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EXHIBIT 10.2

PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND ESCROW INSTRUCTIONS

     THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND ESCROW INSTRUCTIONS (“Agreement”) is made and effective as of the
date Seller executes this Agreement (“Effective Date”), by and between NNN 3500 Maple VF 2003,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Seller”), and NNN 3500 Maple, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“Buyer”), with reference to the facts set forth below. All terms with initial
capital letters not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Defined Terms
attached hereto as Exhibit “B” and incorporated herein.

RECITALS

     A. Seller purchased an undivided tenant in common interest in that certain real property,
commonly known as 3500 Maple located in Dallas, Texas, as more particularly described in Exhibit
“A” attached hereto and incorporated herein and all the improvements situated thereon (“Property”).

     B. Seller desires to sell an undivided interest in the Property to Buyer, and Buyer desires to
buy an undivided interest in the Property from Seller, on the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement.

     C. The Property is subject to the Deed of Trust and the other Loan Documents. Buyer shall
assume or acquire the Property subject to the Deed of Trust and the other Loan Documents.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements set forth herein and for other
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties
agree as set forth below.

     1. Agreement of Purchase and Sale.

          1.1 Purchase, Sale and Purchase Price. In consideration of the covenants herein
contained, Seller hereby agrees to sell, and Buyer hereby agrees to purchase, a 9.75% undivided
tenancy in common interest in the Property (the “Interest”) at a purchase price (“Purchase Price”)
equal to $6,532,500, of which $1,950,000 shall be Cash paid into Escrow and $4,582,500 shall be
assumption of the Loan on a joint and several basis (based on a total Purchase Price of $670,000,
being $200,000 of equity and $470,000 of assumed debt for each one percent (1%) undivided interest
in the Property to be acquired).

	 	 	 	 	 
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	Seller’s Initials

	 	 	 	Buyer’s Initials

          1.2 Payment. Buyer shall pay the Purchase Price as follows:

               1.2.1 Buyer’s Deposit. Buyer will be required, within five (5) days of executing and
returning the Purchase Agreement and Escrow Instructions, to submit $1.00 of Buyer’s equity
investment (“Buyers Deposit”). Upon Opening of Escrow, Buyer’s Deposit shall be placed by Escrow
Agent in a non-interest bearing account. However, Buyer’s Deposit may be retained by the Manager
(together with interest accrued thereon) as liquidated damages in accordance with Section 6.1.
Buyer shall not receive any interest on Buyer’s Deposit unless and until Seller accepts Buyer’s
offer and the Opening of Escrow occurs.

               1.2.2 Cash Portion of the Purchase Price. Buyer shall deposit into Escrow the cash
portion of the Purchase Price (“Cash Portion”), plus the amount, if any, required of Buyer under
Section 4 or any other provision of this Agreement, at least five (5) Business Days before the
Close of Escrow.

               1.2.3 Note and Deed of Trust. With respect to the remaining balance of the Purchase
Price (“Loan Portion”), Buyer shall assume or take the Interest subject to the Deed of Trust and
the other Loan Documents pursuant to the Loan Assumption Documents. In the event Buyer takes title
subject to the loan, Buyer and Seller are aware that terms and conditions contained in said
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full and/or modification of terms and conditions therein in the event of sale or transfer of
subject property to another entity, and therefore the parties do jointly and individually, hold
escrow holder free of any and all liability whatsoever with respect to these instructions if any
controversy regarding same should arise at any future date. Within five (5) days after Seller’s
request, Buyer shall submit applications, financial information and other items required by the
Lender in connection with Buyer’s assumption of the Loan Documents.

          1.3 Buyer’s Deliveries. Concurrently with delivery of Buyer’s Deposit or as soon
thereafter as requested by Seller, Buyer shall execute, acknowledge (where appropriate) and deposit
into Escrow such other documents as may be required by the Transaction Documents or requested by
the Lender or Escrow Agent.

     2. Opening and Close of Escrow.

          2.1 Opening of Escrow. Upon execution of this Agreement by Seller, Buyer and Seller
shall open Escrow by depositing with Escrow Agent a fully executed original of this Agreement for
use as escrow instructions. Escrow Agent shall execute the Consent of Escrow Agent at the end of
this Agreement and deliver a fully executed consent to Buyer and Seller. If there is any
inconsistency between the provisions of the General Conditions and this Agreement, the provisions
of this Agreement shall control. Buyer and Seller agree to execute additional escrow instructions
not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement if reasonably required by Escrow Agent.

          2.2 Seller’s Deliveries. Prior to the Close of Escrow, Seller shall execute,
acknowledge (where appropriate) and deposit into Escrow applicable certificates regarding federal
and state withholding taxes, a grant deed (“Grant Deed”) in the appropriate form conveying the
Interest to Buyer, a general assignment (the “General Assignment”) of all leases, contracts and
intangibles in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “C”, and a bill of sale, conveying Seller’s
personal property in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “D.”

          2.3 Close of Escrow. Escrow shall close on or before October 31, 2006 by: (i) filing
for record the Grant Deed, the Loan Assumption Documents and such other documents as may be
necessary to procure Buyer’s Title Policy (as defined below) and (ii) delivering funds, the General
Assignment and other documents as set forth in Section 5 IF AND ONLY IF (a) all funds and
instruments required pursuant to Sections 1 and 2 have been delivered to Escrow Agent; and (b) each
of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 has been, or upon such closing shall be,
satisfied or waived as provided in Section 3. Escrow Agent is instructed to insert the Closing
Date as the date of the Grant Deed and the other Transaction Documents.

          2.4 Latest Closing. If Escrow has not closed by 5:00 p.m. on the Business Day after
the Closing Date, for any reason other than the default of either Buyer or Seller under this
Agreement, either party who is not then in default may terminate Escrow and this Agreement by
written notice to the other party and to Escrow Agent. If this Agreement is so terminated for any
reason other than the default of Buyer or Seller hereunder, (i) Buyer and Seller shall promptly
execute and deliver any cancellation instructions reasonably requested by Escrow Agent; (ii) Escrow
Agent shall return Buyer’s Deposit (and all interest accrued thereon) to Buyer; and (iii) Buyer and
Seller shall be released from their obligations under this Agreement, other than any obligations of
Buyer that survive termination of this Agreement. If all conditions to the Close of Escrow have
been satisfied or waived by the Closing Date and Buyer fails to close Escrow, Seller shall, in
addition to any other rights or remedies which Seller may have, be entitled to retain Buyer’s
Deposit pursuant to Section 6 and to terminate this Agreement and, upon such termination, Seller
shall be released from all obligations under this Agreement.

     3. Conditions to Closing.

          3.1 Closing Conditions. This Agreement and the obligations of the parties hereunder
are subject to satisfaction or waiver (by the party in whose favor the condition precedent has been
established) of all the conditions precedent set forth below.

               3.1.1 Review of Preliminary Report. Prior to the date hereof, Seller has reviewed on
behalf of the Buyer and approved the Preliminary Report, the Permitted Exceptions and copies of all
recorded documents described in the Preliminary Report. If any new exceptions to title appear of
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Date, Escrow Agent shall deliver to Seller and Buyer a supplemental preliminary report
(“Supplemental Report”) issued by Title Company, together with legible copies of all recorded
documents. Buyer shall have three (3) Business Days to review and deliver to Seller and Escrow
Agent notice of approval or disapproval of any Supplemental Report; provided, however, that Buyer
shall not unreasonably withhold its approval of any items, including, without limitation,
easements, rights-of-way and other matters which do not have a material and adverse impact on the
value of the Interest. Buyer’s failure to deliver notice of disapproval shall be deemed to be
Buyer’s approval of any Supplemental Report. If Buyer delivers notice of disapproval and Seller
elects in its sole discretion to do so, within five (5) Business Days of the delivery of Buyer’s
notice, Seller may elect by written notice to Buyer to remove (or otherwise cure in a manner
reasonably satisfactory to Buyer) any disapproved items at or prior to the Closing Date. If Seller
does not deliver such written notice to Buyer, Seller shall be deemed to have elected not to remove
(or otherwise cure) the disapproved items. If Seller elects not to remove any such item(s), Buyer
may either waive its prior disapproval or terminate this Agreement by delivering a written notice
of termination to Seller within three (3) Business Days after Seller’s election. If Buyer does not
elect to terminate this Agreement as provided above, Buyer shall be deemed to have waived its
disapproval. If Buyer so delivers notice of its election to terminate this Agreement, then this
Agreement shall terminate as provided in Section 2.4 above.

               3.1.2 Title Insurance. The Title Company shall be unconditionally committed to issue,
immediately following recording of the Grant Deed, a customary policy of title insurance (“Title
Policy”), with liability in the amount of the Purchase Price and insuring fee title to the Interest
vested in Buyer. Buyer shall take title to the Interest subject to the Permitted Exceptions.

               3.1.3 Intentionally deleted. 

          3.2 Failure of Conditions Precedent. Sections 3.1.1 and 3.1.2 are for Buyer’s benefit
and may only be waived by Buyer. Section 3.1.3 is for the mutual benefit of the parties and may
only be waived by both Seller and Buyer. If any of the foregoing conditions precedent are neither
satisfied nor waived by the Closing Date, then either party, if not then in default hereunder, may
terminate the Escrow and this Agreement in accordance with Section 2.4.

          3.3 Rescission Rights. Buyer may terminate this Agreement and obtain a return of
Buyer’s Deposit if he receives from the Manager, subsequent to the date hereof, an environmental
assessment, an engineering report, or Loan Documents for the Property or modifications or
amendments of any of the Transaction Documents that, in Buyer’s sole reasonable discretion,
contains information that shows that the purchase of Interests is not appropriate for Buyer. Any
such termination notice shall be given within three (3) days after receipt of the applicable
document or will be deemed waived.

     4. Prorations, Fees and Costs.

          4.1 Prorations. All prorations of taxes, rental payments, other expenses or reserves
between Seller and Buyer shall be made subsequent to the sale.

          4.2 Buyer’s Fees and Costs. Buyer will pay: (a) Escrow Agent’s Escrow fee for the
sale of the Interest, (b) all document-drafting and recording charges, (c) a loan fee in the amount
of one percent (1%) of the Loan Portion of the Purchase Price (the “Loan Fee”) and other lender
related charges, including processing and legal fees, if any, (d) the cost of the Title Policy and
any title endorsements Buyer requests from the Title Company, and (e) City/County Documentary
Transfer Tax or similar charges in the amount Escrow Agent determines to be required by law. In
addition, Buyer will credit Seller for other costs incurred by Seller. The total fees, costs and
credit from Buyer will be approximately $200,000 and are to be determined on the Closing Date. Any
final True Up between Buyer and Seller will take place after the Closing Date and outside of
escrow.

          4.3 Escrow Cancellation and Title Charges. If Escrow fails to close due to Buyer’s
default under this Agreement, Buyer shall pay all escrow cancellation and title charges. If Escrow
fails to close for any other reason other than the foregoing, Seller shall pay any escrow
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     5. Distribution of Funds and Documents.

          5.1 Deposit of Funds. After the Opening of Escrow, all cash, if any, received
hereunder by Escrow Agent shall, until the Close of Escrow, be kept on deposit with other escrow
funds in Escrow Agent’s general escrow account(s), in any state or national bank, and may be
transferred to any other such general escrow account(s).

          5.2 Disbursements. Escrow Agent at the Close of Escrow will hold for personal pickup,
or if requested, wire transfer to an account designated by the party receiving such funds, the
following: (i) to Seller, or order, the Cash Portion of the Purchase Price, plus any proration or
other credits to which Seller will be entitled less any appropriate proration or other charges due
Buyer, (ii) to Seller or Lender, the Loan Fee and (iii) to Buyer, or order, Buyer’s Deposit and any
excess funds previously delivered to Escrow Agent by Buyer. All other disbursements by Escrow
Agent shall be made by checks of Escrow Agent.

          5.3 Recorded Documents. Escrow Agent will cause the County or City Recorder to mail
the Grant Deed (and each other document which is herein expressed to be, or by general usage is,
recorded) after recordation, to the grantee, beneficiary or person (i) acquiring rights under said
document or (ii) for whose benefit the document was acquired. At the Close of Escrow, Escrow Agent
will deliver to Seller a copy (conformed to show recording date) of the Grant Deed and each
document recorded to place title in the condition required by this Agreement.

          5.4 Unrecorded Documents. At the Close of Escrow, Escrow Agent will deliver by United
States mail (or will hold for personal pickup, if requested) each nonrecorded document received
hereunder by Escrow Agent to the payee or person acquiring rights under said document or for whose
benefit said document was acquired.

     6. Default.

          6.1 LIQUIDATED DAMAGES. IF ESCROW FAILS TO CLOSE DUE TO BUYER’S DEFAULT, IT IS AGREED
THAT THE AMOUNT OF BUYER’S DEPOSIT (TOGETHER WITH INTEREST THEREON) SHALL BE RETAINED AND ACCEPTED
BY MANAGER AS LIQUIDATED DAMAGES AND NOT AS A PENALTY AND SELLER SHALL BE RELEASED FROM ITS
OBLIGATION OF SELLING THE INTEREST TO BUYER. IT IS AGREED THAT SAID AMOUNT CONSTITUTES A
REASONABLE ESTIMATE OF THE DAMAGES TO SELLER PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 1671 ET SEQ.
THE PARTIES FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE AMOUNT OF LIQUIDATED DAMAGES IS FAIR AND
REASONABLE CONSIDERING ALL OF THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES EXISTING ON THE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT,
INCLUDING THE RELATIONSHIP OF SUCH AMOUNT TO THE RANGE OF HARM TO SELLER THAT COULD BE ANTICIPATED,
AND THE ANTICIPATION THAT PROOF OF CAUSATION, FORESEEABILITY AND ACTUAL DAMAGES WOULD BE COSTLY
AND/OR IMPRACTICAL. BUYER AND SELLER AGREE THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE OR IMPRACTICAL TO PRESENTLY
PREDICT WHAT MONETARY DAMAGES WOULD BE SUFFERED IN SUCH EVENT. BUYER DESIRES TO LIMIT THE MONETARY
DAMAGES FOR WHICH BUYER MIGHT BE LIABLE HEREUNDER AND BUYER AND SELLER AND MANAGER DESIRE TO AVOID
THE COSTS AND DELAYS THEY WOULD INCUR IF A LAWSUIT WERE COMMENCED TO COLLECT DAMAGES AND THEREFORE
AGREE THAT SUCH LIQUIDATED DAMAGES SHALL CONSTITUTE THEIR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IF ESCROW FAILS
TO CLOSE DUE TO BUYER’S DEFAULT. BY INITIALING THIS PROVISION BELOW, THE PARTIES SPECIFICALLY
CONFIRM THE ACCURACY OF SUCH FACTS, THE FACT THAT THEY POSSESS APPROXIMATELY EQUAL BARGAINING
STRENGTH AND SOPHISTICATION AND THE FACT THAT EACH OF THEM WAS REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL WHEN ENTERING
INTO THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH COUNSEL EXPLAINED THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS SECTION TO THEM AT THE TIME
THIS AGREEMENT WAS MADE. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT ANY OBLIGATIONS OF
BUYER OTHER THAN A DEFAULT CAUSING ESCROW TO FAIL TO CLOSE THAT SURVIVE THE CLOSE OF ESCROW OR
EARLY TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND SELLER SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO PURSUE ANY CAUSE OF ACTION
IT MAY HAVE AGAINST BUYER FOR BUYER’S FAILURE TO PERFORM ANY OTHER COVENANT UNDER THE TRANSACTION
DOCUMENTS OR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AFTER THE CLOSE OF ESCROW

 

 

OR EARLIER TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT. BY THE ACT OF AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF EACH
PARTY AFFIXING HIS OR HER INITIALS HEREIN, EACH PARTY SPECIFICALLY CONFIRMS THE ACCURACY OF THE
ABOVE STATEMENTS AND ITS AGREEMENT WITH THEM.

	 	 	 	 	 
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	Seller’s Initials

	 	 	 	Buyer’s Initials

     7. Buyer Representations and Warranties.

          7.1 No Concern of Escrow Agent. Escrow Agent shall have no concern with, or liability
or responsibility for, this Section.

          7.2 PURCHASE AS-IS. AS FURTHER PROVIDED IN THE MEMORANDUM, BUYER REPRESENTS AND
WARRANTS THAT IT IS RELYING SOLELY UPON ITS OWN INSPECTIONS, INVESTIGATIONS AND ANALYSES OF THE
PROPERTY IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND BUYER IS NOT RELYING IN ANY WAY UPON ANY
REPRESENTATIONS, STATEMENTS, AGREEMENTS, WARRANTIES, STUDIES, REPORTS, DESCRIPTIONS, GUIDELINES OR
OTHER INFORMATION OR MATERIAL FURNISHED BY SELLER OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER REGARDING ANY SUCH MATTERS AND IS PURCHASING THE
INTEREST AND ALL PERSONAL PROPERTY IN AN “AS-IS” CONDITION. BUYER IS A SOPHISTICATED AND
EXPERIENCED REAL ESTATE INVESTOR AND WILL RELY ENTIRELY UPON ITS OWN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION AND
REVIEW OF THE PROPERTY. BUYER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT, PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT, BUYER HAS
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONDUCT ANY AND ALL PHYSICAL INSPECTIONS OF THE PROPERTY AS BUYER DEEMS
NECESSARY, TO REVIEW AND APPROVE EACH OF THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, TO REVIEW AND APPROVE (I) THE
OPERATING STATEMENTS FOR THE PROPERTY FOR THE MOST RECENT 12 MONTHS, (II) A CURRENT TENANT RENT
ROLL, AND (III) THE MOST RECENT PROPERTY TAX BILLS, AND TO CONDUCT SUCH OTHER TESTS, INVESTIGATIONS
AND REVIEW AS BUYER DEEMS NECESSARY. BUYER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT SELLER ONLY RECENTLY ACQUIRED THE
PROPERTY AND HAS LIMITED KNOWLEDGE REGARDING THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY.

          7.3 NO TAX REPRESENTATIONS. AS FURTHER PROVIDED IN THE ADDENDUM, BUYER REPRESENTS AND
WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT RELYING UPON ANY ADVICE OR ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL FURNISHED BY SELLER
OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER
REGARDING ANY TAX MATTERS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, A DECISION BY BUYER TO EFFECT A
TAX-DEFERRED EXCHANGE UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 1031, AS AMENDED. BUYER FURTHER
REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT HAS INDEPENDENTLY OBTAINED ADVICE FROM ITS OWN INDEPENDENT LEGAL
COUNSEL AND/OR TAX ACCOUNTANT REGARDING ANY SUCH TAX-DEFERRED EXCHANGE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, WHETHER THE ACQUISITION OF THE INTEREST PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY QUALIFY AS PART
OF A TAX-DEFERRED EXCHANGE, AND BUYER IS RELYING SOLELY ON SUCH ADVICE.

          7.4 Commissions. The parties mutually warrant and covenant that Seller will be
responsible for paying any commission or finder’s fees on account of this transaction.

          7.5 Intentionally deleted.

     8. General Provisions.

          8.1 Interpretation. The use herein of (i) one gender includes the masculine and the
feminine, (ii) the singular number includes the plural, whenever the context so requires and (iii)
the words I and me include we and us if Buyer is more than one person. Captions in this Agreement
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and do not define, describe or limit the scope or the intent of this Agreement or any of the
terms hereof. All exhibits referred to herein and attached hereto are incorporated by reference.
This Agreement together with the other Transaction Documents contain the entire agreement between
the parties relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and all prior or contemporaneous
agreements, understandings, representations and statements, oral or written, are merged herein.

          8.2 Modification. No modification, waiver, amendment, discharge or change of this
Agreement shall be valid unless the same is in writing and signed by the party against which the
enforcement thereof is or may be sought.

          8.3 Cooperation. Buyer and Seller acknowledge that it may be necessary to execute
documents other than those specifically referred to herein to complete the acquisition of the
Interest as provided herein. Buyer and Seller agree to cooperate with each other in good faith by
executing such other documents or taking such other action as may be reasonably necessary to
complete this transaction in accordance with the parties’ intent evidenced in this Agreement.

          8.4 Assignment. Buyer shall not assign its rights under this Agreement except for
Accommodator without first obtaining Seller’s written consent, which consent may be withheld in
Seller’s sole and absolute discretion. No such assignment shall operate to release the assignor
from the obligation to perform all obligations of Buyer hereunder. Seller shall have the absolute
right to assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement.

          8.5 Notices. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, all notices, demands or
other communications given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be addressed as follows:

If to Seller, to:

Triple Net Properties, LLC, Manager

1551 N. Tustin Avenue, Suite 200

Santa Ana, California 92705

Attn: Anthony W. Thompson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

If to Buyer, to Buyer’s Address. Either party may change such address by written notice to Escrow
Agent and the other party. Unless otherwise specifically provided for herein, all notices,
payments, demands or other communications given hereunder shall be deemed to have been duly given
and received: (i) upon personal delivery, or (ii) as of the third business day after mailing by
United States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as
set forth above, or (iii) the immediately succeeding Business Day after deposit with Federal
Express or other similar overnight delivery system.

          8.6 Eminent Domain. If, prior to the Close of Escrow, all of the Property is taken or
appropriated by any public or quasi-public authority under the power of eminent domain or Seller
receives actual notice of any pending or threatened condemnation proceedings affecting all of the
Property, then Buyer may terminate this Agreement without further liability hereunder and the
parties shall proceed in accordance with Section 2.4. In the event of a partial taking of the
Property or the threatened partial taking of the Property with respect to which Seller has received
actual notice that materially and adversely affects the ability to operate the Property for the
purposes it is currently operated, then Buyer can elect to either (a) terminate this Agreement in
accordance with Section 2.4, or (b) purchase the Interest with a reduction in the Purchase Price in
an amount equal to condemnation award received from the condemning authority with respect to the
Interest. In the event of a threatened taking or a lack of finality of any proceedings to
determine the award in an actual taking, Escrow shall close and Seller shall assign to Buyer its
interest in any condemnation award with respect to the Interest made by the governmental entity.

          8.7 Loss or Damage. Buyer shall have no right to terminate this Agreement in the
event of any loss or damage to the Property, provided that Buyer shall have the right to receive an
assignment of any insurance proceeds received by Seller with respect to such loss upon the Close of
Escrow. The parties acknowledge and agree in no event shall the Close of Escrow be extended due to
any such loss or damage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the assignment of any insurance proceeds
as provided herein shall not include any proceeds received for
items not related to the physical condition of the Property, such as proceeds from Seller’s
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          8.8 Periods of Time. All time periods referred to in this Agreement include all
Saturdays, Sundays and state or United States holidays, unless Business Days are specified,
provided that if the date or last date to perform any act or give any notice with respect to this
Agreement falls on a Saturday, Sunday or state or national holiday, such act or notice may be
timely performed or given on the next succeeding Business Day.

          8.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which when
taken together shall be deemed fully executed originals.

          8.10 Attorneys’ Fees. If either party commences litigation for the judicial
interpretation, enforcement, termination, cancellation or rescission hereof, or for damages
(including liquidated damages) for the breach hereof against the other party, then, in addition to
any or all other relief awarded in such litigation, the substantially prevailing party therein
shall be entitled to a judgment against the other for an amount equal to reasonable attorneys’ fees
and court and other costs incurred.

          8.11 Joint and Several Liability. If any party consists of more than one person or
entity, the liability of each such person or entity signing this Agreement shall be joint and
several.

          8.12 Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with
the laws of the State where the Property is located, without regard to its conflicts of laws
principles.

          8.13 Time. Time is of the essence with respect to all dates set forth in this
Agreement.

          8.14 Third Party Beneficiaries. Buyer and Seller do not intend to benefit any party
(including any other Tenants in Common) that is not a party to this Agreement and no such party
shall be deemed to be a third party beneficiary of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

          8.15 Severability. If any term, covenant, condition, provision or agreement herein
contained is held to be invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such fact shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other portions
of this Agreement.

          8.16 Election to Effect an Internal Revenue Code Section 1031 Exchange. In the event
Buyer so elects, Seller agrees to accommodate Buyer in effecting a tax-deferred exchange under
Internal Revenue Code Section 1031, as amended. Buyer shall have the right to elect a tax-deferred
exchange at any time prior to the Closing Date. If Buyer elects to effect a tax-deferred exchange,
Seller agrees to execute revised or additional escrow instructions, documents, agreements, or
instruments to effect the exchange, provided that Seller shall incur no additional costs, expenses,
fees or liabilities, nor shall the closing be delayed, as a result of the exchange. Buyer may
assign this Agreement to an accommodator in order to effect such exchange and, thereafter, such
assignee will perform Buyer’s obligations under this Agreement.

          8.17 Binding Agreement. Subject to any limitation on assignment set forth herein, all
terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the
parties hereto and their respective legal representatives, successors and assigns.

          8.18 ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES.

               8.18.1 ALL CLAIMS SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION. ANY DISPUTE, CONTROVERSY OR OTHER CLAIM
ARISING UNDER, OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY,
OR ANY AMENDMENT THEREOF, OR THE BREACH OR INTERPRETATION HEREOF OR THEREOF, SHALL BE DETERMINED
AND SETTLED BY BINDING ARBITRATION IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IN ACCORDANCE WITH
TITLE 9 OF THE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE AND THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, INCLUDING SPECIFICALLY
CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTIONS 1283.05 AND 1283.1, AND THE RULES AND PROCEDURES OF THE
AMERICAN ARBITRATION

 

 

ASSOCIATION. THE SUBSTANTIALLY PREVAILING PARTY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO AN AWARD OF ITS
REASONABLE COSTS AND EXPENSES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS. ANY AWARD
RENDERED THEREIN SHALL BE FINAL AND BINDING ON EACH AND ALL OF THE PARTIES THERETO AND THEIR
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES, AND JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED THEREON IN ANY COURT OF COMPETENT
JURISDICTION.

               8.18.2 WAIVER OF LEGAL RIGHTS. BY INITIALING IN THE SPACE BELOW, THE PARTIES
ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE TO HAVE ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF THE MATTERS INCLUDED IN THIS ARTICLE
DECIDED BY NEUTRAL ARBITRATION AS PROVIDED UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW AND THAT THEY ARE WAIVING ANY
RIGHTS THEY MAY POSSESS TO HAVE THE DISPUTE LITIGATED IN A COURT OR BY JURY TRIAL. THE PARTIES
FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THEY ARE WAIVING THEIR JUDICIAL RIGHTS TO DISCOVERY AND APPEAL
EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT SUCH RIGHTS ARE SPECIFICALLY INCLUDED IN THIS ARTICLE. IF EITHER PARTY
REFUSES TO SUBMIT TO ARBITRATION AFTER EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND INITIALING BELOW, SUCH PARTY
MAY BE COMPELLED TO ARBITRATE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE. EACH
PARTY’S AGREEMENT TO THIS ARTICLE IS VOLUNTARY. THE PARTIES HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE FOREGOING
AND AGREE TO SUBMIT DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF THE MATTERS INCLUDED IN THIS ARTICLE TO NEUTRAL
ARBITRATION.

	 	 	 	 	 
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	Seller’s Initials

	 	 	 	Buyer’s Initials

          8.19 ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF BUYER’S OFFER. THIS AGREEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN
OFFER OF ANY KIND BY SELLER AND SHALL NOT BIND SELLER UNLESS DULY EXECUTED AND DELIVERED BY SELLER.
TO SUBMIT AN OFFER, BUYER SHALL DELIVER TO ESCROW AGENT (1) THREE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED ORIGINALS
OF THIS AGREEMENT (2) CASH IN THE AMOUNT OF BUYER’S DEPOSIT AND (3) THE PURCHASER QUESTIONNAIRE.
SELLER SHALL HAVE 15 DAYS TO EITHER ACCEPT OR REJECT BUYER’S OFFER. IF SELLER DOES NOT ACCEPT
BUYER’S OFFER WITHIN SUCH 15-DAY PERIOD, THE OFFER SHALL BE DEEMED REJECTED. IN THE EVENT THE
OFFER IS REJECTED, BUYER’S DEPOSIT SHALL BE RETURNED TO BUYER WITHOUT INTEREST AND THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL NOT BECOME EFFECTIVE.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed as of the Effective Date.

SELLER:

NNN 3500 Maple VF 2003, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company,

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:	 	Triple Net Properties, LLC,

a Virginia limited liability company,

Manager	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Richard T. Hutton, Jr.	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Richard T. Hutton, Jr	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Executive Vice President	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

Dated: 10/20, 2006

BUYER:

NNN 3500 Maple, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company,

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:	 	Triple Net Properties, LLC,

a Virginia limited liability company,

Manager	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Louis Rogers	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Louis Rogers	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	President	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

Dated: 10/20, 2006

PARTIES MUST ALSO INITIAL SECTIONS 6.1 AND 8.18.2

BUYER MUST ALSO INITIAL FRONT PAGEexv4w1

 

EXHIBIT 4.1

 

TRIAD AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2006-C

Class A-1 5.3409% Asset Backed Notes

Class A-2 5.40% Asset Backed Notes

Class A-3 5.26% Asset Backed Notes

Class A-4 5.31% Asset Backed Notes

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of October 18, 2006

 

CITIBANK, N.A.

Indenture Trustee

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 1.1 Definitions
	 	 	2	 
	SECTION 1.2 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	10	 
	SECTION 1.3 Rules of Construction
	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II THE NOTES
	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.1 Form
	 	 	11	 
	SECTION 2.2 Execution, Authentication and Delivery
	 	 	12	 
	SECTION 2.3 Temporary Notes
	 	 	12	 
	SECTION 2.4 Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange
	 	 	12	 
	SECTION 2.5 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes
	 	 	14	 
	SECTION 2.6 Persons Deemed Owner
	 	 	15	 
	SECTION 2.7 Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest
	 	 	15	 
	SECTION 2.8 Cancellation
	 	 	16	 
	SECTION 2.9 Release of Collateral
	 	 	16	 
	SECTION 2.10 Book-Entry Notes
	 	 	16	 
	SECTION 2.11 Notices to Clearing Agency
	 	 	17	 
	SECTION 2.12 Definitive Notes
	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III COVENANTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	18	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 3.1 Payment of Principal and Interest
	 	 	18	 
	SECTION 3.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency
	 	 	18	 
	SECTION 3.3 Money for Payments to be Held in Trust
	 	 	18	 
	SECTION 3.4 Existence
	 	 	20	 
	SECTION 3.5 Protection of Trust Estate
	 	 	20	 
	SECTION 3.6 Opinions as to Trust Estate
	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 3.7 Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables
	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 3.8 Negative Covenants
	 	 	22	 
	SECTION 3.9 Annual Statement as to Compliance
	 	 	23	 
	SECTION 3.10 Issuer May Consolidate, Etc. Only on Certain Terms
	 	 	23	 
	SECTION 3.11 Successor or Transferee
	 	 	25	 
	SECTION 3.12 No Other Business
	 	 	26	 
	SECTION 3.13 No Borrowing
	 	 	26	 
	SECTION 3.14 Servicer’s Obligations
	 	 	26	 
	SECTION 3.15 Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities
	 	 	26	 
	SECTION 3.16 Capital Expenditures
	 	 	26	 
	SECTION 3.17 Compliance with Laws
	 	 	26	 
	SECTION 3.18 Restricted Payments
	 	 	26	 
	SECTION 3.19 Notice of Events of Default
	 	 	27	 
	SECTION 3.20 Further Instruments and Acts
	 	 	27	 
	SECTION 3.21 Amendments of Sale and Servicing Agreement and Trust Agreement
	 	 	27	 
	SECTION 3.22 Income Tax Characterization
	 	 	27	 
	SECTION 3.23 Representations and Warranties
	 	 	27	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	 	 	28	 
	SECTION 4.2 Application of Trust Money
	 	 	29	 
	SECTION 4.3 Repayment of Moneys Held by Note Paying Agent
	 	 	30	 

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	 	 	Page	 
	ARTICLE V REMEDIES
	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5.1 Events of Default
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 5.2 Rights Upon Event of Default
	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee
	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 5.4 Remedies
	 	 	35	 
	SECTION 5.5 Optional Preservation of the Receivables
	 	 	36	 
	SECTION 5.6 Priorities
	 	 	36	 
	SECTION 5.7 Limitation of Suits
	 	 	37	 
	SECTION 5.8 Unconditional Rights of Noteholders To Receive Principal and Interest
	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 5.9 Restoration of Rights and Remedies
	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative
	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 5.11 Delay or Omission Not a Waiver
	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 5.12 Control by Noteholders
	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults
	 	 	39	 
	SECTION 5.14 Undertaking for Costs
	 	 	39	 
	SECTION 5.15 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 5.16 Action on Notes
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 5.17 Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations
	 	 	40	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
	 	 	40	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.1 Duties of Indenture Trustee
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 6.2 Rights of Indenture Trustee
	 	 	42	 
	SECTION 6.3 Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee
	 	 	44	 
	SECTION 6.4 Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer
	 	 	44	 
	SECTION 6.5 Notice of Defaults
	 	 	44	 
	SECTION 6.6 Reports by Indenture Trustee
	 	 	44	 
	SECTION 6.7 Compensation and Indemnity
	 	 	45	 
	SECTION 6.8 Replacement of Indenture Trustee
	 	 	46	 
	SECTION 6.9 Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger
	 	 	47	 
	SECTION 6.10 Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee
	 	 	48	 
	SECTION 6.11 Eligibility: Disqualification
	 	 	49	 
	SECTION 6.12 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer
	 	 	49	 
	SECTION 6.13 Representations and Warranties of the Indenture Trustee
	 	 	49	 
	SECTION 6.14 Waiver of Setoffs
	 	 	50	 
	SECTION 6.15 Control by the Controlling Party
	 	 	50	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS
	 	 	50	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 7.1 Issuer To Furnish To Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders
	 	 	50	 
	SECTION 7.2 Preservation of Information; Communications to Noteholders
	 	 	50	 
	SECTION 7.3 Reports by Issuer
	 	 	51	 
	SECTION 7.4 Reports by Indenture Trustee
	 	 	51	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
	 	 	52	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 8.1 Collection of Money
	 	 	52	 
	SECTION 8.2 Release of Trust Estate
	 	 	52	 
	SECTION 8.3 Opinion of Counsel
	 	 	52	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
	 	 	53	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders
	 	 	53	 
	SECTION 9.2 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders
	 	 	54	 
	SECTION 9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indenture
	 	 	56	 
	SECTION 9.5 Conformity With Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	56	 
	SECTION 9.6 Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	56	 

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	 	 	Page	 
	ARTICLE X REDEMPTION OF NOTES
	 	 	56	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 10.1 Redemption
	 	 	56	 
	SECTION 10.2 Form of Redemption Notice
	 	 	57	 
	SECTION 10.3 Notes Payable on Redemption Date
	 	 	57	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	57	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 11.1
Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc.
	 	 	57	 
	SECTION 11.2 Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee
	 	 	59	 
	SECTION 11.3 Acts of Noteholders
	 	 	60	 
	SECTION 11.4 Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Rating Agencies
	 	 	60	 
	SECTION 11.5 Notices to Noteholders; Waiver
	 	 	62	 
	SECTION 11.6 [Reserved]
	 	 	62	 
	SECTION 11.7 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	62	 
	SECTION 11.8 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
	 	 	62	 
	SECTION 11.9 Successors and Assigns
	 	 	62	 
	SECTION 11.10 Separability
	 	 	63	 
	SECTION 11.11 Benefits of Indenture
	 	 	63	 
	SECTION 11.12 Legal Holidays
	 	 	63	 
	SECTION 11.13 Governing Law
	 	 	63	 
	SECTION 11.14 Counterparts
	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 11.15 Recording of Indenture
	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 11.16 Trust Obligation
	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 11.17 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee
	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 11.18 No Petition
	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 11.19 Inspection
	 	 	65	 
	SECTION 11.20 Nonpublic Personal Information
	 	 	65	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	EXHIBITS
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	EXHIBIT A-1 Form of Class A-1 Note
	 	 	 	 
	EXHIBIT A-2 Form of Class A-2 Note
	 	 	 	 
	EXHIBIT A-3 Form of Class A-3 Note
	 	 	 	 
	EXHIBIT A-4 Form of Class A-4 Note
	 	 	 	 

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

          Cross-reference sheet showing the location in the Indenture of the provisions inserted
pursuant to Sections 310 through 318(a) inclusive of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.1

	 	 	 	 	 
	Trust Indenture Act of 1939	 	Indenture Section
	Section 310
	 	 	 	 
	(a) (1)
	 	 	6.11	 
	(a) (2)
	 	 	6.11	 
	(a) (3)
	 	 	6.10, 6.11	 
	(a) (4)
	 	Not Applicable
	(a) (5)
	 	 	6.11	 
	(b)
	 	 	6.11	 
	(c)
	 	Not Applicable
	Section 311
	 	 	 	 
	(a)
	 	 	6.12	 
	(b)
	 	 	6.12	 
	(c)
	 	Not Applicable
	Section 312
	 	 	 	 
	(a)
	 	 	7.1, 7.2(a)	 
	(b)
	 	 	7.2(b)	 
	(c)
	 	 	7.2(c)	 
	Section 313
	 	 	 	 
	(a)
	 	 	7.4	 
	(b)
	 	 	7.4	 
	(c)
	 	 	7.4	 
	(d)
	 	 	7.4	 
	Section 314
	 	 	 	 
	(a)(1)
	 	 	7.3(a)	 
	(a)(2)
	 	 	7.3(a)	 
	(a)(3)
	 	 	7.3(a)	 
	(a)(4)
	 	 	3.9	 
	(b)(1)
	 	 	3.6(a)	 
	(b)(2)
	 	 	3.6(b)	 
	(c)(1)
	 	 	4.1, 8.2, 11.1	 
	(c)(2)
	 	 	4.1, 8.2, 11.1	 
	(c)(3)
	 	 	8.2	 
	(d)(1)
	 	 	11.1(b)	 
	(d)(2)
	 	 	11.1(b)	 
	(d)(3)
	 	 	11.1(b)	 
	(e)
	 	 	11.1(a)	 

 

			
	1	 	This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.

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	Trust Indenture Act of 1939	 	Indenture Section
	Section 315
	 	 	 	 
	(a)
	 	 	6.1(b), 6.1(c)(i)	 
	(b)
	 	 	6.5, 11.5	 
	(c)
	 	 	6.1 (a)	 
	(d)(1)
	 	 	6.1(b), 6.1(c)	 
	(d)(2)
	 	6.1(c)(ii)
	(d)(3)
	 	6.1(c)(iii)
	(e)
	 	 	5.14	 
	Section 316
	 	 	 	 
	(a)
	 	 	5.12, 5.13	 
	(b)
	 	 	5.8	 
	(c)
	 	 	2.6	 
	Section 317
	 	 	 	 
	(a)(1)
	 	 	5.3(a)	 
	(a)(2)
	 	 	5.3(e)	 
	(b)
	 	 	3.3	 
	Section 318
	 	 	 	 
	(a)
	 	 	11.7	 

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          INDENTURE dated as of October 18, 2006, between TRIAD AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2006-C, a
Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”), and CITIBANK, N.A., a national banking association
organized under the laws of the United States, as Indenture Trustee (the “Indenture
Trustee”).

          Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the benefit of the
Holders of the Issuer’s Class A-1 5.3409% Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-1 Notes”), the
Class A-2 5.40% Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-2 Notes”), the Class A-3 5.26% Asset
Backed Notes (the “Class A-3 Notes), the Class A-4 5.31% Asset Backed Notes (the “Class
A-4 Notes”, and collectively with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3
Notes, the “Class A Notes” or the “Notes”).

          As security for the payment and performance by the Issuer of its obligations under this
Indenture and the Notes, the Issuer has agreed to assign the Collateral (as defined below) as
collateral to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders and the Insurer.

          Ambac Assurance Corporation (the “Insurer”) has issued and delivered a note guaranty
insurance policy, dated the Closing Date (with endorsements, the “Note Policy”), pursuant
to which the Insurer guarantees Policy Claim Amounts, as defined in the Note Policy.

          As an inducement to the Insurer to issue and deliver the Note Policy, the Issuer and the
Insurer have executed and delivered the Insurance and Indemnity Agreement, dated as of October 18,
2006 (as amended from time to time, the “Insurance Agreement”), among the
Insurer, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, Triad Financial Corporation and Triad Financial Special
Purpose LLC.

          As an additional inducement to the Insurer to issue the Note Policy, and as security for the
performance by the Issuer of the Insurer Issuer Secured Obligations and as security for the
performance by the Issuer of the Indenture Trustee Issuer Secured Obligations, the Issuer has
agreed to assign the Collateral (as defined below) as collateral to the Indenture Trustee for the
benefit of the Issuer Secured Parties, as their respective interests may appear.

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GRANTING CLAUSE

          The Issuer hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee at the Closing Date, for the benefit of the
Issuer Secured Parties, all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest, whether now owned or
existing or hereafter acquired or arising, in and to (a) the Receivables and all money received
thereon after the Cutoff Date; (b) the security interests in the Financed Vehicles granted by
Obligors pursuant to the Receivables and any other interest of the Issuer in the Financed Vehicles;
(c) with respect to the Receivables, the right to cause the related Dealer or Third-Party Lender to
repurchase such Receivables pursuant to a Dealer Agreement or an Auto Purchase and Sale Agreement,
respectively as a result of a breach of representation or warranty in the related Dealer Agreement
or the related Auto Loan Purchase and Sale Agreement, respectively; (d) all rights, if any, to
refunds for the costs of Service Contracts on the related Financed Vehicles; (e) any proceeds and
the right to receive proceeds with respect to the Receivables from claims on any physical damage,
credit life or disability insurance policies covering Financed Vehicles or Obligors and any
proceeds from the liquidation of the Receivables; (f) the Trust Accounts and all funds on deposit
from time to time in the Trust Accounts, and in all investments and proceeds thereof and all rights
of the Issuer therein (including all income thereon); (g) the Issuer’s rights and benefits, but
none of its obligations or burdens, under the Purchase Agreement, including the Issuer’s rights
under the Purchase Agreement, to enforce the delivery requirements, representations and warranties
and the cure and repurchase obligations of Triad under the Purchase Agreement; (h) all the related
Receivable Files; (i) the Issuer’s rights and benefits, but none of its obligations or burdens,
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement (including all rights of the Depositor under the Purchase
Agreement); and (j) all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses of 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, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all cash proceeds,
accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit 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 (collectively, the
“Collateral”).

          The foregoing Grant is made in trust to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders and
for the benefit of the Insurer. The Indenture Trustee hereby acknowledges such Grant, accepts the
trusts under this Indenture in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and agrees to
perform its duties required in this Indenture to the end that the interests of such parties,
recognizing the priorities of their respective interests, may be adequately and effectively
protected.

ARTICLE I

Definitions and Incorporation by Reference

          SECTION 1.1 Definitions. Except as otherwise specified herein, the following terms have
the respective meanings set forth below for all purposes of this Indenture.

          “Act” has the meaning specified in Section 11.3(a).

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          “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. A Person will not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any
person solely because such other Person has the contractual right or obligation to manage such
Person unless such other Person controls such Person through equity ownership or otherwise.

          “Authorized Officer” means, with respect to the Issuer and the Servicer, any officer
or agent acting pursuant to a power of attorney of the Owner Trustee or the Servicer, as
applicable, who is authorized to act for the Owner Trustee or the Servicer, as applicable, in
matters relating to the Issuer or the Servicer, as applicable, and who is identified on the list of
Authorized Officers delivered by each of the Owner Trustee and the Servicer to the Indenture
Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time
thereafter).

          “Basic Documents” means this Indenture, the Certificate of Trust, the Trust Agreement,
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and other
documents and certificates delivered in connection therewith.

          “Benefit Plan Entity” has the meaning specified in Section 2.4.

          “Book-Entry Notes” means a beneficial interest in the Notes, ownership and transfers
of which will be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 2.10. The
Class A Notes will initially be Book-Entry Notes.

          “Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks located in the states of Delaware, California or New York are authorized or
obligated to be closed.

          “Certificate” means a trust certificate evidencing the beneficial interest of a
Certificateholder in the Trust.

          “Certificateholder” means the Person in whose name a Certificate is registered on the
Certificate Register.

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

          “Class A Notes” means, collectively, the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the
Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes.

          “Class A-1 Interest Rate” means 5.3409% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day
year and the actual number of days in the related Interest Period).

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          “Class A-1 Notes” means the Class A-1 5.3409% Asset Backed Notes, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-1.

          “Class A-2 Interest Rate” means 5.40% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months).

          “Class A-2 Notes” means the Class A-2 5.40% Asset Backed Notes, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-2.

          “Class A-3 Interest Rate” means 5.26% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months).

          “Class A-3 Notes” means the Class A-3 5.26% Asset Backed Notes, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-3.

          “Class A-4 Interest Rate” means 5.31% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months).

          “Class A-4 Notes” means the Class A-4 5.31% Asset Backed Notes, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-4.

          “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.

          “Closing Date” means October 18, 2006.

          “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 Indenture.

          “Controlling Party” means the Insurer, provided that if an Insurer Default has
occurred and is continuing, then the Controlling Party means the Indenture Trustee acting at the
direction of the Majority Noteholders.

          “Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Indenture Trustee at which
at any particular time its corporate trust business will be administered which office at the date
of the execution of this Agreement is located at 388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor, New
York, New York, 10013, (facsimile number 212-816-5527, Attention: Structured Finance Agency and
Trust – Triad 2006-C, and for purposes only of transfer, surrender or exchange of the Class A
Notes, 111 Wall Street, 15th Floor Window, New York, New York, 10005), Attention:
Corporate Trust Services – Triad 2006-C, or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee may
designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders, the Insurer, the Servicer and the Issuer,
or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Indenture Trustee (the

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address of which the successor Indenture Trustee will notify the Noteholders, the Insurer, the
Servicer and the Issuer).

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

          “Definitive Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.10.

          “Distribution Date” means, with respect to each Collection Period, the 12th day of the
following Collection Period, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately following
Business Day, commencing November 13, 2006.

          “ERISA” has the meaning specified in Section 2.4.

          “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.

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

          “Executive Officer” means, with respect to any corporation, the Chief Executive
Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, any Executive Vice President,
any Vice President, the Secretary or the Treasurer of such corporation; and with respect to any
partnership, any general partner thereof.

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

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

          “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person at any time, (a) indebtedness or
liability of such Person for borrowed money whether or not evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other instruments, or for the deferred purchase price of property or services (including trade
obligations); (b) obligations of such Person as lessee under leases which should have been or
should be, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, recorded as capital leases;
(c) current liabilities of such Person in respect of unfunded vested benefits under plans covered
by Title IV of ERISA; (d) obligations issued for or liabilities incurred on the account of such
Person; (e) obligations or liabilities of such Person arising under acceptance facilities; (f)
obligations of such Person under any guarantees, endorsements (other than for collection or deposit
in the ordinary course of business) and other contingent obligations to purchase, to

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provide funds for payment, to supply funds to invest in any Person or otherwise to assure a
creditor against loss; (g) obligations secured by any lien on property or assets of such Person,
whether or not the obligations have been assumed by such Person; or (h) obligations of such Person
under any interest rate or currency exchange agreement.

          “Indenture” means this Indenture as amended and supplemented from time to time.

          “Indenture Trustee” means Citibank, N.A., a national banking association organized
under the laws of the United States, not in its individual capacity but as Indenture Trustee under
this Indenture, or any successor Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.

          “Indenture Trustee Issuer Secured Obligations” means all amounts and obligations which
the Issuer may at any time owe to or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the
Noteholders under this Indenture, the Notes or any Basic Document.

          “Independent” means, when used with respect to any specified Person, that the person
(a) is in fact independent of the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Depositor 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 Issuer, any such other obligor, the Depositor or any
Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons and (c) is not connected with the Issuer, any such other
obligor, the Depositor or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons as an officer, employee,
promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person performing similar functions.

          “Independent Certificate” means a certificate or opinion to be delivered to the
Indenture Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the
applicable requirements of Section 11.1, prepared by an Independent appraiser or other expert
appointed by an Issuer Order and approved by the Indenture Trustee in the exercise of reasonable
care, and such opinion or certificate will state that the signer has read the definition of
“Independent” in this Indenture and that the signer is Independent within the meaning thereof.

          “Insurer Default” means the occurrence and continuance of any of the following events:

	 	(a)	 	the Insurer failing to make a payment required under the Note Policy in
accordance with its terms;
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Insurer (i) filing a petition or commencing any case or proceeding under
any provision or chapter of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other similar
federal or state law relating to insolvency, bankruptcy, rehabilitation, liquidation or
reorganization, (ii) making a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
(iii) having an order for relief entered against it under the United States Bankruptcy
Code or any other similar federal or state law relating to insolvency, bankruptcy,
rehabilitation, liquidation or reorganization which is final and nonappealable; or

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	 	(c)	 	a court of competent jurisdiction, the Wisconsin Department of Insurance or
other competent regulatory authority has entered a final and nonappealable order,
judgment or decree (i) appointing a custodian, trustee, agent or receiver for the
Insurer or for all or any material portion of its property or (ii) authorizing the
taking of possession of all or any material portion of the property of the Insurer by a
custodian, trustee, agent or receiver.

          “Insurer Issuer Secured Obligations” means all amounts and obligations which the
Issuer may at any time owe to or on behalf of the Insurer under this Indenture, the Insurance
Agreement or any other Basic Document.

          “Interest Rate” means, with respect to the (i) Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-1 Interest
Rate, (ii) Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-2 Interest Rate, (iii) Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-3
Interest Rate and (iv) Class A-4 Notes, the Class A-4 Interest Rate.

          “Issuer” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it
and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of any provision contained herein and
required by the TIA, each other obligor on the Notes.

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

          “Issuer Secured Obligations” means the Insurer Issuer Secured Obligations and the
Indenture Trustee Issuer Secured Obligations.

          “Issuer Secured Parties” means each of the Indenture Trustee in respect of the
Indenture Trustee Issuer Secured Obligations and the Insurer in respect of the Insurer Issuer
Secured Obligations.

          “Majority Noteholders” means the holders of a majority of the Class A Notes, measured
by Outstanding Amount.

          “Note” means a Class A-1 Note, a Class A-2 Note, a Class A-3 Note or a Class A-4 Note.

          “Note Owner” means, with respect to a Book-Entry Note, the Person who is the owner of
such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a Person
maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as
an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).

          “Note Paying Agent” means the Indenture Trustee or any other Person that meets the
eligibility standards for the Indenture Trustee specified in Section 6.11 and is authorized by the
Issuer to make the payments to and distributions from the Collection Account and the Note
Distribution Account, including payment of principal of or interest on the Notes on behalf of the
Issuer.

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          “Note Policy” means the insurance policy issued by the Insurer with respect to the
Class A Notes, including any endorsements thereto.

          “Note Register” and “Note Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in
Section 2.4.

          “Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Authorized Officer of the
Issuer, under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable
requirements of Section 11.1 and TIA § 314 (unless signed by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the
Issuer), and delivered to the Indenture Trustee. Unless otherwise specified, any reference in this
Indenture to an Officer’s Certificate will be to an Officer’s Certificate of any Authorized Officer
of the Issuer.

          “Opinion of Counsel” means one or more written opinions of counsel who may, except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, be employees of or counsel to the Issuer and who is
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and, if addressed to the Insurer, satisfactory to the
Insurer, and which will comply with any applicable requirements of Section 11.1, and will be in
form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, and if addressed to the Insurer,
satisfactory to the Insurer.

          “Outstanding” means, as of the date of determination, all Notes theretofore
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture except:

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

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

     (iii) Notes in exchange for or in lieu of other Notes which have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is
presented that any such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser;

provided, however, that Class A Notes which have been paid with proceeds of the
Note Policy will continue to remain Outstanding for purposes of this Indenture until the Insurer
has been paid as subrogee hereunder or reimbursed pursuant to the Insurance Agreement as evidenced
by a written notice from the Insurer delivered to the Indenture Trustee, and the Insurer will be
deemed to be the Holder thereof to the extent of any payments thereon made by the Insurer;
provided, further, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
Outstanding Amount of the Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver hereunder or under any Basic Document, Notes owned by the Issuer, any other
obligor upon the Notes, the Depositor, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing
Persons will be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether
the Indenture Trustee will be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Indenture
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actually knows to be so owned or has received written notice thereof will be so disregarded. Notes
so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect
to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the
Depositor or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons.

          “Outstanding Amount” means the aggregate principal amount of all Notes, or class of
Notes, as applicable, Outstanding at the date of determination.

          “Person” means any individual, corporation, 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 Note” means, with respect to any particular Note, every previous Note
evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for
the purpose of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.5 in lieu of a
mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note will be deemed to evidence the same debt as the
mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.

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

          “Rating Agency Condition” means, with respect to any action, that (i) each Rating
Agency has been given ten (10) days (or such shorter period as will be acceptable to each Rating
Agency) prior notice thereof and, (ii) that each of the Rating Agencies has notified the Depositor,
the Servicer, the Insurer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Issuer in writing that
such action will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating of the Notes,
provided, however, that the notifications described in clause (ii) shall not be
required from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

          “Record Date” means, with respect to a Distribution Date, Redemption Date or other
date of determination, the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date, Redemption Date or other date of determination.

          “Redemption Date” means in the case of a redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section
10.1(a), the Distribution Date specified by the Servicer or the Issuer pursuant to Section 10.1(a).

          “Redemption Price” means in the case of a redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section
10.1(a), an amount equal to the then outstanding principal amount of each class of Notes being
redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the Redemption Date.

          “Regulation AB” means Subpart 229.1100 — Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17
C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time and subject to such
clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the adopting release
(Asset Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518.70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (January 7,
2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from
time to time.

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          “Responsible Officer” means, with respect to the Indenture Trustee, any officer within
the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee, including any Vice President, Assistant Vice
President, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary, Trust Officer or any other officer of the
Indenture Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers and in each case, having direct responsibility for the administration of this
agreement, and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

          “Sale and Servicing Agreement” means the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of
October 18, 2006, among the Issuer, the Depositor, the Custodian, the Servicer, the Indenture
Trustee and the Backup Servicer, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

          “Scheduled Payments” has the meaning specified in the Note Policy.

          “State” means any one of the 50 states of the United States of America or the District
of Columbia.

          “Termination Date” means the latest of (i) the expiration of the Note Policy and the
return of the Note Policy to the Insurer for cancellation, (ii) the date on which the Insurer has
received payment and performance of all Insurer Issuer Secured Obligations and (iii) the date on
which the Indenture Trustee has received payment and performance of all Indenture Trustee Issuer
Secured Obligations.

          “Trust Estate” means all money, instruments, rights and other property that are
subject or intended to be subject to the lien and security interest of this Indenture for the
benefit of the Issuer Secured Parties (including all property and interests Granted to the
Indenture Trustee), including all proceeds thereof.

          “Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended and 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.

          Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Trust Agreement.

          SECTION 1.2 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. Whenever this Indenture
refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of
this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

          “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

          “indenture securities” means the Notes.

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          “indenture security holder” means a Noteholder.

          “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

          “trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Indenture Trustee.

          “obligor” on the indenture securities means the Issuer.

          All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA
reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule have the meaning assigned to them by
such definitions.

          SECTION 1.3 Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:

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

          (ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the
date of this Agreement;

          (iii) “or” is not exclusive;

          (iv) “including” means including without limitation; and

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

ARTICLE II

The Notes

          SECTION 2.1 Form. The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the
Class A-4 Notes, in each case together with the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication,
will be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibits A-1, A-2, A-3 and A-4, respectively, with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this 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 Notes, as evidenced by their execution of the Notes. Any portion of the
text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on
the face of the Note.

          The Definitive Notes will 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 Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.

          Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Notes set forth in
Exhibits A-1, A-2, A-3 and A-4 are part of the terms of this Indenture.

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          SECTION 2.2 Execution, Authentication and Delivery. The Notes will be executed on behalf
of the Issuer by any of its Authorized Officers. The signature of any such Authorized Officer on
the Notes may be manual or facsimile.

          Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were at any time Authorized
Officers of the Issuer will bind the Issuer, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them
have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Notes.

          The Indenture Trustee will, upon receipt of the Note Policy and Issuer Order, authenticate and
deliver Class A-1 Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $235,000,000.00,
Class A-2 Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $256,000,000.00, Class A-3
Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $360,000,000.00 and Class A-4 Notes
for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $241,200,000.00. The Class A-1 Notes, Class
A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes and Class A-4 Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed such amounts
except as provided in Section 2.5.

          The Notes will be issuable as registered Notes in the minimum denomination of $1,000 and in
integral multiples thereof (except for one Note of each class which may be issued in a denomination
other than an integral multiple of $1,000).

          No Note will be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose unless there appears on such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
provided for herein executed by the Indenture Trustee by the manual signature of one of its
authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Note will be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.

          SECTION 2.3 Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of Definitive Notes, the Issuer may
execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order the Indenture Trustee will authenticate and deliver,
temporary Notes which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced,
of the tenor of the Definitive Notes in lieu of which they are issued and with such variations not
inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture as the officers executing such Notes may determine,
as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.

          If temporary Notes are issued, the Issuer will cause Definitive Notes to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of Definitive Notes, the temporary Notes will be
exchangeable for Definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of
the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.2, without charge to the Noteholder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Issuer will execute and the
Indenture Trustee will authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of
Definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the
temporary Notes will in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
Definitive Notes.

          SECTION 2.4 Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Issuer will cause to
be kept a register (the “Note Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable

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regulations
as it may prescribe, the Issuer will provide for the registration of Notes and the registration of
transfers of Notes. The Indenture Trustee will be “Note Registrar” for the purpose of
registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. Upon any resignation of any Note
Registrar, the Issuer will promptly appoint a successor or, if it elects not to make such an
appointment, assume the duties of Note Registrar.

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

          Subject to Sections 2.10 and 2.12, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at
the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.2, if the requirements
of Section 8-401(a)(1) of the UCC are met the Issuer will execute and upon its request the
Indenture Trustee will authenticate and the Noteholder will obtain from the Indenture Trustee, in
the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes, in any authorized
denominations, of the same class and a like aggregate principal amount.

          At the option of the Noteholder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes in any authorized
denominations, of the same class and a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes
to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange,
subject to Sections 2.10 and 2.12, if the requirements of Section 8-401(a)(1) of the UCC are met
the Issuer will execute and upon its request the Indenture Trustee will authenticate and the
Noteholder will obtain from the Indenture Trustee, the Notes which the Noteholder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.

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

          Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange will be (i) duly
endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in the form attached to Exhibits
A-1, A-2, A-3 and A-4 duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly
authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution”
meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar which requirements include membership or
participation in Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other
“signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange Act, and (ii)
accompanied by such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any sale or other transfer of a Definitive Note,
the transferee of such Definitive Note will be required to represent and warrant in writing that
the prospective transferee either (a) is not (i) an employee benefit plan (as defined

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in section
3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)), which
is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan (as defined in section 4975(e)(1) of
the Code), which is subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or (iii) an entity whose underlying assets
are deemed to be assets of a plan described in (i) or (ii) above by reason of such plan’s
investment in the entity (including, without limitation, an insurance company general account) (any
such entity described in clauses (i) through (iii), a “Benefit Plan Entity”) or (b) is a
Benefit Plan Entity, which is purchasing a Class A Note and the acquisition and holding of such
Definitive Note by such prospective transferee will be eligible for, and satisfy all requirements
of, a Department of Labor prohibited transaction class exemption. Each transferee of a Book-Entry
Note will be deemed to have made one of the foregoing representations.

          No service charge will be made to a Noteholder for any registration of transfer or exchange of
Notes, but the Note Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange
of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.3 or 9.6 not involving any transfer.

          The preceding provisions of this Sections 2.4 notwithstanding, the Issuer will not be required
to make and the Note Registrar will not register transfers or exchanges of Notes selected for
redemption or of any Note for a period of 15 days preceding the due date for any payment with
respect to the Note.

          SECTION 2.5 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. If (i) any mutilated Note is
surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee receives evidence to its
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and (ii) there is delivered to the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer (unless an Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing) such
security or indemnity as may be required by it to hold the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the
Insurer harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture
Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, and provided that the
requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are met, the Issuer will execute and upon its request the
Indenture Trustee will authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a replacement Note; provided, however, that if any
such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, but not a mutilated Note, has become or within seven days will
be due and payable, or has been called for redemption, instead of issuing a replacement Note, the
Issuer may direct the Indenture Trustee, in writing, to pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Note
when so due or payable or upon the Redemption Date without surrender thereof. If, after the
delivery of such replacement Note or payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to the
proviso to the preceding sentence, a bona fide purchaser of the original Note in lieu of which such
replacement Note was issued presents for payment such original Note, the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and the Insurer will be entitled to recover such replacement Note (or such
payment) from the Person to whom it was delivered or any Person taking such replacement Note from
such Person to whom such replacement Note was delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a
bona fide purchaser, and will be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided
therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee or the Insurer, if applicable, in connection therewith.

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          Upon the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section 2.5, the Issuer may require the
payment by the Holder of such Note of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the
fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee) connected therewith.

          Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.5 in replacement of any mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note will constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the
Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note will be at any time
enforceable by anyone, and will be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

          The provisions of this Section 2.5 are exclusive and will preclude (to the extent lawful) all
other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Notes.

          SECTION 2.6 Persons Deemed Owner. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of
any Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee, and
the Insurer may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered (as of the Record Date) as
the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and interest, if any,
on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be overdue, and none
of the Issuer, the Insurer, the Indenture Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer, the Insurer or the
Indenture Trustee will be affected by notice to the contrary.

          SECTION 2.7 Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest.

          (a) The Notes will accrue interest as provided in the forms of the Class A-1 Note, the Class
A-2 Note, the Class A-3 Note and the Class A-4 Note set forth in Exhibits A-1, A-2, A-3 and A-4,
respectively, and such interest will be due and payable on each Distribution Date, as specified
therein. Any installment of interest or principal, if any, payable on any Note which is punctually
paid or duly provided for by the Issuer on the applicable Distribution Date will be paid to the
Person in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the Record Date,
by wire transfer or check mailed first-class, postage prepaid, to such Person’s address as it
appears on the Note Register on such Record Date, except that, unless Definitive Notes have been
issued pursuant to Section 2.12, with respect to Notes registered on the Record Date in the name of
the nominee of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payment will be made
by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee and
except for the final installment of principal payable with respect to such Note on a Distribution
Date or on the applicable Final Scheduled Distribution Date (and except for the Redemption Price
for any Note called for redemption
pursuant to Section 10.1(a)) which will be payable as provided below. The funds represented
by any such checks returned undelivered will be held in accordance with Section 3.3.

          (b) The principal of each Note will be payable in installments on each Distribution Date, as
applicable, as provided in the forms of the Class A-1 Note, the Class A-2 Note, the Class A-3 Note
and the Class A-4 Note set forth in Exhibits A-1, A-2, A-3 and A-4, respectively. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes will be due and payable, if not
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occurred and is continuing, and the
Notes have been declared immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section 5.2. All
principal payments on each class of Notes will be made pro rata to the Noteholders of such class
entitled thereto. Upon written notice from the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee will notify the
Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date preceding the
Distribution Date on which the Issuer expects that the final installment of principal of and
interest on such Note will be paid. Such notice will be mailed or transmitted by facsimile prior
to such final Distribution Date and will specify that such final installment will be payable only
upon presentation and surrender of such Note and will specify the place where such Note may be
presented and surrendered for payment of such installment. Notices in connection with redemptions
of Notes will be mailed to Noteholders as provided in Section 10.2.

          (c) Promptly following the date on which all principal of and interest on the Notes has been
paid in full and the Notes have been surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee
will, if the Insurer has paid any amount in respect of the Notes under the Note Policy or otherwise
which has not been reimbursed to it, deliver such surrendered Notes to the Insurer.

          SECTION 2.8 Cancellation. All Notes surrendered for payment, registration of transfer,
exchange or redemption will, if surrendered to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee, be
delivered to the Indenture Trustee and will be promptly canceled by the Indenture Trustee. The
Issuer may at any time deliver to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever,
and all Notes so delivered will be promptly canceled by the Indenture Trustee. No Notes will be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes canceled as provided in this Section, except
as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Notes may be held or disposed of by the
Indenture Trustee in accordance with its standard retention or disposal policy as in effect at the
time unless the Issuer will timely direct by an Issuer Order that they be destroyed or returned to
it; provided that such Issuer Order is timely and the Notes have not been previously disposed of by
the Indenture Trustee.

          SECTION 2.9 Release of Collateral. The Indenture Trustee will, on or after the Termination
Date, release any remaining portion of the Trust Estate from the lien created by this Indenture and
deposit in the Collection Account any funds then on deposit in any other Trust Account. The
Indenture Trustee will release property from the lien created by this Indenture pursuant to this
Section 2.9 only upon receipt of an Issuer
Request accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA)
Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA §§ 314(c) and 314(d)(1) meeting the applicable
requirements of Section 11.1.

          SECTION 2.10 Book-Entry Notes. The Class A Notes, upon original issuance, will be issued
in the form of typewritten Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes, to be delivered to the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency, by, or on
behalf of, the Issuer. Such Notes will initially be registered on the Note Register in the name of
Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, and no Note Owner will receive a Definitive
Note representing such Note Owner’s interest in such Note, except as provided in Section 2.12.
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definitive, fully registered Notes (the
“Definitive Notes”) have been issued to Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.12:

     (i) the provisions of this Section 2.10 will be in full force and effect;

     (ii) the Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee will be entitled to deal with the
Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Indenture (including the payment of principal of
and interest on the Notes and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the
sole Holder of the Notes, and has no obligation to the Note Owners;

     (iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 2.10 conflict with any other
provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Section will control;

     (iv) the rights of Note Owners will be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and
will be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Note Owners and the
Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants. Unless and until Definitive Notes
are issued pursuant to Section 2.12, the initial Clearing Agency will make book-entry
transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit payments of
principal of and interest on the Notes to such Clearing Agency Participants;

     (v) whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon
instructions or directions of Noteholders evidencing a specified percentage of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes, the Clearing Agency will be deemed to represent such
percentage only to the extent that it has received instructions to such effect from Note
Owners and/or Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing, respectively, such
required percentage of the beneficial interest in the Notes and has delivered such
instructions to the Indenture Trustee; and

     (vi) Note Owners may receive copies of any reports sent to Noteholders pursuant to this
Indenture, upon written request, together with a certification that they are Note Owners and
payment of reproduction and postage expenses associated with the distribution of such
reports, from the Indenture Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office.

          SECTION 2.11 Notices to Clearing Agency. With respect to the Book-Entry Notes, whenever a notice or other communication to the
Noteholders is required under this Indenture, unless and until Definitive Notes have been issued to
Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.12, the Indenture Trustee will give all such notices and
communications specified herein to be given to the Noteholders to the Clearing Agency, and has no
obligation to the Note Owners.

          SECTION 2.12 Definitive Notes. If (i) the Servicer advises the Indenture Trustee in
writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities with respect to the Book-Entry Notes, and the Servicer is unable to locate a
qualified successor, (ii) the Servicer at its option advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that
it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or (iii) after the
occurrence of an Event of Default, Note Owners representing beneficial interests aggregating at
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Trustee
through the Clearing Agency in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the
Clearing Agency is no longer in the best interests of the Owners of the Book-Entry Notes, then the
Clearing Agency will notify all Owners of Book-Entry Notes and the Indenture Trustee of the
occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive Notes to such Owners requesting
the same. Upon surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the typewritten Note or Notes representing
the Book-Entry Notes by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions, the Issuer
will execute and the Indenture Trustee will authenticate the Definitive Notes in accordance with
the instructions of the Clearing Agency. None of the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture
Trustee will be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on,
and will be fully protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive
Notes, the Indenture Trustee will recognize the Holders of the Definitive Notes as Noteholders.

ARTICLE III

Covenants, Representations and Warranties

          SECTION 3.1 Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer will duly and punctually
pay the principal of and interest on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this
Indenture. Without limiting the foregoing, the Issuer will cause to be distributed all amounts on
deposit in the Note Distribution Account on a Distribution Date deposited therein pursuant to the
Sale and Servicing Agreement (i) for the benefit of the Class A-l Notes, to Class A-1 Noteholders,
(ii) for the benefit of the Class A-2 Notes, to Class A-2 Noteholders, (iii) for the benefit of the
Class A-3 Notes, to Class A-3 Noteholders and (iv) for the benefit of the Class A-4 Notes, to Class
A-4 Noteholders. Amounts properly withheld under the Code by any Person from a payment to any
Noteholder of interest and/or principal will be considered as having been paid by the Issuer to
such Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture.

          SECTION 3.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Issuer will maintain in New York, New York, an office or agency where Notes may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the
Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer hereby initially
appoints the Indenture Trustee to serve as its agent for the foregoing purposes. The Issuer will
give prompt written notice to the Indenture Trustee of the location, and of any change in the
location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer will fail to maintain any such
office or agency or will fail to furnish the Indenture Trustee with the address thereof, such
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Issuer
hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders, notices and
demands. Issuer hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as paying agent for the Certificates.

          SECTION 3.3 Money for Payments to be Held in Trust. On or before each Distribution
Date and Redemption Date, the Issuer will deposit or cause to be deposited in the Note Distribution
Account from the Collection Account (and cause all other transfers to and from the accounts
provided for herein to be made) an aggregate sum sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming due
under the Notes, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto and
(unless the Note Paying Agent is the Indenture Trustee) will promptly notify the Indenture Trustee
of its action or failure so to act.

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

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

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

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

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

     (v) comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to the withholding from any
payments made by it on any Notes of any applicable withholding taxes imposed
thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in connection
therewith.

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

          Subject to applicable laws with respect to the escheat of funds, any money held by the
Indenture Trustee or any Note Paying Agent in trust for the payment of any amount due with respect
to any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such amount has become due and payable will
be discharged from such trust and be paid to the Issuer on Issuer Request with the consent of the
Insurer (unless an Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing) and will be deposited by the
Indenture Trustee in the Collection Account; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter, as an
unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof (but only to the extent of
the amounts so paid to the Issuer), and all liability of the Indenture Trustee or such Note Paying
Agent with respect to such trust money will thereupon cease; provided, however,
that if such money or any portion thereof had been previously deposited by the Insurer

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or the
Indenture Trustee for the payment of principal or interest on the Notes, to the extent any amounts
are owing to the Insurer, such amounts will be paid promptly to the Insurer upon the Indenture
Trustee’s receipt of a written request by the Insurer to such effect; and provided,
further, that the Indenture Trustee or such Note Paying Agent, before being required to
make any such repayment, will at the expense of the 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 New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after
a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication,
any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer. The Indenture
Trustee will also adopt and employ, at the expense of the Issuer, any other reasonable means of
notification of such repayment (including, but not limited to, mailing notice of such repayment to
Holders whose Notes have been called but have not been surrendered for redemption or whose right to
or interest in moneys due and payable but not claimed is determinable from the records of the
Indenture Trustee or of any Note Paying Agent, at the last address of record for each such Holder).

          SECTION 3.4 Existence. Except as otherwise permitted by the provisions of Section
3.10, the Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a statutory trust
under the laws of the State of Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuer hereunder is or
becomes, organized under the laws of any other state or of the United States of America, in which
case the Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises under the laws of
such other jurisdiction) and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification is or will be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument or agreement
included in the Trust Estate.

          SECTION 3.5 Protection of Trust Estate. The Issuer intends the security interest
Granted pursuant to this Indenture in favor of the Issuer Secured Parties to be prior to all other
liens in respect of the Trust Estate, and the Issuer will take all actions necessary to obtain and
maintain, in favor of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Issuer Secured Parties, a first
lien on and a first priority, perfected security interest in the Trust Estate, which security
interest will be enforceable against third-party creditors. The Issuer will from time to time
prepare (or will cause to be prepared), execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments
hereto and all such financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance
and other instruments, and will take such other action necessary or advisable to:

     (i) Grant more effectively all or any portion of the Trust Estate;

     (ii) maintain or preserve the lien and security interest (and the priority thereof) in
favor of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Issuer Secured Parties created by this
Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes hereof;

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

     (iv) enforce any of the Collateral;

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     (v) preserve and defend title to the Trust Estate and the rights of the Indenture
Trustee in such Trust Estate against the claims of all Persons and parties;

     (vi) pay all taxes or assessments levied or assessed upon the Trust Estate when due;
and

     (vii) maintain or preserve all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest in its rights
and benefits, but none of its obligations or burdens, under the Purchase Agreement and the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, including the Issuer’s rights under the Purchase Agreement and
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to enforce the delivery requirements, representations and
warranties and the cure and repurchase obligations of Triad under the Purchase Agreement and
the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

The Issuer hereby designates the Indenture Trustee its agent and attorney-in-fact to execute any
financing statement, continuation statement or other instrument required by and delivered to the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section.

          SECTION 3.6 Opinions as to Trust Estate.

          (a) On the Closing Date, the Issuer will furnish to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer an
Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken
with respect to the recording and filing of this 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 perfect and make effective the first
priority lien and security interest in favor of the Indenture Trustee, for the
benefit of the Issuer Secured Parties, created by this Indenture and reciting the details of
such action, or stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to make
such lien and security interest effective.

          (b) Within 120 days after the beginning of each calendar year, beginning with the first
calendar year beginning after the Closing Date, the Issuer will furnish to the Indenture Trustee
and the Insurer an Opinion of Counsel 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
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 lien and security interest created by this 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 will also describe the recording, filing,
re-recording and refiling of this 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 to maintain the lien and security
interest of this Indenture until April 30 in the following calendar year.

          SECTION 3.7 Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables.

          (a) The Issuer will not take any action and will use its best efforts not to permit any action
to be taken by others that would release any Person from any of such Person’s material covenants or
obligations under any instrument or agreement included in the Trust Estate

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or that would result in
the amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the validity or
effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as ordered by any bankruptcy or other
court or as expressly provided in the Basic Documents or such other instrument or agreement.

          (b) The Issuer may contract with other Persons acceptable to the Insurer (so long as no
Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing) to assist it in performing its duties under this
Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person identified to the Indenture Trustee and
the Insurer in an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer will be deemed to be action taken by the
Issuer; provided that the Issuer will remain liable for performing these duties hereunder.
Initially, the Issuer has contracted with the Servicer to assist the Issuer in performing its
duties under this Indenture.

          (c) The Issuer will punctually perform and observe all of its obligations and agreements
contained in the Basic Documents and in the instruments and agreements included in the Trust
Estate, including, preparing (or causing to be prepared) and filing (or causing to be filed) all
UCC financing statements and continuation statements required to be filed by the terms of this
Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement in accordance with and within the time periods
provided for herein and therein. Except as otherwise expressly provided therein, the Issuer will
not waive, amend, modify, supplement or terminate any Basic Document or any provision thereof
without the consent of the Controlling Party.

          (d) If a responsible officer of the Issuer has actual knowledge of the occurrence of a
Servicer Termination Event under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer
will promptly notify the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer and the Rating Agencies thereof in
accordance with Section 11.4, and will specify in such notice the action, if any, the Issuer is
taking in respect of such default. If a Servicer Termination Event arises from the failure of the
Servicer to perform any of its duties or obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement with
respect to the Receivables, the Issuer will take all reasonable steps available to it to remedy
such failure.

          (e) The Issuer agrees that it will not waive timely performance or observance by the Servicer
or the Depositor of their respective duties under the Basic Documents (x) without the prior consent
of the Insurer (unless an Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing) or (y) if the effect
thereof would adversely affect the Holders of the Notes.

          SECTION 3.8 Negative Covenants. So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer will
not:

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

     (ii) claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or interest payable
in respect of, the Notes (other than amounts properly withheld from such payments under the
Code) or assert any claim against any present or former Noteholder

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     by reason of the payment
of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Trust Estate; or

     (iii) (A) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to be impaired, or
permit the lien in favor of the Indenture Trustee created by this Indenture to be amended,
hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be released
from any covenants or obligations with respect to the Notes under this Indenture except as
may be expressly permitted hereby, (B) permit any lien, charge, excise, claim, security
interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (other than the lien of this Indenture) to be
created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Trust Estate or any part
thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof (other than tax liens, mechanics’
liens and other liens that arise by operation of law, in each case on a Financed Vehicle and
arising solely as a result of an action or omission of the related Obligor), (C) permit the
lien of this Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority (other than with respect to
any such tax, mechanics’ or other lien) security interest in the Trust Estate, or (D) amend,
modify or fail to comply with the provisions of the Basic Documents without the prior
written consent of the Controlling Party.

          SECTION 3.9 Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Issuer will deliver to the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer
(commencing with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006), and otherwise in compliance with the
requirements of TIA Section 314(a)(4) an Officer’s Certificate stating, as to the Authorized
Officer signing such Officer’s Certificate, that

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

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

     (iii) If the Issuer is not required to file periodic reports under the Exchange Act or
any other law, the reports referred to in this Section 3.9 may be delivered within 120 days
after the end of the calendar year, beginning April 30, 2008.

          SECTION 3.10 Issuer May Consolidate, Etc. Only on Certain Terms.

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

     (i) the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving such consolidation or
merger will be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America or any state and will expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto,
executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture
Trustee and the Insurer (so long as no Insurer Default has occurred and is

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continuing), the
due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the performance
or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to
be performed or observed, all as provided herein;

     (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing;

     (iii) the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied with respect to such transaction;

     (iv) the Issuer has received an Opinion of Counsel (and has delivered copies thereof to
the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer (so long as no Insurer Default has occurred and is
continuing)) to the effect that such transaction will not have any material adverse tax
consequence to the Issuer, the Insurer, any Noteholder or the Certificateholder;

     (v) any action as is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by
this Indenture has been taken;

     (vi) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation or merger and such supplemental
indenture comply with this Article III and that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to such transaction have been complied with (including any filing required by the
Exchange Act); and

     (vii) so long as no Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing, the Issuer will
have given the Insurer written notice of such consolidation or merger at least 20 Business
Days prior to the consummation of such action and will have received the prior written
approval of the Insurer of such consolidation or merger and the Issuer or the Person (if
other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger has a net worth,
immediately after such consolidation or merger, that is (a) greater than zero and (b) not
less than the net worth of the Issuer immediately prior to giving effect to such
consolidation or merger.

          (b) The Issuer will not convey or transfer all or substantially all of its properties or
assets, including those included in the Trust Estate, to any Person, unless

     (i) the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of the
Issuer the conveyance or transfer of which is hereby restricted will (A) be a United States
citizen or a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or
any state, (B) expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered
to the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, and the Insurer (so
long as no Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing), the due and punctual payment of
the principal of and interest on all Notes and the performance or observance of every
agreement and covenant of each of the Basic Documents on the part of the Issuer to be
performed or observed, all as provided herein, (C) expressly agree by means of such
supplemental indenture that all right, title and interest so conveyed or transferred will be
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Holders of the Notes, (D) unless otherwise provided
in such supplemental indenture, expressly agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Issuer against and from any loss, liability or expense arising under or related to this
Indenture and the Notes and (E) expressly agree by means of such supplemental indenture that
such Person (or if a group of persons, then one specified Person) will prepare (or cause to
be prepared) and make all filings with the Commission (and any other appropriate Person)
required by the Exchange Act in connection with the Notes;

     (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing;

     (iii) the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied with respect to such transaction;

     (iv) the Issuer has received an Opinion of Counsel (and will have delivered copies
thereof to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer (so long as no Insurer Default has occurred
and is continuing)) to the effect that such transaction will not have any material adverse
tax consequence to the Issuer, the Insurer, any Noteholder or the Certificateholder;

     (v) any action as is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by
this Indenture has been taken;

     (vi) the Issuer will have delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer an
Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such conveyance or
transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article III and that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied
with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act); and

     (vii) so long as no Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing, the Issuer will
have given the Insurer written notice of such conveyance or transfer at least 20 Business
Days prior to the consummation of such action and will have received the prior written
approval of the Insurer of such conveyance or transfer and the transferee has a net worth,
immediately after such conveyance or transfer, that is (a) greater than zero and (b) not
less than the net worth of the Issuer immediately prior to giving effect to such conveyance
or transfer.

          (c) The Issuer will not change its jurisdiction of organization without notifying the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer and taking any actions necessary to maintain a first priority
perfected security interest in the Collateral under this Indenture.

          SECTION 3.11 Successor or Transferee.

          (a) Upon any consolidation or merger of the Issuer in accordance with Section 3.10(a), the
Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) will succeed
to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this
Indenture with the same effect as if such Person had been named as the Issuer herein.

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          (b) Upon a conveyance or transfer of all the assets and properties of the Issuer pursuant to
Section 3.10 (b), Triad Automobile Receivables Trust 2006-C will be released from every covenant
and agreement of this Indenture to be observed or performed on the part of the Issuer with respect
to the Notes immediately upon the delivery of written notice to the Indenture Trustee stating that
Triad Automobile Receivables Trust 2006-C is to be so released.

          SECTION 3.12 No Other Business. The Issuer will not engage in any business other than
financing, purchasing, owning, selling and managing the Receivables in the manner contemplated by
the Basic Documents and activities incidental thereto.

          SECTION 3.13 No Borrowing. The Issuer will not issue, incur, assume, guarantee or
otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any Indebtedness except for (i) the Notes,
(ii) obligations owing from time to time to the Insurer under the Insurance Agreement and (iii) any
other Indebtedness permitted by or arising under the Basic Documents. The proceeds of the Notes
will be used exclusively to fund the Issuer’s purchase of the Receivables and the other assets
specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to fund the Spread Account and to pay the Issuer’s
organizational, transactional and start-up expenses.

          SECTION 3.14 Servicer’s Obligations. The Issuer will cause the Servicer to comply with Sections 4.9, 4.10, 4.11 and 5.10 of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement.

          SECTION 3.15 Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities. Except as
contemplated by the Sale and Servicing Agreement or this Indenture, the Issuer will 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.

          SECTION 3.16 Capital Expenditures. The Issuer will not make any expenditure (by
long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets (either realty or personalty).

          SECTION 3.17 Compliance with Laws. The Issuer will comply with the requirements of
all applicable laws, the non-compliance with which would, individually or in the aggregate,
materially and adversely affect the ability of the Issuer to perform its obligations under the
Notes, this Indenture or any Basic Document.

          SECTION 3.18 Restricted Payments. The Issuer will not, directly or indirectly, (i)
pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash,
property, securities or a combination thereof, to the Owner Trustee or any owner of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer or otherwise with respect to any ownership or equity interest or security in
or of the Issuer or to the Servicer, (ii) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value
any such ownership or equity interest or security or (iii) set aside or otherwise segregate any
amounts for any such purpose; provided, however, that the Issuer may make, or cause
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Insurer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Certificateholders as permitted by, and to the extent funds are available
for such purpose under, the Sale and Servicing Agreement or Trust Agreement. The Issuer will not,
directly or indirectly, make payments to or distributions from the Collection Account except in
accordance with the Basic Documents.

          SECTION 3.19 Notice of Events of Default. Upon a responsible officer of the Issuer
having actual knowledge thereof, the Issuer agrees to give the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer and
the Rating Agencies prompt written notice of each Default or Event of Default hereunder and each
default on the part of the Servicer or the Depositor of its obligations under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.

          SECTION 3.20 Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Indenture Trustee or the Insurer, the Issuer will execute and deliver
such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry
out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

          SECTION 3.21 Amendments of Sale and Servicing Agreement and Trust Agreement. The
Issuer will not agree to any amendment to Section 12.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or
Section 10.1 of the Trust Agreement to eliminate the requirements thereunder that the Indenture
Trustee, the Insurer or the Holders of the Notes consent to amendments thereto as provided therein.

          SECTION 3.22 Income Tax Characterization. For purposes of federal income, state and
local income and franchise and any other income taxes, the Issuer will treat the Notes as
indebtedness and each Noteholder (or beneficial Note Owner) will be deemed, by virtue of
acquisition of its interest in such Note, to have agreed, to treat the Notes as indebtedness for
all applicable tax reporting purposes.

          SECTION 3.23 Representations and Warranties. The Issuer represents and warrants that:

          (a) Security Interest. This Indenture creates a valid and continuing security
interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Receivables in favor of the Indenture Trustee,
which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such as against
creditors of and purchasers from the Seller. The Issuer owns and has good and marketable title to
the Receivables free and clear of any Lien (other than the Lien in favor of the Indenture Trustee),
claim or encumbrance of any Person. The Issuer is not aware of any judgments or tax liens filed
against the Issuer.

          (b) All Filings Made. The Issuer has taken all steps necessary to perfect the
Indenture Trustee’s security interest in the property securing the Receivables, provided that, if
not done as of the Closing Date, the Issuer will cause, within ten days of the Closing Date, the
filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate
jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the Receivables
granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder. All financing statements filed or to be filed by the
Issuer in favor of the Indenture Trustee in connection herewith that describes the Collateral
contain a statement to the following effect:

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(A purchase or taking of a security interest in any collateral
described in this financing statement except as permitted by the
Indenture will violate the rights of the Indenture Trustee).

          (c) No Impairment. The Issuer has not done anything to convey any right to any Person
that would result in such Person having a right to payments due under the Receivables or otherwise
to impair the rights of the Insurer, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in any Receivable or
the proceeds thereof. Other than the security interest granted to
the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture, the Issuer has not pledged, assigned, sold,
granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Receivables. The Issuer has not
authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the Issuer that
include a description of collateral covering the Receivables other than any financing statement
relating to the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder or that has been
terminated. The Issuer is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against it.

          (d) The Receivables. The Receivables constitute “tangible chattel paper” within the
meaning of the applicable UCC. Triad Financial Corporation, as the Custodian under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, has in its possession all original copies of the receivable files that
constitute or evidence the Receivables. The receivable files that constitute or evidence the
Receivables do not have any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or
conveyed by the Issuer to any person.

          (e) Good Title. Immediately prior to the pledge of the Receivables to the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to this Indenture, the Issuer was the sole owner thereof and had good and
indefeasible title thereto, free of any Lien and, upon execution and delivery of the Basic
Documents, the Issuer shall have good and indefeasible title to and will be the sole owner of such
Receivables, free of any Lien. No dealer or third-party lender has a participation in, or other
right to receive, proceeds of any Receivable. The Issuer has not taken any action to convey any
right to any Person that would result in such Person having a right to payments received under the
related Insurance Policies, Auto Loan Purchase and Sale Agreements, Dealer Assignments or
Third-Party Lender Assignments or to payments due under such Receivables.

ARTICLE IV

Satisfaction and Discharge

          SECTION 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture will cease to be
of further effect with respect to the Notes except as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and
exchange, (ii) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (iii) rights of
Noteholders to receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon, (iv) Sections 3.3, 3.4,
3.5, 3.8, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.20, 3.21 and 3.22, (v) the rights, obligations and immunities of the
Indenture Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the Indenture Trustee under Section 6.7 and
the obligations of the Indenture Trustee under Section 4.2) and (vi) the rights of Noteholders as
beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Indenture Trustee payable
to all or any of them, and the Indenture Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer,
will execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with
respect to the Notes, when

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     (A) either

     (1) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Notes
that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as
provided in Section 2.5 and (ii) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Indenture
Trustee and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as
provided in Section 3.3) have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee for
cancellation and the Note Policy has expired and been returned to the Insurer for
cancellation; or

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

     (i) have become due and payable,

     (ii) will become due and payable at their respective Final Scheduled
Distribution Dates within one year, or

     (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the
Indenture Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer,

and the Issuer, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably deposited
or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Indenture Trustee cash or direct
obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America (which will
mature prior to the date such amounts are payable), in trust for such purpose, in an
amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not
theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation when due to their
respective Final Scheduled Distribution Dates or Redemption Date (if Notes have been
called for redemption pursuant to Section 10.1(a)), as the case may be;

     (B) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all Insurer Issuer Secured
Obligations and all Indenture Trustee Issuer Secured Obligations; and

     (C) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer an
Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and, if required by the TIA, the Issuer
has delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer (so long as no Insurer
Default has occurred and is continuing) an Independent Certificate from a firm of
certified public accountants, each meeting the applicable requirements of Section
11.1(a) and each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

          SECTION 4.2 Application of Trust Money. All moneys deposited with the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 will be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the
provisions of the Notes and the Basic Documents, to the payment, either directly or through any
Note Paying Agent, as the Indenture Trustee may determine, to the Holders of the

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particular Notes
for the payment or redemption of which such moneys have been deposited with the Indenture Trustee,
of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and interest; but such moneys need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required herein or in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement or required by law.

          SECTION 4.3 Repayment of Moneys Held by Note Paying Agent. In connection with the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, all moneys then held by any
Note Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee under the provisions of this Indenture with
respect to such Notes will, upon demand of the Issuer, be paid to the Indenture Trustee to be held
and applied according to Section 3.3 and thereupon such Note Paying Agent will be released from all
further liability with respect to such moneys.

ARTICLE V

Remedies

          SECTION 5.1 Events of Default. “Event of Default” means any one of the
following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or
involuntary or 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):

     (i) default by the Issuer in the payment of any interest on any Note when the same
becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of five days; or

     (ii) default by the Issuer in the payment of the principal of any Note on its Final
Scheduled Distribution Date; or

     (iii) if the Insurer is the Controlling Party, a Trigger Event (as defined under the
Insurance Agreement) has occurred and is continuing; or

     (iv) a draw has been made on the Note Policy; or

     (v) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises in respect of the Issuer or any substantial part of the Trust Estate 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 Issuer or for any substantial
part of the Trust Estate, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer’s affairs,
and such decree or order remains unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days;
or

     (vi) the commencement by the 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 Issuer to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law,
or the consent by the Issuer to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or
for any substantial part of the Trust Estate, or the making by the Issuer of any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by the Issuer generally to

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pay its
debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by the Issuer in furtherance of any
of the foregoing; or

     (vii) the Issuer becoming taxable as an association or a publicly traded partnership
taxable as a corporation for federal or state income tax purposes; or

     (viii) on any Distribution Date, after taking into account the application of the sum
of Available Funds for the related calendar month plus any available amounts from the Spread
Account for the related Distribution Date, any amounts listed in clauses (i) through (v) of
Section 5.7(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement have not been paid in full; or

     (ix) default in the observance or performance in any material respect of any covenant
or agreement of the Issuer made in this 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 Issuer made in this Indenture, in any
Basic Document or in any certificate or any 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 has been made, and such default will continue or not be cured, or the
circumstance or condition in respect of which such representation or warranty was incorrect
will not have been eliminated or otherwise cured, for a period of 30 days (or for such
longer period, not in excess of 90 days, as may be reasonably necessary to remedy such
default) after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the
Indenture Trustee or to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of at least 25%
of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, a written notice specifying such default or
incorrect representation or warranty and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such
notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder.

          The Issuer will deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer, within five days after
knowledge of the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of any
event which with the giving of notice and the lapse of time would become an Event of Default, its
status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

          SECTION 5.2 Rights Upon Event of Default.

          (a) In the event of any acceleration of any Notes by operation of this Section 5.2, the
Indenture Trustee will continue to be entitled to make claims under the Note Policy pursuant to the
Sale and Servicing Agreement for Scheduled Payments on the Notes. Payments under the Note Policy
following acceleration of any Notes will be applied by the Indenture Trustee:

     FIRST: to Class A Noteholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Class A Notes for
interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due
and payable on the Class A Notes for interest; and

     SECOND: first, to the Class A-1 Noteholders for amounts due and unpaid for principal,
then to Holders of the other Classes of Class A Notes for amounts due and

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unpaid on such
Class A Notes for principal, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according
to the amounts due and payable on such Class A Notes for principal.

          (b) In the event any Notes are accelerated due to an Event of Default, the Insurer has the
right (in addition to its obligation to pay Scheduled Payments on the Notes in accordance with the
Note Policy), but not the obligation, to make payments under the Note Policy or otherwise of
interest and principal due on such Notes, in whole or in part, on any date or dates following such
acceleration as the Insurer, in its sole discretion, will elect.

          (c) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing (other than Events of Default specified in
Section 5.1(v) and (vi)), the Indenture Trustee may, with consent of the Insurer (if the Insurer is
the Controlling Party), and will, at the direction of the Controlling Party, declare by written
notice to the Issuer that the Notes become, whereupon they will become, immediately due and payable
at par, together with accrued interest thereon. If an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(v)
or (vi) occurs, the Notes will automatically become due and payable at par, together with interest
thereon, without any declaration or other act on the part of its Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder
or the Controlling Party.

          (d) If 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 Indenture Trustee as
hereinafter in this Article V provided, the Controlling Party, by written notice to the Issuer and
the Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

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

          (A) all payments of principal of and interest on all Notes and all
other amounts that would then be due hereunder or upon such Notes if the
Event of Default giving rise to such acceleration had not occurred; and

          (B) all sums paid or advanced by the Indenture Trustee hereunder and
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel; and

     (ii) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of the Notes
that has become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in
Section 5.13.

          No such rescission will affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereto.

          SECTION 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee.

          (a) The Issuer covenants that, notwithstanding any rights of any other party herein to
exercise any of its remedies as provided herein, if (i) default is made in the payment of any
interest on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues

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

          (b) Each Issuer Secured Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally appoints the Controlling
Party as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of such Issuer Secured Party, with full power of
substitution, to execute, acknowledge and deliver any notice, document, certificate, paper,
pleading or instrument and to do in the name of the Controlling Party as well as in the name, place
and stead of such Issuer Secured Party such acts, things and deeds for or on behalf of and in the
name of such Issuer Secured Party under this Indenture (including specifically under Section 5.4)
and under the other Basic Documents which such Issuer Secured Party could or might do or which may
be necessary, desirable or convenient in such Controlling Party’s sole discretion to effect the
purposes contemplated hereunder and under the Basic Documents and, without limitation, following
the occurrence of an Event of Default, exercise full right, power and authority to take, or defer
from taking, any and all acts with respect to the administration, maintenance or disposition of the
Trust Estate.

          (c) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may with the
consent of the Controlling Party and will, at the direction of the Controlling Party, proceed to
protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders by such appropriate Proceedings as
the Indenture Trustee or the Controlling Party will deem most effective to protect and enforce any
such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or
in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal
or equitable right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

          (d) [Reserved].

          (e) In case there will be pending, relative to the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes
or any Person having or claiming an ownership interest in the Trust Estate, 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 has been appointed for or taken possession of the
Issuer or its property or such other obligor or Person, or in case of any other comparable judicial
proceedings relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property
of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Indenture Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal
of any Notes will then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and
irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee has made any demand pursuant to the provisions of
this Section, will be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise to,
and may with the Insurer’s consent (so long as the Insurer is the Controlling Party), and will, at
the direction of the Controlling Party:

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

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

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

     (iv) file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders allowed in
any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer, its creditors and its property;

and any trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in any such Proceeding
is hereby authorized by each of such Noteholders to make payments to the Indenture Trustee, and, in
the event that the Indenture Trustee will consent to the making of payments directly, to such
Noteholders, to pay to the Indenture Trustee such amounts as will be sufficient to cover reasonable
compensation to the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective
agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and indemnities incurred, and all advances
made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee except as a result of
negligence or bad faith.

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

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

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          (h) In any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (and also any Proceedings involving
the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture), the Indenture Trustee will be held to
represent all the Holders of the Notes, and it will not be necessary to make any Noteholder a party
to any such proceedings.

          SECTION 5.4 Remedies.

          (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Notes have been declared due
and payable and such declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded, the Indenture
Trustee may, with the consent of the Insurer (so long as the Insurer is the Controlling Party) and
will, at the direction of the Controlling Party, do one or more of the following (subject to
Section 5.5):

     (i) institute Proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an express trust for the
collection of all amounts then payable on the Notes or under this Indenture with respect
thereto, whether by declaration or otherwise, enforce any judgment obtained, and collect
from the Issuer and any other obligor upon such Notes moneys adjudged due;

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

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

     (iv) sell the Trust Estate 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

          (A) if the Insurer is the Controlling Party, the Insurer may not direct the
sale or other liquidation of the Trust Estate unless the proceeds of such sale or
liquidation distributable to the Noteholders are sufficient to discharge in full all
amounts then due and unpaid upon such Notes for principal and interest; or

          (B) if the Indenture Trustee is the Controlling Party, the Indenture Trustee
may not sell or otherwise liquidate the Trust Estate following an Event of Default
unless either

               (x) Noteholders representing not less than 100% of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes consent thereto, or

               (y) the proceeds of such sale or liquidation distributable to
the Noteholders are sufficient to discharge in full all amounts then
due and unpaid upon such Notes for principal and interest, or

               (z) the Indenture Trustee determines that the Trust Estate will
not continue to provide sufficient funds for the payment of principal
of and interest on the Notes as they would have

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become due if the Notes had not been declared due and payable,
and the Indenture Trustee provides prior written notice to the Rating
Agencies and obtains the consent of Holders of 66-2/3% of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes.

          In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency with respect to clause (y) and (z), the
Indenture 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 Trust Estate for such purpose.

          SECTION 5.5 Optional Preservation of the Receivables. If the Indenture Trustee is the
Controlling Party and if the Notes have been declared to be due and payable under Section 5.2
following an Event of Default and such declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and
annulled, the Indenture Trustee may but need not maintain possession of the Trust Estate. It is
the desire of the parties hereto and the Noteholders that there be at all times sufficient funds
for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes, and the Indenture Trustee will take such
desire into account when determining whether or not to maintain possession of the Trust Estate. In
determining whether to maintain possession of the Trust Estate, the Indenture 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 Trust Estate for such purpose.

          SECTION 5.6 Priorities.

          (a) Following (1) the acceleration of the Notes pursuant to Section 5.2 or (2) the receipt of
Insolvency Proceeds pursuant to Section 10.1(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture
Trustee will apply the following amounts from (i) Available Funds on deposit in the Collection
Account, including any money or property collected pursuant to Section 5.4 of this Indenture and
any such Insolvency Proceeds, after the payment of all amounts owing to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.7 of this Indenture, and (ii) amounts on deposit in the Spread Account on the
related Distribution Date in the following order of priority:

     FIRST: amounts due and owing and required to be distributed to the Servicer (provided
there is no Servicer Termination Event), the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, and Backup
Servicer, respectively, pursuant to priorities (i) and (ii) of Section 5.7(a) of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement and not previously distributed, in the order of such priorities as set
forth therein and without limitation, preference or priority of any kind within such
priorities;

     SECOND: to the Holders of the Class A Notes, for amounts due and unpaid on such Class A
Notes for interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on the Class A Notes for interest;

     THIRD: to the Class A-1 Noteholders, for amounts due and unpaid on the Class A-1 Notes
for principal, then, to the Holders of the other classes of Class A Notes, for amounts due
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preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such
Class A Notes for principal;

     FOURTH: amounts due and owing and required to be distributed to the Insurer pursuant to
priority (vi), (vii) and (x) of Section 5.7(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and not
previously distributed; and

     FIFTH: any remainder to the Holders of the Certificates.

          (b) The Indenture Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Noteholders pursuant to this Section 5.6. At least 15 days before such record date the Issuer will
mail to each Noteholder and the Indenture Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment
date and the amount to be paid.

          SECTION 5.7 Limitation of Suits. No Holder of any Note has any right to institute any
proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a
receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

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

     (ii) the Holders of not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes have made
written request to the Indenture Trustee to institute such Proceeding in respect of such
Event of Default in its own name as Indenture Trustee hereunder;

     (iii) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture Trustee indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in complying
with such request;

     (iv) the Indenture Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and
offer of indemnity has failed to institute such Proceedings;

     (v) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Indenture
Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of
the Notes; and

     (vi) the Insurer is not the Controlling Party;

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

          In the event the Indenture Trustee receives conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity
from two or more groups of Noteholders, each representing less than a majority of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes, the Indenture Trustee will act at the direction of the group
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the Indenture Trustee receives conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more
groups of Noteholders representing an equal Outstanding Amount of Notes, the Indenture Trustee in
its sole discretion may determine what action, if any, will be taken, notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee will not be liable for any such determination
made in good faith.

          SECTION 5.8 Unconditional Rights of Noteholders To Receive Principal and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, the Holder of any Note has the right, which
is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on such
Note on or after the respective due dates thereof expressed in such Note or in this Indenture (or,
in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment, and such right will not be impaired without the consent of such
Holder.

          SECTION 5.9 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Controlling Party or any
Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and
such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason or has been determined adversely
to the Controlling Party or to such Noteholder, then and in every such case the Issuer, the
Controlling Party and the Noteholders will, 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 Controlling Party and the Noteholders will continue as though no such
Proceeding had been instituted.

          SECTION 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein conferred upon
or reserved to the Controlling Party or to the Noteholders is intended to be exclusive of any other
right or remedy, and every right and remedy will, 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, will not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right
or remedy.

          SECTION 5.11 Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. No delay or omission of the Indenture
Trustee, the Controlling Party or any Holder of any Note to exercise any right or remedy accruing
upon any Default or Event of Default will impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of
any such Default or Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by
this Article V or by law to the Indenture Trustee, the Controlling Party or to the Noteholders may
be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture Trustee,
the Controlling Party or by the Noteholders, as the case may be.

          SECTION 5.12 Control by Noteholders. If the Indenture Trustee is the Controlling Party, the Majority Noteholders will have the
right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to
the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes or exercising any trust or power conferred on the
Indenture Trustee; provided that:

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

     (ii) any direction to the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate is
subject to the express terms of Section 5.4;

     (iii) if the conditions set forth in Section 5.5 have been satisfied and the Indenture
Trustee elects to retain the Trust Estate pursuant to such Section, then any direction to
the Indenture Trustee by Noteholders representing less than 100% of the Outstanding Amount
of the Notes to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate will be of no force and effect; and

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

provided, however, that, subject to Article VI, the Indenture Trustee need not take
any action that it determines might involve it in liability, financial or otherwise, without
receiving indemnity satisfactory to it, or might materially adversely affect the rights of any
Noteholders not consenting to such action.

          SECTION 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Insurer may, or if an Insurer Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Majority Noteholders may, prior to the declaration of the
acceleration of the maturity of the Notes as provided in Section 5.4, 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 Notes or (b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or
amended without the consent of the Holder of each Note. In the case of any such waiver, the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer and the Holders of the Notes will be restored to their
former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver will extend to any
subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

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

          SECTION 5.14 Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each
Holder of any Note by such Holder’s acceptance thereof will be deemed to have agreed, that any
court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture, or in any suit
against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Indenture
Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such
suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good
faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section
will not apply to (a) any suit instituted by the Indenture Trustee or the Controlling Party, (b)
any suit instituted by any Noteholder, or group of Noteholders, in each case holding in the
aggregate more than 10% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes or (c) any

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suit instituted by any
Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any Note on or after
the respective due dates expressed in such Note and in this Indenture (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).

          SECTION 5.15 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer covenants (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead or in any manner
whatsoever, claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this
Indenture; and the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all
benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Indenture Trustee, but will suffer and permit the
execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

          SECTION 5.16 Action on Notes. The Indenture Trustee’s right to seek and recover
judgment on the Notes or under this Indenture will not be affected by the seeking, obtaining or
application of any other relief under or with respect to this Indenture. Neither the lien of this
Indenture nor any rights or remedies of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders will be impaired
by the recovery of any judgment by the Indenture Trustee against the Issuer or by the levy of any
execution under such judgment upon any portion of the Trust Estate or upon any of the assets of the
Issuer.

          SECTION 5.17 Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations.

          (a) Promptly following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so and at the Servicer’s
expense, the Issuer agrees to take all such lawful action as the Indenture Trustee may request to
compel or secure the performance and observance by the Servicer of its obligations to the Issuer
under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof,
and to exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to the
Issuer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement to the extent and in the manner
directed by the Indenture Trustee, including the institution of legal or administrative actions or
Proceedings to compel or secure performance by the Servicer of its obligations under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.

          (b) If the Indenture Trustee is the Controlling Party and if an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, and, at the written direction of the Majority
Noteholders will, subject to Article VI, exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges
and claims of the Issuer against the Servicer under or in connection with the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, including the right or power to take any action to compel or secure
performance or observance by the Servicer of its obligations to the Issuer thereunder and to give
any consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension or waiver under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, and any right of the Issuer to take such action will be suspended.

ARTICLE VI

The Indenture Trustee 

          SECTION 6.1 Duties of Indenture Trustee.

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          (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee will
exercise, subject to the provisions of Article V, the rights and powers vested in it by the Basic
Documents to which it is a Party and use the same degree of care and skill in its 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 Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations will be
read into this Indenture against the Indenture Trustee; and

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

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

     (i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of Section 6.1 (b);

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

     (iii) the Indenture Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to
Section 5.12.

          (d) The Indenture Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except
as the Indenture Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer.

          (e) Money held in trust by the Indenture Trustee need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law or the terms of this Indenture or the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.

          (f) No provision of this Indenture will require the Indenture Trustee to expend or risk its
own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder
or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it has reasonable grounds to believe that
repayment of such funds or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against such risk or liability
is not assured to it.

          (g) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Indenture Trustee will be subject to the provisions of this Section 6.1
and to the provisions of the TIA.

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          (h) The Indenture Trustee will, upon two Business Days’ prior notice to the Indenture Trustee,
permit any representative of the Insurer at the expense of the Trust, during the Indenture
Trustee’s normal business hours, to examine all books of account, records, reports and other papers
of the Indenture Trustee relating to the Notes, to make copies and extracts therefrom and to
discuss the Indenture Trustee’s affairs and actions, as such affairs and actions relate to the
Indenture Trustee’s duties with respect to the Notes, with the Indenture Trustee’s officers and
employees responsible for carrying out the Indenture Trustee’s duties with respect to the Notes.

          (i) The Indenture Trustee will, and hereby agrees that it will, perform all of the obligations
and duties required of it under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

          (j) The Indenture Trustee will, and hereby agrees that it will, hold the Note Policy in trust,
and will hold any proceeds of any claim on the Note Policy in trust solely for the use and benefit
of the Noteholders.

          (k) Without limiting the generality of this Section 6.1, the Indenture Trustee will have no
duty (i) to see to any recording, filing or depositing of this Indenture or any agreement referred
to herein or any financing statement evidencing a security interest in the Financed Vehicles, or to
see to the maintenance of any such recording or filing or depositing or to any recording, refiling
or redepositing of any thereof, (ii) to see to any insurance of the Financed Vehicles or Obligors
or to effect or maintain any such insurance, (iii) to see to the payment or discharge of any tax,
assessment or other governmental charge or any Lien or encumbrance of any kind owing with respect
to, assessed or levied against any part of the Trust Estate, (iv) to confirm or verify the contents
of any reports or certificates delivered to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture or the
Sale and Servicing Agreement believed by the Indenture Trustee to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper party or parties, or (v) to inspect the Financed Vehicles at any
time or ascertain or inquire as to the performance of observance of any of the Issuer’s, the
Depositor’s or the Servicer’s representations, warranties or covenants or the Servicer’s duties and
obligations as Servicer and as custodian of the Receivable Files under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.

          (l) In no event will Citibank, N.A., in any of its capacities hereunder, be deemed to have
assumed any duties of the Owner Trustee under the Delaware Statutory Trust Statute, common law, or
the Trust Agreement.

          SECTION 6.2 Rights of Indenture Trustee.

          (a) The Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely on any report, certificate, opinion, statement
or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
person. The Indenture Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

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

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          (c) The Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any
duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys or a custodian or nominee,
and the Indenture Trustee will not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of,
or for the supervision of, Triad Financial Corporation, or any other such agent, attorney,
custodian or nominee appointed with due care by it hereunder.

          (d) The Indenture Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided,
however, that the Indenture Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct,
negligence or bad faith.

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

          (f) The Indenture Trustee will be under no obligation to institute, conduct or defend any
litigation under this Indenture or in relation to this Indenture, at the request, order or
direction of any of the Noteholders or the Controlling Party, pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture, unless such Noteholders or the Controlling Party has offered to the Indenture Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred
therein or thereby; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee will, upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default (that has not been cured), exercise the rights and powers vested
in it by this Indenture, subject to Article V, with reasonable care and skill.

          (g) The Indenture Trustee will not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to
do so by the Insurer (so long as no Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing) or (if an
Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing) by the Noteholders evidencing not less than 25% of
the Outstanding Amount thereof; provided, however, that if the payment within a
reasonable
time to the Indenture Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by
it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Indenture Trustee, not reasonably
assured to the Indenture Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture or
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against
such cost, expense or liability as a condition to so proceeding; the reasonable expense of every
such examination will be paid by the Person making such request, or, if paid by the Indenture
Trustee, will be reimbursed by the Person making such request upon demand.

          (h) The Indenture Trustee will not be liable for any losses on investments except for losses
resulting from the failure of the Indenture Trustee to make an investment in accordance with
instructions given in accordance hereunder. If the Indenture Trustee acts as the Note Paying Agent
or Note Registrar, the rights and protections afforded to the Indenture Trustee will be afforded to
the Note Paying Agent and Note Registrar.

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          (i) The Indenture Trustee will not be required to take notice or be deemed to have notice or
knowledge of any Default or Event of Default or Servicer Termination Event unless a Responsible
Officer of the Indenture Trustee has received written notice or obtained actual knowledge thereof.
In the absence of receipt of such notice or actual knowledge, the Indenture Trustee may
conclusively assume that there is no Default or Event of Default or Servicer Termination Event.

          (j) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event will the Indenture
Trustee be liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever
(including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Indenture Trustee has been advised of the
likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

          SECTION 6.3 Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal
with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Indenture
Trustee. Any Note Paying Agent, Note Registrar, co-registrar or co-Note Paying Agent may do the
same with like rights. However, the Indenture Trustee must comply with Sections 6.11 and 6.12.

          SECTION 6.4 Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Indenture Trustee will not be
responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, the
Trust Estate or the Notes, it will not be accountable for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the
Notes, and it will not be responsible for any statement of the Issuer in the Indenture or in any
document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Indenture
Trustee’s certificate of authentication.

          SECTION 6.5 Notice of Defaults. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing and
if it is either known by, or written notice of the existence thereof has been delivered to, a
Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee will mail to each Noteholder
and the Insurer (unless an Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing) notice of the Default
within 90 days after such
knowledge or notice occurs. Except in the case of a Default in payment of principal of or
interest on any Note (including payments pursuant to the mandatory redemption provisions of such
Note), the Indenture Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as it in good faith determines
that withholding the notice is in the interests of Noteholders.

          SECTION 6.6 Reports by Indenture Trustee.

          (a) The Indenture Trustee will deliver to each Noteholder such information as may be
reasonably required to enable such Holder to prepare its federal and State income tax returns to
the extent not previously provided.

          (b) If required under Regulation AB, the Indenture Trustee will:

     (i) deliver to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Servicer, a report, dated as of
December 31 of the preceding calendar year, on its assessment of compliance with the
minimum servicing criteria regarding cash and collection administration and investor
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calendar year,
including disclosure of any material instance of non-compliance identified by the Indenture
Trustee, as required by Rule 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and the sections of Item
1122 of Regulation AB under the Securities Act as set forth on Exhibit B hereto, and such
additional provisions of Item 1122 as may be agreed among the Depositor, the Servicer and
the Indenture Trustee to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB.

     (ii) cause a firm of registered public accountants that is qualified and independent
within the meaning of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act to deliver to the
Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Servicer an attestation report that satisfies the
requirements of Rule 13a-18 or Rule 15d-18 under the Exchange Act, as applicable, on the
assessment of compliance with servicing criteria with respect to the prior calendar year.
Such attestation report will be in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3), 2-01 and 2-02(g) of
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

     (iii) The reports referred to in this Section 6.6(b) will be delivered on or before
March 15 of each year in which a Form 10-K is required to be filed, beginning March 15,
2007.

          (c) The Indenture Trustee will furnish to the Depositor or the Issuer, in writing, the
necessary disclosure describing the legal proceedings required to be disclosed under Item 1117 of
Regulation AB with respect to the Indenture Trustee, for inclusion in reports, so long as such
reports are required to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act.

          SECTION 6.7 Compensation and Indemnity.

          (a) Pursuant to Section 5.7(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer will, or will
cause the Servicer to, pay to the Indenture Trustee and the Backup Servicer from time to time
compensation for its services as per a separate fee schedule. The Indenture Trustee’s
compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust.
The Issuer will, or will cause the Servicer to, reimburse the Indenture Trustee and the Backup
Servicer for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of
collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses will include the
reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee’s and the
Backup Servicer’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Issuer will, or will cause the
Servicer to, indemnify the Indenture Trustee and the Backup Servicer and their respective officers,
directors, employees and agents against any and all loss, liability or expense (including
attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by each of them in connection with the acceptance or the
administration of this Trust and the performance of its duties hereunder. The Indenture Trustee or
the Backup Servicer will notify the Issuer and the Servicer promptly of any claim for which it may
seek indemnity. Failure by the Indenture Trustee or the Backup Servicer to so notify the Issuer
and the Servicer will not relieve the Issuer of its obligations hereunder or the Servicer of its
obligations under Section 8.2 and Article XI of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Issuer will,
or will cause the Servicer to, defend the claim, and if failure to provide separate counsel will
result in a conflict of interest, the Indenture Trustee or the Backup Servicer may have separate
counsel and the Issuer will cause the Servicer to pay the fees and expenses of such counsel.
Neither the Issuer nor the Servicer need reimburse any expense or

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indemnify against any loss,
liability or expense incurred by the Indenture Trustee or the Backup Servicer through the Indenture
Trustee’s or the Backup Servicer’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.

          (b) The Issuer’s payment obligations to the Indenture Trustee and the Backup Servicer pursuant
to this Section 6.7 will survive the discharge of this Indenture or the respective earlier
resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee or the Backup Servicer. When the Indenture Trustee
or the Backup Servicer incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section
5.1(v) or (vi) with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other applicable federal or State
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law. Notwithstanding anything else set forth in the Basic
Documents, the Indenture Trustee agrees that the obligations of the Issuer (but not the Servicer)
to the Indenture Trustee under the Basic Documents will be recourse to the Trust Estate only and
specifically will not be recourse to the assets of the Certificateholder or any Noteholder. In
addition, the Indenture Trustee agrees that its recourse to the Issuer, the Trust Estate, the
Depositor and amounts held in the Spread Account will be limited to the right to receive the
distributions referred to in Section 5.7(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Section 5.6
hereof.

          SECTION 6.8 Replacement of Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee may resign at any
time by so notifying the Issuer and the Insurer. The Issuer may, with the consent of the
Controlling Party, and will at the request of the Controlling Party, remove the Indenture Trustee,
if:

     (i) the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11;

     (ii) a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the Indenture Trustee in
an involuntary case or proceeding under federal or State banking or
bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or
State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, has entered a decree or order granting
relief or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, conservator,
sequestrator (or similar official) for the Indenture Trustee or for any substantial part of
the Indenture Trustee’s property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the Indenture
Trustee’s affairs;

     (iii) an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter in
effect, or another present or future federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law
is commenced with respect to the Indenture Trustee and such case is not dismissed within 60
days;

     (iv) the Indenture Trustee commences a voluntary case under any federal or state
banking or bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal
or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or consents to the appointment of or
taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, conservator,
sequestrator (or other similar official) for the Indenture Trustee or for any substantial
part of the Indenture Trustee’s property, or makes any assignment for the

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benefit of
creditors or fails generally to pay its debts as such debts become due or takes any
corporate action in furtherance of any of the foregoing; or

     (v) the Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.

          If the Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of
Indenture Trustee for any reason (the Indenture Trustee in such event being referred to herein as
the retiring Indenture Trustee), the Issuer will promptly appoint a successor Indenture Trustee
acceptable to the Insurer (so long as no Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing). If the
Issuer fails to appoint such a successor Indenture Trustee, the Insurer may appoint a successor
Indenture Trustee.

          A successor Indenture Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the
retiring Indenture Trustee, the Insurer (provided that no Insurer Default has occurred and is
continuing) and to the Issuer. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture
Trustee will become effective, subject to satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition and the
successor Indenture Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Indenture
Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Indenture Trustee will mail a notice of its succession
to Noteholders. The retiring Indenture Trustee, at the expense of the Trust, will promptly
transfer all property held by it as Indenture Trustee to the successor Indenture Trustee.

          If a successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring
Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed (notwithstanding that such resignation or removal is not
effective), the retiring Indenture Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of a majority in Outstanding
Amount of the Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Indenture Trustee.

          If the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11, any Noteholder with the Insurer’s
consent (unless an Insurer Default exists) may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor
Indenture Trustee.

          Any resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and appointment of a successor Indenture
Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section will not become effective until
acceptance of appointment by the successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.8 and
payment of all fees and expenses owed to the outgoing Indenture Trustee.

          Notwithstanding the replacement of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section, the
Issuer’s and the Servicer’s obligations under Section 6.7 will continue for the benefit of the
retiring Indenture Trustee.

          SECTION 6.9 Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger. If the Indenture Trustee
consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate
trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving
or transferee corporation without any further act will be the successor Indenture Trustee;
provided, that the surviving corporation must satisfy the eligibility criteria set forth in
Section 6.11. The Indenture Trustee will provide the Rating Agencies prior written notice of any
such transaction.

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

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

          (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, at any time, for the purpose of
meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Estate may at the
time be located, the Indenture Trustee with the consent of the Insurer (so long as no Insurer
Default has occurred and is continuing) will 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 Estate, and to vest in such Person or
Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Noteholders, such title to the Trust Estate,
or any part hereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers, duties,
obligations, rights and trusts as the Indenture Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No
co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder will be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a
successor trustee under Section 6.11 and no notice to Noteholders of the appointment of any
co-trustee or separate trustee will be required under Section 6.8 hereof.

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

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

     (ii) no trustee hereunder will be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of
any other trustee hereunder, including acts or omissions of predecessor or successor
trustees; and

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

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          (c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture Trustee will 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 will refer to this
Agreement and the conditions of this Article VI. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its
acceptance of the trusts conferred, will be vested with the estates or property specified in its
instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Indenture Trustee or separately, as may be
provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Indenture, specifically including every
provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording
protection to, the Indenture Trustee. Every such instrument will be filed with the Indenture
Trustee.

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

          (e) Any and all amounts relating to the fees and expenses of the co-Indenture Trustee or
separate Indenture Trustee will be borne by the Trust Estate.

          SECTION 6.11 Eligibility: Disqualification. The Indenture Trustee will at all times
satisfy the requirements of TIA § 310(a). The Indenture Trustee will 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 will have a long term debt
rating of BBB-, or an equivalent rating, or better by the Rating Agencies. The Indenture
Trustee will provide copies of such reports to the Insurer upon request. The Indenture Trustee
will comply with TIA § 310(b); provided, however, that there will be excluded from
the operation of TIA § 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities of the
Issuer are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA § 310(b)(1) are met.

          SECTION 6.12 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer. The Indenture Trustee
will comply with TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). An
Indenture Trustee who has resigned or been removed will be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent
indicated.

          SECTION 6.13 Representations and Warranties of the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture
Trustee represents and warrants to the Issuer and to each Issuer Secured Party as follows:

          (a) Due Organization. The Indenture Trustee is a national banking association duly
organized under the laws of the United States and is duly authorized and licensed under applicable
law to conduct its business as presently conducted.

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          (b) Corporate Power. The Indenture Trustee has all requisite right, power and
authority to execute and deliver this Indenture and to perform all of its duties as Indenture
Trustee hereunder.

          (c) Due Authorization. The execution and delivery by the Indenture Trustee of the
Basic Documents to which it is a party, and the performance by the Indenture Trustee of its duties
hereunder and thereunder, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate proceedings and no
further approvals or filings, including any governmental approvals, are required for the valid
execution and delivery by the Indenture Trustee, or the performance by the Indenture Trustee, of
the Basic Documents.

          (d) Valid and Binding Indenture. The Indenture Trustee has duly executed and
delivered this Indenture and each other Basic Document to which it is a party, and each of this
Indenture and each such other Basic Document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Indenture Trustee, enforceable against the Indenture Trustee in accordance with its terms,
except as (i) such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and
similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) the
availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general applicability.

          SECTION 6.14 Waiver of Setoffs. The Indenture Trustee hereby expressly waives any and
all rights of setoff that the Indenture Trustee may otherwise at any time have under applicable law
with respect to any Trust Account and agrees that amounts in the Trust Accounts will at all times
be held and applied solely in accordance with the provisions hereof.

          SECTION 6.15 Control by the Controlling Party. The Indenture Trustee will comply with
notices and instructions given by the Issuer only if accompanied by the written consent of the
Controlling Party, except that if any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Indenture Trustee will act upon and comply with notices and instructions given by the Controlling
Party alone in the place and stead of the Issuer.

ARTICLE VII

Noteholders’ Lists and Reports

          SECTION 7.1 Issuer To Furnish To Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders.
The Issuer will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee (a) not more than five
days after each Record Date, a list, in such form as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require,
of the names and addresses of the Holders as of such Record Date, (b) at such other times as the
Indenture Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Issuer of any such
request, a list of similar form and 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 Indenture Trustee is
the Note Registrar, no such list will be required to be furnished. The Indenture Trustee or, if
the Indenture Trustee is not the Note Registrar, the Issuer will furnish to the Insurer in writing
at such times as the Insurer may request a copy of the list.

          SECTION 7.2 Preservation of Information; Communications to Noteholders.

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          (a) The Indenture Trustee will preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable,
the names and addresses of the Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Indenture
Trustee as provided in Section 7.1 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Indenture
Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar. The Indenture Trustee may destroy any list furnished to
it as provided in such Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

          (b) Noteholders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Noteholders with respect
to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes.

          (c) The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar will have the protection of TIA §
312(c).

          SECTION 7.3 Reports by Issuer.

          (a) The Issuer will:

     (i) deliver to the Indenture Trustee, within 15 days after the 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 Issuer
may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act;

     (ii) deliver to the Indenture Trustee and 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 Issuer with the conditions and
covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and
regulations; and

     (iii) deliver to the Indenture Trustee (and the Indenture Trustee will transmit by mail
to all Noteholders described in TIA § 313(c)) such summaries of any information, documents
and reports required to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of this
Section 7.3(a) as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by
the Commission.

          (b) Unless the Issuer otherwise determines, the fiscal year of the Issuer will end on December
31 of each year.

          SECTION 7.4 Reports by Indenture Trustee. If required by TIA § 313(a), within 60 days
after each May 31, beginning with May 31, 2007, the Indenture Trustee will mail to each Noteholder
as required by TIA § 313(c) a brief report dated as of such date that complies with TIA § 313(a).
The Indenture Trustee also will comply with TIA § 313(b).

          A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Noteholders will be filed by the Indenture
Trustee with the Commission and each stock exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed. The
Issuer will notify the Indenture Trustee if and when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.

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ARTICLE VIII

Accounts, Disbursements and Releases

          SECTION 8.1 Collection of Money. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the
Indenture Trustee may demand payment or delivery of, and will 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 Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture and the Sale
and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee will apply all such money received by it as
provided in this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly
provided in this Indenture or in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, if any default occurs in the
making of any payment or performance under any agreement or instrument that is part of the Trust
Estate, the Indenture Trustee may take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or
performance, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate proceedings. Any such action
will be without prejudice to any right to claim a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture
and any right to proceed thereafter as provided in Article V.

          SECTION 8.2 Release of Trust Estate.

          (a) Subject to the payment of its fees and expenses and other amounts pursuant to Section 6.7,
the Indenture Trustee may (with the Insurer’s consent, so long as the Insurer is the Controlling
Party), and will at the Controlling Party’s direction, execute instruments to release property from
the lien of this Indenture, in a manner and under circumstances that are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture. No party relying upon an instrument executed by the Indenture
Trustee as provided in this Article VIII will be bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustee’s
authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of
any moneys.

          (b) The Indenture Trustee will, at such time as there are no Notes outstanding, all sums due
the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.7 and all sums due the Insurer under the Insurance
Agreement have been paid, release any remaining portion of the Trust Estate that secured the Notes
from the lien of this Indenture and release to the Issuer or any other Person entitled thereto any
funds then on deposit in the Trust Accounts. The Indenture Trustee will release property from the
lien of this Indenture pursuant to this Section 8.2(b) only upon receipt of an Issuer Request
accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA)
Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA §§ 314(c) and 314(d)(1) meeting the applicable
requirements of Section 11.1.

          SECTION 8.3 Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee will receive at least seven
days’ notice when requested by the Issuer to take any action pursuant to Section 8.2(a),
accompanied by copies of any instruments involved, and the Indenture Trustee may also require, as a
condition to such action, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture
Trustee, 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 Notes or the
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provided,
however, that such Opinion of Counsel will not be required to express an opinion as to the
fair value of the Trust Estate. Counsel rendering any such opinion may rely, without independent
investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any certificate or other instrument delivered to the
Indenture Trustee in connection with any such action.

ARTICLE IX

Supplemental Indentures

          SECTION 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders.

          (a) Without the consent of the Holders of any Notes but with the consent of the Insurer
(unless an Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing) and with prior notice to the Rating
Agencies by the Issuer, as evidenced to the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Indenture
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 will conform to the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act as in force at the date of the execution thereof), in form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, for any of the following purposes; provided that
such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders of the
Notes or of the Insurer:

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

     (ii) to evidence the succession, in compliance with the applicable provisions hereof,
of another Person to the Issuer, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants
of the Issuer herein and in the Notes contained;

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

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

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

     (vi) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment hereunder by a
successor trustee with respect to the Notes and to add to or change any of the provisions of
this Indenture as will 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 Indenture to such extent as
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under any
similar federal statute hereafter enacted and to add to this Indenture such other provisions
as may be expressly required by the TIA.

          (b) The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, may, also
without the consent of any of the Holders of the Notes but with the consent of the Insurer (unless
an Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing) and with prior notice to the Rating Agencies by
the Issuer, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any
provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes under this Indenture;
provided, however, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Noteholder or the Insurer.

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

          SECTION 9.2 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders. The Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, also may, with prior notice to the Rating
Agencies, with the consent of the Insurer (unless an Insurer Default has occurred and is
continuing) and with the consent of the Majority Noteholders, by Act of such Holders delivered to
the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for
the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes
under this Indenture; provided, however, that, if an Insurer Default has occurred
and is continuing, such supplemental indenture will not materially and adversely affect the
interests of the Insurer; provided further, that subject to the express rights of the
Insurer under the Basic Documents, no such supplemental indenture will, without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby:

     (i) change the date of payment of any installment of principal of or interest on any
Note, or reduce the principal amount thereof, the interest rate thereon or the Redemption
Price with respect thereto, change the provision of this Indenture relating to the
application of collections on, or the proceeds of the sale of, the Trust Estate to payment
of principal of or interest on the Notes, or change any place of payment where, or the coin
or currency in which, any Note or the interest thereon is payable;

     (ii) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of the provisions of this
Indenture requiring the application of funds available therefor, as provided in Article V,
to the payment of any such amount due on the Notes on or after the respective due dates
thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date);

     (iii) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, the consent of the
Holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of the
Holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this
Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this
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     (iv) modify or alter the provisions of the proviso to the definition of the term
“Outstanding”;

     (v) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes required to direct the
Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.4;

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

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

     (viii) permit the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the lien of
this Indenture with respect to any part of the Trust Estate or, except as otherwise
permitted or contemplated in any of the Basic Documents, terminate the lien of this
Indenture on any property at any time subject hereto or deprive the Holder of any Note of
the security provided by the lien of this Indenture.

          The Indenture Trustee may determine whether or not any Notes would be affected by any
supplemental indenture and any such determination will be conclusive upon the Holders of all Notes,
whether theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder. The Indenture Trustee
will not be liable for any such determination made in good faith.

          It will not be necessary for any Act of Noteholders under this Section 9.2 to approve the
particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it will be sufficient if such Act will
approve the substance thereof.

          Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Section 9.2, the Indenture Trustee will mail to the Holders of the Notes
to which such amendment or supplemental indenture relates a notice (to be provided by the Issuer
and at the Issuer’s expense) setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental
indenture. Any failure of the Indenture Trustee to mail such notice, or any defect therein, will
not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

          SECTION 9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or permitting the
additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article IX or the
amendments or modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee
will be entitled to receive, and will be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture. The Indenture Trustee may, but will not be obligated to, enter into any such
supplemental indenture that affects the Indenture Trustee’s own rights, duties, liabilities or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

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          SECTION 9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture will be and be deemed to be modified
and amended in accordance therewith with respect to the Notes affected thereby, and the respective
rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties, liabilities and immunities under this Indenture
of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Notes will thereafter be determined,
exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and
all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture will be and be deemed to be part of
the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

          SECTION 9.5 Conformity With Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment of this Indenture and every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to
this Article IX will conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect so
long as this Indenture will then be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.

          SECTION 9.6 Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures. Notes authenticated and
delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article IX may, and if
required by the Indenture Trustee will, bear a notation in form approved by the Indenture Trustee
as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee will so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Indenture
Trustee and the Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the
Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Notes.

ARTICLE X

Redemption of Notes

          SECTION 10.1 Redemption.

          (a) The Notes are subject to redemption in whole, but not in part, at the direction of the
Servicer pursuant to Section 10.1(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, on any Distribution Date
on which the Servicer exercises its option to purchase the Owner Trust Estate, other than the Trust
Accounts (with the consent of the Insurer if such purchase would result in a claim on the Note
Policy or would result in any amount owing to the Insurer under the Insurance Agreement remaining
unpaid), which Distribution Date shall be after the last day of any Collection Period as of which
the Pool Balance will be less than or equal to 10% of the Original Pool Balance, for a purchase
price equal to the Redemption Price. The Servicer or the Issuer will furnish the Indenture
Trustee, the Insurer and the Rating Agencies notice of such election to redeem not later than 35
days prior to the Redemption Date and the Issuer will cause the Servicer to deposit with the
Indenture Trustee in the Collection Account the Redemption Price of the Notes to be redeemed at
least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date whereupon all such Notes will be due and
payable on the Redemption Date upon the furnishing of a notice complying with Section 10.2 to each
Holder of Notes.

          (b) In the event that the assets of the Trust are distributed pursuant to Section 8.1 of the
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to the
Noteholders up to the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
If amounts are to be paid to Noteholders pursuant to this Section 10.1(b), the Servicer or the
Issuer will, to the extent practicable, furnish notice of such event to the Indenture Trustee not
later than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date whereupon all such amounts will be payable on the
Redemption Date.

          SECTION 10.2 Form of Redemption Notice.

          Notice of redemption under Section 10.1 will be given by the Indenture Trustee electronically
or by facsimile, confirmed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, transmitted or mailed promptly
following receipt of election from the Issuer or Servicer pursuant to Section
10.1(a), but not later than 30 days prior to the applicable Redemption Date to each Holder of
Notes, at such Holder’s address appearing in the Note Register.

          All notices of redemption will state:

     (i) the Redemption Date;

     (ii) the Redemption Price;

     (iii) that payments will be made only upon presentation and surrender of such Notes and
the place where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price (which
will be the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.2); and

     (iv) that interest on the Notes will cease to accrue on the Redemption Date.

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

          SECTION 10.3 Notes Payable on Redemption Date. The Notes to be redeemed will,
following notice of redemption as required by Section 10.2 (in the case of redemption pursuant to
Section 10.1(a)), on the Redemption Date become due and payable at the Redemption Price and (unless
the Issuer will default in the payment of the Redemption Price) no interest will accrue on the
Redemption Price for any period after the date to which accrued interest is calculated for purposes
of calculating the Redemption Price.

ARTICLE XI

Miscellaneous

          SECTION 11.1 Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc. Upon any application or
request by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under any provision of this
Indenture, the Issuer will furnish to the Indenture Trustee and to the Insurer (i) an Officer’s
Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating
to the proposed action have been complied with, (ii) if requested by the Indenture

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Trustee 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 TIA) an Independent Certificate from a
firm of certified public accountants meeting the applicable requirements of this Section, 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 Indenture, no additional certificate or opinion
need be furnished.

          (a) Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture will 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 opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

     (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
Indenture Trustee that is to be made the basis for the release of any property or securities
subject to the lien of this Indenture, other than in connection with a release of any Purchased
Receivable or Liquidated Receivable, the Issuer will, in addition to any obligation imposed in
Section 11.1(a) or elsewhere in this Indenture, furnish to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer 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 Issuer of the Collateral or other
property or securities to be so deposited.

     (ii) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee and the
Insurer an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as
to the matters described in clause (i) above, the Issuer will also deliver to the Indenture
Trustee and the Insurer an Independent Certificate as to the same matters, if the fair value
to the 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 Issuer, as set forth in the certificates delivered pursuant to clause (i) above
and this clause (ii), is 10% or more of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, but such a
certificate need not be furnished with respect to any securities so deposited, if the fair
value thereof to the Issuer as set forth in the related Officer’s Certificate is less than
$25,000 or less than 1% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes.

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     (iii) Other than with respect to the release of any Purchased Receivables or Liquidated
Receivables, whenever any property or securities are to be released from the lien of this
Indenture, the Issuer will also furnish to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer 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 Indenture in contravention of the
provisions hereof.

     (iv) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee and the
Insurer an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as
to the matters described in clause (iii) above, the Issuer will also furnish to the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer an Independent Certificate as to the same matters if the
fair value of the property or securities and of all other property other than Purchased
Receivables and Liquidated Receivables, or securities released from the lien of this
Indenture 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% or more of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes, 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 1% of the then Outstanding Amount of
the Notes.

     (v) Notwithstanding Section 2.9 or any other provision of this Section 11.1(b), the
Issuer may (A) collect, liquidate, sell or otherwise dispose of Receivables as and to the
extent permitted or required by the Basic Documents and (B) make cash payments out of the
Trust Accounts as and to the extent permitted or required by the Basic Documents.

          SECTION 11.2 Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee. In any case where
several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person,
it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one
such 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 Officer of the Issuer may be based, insofar as it
relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless
such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which 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 Depositor or the Issuer, stating
that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Servicer, the
Depositor or the Issuer, 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.

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          Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

          Whenever in this Indenture, in connection with any application or certificate or report to the
Indenture Trustee, it is provided that the Issuer will deliver any document as a condition of the
granting of such application, or as evidence of the Issuer’s compliance with any term hereof, it is
intended that the truth and accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or at the
effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the facts and opinions stated
in such document will in such case be conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer to have such
application granted or to the sufficiency of such certificate or report. The foregoing will not,
however, be construed to affect the Indenture Trustee’s right to rely upon the truth and accuracy
of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided in Article VI.

          SECTION 11.3 Acts of Noteholders.

          (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Noteholders may be embodied in and evidenced by
one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Noteholders in person or by
agents duly appointed in writing; and except as herein otherwise expressly provided such action
will become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Indenture Trustee,
and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the
action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the
“Act” of the Noteholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any
such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent will be sufficient for any purpose of
this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.1) conclusive in favor of the Indenture Trustee and the
Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section 11.3.

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

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

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

          SECTION 11.4 Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Rating Agencies. All
demands, notices and communications hereunder will be in writing and will be deemed to have been
duly given to the addressee if mailed, by first-class registered mail, postage prepaid service,
confirmed facsimile transmission, or a nationally recognized express courier, as follows:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	If to the Indenture Trustee:
	 	Citibank, N.A.
	 

	 	 	 	388 Greenwich Street
	 

	 	 	 	14th Floor

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	 	 	 	New York, New York 10013
	 

	 	 	 	Attention: Structured Finance Agency and
	 

	 	 	 	Trust – Triad 2006-C
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	If to the Issuer:
	 	Triad Automobile Receivables Trust 2006-C
	 

	 	 	 	in care of Wilmington Trust Company
	 

	 	 	 	1100 N. Market Street
	 

	 	 	 	Wilmington, Delaware 19890
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	with a copy to:
	 	Triad Financial Corporation
	 

	 	 	 	7711 Center Avenue, Suite 100
	 

	 	 	 	Huntington Beach, CA 92647
	 

	 	 	 	Attention: Chief Financial Officer
	 

	 	 	 	with a separate copy mailed to the
	 

	 	 	 	attention of: General Counsel

The Issuer will promptly transmit any notice received by it from the Noteholders to the Indenture
Trustee.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	If to the Insurer:
	 	Ambac Assurance Corporation
	 

	 	 	 	One State Street Plaza
	 

	 	 	 	New York, New York 10004

In each case in which notice or other communication to the Insurer refers to an Event of Default, a
claim on the Note Policy or with respect to which failure on the part of the Insurer to respond
will be deemed to constitute consent or acceptance, then a copy of such notice or other
communication should also be sent to the attention of the General Counsel “URGENT MATERIAL
ENCLOSED.”

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	If to Moody’s:
	 	Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
	 

	 	 	 	99 Church Street, 4th Floor
	 

	 	 	 	New York, New York 10007
	 

	 	 	 	Attention: ABS Monitoring Department
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	If to Standard & Poor’s:
	 	Standard & Poor’s
	 

	 	 	 	A Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
	 

	 	 	 	55 Water Street, 40th Floor
	 

	 	 	 	New York, New York 10041
	 

	 	 	 	Attention of Asset Backed Surveillance
	 

	 	 	 	Department

or, as to each of the foregoing, at such other address as will be designated by written notice to
the other parties. Any such demand, notice or communication hereunder will be deemed to have been
received on the date delivered to or received at the premises of the addressee as evidenced by the
date noted on the return receipt.

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          SECTION 11.5 Notices to Noteholders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for notice to Noteholders of any event, such notice will be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class, postage prepaid to each Noteholder affected by such event, at his address as it
appears on the Note Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest
date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Noteholders is given
by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any
particular Noteholder will affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Noteholders,
and any notice that is mailed in the manner here in provided will conclusively be presumed to have
been duly given.

          Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing
by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver
will be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Noteholders will be filed with the
Indenture Trustee but such filing will 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 will be impractical to mail notice of any event to Noteholders
when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any
manner of giving such notice as will be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee will be deemed to be
a sufficient giving of such notice.

          Where this Indenture provides for notice to the Rating Agencies, failure to give such notice
will not affect any other rights or obligations created hereunder, and will not under any
circumstance constitute a Default or Event of Default.

          SECTION 11.6 [Reserved].

          SECTION 11.7 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
Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision will
control.

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

          SECTION 11.8 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section
headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and will not affect the
construction hereof.

          SECTION 11.9 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture and the Notes by the Issuer will bind its
successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. All agreements of the Indenture Trustee in
this Indenture will bind its successors.

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          SECTION 11.10 Separability. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes
will be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the
remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

          SECTION 11.11 Benefits of Indenture. The Insurer and its successors and assigns will
be a third-party beneficiary to the provisions of this Indenture, and will be entitled to rely upon
and directly to enforce such provisions of this Indenture so long as no Insurer Default has
occurred and is continuing. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, will
give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, the Insurer, and
the Noteholders, and any other party secured hereunder, and any other Person with an ownership
interest in any part of the Trust Estate, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Indenture. The Insurer may disclaim any of its rights and powers under this
Indenture (in which case the Indenture Trustee may exercise such right or power hereunder), but not
its duties and obligations under the Note Policy, upon delivery of a written notice to the
Indenture Trustee.

          In exercising any of its voting rights, rights to direct or consent or any other rights as the
Insurer under this Indenture or any other Basic Document, subject to the terms and conditions of
this Indenture, the Insurer will not have any obligation or duty to any Person to consider or take
into account the interests of any Person and will not be liable to any Person for any action taken
by it or at its discretion or any failure by it to act or to direct that any action be taken,
without regard to whether such inaction or action benefits or adversely affects any Noteholder, the
Issuer or any other Person.

          Without limiting the generality of this Section 11.11, the Insurer, so long as it is the
Controlling Party, will be entitled to instruct the Indenture Trustee, by delivery of a written
direction in the form of an Enforcement Direction (as defined in Section 2.3 of the Intercreditor
Agreement, dated as of May 11, 2006 among Triad Financial Corporation, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
as Agent, Citibank, N.A., and the other parties thereto including the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
an Accession Agreement dated as of October 18, 2006), to remove the Servicer in accordance with
such direction if the Insurer has terminated the Servicer pursuant to the terms of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, and the Indenture Trustee will, upon receipt of such Enforcement Direction
from the Insurer, act in accordance with the instructions of the Insurer and in accordance with the
procedures as set forth in Section 2.3 of the Intercreditor Agreement.

          SECTION 11.12 Legal Holidays. In any case where the date on which any payment is due
will not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of the Notes or this
Indenture) payment need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business
Day with the same
force and effect as if made on the date an which nominally due, and no interest will accrue
for the period from and after any such nominal date.

          SECTION 11.13 Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE WILL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER WILL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SUCH LAWS.

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          SECTION 11.14 Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which so executed will be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
will together constitute but one and the same instrument.

          SECTION 11.15 Recording of Indenture. If this Indenture is subject to recording in
any appropriate public recording offices, such recording is to be effected by the Issuer and at its
expense accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel (which may be counsel to the Issuer or any other
counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer) to the effect that such
recording is necessary either for the protection of the Noteholders or any other Person secured
hereunder or for the enforcement of any right or remedy granted to the Indenture Trustee under this
Indenture.

          SECTION 11.16 Trust Obligation. No recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly,
with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the
Backup Servicer or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under this Indenture, any other Basic
Document or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against
(i) the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer or the Owner Trustee
(including in its individual capacity), (ii) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or
(iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee or agent of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer or the Owner Trustee (including
in its individual capacity), any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Depositor, the
Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Backup Servicer or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or
assign of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer or the Owner
Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being
understood that the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer and the Owner Trustee have no such
obligations in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary
will be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for
stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity.
For all purposes of this Indenture, in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuer
hereunder, the Owner Trustee will be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and
provisions of Article VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.

          SECTION 11.17 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been executed by
Wilmington Trust Company not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee
of the Issuer and in no event will Wilmington Trust Company in its individual capacity or, except
as expressly provided in the Trust Agreement, as Owner Trustee have any liability for the
representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder or
in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which
recourse will be had solely to the assets of the Issuer. For all purposes of this Agreement, in
the performance of its duties or obligations hereunder or in the performance of any duties or
obligations of the Issuer hereunder, the Owner Trustee will be subject to, and entitled to the
benefits of, the terms and provisions of Articles V, VI and VII of the Trust Agreement.

          SECTION 11.18 No Petition. The Indenture Trustee, by entering into this Indenture,
and each Noteholder, by accepting a Note, hereby covenant and agree that they will not, prior to
the date that is one year and one day after the termination of this Indenture, institute

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against
the Depositor or the Issuer, or join in any institution against the Depositor or the Issuer of, any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other
proceedings under any United States federal or State bankruptcy or similar law in connection with
any obligations relating to the Notes, any of the Basic Documents.

          SECTION 11.19 Inspection. The Issuer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it will
permit any representative of the Indenture Trustee or of the Insurer, during the Issuer’s normal
business hours, to examine all the books of account, records, reports, and other papers of the
Issuer, to make copies and extracts therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by independent
certified public accountants, and to discuss the Issuer’s affairs, finances and accounts with the
Issuer’s officers, employees, and independent certified public accountants, all at such reasonable
times and as often as may be reasonably requested.

          SECTION 11.20 Nonpublic Personal Information

          In the course of carrying out their duties under this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee and the
Issuer shall develop or receive certain information regarding the “consumers” and “customers” of
the Servicer, including but not limited to “nonpublic personal information,” (as those terms are
defined in Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and the privacy regulations adopted thereunder).
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, with respect to nonpublic personal
information about the customers and consumers of the Servicer, each of the Indenture Trustee and
the Issuer agrees as follows: (i) except as may be reasonably necessary in the ordinary course of
business to carry out the activities to be performed by the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer under
this Indenture or as may be required by law or legal process, it will not disclose any such
nonpublic personal information to any third party; (ii) it will not use any such nonpublic personal
information other than to carry out the purposes for which it was disclosed to the Indenture
Trustee or the Issuer, as applicable, unless such other use is expressly permitted by a written
agreement executed by the Servicer or required by law or
legal process; (iii) it shall restrict disclosure of the information solely to those of its
employees with a need to know and will advise employees who receive the information of the
obligation of confidentiality hereunder; and (iv) it will take all reasonable measures, including
without limitation such measures as it takes to safeguard its own confidential information, to
ensure the security and confidentiality of all such nonpublic personal information, to protect
against anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of such nonpublic personal
information and to protect against unauthorized access to or use of such nonpublic personal
information. The Servicer shall have access (during normal business hours, upon reasonable prior
notice) to review such books and records of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer as may be
necessary to assess compliance with the requirements of this Section 11.20. All costs and expenses
of such a review shall be borne solely by the Servicer, unless the results of such review indicate
a breach of this Section 11.20 by the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee or
the Issuer, as applicable, shall promptly notify the Servicer if it receives any complaint or
notice concerning a violation of privacy rights or becomes aware of a breach of customer data
security. Upon termination of this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer shall return or
destroy all nonpublic personal information, without retaining any copies of such documents and
records.

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	TRIAD AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST
	 	 	2006-C
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in
	 	 	 	 	its individual capacity but solely as Owner
	 	 	 	 	Trustee of the Trust
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Robert J. Perkins
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Robert J. Perkins
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Sr. Financial Services Officer
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CITIBANK, N.A.,
	 	 	not in its individual capacity but solely as
	 	 	Indenture Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	/s/ John Hannon
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	John Hannon
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Vice President

[Indenture]

 

 

EXHIBIT A-1

	 	 	 	 	 
	REGISTERED

	 	 	$235,000,000.00

No. RB-A-1

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

CUSIP NO. 89578P AA 7

          Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company,
a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment, and any Note 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.

          NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE WILL BE PERMITTED TO BE MADE TO ANY PERSON UNLESS [THE INDENTURE
TRUSTEE HAS RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE FROM SUCH TRANSFEREE TO THE EFFECT THAT] [FOR DEFINITIVE NOTES]
EITHER (I) THE TRANSFEREE IS NOT AND IS NOT ACTING ON BEHALF OF OR INVESTING THE ASSETS OF (A) AN
“EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT
OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE I OF ERISA, (B) A “PLAN”
(AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”))
THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR (C) AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE DEEMED TO
BE ASSETS OF A PLAN DESCRIBED IN (A) OR (B) ABOVE BY REASON OF SUCH PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY
(INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, AN INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT) OR (II) THE TRANSFEREE’S
ACQUISITION AND CONTINUED HOLDING OF THIS NOTE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR, AND SATISFY ALL REQUIREMENTS
OF, A DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION. [EACH TRANSFEREE OF A BENEFICIAL
INTEREST IN THIS NOTE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE ONE OF THE FOREGOING REPRESENTATIONS.] [FOR
GLOBAL NOTES]

          THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE
HEREOF.

TRIAD AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2006-C

CLASS A-1 5.3409% ASSET BACKED NOTE

A-1-1

 

          Triad Automobile Receivables Trust 2006-C, a statutory trust organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the “Issuer”), for value received,
hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of TWO HUNDRED,
THIRTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS payable on each Distribution Date in an amount equal to the result
obtained by multiplying (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is the initial principal amount
hereof and the denominator of which is the aggregate initial principal amount of such Class A-1
Notes, by (ii) the aggregate amount, if any, payable from the Note Distribution Account in respect
of principal on the Class A-1 Notes pursuant to the Indenture; provided, however,
that the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note will be due and payable on November 13, 2007
(the “Final Scheduled Distribution Date”). The Issuer will pay interest on this Note at
the rate per annum shown above on each Distribution Date until the principal of this Note is paid
or made available for payment. Interest on this Note will accrue for each Distribution Date from
the most recent Distribution Date on which interest has been paid to but excluding such
Distribution Date or, if no interest has yet been paid, from October 18, 2006. Interest will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days in the related Interest
Period. Such principal of and interest on this Note will be paid in the manner specified on the
reverse hereof.

          The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note will be applied first to interest
due and payable on this Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note.

          The Notes are entitled to the benefits of a financial guaranty insurance policy (the “Note
Policy”) issued by Ambac Assurance Corporation (the “Insurer”), pursuant to which the
Insurer has unconditionally guaranteed payments of Scheduled Payments with respect to each
Distribution Date, all as more fully set forth in the Note Policy, the Indenture and the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.

          Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof,
which will have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Note.

          Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Indenture Trustee
whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note will not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

A-1-2

 

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	TRIAD AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST
	 	 	2006-C
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its
	 

	 	 	 	individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
	 

	 	 	 	of the Trust
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 

	 	 	 	Title:

INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	Date: October 18, 2006	 	CITIBANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity but
	 	 	solely as Indenture Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Authorized Officer

A-1-3

 

[REVERSE OF NOTE]

          This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its Class
A-1 5.3409% Asset Backed Notes (herein called the “Class A-1 Notes”), all issued under an
Indenture dated as of October 18, 2006 (such indenture, as supplemented or amended, is herein
called the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and Citibank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee (the
“Indenture Trustee,” which term includes any successor Indenture Trustee under the
Indenture) to which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made
for a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and the Holders of the Notes. The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture. All
terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented or amended, will have
the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Indenture, as so supplemented or amended.

          The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes
(together, the “Notes”) are and will be secured by the collateral pledged as security
therefor as provided in the Indenture.

          Principal of the Class A-1 Notes will be payable on each Distribution Date in an amount
described on the face hereof. “Distribution Date” means the 12th day of each month, or, if
any such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing November 13,
2006. The term “Distribution Date,” will be deemed to include the Final Scheduled
Distribution Date.

          As described above, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note will be due and payable on
the earlier of the Final Scheduled Distribution Date and the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to
the Indenture. As described above, a portion of the unpaid principal balance of this Note will be
due and payable on each Distribution Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid
principal amount of the Notes will be due and payable on the date on which an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and the Indenture Trustee has declared the Notes to be immediately due
and payable or the Notes have automatically become due and payable, in each case, in the manner
provided in the Indenture. All principal payments on the Class A-1 Notes will be made pro rata to
the Class A-1 Noteholders entitled thereto.

          Payments of interest and principal on this Note on each Distribution Date will be made by
check mailed to the Person whose name appears as the Holder of this Note (or one or more
Predecessor Notes) on the Note Register as of the close of business on each Record Date or by wire
transfer in immediately available funds pursuant to the terms of the Indenture. Any reduction in
the principal amount of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) effected by any payments
made on any Distribution Date will be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note
issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or
not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment
in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Distribution Date, then the
Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Person who was the
Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Distribution Date by notice mailed prior to such
Distribution Date and the amount then due and payable will be payable only upon presentation and
surrender of this Note at the Indenture Trustee’s principal

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Corporate Trust Office or at the office of the Indenture Trustee’s agent appointed for such
purposes located in New York, New York.

          The Issuer will pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Class A-1 Interest
Rate to the extent lawful.

          As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the
transfer of this Note may be registered on the Note Register upon surrender of this Note for
registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the Issuer pursuant to the
Indenture, (i) duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution”
meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar which requirements include membership or
participation in Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other
“signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in
substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange Act, and (ii) accompanied by such
other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require, and thereupon one or more new Notes of
authorized denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be charged for any registration of
transfer or exchange of this Note, but the 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.

          Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a Note Owner, a
beneficial interest in a Note covenants and agrees (i) that no recourse may be taken, directly or
indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee on the Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in
connection therewith, against (a) the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee in its individual capacity, (b) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or (c) any
partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of the Depositor, the Servicer,
the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or
of any successor or assign of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being
understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their
individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary will be fully liable,
to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital
contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity, and (ii) to treat the
Notes as indebtedness for purposes of federal income, state and local income and franchise and any
other income taxes.

          Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer and any agent of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Insurer
may treat the Person in whose name this Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other
date as may be specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes,
whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer nor
any such agent will be affected by notice to the contrary.

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          The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the
Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer with the consent of the Insurer and of the
Majority Noteholders. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Noteholders
representing specified percentages of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, on behalf of the Holders
of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and
certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by
the Holder of this Note (or any one of more Predecessor Notes) will be conclusive and binding upon
such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent
or waiver is made upon this Note. The Indenture also permits the Indenture Trustee to amend or
waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of Holders of the
Notes issued thereunder.

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

          The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances, to merge or
consolidate, subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders under the
Indenture.

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

          This Note and the Indenture will be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies
of the parties hereunder and thereunder will be determined in accordance with such laws.

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

          Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as expressly provided in the Basic
Documents, neither Wilmington Trust Company in its individual capacity, any owner of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer, nor any of their respective partners, beneficiaries, agents, officers,
directors, employees or successors or assigns will be personally liable for, nor will recourse be
had to any of them for, the payment of principal of or interest on, or performance of, or omission
to perform, any of the covenants, obligations or indemnifications contained in this Note or the
Indenture, it being expressly understood that said covenants, obligations and indemnifications have
been made for the sole purposes of binding the assets of the Issuer. The Holder of this Note by
the acceptance hereof agrees that except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, in the case
of an Event of Default under the Indenture, the Holder will have no claim against any of the
foregoing for any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom; provided, however, that
nothing contained herein will be taken to prevent recourse to, and enforcement

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against, the assets of the Issuer for any and all liabilities, obligations and undertakings
contained in the Indenture or in this Note.

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ASSIGNMENT

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

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

     (name and address of assignee)

the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints,
attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated

	 	 	 	1	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Signature Guaranteed:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 

 

			
	1	 	NOTE: The signature to this assignment must
correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of
the within Note in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any
change whatsoever.

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EXHIBIT A-2

REGISTERED $256,000,000.00

No. RB-A-2

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

CUSIP NO. 89578P AB 5

          Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company,
a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment, and any Note 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.

          NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE WILL BE PERMITTED TO BE MADE TO ANY PERSON UNLESS [THE INDENTURE
TRUSTEE HAS RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE FROM SUCH TRANSFEREE TO THE EFFECT THAT] [FOR DEFINITIVE NOTES]
EITHER (I) THE TRANSFEREE IS NOT AND IS NOT ACTING ON BEHALF OF OR INVESTING THE ASSETS OF (A) AN
“EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT
OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE I OF ERISA, (B) A “PLAN”
(AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”))
THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR (C) AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE DEEMED TO
BE ASSETS OF A PLAN DESCRIBED IN (A) OR (B) ABOVE BY REASON OF SUCH PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY
(INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, AN INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT) OR (II) THE TRANSFEREE’S
ACQUISITION AND CONTINUED HOLDING OF THIS NOTE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR, AND SATISFY ALL REQUIREMENTS
OF, A DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION. [EACH TRANSFEREE OF A BENEFICIAL
INTEREST IN THIS NOTE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE ONE OF THE FOREGOING REPRESENTATIONS.] [FOR
GLOBAL NOTES]

          THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE
HEREOF.

TRIAD AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2006-C

CLASS A-2 5.40% ASSET BACKED NOTE

A-2-1

 

          Triad Automobile Receivables Trust 2006-C, a statutory trust organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the “Issuer”), for value received,
hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of TWO HUNDRED,
FIFTY-SIX MILLION DOLLARS payable on each Distribution Date in an amount equal to the result
obtained by multiplying (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is the initial principal amount
hereof and the denominator of which is the aggregate initial principal amount of such Class A-2
Notes, by (ii) the aggregate amount, if any, payable from the Note Distribution Account in respect
of principal on the Class A-2 Notes pursuant to the Indenture; provided, however,
that the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note will be due and payable on January 12, 2010
(the “Final Scheduled Distribution Date”). The Issuer will pay interest on this Note at
the rate per annum shown above on each Distribution Date until the principal of this Note is paid
or made available for payment. Interest on this Note will accrue for each Distribution Date from
and including the twelfth day of the prior calendar month (or in the case of the first Distribution
Date, from and including the Closing Date) to, but excluding, the twelfth day of the calendar month
in which such Distribution Date occurs. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months. Such principal of and interest on this Note will be paid in
the manner specified on the reverse hereof.

          The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note will be applied first to interest
due and payable on this Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note.

          The Notes are entitled to the benefits of a financial guaranty insurance policy (the “Note
Policy”) issued by Ambac Assurance Corporation (the “Insurer”), pursuant to which the
Insurer has unconditionally guaranteed payments of the Scheduled Payments with respect to each
Distribution Date, all as more fully set forth in the Note Policy, the Indenture and the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.

          Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof,
which will have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Note.

          Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Indenture Trustee
whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note will not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	TRIAD AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST
	 	 	2006-C
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in
	 

	 	 	 	its individual capacity but solely as Owner
	 

	 	 	 	Trustee of the Trust
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 

	 	 	 	Title:

INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	Date: October 18, 2006	 	CITIBANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity but
	 	 	solely as Indenture Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Authorized Officer

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[REVERSE OF NOTE]

          This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its Class
A-2 5.40% Asset Backed Notes (herein called the “Class A-2 Notes”), all issued under an
Indenture dated as of October 18, 2006 (such indenture, as supplemented or amended, is herein
called the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and Citibank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee (the
“Indenture Trustee,” which term includes any successor Indenture Trustee under the
Indenture) to which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made
for a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and the Holders of the Notes. The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture. All
terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented or amended, will have
the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Indenture, as so supplemented or amended.

          The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes
(together, the “Notes”) are and will be secured by the collateral pledged as security
therefor as provided in the Indenture.

          Principal of the Class A-2 Notes will be payable on each Distribution Date in an amount
described on the face hereof. “Distribution Date” means the 12th day of each month, or, if
any such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing November 13,
2006. The term “Distribution Date,” will be deemed to include the Final Scheduled
Distribution Date.

          As described above, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note will be due and payable on
the earlier of the Final Scheduled Distribution Date and the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to
the Indenture. As described above, a portion of the unpaid principal balance of this Note will be
due and payable on each Distribution Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid
principal amount of the Notes will be due and payable on the date on which an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and the Indenture Trustee has declared the Notes to be immediately due
and payable or the Notes have automatically become due and payable, in each case, in the manner
provided in the Indenture. All principal payments on the Class A-2 Notes will be made pro rata to
the Class A-2 Noteholders entitled thereto.

          Payments of interest and principal on this Note on each Distribution Date will be made by
check mailed to the Person whose name appears as the Holder of this Note (or one or more
Predecessor Notes) on the Note Register as of the close of business on each Record Date or by wire
transfer in immediately available funds pursuant to the terms of the Indenture. Any reduction in
the principal amount of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) effected by any payments
made on any Distribution Date will be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note
issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or
not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment
in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Distribution Date, then the
Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Person who was the
Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Distribution Date by notice mailed prior to such
Distribution Date and the amount then due and payable will be payable only upon presentation and
surrender of this Note at the Indenture Trustee’s principal

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Corporate Trust Office or at the office of the Indenture Trustee’s agent appointed for such
purposes located in New York, New York.

          The Issuer will pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Class A-2 Interest
Rate to the extent lawful.

          As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the
transfer of this Note may be registered on the Note Register upon surrender of this Note for
registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the Issuer pursuant to the
Indenture, (i) duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution”
meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar which requirements include membership or
participation in Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other
“signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in
substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange Act, and (ii) accompanied by such
other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require, and thereupon one or more new Notes of
authorized denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be charged for any registration of
transfer or exchange of this Note, but the 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.

          Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a Note Owner, a
beneficial interest in a Note covenants and agrees (i) that no recourse may be taken, directly or
indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee on the Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in
connection therewith, against (a) the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee in its individual capacity, (b) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or (c) any
partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of the Depositor, the Servicer,
the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or
of any successor or assign of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being
understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their
individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary will be fully liable,
to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital
contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity, and (ii) to treat the
Notes as indebtedness for purposes of federal income, state and local income and franchise and any
other income taxes.

          Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer and any agent of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Insurer
may treat the Person in whose name this Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other
date as may be specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes,
whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer nor
any such agent will be affected by notice to the contrary.

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          The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the
Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer with the consent of the Insurer and of the
Majority Noteholders. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Noteholders
representing specified percentages of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, on behalf of the Holders
of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and
certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by
the Holder of this Note (or any one of more Predecessor Notes) will be conclusive and binding upon
such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent
or waiver is made upon this Note. The Indenture also permits the Indenture Trustee to amend or
waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of Holders of the
Notes issued thereunder.

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

          The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances, to merge or
consolidate, subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders under the
Indenture.

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

          This Note and the Indenture will be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies
of the parties hereunder and thereunder will be determined in accordance with such laws.

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

          Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as expressly provided in the Basic
Documents, neither Wilmington Trust Company in its individual capacity, any owner of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer, nor any of their respective partners, beneficiaries, agents, officers,
directors, employees or successors or assigns will be personally liable for, nor will recourse be
had to any of them for, the payment of principal of or interest on, or performance of, or omission
to perform, any of the covenants, obligations or indemnifications contained in this Note or the
Indenture, it being expressly understood that said covenants, obligations and indemnifications have
been made for the sole purposes of binding the assets of the Issuer. The Holder of this Note by
the acceptance hereof agrees that except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, in the case
of an Event of Default under the Indenture, the Holder will have no claim against any of the
foregoing for any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom; provided, however, that
nothing contained herein will be taken to prevent recourse to, and enforcement

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against, the assets of the Issuer for any and all liabilities, obligations and undertakings
contained in the Indenture or in this Note.

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ASSIGNMENT

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

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

          (name and address of assignee)

the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints,
attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated

	 	 	 	1	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Signature Guaranteed:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 

 

			
	1	 	NOTE: The signature to this assignment must
correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of
the within Note in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any
change whatsoever.

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EXHIBIT A-3

			
	 	 	 
	REGISTERED
	 	$360,000,000.00

No. RB-A-3

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

CUSIP NO. 89578P AC 3

          Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company,
a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment, and any Note 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.

          NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE WILL BE PERMITTED TO BE MADE TO ANY PERSON UNLESS [THE INDENTURE
TRUSTEE HAS RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE FROM SUCH TRANSFEREE TO THE EFFECT THAT] [FOR DEFINITIVE NOTES]
EITHER (I) THE TRANSFEREE IS NOT AND IS NOT ACTING ON BEHALF OF OR INVESTING THE ASSETS OF (A) AN
“EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT
OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE I OF ERISA, (B) A “PLAN”
(AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”))
THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR (C) AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE DEEMED TO
BE ASSETS OF A PLAN DESCRIBED IN (A) OR (B) ABOVE BY REASON OF SUCH PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY
(INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, AN INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT) OR (II) THE TRANSFEREE’S
ACQUISITION AND CONTINUED HOLDING OF THIS NOTE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR, AND SATISFY ALL REQUIREMENTS
OF, A DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION. [EACH TRANSFEREE OF A BENEFICIAL
INTEREST IN THIS NOTE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE ONE OF THE FOREGOING REPRESENTATIONS.] [FOR
GLOBAL NOTES]

          THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE
HEREOF.

TRIAD AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2006-C

CLASS A-3 5.26% ASSET BACKED NOTE

A-3-1 

 

          Triad Automobile Receivables Trust 2006-C, a Delaware statutory trust organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the “Issuer”), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of THREE
HUNDRED, SIXTY MILLION DOLLARS payable on each Distribution Date in an amount equal to the result
obtained by multiplying (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is the initial principal amount
hereof and the denominator of which is the aggregate initial principal amount of such Class A-3
Notes, by (ii) the aggregate amount, if any, payable from the Note Distribution Account in respect
of principal on the Class A-3 Notes pursuant to the Indenture; provided, however,
that the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note will be due and payable on November 14, 2011
(the “Final Scheduled Distribution Date”). The Issuer will pay interest on this Note at
the rate per annum shown above on each Distribution Date until the principal of this Note is paid
or made available for payment. Interest on this Note will accrue for each Distribution Date from
and including the twelfth day of the prior calendar month (or in the case of the first Distribution
Date, from and including the Closing Date) to, but excluding, the twelfth day of the calendar month
in which such Distribution Date occurs. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months. Such principal of and interest on this Note will be paid in
the manner specified on the reverse hereof.

          The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note will be applied first to interest
due and payable on this Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note.

          The Class A Notes are entitled to the benefits of a financial guaranty insurance policy (the
“Note Policy”) issued by Ambac Assurance Corporation (the “Insurer”), pursuant to
which the Insurer has unconditionally guaranteed payments of Scheduled Payments with respect to
each Distribution Date, all as more fully set forth in the Note Policy, the Indenture and the Sale
and Servicing Agreement.

          Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof,
which will have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Note.

          Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Indenture Trustee
whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note will not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	TRIAD AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2006-C	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee of the
Trust	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	Date: October 18, 2006

	 	CITIBANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity but 

solely as Indenture Trustee

	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Authorized Officer

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[REVERSE OF NOTE]

          This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its Class
A-3 5.26% Asset Backed Notes (herein called the “Class A-3 Notes”), all issued under an
Indenture dated as of October 18, 2006 (such indenture, as supplemented or amended, is herein
called the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and Citibank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee (the
“Indenture Trustee,” which term includes any successor Indenture Trustee under the
Indenture) to which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made
for a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and the Holders of the Notes. The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture. All
terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented or amended, will have
the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Indenture, as so supplemented or amended.

          The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes
(together, the “Notes”) are and will be secured by the collateral pledged as security
therefor as provided in the Indenture.

          Principal of the Class A-3 Notes will be payable on each Distribution Date in an amount
described on the face hereof. “Distribution Date” means the 12th day of each month, or, if
any such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing November 13,
2006. The term “Distribution Date,” will be deemed to include the Final Scheduled
Distribution Date.

          As described above, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note will be due and payable on
the earlier of the Final Scheduled Distribution Date and the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to
the Indenture. As described above, a portion of the unpaid principal balance of this Note will be
due and payable on each Distribution Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid
principal amount of the Notes will be due and payable on the date on which an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and the Indenture Trustee has declared the Notes to be immediately due
and payable or the Notes have automatically become due and payable, in each case, in the manner
provided in the Indenture. All principal payments on the Class A-3 Notes will be made pro rata to
the Class A-3 Noteholders entitled thereto.

          Payments of interest and principal on this Note on each Distribution Date will be made by
check mailed to the Person whose name appears as the Holder of this Note (or one or more
Predecessor Notes) on the Note Register as of the close of business on each Record Date or by wire
transfer in immediately available funds pursuant to the terms of the Indenture. Any reduction in
the principal amount of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) effected by any payments
made on any Distribution Date will be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note
issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or
not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment
in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Distribution Date, then the
Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Person who was the
Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Distribution Date by notice mailed prior to such
Distribution Date and the amount then due and payable will be payable only upon presentation and
surrender of this Note at the Indenture Trustee’s principal

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Corporate Trust Office or at the office of the Indenture Trustee’s agent appointed for such
purposes located in New York, New York.

          The Issuer will pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Class A-3 Interest
Rate to the extent lawful.

          As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the
transfer of this Note will be registered on the Note Register upon surrender of this Note for
registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the Issuer pursuant to the
Indenture, (i) duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution”
meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar which requirements include membership or
participation in Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other
“signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in
substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange Act, and (ii) accompanied by such
other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require, and thereupon one or more new Notes of
authorized denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be charged for any registration of
transfer or exchange of this Note, but the 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.

          Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a Note Owner, a
beneficial interest in a Note covenants and agrees (i) that no recourse may be taken, directly or
indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee on the Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in
connection therewith, against (a) the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee in its individual capacity, (b) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or (c) any
partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of the Depositor, the Servicer,
the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or
of any successor or assign of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being
understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their
individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary will be fully liable,
to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital
contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity, and (ii) to treat the
Notes as indebtedness for purposes of federal income, state and local income and franchise and any
other income taxes.

          Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer and any agent of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Insurer
may treat the Person in whose name this Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other
date as may be specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes,
whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer nor
any such agent will be affected by notice to the contrary.

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          The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the
Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer with the consent of the Insurer and of the
Majority Noteholders. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Noteholders
representing specified percentages of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, on behalf of the Holders
of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and
certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by
the Holder of this Note (or any one of more Predecessor Notes) will be conclusive and binding upon
such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent
or waiver is made upon this Note. The Indenture also permits the Indenture Trustee to amend or
waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of Holders of the
Notes issued thereunder.

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

          The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances, to merge or
consolidate, subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders under the
Indenture.

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

          This Note and the Indenture will be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies
of the parties hereunder and thereunder will be determined in accordance with such laws.

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

          Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as expressly provided in the Basic
Documents, neither Wilmington Trust Company in its individual capacity, any owner of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer, nor any of their respective partners, beneficiaries, agents, officers,
directors, employees or successors or assigns will be personally liable for, nor will recourse be
had to any of them for, the payment of principal of or interest on, or performance of, or omission
to perform, any of the covenants, obligations or indemnifications contained in this Note or the
Indenture, it being expressly understood that said covenants, obligations and indemnifications have
been made for the sole purposes of binding the assets of the Issuer. The Holder of this Note by
the acceptance hereof agrees that except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, in the case
of an Event of Default under the Indenture, the Holder will have no claim against any of the
foregoing for any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom; provided, however, that
nothing contained herein will be taken to prevent recourse to, and enforcement

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against, the assets of the Issuer for any and all liabilities, obligations and undertakings
contained in the Indenture or in this Note.

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ASSIGNMENT

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

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

(name and address of assignee)

the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints,
attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises.

	 	 	 
	Dated                                         1

	 	                                                                        
                            
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	Signature Guaranteed:
	 
	 	 
	    
               
               
               
               
                

	 	                                                                       
                             

 

			
	1	 	NOTE: The signature to this assignment must
correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of
the within Note in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any
change whatsoever.

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EXHIBIT A-4

			
	 	 	 
	REGISTERED
	 	$241,200,000.00
	 	 	 
	No. RB-A-4	 	 

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

CUSIP NO. 89578P AD 1

          Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company,
a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment, and any Note 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.

          NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE WILL BE PERMITTED TO BE MADE TO ANY PERSON UNLESS [THE INDENTURE
TRUSTEE HAS RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE FROM SUCH TRANSFEREE TO THE EFFECT THAT] [FOR DEFINITIVE NOTES]
EITHER (I) THE TRANSFEREE IS NOT AND IS NOT ACTING ON BEHALF OF OR INVESTING THE ASSETS OF (A) AN
“EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT
OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE I OF ERISA, (B) A “PLAN”
(AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”))
THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR (C) AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE DEEMED TO
BE ASSETS OF A PLAN DESCRIBED IN (A) OR (B) ABOVE BY REASON OF SUCH PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY
(INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, AN INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT) OR (II) THE TRANSFEREE’S
ACQUISITION AND CONTINUED HOLDING OF THIS NOTE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR, AND SATISFY ALL REQUIREMENTS
OF, A DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION. [EACH TRANSFEREE OF A BENEFICIAL
INTEREST IN THIS NOTE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE ONE OF THE FOREGOING REPRESENTATIONS.] [FOR
GLOBAL NOTES]

          THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE
HEREOF.

TRIAD AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2006-C

CLASS A-4 5.31% ASSET BACKED NOTE

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          Triad Automobile Receivables Trust 2006-C, a Delaware statutory trust organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the “Issuer”), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of TWO
HUNDRED, FORTY-ONE MILLION, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS payable on each Distribution Date in an
amount equal to the result obtained by multiplying (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is the
initial principal amount hereof and the denominator of which is the aggregate initial principal
amount of such Class A-4 Notes, by (ii) the aggregate amount, if any, payable from the Note
Distribution Account in respect of principal on the Class A-4 Notes pursuant to the Indenture;
provided, however, that the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note will be due
and payable on May 13, 2013 (the “Final Scheduled Distribution Date”). The Issuer will pay
interest on this Note at the rate per annum shown above on each Distribution Date until the
principal of this Note is paid or made available for payment. Interest on this Note will accrue
for each Distribution Date from and including the twelfth day of the prior calendar month (or in
the case of the first Distribution Date, from and including the Closing Date) to, but excluding,
the twelfth day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Interest will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Such principal of and
interest on this Note will be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.

          The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note will be applied first to interest
due and payable on this Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note.

          The Class A Notes are entitled to the benefits of a financial guaranty insurance policy (the
“Note Policy”) issued by Ambac Assurance Corporation (the “Insurer”), pursuant to
which the Insurer has unconditionally guaranteed payments of Scheduled Payments with respect to
each Distribution Date, all as more fully set forth in the Note Policy, the Indenture and the Sale
and Servicing Agreement.

          Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof,
which will have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Note.

          Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Indenture Trustee
whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note will not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	TRIAD AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2006-C	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee of the
Trust	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Date: October 18, 2006

	 	CITIBANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity but
solely as Indenture Trustee

	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Authorized Officer	 	 

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[REVERSE OF NOTE]

          This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its Class
A-4 5.31% Asset Backed Notes (herein called the “Class A-4 Notes”), all issued under an
Indenture dated as of October 18, 2006 (such indenture, as supplemented or amended, is herein
called the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and Citibank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee (the
“Indenture Trustee,” which term includes any successor Indenture Trustee under the
Indenture) to which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made
for a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and the Holders of the Notes. The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture. All
terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented or amended, will have
the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Indenture, as so supplemented or amended.

          The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes
(together, the “Notes”) are and will be secured by the collateral pledged as security
therefor as provided in the Indenture.

          Principal of the Class A-4 Notes will be payable on each Distribution Date in an amount
described on the face hereof. “Distribution Date” means the 12th day of each month, or, if any such
date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing November 13, 2006. The
term “Distribution Date,” will be deemed to include the Final Scheduled Distribution Date.

          As described above, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note will be due and payable on
the earlier of the Final Scheduled Distribution Date and the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to
the Indenture. As described above, a portion of the unpaid principal balance of this Note will be
due and payable on each Distribution Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid
principal amount of the Notes will be due and payable on the date on which an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and the Indenture Trustee has declared the Notes to be immediately due
and payable or the Notes have automatically become due and payable, in each case, in the manner
provided in the Indenture. All principal payments on the Class A-4 Notes will be made pro rata to
the Class A-4 Noteholders entitled thereto.

          Payments of interest and principal on this Note on each Distribution Date will be made by
check mailed to the Person whose name appears as the Holder of this Note (or one or more
Predecessor Notes) on the Note Register as of the close of business on each Record Date or by wire
transfer in immediately available funds pursuant to the terms of the Indenture. Any reduction in
the principal amount of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) effected by any payments
made on any Distribution Date will be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note
issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or
not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment
in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Distribution Date, then the
Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Person who was the
Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Distribution Date by notice mailed prior to such
Distribution Date and the amount then due and payable will be payable only upon presentation and
surrender of this Note at the Indenture Trustee’s principal

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Corporate Trust Office or at the office of the Indenture Trustee’s agent appointed for such
purposes located in New York, New York.

          The Issuer will pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Class A-4 Interest
Rate to the extent lawful.

          As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the
transfer of this Note may be registered on the Note Register upon surrender of this Note for
registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the Issuer pursuant to the
Indenture, (i) duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution”
meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar which requirements include membership or
participation in Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other
“signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in
substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange Act, and (ii) accompanied by such
other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require, and thereupon one or more new Notes of
authorized denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be charged for any registration of
transfer or exchange of this Note, but the 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.

          Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a Note Owner, a
beneficial interest in a Note covenants and agrees (i) that no recourse may be taken, directly or
indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee on the Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in
connection therewith, against (a) the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee in its individual capacity, (b) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or (c) any
partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of the Depositor, the Servicer,
the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or
of any successor or assign of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being
understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their
individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary will be fully liable,
to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital
contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity, and (ii) to treat the
Notes as indebtedness for purposes of federal income, state and local income and franchise and any
other income taxes.

          Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer and any agent of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Insurer
may treat the Person in whose name this Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other
date as may be specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes,
whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer nor
any such agent will be affected by notice to the contrary.

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          The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the
Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer with the consent of the Insurer and of the
Majority Noteholders. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Noteholders
representing specified percentages of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, on behalf of the Holders
of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and
certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by
the Holder of this Note (or any one of more Predecessor Notes) will be conclusive and binding upon
such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent
or waiver is made upon this Note. The Indenture also permits the Indenture Trustee to amend or
waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of Holders of the
Notes issued thereunder.

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

          The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances, to merge or
consolidate, subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders under the
Indenture.

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

          This Note and the Indenture will be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies
of the parties hereunder and thereunder will be determined in accordance with such laws.

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

          Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as expressly provided in the Basic
Documents, neither Wilmington Trust Company in its individual capacity, any owner of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer, nor any of their respective partners, beneficiaries, agents, officers,
directors, employees or successors or assigns will be personally liable for, nor will recourse be
had to any of them for, the payment of principal of or interest on, or performance of, or omission
to perform, any of the covenants, obligations or indemnifications contained in this Note or the
Indenture, it being expressly understood that said covenants, obligations and indemnifications have
been made for the sole purposes of binding the assets of the Issuer. The Holder of this Note by
the acceptance hereof agrees that except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, in the case
of an Event of Default under the Indenture, the Holder will have no claim against any of the
foregoing for any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom; provided, however, that
nothing contained herein will be taken to prevent recourse to, and enforcement

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against, the assets of the Issuer for any and all liabilities, obligations and undertakings
contained in the Indenture or in this Note.

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ASSIGNMENT

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

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

(name and address of assignee)

the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints,
attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises.

	 	 	 
	Dated                                         1

	 	          
                                                                                          
	 

	 	Signature Guaranteed:
	 
	 	 
	                                                                      
          

	 	          
                                                                                          

 

			
	1	 	NOTE: The signature to this assignment must
correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of
the within Note in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any
change whatsoever.

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EXHIBIT B

Servicing Criteria To Be Addressed In Assessment Of Compliance

     The assessment of compliance to be delivered by the Indenture Trustee, shall address, at a
minimum, the criteria identified as below as “Applicable Servicing Criteria”:

	 	 	 
	Reference	 	Criteria
	 
	 

	 	Cash Collection and Administration
	 
	 	 
	1122(d)(2)(ii)

	 	Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an
obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized
personnel.
	 
	 	 
	11229d0(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.
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	Investor Remittances and Reporting
	 
	 	 
	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.1
	 
	 	 
	1122(d)(3)(iii)

	 	Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two
business days to the Servicer’s investor records, or such
other number of days specified in the transaction
agreements.

 

			
	1	 	Solely with respect to remittances.

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	Reference	 	Criteria
	 
	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.

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