, manually or in
facsimile, by its Authorized Officer. 
 Date:
[                    ], 2013 
 [CEI Funding
LLC] [OE Funding LLC][TE Funding LLC] 
 By:
                                         
                                         
                       
 Name:
                                         
                                         
   
 Title:
                                         
                                         
     

  
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 BOND TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

Dated: [                    ], 2013 

This is one of the Bonds referred to in the within-mentioned Bond Indenture. 
 U.S. Bank National Association, 
 not in its individual capacity but solely as Bond Trustee,

 By:
                                         
                                         
                       
 Name:
                                         
                                         
   
 Title:
                                         
                                         
     

  
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 [REVERSE OF BOND] 
 This Tranche A-[    ] Bond is one of a duly authorized issue of Bonds of the Bond Issuer, designated as its [CEI Funding LLC] [OE Funding LLC] [TE Funding LLC] Bonds (herein called the
“Bonds”), issuable in one or more Tranches, and further designated as a Tranche A-[    ] Bond (collectively with all other Tranche A-[    ] Bonds of this issue, the “Tranche
A-[    ] Bonds”), all issued under a Bond Indenture dated as of [                    ], 2013 (the “Bond
Indenture”), between the Bond Issuer and U.S Bank National Association, as Bond Trustee (the “Bond Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Bond Indenture), to which Bond Indenture and all indentures
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Bond Issuer, the Bond Trustee and the Holders of the Bonds. All terms used in this Tranche A-[    ] Bond
that are defined in the Bond Indenture, as supplemented or amended, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Bond Indenture, as supplemented or amended. 
 The Tranche A-[    ] Bonds and the other Tranches of Bonds issued by the Bond Issuer are and will be equally and ratably secured by the Collateral, as provided in the Bond Indenture.

 The principal of this Tranche A-[    ] Bond shall be payable on each Payment Date only to the extent that
amounts in the Collection Account are available therefor, and only until the outstanding principal balance thereof on such Payment Date (after giving effect to all payments of principal, if any, made on such Payment Date) has been reduced to the
principal balance specified in the Expected Amortization Schedule which is attached to the Bond Indenture as Schedule A, unless payable earlier either because an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Bond Trustee or the
Holders of Bonds representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds have declared the Bonds to be immediately due and payable in accordance with Section 5.02 of the Bond Indenture. However, actual principal
payments may be made in lesser than expected amounts and at later than expected times as determined pursuant to Section 8.02 of the Bond Indenture. The entire unpaid principal amount of this Tranche A-[    ] Bond
shall be due and payable on the Final Maturity Date hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Bonds shall be due and payable, if not then previously paid, on the date on which an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing and the Bond Trustee or the Holders of the Bonds representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds have declared the Bonds to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in
Section 5.02 of the Bond Indenture. All principal payments on the Tranche A-[    ] Bonds shall be made pro rata to the Tranche A-[    ] Bondholders entitled thereto based on the respective
principal amounts of the Tranche A-[    ] Bonds held by them. 
 Payments of interest on this Tranche
A-[    ] Bond due and payable on each Payment Date, together with the installment of principal shall be made by check mailed first-class, postage prepaid, to the Person whose name appears as the Registered Holder of this Tranche
A-[    ] Bond (or one or more Predecessor Bonds) on the Bond Register as of the close of business on the Record Date, except that with respect to Bonds registered on the Record Date in the name of the Certificate Trustee,
payments will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by the Certificate Trustee and except for the final installment of principal payable with respect to this Tranche A[    ] Bond on a
Payment Date which shall be payable as provided below. Such checks shall be mailed to the Person entitled thereto at the address of such Person as it appears on the Bond Register as of the applicable Record Date without requiring that this Tranche
A-[    ] Bond be submitted for notation of payment. Any reduction in the principal amount of this Tranche A-[    ] Bond (or any one or more Predecessor Bonds) effected by any payments made on any Payment
Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of this Tranche A-[ ] Bond and of any Bond issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be
available, as provided in the Bond Indenture, for payment in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this Tranche A-[    ] Bond on a Payment Date, then the Bond Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Bond
Issuer, will notify the Person who was the Registered Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Payment Date by notice mailed no later than five days prior to such final Payment Date and shall specify that such final installment will be
payable only upon presentation and surrender of this Tranche A-[    ] Bond and shall specify the place where this Tranche A-[    ] Bond may be presented and surrendered for payment of such installment.

 The Bond Issuer shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Bond Interest Rate to the extent lawful.

  
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 As provided in the Bond Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the
transfer of this Tranche A-[    ] Bond may be registered on the Bond Register upon surrender of this Tranche A-[    ] Bond for registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the Bond Issuer
pursuant to the Bond Indenture, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by (a) a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Bond Trustee duly executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature
guaranteed by an institution which is a member of one of the following recognized Signature Guaranty Programs: (i) The Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) The New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MSP);
(iii) The Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) in such other guarantee program acceptable to the Bond Trustee, and (b) such other documents as the Bond Trustee may require, and thereupon one or more new Tranche
A-[    ] Bonds of Minimum Denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be charged for any registration of transfer or exchange of this
Tranche A-[    ] Bond, but the transferor may be required to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such registration of transfer or exchange, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Bond Indenture not involving any transfer. 
 Each Bondholder, by acceptance of a
Bond, covenants and agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Bond Issuer or the Bond Trustee on the Bonds or under the Bond Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in
connection therewith, against (i) any owner of a limited liability company interest in the Bond Issuer or (ii) any shareholder, partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of the Bond Trustee, the managers of the Bond
Issuer or any owner of a membership interest in the Bond Issuer in its respective individual capacity, or of any successor or assign of any of them in their respective individual or corporate capacities, except as any such Person may have expressly
agreed in writing. 
 Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Tranche A-[    ]
Bond, the Bond Issuer, the Bond Trustee and any agent of the Bond Issuer or the Bond Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Tranche A-[    ] Bond is registered (as of the day of determination) as the owner hereof for the
purpose of receiving payments of principal of and interest on this Tranche A-[    ] Bond and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not this Tranche A-[    ] Bond be overdue, and neither the Bond
Issuer, the Bond Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
 The Bond Indenture permits, with
certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Bond Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Bonds under the Bond Indenture at any time by the Bond Issuer with the consent
of the Holders of Bonds representing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of all Bonds at the time Outstanding of each Tranche to be affected. The Bond Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of Bonds representing specified
percentages of the Outstanding Amount of the Bonds, on behalf of the Holders of all the Bonds, to waive compliance by the Bond Issuer with certain provisions of the Bond Indenture and certain past defaults under the Bond Indenture and their
consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Tranche A-[    ] Bond (or any one of more Predecessor Bonds) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Tranche
A-[    ] Bond and of any Bond issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Tranche A-[    ] Bond.
The Bond Indenture also permits the Bond Trustee to amend or waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Bond Indenture without the consent of Holders of the Bonds issued thereunder. 

The term “Bond Issuer” as used in this Tranche A-[    ] Bond includes any successor to the Bond
Issuer under the Bond Indenture. 
 The Bond Issuer is permitted by the Bond Indenture, under certain circumstances, to merge or
consolidate, subject to the rights of the Bond Trustee and the Holders of Bonds under the Bond Indenture. 
 The Tranche
A-[    ] Bonds are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Bond Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth. 
 This Tranche A-[    ] Bond and the Bond Indenture shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio, without reference to its conflict of law provisions, and the
obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws. 

  
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 No reference herein to the Bond Indenture and no provision of this Tranche
A-[    ] Bond or of the Bond Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Bond Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Tranche A-[    ] Bond at the
times, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed. 
 The Holder of this Tranche
A-[    ] Bond by the acceptance hereof agrees that, notwithstanding any provision of the Bond Indenture to the contrary, the Holder shall have no recourse against the Bond Issuer, but shall look only to the Collateral, with
respect to any amounts due to the Holder under this Tranche A-[    ] Bond. 
 Subject to and in accordance
with the terms of the Bond Indenture and pursuant to Section 4928.2315 of the Statute, the State of Ohio has pledged and agreed with the Bond Issuer and the Holders of the Bonds (the “State Pledge”), as follows: 

“The state pledges to and agrees with the bondholders, any assignee, and any financing parties under
a final financing order that the state will not take or permit any action that impairs the value of phase-in-recovery property under the final financing order or revises the phase-in costs for which recovery is authorized under the final financing
order or, except as allowed under section 4928.238 of the Revised Code, reduce, alter, or impair phase-in-recovery charges that are imposed, charged, collected, or remitted for the benefit of the bondholders, any assignee, and any financing parties,
until any principal, interest, and redemption premium in respect of phase-in-recovery bonds, all financing costs, and all amounts to be paid to an assignee or financing party under an ancillary agreement are paid or performed in full.”

  
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 ASSIGNMENT 

 

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

  

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

  
  

 
  
 (name and address of assignee) 
 the within Tranche A-[    ]
Bond and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints attorney, to transfer said Tranche A-[    ] Bond on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 Dated:
                                         
                
  

			
	  	 	  
	  	 	 
		 	
	Signature Guaranteed:	 	

  

					
	 	 		    	 
		
	 	 	

 * NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face
of the within Tranche A-[    ] Bond in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever. 

  
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 EXHIBIT C 
 SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED 
 BY BOND TRUSTEE IN ASSESSMENT OF
COMPLIANCE 
  

					
	Reg AB
Reference	 	Servicing Criteria	  	Applicable 
Indenture
Trustee
Responsibility
	 	 	 
	  	 	General Servicing Considerations	  	  
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(1)(i)	 	Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in
accordance with the transaction agreements.	  	 
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(1)(ii)	 	If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted
to monitor the third party’s performance and compliance with such servicing activities.	  	 
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(1)(iii)	 	Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer for the pool assets are
maintained.	  	 
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(1)(iv)	 	A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing
function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements.	  	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	Cash Collection and Administration	  	 
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(2)(i)	 	Payments on pool assets are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing
accounts no more than two (2) business days following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	  	X
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(2)(ii)	 	Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized
personnel.	  	X
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(2)(iii)	 	Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other
fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements.	  	 
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(2)(iv)	 	The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of
overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction agreements.	  	X
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(2)(v)	 	Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the
transaction agreements. For purposes of this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act.	  	X
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(2)(vi)	 	Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access.	  	 

  
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	Reg AB
Reference	 	Servicing Criteria	  	Applicable 
Indenture
Trustee
Responsibility
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(2)(vii)	 	Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts,
including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within thirty (30) calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements; (C) reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items. These reconciling items are resolved within ninety (90) calendar days of their
original identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	  	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	Investor Remittances and Reporting	  	 
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(3)(i)	 	Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the SEC, are maintained in accordance with the
transaction agreements and applicable SEC requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the
terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the SEC as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of pool assets
serviced by the servicer.	  	 
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(3)(ii)	 	Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and
other terms set forth in the transaction agreements.	  	X
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(3)(iii)	 	Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two (2) business days to the servicer’s investor
records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	  	X
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(3)(iv)	 	Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment,
or custodial bank statements.	  	X
	 	 	 
	 	 	Pool Asset Administration	  	 
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(i)	 	Collateral or security on pool assets is maintained as required by the transaction agreements or related pool
asset documents.	  	 
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(ii)	 	Pool assets and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction agreements.	  	 
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(iii)	 	Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved in accordance with
any conditions or requirements in the transaction agreements.	  	 
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(iv)	 	Payments on pool assets, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related pool asset documents are
posted to the servicer’s obligor records maintained no more than two (2) business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in
accordance with the related pool asset documents.	  	 
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(v)	 	The servicer’s records regarding the pool assets agree with the servicer’s records with respect to
an obligor’s unpaid principal balance.	  	 
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(vi)	 	Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor’s pool assets (e.g., loan modifications or
re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and related pool asset documents.	  	 

  
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	Reg AB
Reference	 	Servicing Criteria	  	Applicable 
Indenture
Trustee
Responsibility
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(vii)	 	Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure,
foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction agreements.	  	 
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(viii)	 	Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a pool asset is delinquent in
accordance with the transaction agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s activities in monitoring delinquent pool assets
including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).	  	 
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(ix)	 	Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for pool assets with variable rates are computed based on
the related pool asset documents.	  	 
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(x)	 	Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts): (A) such funds are analyzed, in
accordance with the obligor’s pool asset documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable pool asset
documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within thirty (30) calendar days of full repayment of the related pool assets, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	  	 
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(xi)	 	Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made on or before the related
penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support has been received by the servicer at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days
specified in the transaction agreements.	  	 
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(xii)	 	Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from
the servicer’s funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or omission.	  	 
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(xiii)	 	Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two (2) business days to the obligor’s
records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	  	 
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(xiv)	 	Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in accordance with the
transaction agreements.	  	 
	 	 	 
	1122(d)(4)(xv)	 	Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of
Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the transaction agreements.	  	 

  
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 EXHIBIT 4.2 
 FIRSTENERGY OHIO PIRB SPECIAL PURPOSE TRUST 2013, 
 as Certificate Issuer

 and 
 U.S. Bank National Association, 
 as Certificate Trustee and Securities
Intermediary 
 CERTIFICATE INDENTURE 
 Dated as of [            ], 2013 
 $[        ] 
 FIRSTENERGY OHIO
PIRB SPECIAL PURPOSE TRUST 2013 
 PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
	 	  	 	  	Page	 
	ARTICLE I	  
	DEFINITIONS	  
			
	Section 1.01	  	Definitions	  	 	2	  
	Section 1.02	  	Compliance Certificates and Opinions	  	 	11	  
	Section 1.03	  	Form of Documents Delivered to Certificate Trustee	  	 	11	  
	Section 1.04	  	Acts of Certificateholders	  	 	12	  
	
	ARTICLE II	  
	THE CERTIFICATES	  
			
	Section 2.01	  	Terms of the Certificates	  	 	13	  
	Section 2.02	  	Issuance of Certificates	  	 	13	  
	Section 2.03	  	Form, Denomination and Execution of Certificates	  	 	15	  
	Section 2.04	  	Authentication of Certificates	  	 	16	  
	Section 2.05	  	Temporary Certificates	  	 	16	  
	Section 2.06	  	Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates	  	 	16	  
	Section 2.07	  	Certificateholders’ Lists and Reports by Certificate Trustee	  	 	17	  
	Section 2.08	  	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates	  	 	18	  
	Section 2.09	  	Persons Deemed Owners	  	 	18	  
	Section 2.10	  	Cancellation	  	 	18	  
	Section 2.11	  	Limitation of Liability for Payments	  	 	19	  
	Section 2.12	  	Book-Entry and Definitive Certificates	  	 	19	  
	Section 2.13	  	Tax Treatment	  	 	20	  
	Section 2.14	  	Security Interest	  	 	20	  
	
	ARTICLE III	  
	COVENANTS	  
			
	Section 3.01	  	Compliance with Declaration of Trust	  	 	21	  
	Section 3.02	  	No Additional Certificates	  	 	21	  
	Section 3.03	  	Protection of Trust Property	  	 	21	  
	Section 3.04	  	Opinions as to Trust Property	  	 	22	  
	Section 3.05	  	Further Instruments and Acts	  	 	22	  
	
	ARTICLE IV	  
	DISTRIBUTIONS; STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS	  
			
	Section 4.01	  	Certificate Accounts	  	 	22	  
	Section 4.02	  	Distributions from Certificate Accounts	  	 	23	  
	Section 4.03	  	Statements to Certificateholders	  	 	25	  
	Section 4.04	  	Investment of Special Payment Moneys	  	 	26	  
	Section 4.05	  	Reduction in Principal	  	 	26	  
	
	ARTICLE V	  
	DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES	  
			
	Section 5.01	  	Events of Default	  	 	26	  
	Section 5.02	  	Incidents of Sale of Bonds	  	 	27	  
	Section 5.03	  	Judicial Proceedings Instituted by Certificate Trustee	  	 	27	  
	Section 5.04	  	Control by Certificateholders	  	 	27	  
	Section 5.05	  	Waiver of Past Defaults	  	 	28	  
	Section 5.06	  	Right of Certificateholders To Receive Payments Not To Be Impaired	  	 	28	  
	Section 5.07	  	Certificateholders May Not Bring Suit Except Under Certain Conditions	  	 	28	  
	Section 5.08	  	Certificate Trustee May Bring Suit	  	 	29	  
	Section 5.09	  	Remedies Cumulative	  	 	29	  
	
	ARTICLE VI	  
	THE CERTIFICATE TRUSTEE	  
			
	Section 6.01	  	Notice of Defaults	  	 	29	  
	Section 6.02	  	Duties of Certificate Trustee	  	 	29	  

  
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	Section 6.03	  	Certain Rights of Certificate Trustee	  	 	30	  
	Section 6.04	  	Certificate Trustee’s Disclaimer	  	 	32	  
	Section 6.05	  	May Hold Certificates	  	 	32	  
	Section 6.06	  	Money Held in Trust	  	 	32	  
	Section 6.07	  	Compensation and Reimbursement; Indemnification	  	 	32	  
	Section 6.08	  	Corporate Certificate Trustee Required; Eligibility	  	 	33	  
	Section 6.09	  	Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor	  	 	33	  
	Section 6.10	  	Acceptance of Appointment by Successor	  	 	35	  
	Section 6.11	  	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business	  	 	35	  
	Section 6.12	  	Maintenance of Agencies	  	 	35	  
	Section 6.13	  	Money for Certificate Payments To Be Held in Trust	  	 	36	  
	Section 6.14	  	Registration of Bonds in Certificate Trustee’s Name	  	 	37	  
	Section 6.15	  	Representations and Warranties of Certificate Trustee	  	 	37	  
	Section 6.16	  	Withholding Taxes; Information Reporting	  	 	37	  
	Section 6.17	  	Obligations to Bond Trustees and Delaware Trustee	  	 	38	  
	Section 6.18	  	Custody of Trust Property	  	 	38	  
	Section 6.19	  	Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee	  	 	38	  
	
	ARTICLE VII	  
	SUPPLEMENTAL CERTIFICATE INDENTURES	  
			
	Section 7.01	  	Supplemental Certificate Indentures Without Consent of Certificateholders	  	 	39	  
	Section 7.02	  	Supplemental Certificate Indentures With Consent of Certificateholders	  	 	40	  
	Section 7.03	  	Documents Affecting Immunity or Indemnity	  	 	40	  
	Section 7.04	  	Execution of Supplemental Certificate Indentures	  	 	40	  
	Section 7.05	  	Effect of Supplemental Certificate Indentures	  	 	40	  
	Section 7.06	  	Conformity with Trust Indenture Act	  	 	41	  
	Section 7.07	  	Reference in Certificates to Supplemental Certificate Indentures	  	 	41	  
	
	ARTICLE VIII	  
	AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS TO BONDS, BOND INDENTURES AND OTHER BASIC DOCUMENTS	  
			
	Section 8.01	  	Amendments and Supplements to Bonds, Bond Indentures and Other Basic Documents	  	 	41	  
	
	ARTICLE IX	  
	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE	  
			
	Section 9.01	  	Satisfaction and Discharge of Certificate Indenture	  	 	41	  
	
	ARTICLE X	  
	MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS	  
			
	Section 10.01	  	Certificates and Bonds Not Obligation of the State of Ohio or Sellers	  	 	42	  
	Section 10.02	  	Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders	  	 	43	  
	Section 10.03	  	No Recourse to Certificate Issuer	  	 	43	  
	Section 10.04	  	Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid	  	 	43	  
	Section 10.05	  	Notices	  	 	43	  
	Section 10.06	  	Governing Law	  	 	46	  
	Section 10.07	  	Severability of Provisions	  	 	46	  
	Section 10.08	  	Conflict With Trust Indenture Act	  	 	46	  
	Section 10.09	  	Effect of Headings and Table of Contents	  	 	46	  
	Section 10.10	  	Successors and Assigns; Delegation	  	 	46	  
	Section 10.11	  	Benefits of Certificate Indenture	  	 	46	  
	Section 10.12	  	Legal Holidays	  	 	46	  
	Section 10.13	  	Counterparts	  	 	46	  
	Section 10.14	  	The Delaware Trustee	  	 	47	  
	Section 10.15	  	Certificate Issuer Obligation	  	 	47	  
	Section 10.16	  	No Petition	  	 	47	  
	Section 10.17	  	Trustee Capacities; Affiliated Parties	  	 	47	  
	Section 10.18	  	Waiver of Jury Trial	  	 	47	  
	Section 10.19	  	Rule 17g-5 Compliance	  	 	47	  
	Signature	  	 	S-1	  
	EXHIBIT A – FORM OF CERTIFICATE	  	 	A-1	  

  
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 TRUST INDENTURE ACT CROSS REFERENCE TABLE 

 

					
	 TIA
SECTION
	  	 INDENTURE
SECTION

	310	  	(a)(1)	  	6.08
		  	(a)(2)	  	6.08
		  	(a)(3)	  	6.19
		  	(a)(4)	  	6.14
		  	(a)(5)	  	6.08
		  	(b)	  	6.08 and 6.09
	311	  	(a)	  	6.05
		  	(b)	  	6.05
	312	  	(a)	  	2.07
		  	(b)	  	2.07
		  	(c)	  	2.07
	313	  	(a)	  	2.07
		  	(b)(1)	  	2.07
		  	(b)(2)	  	2.07
		  	(c)	  	2.07
		  	(d)	  	2.07
	314	  	(a)	  	2.07 and 9.01
		  	(b)	  	3.04 and 9.01
		  	(c)(1)	  	2.02 and 2.07
		  	(c)(2)	  	2.02
		  	(c)(3)	  	N.A.
		  	(d)	  	2.02
		  	(e)	  	1.02
		  	(f)	  	1.02
	315	  	(a)	  	6.03
		  	(b)	  	6.01
		  	(c)	  	6.03
		  	(d)	  	6.03(j)
		  	(e)	  	10.08
	316	  	(a) (last sentence)	  	1.01(a) (definition of “Outstanding”)
		  	(a)(1)(A)	  	5.04
		  	(a)(1)(B)	  	5.05

  
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	 TIA
SECTION
	  	 INDENTURE
SECTION

		  	(a)(2)	  	N.A.
		  	(b)	  	5.06
		  	(c)	  	1.01(a) (definition of “Record Date”) and 1.01(e)
	317	  	(a)(1)	  	5.03
		  	(a)(2)	  	5.03, 5.08 and 5.09
		  	(b)	  	4.01
	318	  	(a)	  	10.08
		  	(b)	  	10.08
		  	(c)	  	10.08

  

	**	“N.A.” shall mean “not applicable.” 

 THIS CROSS REFERENCE TABLE SHALL NOT, FOR ANY PURPOSE, 
 BE DEEMED TO BE PART OF
THIS INDENTURE.

  
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 CERTIFICATE INDENTURE, dated as of
[            ] [    ], 2013, between FirstEnergy Ohio PIRB Special Purpose Trust 2013, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Certificate Issuer”) continued
under the Declaration of Trust and U.S. Bank National Association, in its capacity as certificate trustee (the “Certificate Trustee”) and in its separate capacity as a securities intermediary (the “Securities
Intermediary”). 
 RECITALS 
 The CEI Bond Issuer intends to issue the CEI Funding LLC Bonds (the “CEI Bonds”) with an aggregate principal amount of $[        ], consisting of
Tranches [                    ] pursuant to the CEI Bond Indenture. The OE Bond Issuer intends to issue the OE Funding LLC Bonds (the “OE
Bonds”) with an aggregate principal amount of $[        ], consisting of Tranches
[                    ] pursuant to the OE Bond Indenture. The TE Bond Issuer intends to issue the TE Funding LLC Bonds (the “TE
Bonds”) with an aggregate principal amount of $[        ], consisting of Tranches
[                    ] pursuant to the TE Bond Indenture. In order to finance the purchase of the CEI Bonds pursuant to the CEI Bond Purchase
Agreement, the OE Bonds pursuant to the OE Bond Purchase Agreement and the TE Bonds pursuant to the TE Bond Purchase Agreement, the Certificate Issuer shall issue, pursuant to this Certificate Indenture, its FirstEnergy Ohio PIRB Special Purpose
Trust 2013 Certificates (the “Certificates”) with an aggregate principal amount of $[        ], consisting of Tranches
[                    ], each of which shall represent a fractional undivided beneficial interest in the corresponding Tranches of Bonds of the Bond
Issuers and the proceeds thereof. 
 The Certificate Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Certificate
Indenture to provide the terms and conditions for the issuance of the Certificates. The Certificate Issuer is entering into this Certificate Indenture, and the Certificate Trustee is accepting the trusts created hereby, for good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged. 
 GRANTING CLAUSE 

The Certificate Issuer hereby Grants to the Certificate Trustee, as Certificate Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the
Certificates, a security interest in all of the Certificate Issuer’s right, title and interest in and to the Trust Property, including the Bonds acquired pursuant to the Bond Purchase Agreements, together with all payments thereon and proceeds
thereof, and other property constituting the Trust Property. 
 The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure the payment of
principal of and interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Certificates, and to secure compliance with the provisions of this Certificate Indenture with respect to such Certificates, all as provided in this Certificate Indenture
(the “Secured Obligations”). This Certificate Indenture constitutes a security agreement within the meaning of the UCC to the extent that, under Delaware law, the provisions of the UCC are applicable hereto. 

The Certificate Trustee, as trustee on behalf of the Holders of the Certificates, acknowledges such Grant, accepts the trusts hereunder
in accordance with the provisions hereof and agrees to perform its duties specifically required herein. 

 AND IT IS HEREBY COVENANTED, DECLARED AND AGREED between the parties hereto that all
Certificates are to be issued, countersigned and delivered and that all of the Trust Property is to be held and applied, subject to the further covenants, conditions, releases, uses and trusts hereinafter set forth, and the Certificate Issuer, for
itself and any successor, does hereby covenant and agree to and with the Certificate Trustee and its successors in said trust, for the benefit of the Holders, as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 
 DEFINITIONS 

Section 1.01 Definitions. 
 (a) For all purposes of this Certificate Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: 

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

(ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles as in effect from time to time; 
 (iii) “or” is not exclusive;

 (iv) “including” means including without limitation; 

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

(vi) the words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of
similar import refer to this Certificate Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; 
 (vii) all references in this Certificate Indenture to designated “Articles,” “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Articles, Sections and other
subdivisions of this Certificate Indenture; and 
 (viii) whenever this Certificate Indenture refers to a
provision of the Trust Indenture Act, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Certificate Indenture. The following Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Certificate Indenture have the following meanings: 

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

“indenture securities” means the Certificates. 
 “indenture security holder” means a Certificateholder. 

“indenture to be qualified” means this Certificate Indenture. 

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Certificate Trustee. 

“obligor” on the indenture securities means the Certificate Issuer and any other obligor on the indenture securities.

 All other Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Certificate Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined
by Trust Indenture Act reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule have the meaning assigned to them by such definitions. 
 “Act,” when used with respect to any Certificateholder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.04. 
 “Administrators” means the CEI Administrator, the OE Administrator and the TE Administrator. 
 “Administrative Trustee” means [                    ]. 

“Authentication Agent” means the authentication agent appointed pursuant to Section 6.12. 

“Authorized Agent” means any Paying Agent, Authentication Agent or Certificate Registrar. 

“Authorized Representative” means, with respect to any entity, any Person who is authorized to act for such entity in
matters relating to such entity and who is identified on the list of Authorized Representatives or Authorized Officers delivered by such entity to the Certificate Trustee on the Issuance Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time
to time thereafter) and, with respect to the Certificate Issuer, means any Authorized Representative of the Delaware Trustee or any Administrative Trustee. 
 “Avoidable Tax” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.09(f). 

  
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 “Basic Documents” means the CEI Basic Documents, the OE Basic Documents and
the TE Basic Documents. 
 “Bond Event of Default” means, with respect to the CEI Bonds, the OE Bonds or the TE
Bonds, any Event of Default (as such term is defined in the related Bond Indenture); provided that an Event of Default (as such term is defined in each Bond Indenture) under one of the Bond Indentures will not result in the occurrence of a
Bond Event of Default under the other Bond Indentures. 
 “Bond Indentures” means the CEI Bond Indenture, the
OE Bond Indenture and the TE Bond Indenture. 
 “Bond Issuers” means the CEI Bond Issuer, the OE Bond Issuer
and the TE Bond Issuer. 
 “Bond Purchase Agreements” means the CEI Bond Purchase Agreement, the OE Bond
Purchase Agreement and the TE Bond Purchase Agreement. 
 “Bond Trustees” means the CEI Bond Trustee, the OE
Bond Trustee and the TE Bond Trustee. 
 “Bonds” means the CEI Bonds, the OE Bonds and the TE Bonds.

 “Book-Entry Certificates” means, with respect to any Certificate, a beneficial interest in such Certificate,
ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 2.12. 
 “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in New York, New York, Chicago, Illinois, St. Paul, Minnesota,
Akron, Ohio, or Wilmington, Delaware are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. 

“CEI Administrator” means Administrator as defined in the CEI Bond Indenture. 

“CEI Basic Documents” means Basic Documents as defined in the CEI Bond Indenture. 

“CEI Bond Indenture” means the Bond Indenture dated as of
[            ] [    ], 2013, between the CEI Bond Issuer and the CEI Bond Trustee, as amended and supplemented from time to time. 

“CEI Bond Issuer” means CEI Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors in interest.

 “CEI Bond Purchase Agreement” means the Bond Purchase Agreement dated as of
[            ] [    ], 2013 between the CEI Bond Issuer and the Certificate Issuer, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time. 

“CEI Bond Trustee” means the Person acting as Bond Trustee under the CEI Bond Indenture. 

“CEI Bonds” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Certificate Indenture. 

“CEI Collateral” means Collateral as defined in the CEI Bond Indenture. 

“CEI Phase-In-Recovery Property” means Phase-In-Recovery Property as defined in the CEI Servicing Agreement. 

“CEI Sale Agreement” means the Phase-In-Recovery Property Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of
[            ] [    ], 2013, between the CEI Seller and the CEI Bond Issuer, as amended and supplemented from time to time. 

  
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 “CEI Seller” means The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, an Ohio
corporation, and its permitted successors and assigns under the CEI Sale Agreement. 
 “CEI Servicer” means The
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, an Ohio corporation, in its capacity as servicer under the CEI Servicing Agreement, including its successors in interest, until a successor Person shall have become the servicer pursuant to the CEI Servicing
Agreement, and thereafter “CEI Servicer” shall mean such successor Person. 
 “CEI Servicing
Agreement” means the Phase-In-Recovery Property Servicing Agreement dated as of [            ] [    ], 2013, between the CEI Servicer and the CEI Bond Issuer,
as amended and supplemented from time to time. 
 “Certificate Account” means, with respect to any Tranche of
Certificates, each deposit account and securities account established and maintained with respect to such Tranche of Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01(a). 
 “Certificate Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and, as from time to time supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant
to the applicable provisions hereof, as so supplemented or amended or both, and shall include the forms and terms of the Certificates established hereunder. 
 “Certificate Owner” means the Person who owns a Book-Entry Certificate. 
 “Certificate Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06. 
 “Certificate Registrar” means, initially, the Certificate Trustee, pursuant to Section 2.06, and any successor registrar that meets the eligibility standards specified in
Section 6.12(b). 
 “Certificate Trustee” means U.S. Bank National Association, as Certificate
Trustee under this Certificate Indenture, and its successors in interest, and any successor Certificate Trustee appointed as provided herein. 
 “Certificate Trustee Expenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.07. 
 “Certificate Trustee Indemnified Persons” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.07. 
 “Certificateholder” or “Holder” means the Person in whose name a Certificate is registered on the Certificate Register. 

“Certificates” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a). 

“Clearing Agency” means an organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A
of the Exchange Act. 
 “Clearing Agency Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution
or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency effects book entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing Agency. 
 “Collateral” means the CEI Collateral, the OE Collateral and the TE Collateral. 
 “Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Certificate Trustee at which at any particular time this Certificate Indenture shall be administered, which office at the date of the
execution of this Certificate Indenture is located at 190 South LaSalle Street, 7th Floor, Mail Code MK-IL-SL7R, Chicago, IL 60603, Attention: FirstEnergy Ohio PIRB Special Purpose Trust 2013, or at such other address as the Certificate Trustee may designate from time to time by notice
to the Certificateholders and the Certificate Issuer, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Certificate Trustee (the address of which the successor Certificate Trustee will notify the Certificateholders and the Certificate
Issuer). 

  
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 “Declaration of Trust” means the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust,
relating to the continuation of the Certificate Issuer, dated as of [            ] [    ], 2013 by U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Delaware Trustee, CEI Funding
LLC, OE Funding LLC and TE Funding LLC, acting jointly as settlors thereunder, and the Administrative Trustee, as the same may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. 

“Defaulting Bond Issuer” means a Bond Issuer for which a Bond Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 “Definitive Certificates” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.12(a). 

“Distribution Date” means, with respect to the Certificates, a Payment Date with respect to the Bonds. 

“DTC Agreement” means the agreement between the Certificate Trustee, on behalf of the Certificate Issuer, and The
Depository Trust Company, as the initial Clearing Agency, dated as of [            ] [    ], 2013, relating to the Certificates, as the same may be amended and
supplemented from time to time. The Certificate Trustee is hereby directed to execute and deliver the DTC Agreement on behalf of the Certificate Issuer. 
 “Eligible Account” means a segregated trust account with an Eligible Institution. 
 “Eligible Institution” means (a) the corporate trust department of the Certificate Trustee so long as any securities of the Certificate Trustee have either a short-term credit rating
from Moody’s of at least “P-1” or a long-term unsecured debt rating from Moody’s of at least “A2” and have a credit rating from each other rating agency in one of its generic categories which signifies investment grade,
or (b) a depository institution organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), (i) which has either (A) a long-term issuer rating of
“AA-” or higher by Standard & Poor’s and “A2” or higher by Moody’s and, if rated by Fitch, the equivalent of the lower of those two ratings by Fitch or (B) a short-term issuer rating of “A-1+” or
higher by Standard & Poor’s and “P-1” or higher by Moody’s and, if Fitch provides a rating thereon, “F1+” by Fitch, or any other long-term, short-term or certificate of deposit rating acceptable to
Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s and (ii) whose deposits are insured by the FDIC. If so qualified under clause (b) above, the Certificate Trustee may be considered an Eligible Institution for the purposes of clause
(a) of the definition of Eligible Account. 
 “Eligible Investments” mean instruments and investment
property denominated in United States currency which mature on or before the business day preceding the next payment date and meet the criteria described below: 
 (a) direct obligations of, or obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to timely payment by, the United States of America; 

(b) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit and bankers’ acceptances of Eligible Institutions (including the
Certificate Trustee in its commercial capacity); 
 (c) commercial paper (other than commercial paper of The Cleveland Electric
Illuminating Company, Ohio Edison Company or The Toledo Edison Company and their respective affiliates) having, at the time of the investment or contractual commitment, a rating of not less than “A-1” from Standard & Poor’s,
not less than “Aa3” by Moody’s and not less than F1 by Fitch (including commercial paper issued by the Certificate Trustee); 
 (d) money market funds which have the highest rating from each of the Rating Agencies from which a rating is available (including funds for which the Certificate Trustee or any of its Affiliates is an
investment manager or advisor); 
 (e) repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is a direct obligation of, or
fully guaranteed by, the United States of America or certain of its agencies or instrumentalities, entered into with Eligible Institutions; 

  
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 (f) repurchase obligations with respect to any security or whole loan entered into with an
Eligible Institution or a registered broker-dealer, acting as principal and that meets certain ratings criteria set forth below: 
 (i) a broker/dealer (acting as principal) registered as a broker or dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act (any broker/dealer being referred to in this definition as a
“broker/dealer”), the unsecured short-term debt obligations of which are rated at least “Aa3” by Moody’s, “A-1+” by Standard & Poor’s and, if Fitch provides a rating thereon, “F-1+” by Fitch
at the time of entering into this repurchase obligation, or 
 (ii) an unrated broker/dealer acting as principal,
that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a non-bank or bank holding company the unsecured short-term debt obligations of which are rated at least “Aa3” by Moody’s, “A-1+” by Standard & Poor’s and, if Fitch provides
a rating thereon, “F-1+” by Fitch at the time of purchase so long as the obligations of such unrated broker/dealer are unconditionally guaranteed by such non-bank or bank holding company; and 

(g) any other investment permitted by each of the Rating Agencies. 

“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01. 

“FDIC” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor. 

“Fee and Indemnity Agreement” means the fee and indemnity agreement dated as of
[            ] [    ], 2013, among the Bond Issuers, the Delaware Trustee, the Certificate Trustee and the Certificate Issuer. 

“financial asset” has the meaning given such term in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC. 

“Final Maturity Date” means, with respect to any Tranche of Certificates, the Final Maturity Date of the corresponding
Tranches of Bonds. 
 “Interest Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b). 

“investment property” has the meaning given such term in the UCC. 

“Minimum Denomination” means $100,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, except for one Certificate of
each Tranche which may be of a smaller denomination. 
 “OE Administrator” means Administrator as defined in
the OE Bond Indenture. 
 “OE Basic Documents” means Basic Documents as defined in the OE Bond Indenture.

 “OE Bond Indenture” means the Bond Indenture dated as of
[            ] [    ] 2013, between the OE Bond Issuer and the OE Bond Trustee, as amended and supplemented from time to time. 

“OE Bond Issuer” means OE Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors in interest 

“OE Bond Purchase Agreement” means the Bond Purchase Agreement dated as of
[            ] [    ] 2013, between the OE Bond Issuer and the Certificate Issuer, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time. 

“OE Bond Trustee” means the Person acting as Bond Trustee under the OE Bond Indenture. 

“OE Bonds” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Certificate Indenture. 

“OE Collateral” means Collateral as defined in the OE Bond Indenture. 

  
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 “OE Phase-In-Recovery Property” means Phase-In-Recovery Property as defined
in the OE Servicing Agreement. 
 “OE Sale Agreement” means the Phase-In-Recovery Property Purchase and Sale
Agreement dated as of [            ] [    ] 2013, between the OE Seller and the OE Bond Issuer, as amended and supplemented from time to time. 

“OE Seller” means Ohio Edison Company, an Ohio corporation, and its permitted successors and assigns under the OE Sale
Agreement. 
 “OE Servicer” means Ohio Edison Company, an Ohio corporation, in its capacity as servicer under
the OE Servicing Agreement, including its successors in interest, until a successor Person shall have become the servicer pursuant to the OE Servicing Agreement, and thereafter “OE Servicer” shall mean such successor Person.

 “OE Servicing Agreement” means the Phase-In-Recovery Property Servicing Agreement dated as of
[            ] [    ], 2013, between the OE Servicer and the OE Bond Issuer, as amended and supplemented from time to time. 

“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Authorized Representative of the Certificate Issuer,
under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 1.02, and delivered to the Certificate Trustee. 
 “Opinion of Counsel” means one or more written opinions of counsel who may, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Certificate Indenture, be an employee of or counsel to the
Certificate Issuer and who shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Trustee, and which opinion or opinions shall be addressed to the Certificate Trustee, as trustee, shall comply with any applicable requirements of
Section 1.02, and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Trustee. 

“Original Principal Amount” means, with respect to any Certificate, the amount set forth as such on the face of such
Certificate on the date of its issuance. 
 “Outstanding” means, as of the date of determination, all
Certificates theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Certificate Indenture except: 
 (i) Certificates
theretofore cancelled by the Certificate Registrar or delivered to the Certificate Registrar for cancellation; 

(ii) Certificates or portions thereof the payment for which money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited
with the Certificate Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Certificates; and 
 (iii)
Certificates in exchange for or in lieu of other Certificates that have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Certificate Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Certificate Trustee is presented that any such Certificates are held by
a bona fide purchaser; 
 In determining whether the Holders of the requisite Outstanding Amount of the Certificates or any
Tranche thereof have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or under any Basic Document, Certificates owned by any Bond Issuer, the Certificate Issuer, any other obligor upon the Certificates, any
Seller, or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Certificate Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Certificates that a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Certificates so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Certificate Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Certificates and that the pledgee is not either Bond Issuer, any other obligor upon the Certificates, the
Certificate Issuer, any Seller, or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons. 

  
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 “Outstanding Amount” means the aggregate principal amount of all
Certificates, or, if the context requires, all Certificates of a Tranche, Outstanding at the date of determination. 

“Paying Agent” means the Certificate Trustee or any other Person that meets the eligibility standards specified in
Section 6.12(b) and is authorized by the Certificate Issuer (with the prior written approval of the Bond Issuers) to make distributions of principal of or interest with respect to the Certificates. 

“Payment” means, with respect to any Bonds, any payment (other than a Special Payment) of principal of or interest
thereon. 
 “Payment Date” means, with respect to any Bonds, the date or dates specified as Payment Dates
therefor in the Bond Indenture for such Bonds. 
 “Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability
company, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof), unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. 

“Phase-In-Recovery Property” means the CEI Phase-In-Recovery Property, the OE Phase-In-Recovery Property and the TE
Phase-In-Recovery Property. 
 “Record Date” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the Business Day
immediately preceding such Distribution Date or, if Definitive Certificates are issued, the last day of the calendar month preceding the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs. 

“Request” means a written request by the Certificate Issuer setting forth the subject matter of the request accompanied
by an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as provided in Section 1.02. 
 “Responsible
Officer” means, with respect to the Certificate Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as applicable, any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office, including any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary or
Trust Officer or any other officer of the Certificate Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable, customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers in each case, having direct responsibility for the
administration of this Certificate Indenture, or, in the case of the Delaware Trustee, the Declaration of Trust. 

“Sale Agreements” means the CEI Sale Agreement, the OE Sale Agreement and the TE Sale Agreement. 

“Scheduled Final Distribution Date” means, with respect to any Tranche of Certificates, the Scheduled Maturity Date of
the related Tranche of Bonds. 
 “Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 “Secured Obligations” has the meaning set forth in the Granting Clause to this Certificate Indenture.

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

“securities account” means any Certificate Account that constitutes a “securities account” as defined in
Section 8-501 of the UCC. 
 “Securities Intermediary” means U.S. Bank National Association, a national
banking association, solely in its capacity as a “securities intermediary” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC, or any successor securities intermediary. 

“Security Entitlement” means “security entitlement” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC, with
respect to financial assets now or hereafter credited to a securities account. 

  
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 “Sellers” means the CEI Seller, the OE Seller and the TE Seller.

 “Servicers” means the CEI Servicer, the OE Servicer and the TE Servicer. 

“Servicing Agreements” means the CEI Servicing Agreement, the OE Servicing Agreement and the TE Servicing Agreement.

 “Special Distribution Date” means, with respect to the distribution of any Special Payment with respect to
any Tranche of Bonds of any Bond Issuer, the later of (i) the date receipt of such Special Payment is confirmed by the Certificate Trustee and (ii) the date that is the earlier of (A) if the Certificate Trustee shall have received
such Special Payment without prior notice thereof, 20 days after such receipt is confirmed or (B) unless such Special Payment represents the proceeds of a sale of such Bonds by the Certificate Trustee (in which event the Special Distribution
Date for such proceeds shall be the earliest date for which it is practicable for the Certificate Trustee to give the 20-day notice required by Section 4.02(d)), the date that is 20 days after the Certificate Trustee receives notice from
any Bond Issuer of the anticipated payment of such Special Payment. 
 “Special Payment” means, with respect to
any Tranche of Bonds of any Bond Issuer, (i) any payment of principal of, or interest on (including any interest accruing upon default), or any other amount in respect of, the Bonds of such Bond Issuer of such Tranche that is paid more than
five days after the Payment Date applicable thereto or (ii) any proceeds from the sale of such Bonds by the Certificate Trustee pursuant to Article V hereof. 
 “Special Record Date” means, with respect to any Special Distribution Date, the close of business on the 15th day (whether or not a Business Day) preceding such Special Distribution Date.

 “State Pledge” means the pledge and agreement made by the State of Ohio to the Bond Issuers and Holders of
the Bonds pursuant to Section 4928.2315 of the Statute. 
 “Statutory Trust Statute” means Chapter 38 of
Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del.C., Section 3801 et seq., as the same may be amended from time to time and any successor statute. 
 “TE Administrator” means Administrator as defined in the TE Bond Indenture. 
 “TE Basic Documents” means Basic Documents as defined in the TE Bond Indenture. 
 “TE Bond Indenture” means the Bond Indenture dated as of [            ] [    ] 2013, between the TE Bond
Issuer and the TE Bond Trustee, as amended and supplemented from time to time. 
 “TE Bond Issuer” means TE
Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors in interest 
 “TE Bond Purchase
Agreement” means the Bond Purchase Agreement dated as of [            ] [    ] 2013, between the TE Bond Issuer and the Certificate Issuer, as the same may be
amended or supplemented from time to time. 
 “TE Bond Trustee” means the Person acting as Bond Trustee under
the TE Bond Indenture. 
 “TE Bonds” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Certificate Indenture.

 “TE Collateral” means Collateral as defined in the TE Bond Indenture. 

“TE Phase-In-Recovery Property” means Phase-In-Recovery Property as defined in the TE Servicing Agreement. 

“TE Sale Agreement” means the Phase-In-Recovery Property Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of
[            ] [            ]2013, between the TE Seller and the TE Bond Issuer, as amended and supplemented from time to time.

  
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 “TE Seller” means The Toledo Edison Company, an Ohio corporation, and its
permitted successors and assigns under the TE Sale Agreement. 
 “TE Servicer” means The Toledo Edison Company,
an Ohio corporation, in its capacity as servicer under the TE Servicing Agreement, including its successors in interest, until a successor Person shall have become the servicer pursuant to the TE Servicing Agreement, and thereafter “TE
Servicer” shall mean such successor Person. 
 “TE Servicing Agreement” means the Phase-In-Recovery
Property Servicing Agreement dated as of [            ] [    ], 2013, between the TE Servicer and the TE Bond Issuer, as amended and supplemented from time to time.

 “Tranche” means any one of the Tranches of Certificates and, with respect to the Bonds, any one of the
Tranches of Bonds of a Bond Issuer. 
 “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force
on the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically provided. 
 “Trust Property” means Bonds of each of the Bond
Issuers held as the property of the Certificate Issuer and all monies at any time paid thereon and all monies due and to become due thereunder, all rights of the Certificate Trustee or the Certificate Issuer, as holder of such Bonds, in and to the
Collateral of each such Bond Issuer and any proceeds thereof, all funds and investment property from time to time deposited in the Certificate Accounts of the Certificate Issuer in respect of each Tranche of Certificates, all Certificate Accounts of
the Certificate Issuer in respect of each Tranche of Certificates, all proceeds from the sale by the Certificate Trustee pursuant to Article V hereof of Bonds of each Bond Issuer corresponding to each Tranche, and all proceeds of each of the
foregoing. 
 “Underwriters” means the underwriters who purchase the Certificates from the Certificate Issuer
and sell the Certificates in a public offering. 
 (b) Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may otherwise
require, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth in the Bond Indentures as in effect on the Issuance Date for all purposes of this Certificate Indenture. 

 

					
	 Term
	  	Section of
Bond Indenture	 
	 Affiliate
	  	 	1.01	  
	 Cap
	  	 	1.01	  
	 Capital Subaccount
	  	 	1.01	  
	 Code
	  	 	1.01	  
	 Delaware Trustee
	  	 	1.01	  
	 Excess Funds Subaccount
	  	 	1.01	  
	 Exchange Act
	  	 	1.01	  
	 Expected Amortization Schedule
	  	 	1.01	  
	 Final Maturity Date
	  	 	1.01	  
	 Financing Order
	  	 	1.01	  
	 Fitch
	  	 	1.01	  
	 Grant
	  	 	1.01	  
	 Issuance Date
	  	 	1.01	  
	 Lien
	  	 	1.01	  
	 Moody’s
	  	 	1.01	  
	 PUCO
	  	 	1.01	  
	 Rating Agency
	  	 	1.01	  
	 Rating Agency Condition
	  	 	1.01	  
	 Required Capital Level
	  	 	1.01	  
	 Scheduled Final Payment Date
	  	 	1.01	  
	 Standard & Poor’s
	  	 	1.01	  
	 Statutory Lien
	  	 	1.01	  
	 State
	  	 	1.01	  
	 Statute
	  	 	1.01	  
	 UCC
	  	 	1.01	  
	 Underwriting Agreement
	  	 	1.01	  

  
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 Section 1.02 Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application
or request by the Certificate Issuer to the Certificate Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Certificate Indenture, the Certificate Issuer shall furnish to the Certificate Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that, in the
opinion of the signer thereof, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Certificate Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and, if requested by the Certificate Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel stating that in
the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this
Certificate Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished. 
 Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Certificate Indenture shall include: 

(a) a statement that each signatory of such certificate or opinion has read or caused to be read such covenant or condition and the
definitions herein relating thereto; 
 (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; 
 (c) a statement that, in the
opinion of each such signatory, such signatory has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such signatory to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and 

(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such signatory, such condition or covenant has been complied with. 

Section 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to Certificate Trustee. In any case where several matters are required
to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but
one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. 

Any certificate or opinion of an Authorized Representative of the Certificate Issuer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal
matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his
certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate of an Authorized Representative or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or
officers of any Servicer, any Seller, any Bond Issuer or any Administrator, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of such Servicer, such Seller, such Bond Issuer or such Administrator, as the case may
be, unless such officer or counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. 

Whenever in this Certificate Indenture, in connection with any application or certificate or report to the Certificate Trustee, it is
provided that the Certificate Issuer shall deliver any document as a condition of the granting of such application, or as evidence of the Certificate Issuer’s compliance with any term hereof, it is intended that the truth and accuracy, at the
time of the granting of such application or at the effective date of such certificate or report 

  
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(as the case may be), of the facts and opinions stated in such document shall in such case be conditions precedent to the right of the Certificate Issuer to have such application granted or to
the sufficiency of such certificate or report. The foregoing shall not, however, be construed to affect the Certificate Trustee’s right to rely upon the truth and accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided
in Article VI. 
 Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents,
certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Certificate Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. 
 Section 1.04 Acts of Certificateholders. 
 (a) Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Certificate Indenture to be given or taken by Certificateholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor
signed by such Certificateholders in person or by their agents duly appointed in writing; and except as herein otherwise expressly provided such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Certificate Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Certificate Issuer and one or both of the Bond Trustees. Such instrument or instruments (and the action
embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Certificateholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such
agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Certificate Indenture and (subject to Article VI) conclusive in favor of the Certificate Trustee, the Certificate Issuer and the Bond Trustees, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

 (b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any manner that the
Certificate Trustee deems sufficient. 
 (c) The ownership of Certificates shall be proved by the Certificate Register.

 (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Certificates
shall bind the Holder of every Certificate issued upon the registration thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Certificate Trustee, the Certificate Issuer or the Bond
Trustees in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Certificate. 
 (e) The Certificate
Issuer may at its option by delivery of an Officer’s Certificate to the Certificate Trustee set a record date to determine the Holders of any Tranche of Certificates entitled to give any consent, request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, waiver or other Act. Notwithstanding Section 316(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, such record date shall be the record date specified in such Officer’s Certificate, which shall be the date not more than 30 days prior to the first
solicitation of Certificateholders in connection therewith. If such a record date is fixed, such consent, request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of
Certificates of the applicable Tranche at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Certificateholders of such Tranche for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite aggregate Outstanding Amount of
Certificates of such Tranche have authorized or agreed or consented to such consent, request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Certificates of such Tranche shall
be computed as of such record date, but that no such consent, request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, waiver or other Act by the Holders of Certificates of such Tranche on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become
effective pursuant to the provisions of this Certificate Indenture not later than one year after the record date. 
 (f) Except
as otherwise provided in the definition of Outstanding, Certificates of any Tranche owned by or pledged to any Person shall have an equal and proportional benefit under the provisions of this Certificate Indenture, without preference, priority or
distinction as among all of the Certificates of that Tranche. 

  
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 ARTICLE II 
 THE CERTIFICATES 
 Section 2.01 Terms of the Certificates.

 (a) Authorization; Designation. The issuance of the Certificates is hereby authorized and the Certificates shall be
designated generally as the FirstEnergy Ohio PIRB Special Purpose Trust 2013 Certificates (the “Certificates”), and further designated as Tranches [A-1, A-2 and A-3]. Each such Tranche shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal
to the aggregate of the corresponding Tranche of Bonds set forth in each of the Bond Purchase Agreements. Except for the payments of principal of the Bonds of any Bond Issuer as a result of an Event of Default under that Bond Issuer’s Bond
Indenture or upon the Final Maturity Date, in which case such principal payments will be paid pro rata based on the respective outstanding principal amount of the Bonds of each Tranche of that Bond Issuer, each Tranche of Certificates will be paid
on a pass-through basis from payments received by the Certificate Issuer on the corresponding Tranche of Bonds of each Bond Issuer. Separate and distinct records (including tax records) shall be maintained by the Certificate Issuer for each Tranche
of Certificates and the corresponding Tranches of Bonds associated with each such Tranche of Certificates shall be held, maintained and accounted for separately from the Tranches of Bonds corresponding to any other Tranche of Certificates. Except as
set forth above, the payments received on the Tranches of Bonds corresponding to each Tranche of Certificates shall not be applied to payments with respect to any other Tranche of Certificates. 

(b) Initial Principal Amount; Certificate Interest Rate; Scheduled Final Distribution Date; Final Maturity Date. The Certificates
of each Tranche shall have the initial principal amount, bear interest at the rates per annum and shall have Scheduled Final Distribution Dates and Final Maturity Dates as set forth below: 

 

									
	 Tranche
	  	 Initial Principal

Amount
	  	 Certificate

Interest Rate
	  	 Scheduled Final

Distribution Date
	  	 Final Maturity Date

The Interest Rate of the Certificates shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Certificates shall be issued in not
less than Minimum Denominations. 
 Section 2.02 Issuance of Certificates. On the Issuance Date, the
Certificate Issuer, subject to the provisions of this Certificate Indenture and each of the Bond Purchase Agreements, shall issue, and the Delaware Trustee shall execute on behalf of the Certificate Issuer and the Certificate Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in fully registered form only, the Tranche A-1, A-2 and A-3 Certificates, each such Tranche of Certificates associated with the corresponding Tranche of Bonds of each Bond Issuer issued on such Issuance Date, all in
accordance with each of the Bond Purchase Agreements. Each Certificate represents a fractional undivided beneficial interest in the Trust Property. Prior to the execution and authentication of the Tranche A-1, A-2 and A-3 Certificates, the
Certificate Trustee shall have received the following or the following shall have otherwise been satisfied, upon which the Certificate Trustee may conclusively rely to the extent permitted to so rely under Article VI hereof: 

(a) As to each Tranche of Certificates to be issued, the corresponding Tranche of Bonds of each Bond Issuer, duly executed by each such
Bond Issuer and authenticated by the Bond Trustee for each such Bond Issuer; 
 (b) A certificate of an Authorized
Representative of each Bond Issuer to the effect that all conditions required to be satisfied under Section 2.10 of its Bond Indenture for the issuance of its respective Tranches of Bonds and all conditions required to be satisfied under its
Bond Purchase Agreement for the purchase of each Tranche of its Bonds by the Certificate Issuer in each case on behalf and in respect of a specific Tranche of Certificates have been satisfied, together with executed copies of all documents,
certificates, opinions, orders or approvals establishing satisfaction of such conditions; 
 (c) An order of an Authorized
Representative of the Certificate Issuer (i) directing the Delaware Trustee on behalf of the Certificate Issuer to execute and deliver this Certificate Indenture to be executed in connection with the Certificates to be issued hereunder,
(ii) directing the Delaware Trustee on behalf of the Certificate Issuer to execute and deliver the Bond Purchase Agreements and (iii) directing the Delaware Trustee to execute and deliver on behalf of the Certificate Issuer, and the
Certificate Trustee to authenticate, as Authentication Agent, global Certificates, each to be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), and to confirm its custody of the
Certificates to DTC in New York, New York so that the Certificates may be credited to or upon the order of the Underwriters named in said order for the purchase price specified therein and directing the application of the proceeds thereof;

  
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 (d) An Opinion of Counsel, portions of which may be delivered by counsel to the Certificate
Issuer and portions of which may be delivered by counsel to the Certificate Trustee or other counsel satisfactory to the Certificate Trustee, dated the Issuance Date in each case subject to the customary exceptions, qualifications and assumptions
contained therein (which may include, for the purpose of the Issuance Date, the assumption that the Financing Order has been duly authorized by the PUCO and is in full force and effect), to the effect that: 

(i) this Certificate Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Certificate Issuer and Certificate
Trustee; 
 (ii) this Certificate Indenture constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Certificate Issuer
and Certificate Trustee, enforceable in accordance with its terms except as enforcement thereof may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other
similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), including that the
availability of specific enforcement or injunctive relief is subject to the discretion of the court before which any such proceeding is brought; 
 (iii) all instruments furnished to the Certificate Trustee as conditions precedent to the authentication and delivery of the Certificates conform to the requirements of this Certificate Indenture and
constitute all documents required to be delivered thereunder to authorize the Certificate Trustee to execute, authenticate and deliver the Certificates; 
 (iv) the Certificates to be issued have been duly authorized and executed and, when authenticated in accordance with the provisions of this Certificate Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the
Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement dated [            ] [    ], 2013, among the Certificate Issuer, Sellers, the Bond Issuers and the underwriters named
therein, will represent valid, fully paid and nonassessable undivided beneficial interests in the Trust Property, entitled to the benefits of this Certificate Indenture; 

(v) each Bond Purchase Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Delaware Trustee on behalf of the Certificate
Issuer and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Bond Issuer party to such Bond Purchase Agreement, constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Certificate Issuer, enforceable against the Certificate Issuer
in accordance with its terms except as enforcement thereof may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws relating to or affecting
the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), including that the availability of specific enforcement or
injunctive relief is subject to the discretion of the court before which any such proceeding is brought; 
 (vi)
the Certificate Issuer is a duly formed and validly existing statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Statute and is in good standing; 
 (vii) this Certificate Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act or no such qualification is necessary; 

(viii) each Bond Issuer constitutes an “assignee” under Section 4928.23(B) of the Statute, the Bonds
constitute “bonds” under Section 4928.23(C) of the Statute, the holders of the Bonds are entitled to the rights and benefits under Sections 4928.235 and 4928.2315 of the Statute, the pledge of the Trust Property to secure the Secured
Obligations is permitted under the Statute, and the Certificate Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, as holder of the Bonds, shall be, to the extent permitted by applicable state and federal law, entitled to enforce such
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 (ix) for Federal income tax purposes, the Certificate Issuer is not a
business entity classified as a corporation or a publicly traded partnership treated as a corporation, but is a “grantor trust” not taxable as a corporation; 

(x) the Statute creates, upon the effective date of the Financing Order, a first priority lien in the Phase-In-Recovery
Property securing all obligations, then existing or subsequently arising, to the Holders of the Bonds in respect of such Bonds or to the Bond Trustees in their capacity as such; 

(xi) (i) the provisions of this Certificate Indenture create a valid security interest securing the Secured Obligations in
favor of the Certificate Trustee in all right, title and interest of the Certificate Issuer in the Trust Property, (ii) the financing statement to be filed with the Delaware Secretary of State includes all of the information required by
Section 9-502(a) of the UCC, (iii) the financing statement has been presented for filing and all filing fees required in connection therewith have been paid, (iv) the security interest granted by the Certificate Issuer under this
Certificate Indenture which can be perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the UCC is perfected, (v) the provisions of the Certificate Indenture are effective to create in favor of the Certificate Trustee a perfected security
interest in the Certificate Accounts in respect of the Tranches of Certificates, and (vi) the delivery to and continued possession by the Certificate Trustee of the Bonds creates in favor of the Certificate Trustee a perfected security interest
in the Bonds; 
 (xii) the Certificate Issuer is not an “investment company” or under the
“control” of an “investment company” as such terms are defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; 
 (xiii) such other matters as the Certificate Trustee may reasonably require. 
 (e)
Sufficient funds to pay the purchase price for the Bonds of each Bond Issuer, as specified in Section 1(b) of the respective Bond Purchase Agreements; 
 (f) The Certificate Trustee shall receive a letter from each Rating Agency confirming that the Certificates have received the ratings from the Rating Agencies required by the Underwriting Agreement as a
condition to the issuance of the Certificates; 
 (g) The Certificate Issuer shall have made or caused to be made all filings
with the Delaware Secretary of State and all other filings necessary to perfect the Grant of the Trust Property to the Certificate Trustee and the Lien of this Indenture; and 
 (h) Payment of the purchase price for the Certificates by the Underwriters shall constitute satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.02(a) through (g). 

Section 2.03 Form, Denomination and Execution of Certificates. The Certificates shall be issued in registered
form without coupons and shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, with the following filled in: (a) the designation of the Tranches thereof, which shall be the same designation as the related Tranche or Tranches
of Bonds of each Bond Issuer, (b) the Certificate number or numbers thereof, (c) the date of authentication thereof, which shall be the same as the Issuance Date of the related Tranche or Tranches of Bonds of each Bond Issuer, and
(d) the Original Principal Amount thereof, which shall equal, in the aggregate, the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds of the Bond Issuers; and with such omissions, variations and insertions as are permitted by this Certificate Indenture,
and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange on which any Tranche or Tranches of
the Certificates may be listed or to conform to any usage in respect thereof, or as may, consistently herewith, be prescribed by the Certificate Trustee or by the Certificate Issuer (with the prior written approval of the Bond Issuers), and as
evidenced by the execution and authentication of such Certificates. 
 Except as provided in Section 2.12, the
definitive Certificates of each Tranche shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Certificates of
such Tranche may be listed, as evidenced by an order by an Authorized Representative of the Certificate Issuer, relating to the authentication of such Certificates by the Certificate Trustee. 

  
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 The Certificates of each Tranche shall be issued in not less than Minimum Denominations.

 The Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Certificate Issuer by the Delaware Trustee by manual or facsimile
signature of a Responsible Officer of the Delaware Trustee. Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signature of an individual who was, at the time when such signature was affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Certificate Issuer shall be
validly issued by the Certificate Issuer, notwithstanding that such individual has ceased to be so authorized prior to the authentication and delivery of such Certificates or did not hold such office at the date of such Certificates. No Certificate
shall be entitled to any benefit under this Certificate Indenture, or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, executed by the
Certificate Trustee (or any Authentication Agent) by manual signature, and such certificate of authentication upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication. Each of the Certificates issued in accordance with this Certificate Indenture shall represent valid, fully paid and nonassessable undivided beneficial interests in the
Trust Property, entitled to the benefits of this Certificate Indenture. 
 Section 2.04 Authentication of
Certificates. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions in Section 2.02, the Certificate Trustee shall duly authenticate and deliver Certificates of each Tranche in authorized denominations equaling, in the aggregate for each
Tranche of Certificates, the aggregate initial principal amount of the Bonds of such Tranche. 
 Section 2.05
Temporary Certificates. Pending the preparation of definitive Certificates of any Tranche, the Delaware Trustee on behalf of the Certificate Issuer may execute, and the Certificate Trustee or any Authentication Agent upon written order of
the Certificate Issuer shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Certificates of such Tranche that are printed, lithographed, typewritten or otherwise produced, in any denomination, containing substantially the same terms and provisions as set forth
in Exhibit A, except for such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations relating to their temporary nature as the Certificate Issuer may determine, as evidenced by the execution of such temporary Certificates by
the Delaware Trustee on behalf of the Certificate Issuer. 
 If temporary Certificates of any Tranche are issued, the
Certificate Issuer will cause definitive Certificates of such Tranche to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Certificates of such Tranche, the temporary Certificates shall be exchangeable for definitive
Certificates of such Tranche upon surrender of the temporary Certificates at the Corporate Trust Office of the Certificate Trustee, or at the office or agency of the Certificate Trustee maintained in accordance with Section 6.12, without
charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Certificates, the Delaware Trustee on behalf of the Certificate Issuer shall execute and the Certificate Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor
definitive Certificates (of the same Tranche as the temporary Certificates surrendered) of authorized denominations of a like aggregate Original Principal Amount. Until so exchanged, such temporary Certificates shall in all respects be entitled to
the same benefits under this Certificate Indenture as definitive Certificates of the same Tranche. 
 Section 2.06
Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Trustee shall cause to be kept at the office of agency to be maintained by it in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.12 a register (the
“Certificate Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Certificate Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein
provided. The Certificate Trustee shall initially be the registrar (the “Certificate Registrar”) for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. 

Subject to this Section 2.06, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office or
such other office or agency maintained by the Certificate Trustee in accordance with Section 6.12, the Delaware Trustee on behalf of the Certificate Issuer shall execute, and the Certificate Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee, one or more new Certificates (of the same Tranche as the Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer) in authorized denominations of a like aggregate Original

  
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Principal Amount, but that if any such surrendered Certificate shall have become or within 15 days shall be due and payable, instead of issuing a replacement Certificate, the Certificate Trustee
may pay such surrendered Certificate when so due and payable or upon the Special Distribution Date without surrender thereof. 

At the option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates (of the same Tranche as the Certificates
surrendered for registration of exchange) of authorized denominations of a like aggregate Original Principal Amount, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for
exchange, the Delaware Trustee on behalf of the Certificate Issuer shall execute, and the Certificate Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the Certificates that the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. 

Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Certificateholder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. 

No service charge shall be made to a Certificateholder for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Certificate
Trustee shall require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. 
 All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently destroyed by the Certificate Trustee in accordance with its customary practices. 

The preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the Certificate Issuer shall not be required to make and the Certificate
Registrar need not register transfers or exchanges of any Certificate for a period of 15 days preceding the date for any payment with respect to the Certificate. 
 Section 2.07 Certificateholders’ Lists and Reports by Certificate Trustee. 
 (a) The Certificate Issuer To Furnish Certificate Trustee with Names and Addresses of Certificateholders. The Certificate Registrar on behalf of the Certificate Issuer will furnish or cause to be
furnished to the Certificate Trustee within 15 days after each Record Date, and at such other times as the Certificate Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Certificate Issuer of any such request, a list, in such form
as the Certificate Trustee may reasonably require, of all information in the possession or control of the Certificate Issuer as to the names and addresses of the Certificateholders, in each case as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time
such list is furnished. So long as the Certificate Trustee is the sole Certificate Registrar and a copy of the Certificate Register is being furnished to the Certificate Trustee pursuant to Section 6.12, no such list need be furnished.

 Upon the written request of any Certificateholder or Certificateholders of record holding Certificates evidencing not less
than ten percent of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Certificates, the Certificate Trustee shall afford such Certificateholder or Certificateholders access during business hours to the current list of Certificateholders for purposes of
communicating with other Certificateholders with respect to their rights under this Certificate Indenture. 
 (b)
Preservation of Information. The Certificate Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Certificateholders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Certificate Trustee as
provided in Section 6.12 or Section 2.07(a), as the case may be, and the names and addresses of Certificateholders received by the Certificate Trustee in its capacity as Certificate Registrar, if so acting. The Certificate
Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 6.12 or Section 2.07(a), as the case may be, upon receipt of a new list so furnished. 

(c) Communications Among Certificateholders. Certificateholders may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act with other Certificateholders with respect to their rights under this Certificate Indenture or under the Certificates. 

  
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 (d) Reports by Certificate Trustee. To the extent that any of the events described in
Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act shall have occurred, within 60 days after December 31 of each year, commencing with the year 2013, the Certificate Trustee shall transmit to the Certificateholders (and make available on its
website, currently https://www.usbank.com/abs), as provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, a brief report dated as of such December 31, if required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Certificate
Trustee also shall comply with Section 313 (b) of the Trust Indenture Act. 
 A copy of each report at the time of its
transmission to Certificateholders shall be filed by the Certificate Trustee with the Commission and with each stock exchange, if any, on which the Certificates are listed and of which listing the Certificate Trustee has been informed. The
Certificate Issuer shall notify the Certificate Trustee if and when the Certificates are listed on any stock exchange. 
 (e)
Reports by the Certificate Issuer. Pursuant to Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act, the [Administrative Trustee], on behalf of the Certificate Issuer, shall furnish to the Certificate Trustee, not less often than annually and
prior to [                    ] of each year, commencing [            ], 2013, a
certificate prepared by such [Administrative Trustee] on behalf of the Certificate Issuer as to the Certificate Issuer’s compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Certificate Indenture. For purposes of this
Section 2.07(e), such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Certificate Indenture. In addition, the Certificate Trustee shall transmit such certificate to the
Certificateholders. 
 (f) Protections. The Certificate Issuer, the Certificate Trustee and the Certificate Registrar
shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. 
 Section 2.08 Mutilated, Destroyed,
Lost or Stolen Certificates. If (a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Certificate Registrar, or the Certificate Registrar receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate, and
(b) there is delivered to the Certificate Registrar and the Certificate Trustee such security, indemnity or bond as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Certificate Registrar or the
Certificate Trustee that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Delaware Trustee, on behalf of the Certificate Issuer shall execute, and the Certificate Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of
any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate (of the same Tranche as the Certificate so mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen) of like Original Principal Amount. In connection with the issuance of any new Certificate
under this Section 2.08, the Certificate Trustee shall require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses
of the Certificate Trustee and the Certificate Registrar) connected therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 2.08 shall constitute conclusive evidence of the same interest in the Certificate Issuer, as if
originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time. 
 Every replacement
Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 2.08 in replacement of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Certificate Issuer, whether or not the
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Certificate Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Certificates duly issued
hereunder. 
 Section 2.09 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentation of a Certificate for registration
of transfer, the Certificate Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and any Paying Agent of the Certificate Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving
distributions pursuant to Section 4.02 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Certificate Trustee, the Certificate Registrar nor any Paying Agent of the Certificate Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 Section 2.10 Cancellation. All Certificates surrendered for payment or transfer or exchange shall, if
surrendered to any party hereto other than the Certificate Registrar, be delivered to the Certificate Registrar for cancellation. No Certificates shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Certificates cancelled as provided in this
Section 2.10, except as expressly permitted by this Certificate Indenture. All cancelled Certificates held by the Certificate Registrar shall be delivered to the Certificate Trustee and, in accordance with Section 2.06,
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 Section 2.11 Limitation of Liability for Payments. Except as otherwise
provided in this Certificate Indenture, including without limitation in Section 2.01 hereof, all payments or distributions made to Holders of Certificates under this Certificate Indenture in respect of the Bonds of a Bond Issuer shall be
made only from the Trust Property with respect to that Tranche of Certificates and only to the extent that the Certificate Trustee shall have sufficient income or proceeds from such Trust Property to make such payments in accordance with the terms
of Article IV of this Certificate Indenture. Except as otherwise provided in this Certificate Indenture, including without limitation in Section 2.01 hereof, each Holder of a Certificate of any Tranche, by its acceptance of a
Certificate of that Tranche, agrees that it will look solely to the income and proceeds from the Trust Property with respect to that Tranche to the extent available for distribution to the Holder thereof as provided in this Certificate Indenture. It
is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (a) the Certificates are executed, authenticated and delivered by the Delaware Trustee and the Certificate Trustee, respectively, not individually or personally but solely in their
respective capacity as Delaware Trustee and Certificate Trustee in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in them, and (b) under no circumstances shall the Delaware Trustee or Certificate Trustee be personally liable for
the payment of any of the Certificates or any indebtedness or expenses of the Certificate Issuer, or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Certificate Issuer under this
Certificate indenture. 
 Section 2.12 Book-Entry and Definitive Certificates. 

(a) The Certificates of any Tranche may be issued in the form of one or more typewritten certificates representing the Book-Entry
Certificates of that Tranche, to be delivered to The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Certificate Issuer. In such case, the Certificates of such Tranche delivered to The Depository Trust Company shall
initially be registered on the Certificate Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, and no Certificate Owner will receive a definitive Certificate representing such Certificate Owner’s interest in
the Certificate of such Tranche, except as provided in Section 2.12(c) below. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Certificates (“Definitive Certificates”) of such Tranche have been issued pursuant to
Section 2.12(c) below: 
 (i) the provisions of this Section 2.12(a) shall be in full
force and effect with respect to the Certificates of such Tranche; 
 (ii) the Certificate Issuer, the Paying
Agent, the Certificate Registrar and the Certificate Trustee may deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes (including the making of distributions on the Certificates of such Tranche) as the authorized representative of the Certificate Owners of
Certificates of such Tranche; 
 (iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 2.12
conflict with any other provisions of this Certificate Indenture, the provisions of this Section 2.12 shall control; 
 (iv) the rights of Certificate Owners of such Tranche shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Certificate Owners
and the Clearing Agency Participants; and until Definitive Certificates of such Tranche are issued pursuant to Section 2.12(c) below, the Clearing Agency will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive
and transmit distributions of principal of and interest on the Certificates of such Tranche to such Clearing Agency Participants; and 
 (v) whenever this Certificate Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon instructions or directions of Certificateholders holding Certificates of such Tranche representing a specified
percentage of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Certificates of such Tranche, the Clearing Agency shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent that it has received instructions to such effect from Certificate Owners or Clearing
Agency Participants owning or representing, respectively, Certificates representing such percentage of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Certificates of such Tranche, and has delivered such instructions to the Certificate Trustee; the Certificate
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 (b) Whenever notice or other communication to the Holders of Certificates of any Tranche
issued in the form of Certificates representing Book-Entry Certificates is required under this Certificate Indenture, unless and until Definitive Certificates of such Tranche shall have been issued pursuant to Section 2.12(c), the
Certificate Trustee shall give all such notices and communications specified herein to be given to Holders of Certificates of such Tranche to the Clearing Agency. 
 (c) If (i) the Clearing Agency advises the Certificate Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the
Certificates of a Tranche, and the Certificate Trustee or the Certificate Issuer is unable to locate a qualified successor, (ii) the Certificate Issuer (with the prior written approval of the Bond Issuers) at its option advises the Certificate
Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency with respect to the Certificates of such Tranche or (iii) after the occurrence of a Bond Event of Default with respect to any Tranche of
Certificates, Certificate Owners representing beneficial interests aggregating at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Certificates advise the Clearing Agency and the Certificate Trustee in writing that the continuation of a book-entry
system through the Clearing Agency is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, then the Clearing Agency shall notify all Certificate Owners and the Certificate Trustee of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of
Definitive Certificates to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Certificate Trustee of the typewritten certificate or certificates representing the Book-Entry Certificates by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration
instructions, and upon written direction by the Certificate Issuer, the Delaware Trustee shall execute on behalf of the Certificate Issuer and the Certificate Trustee shall authenticate the Definitive Certificates in accordance with the instructions
of the Clearing Agency. None of the Certificate Issuer, the Certificate Registrar or the Certificate Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be fully protected in relying on,
such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Certificate Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders. 
 Section 2.13 Tax Treatment. 
 (a) It is the intention of the
parties hereto that the Certificate Issuer shall be treated as a “grantor trust” for federal income tax purposes and all transactions contemplated by this Certificate Indenture will be reported consistent with such treatment.

 (b) The provisions of this Certificate Indenture shall be construed, and the affairs of the Certificate Indenture shall be
conducted, so as to achieve treatment of the Certificate Indenture as a “grantor trust” for federal income tax purposes. 
 Section 2.14 Security Interest. The Certificate Issuer hereby makes the following representations and warranties. Other than the security interest granted to the Certificate Trustee
pursuant to this Certificate Indenture, the Certificate Issuer has not pledged, granted, sold, conveyed or otherwise assigned any interests or security interests in the Trust Property and no security agreement, financing statement or equivalent
security or Lien instrument listing the Certificate Issuer as debtor covering all or any part of the Trust Property is on file or of record in any jurisdiction, except such as may have been filed, recorded or made by the Certificate Issuer in favor
of the Certificate Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders in connection with this Certificate Indenture. This Certificate Indenture constitutes a valid and continuing Lien on, and first priority perfected security interest in, the Trust
Property in favor of the Certificate Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders, which Lien and security interest is prior to all other Liens and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the Certificate Issuer in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable
principles, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity and by an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. This Certificate Indenture creates valid, enforceable and continuing first priority perfected security interest (as defined
in the UCC) in the Trust Property securing the Secured Obligations in favor of the Certificate Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders. The Certificate Issuer has good and marketable title to the Trust Property free and clear of any Lien,
claim or encumbrance of any Person other than the Liens of this Certificate Indenture. The Certificate Issuer has taken all action necessary to perfect the security interest in the Trust Property granted to the Certificate Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders. The Certificate Issuer has filed all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing offices in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the Trust
Property granted to the Certificate Trustee. The Certificate Issuer has not authorized the filing of and is not aware, after due inquiry, of any financing statements against the Certificate Issuer that include a description of all or any part of the
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any judgment or tax Lien filings against the Certificate Issuer. The Certificate Issuer has delivered the certificated Bonds to the Certificate Trustee, together with duly executed bond
powers covering such Bonds, for the benefit of Certificateholders. Each Certificate Account constitutes a “deposit account” or “securities account” within the meaning of the UCC. Each Certificate Account constituting a
deposit account shall be maintained with the Certificate Trustee. The Certificate Issuer has taken all steps necessary to cause the Securities Intermediary of each securities account to identify in its records the Certificate Trustee as the person
having a security entitlement against the Securities Intermediary in such securities account, no Certificate Account constituting a securities account is in the name of any Person other than the Certificate Trustee, and the Certificate Issuer has
not consented to the Securities Intermediary of any such Certificate Account constituting a securities account to comply with entitlement orders of any Person other than the Certificate Trustee. All of the Trust Property constituting investment
property has been and will have been credited to a Certificate Account constituting a securities account, and the Securities Intermediary for such Certificate Accounts has agreed to treat all assets credited to such Certificate Accounts as
“financial assets” within the meaning of the UCC. Accordingly, the Certificate Trustee has a first priority perfected security interest in each Certificate Account and (a) to the extent constituting a deposit account, all funds on
deposit therein and (b) to the extent constituting a securities account, all funds and financial assets on deposit therein and all securities entitlements relating thereto. The representations and warranties set forth in this
Section 2.14 shall survive the execution and delivery of this Certificate Indenture and the issuance of any Certificates, shall be deemed re-made on each date on which any funds in the Certificate Account are distributed to the
Certificate Issuer or otherwise released from the Lien of the Certificate Indenture and may not be waived by any party hereto. 

ARTICLE III 
 COVENANTS 
 Section 3.01 Compliance with Declaration of
Trust. The Certificate Issuer covenants and agrees to operate in strict conformity with the Declaration of Trust, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference, and shall not amend the Declaration of Trust except as expressly
permitted thereunder or in any manner that would adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders. 
 This Certificate
Indenture and the Declaration of Trust shall, together, constitute the governing instrument of the Trust. To the extent that the provisions of this Certificate Indenture and the Declaration of Trust conflict with respect to the issuance of the
Certificates and the rights of the holders thereof, this Certificate Indenture shall control. 
 Section 3.02 No
Additional Certificates. The Certificate Issuer shall not issue any additional Certificates hereunder, except pursuant to Section 2.06 and Section 2.08. 

Section 3.03 Protection of Trust Property. The Certificate Issuer will from time to time execute and deliver all such
supplements and amendments hereto and make all such filings of UCC financing statements, UCC continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other instruments, and will take such other action necessary or advisable to: 

(i) maintain or preserve the Liens and security interest (and the priority thereof) of this Certificate Indenture or carry
out more effectively the purposes hereof; 
 (ii) perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant
made or to be made by this Certificate Indenture; 
 (iii) enforce any of the Trust Property; 

(iv) preserve and defend title to the Trust Property and the rights of the Certificate Trustee and the Certificateholders
in such Trust Property against the claims of all Persons and parties; or 
 (v) pay any and all taxes levied or
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 The Certificate Issuer hereby designates the Certificate Trustee its agent and attorney-in-fact with
authorization to execute and/or file on behalf of the Certificate Issuer any filings of UCC financing statements, UCC continuation statements or other instruments required to be filed by the Certificate Issuer pursuant to this
Section 3.03, it being understood that the Certificate Trustee shall have no such obligation. 

Section 3.04 Opinions as to Trust Property. 
 (a) On the Issuance Date, the Certificate Issuer shall furnish to the Certificate Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, (A) such action has been taken
(and reciting the details of such action) with respect to the recording and filing of this Certificate Indenture and any other requisite documents, and with respect to the execution and filing of any UCC financing statements and UCC continuation
statements, as are necessary to perfect the Lien and security interest of this Certificate Indenture, or (B) no such action is necessary to make such Lien and security interest effective. The delivery of the Opinion of Counsel referred to in
Section 2.02 shall be deemed to satisfy this requirement. 
 (b) Within ninety days after the beginning of each
calendar year beginning with the calendar year beginning January 1, 2014, the Certificate Issuer shall furnish to the Certificate Trustee an Opinion of Counsel of counsel of the Certificate Issuer either stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Certificate Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and with respect to the execution and filing of
any financing statements and continuation statements as are necessary to maintain the Liens and the first priority perfected security interest created by this Certificate Indenture and reciting the details of such action or stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to maintain such Liens and security interest. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Certificate Indenture, any indentures
supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and the execution and filing of any financing statements and continuation statements that will, in the opinion of such counsel, be required within the twelve-month period following the date of
such opinion to maintain the Liens and the first priority perfected security interest created by this Certificate Indenture. 

Section 3.05 Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Certificate Trustee, the Certificate Issuer will
execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purposes of this Certificate Indenture. The Certificate Issuer will take all actions, and make all
filings, necessary to obtain and maintain first priority perfected security interests in the Trust Property in favor of the Certificate Trustee. 
 ARTICLE IV 
 DISTRIBUTIONS; STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

 Section 4.01 Certificate Accounts. 

(a) (i) The Certificate Trustee shall establish and maintain or shall cause to be established with the Securities Intermediary, as
applicable, for the Certificate Issuer, on behalf of the Holders of Certificates of each Tranche one or more segregated trust accounts with respect to such Tranche (each, a “Certificate Account”), which shall be non-interest bearing
deposit accounts except for the Certificate Accounts constituting securities accounts as provided in Section 4.04, located at the Certificate Trustee’s Corporate Trust Office, or at another Eligible Institution, in the name of the
Certificate Trustee for the benefit of such Certificateholders. The Certificate Trustee shall hold each Certificate Account in trust for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates of the corresponding Tranche, and shall make or permit withdrawals
therefrom only as provided in this Certificate Indenture. On each day when a Payment or Special Payment (other than a Special Payment that represents the proceeds of any sale pursuant to Article V hereof by the Certificate Trustee of any Bond
of a Bond Issuer) is made to the Certificate Trustee, as holder of Bonds of such Bond Issuer of any Tranche, the Certificate Trustee upon receipt shall immediately deposit the aggregate amount of such Payment or Special Payment in a Certificate
Account for the corresponding Tranche of Certificates. Upon the sale of any Bond of a Bond Issuer by the Certificate Trustee pursuant to Article V and the realization of any proceeds thereof, the Certificate Trustee shall deposit the
aggregate amount of such proceeds as a Special Payment in a Certificate Account for the Tranche of Certificates corresponding to the Tranche of the Bond of such Bond Issuer so sold. All Special Payments not promptly distributed shall be deposited in
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 (ii) The Certificate Trustee hereby confirms that the applicable Certificate
Accounts are, or at inception will be established as, a “deposit account” as such term is defined in the UCC. 
 (iii) The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms that (A) the applicable Certificate Accounts are, or at inception will be established as, a “securities account” as such term is defined in
Section 8-501(a) of the UCC, (B) it is a “securities intermediary” (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a) (14) of the UCC) and is acting in such capacity with respect to such securities accounts, and (C) the
Certificate Trustee is the sole “entitlement holder” (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the UCC) with respect to such securities accounts and no other Person shall have the right to give “entitlement orders”
(as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(8)) with respect to such securities accounts. The Securities Intermediary hereby further agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash)
received by it will be credited to the applicable Certificate Account and shall be treated by it as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC. 

(iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the State of New York shall be deemed to be the jurisdiction of the
Certificate Trustee and the Securities Intermediary for purposes of the UCC, and the Certificate Accounts shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York. 
 (b) The Certificate Trustee shall present each Bond to the applicable Bond Trustee for payment on its Final Maturity Date, or, in the case of any repayment of a Bond in full prior to its Final Maturity
Date, on the applicable Payment Date therefor. 
 (c) The Certificate Trustee (or any Paying Agent other than the Certificate
Trustee) shall have sole dominion and exclusive control over all amounts in the Certificate Accounts and shall apply such amounts therein as provided in this Article IV. 

(d) The Certificate Trustee shall maintain separate and distinct records for each Tranche of Certificates. The Certificate Trustee will
not (i) maintain the corporate, financial and accounting books and records and statements of the Certificate Issuer or any Tranche of Certificates in a manner such that they cannot be separated from those of any other Tranche of Certificates,
(ii) take any action that would cause the funds and other Trust Property corresponding to a Tranche of Certificates not to be identifiable or the bank accounts, corporate records and books of account, if any, of the corresponding Tranches of
Bonds not to be separable from those corresponding to any other Tranche and (iii) take any actions with respect to any Tranche of Certificates except in its capacity as Certificate Trustee. 

Section 4.02 Distributions from Certificate Accounts. 

(a) On any Distribution Date, the Certificate Trustee shall distribute out of the Certificate Account for the corresponding Tranche of
Certificates, in the manner described in Section 4.02(e), the entire amount of such Payment deposited therein pursuant to Section 4.01(a); provided, however, and in the event receipt of any such Payment is not
confirmed by the Certificate Trustee by 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Distribution Date, distribution thereof shall be made on the day receipt thereof is confirmed by the Certificate Trustee by 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) or, if receipt
thereof is confirmed by the Certificate Trustee after 1:00 p.m. (New York City time), on the following Business Day. There shall be so distributed to each Holder of such Tranche of Certificates on the Record Date with respect to such Distribution
Date (other than as provided in Section 9.01 with respect to a final distribution) such Certificateholder’s fractional undivided share (based on the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Certificates of such Tranche held by such
Certificateholder) of the aggregate amount in the related Certificate Account. The foregoing notwithstanding, if a Payment is not received by the Certificate Trustee by the day that is five days after the related Payment Date, but is subsequently
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 The final distribution with respect to any Certificate will be made only upon presentation
and surrender of such Certificate at the office or agency of the Certificate Trustee specified in the notice given by the Certificate Trustee with respect to such final payment. The Certificate Trustee will provide notice of a final distribution to
each Holder as of the date such notice is given with respect to any Certificate as soon as practicable following receipt of the notices from the Bond Trustees of the final payments on the corresponding Bonds. 

(b) On each Special Distribution Date with respect to the distribution of any Special Payment with respect to any Tranche of Bonds of a
Bond Issuer, the Certificate Trustee shall distribute out of the Certificate Account for the corresponding Tranche of Certificates, in the manner described in Section 4.02(e), the entire amount of such Special Payment deposited therein
pursuant to Section 4.01(a) and any income and earnings received from the investment of such Special Payment pursuant to Section 4.04; provided, however, that in the event receipt of any such Special Payment is not
confirmed by the Certificate Trustee by 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Special Distribution Date, distribution thereof shall be made on the day receipt thereof is confirmed by the Certificate Trustee by 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) or, if
receipt thereof is confirmed by the Certificate Trustee after 1:00 p.m. (New York City time), on the following Business Day. There shall be so distributed to each Holder of such Tranche of Certificates on the Special Record Date with respect to such
Special Distribution Date (other than as provided in Section 9.01 with respect to a final distribution) such Certificateholder’s fractional undivided share (based on the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Certificates of such Tranche
held by such Certificateholder) of the aggregate amount of such Special Payment and any income and earnings received from the investment of such Special Payment pursuant to Section 4.04. 

(c) The Certificate Trustee shall allocate amounts distributed to Holders of Certificates of any Tranche on any Distribution Date or
Special Distribution Date as follows: (i) to the extent such amounts represent payments of principal of the corresponding Tranche of Bonds of a Bond Issuer, or the proceeds of the sale of any Bond of such Bond Issuer by the Certificate Trustee
pursuant to Article V (to the extent such proceeds exceed the unpaid interest on the related Tranche of Bonds of such Bond Issuer), such amounts shall be allocated to principal of such Certificates and (ii) all other such amounts shall
be allocated to interest on such Certificates. The Certificate Trustee may conclusively rely on the payment statement received by it from each Servicer pursuant to its Servicing Agreement with any payment in respect of any Tranche of Bonds of a Bond
Issuer as to whether the amount so paid in respect of the Bonds of such Bond Issuer is in respect of principal of or interest on such Bonds. If no statement is received, such payments received with respect to any Tranche of Bonds of any Bond Issuer
shall first be allocable to interest to the extent of a interest accrued and payable on such Tranche of Bonds, and then to principal. 
 (d) The Certificate Trustee shall cause notice of each Special Payment with respect to any Tranche of Bonds of a Bond Issuer to be sent to each Holder of Certificates of the corresponding Tranche at its
address as it appears in the Certificate Register. In the case of any Special Payment, such notice shall be sent not less than 20 days prior to the Special Distribution Date on which any Special Payment is scheduled to be distributed in respect of
Certificates of such Tranche stating such anticipated Special Distribution Date. Any such notice sent by the Certificate Trustee shall set forth: 
 (i) the Special Distribution Date, and the Special Record Date (except as otherwise provided in Section 9.01); 

(ii) the amount of the Special Distribution for each $1,000 Original Principal Amount of Certificates of the applicable
Tranche and the amount thereof constituting principal and interest; 
 (iii) the reason for the Special
Distribution; and 
 (iv) the total amount to be received on such date for each $1,000 Original Principal Amount
of Certificates of the applicable Tranche but only, in the case of a Special Payment, if the related Special Distribution Date is also a Distribution Date. 
 (e) Distributions to Holders of Certificates shall be by check sent by first-class mail to the address of such Holder appearing on the Certificate Register at the relevant Record Date or Special Record
Date or, upon written application of a Holder of Certificates of any Tranche in the Original Principal Amount of $1,000,000 or more to the Certificate Trustee made at any time not later than such Record Date or Special Record Date or continuing in
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located in New York, New York, having wire transfer capability as may be designated by such Holder; except that the final distribution in respect of any Certificate shall be made only as provided
in Section 9.01. The foregoing notwithstanding, any distributions made to Cede & Co., as the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds. 

Section 4.03 Statements to Certificateholders. 

(a) On each Distribution Date, Special Distribution Date or any other date specified herein for distribution of any payments with respect
to any Tranche of Certificates, or as soon as practicable following such Distribution Date, Special Distribution Date or other date (unless the Certificate Trustee is the Bond Trustee for the Bonds to which such date applies and the statement
required below (prepared by the Servicers and provided to the Bond Trustee) is provided by such Bond Trustee no later than two Business Days prior to such distribution), the Certificate Trustee will send and make available on its website (currently
https://www.usbank.com/abs), with respect to each distribution, to Holders of Certificates of such Tranche a statement (prepared by the Servicers and provided to the Bond Trustee to provide to the Certificate Trustee) with respect to such
distribution to be made on such Distribution Date, Special Distribution Date or other date, as the case may be, setting forth the following information: 
 (i) the amount of such distribution to Holders of Certificates allocable to (A) principal and (B) interest in respect of the Bonds of each Bond Issuer, in each case per $1,000 Original Principal
Amount of each Tranche of Certificates; 
 (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Certificates
in respect of the Bonds of each Bond Issuer, after giving effect to payments allocated to principal reported under (i) above; 
 (iii) the difference, if any, between the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Certificates scheduled to be outstanding on such date according to the Expected Amortization Schedule and the same
information in respect of the Bonds of each Bond Issuer. 
 (iv) the amount on deposit in the Capital Subaccount
for each Bond Issuer as of such date, after giving effect to the payments and deposits to be made on such date, and the Required Capital Level for each Bond Issuer; 

(v) any amounts on deposit in the Excess Funds Subaccount of each Bond Issuer as of such date, after giving effect to the
payments and deposits to be made on such date; 
 (vi) the amount paid by each Bond Issuer to each of the Bond
Trustees and the Delaware Trustee and Certificate Trustee since the previous payment date to and including such payment date; 
 (vii) the amount paid by each Bond Issuer to the related Servicer since the previous payment date to and including such payment date; 

(viii) the amount paid by each Bond Issuer to the related Administrator since the previous payment date to and including
such payment date; and 
 (ix) any other transfers and payments made pursuant to each Bond Indenture since the
previous payment date. 
 In providing the foregoing statement, the Certificate Trustee may rely upon the statements provided by
any Bond Trustee pursuant to Section 6.06 of the Bond Indentures (such statements prepared by the Servicers and provided to the Bond Trustee). The Certificate Trustee shall distribute each report distributed to Holders, to the Rating
Agencies. 
 (b) Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year but not later than the latest date
permitted by law, the Certificate Trustee shall furnish to each Person who at any time during such calendar year was a Holder of any Tranche of Certificates and received a distribution thereon, a statement containing the sum of the

  
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amounts determined pursuant to clause (a) (i) above with respect to such Tranche of Certificates for such calendar year, or, in the event such Person was a Holder of such Tranche of
Certificates during a portion of such calendar year, for the applicable portion of such year, and such other items as are readily available to the Certificate Trustee and that a Certificateholder shall reasonably request as necessary for the purpose
of such Certificateholder’s preparation of its federal and state income tax returns. 
 Section 4.04 Investment
of Special Payment Moneys. Any money received by the Certificate Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01(a) representing a Special Payment that is not to be promptly distributed, to the extent practicable, shall be deposited in
the proper Certificate Account (also constituting a securities account) and invested in Eligible Investments at the written direction of the Servicer for the Bonds for which such Special Payment has been made by the Certificate Trustee pending
distribution of such Special Payment pursuant to Section 4.02. Any investment made pursuant to this Section 4.04 shall be in such Eligible Investment maturing in not more than 60 days or such lesser time as is required for
the distribution of any such funds on a Special Distribution Date pending the distribution of such funds to Certificateholders as described herein. The Certificate Trustee shall hold any such Eligible Investments until maturity. The Certificate
Trustee shall have no liability with respect to any investment made pursuant to this Section 4.04 (including any losses on such investments), other than by reason of the willful misconduct or negligence of the Certificate Trustee. All
income and earnings from such investments shall be distributed, if and as received, on such Special Distribution Date as part of such Special Payment and shall be treated as payments of interest on the Certificates. 

Section 4.05 Reduction in Principal. Any reduction in the principal amount of any Certificate effected by any
distribution in respect of principal thereof shall be binding upon all Holders of such Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the registration or transfer thereof or in lieu thereof, whether or not noted thereon. 

ARTICLE V 

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES 
 Section 5.01 Events of Default. 
 (a) Event of Default means the
occurrence and continuation of any Bond Event of Default. If any Bond Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, then, and in each and every case, the Certificate Trustee may vote all, and, upon the written direction of Holders representing not
less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Certificates then Outstanding, shall vote a corresponding majority of the Bonds issued by the Defaulting Bond Issuer in favor of declaring the unpaid principal amount of all such Bonds then
outstanding and accrued interest thereon to be due and payable in accordance with the provisions thereof. In addition, if a Bond Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Certificate Trustee may vote all, and, upon the written
direction of Holders representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Certificates then Outstanding, shall vote a corresponding majority, of the Bonds of the Defaulting Bond Issuer in favor of directing the Bond Trustee
therefor as to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to such Bond Trustee, including the sale of any or all of the Collateral Granted to such Bond Trustee by the Defaulting Bond Issuer, without recourse to
or warranty by the Certificate Trustee or any Certificateholder, to any Person, or of exercising any trust or power conferred on such Bond Trustee under its Bond Indenture. 
 (b) After a Bond Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, subject to Section 5.01(c), the Certificate Trustee may, and upon the written direction of Holders of Certificates
representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of Certificates, by such officer or agent as it may appoint, shall, sell, convey, transfer and deliver any Bond or Bonds issued by the Defaulting Bond Issuer, without recourse to or
warranty by the Certificate Trustee or any Certificateholder, to any Person, for cash, all upon such terms and conditions as the Certificate Trustee may reasonably deem advisable or, if so directed by the Certificateholders, upon such terms and
conditions as the Certificateholders may approve. 
 (c) The foregoing provisions of Section 5.01(b)
notwithstanding, the Certificate Trustee shall not sell any Bonds following the occurrence of any Bond Event of Default with respect to such Bonds, other than a Bond Event of Default arising with respect to such Bonds described in
Section 5.01(a) or (b) of the Bond Indenture for such Bonds, unless (i) the Certificate Trustee determines that the amounts receivable from the Collateral securing such Bonds are not sufficient to pay in full the principal of
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pursuant to clauses (i) through (iv) of Section 8.02(e) of the Bond Indenture for such Bonds and the Certificate Trustee obtains the written consent of Holders
of Certificates representing 66-2/3 percent of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Tranches of the Certificates, or (ii) the Certificate Trustee obtains the written consent of Holders of Certificates representing 100 percent of the
aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Tranches of the Certificates. 
 Section 5.02 Incidents of Sale of
Bonds. Upon any sale of any Bonds of any Bond Issuer made either under the power of sale given under this Certificate Indenture or otherwise for the enforcement of this Certificate Indenture, the following shall be applicable:

 (a) Certificateholders and Certificate Trustee May Purchase Bonds. Any Certificateholder, the Certificate Trustee in
its individual or any other capacity or any other Person (other than any Seller) may bid for and purchase any of the Bonds, and upon compliance with the terms of sale, may hold, retain, possess and dispose of such Bonds in their own absolute right
without further accountability. 
 (b) Receipt of Certificate Trustee Shall Discharge Purchaser. The receipt of the
Certificate Trustee, on behalf of the Certificate Issuer, shall be a sufficient discharge to any purchaser for its purchase money, and, after paying such purchase money and receiving such receipt, such purchaser or its personal representative or
assigns shall not be obliged to see to the application of such purchase money, or be in any way answerable for any loss, misapplication or nonapplication thereof. 
 (c) Application of Moneys Received upon Sale. Any moneys collected by the Certificate Issuer or the Certificate Trustee upon any sale made either under the power of sale given by this Certificate
Indenture or otherwise for the enforcement of this Certificate Indenture, shall be applied as provided in Section 4.02. 
 Section 5.03 Judicial Proceedings Instituted by Certificate Trustee. If there shall be a failure to make payment when due of the principal of (and, for the avoidance of doubt,
this excludes the failure to pay principal on the Bonds in accordance with the Expected Amortization Schedule) or interest on any Bond of any Bond Issuer, then the Certificate Trustee in its own name, and as trustee of an express trust, as holder of
such Bond, may, and if directed in writing by the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Certificates but subject to the provisions of Article VI, shall, to the extent permitted by and in accordance with the terms of such
Bonds, be entitled and empowered to institute any suits, actions or proceedings at law, in equity or otherwise, including the power to make a demand on the Bond Trustee for such Bonds to take action under the Bond Indenture for such Bonds to enforce
the Bonds, for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid on such Bonds and may prosecute any such claim or proceeding to judgment or final decree with respect to the whole amount of any such sums so due and unpaid. 

Section 5.04 Control by Certificateholders. The Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the
Certificates (or, if less than all Tranches are affected, the affected Tranche or Tranches) shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Certificate Trustee, or exercising any
trust or power conferred on the Certificate Trustee under this Certificate Indenture, including any right of the Certificate Trustee as holder of the Bonds of any Bond Issuer of the corresponding Tranche or Tranches, in each case unless a different
percentage is specified herein; provided, however, that: 
 (a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of
law or with this Certificate Indenture and would not involve the Certificate Trustee in personal liability or expense; 
 (b)
the Certificate Trustee shall not determine that the action so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders of Certificates of such Tranche or Tranches not taking part in such direction; 

(c) the Certificate Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Certificate Trustee that is not inconsistent with such
direction; 
 (d) such Holders shall have offered to the Certificate Trustee security or indemnity against the costs, expenses
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 (e) if a Bond Event of Default with respect to such Tranche of Bonds shall have occurred and
be continuing, such direction shall not obligate the Certificate Trustee to vote more than a corresponding majority of the related Bonds held by the Certificate Trustee in favor of declaring the unpaid principal amount of the Bonds and accrued
interest thereon to be due and payable or directing any action by the Bond Trustee for such Bonds with respect to such Bond Event of Default. 
 Section 5.05 Waiver of Past Defaults. Prior to the declaration of the acceleration of the maturity of the Bonds of a Bond Issuer as provided in Section 5.01, the
Holders of Certificates of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Certificates may direct the waiver of any past default or Bond Event of Default and its consequences except a default or Bond Event of Default (a) in the
payment of principal of or interest on any of the Bonds of such Bond Issuer, (b) in respect of a covenant or provision under any Bond Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Certificate of all
Tranches affected or (c) in the deposit or distribution of any Payment or Special Payment under Section 4.01 or in the distribution of any payment under Section 4.02. Upon any such direction, the Certificate Trustee
shall vote the percentage of the Bonds of the corresponding Tranche issued by such Defaulting Bond Issuer held by the Certificate Trustee as corresponds to the percentage of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Certificates of such Tranche held
by Holders who directed the Certificate Trustee to waive such default or Bond Event of Default hereunder. 
 Upon any waiver
that is effective under the terms of a Bond Indenture to waive a Bond Event of Default, such Bond Event of Default shall cease to exist with respect to this Certificate Indenture, and, in the case of a default, any Bond Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Certificate Indenture and any written direction given by the Certificate Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders to the Bond Trustee for the Bonds under which such Bond Event
of Default has been waived or in respect of any such Bonds shall be annulled with respect thereto; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Bond Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. 

Section 5.06 Right of Certificateholders To Receive Payments Not To Be Impaired. Anything in this Certificate
Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, including Section 5.07 hereof, the right of any Certificateholder to receive distributions of payments required pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof on the Certificates when due, or to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the applicable Distribution Date, Special Distribution Date or other date specified herein for the making of such payment, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of
such Certificateholder. 
 Section 5.07 Certificateholders May Not Bring Suit Except Under Certain
Conditions. A Certificateholder shall not have the right to institute any suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity or otherwise with respect to this Certificate Indenture, for the appointment of a receiver or for the enforcement
of any other remedy under this Certificate Indenture and each Holder agrees, by its acceptance of any Certificate, to the fullest extent permitted by law, not to avail itself of any remedies, unless: 

(a) such Certificateholder has previously given written notice to the Certificate Trustee of a continuing Bond Event of Default with
respect to the Tranche of Certificates held by such Holder; 
 (b) the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding
Amount of the Certificates have made written request to the Certificate Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in respect of such Bond Event of Default in its own name as Certificate Trustee hereunder; 

(c) such Certificateholder or Certificateholders have offered to the Certificate Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs,
expenses (including legal fees and expenses) and liabilities to be incurred in complying with such request; 
 (d) the
Certificate Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute such action, suit or proceedings; and 
 (e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Certificate Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the
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 it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Certificates shall have any right in any
manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Certificate Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Certificates or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other
Certificateholders or to enforce any right under this Certificate Indenture, except in the manner herein provided. The provisions of this Section 5.07 shall be deemed to modify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the rights of the
Certificateholders under Section 3816 of the Statutory Trust Statute. 
 In the event the Certificate Trustee shall receive
conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Certificates, each representing less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Certificates, the Certificate Trustee in its sole discretion may determine
what action, if any, shall be taken, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Certificate Indenture. 
 Section 5.08
Certificate Trustee May Bring Suit. If there shall be a breach of the State Pledge by the State of Ohio, then the Certificate Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, as holder of the Bonds, shall be, to the
extent permitted by state and federal law, entitled and empowered to institute any suits, actions or proceedings at law, in equity or otherwise, to enforce the State Pledge and to collect any monetary damages as a result of a breach thereof, and may
prosecute any such suit, action or proceeding to final judgment or decree. 
 Section 5.09 Remedies
Cumulative. No remedy given hereunder to the Certificate Trustee or to any of the Certificateholders shall be exclusive of any other remedy or remedies, and every such remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other remedy
given hereunder or now or hereafter given by statute, law, equity or otherwise. 
 ARTICLE VI 

THE CERTIFICATE TRUSTEE 
 Section 6.01 Notice of Defaults. As promptly as practicable after, and in any event within 30 days after, receipt by a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Trustee of written
notice or actual knowledge of the occurrence of any default (as such term is defined below) hereunder, the Certificate Trustee shall transmit to the Certificate Issuer, the Bond Trustee for the Bond Indenture under which such default has arisen and
the Holders of Certificates in accordance with Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, notice of such default, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default hereunder
with respect to any Tranche of Certificates arising from a default under any Bond Indenture in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Bond, the Certificate Trustee shall be fully protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a
trust committee of Responsible Officers of the Certificate Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Certificates. For the purpose of this Section, the term
“default” means any event that is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to a Tranche of Certificates. 
 Section 6.02 Duties of Certificate Trustee. 
 (a) If an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Certificate Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Certificate Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use
under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs. 
 (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of
Default: 
 (i) the Certificate Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Certificate Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Certificate Indenture against the Certificate Trustee; and 

(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Certificate Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Certificate Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Certificate Indenture; however, the Certificate Trustee shall examine the
certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they appear on their face to conform to the requirements of this Certificate Indenture. 

  
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 (c) The Certificate Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action,
its own bad faith, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that: 
 (i) this
paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section; 
 (ii) the Certificate Trustee shall
not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it is proved that the Certificate Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and 

(iii) the Certificate Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in
accordance with a direction received by it hereunder. 
 (d) Every provision of this Certificate Indenture that in any way
relates to the Certificate Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 6.02. 
 (e)
The Certificate Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Certificate Trustee may agree in writing with the Certificate Issuer. 
 (f) Money held in trust by the Certificate Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law, including Section 3804(a) of the Statutory Trust Statute, or the terms
of this Certificate Indenture. 
 (g) Every provision of this Certificate Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the
liability of or affording protection to the Certificate Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 6.02 and to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act. 

(h) Under no circumstances shall the Certificate Trustee be liable for any indebtedness of the Certificate Issuer. 

Section 6.03 Certain Rights of Certificate Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section 315 of the Trust
Indenture Act: 
 (a) the Certificate Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from
acting in reliance upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by
the proper party or parties; 
 (b) any request or direction of the Certificate Issuer mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Request; 
 (c) before the Certificate Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require and shall be entitled
to receive an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Certificate Issuer (at no cost or expense to the Certificate Trustee) that such action is required or permitted hereunder. The Certificate Trustee shall not
be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel; 
 (d) The Certificate Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any
action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel; 

(e) the Certificate Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Certificate
Indenture, or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request or direction of any of the Certificateholders pursuant to this Certificate Indenture, unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to
the Certificate Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the cost, expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction; 

  
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 (f) the Certificate Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, paper or other document; 
 (g) the Certificate Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees and the Certificate
Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for the supervision of, any agent, attorney, custodian or nominee appointed with due care by it hereunder; and the Certificate Trustee shall give prompt written
notice to the Rating Agencies of the appointment of any such agent, custodian or nominee to whom it delegates any of its duties under the Certificate Indenture (it being understood that the hiring of outside agents to perform tasks which the trustee
reasonably deems to be ministerial and the retention of counsel to advise or represent the trustee shall not be deemed a delegation of duties for purposes of this Section 6.03(g)), provided that the Certificate Trustee shall not be
obligated to give such notice (i) if the Certificate Issuer or the requisite Holders have directed the Certificate Trustee to appoint such agent, custodian or nominee (in which event the Certificate Issuer shall give prompt notice to the Rating
Agencies of any such direction) or (ii) of the appointment of any agents, custodians or nominees made at any time that an Event of Default on account of non-payment of principal or interest on the Certificates or insolvency of a Bond Issuer has
occurred and is continuing; 
 (h) the Certificate Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of Certificates relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Certificate Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Certificate Trustee, under this Certificate Indenture; 
 (i) the Certificate Trustee shall not be required
to expend or risk its own funds in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it
against such risk is not reasonably assured to it; 
 (j) the Certificate Trustee shall not be personally liable for any action
taken or suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Certificate Indenture so long as that the Certificate Trustee’s
conduct does not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith; 
 (k) in the event that the Certificate Trustee is
also acting as Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent or Certificate Registrar hereunder, the rights and protections afforded to the Certificate Trustee pursuant to this Article VI shall also be afforded to such Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent
or Certificate Registrar; 
 (l) the Certificate Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Bond Event of Default unless
a Responsible Officer obtains actual knowledge of such event or the Certificate Trustee receives written notice of such event from the Certificate Issuer, any Bond Trustee, any Servicer or a majority of the Holders of Certificates of the Tranche or
Tranches so affected; 
 (m) without limiting its rights under bankruptcy law, when the Certificate Trustee incurs expenses or
renders services in connection with the insolvency or bankruptcy of any party hereto or with the Basic Documents to which it is a party, such expenses (including the fees and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for such services are
intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy or insolvency law; 
 (n) in no event shall the
Certificate Trustee be liable for special, punitive, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Certificate Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or
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 (o) the right of the Certificate Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this
Certificate Indenture shall not be construed as a duty, and the Certificate Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of any such act; 

(p) the Certificate Trustee shall have no duty to file any financing statement or continuation statement evidencing a security interest,
or to maintain any such filing, or to maintain any insurance; 
 (q) the Certificate Trustee shall have no obligation to
supervise any Servicer or act as successor servicer, and shall not be liable for any default or misconduct of any Servicer; and 

(r) the Certificate Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the execution of the trust created hereby or
the powers granted hereunder. 
 Section 6.04 Certificate Trustee’s Disclaimer. The recitals
contained herein and in the Certificates, except the certificates of authentication, shall not be taken as the statements of the Certificate Trustee, and the Certificate Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. Except as set forth in
Section 6.15, the Certificate Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Certificate Indenture or the Certificates, it shall not be accountable for the Certificate
Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Certificates, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Certificate Issuer in the Certificate Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Certificates or in the
Certificates other than the Certificate Trustee’s certificate of authentication. The Certificate Trustee shall not be responsible for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or validity of any of the Trust Property, for the
validity, priority or perfection of any Lien or security interest granted to it hereunder (except to the extent impaired by action or omission constituting negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Certificate Trustee), or for
or in respect of the Certificates (other than the certificate of authentication for the Certificates) or the Basic Documents and the Certificate Trustee shall in no event assume or incur any liability, duty or obligation to any Holder, other than as
expressly provided in this Certificate Indenture. The Certificate Trustee shall not be liable for the default or misconduct of the Certificate Issuer or the Servicers under the Basic Documents or otherwise, and the Certificate Trustee shall have no
obligation or liability to perform the obligations of such Persons. 
 Section 6.05 May Hold
Certificates. The Certificate Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Certificate Registrar or any of their Affiliates or any other agent, in their respective individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates
and, subject to Sections 310(b) and 311 of the Trust Indenture Act, may otherwise deal with the Certificate Issuer, the Bond Issuers or the Bond Trustees with the same rights it would have if it were not Certificate Trustee, Paying Agent,
Certificate Registrar or such other agent. 
 Section 6.06 Money Held in Trust. Money held by the
Certificate Trustee or the Paying Agent in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required herein or by law, including Section 3804(a) of the Statutory Trust Statute, and neither the Certificate Trustee nor
the Paying Agent shall have any liability for interest upon any such moneys except as provided for herein. 

Section 6.07 Compensation and Reimbursement; Indemnification. 

(a) Pursuant to the Fee and Indemnity Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions thereof, the Bond Issuers have agreed to pay, or
cause to be paid, to the Certificate Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services and to reimburse it for its reasonable expenses. 
 (b) Pursuant to the Fee and Indemnity Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law but subject to the Cap, the Bond Issuers shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Certificate Trustee and any
of the affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents of the Certificate Trustee (the “Certificate Trustee Indemnified Persons”) from and against any and all losses, claims, actions, suits, taxes, damages, expenses and
liabilities (including liabilities under state or federal securities laws) of any kind and nature whatsoever (collectively, “Certificate Trustee Expenses”), to the extent that such Certificate Trustee Expenses arise out of or are
imposed upon or asserted against such Certificate Trustee Indemnified Persons with respect to the creation, operation, dissolution or termination of the Certificate Issuer, the execution, delivery, enforcement or performance of the Declaration of
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Indenture, as the case may be, or the transactions contemplated hereby, the failure of any Bond Issuer or any other Person (other than the Person being indemnified) to perform its obligations
under the Fee and Indemnity Agreement or under any of the Basic Documents, or otherwise in connection with the Basic Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby, but no Bond Issuer shall be required to indemnify any Certificate Trustee
Indemnified Person for any Certificate Trustee Expenses that result from the willful misconduct or negligence of such Certificate Trustee Indemnified Person. The Bond Issuers will not, without the prior written consent of the Certificate Trustee
Indemnified Person, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification may be sought under this Section 6.07(b),
(whether or not the Certificate Trustee Indemnified Person is an actual or potential party to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of the Certificate Trustee Indemnified Person from
all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding. The obligations of the Bond Issuers to indemnify the Certificate Trustee Indemnified Persons shall survive the termination of the Fee and Indemnity Agreement, this Certificate
Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Certificate Trustee. 
 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Certificate Indenture, the Certificate Trustee shall have no recourse against the Certificate Issuer or the Bonds of any Bond Issuer or payments thereon or proceeds thereof for payment of any amounts required to be paid to the Certificate Trustee
under this Section 6.07(b). 
 (c) Each initial Servicer has agreed in its Servicing Agreement to indemnify the
Certificate Trustee (limited to such Servicer’s allocable portion) for all due and unpaid indemnity and other payments, of the applicable Bond Issuer under the applicable Basic Documents, that exceed the Cap. 

Section 6.08 Corporate Certificate Trustee Required; Eligibility. 

(a) The Certificate Trustee shall at all times be eligible to act as a trustee under Section 310(a) and Section 310(a)(5) of the
Trust Indenture Act, shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and shall have a long-term debt rating of at least “A” (or the equivalent thereof) by Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch. If such
entity publishes reports of conditions at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of federal, state, territorial or District of Columbia supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 6.08, the
combined capital and surplus of such entity shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. 
 (b) In determining whether the Certificate Trustee has a conflicting interest under Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act and this Section, each other Tranche of Certificates will be treated as
having been issued under an indenture other than this Certificate Indenture. 
 (c) If at any time the Certificate Trustee shall
cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.08, the Certificate Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 6.09. 

Section 6.09 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. 

(a) No resignation or removal of the Certificate Trustee and no appointment of a successor Certificate Trustee pursuant to this Article
shall become effective (i) until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Certificate Trustee under Section 6.10 and (ii) other than in the case of paragraph (b) below, unless a successor Certificate Trustee has been
appointed and has accepted such appointment and the Bond Issuers and the Certificate Issuer have received written confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies that no lowering or withdrawal of the then current ratings of any Tranche of Certificates
will result from such appointment. 
 (b) The Certificate Trustee may resign at any time in the case of a conflicting interest
as determined in accordance with Section 6.08(b) by giving written notice thereof to the Certificate Issuer, the Authorized Agents, the Bond Issuers and the Bond Trustees. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Certificate Trustee
shall not have been delivered to the Certificate Issuer and the Certificate Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Certificate Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment
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 (c) The Certificate Trustee may be removed at any time in the case of a conflicting interest
as determined in accordance with Section 6.08(b) by Act of Certificateholders holding Certificates representing not less than 51 percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Certificates delivered to the Certificate Trustee and to the
Certificate Issuer, the Bond Issuers and the Bond Trustees. 
 (d) Upon 30 days’ written notice, the Certificate Trustee
(i) may resign with respect to the Certificates as a whole by giving such written notice to the Certificate Issuer, the Authorized Agents, the Bond Issuers and the Bond Trustees or (ii) may be removed with respect to the Certificates as a
whole by Act of Certificateholders holding Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of Certificates delivered to the Certificate Issuer, the Bond Issuers and the Bond Trustees. If an instrument of acceptance by a
successor Certificate Trustee with respect to the Certificates as a whole shall not have been delivered to the Certificate Issuer, the Bond Issuers and the Bond Trustees within 90 days after the giving of such notice of resignation or Act by the
Certificateholders as a whole for removal of the Certificate Trustee, the Certificate Issuer may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Certificate Trustee with respect to the Certificates as a whole.

 (e) If at any time: 
 (i) the Certificate Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act after written request therefor by the Certificate Issuer or by any Holder of Certificates who has been a
bona fide Holder of Certificates for at least six months; or 
 (ii) the Certificate Trustee shall cease to be
eligible under Section 6.08 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Certificate Issuer or by any Certificateholder; or 
 (iii) the Certificate Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Certificate Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Certificate Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation; 
 then, in any case, (x) the Certificate Issuer may remove the Certificate Trustee or (y) any Holder of Certificates who has been a bona fide Holder of Certificates for at least six months may, on
behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Certificate Trustee and the appointment of a successor Certificate Trustee. 

(f) If a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Trustee shall have received written notice of an Avoidable Tax that has been or is likely
to be asserted, the Certificate Trustee shall promptly notify the Certificate Issuer and the Bond Issuers thereof and shall, within 30 days of such notification, resign hereunder unless within such 30-day period the Certificate Trustee shall have
received notice that either the Certificate Issuer or the Bond Issuers have agreed to pay such tax. In such event, the Certificate Issuer (with the prior written approval of the Bond Issuers) shall promptly appoint a successor Certificate Trustee in
a jurisdiction where there are no Avoidable Taxes. As used herein, an “Avoidable Tax” means a state or local tax: (i) upon (w) the Certificate Issuer, (x) the Trust Property, (y) the Certificateholders or
(z) the Certificate Trustee for which the Certificate Trustee is entitled to seek reimbursement from the Trust Property, and (ii) that would be avoided if the Certificate Trustee were located in another state, or jurisdiction within a
state, within the United States. A tax shall not be an Avoidable Tax if either the Certificate Issuer or the Bond Issuers shall agree to pay, and shall pay, such tax. 
 (g) If the Certificate Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Certificate Trustee for any reason, the Certificate Issuer (with the
prior written approval of the Bond Issuers) shall promptly appoint a successor Certificate Trustee and Securities Intermediary. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor
Certificate Trustee shall be appointed by Act of the Certificateholders representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Certificates delivered to the Certificate Issuer, the Bond Trustees and the retiring Certificate Trustee,
the successor Certificate Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Certificate Trustee and supersede the successor Certificate Trustee appointed as provided above. If no successor
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hereinafter provided, any Holder of Certificates who has been a bona fide Holder of Certificates for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Certificate Trustee. 
 (h) The successor Certificate Trustee
shall give notice of the resignation and removal of the Certificate Trustee and appointment of the successor Certificate Trustee by sending written notice of such event to the Holders as their names and addresses appear in the Certificate Register
and to each Rating Agency and the Certificate Issuer. Each notice shall include the name of such successor Certificate Trustee and the address of the corporate trust office of such successor Certificate Trustee. 

(i) The Certificate Issuer shall notify the Rating Agencies of any resignation and removal of the Certificate Trustee and appointment of
a successor Certificate Trustee under this Section 6.09. 
 (j) Any removal or resignation of the Certificate
Trustee shall also constitute a removal or resignation of the Securities Intermediary. 
 Section 6.10 Acceptance of
Appointment by Successor. Every successor Certificate Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Certificate Issuer and to the retiring Certificate Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and
thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Certificate Trustee shall become effective and such successor Certificate Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Certificate Trustee; but, on request of the Certificate Issuer or the successor Certificate Trustee, such retiring Certificate Trustee shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Certificate Trustee all the
rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Certificate Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Certificate Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Certificate Trustee hereunder. Upon request of any such
successor Certificate Trustee, the Certificate Issuer, the retiring Certificate Trustee and such successor Certificate Trustee shall execute and deliver any and all instruments containing such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to
transfer and confirm to, and for more fully and certainly vesting in, such successor Certificate Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts. No Certificate Trustee hereunder shall be liable for the acts or omissions of any successor Certificate
Trustee. 
 No successor Certificate Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor
Certificate Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article and any and all amounts due and payable to the predecessor Certificate Trustee have been paid. 
 Section 6.11 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any Person into which the Certificate Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Certificate Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Certificate Trustee,
shall be the successor of the Certificate Trustee hereunder; provided, such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto. Notice of any such event shall be promptly given to each Rating Agency. In case any Certificates shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Certificate Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or
consolidation to such authenticating Certificate Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Certificates so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Certificate Trustee had itself authenticated such Certificates.

 Section 6.12 Maintenance of Agencies. 

(a) There shall at all times be maintained in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where Certificates may
be presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange, and for payment thereof and where notices and demands to or upon the Certificate Trustee on behalf of the Certificate Issuer in respect of the Certificates or of this
Certificate Indenture may be served. At no time shall there be any other such office or agency outside the United States. Such office or agency shall be initially at 100 Wall St., Suite 1600, New York, NY 10005, Attention: Bond Drop Windows. Written
notice of any change of location thereof shall be given by the Certificate Trustee to the Certificate Issuer, the Bond Trustees, the Bond Issuers, the Certificateholders and the Rating Agencies. In the event that no such office or agency shall be
maintained or no such notice of location or of change of location shall be given, presentations and demands may be made and notices may be served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Certificate Trustee. 

  
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 (b) There shall at all times be a Certificate Registrar, an Authentication Agent and a
Paying Agent hereunder. Each such Authorized Agent shall be a bank or trust company, shall be a entity organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or any state, with a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, shall
have a long-term debt rating of at least “A” (or the equivalent thereof)” by Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch, shall be authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and shall be subject to
supervision by federal or state authorities. The Certificate Trustee shall initially be the Paying Agent, Authentication Agent, and, as provided in Section 2.06, Certificate Registrar hereunder. Each Certificate Registrar, if other than
the Certificate Trustee, shall furnish to the Certificate Trustee, at stated intervals of not more than six months, and at such other times as the Certificate Trustee may request in writing, a copy of the Certificate Register. 

(c) Any Person into which any Authorized Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting
from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any Authorized Agent shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the corporate trust business of any Authorized Agent, shall be the successor of such Authorized Agent hereunder, if such
successor Person is otherwise eligible under this Section 6.12, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto or such Authorized Agent or such successor Person. 

(d) Any Authorized Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Certificate Trustee, the Certificate
Issuer and the Bond Trustees. The Certificate Issuer (with the prior written approval of the Bond Issuers) may, and at the request of the Certificate Trustee shall, at any time terminate the agency of any Authorized Agent by giving written notice of
termination to such Authorized Agent, the Bond Trustees and to the Certificate Trustee. Upon the resignation or termination of an Authorized Agent or in case at any time any such Authorized Agent shall cease to be eligible under this
Section 6.12 (when, in either case, no other Authorized Agent performing the functions of such Authorized Agent shall have been appointed by the Certificate Trustee), the Certificate Issuer (with the prior written approval of the Bond
Issuers) shall promptly appoint one or more qualified successor Authorized Agents, reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Trustee, to perform the functions of the Authorized Agent who has resigned or whose agency has been terminated or who shall
have ceased to be eligible under this Section. The Certificate Issuer shall give written notice of any such appointment made by it to the Certificate Trustee and the Bond Trustees; and in each case the Certificate Trustee shall send notice of such
appointment to all Certificateholders as their names and addresses appear on the Certificate Register. 
 (e) Pursuant and
subject to the Fee and Indemnity Agreement, the Bond Issuers have agreed to pay, or cause to be paid, from time to time to each Authorized Agent reasonable compensation for its services and to reimburse it for its reasonable expenses, and no
Authorized Agent shall have any recourse against the Certificate Issuer or the Trust Property for payment of such amounts. 

Section 6.13 Money for Certificate Payments To Be Held in Trust. 

(a) All moneys deposited with any Paying Agent for the purpose of any payment on Certificates of any Tranche shall be deposited and held
in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders of such Tranche entitled to such payment, subject to the provisions of this Section 6.13. Moneys so deposited and held in trust shall constitute a separate trust fund for the benefit of
the Tranche of Certificateholders with respect to which such moneys were deposited. 
 The Certificate Trustee may at any time,
for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Certificate Indenture or for any other purpose, direct any Paying Agent to pay to the Certificate Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the
Certificate Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Certificate Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect
to such money. 
 (b) The Certificate Trustee will cause each Paying Agent other than the Certificate Trustee to execute and
deliver to the Certificate Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Certificate Trustee (and, if the Certificate Trustee acts as Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees), subject to the provisions of this Section, that such
Paying Agent will: 
 (i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the
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 (ii) give the Certificate Trustee notice of any default under this
Certificate Indenture of which it has actual knowledge in the making of any payment required to be made by the Certificate Issuer (or any other obligor on the Certificates) with respect to the Certificates; 

(iii) at any time during the continuance of such default, upon the written request of the Certificate Trustee, forthwith
pay to the Certificate Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment of the Certificates if at any time it ceases to meet the standards required to be met by a Paying Agent at the time of its appointment; and 

(iv) comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to the withholding from any payments made by it on any
Certificates of any applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in connection therewith. 
 Section 6.14 Registration of Bonds in Certificate Trustee’s Name. The Certificate Trustee agrees that all Bonds of each Bond Issuer and all Eligible Investments, if any,
shall be issued in the name of the Certificate Trustee or its nominee, on behalf of the Certificate Issuer, and held by the Certificate Trustee; or, if not so held, the Certificate Trustee or its nominee, on behalf of the Certificate Issuer, shall
be reflected as the owner of such Bonds or Eligible Investments, as the case may be, in the register of the Bond Issuer of such Bonds or issuer of such Eligible Investments. In no event shall the Certificate Trustee invest in, or hold, Bonds or
Eligible Investments in a manner that would cause the Certificate Trustee not to have the ownership interest in such Bonds or Eligible Investments under the applicable provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the location where the
Certificate Trustee holds such Bonds or Eligible Investments or other applicable law then in effect. The Certificate Trustee shall at all times maintain possession of the Bonds in the State of New York. 

Section 6.15 Representations and Warranties of Certificate Trustee. The Certificate Trustee hereby represents
and warrants that: 
 (a) the Certificate Trustee is validly existing as a national banking association in good standing under
the laws of the United States; 
 (b) the Certificate Trustee has full power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and
perform this Certificate Indenture and the Basic Documents to which the Certificate Trustee is a party and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery, and performance by it of this Certificate Indenture and such Basic
Documents; and 
 (c) when delivered by the Certificate Trustee, the Certificates will have been duly authenticated by the
Certificate Trustee. 
 Section 6.16 Withholding Taxes; Information Reporting. The Certificate
Trustee, as trustee for the assets of a grantor trust, shall exclude and withhold from each distribution of principal and interest and other amounts due hereunder or under the Certificates any and all withholding taxes applicable thereto as required
by law. The Certificate Trustee agrees that it will act as such withholding agent and, in connection therewith, whenever any present or future taxes or similar charges are required to be withheld with respect to any amounts payable in respect of the
Certificates, to withhold such amounts and timely pay the same to the appropriate authority in the name of and on behalf of the Certificateholders, that it will file any necessary withholding tax returns or statements when due, and that, as promptly
as possible after the payment thereof, it will deliver to each Certificateholder appropriate documentation showing the payment thereof, together with such additional documentary evidence as such Certificateholders may reasonably request from time to
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file any other information reports as it may be required to file with respect to taxes, including by reason of Treasury Regulations 1.671-5. For purposes of reporting on Internal Revenue Service
Form 1041 (and any statement attached thereto), Internal Revenue Service Form 1099 (if applicable) or any successor form thereto, the Certificate Trustee will separately set forth information reported with respect to each Tranche of Certificates.

 Section 6.17 Obligations to Bond Trustees and Delaware Trustee. It is agreed by the parties hereto
that the services of the Bond Trustees and the Delaware Trustee are an essential part of the transactions contemplated hereby. Therefore, to the extent amounts payable under the Fee and Indemnity Agreement to the Bond Trustees and/or the Delaware
Trustee are not paid when due, the payment of such amounts shall be made by the Certificate Trustee and any amounts so paid or to be paid by the Certificate Trustee shall constitute expenses of the Certificate Trustee for which it is entitled to
reimbursement under Section 6.07 of this Certificate Indenture and under Section 1(a) of the Fee and Indemnity Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Delaware Trustee and the Bond Trustees shall not have recourse against the
Certificate Trustee with respect to such amounts except to the extent the Certificate Trustee is reimbursed under the Fee and Indemnity Agreement or realizes against the Collateral under the Bond Indentures or pursuant to any Lien created by the
Statute or the Financing Order with respect to such amounts. 
 Section 6.18 Custody of Trust Property.
The Certificate Trustee shall hold such of the Trust Property (and any other property that may be granted to the Certificate Trustee) as consists of instruments, deposit accounts, securities accounts, negotiable documents, money, goods, letters
of credit, and advices of credit in the State of New York. The Certificate Trustee shall hold such of the Trust Property as constitutes investment property through the Securities Intermediary (which, as of the date hereof, is U.S. Bank National
Association). The initial Securities Intermediary hereby agrees (and each future Securities Intermediary shall agree) with the Certificate Trustee that (a) such investment property shall at all times be credited to a securities account of the
Certificate Trustee, (b) the Securities Intermediary shall treat the Certificate Trustee as entitled to exercise the rights that comprise each financial asset credited to such securities account, (c) all property credited to such
securities account shall be treated as a financial asset, (d) the Securities Intermediary shall comply with entitlement orders originated by the Certificate Trustee without the further consent of any other Person, (e) the Securities
Intermediary will not agree with any Person other than the Certificate Trustee to comply with entitlement orders originated by such other Person, (f) such securities accounts and the property credited thereto shall not be subject to any Lien or
right of set-off in favor of the Securities Intermediary or anyone claiming through it (other than the Certificate Trustee), and (g) such securities accounts shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York. Terms used in the
preceding sentence that are defined in the UCC and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the UCC. Except as permitted by this Section 6.18, or elsewhere in this Certificate Indenture, the Certificate Trustee
shall not hold Trust Property through an agent or a nominee. 
 Section 6.19 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate
Trustee. 
 (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Certificate Indenture, at any time, for the purpose
of meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Property may at the time be located or addressing divergent or conflicting interests among Holders of Certificates of separate Tranches of Certificates as a result
of variations in terms of the respective underlying Bonds of corresponding Tranches, the Certificate Trustee shall have the power and may execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or
separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Property, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, such title to the Trust Property, or any part hereof, and,
subject to the other provisions of this Section 6.19, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Certificate Trustee may consider necessary or desirable in order to meet the legal requirements or to address the divergent
or conflicting interests that led to the appointment of such co-trustee or separate trustee. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 6.08 and no
notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under Section 6.09 hereof. Notice of any appointment shall be promptly given to each Rating Agency by the Certificate Trustee.

 (b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the
following provisions and conditions: 
 (i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon
the Certificate Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Certificate Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act

  
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separately without the Certificate Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed the
Certificate Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Property or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction)
shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Certificate Trustee; 
 (ii) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and 

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

 (c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Certificate Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the
then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Certificate Indenture and the conditions of this Article VI. Each separate
trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Certificate Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein,
subject to all the provisions of this Certificate Indenture, specifically including every provision of this Certificate Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Certificate Trustee. Every such
instrument shall be filed with the Certificate Trustee. 
 (d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the
Certificate Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Certificate Indenture on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or
co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Certificate Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of
a new or successor trustee. 
 ARTICLE VII 
 SUPPLEMENTAL CERTIFICATE INDENTURES 
 Section 7.01 Supplemental
Certificate Indentures Without Consent of Certificateholders. Without the consent of Certificateholders, the Certificate Issuer (with the prior written approval of the Bond Issuers) may, and the Certificate Trustee (subject to
Section 7.03) shall, at any time and from time to time enter into one or more supplemental certificate indenture hereto, in form satisfactory to the Certificate Trustee, for any of the following purposes: 

(a) to add to the covenants of the Certificate Issuer for the benefit of the Certificateholders, or to surrender any right or power
herein conferred upon the Certificate Issuer; 
 (b) to correct or supplement any provision herein or in any supplemental
certificate indenture that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein or in any supplemental certificate indenture or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Certificate Indenture;
provided, however, that any such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Certificateholders; 
 (c) to cure any ambiguity or correct any mistake; or 
 (d) to qualify, if
necessary, this Certificate Indenture (including any supplemental certificate indenture) under the Trust Indenture Act, or under any similar federal statute hereafter enacted, and to add to this Certificate Indenture such other provisions as may be
expressly permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, excluding, however, the provisions referred to in Section 316(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act as in effect at the date as of which this instrument was executed or any corresponding provision in
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 Section 7.02 Supplemental Certificate Indentures With Consent of
Certificateholders. With the consent of the Certificateholders holding Certificates representing not less than a majority of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Certificates of each Tranche affected thereby, by Act of said
Certificateholders delivered to the Certificate Issuer, the Bond Trustees and the Certificate Trustee, the Certificate Issuer (with the prior written approval of the Bond Issuers) may, and the Certificate Trustee (subject to
Section 7.03) shall, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Certificate Indenture or of modifying in
any manner the rights and obligations of the Holders of Certificates of each such Tranche under this Certificate Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental certificate indenture shall, without the consent of the Certificateholder
of each Outstanding Certificate affected thereby: 
 (a) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, any receipt
by the Certificate Trustee of payments on the Bonds of any Bond Issuer or distributions that are required to be made herein on any Certificate, or change any date of payment on any Certificate, or change the place of payment where, or the coin or
currency in which, any Certificate is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment or distribution on or after the Distribution Date, Special Distribution Date or other date specified herein applicable
thereto; 
 (b) permit the disposition of any Bond of any Bond Issuer in the Trust Property except as permitted by this
Certificate Indenture, or otherwise deprive any Holder of Certificates of any Tranche of the benefit of the ownership of the Bonds of any Bond Issuer of the corresponding Tranche in the Trust; 

(c) reduce the percentage of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Certificates of any Tranche that is required for any such
supplemental certificate indenture, or reduce such percentage required for any waiver or consent (of compliance with certain provisions of this Certificate Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this
Certificate Indenture; 
 (d) modify any of the provisions of this Section, except to increase any percentage set forth herein
or to provide that certain other provisions of this Certificate Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Certificate affected thereby; or 

(e) adversely affect the status of the Certificate Issuer as a grantor trust for federal income tax purposes. 

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Certificateholders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed
supplemental certificate indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof. The Certificate Issuer shall give each Rating Agency five Business Days prior written notice of any such proposed supplemental
certificate indenture. Promptly after the execution by the Certificate Issuer and the Certificate Trustee of any supplemental certificate indenture pursuant to this Section 7.02, the Certificate Trustee shall send to the Holders of the
Certificates to which such supplemental certificate indenture relates a copy of such supplemental certificate indenture. Any failure of the Certificate Trustee to send such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or
affect the validity of any such supplemental certificate indenture. 
 Section 7.03 Documents Affecting Immunity or
Indemnity. If in the opinion of the Certificate Trustee any document required to be executed by it pursuant to the terms of Section 7.01 or 7.02 adversely affects any interest, right, duty, immunity or indemnity in
favor of the Certificate Trustee under this Certificate Indenture, the Certificate Trustee may in its discretion decline to execute such document. 
 Section 7.04 Execution of Supplemental Certificate Indentures. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental certificate indenture permitted by
this Article VII or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Certificate Indenture, the Certificate Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
execution of such supplemental certificate indenture is authorized or permitted by this Certificate Indenture and all conditions precedent have been satisfied. 
 Section 7.05 Effect of Supplemental Certificate Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental certificate indenture under this Article VII, this Certificate Indenture
shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental certificate indenture shall form a part of this Certificate Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of any Certificate theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall be bound thereby. 

  
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 Section 7.06 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every
supplemental certificate indenture executed pursuant to this Article VII shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect, so long as this Certificate Indenture shall then be qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act. 
 Section 7.07 Reference in Certificates to Supplemental Certificate Indentures. Certificates
authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental certificate indenture pursuant to this Article may bear a notation in form approved by the Certificate Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental certificate
indenture; and, in such case, suitable notation may be made upon Outstanding Certificates after proper presentation and demand. 

ARTICLE VIII 
 AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS TO BONDS, BOND INDENTURES AND OTHER BASIC DOCUMENTS 
 Section 8.01 Amendments and Supplements to Bonds, Bond Indentures and Other Basic Documents. In the event that the Certificate Issuer or the Certificate Trustee, as holder of the
Bonds of each Tranche in trust for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates of the corresponding Tranche, receives a request for a consent to any amendment, modification, waiver or supplement under the Bonds of any Bond Issuer, any Bond Indenture
or any other Basic Document to which the Certificate Issuer or the Certificate Trustee is a party, the Certificate Issuer shall forward such request for consent to the Certificate Trustee, and the Certificate Trustee shall forthwith send a notice of
such proposed amendment, modification, waiver or supplement, to each Holder of Certificates of such Tranche registered on the Certificate Register as of such date. The Certificate Trustee shall request from such Certificateholders directions as to
(a) whether or not the Certificate Trustee should take or refrain from taking any action that a holder of such Bond has the option to direct, (b) whether or not to give or execute or direct the Certificate Issuer to give or execute any
waivers, consents, amendments, modifications or supplements as a holder of such Bond and (c) how to vote such Bond if a vote has been called for with respect thereto; provided, however, in the case of any change to the terms of, or
modification to, the Bonds of any Bond Issuer, the Certificateholders may not direct any such action to be taken or direct whether or not to give or execute any such waiver, consent, amendment, modification or supplement that is not pursuant to the
original terms of such Bonds, unless the Certificate Trustee obtains an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the Certificate Issuer of independent tax counsel to the effect that after any such action, waiver, consent, amendment, modification or
supplement the Certificate Issuer will continue to be treated as a “grantor trust” for federal income tax purposes. If such a request for Certificateholder direction shall have been made, in directing any action or casting any vote
or giving any consent as the holder of the Bonds of any Bond Issuer, the Certificate Trustee shall vote or consent with respect to such Bonds in the same proportion as the Certificates of the corresponding Tranche were actually voted by Acts of the
Holders thereof delivered to the Certificate Trustee prior to two Business Days before the Certificate Trustee takes such action or casts such vote or gives such consent. 
 ARTICLE IX 
 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE 

Section 9.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Certificate Indenture. This Certificate Indenture shall cease to be
of further effect with respect to the Certificates, and the Certificate Trustee, on reasonable demand of and at the expense of the Certificate Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Certificate
Indenture with respect to the Certificates, upon the distribution to all Holders of Certificates and the Certificate Trustee of all amounts required to be distributed to them pursuant to this Certificate Indenture and the disposition of all property
held as part of the Trust Property. The Certificate Issuer shall pay or provide for the payment of all remaining liabilities of the Certificate Trustee, but solely from amounts payable by the Bond Issuers under the Fee and Indemnity Agreement.

 Notice of any distribution pursuant to the paragraph above shall be mailed promptly by the Certificate Trustee to Holders of
Certificates then outstanding. Such notice shall specify the Distribution Date or Special Distribution Date, as the case may be, upon which the Holders of Certificates may surrender their Certificates to the

  
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Certificate Trustee for payment of the final distribution and cancellation. Such notice shall be mailed (a) if with respect to a final distribution, as soon as practicable following receipt
of notice from a Bond Trustee of a final payment on a corresponding Bond or (b) if with respect to a Special Payment, not earlier than the 60th day and not later than the 20th day next preceding such final distribution. Such notice shall
specify (a) the Distribution Date or Special Distribution Date, as the case may be, upon which the proposed final payment of the Certificates will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Certificates at the office or agency of the
Certificate Trustee therein specified, (b) the amount of any such proposed final payment and (c) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date or the Special Record Date otherwise applicable to such Special
Distribution Date, as the case may be, is not applicable, payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office or agency of the Certificate Trustee therein specified. The Certificate Trustee shall give such
notice to the Certificate Registrar at the time such notice is given to Holders of Certificates. Upon presentation and surrender of such Certificates, the Certificate Trustee shall cause to be distributed to the Holders thereof amounts distributable
thereon on such Distribution Date or Special Distribution Date, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 4.02. 
 In
the event that all of the Holders of Certificates shall not surrender their Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date specified in the above mentioned written notice, the Certificate Trustee shall give a second written notice to
the remaining Holders of such Certificates to surrender their Certificates for cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. In the event that any money held by the Certificate Trustee for the payment of distributions on the
Certificates shall remain unclaimed for two years (or such lesser time as the Certificate Trustee shall be satisfied, after 60 days’ notice from the Certificate Issuer (with the prior written approval of the Bond issuers), is one month prior to
the escheat period provided under applicable law) after the final distribution date with respect thereto, the Certificate Trustee shall pay such money to the Bond Trustees (pro rata based on the initial principal amount of the Bonds issued under
each Bond Indenture) for deposit into the respective collection account of each such Bond Trustee or, if such collection account no longer exists, to the applicable Bond Issuer. The Certificate Trustee or the Bond Issuers shall give written notice
thereof to the Bond Trustees, the Bond Issuers and the Certificate Issuer. 
 ARTICLE X 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
 Section 10.01 Certificates and Bonds Not Obligation of the State of Ohio or Sellers. 
 (a) The Certificate Issuer, as owner of the Bonds, does hereby pledge and agree with the Bond Issuers and the Holders of the Certificates that it will not act in a manner inconsistent with the State
Pledge and will not take any action that would impair any rights of any Bond Issuer or the Holders of the Bonds of any Bond Issuer, the Phase-In-Recovery Property of any Bond Issuer or the Holders of Certificates. The Certificate Issuer hereby
further agrees to treat the Bonds as debt of the Bond Issuers, secured by, among other things, the Phase-In-Recovery Property of any Bond Issuer and the equity of each Bond Issuer on deposit in its Capital Subaccount, for all purposes. 

Each Bond Issuer has represented and warranted to its Bond Trustee, for the benefit of such Bond Issuer’s Bondholders, that it
constitutes an “assignee” under Section 4928.23(B) of the Statute, that the Bonds issued by it constitute “bonds” under Section 4928.23(C) of the Statute, that such Bonds are entitled to the protections provided in
Sections 4928.235 and 4928.2315 of the Statute, and that the Certificate Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, as holder of the Bonds shall be, to the extent permitted by applicable state and federal law, entitled to enforce
such Sections of the Statute. 
 (b) Each Certificate represents a fractional undivided beneficial interest in the Bonds and the
proceeds thereof. The Bonds of a Bond Issuer represent the obligations only of that Bond Issuer and do not represent obligations of any other Bond Issuer. 
 Neither the Certificates nor the Bonds of any Bond Issuer represent an interest in or obligation of the State of Ohio, the PUCO or any political subdivision, governmental agency, authority or
instrumentality of the State of Ohio or the Sellers or any of their respective Affiliates, except for CEI Funding LLC, which is an Affiliate of The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, OE Funding LLC which is an Affiliate of Ohio Edison Company,
and TE Funding LLC, which is an Affiliate of The Toledo Edison Company. None of the Certificates, the Bonds of any Bond Issuer or the underlying Phase-In-Recovery Property of any Bond Issuer will be guaranteed or insured by the State of Ohio, the
PUCO or any political subdivision, or any other governmental agency, authority or instrumentality of the State of Ohio or by the Sellers or any of their respective Affiliates. 

  
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 Neither the full faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State of Ohio or the PUCO, or
any other political subdivision, governmental agency or instrumentality of the State of Ohio is pledged to the payment of the principal of, purchase price of, or interest on, the Certificates or the Bonds of any Bond Issuer, or to the payments in
respect of the Phase-In-Recovery Property of any Bond Issuer, nor are the State of Ohio or the PUCO, or any other political subdivision, governmental agency or instrumentality of the State of Ohio in any manner obligated to make any appropriation
for the payment thereof. 
 Section 10.02 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders. The death or
incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to terminate this Certificate Indenture, the Declaration of Trust or the Certificate Issuer, nor entitle such Certificateholder’s legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to
take any action or commence any proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the Certificate Issuer, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations, and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them. 

Section 10.03 No Recourse to Certificate Issuer. Notwithstanding any provision of this Certificate Indenture or
any supplemental certificate indenture to the contrary, Holders shall have no recourse against the Certificate Trustee or the Certificate Issuer, but shall look only to the Trust Property with respect to any amounts due to the Holders hereunder and
under the Certificates. 
 Section 10.04 Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid. Pursuant to
Section 3803(a) of the Statutory Trust Statute, Certificateholders 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. Certificateholders shall not be personally liable for obligations of the Certificate Issuer, the interests in the Certificate Issuer represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for any losses or expenses of the
Certificate Issuer or for any reason whatsoever, and upon authentication of the Certificates by the Certificate Trustee pursuant to Section 2.04, the Certificates are and shall be deemed fully paid and non-assessable. No
Certificateholder shall have any right (except as expressly provided herein) to vote or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the Trust Property, the Certificate Issuer, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall
anything set forth herein, or contained in the terms of the Certificates, be construed so as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members of an association. 

Section 10.05 Notices. 
 (a) Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, all notices, directions, consents and waivers required under the terms and provisions of this Certificate Indenture shall be in English and in writing,
and any such notice, direction, consent or waiver may be given by United States mail, courier service, facsimile transmission or electronic mail (confirmed by telephone, United States mail or courier service in the case of notice by facsimile
transmission or electronic mail) or any other customary means of communication, and any such notice, direction, consent or waiver shall be effective when delivered, or if mailed, three days after deposit in the United States mail with proper postage
for ordinary mail prepaid, 
 if to the Certificate Issuer, to: 

U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Delaware Trustee 
 for the FirstEnergy Ohio PIRB Special Purpose Trust 2013 
 190 S. LaSalle Street,
7th Floor 
 Mail Code: MK-IL-SL7R 
 Chicago, IL 60603 
 Attention: First Energy Ohio PIRB Special Purpose Trust 2013

 Facsimile: 312-332-7996 
 Telephone: 312-332-7496 
 E-Mail: melissa.rosal@usbank.com 

With a copy to the Administrative Trustee 

  
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 if to the Certificate Trustee, to: 

U.S. Bank National Association 
 190 S. LaSalle Street, 7th Floor 
 Mail Code: MK-IL-SL7R 

Chicago, IL 60603 

Attention: First Energy Ohio PIRB Special Purpose Trust 2013 
 Facsimile: 312-332-7996 
 Telephone: 312-332-7496 

E-Mail: melissa.rosal@usbank.com 
 if to the Delaware Trustee, to: 
 U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as
Delaware Trustee 
 for the FirstEnergy Ohio PIRB Special Purpose Trust 2013 

190 S. LaSalle Street, 7th Floor 
 Mail Code: MK-IL-SL7R 
 Chicago, IL 60603 

Attention: First Energy Ohio PIRB Special Purpose Trust 2013 
 Facsimile: 312-332-7996 
 Telephone: 312-332-7496 

E-Mail: melissa.rosal@usbank.com 
 if to the CEI Bond Issuer, to: 
  

					
	CEI Funding LLC	 	
		
	  
	 	
	  
	 	
	  
	 	
	  
	 	
	Attention:	 	  
	 	
	Facsimile:	 	  
	 	
	Telephone:	 	  
	 	

 if to the OE Bond Issuer, to: 

 

					
	OE Funding LLC	 	
		
	  
	 	
	  
	 	
	  
	 	
	  
	 	
	Attention:	 	  
	 	
	Facsimile:	 	  
	 	
	Telephone:	 	  
	 	

 if to the TE Bond Issuer, to: 

 

					
	TE Funding LLC	 	
		
	  
	 	
	  
	 	
	  
	 	
	  
	 	
	Attention:	 	  
	 	
	Facsimile:	 	  
	 	
	Telephone:	 	  
	 	

  
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 if to the Bond Trustee (for the respective Bond Issuers), to: 

U.S. Bank National Association 
 190 S. LaSalle Street, 7th Floor 
 Mail Code: MK-IL-SL7R 

Chicago, IL 60603 

Attention: First Energy Ohio PIRB Special Purpose Trust 2013 
 Facsimile: 312-332-7996 
 Telephone: 312-332-7496 

E-Mail: melissa.rosal@usbank.com 
 if to the Rating Agencies, to: 
 Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services

 55 Water Street 
 New York, New York 10041 
 Attention: Structured Credit Surveillance 

E-mail: servicer-report@standardandpoors.com 
 Telephone: (212) 438-8991 
 and 

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. 
 25th Floor, 7
World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich 
 New York, New York 10007 

Attention: ABS/RMBS Monitoring Department 
 E-mail: ServicerReports@moodys.com 
 and 

Fitch Ratings 

One State Street Plaza 
 New York, New York 10004 
 Attention: ABS Surveillance 

Telephone: 212-908-0500 
 Facsimile: 212-908-0355 
 (b) The Certificate Issuer, the Certificate Trustee, the
Bond Issuers or the Bond Trustees, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications. 
 (c) Any notice or communication to Certificateholders shall be mailed by first-class mail to the addresses for each Certificateholder shown on the Certificate Register kept by the Certificate Registrar.
Failure so to mail a notice or communication or any defect in such notice or communication shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Certificateholders. 
 (d) If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

  
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 (e) If the Certificate Issuer mails a notice or communication to the Certificateholders, it
shall mail a copy to the Certificate Trustee, to each Paying Agent and to the Bond Issuers at the same time. 
 (f)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, all communications or notices to the Certificate Trustee shall be deemed to be given only when received by a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Trustee. 

Section 10.06 Governing Law. THIS CERTIFICATE INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
DOMESTIC LAW OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAW. 

Section 10.07 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this
Certificate Indenture shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Certificate Indenture and
shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Certificate Indenture, or of the Certificates or the rights of the Certificateholders thereof. 

Section 10.08 Conflict With Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with
another provision hereof that is required to be included in this Certificate Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control. 

The provisions of Sections 310 through 317 of the Trust Indenture Act that impose duties on any Person (including the provisions
automatically deemed included herein unless expressly excluded by this Certificate Indenture) are a part of and govern this Certificate Indenture, whether or not physically contained herein. 

Section 10.09 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings herein and in the Table of
Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. 
 Section 10.10 Successors and
Assigns; Delegation. 
 (a) All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties in this Certificate
Indenture by the Certificate Trustee and the Certificate Issuer shall bind and, to the extent permitted hereby, shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. 

(b) No party to this Certificate Indenture shall assign or delegate this Certificate Indenture or all or any part of its rights or
obligations hereunder to any Person without the prior written consent of the other parties. 
 Section 10.11 Benefits
of Certificate Indenture. Nothing in this Certificate Indenture or in the Certificates, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, the Certificateholders and, to the extent
provided herein, the Bond Issuers, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Certificate Indenture. 
 Section 10.12 Legal Holidays. In any case where any date for any distribution in respect of any Certificate shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of
this Certificate Indenture) payment need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such first date, and no interest shall accrue during the intervening period.

 Section 10.13 Counterparts. For the purpose of facilitating the execution of this Certificate
Indenture and for other purposes, this Certificate Indenture 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 but one and the
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 Section 10.14 The Delaware Trustee. Each Certificateholder by accepting
the Certificates, shall be deemed to acknowledge and agree subject to the proviso below, that (a) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein made on the part of the Certificate Issuer, is made and intended not as personal
representations, undertakings and agreements by U.S. Bank Trust National Association but is made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Certificate Issuer, (b) nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any liability of
U.S. Bank Trust National Association, individually or personally, to perform any covenant of the Certificate Issuer either expressed or implied contained herein, all such liability, if any, deemed waived and (c) under no circumstances shall
U.S. Bank Trust National Association be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Certificate Issuer or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by
the Certificate Issuer under this Certificate Indenture or the Certificates. 
 Section 10.15 Certificate Issuer
Obligation. No recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Certificate Issuer or the Certificate Trustee on the Certificates or under this Certificate Indenture or any certificate or other
writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against (i) any settlor of the Certificate Issuer, the Certificate Trustee or the Delaware Trustee or (ii) any shareholder, partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or
employee of the Certificate Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or any settlor of the Certificate Issuer in its respective individual capacity, or of any successor or assign of any of them in their respective individual or corporate capacities, except as
any such Person may have expressly agreed in writing. Each Certificateholder by accepting a Certificate specifically confirms the non recourse nature of these obligations and waives and releases all such liability. These waivers and releases are
part of the consideration for issuance of the Certificates. 
 Section 10.16 No Petition. The
Certificate Trustee, by entering into this Certificate Indenture, and each Certificateholder, by accepting a Certificate (or interest therein) issued hereunder, hereby covenants and agrees that they shall not, prior to the date which is one year and
one day after the termination of this Certificate Indenture, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Certificate Issuer or the Delaware Trustee under the Declaration of Trust to invoke the process of any court or government authority
for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Certificate Issuer under any insolvency law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Certificate Issuer or any
substantial part of the Trust Property, or ordering the dissolution, winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Certificate Issuer. Nothing in this paragraph shall preclude, or be deemed to estop, such Certificateholder or the Certificate
Trustee (A) from taking or omitting to take any action prior to such date in (i) any case or proceeding voluntarily filed or commenced by or on behalf of the Certificate Issuer under or pursuant to any such law or (ii) any involuntary
case or proceeding pertaining to the Certificate Issuer which is filed or commenced by or on behalf of a Person other than such Certificateholder and is not joined in by such Certificateholder (or any Person to which such holder shall have assigned,
transferred or otherwise conveyed any part of the obligations of the Certificate Issuer hereunder) under or pursuant to any such law, or (B) from commencing or prosecuting any legal action which is not an involuntary case or proceeding under or
pursuant to any such law against the Certificate Issuer or any of its properties. 
 Section 10.17 Trustee
Capacities; Affiliated Parties. Each of the Certificateholders by accepting the Certificates, shall be deemed to acknowledge and consent to U.S. Bank Trust National Association acting in the capacity of Delaware Trustee and U.S. Bank
National Association acting in the capacities of Bond Trustee and Certificate Trustee. 
 Section 10.18 Waiver of
Jury Trial. EACH OF THE CERTIFICATE ISSUER AND THE CERTIFICATE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO THIS CERTIFICATE INDENTURE, THE CERTIFICATES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. 
 Section 10.19 Rule 17g-5
Compliance. 
 (a) The Certificate Trustee agrees that any notice, report, request for satisfaction of the Rating
Agency Condition, document or other information provided by the Certificate Trustee to any Rating Agency under this Certificate Indenture or any other Basic Document to which it is a party for the purpose of determining the initial credit rating of
the Certificates or undertaking credit rating surveillance of the Certificates shall be provided, substantially concurrently, to the Servicers for posting on a password-protected website (the “17g-5 Website”). The Servicers shall be
responsible for posting all of the information on the 17g-5 Website. 

  
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 (b) The Certificate Trustee will not be responsible for creating or maintaining the 17g-5
Website, posting any information to the 17g-5 Website or assuring that that the 17g-5 Website complies with the requirements of this Certificate Indenture, Rule 17g-5 or any other law or regulation. In no event shall the Certificate Trustee be
deemed to make any representation in respect of the content of the 17g-5 Website or compliance by the 17g-5 Website with this Certificate Indenture, Rule 17g-5 or any other law or regulation. The Certificate Trustee shall have no obligation to
engage in or respond to any oral communications with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, any transaction documents relating hereto or in any way relating to the Certificates or for the purposes of determining the initial credit rating
of the Certificates or undertaking credit rating surveillance of the Certificates with any Rating Agency or any of its respective officers, directors or employees. The Certificate Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for the dissemination of
any identification numbers or passwords for the 17g-5 Website, including by the Servicers, the Rating Agencies, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”), any of their respective agents or any other party.
Additionally, the Certificate Trustee shall not be liable for the use of the information posted on the 17g-5 Website, whether by the Servicers, the Rating Agencies, an NRSRO or any other third party that may gain access to the 17g-5 Website or the
information posted thereon. 

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

			
	FirstEnergy Ohio PIRB Special Purpose Trust 2013
		
	By:	 	U.S. Bank Trust National Association,
		 	not in its individual capacity but solely as Delaware Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	  

	Title:	 	  

	
	U.S. Bank National Association
	as Certificate Trustee and Securities Intermediary
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	  

	Title:	 	  

 EXHIBIT A 
 FORM OF CERTIFICATE 
 REGISTERED $[        ]

 NO. [    ] 
 FIRSTENERGY OHIO PIRB SPECIAL PURPOSE TRUST 2013 
 TRANCHE
[    ] 
 PASS-THROUGH TRUST CERTIFICATE 

 

							
	 INTEREST RATE
	 	 SCHEDULED FINAL
DISTRIBUTION DATE
	 	 FINAL MATURITY DATE
	 	 CUSIP

 REGISTERED OWNER: Cede & Co. 
 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION
(“DTC”), TO THE TRUST OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 
 THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NO RECOURSE TO THE
TRUST (AS DEFINED BELOW) AND AGREES TO LOOK ONLY TO THE TRUST PROPERTY, AS DESCRIBED IN THE CERTIFICATE INDENTURE, FOR PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNTS DUE HEREUNDER. ALL OBLIGATIONS OF THE TRUST OF THIS TRANCHE [    ] CERTIFICATE UNDER
THE TERMS OF THE CERTIFICATE INDENTURE WILL BE RELEASED AND DISCHARGED UPON PAYMENT IN FULL HEREOF OR AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THE CERTIFICATE INDENTURE. THE HOLDER OF THIS TRANCHE [    ] CERTIFICATE HEREBY COVENANTS AND AGREES
THAT PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS ONE (1) YEAR AND ONE (1) DAY AFTER THE PAYMENT IN FULL OF THE TRANCHE [    ] CERTIFICATES, IT WILL NOT INSTITUTE AGAINST, OR JOIN ANY OTHER PERSON IN INSTITUTING AGAINST, THE TRUST ANY
BANKRUPTCY, REORGANIZATION, ARRANGEMENT, INSOLVENCY OR LIQUIDATION PROCEEDINGS OR OTHER SIMILAR PROCEEDING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL PRECLUDE, OR BE DEEMED TO ESTOP, SUCH
HOLDER (A) FROM TAKING OR OMITTING TO TAKE ANY ACTION PRIOR TO SUCH DATE IN (I) ANY CASE OR PROCEEDING VOLUNTARILY FILED OR COMMENCED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE TRUST UNDER OR PURSUANT TO ANY SUCH LAW OR (II) ANY INVOLUNTARY CASE OR PROCEEDING
PERTAINING TO THE TRUST WHICH IS FILED OR COMMENCED BY OR ON BEHALF OF A PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH HOLDER AND IS NOT JOINED IN BY SUCH HOLDER (OR ANY PERSON TO WHICH SUCH HOLDER SHALL HAVE ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE CONVEYED ANY PART OF THE
OBLIGATIONS OF THE TRUST HEREUNDER) UNDER OR PURSUANT TO ANY SUCH LAW, OR (B) FROM COMMENCING OR PROSECUTING ANY LEGAL ACTION WHICH IS NOT AN INVOLUNTARY CASE OR PROCEEDING UNDER OR PURSUANT TO ANY SUCH LAW AGAINST THE TRUST OR ANY OF ITS
PROPERTIES. 
 Each Holder of a Certificate, by acceptance of a Certificate, covenants and agrees that no recourse may be taken,
directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Bond Issuer or the Bond Trustee on the Bonds or under the Bond Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection therewith, against (i) any owner of a limited
liability company interest in the Bond Issuer or (ii) any shareholder, partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of the Bond Trustee, the managers of the Bond Issuer or any owner of a limited liability company interest
in the Bond Issuer in its respective individual capacity, or of any successor or assign of any of them in their respective individual or corporate capacities, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed in writing. 

  
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 This Certificate evidences a fractional undivided beneficial interest in the bonds issued by
CEI Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, OE Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and TE Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “Bonds”), and the other Trust Property, held by
a trust or registered assigns, as more fully described herein. The Bonds of a Bond Issuer represent the obligations only of that Bond Issuer, and do not represent obligations of any other Bond Issuer. 

This Certificate does not represent an interest in or obligation of the State of Ohio, the PUCO or any political subdivision,
governmental agency, authority or instrumentality of the State of Ohio or The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, Ohio Edison Company or The Toledo Edison Company. None of the Certificates, the Underlying Bonds or the underlying
Phase-In-Recovery Property will be guaranteed or insured by the State of Ohio, the PUCO or any political subdivision, or any other governmental agency, authority or instrumentality of the State of Ohio or by the Sellers or any of their respective
Affiliates. 
 Neither the full faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State of Ohio, or the PUCO, or any other political
subdivision, governmental agency or instrumentality of the State of Ohio is pledged to the payment of the principal of, purchase price of, or interest on, the Certificates or the Bonds, or to the payments in respect of the Phase-In-Recovery Property
of any Bond Issuer, nor are the State of Ohio or the PUCO, or any other political subdivision, governmental agency or instrumentality of the State of Ohio in any manner obligated to make any appropriation for the payment thereof. 

To the extent not otherwise defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Certificate
Indenture. 
 THIS CERTIFIES THAT CEDE & CO., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company, for value received, is the
registered owner of a Principal Amount (stated above) of nonassessable, fully-paid, fractional undivided beneficial interest in the Bonds and other Trust Property held by FirstEnergy Ohio PIRB Special Purpose Trust 2013 (the
“Trust”) or registered assigns. The Trust has been continued pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated as of [            ] [    ],
2013 (the “Declaration of Trust”) by U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Delaware Trustee (the “Delaware Trustee”), the Bond Issuers, acting jointly as settlors thereunder, and the Administrative Trustee. This
Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions, and conditions of, a Certificate Indenture dated as of [            ] [    ], 2013 (the
“Certificate Indenture”), by and among U.S. Bank National Association, as certificate trustee (the “Certificate Trustee”), and the Trust, a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth below.
This Certificate is one of the duly authorized Tranche of Certificates designated as “FirstEnergy Ohio PIRB Special Purpose Trust 2013 Pass-Through Trust Certificates, Tranche [    ]” (herein called the
“Tranche [    ] Certificates”). The Tranche [    ] Certificates are one of a Tranche of Certificates issued under the Certificate Indenture (such Tranche [    ]
Certificates, together with other Tranches of Certificates issued on the date hereof under the Certificate Indenture being herein called the “Certificates”). The holder of this Certificate (the “Holder”), by virtue
of its acceptance hereof, assents and agrees to be bound by the terms of the Certificate Indenture and the Declaration of Trust. This Tranche [    ] Certificate represents a fractional undivided beneficial interest in the Bonds
issued by CEI Funding LLC, as CEI Bond Issuer, OE Funding LLC, as OE Bond Issuer, and TE Funding LLC, as TE Bond Issuer, together with the payments on and proceeds of the Bonds and other Trust Property. Except for the payments of principal on the
Bonds of any Bond Issuer as a result of an Event of Default under that Bond Issuer’s Bond Indenture or upon the Final Maturity Date, in which case such principal payments will be paid on the Bonds pro rata based on the respective outstanding
principal amount of the Bonds of each Tranche of that Bond Issuer, this Tranche [    ] Certificate will receive payments received by the Trust on the corresponding tranche of Bonds of each Bond Issuer. The Bonds are secured by a
security interest in the property right created under the Statute, pursuant to the order of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, (the “PUCO”), issued October 10, 2012, as amended by the entry on rehearing issued by the PUCO
on December 19, 2012 and as further amended by the entry nunc pro tunc issued by the PUCO on January 9, 2013 (the “Financing Order”), representing the irrevocable right of each of The Cleveland Electric Illuminating
Company, Ohio Edison Company or The Toledo Edison Company or their assignees (i.e., the Bond Issuers) to receive a certain nonbypassable charge (as adjusted from time to time) from certain retail customers of The Cleveland Electric Illuminating
Company’s, Ohio Edison Company’s or The Toledo Edison Company’s respective distribution systems, together with certain related collateral, all as more fully described in the Bond Indentures. 

  
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 The aggregate principal amount of all Certificates of all Tranches issued under the
Certificate Indenture equals the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds of all Tranches of the Bond Issuers, and all such Certificates are and will be equally secured by the pledge and covenants made therein, except as otherwise expressly provided
or permitted in the Certificate Indenture. 
 Subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Certificate Indenture, there
will be distributed on each [            ] and [            ] of each year or, if any such day is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day (each, a “Distribution Date”), commencing on [            ], 2013 to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of
business on the last Business Day immediately preceding the related Distribution Date or, if Definitive Certificates are issued, the last day of the immediately preceding calendar month (each, a “Record Date”), such Holder’s
share of the payments made on the corresponding Tranche of Bonds of each Bond Issuer due on the related Payment Date, the receipt of which has been confirmed by the Certificate Trustee. Subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Certificate
Indenture, in the event that a Special Payment on a corresponding Tranche of Bonds of a Bond Issuer is received by the Certificate Trustee, from funds then available to the Certificate Trustee, there will be distributed on the applicable Special
Distribution Date, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered on the Record Date preceding the Special Distribution Date, as applicable, such Holder’s share of such amount. The Special Distribution Date will be determined as
provided in the Certificate Indenture. The Certificate Trustee will mail notice of each Special Payment and the related Special Distribution Date to the Holder as provided in the Certificate Indenture. 

Distributions on this Certificate will be made as provided in the Certificate Indenture by the Certificate Trustee by wire transfer or
check mailed to the Holder of record in the Certificate Register without the presentation or surrender of this Certificate or the making of any notation hereon, except that with respect to Certificates registered on the Record Date in the name of
the nominee of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payments will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate
Indenture and notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Certificate Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office of the Paying Agent or the office or agency maintained for that purpose by the Certificate Trustee in The City of New York. 
 The Trust, as owner of the Bonds, has pledged and agreed with the Bond Issuers and the Holders of the Certificates that it will not act in a manner inconsistent with the State Pledge and will not take any
action that would impair any rights of any Bond Issuer or the holders of the Bonds of any Bond Issuer, the Phase-In-Recovery Property of any Bond Issuer or the Holders of Certificates. 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall
for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 Unless the certificate of authentication hereon shall
have been executed by an authorized officer of the Certificate Trustee by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Certificate Indenture or any other Basic Document or be valid for any purpose. 

THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOMESTIC LAW OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO
ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAW. 
 Any reduction in the principal amount of any Certificate effected by any distribution in respect of principal thereof shall be binding upon all Holders of such Certificate and of any Certificate issued
upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange thereof or in lieu thereof, whether or not noted thereon. 
 It is
expressly agreed and understood by the parties hereto that (a) this Certificate is executed by U.S. Bank Trust National Association and authenticated and delivered by U.S. Bank National Association, not individually or personally but solely as
Delaware Trustee and Certificate Trustee, respectively, on behalf of the Trust in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in them, (b) the representations, undertakings and

  
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agreements herein made by the Delaware Trustee and Certificate Trustee on behalf of the Trust are made and intended not as personal representations, undertakings and agreements of either trustee,
but are made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Trust, (c) nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any liability on U.S. Bank Trust National Association or U.S. Bank National Association, individually or
personally, to perform any covenant either expressed or implied herein, except in their capacity as Delaware Trustee and Certificate Trustee, respectively, all such liability being expressly waived by all Persons, and (d) under no circumstances
shall U.S. Bank Trust National Association or U.S. Bank National Association be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Trust, or be personally liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation,
warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Trust under the Certificate Indenture. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Delaware Trustee on behalf of the Trust has caused this Certificate
to be duly executed. 
  

					
	FIRSTENERGY OHIO PIRB SPECIAL PURPOSE TRUST 2013
		
	By:	 	U.S. Bank Trust National Association,
		 	not in its individual capacity but solely as Delaware Trustee
			
		 	By:	 	  

		 	Name:	 	  

		 	Title:	 	  

 CERTIFICATE TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

[FORM OF REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE] 
 Date: [            ] 

This is one of the Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Certificate Indenture. 

U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Trustee 

 

			
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	  

	Title:	 	  

 [FORM OF REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE] 

The Certificates are limited in right of payment, all as more specifically set forth on the face hereof and in the Certificate Indenture.
All payments or distributions made to Holders under the Certificate Indenture shall be made only from the Trust Property and only to the extent that the Certificate Trustee shall have sufficient income or proceeds from the Trust Property to make
such payments in accordance with the terms of the Certificate Indenture. Each Holder, by its acceptance hereof, agrees that it will look solely to the income and proceeds from the Trust Property to the extent available for distribution to such
Holder as provided in the Certificate Indenture. Subject to the limitations and exceptions set forth on the face hereof and in the Certificate Indenture, amounts paid to the Holders under the Certificate Indenture shall be allocated to principal on
the Certificates to the extent such amounts represented principal payments on the Bonds of the corresponding Tranche of each Bond Issuer and shall be allocated to interest on the Certificates to the extent such amounts represented interest on the
Bonds of the corresponding Tranche of each Bond Issuer. This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Certificate Indenture and reference is made to the Certificate Indenture for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits,
obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby. A copy of the Certificate Indenture may be examined during normal business hours at the principal office of the Certificate Trustee, and at such other places, if any, designated by the Certificate
Trustee, by any Holder upon request. 
 The Certificate Indenture permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights of the Holders under the Certificate Indenture at any time by the Trust and the Certificate Trustee with the consent of the Holders holding Certificates representing not less than a majority of
the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Certificates of each affected Tranche issued by the Trust. Any such amendment or modification adopted in accordance with the Certificate Indenture shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future
Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Certificate Indenture also permits the amendment
thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates. 
 As provided in the
Certificate Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the offices or agencies
maintained by the Certificate Trustee in its capacity as Certificate Registrar, or by any successor Certificate Registrar, in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Certificate Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of authorized denominations and the same
Tranche evidencing the same aggregate fractional undivided beneficial interest in the Bonds will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 
 The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without coupons in Minimum Denominations of $100,000 Original Principal Amount or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, except for
one Certificate of each Tranche which may be of a smaller denomination. As provided in the Certificate Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new Certificates of authorized denominations and
the same Tranche evidencing the same aggregate fractional undivided beneficial interest in the Bonds, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. 
 The Holder, by purchase of this certificate, will be deemed to represent that such purchase will not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and, in each case, the rules and regulations thereunder. 

Each Certificateholder, by acceptance of a Certificate, covenants and agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with
respect to the obligations of the Certificate Issuer or the Certificate Trustee on the Certificates or under the Certificate Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection therewith, against (i) any settlor of the
Certificate Issuer, the Certificate Trustee or the Delaware Trustee or (ii) any shareholder, partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of the Certificate Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or any settlor of the Certificate
Issuer in its respective individual capacity, or of any successor or assign of any of them in their respective individual or corporate capacities, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed in writing. 

 No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Certificate Trustee shall require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge payable in connection therewith. 
 The Certificate Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of the Certificate Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, and neither the Certificate Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, nor any such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. 
 The obligations and responsibilities created by the Certificate Indenture shall terminate with respect to the Certificates upon the distribution to the Holders of all amounts required to be distributed to
them pursuant to the Certificate Indenture and the disposition of all property held as part of the Trust Property, except certain indemnity obligations of the Bond Issuers to the Certificate Trustee under the Fee and Indemnity Agreement.

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